by carterjmrn | Jul 23, 2019 | Carter Group Viewpoints, Society and Culture
In Japan, a drink or three temporarily flattens hierarchies and loosens tongues and inhibitions in all sorts of social environments, from companies to schools to clubs and beyond. What’s known as nomikai culture—which literally means “meeting to drink”—is most...
by carterjmrn | Jul 18, 2019 | Carter Group Viewpoints, Changing World of Work, Society and Culture
In 2007, JMRN pointed out that young Japanese dads were starting to take a much more proactive role in parenting, and young moms were becoming much more independent with a deep-seated need to be recognized as autonomous individuals beyond the label Okaasan. The rising...
by carterjmrn | Jul 16, 2019 | Internationalization, Japan Market Entry, Society and Culture
You have heard it before: Their diet endows Japanese people with centennially long lives, slender figures, and generally good health. The designation of washoku (Japanese cuisine) by the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization’s...
by carterjmrn | Jul 11, 2019 | Changing World of Work, Society and Culture, Women Power
Following close on the heels of this blog’s recent May 21 post about Japan’s ongoing gender gap and workplace sexism, let’s get into how women’s footwear may inspire both males and females in the country to step up and give the #MeToo movement in this country some...
by carterjmrn | Jun 20, 2019 | Society and Culture, Women Power
When an 18-year old Osaka student filed a $19,000 lawsuit against the Osaka Prefectural Government because her school insisted that she dye her natural brown hair black, the responding social media buzz revealed a Japan knocking on the door of change. Even though the...
by carterjmrn | Jun 13, 2019 | Carter Group Viewpoints, Society and Culture, Uncategorized
The LGBT community of Japan may go somewhat unnoticed by the general public, but that doesn’t mean it hasn’t been making waves in the media. When Liberal Democratic Party member Mio Sugita called homosexual couples “unproductive” and questioned whether it was...
