February 27, 2010
Japanese entrepreneurship research shows there is plenty of room for growth
Labels: Statistics
February 20, 2010
Japanese customers made 1.75 million calls to 110 hotline in 2008
Labels: Statistics
February 17, 2010
Japanese customers enjoying two meal packages at hotels but dont stay the night
Source:2-meal daytime hotel deals proving hit
Tsuyoshi Ito / Yomiuri Shimbun Staff Writer
Feb. 17, 2010
http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/business/T100216005093.htm?from=rss&ref=dyolwsj
Further reading:
See Japan in 2010 by motorcycle
Visit Motorcycle Japan
Japanese customers according to statistics eat curry and rice every four days
Labels: Food, Statistics
February 16, 2010
Japanese customers enjoy over 5 million vending machines
Labels: Technology
February 15, 2010
Japanese Customer: What is osechi and how is enjoyed by Japanese Customers?
Source: Japanese Family and Culture
JTB, 4th Edition, 2000,
ISBN: 4533020208, Page 74
Learn more about Japanese culture
Buy The book
Learn about study in Japan at Study Abroad Japan
Labels: Books about Japan
February 14, 2010
Who is using our Japanese customer research?
● Australian Education International, Australia.
● Australian Embassy, Japan.
● Australian Education Union, Australia.
● Asialink, Australia.
● Box Hill Institute of TAFE, Australia.
● The Australian National University, Australia.
● Deakin University, Australia
● Department of Education and Training, Victoria, Australia.
● Edith Cowan University, Australia.
● Education New Zealand.
● Flinders University, Australia.
● IDP Education, Australia.
● Global Daigaku, Japan
● The International School, Milan, Italy.
● RMIT University, Australia
● James Cook University, Australia.
● Monash University, Australia.
● National Foundation for Education Research, United Kingdom.
● National Tertiary Education Union, Australia.
● New Zealand Trade & Enterprise, Japan.
● Northern Melbourne Institute, TAFE, Australia.
● Temple University, Japan.
● The University of Melbourne, Australia.
● The University of New South Wales, Australia.
● University of Auckland, New Zealand.
● University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
● University of Canterbury, New Zealand.
Japanese customers celebrate valentines day with heart shaped pizza
February 13, 2010
How to attract Japanese students to your university?
Gaman - A Japanese Students Four Year Journey in Australia
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February 12, 2010
Mobile phone book market in Japan estimated at 6million users
Labels: Culture, innovation, Lifestyle, Statistics, Technology
February 11, 2010
Malaysia continues to attract Japanese customers for retirement
February 10, 2010
Book Review - All About Particles by Naoko Chino reviewed by JapaneseCustomer.com
Book Review –
All About Particles - by Naoko Chino
Author: Naoko Chino
Publisher: Kodansha, Tokyo, Japan.
Published: 1991.
ISBN: 0-87011-954-0
Pages: 127.
Rating: 4/5
A handy Japanese particles reference
Reviewed by JapaneseCustomer.com
Copyright, JapaneseCustomer.com, 2007. All rights Reserved
All About Particles is another great book by Naoko Chino that allows non native speakers to self study Japanese. In this book sixty nine particles are classified and broken down into some two hundred usages. Each entry is classified by order of frequency, by meaning and by gender (those phrases used by men and those by women). What level does it fit into for a language learner? It would be helpful for JLPT level 3 studying for level 2 .Not recommended for beginners. To give you an idea of a sample entry, a typical entry starts with the particle, a grammar explanation, an example sentence in full Japanese script. Then the same sentence in romaji followed by the meaning of the sentence in English. So each particle gets a five point dissection. The book assumes you know the particles already, that is you have learned them in class and the book is really a reference for your prior study.
Pros
The book is a great size and lightweight that can easily slip into a coat pocket or bag. Finding your way around the book is easy with a clear table of contents and index (that is in romaji). A stand out point is that sample sentences are in full Japanese script, (kanji, hiragana and katakana). So you can practice your reading, learn new words and see the particle in context. There is a good range of sentences that you can start memorizing and using straight away which will help you to start talking in sentences quickly and get the particle usage correct. Sentence topics show real Japanese culture and typical conversations and cover the weather, work, hobbies and dreams. As particles have more than one meaning the book shows how to use the same particle in a range of ways. As a self study learner if you mine the book from cover to cover you will gain a range of new nouns, verbs, adjectives, set phrases and kanji as a bonus.
