Want to do business with Japanese? Eat Japanese food, Drink Sake, enjoy Karaoke music, and have Patience

EXCLUSIVE SUNDAY-SPECIAL STORY:

NEW DELHI: For the Indians planning to do business with Japanese investors, entrepreneurs and companies, here is a “world” of advice from former union minister Suresh Prabhu.

Having visited Japan on over 30 occasions, Prabhu boasts of his 36-year-old association with this ‘Country of Rising Sun’, and proudly claims he has a clear understanding of Japanese culture, both – social and corporate.

“The best way to engage with Japanese is with patience. If you have patience, you can do many things with Japan. Japanese will always be forthcoming to work with India but normally they take a good amount of time to look at a person, business potential and so many other issues, and rightly so. They take their take time. Therefore you need to be patient,” Prabhu, Indian emissary to G20 and G7, and Member of Parliament told a gathering of Indian entrepreneurs in the presence of Japanese counterparts during a webinar recently. Read more...