For professionals working in communication, management, or international business, living and operating in East Asia—particularly in countries such as Japan or China—offers a level of practical learning that is difficult …
Following the strong response to our previous article on key relational concepts in Japan, we would like to explore another fundamental aspect of Japanese professional culture: hierarchy. This topic remains …
One of the most important lessons gained from long-term professional experience in Japan is that, while the country offers a high quality of life, living and working there is far …
From time to time, we are asked why we choose to work with certain media outlets and not others, or why we focus our efforts on specific projects rather than …
Contrary to common assumptions, censorship is not exclusive to authoritarian systems. Even democratic societies deploy mechanisms that limit or shape public discourse, whether through regulation, media concentration, public relations strategies …
It is often said that an image can say more than a thousand words. A photograph shared a few weeks ago on Twitter by @arai_yusaku illustrates this idea particularly well. …
For weeks now I have been reporting on what has happened — and continues to happen — in Hong Kong through the pages of El Punt Avui. As one might …
In every war, regardless of its nature or historical period, one of the most fiercely contested battlefields is information. Aeschylus famously wrote that truth is the first casualty of war, …
In the early days of the coronavirus outbreak, openly racist attitudes towards people of Asian appearance became increasingly visible across Europe, as well as in the United States and other …
Conflicts, much like human nature, tend to be unpredictable. Yet when we know the actors — or the territory — well enough, while we may not be able to predict …
