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Japan Business Seminars — How Japanese Decisions Actually Move

Practical, in English, built on live casework — not etiquette. Online monthly, in The Hague quarterly.

Next seminar · Online · 60 min

Why Japanese decisions move before the meeting

The single most useful thing to understand about your Japanese counterpart: by the time the meeting happens, the decision is usually settled. Where it actually forms, who forms it, and what that means for your next proposal.

DATE To be announced TIME 16:00 CET SEATS 20
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Who it is for

Anyone whose work depends on a Japanese organisation saying yes: sales, procurement, partnerships, European teams in Japanese companies.

Format

40 minutes of material, 20 minutes on your questions. Registration includes the Japan Readiness Self-Assessment PDF.

The series

Upcoming themes

Dates are announced roughly six weeks ahead — join the mailing list on the Insights page to be notified.

TBAOnline

Reading silence, agreement and resistance

What “we will consider it” actually signals — and the difference between a pause and a no.

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TBAThe Hague

Working with Japanese HQ from Europe

For European teams in Japanese companies: how proposals travel through Tokyo, and how to equip a sponsor. In person, small group.

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TBAOnline

Why global strategies fail in Japan

“No objection” is not adoption: the missing consensus stage in global rollout plans — and how to schedule it.

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Any seminar can be delivered in-house — tuned to your industry and your live Japan agenda, online or at your office.

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