{"id":315014,"date":"2018-06-04T15:10:28","date_gmt":"2018-06-04T07:10:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mariefranceasia.com\/5-things-can-learn-japanese-business-culture-315014.html"},"modified":"2018-06-05T16:47:54","modified_gmt":"2018-06-05T08:47:54","slug":"5-things-can-learn-japanese-business-culture","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mariefranceasia.com\/my\/career-my\/tips-for-success-my\/5-things-can-learn-japanese-business-culture-315014.html","title":{"rendered":"5 Things we can learn from Japanese work etiquette"},"content":{"rendered":"  <p>We\u2019ve all seen the photos of Japanese businessmen and women <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mariefranceasia.com\/career-advice\/tips-for-success\/tips-prevent-mid-week-burnout-289219.html\">absolutely exhausted and conked out on train seats.<\/a>\u00a0After all, Japanese businesses are infamous for having strict, hierarchical work cultures that notoriously lead to <em>karoushi<\/em>, or death by overwork.<\/p> <p>But are there some important takeaways we can get from this very unique business etiquette culture that cannot be found anywhere else? 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