This week in Small Business Japan
#JapanRedTape, a new tag
I'm currently writing a report for a subsidy of over ¥10 million that we won for a client. This report is required to receive the grant money.
This week in Small Business Japan
Here's your wrap-up of the week from the publisher of Small Business Japan. Discover the information you need for your business in Japan.
This week in Small Business Japan
Disaster landscape
In November 2011, I spent a month volunteering in Iwate Prefecture, one of the areas affected by the tsunami.
This week in Small Business Japan
Why 'socialise' is a foreign concept in Japan: A Japanese perspective
When I went to the UK to study for a Master's degree, I came across the word 'socialise'. I think it was in a booklet for new students, which said something like, 'Let's be proactive and socialise'. To be honest, I found the idea a bit of a chore.
This week in Small Business Japan
Wonderful restaurants inevitably become 'neverland diners', and that's okay
The Japanese book Neverland Diner: At That Restaurant I Can Never Go to Again (Edited by Kyoichi Tsuzuki, 2021, the original title in Japanese 'Neverland Diner – 二度と行けないあの店で') is a unique 'guidebook' to vanished restaurants and bars.