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26/07/2020

Is it just me.. or are these logos a bit ... 😳 ?

18/06/2020

COVID-19 has wrecked Japan's tourism goal of 40 million visitors for 2020. 😞

04/06/2020

Job satisfaction is a real problem in Japan. 😯

14/05/2020

Boom times for video game vendors!

12/05/2020

JR station attendants must have suffered chronic RSI back in the day.

“Old video from the 1990's at Shinjuku station when the station attendant had to manually clip each ticket! Imagine how sore this guy's hand must be at the end of rush hour! 😆 https://t.co/sI0ryFYCsP”

02/12/2019

"There is a problem in the way we develop people – Japanese companies are always developing generalists, when in the future we need to focus intensively on supporting the development of specialists."
https://rudlinconsulting.com/the-cause-of-japans-low-productivity-5-generalists-doing-one-specialists-job/

19/11/2019

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lD7N04FUlOE

Worst Design Ideas That Are So Dumb They Are Funny Follow us on instagram: https://www.instagram.com/scoop_gram Like our page: https://g...

12/11/2019

https://www.eastasiaforum.org/2019/11/12/challenges-facing-a-cashless-japan/

Author: Soichiro Takagi, University of Tokyo The Japanese government is determined to promote cashless payments and has set a policy target to reach 40 per cent use of cashless payment by 2027, up from 18.4 per cent in 2015. This still lags far behind other countries such as South Korea and China, e...

05/11/2019

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2019/nov/04/microsoft-japan-four-day-work-week-productivity

The experiment for the month of August led to more efficient meetings and happier workers who took less time off

20/09/2019

"Managers want authority.
Leaders take responsibility.

We need both.
But we have to be careful not to confuse them. And it helps to remember that leaders are scarce and thus more valuable."
- Seth Godin.

Do you agree?

13/09/2019

https://www.tokyowebdesigns.com/advice/japanese-sales-tax-1-oct-2019/

From the 1st Oct 2019 most (but not all) goods and services sold in Japan will need to be taxed at 10%; up from the current rate of 8%.

So what kinds of goods will be affected and what other important changes will potentially affect your customers?

From the 1st Oct 2019 most (but not all) goods and services sold in Japan will need to be taxed at 10%; up from the current rate of 8%. So which kinds of goods will be affected and what other important changes will potentially affect your customers?