The controversy surrounding Karolina Shiino, crowned Miss Japan 2024 and later stepping down from the title, has gone well beyond the boundaries of a beauty pageant. While the episode was …
Last year, we began a series of reflections on professional and business-related concepts connected to Japan. These texts were never intended to offer lessons or prescriptions, but rather to share …
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 …
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 …
