Boye De Mente: Japanese Manners & Ethics in Business

Enlightening, enjoyable! MUST READING for any foreign businessman in Japan and even more important for the businessman who plans to come to Japan. Like myself, I am sure that others functioning in the business world of Japan form Many definite opinions during their first few months of stay here. The perplexities of accomplishing what would be nothing more than normal business procedures in the U.S., the procrastination, the indefiniteness, the beguiling suspicions, all become a background for these opinions. Have you ever tried to rationalize with yourself that the opinions you formed may be yours alone and ill-founded? Have you ever wondered whether your judgement could be wrong in these opinions? If you have, Japanese Manners & Ethics in Business will do for you what it has done for me—that is confirm your judgement and opinions and lend plausible explanations for the differences between your business heritage and "business not as usual" in Japan. (W. W. Stout, Jr., Vice President, J. C. Penny Purchasing Corp.)