Cons
As mentioned the book does assume a prior knowledge of particles, sentences, grammar and knowledge. There is no guide on how to best use the book so you have to make up your own. There is no CD but the sentences are ripe for you to record yourself and practice. As a learner you have to do all the work based on your own study plan and goals. No CD or exercises so unable to give five stars.
Summary
A handy reference to particles for the intermediate student in a logical format that helps you to see particles in context that can aid a better understanding and usage. Provides a range of sentences that cover a range of topics.
Reviewed by JapaneseCustomer.com
Copyright, JapaneseCustomer.com, 2007. All rights Reserved
Rating: 4/5 ****
All About Particles - Naoko Chino - Self Study Japanese
Labels: Books about Japan
February 09, 2010
Japanese consumers demand over two million tonnes of cotton per year
Labels: Statistics
February 08, 2010
Japanese customers enjoy Sapporo's famous snow festival in Hokkaido
February 07, 2010
Japanese customer addresses in Japan explained
Labels: Culture, innovation, Lifestyle
February 06, 2010
Japanese consumers tempted with 35 year mortagage loans at reduced rates for energy efficient & quake resistant new homes
Source: Japan To Introduce Low-interest Mortgage Program In 2010: Report
12/6/2009 9:27 AM ET
by RTT Staff Writer
http://www.rttnews.com/Content/USEconomicNews.aspx?Id=1148604&Category=Economic%20News&Node=&SimRec=1
Japanese customers pay less per megabit for broadband than US customers according to study
Labels: Technology
February 05, 2010
Japanese customers account for 39% percent of South Korea's foreign tourists in 2009
or 39 percent of foreign tourists (South Korea)
Source:How Japanese and Chinese Tourists in Korea Differ
Nov. 23, 2009
http://english.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2009/11/23/2009112300377.html
Further reading:
Visit a sumo match and eat sushi for dinner?
Japan on a shoestring
Motorcycle Japan
Labels: Travel
February 04, 2010
Number of Japanese skiers and snowboarders dropping according to survey
Labels: Lifestyle, Statistics, Travel
February 03, 2010
Japanese customers can gain full traceability on the beef they buy
Labels: Culture, Food, Marketing, Technology
February 02, 2010
Six reasons why Japanese Customers are important to your business in 2010
1. Japan - the largest economy in Asia
"Asia has accounted for 50 percent of world GDP for most of human history".
Source: The Mad Hedge Fund Trader
November 24, 2009
http://www.japaninc.com/Taking_the_Long_View_on_Asia
2. Japan's GDP per person the highest in Asia
"the average Japanese generates more than ten times the GDP as the average Chinese, and the average Taiwanese, more than six times."
Source: Resistance Is Futile, You Will Be Bought
December 12, 2009:
http://www.strategypage.com/qnd/china/articles/20091212.aspx
3. Japanese customers are still the world's best savers
"Households have saved up about ¥1.41 quadrillion in financial assets"
Source: Less work, more play to lift economy: DPJ
By AKIKO IKEDA and SATOSHI KAWANO
Bloomberg
The Japan Times: Saturday,
Sept. 12, 2009
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/print/nn20090912n2.html
4. Japanese customers world's best hotel guests
1."The Japanese retained the top prize, with hoteliers worldwide naming them the world’s best tourists, ahead of the British and Canadians. Japanese tourists were ranked the quietest and most polite, as well as the cleanest and least likely to complain."
Conducted by online travel company Expedia
Source: World’s worst and best tourists revealed in new survey
July 9th, 2009
http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/world-news/worlds-worst-and-best-tourists-revealed-in-new-survey_100215649.html
5. Japanese Customer Service - The world's best
1. "Perhaps it is easiest and most logical to conclude that Japan simply provides the best customer service training in the world and that it is derived from a culture of principles"
Source: Best customer service in the world
By ISAAC UCHIYAMA
Sunday, Dec. 20, 2009
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/rc20091220a6.html
6. Japanese customers are online
"Japan is one of the world’s most wired countries, with more than 90 million regular Internet users — of which three-quarters use fast broadband connections and two-thirds also log in from cellphones".
Source: In Japan, an Odd Perch for Google: Looking Up at the Leader
By HIROKO TABUCHI
November 30, 2009
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/30/technology/internet/30google.html
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February 01, 2010
Qualitative Japanese consumer behaviour research international education
● Qualitative research on the buyer behaviour of the Japanese student market ● Behaviour insights across eleven critical decision areas ● Ten point customer profiles developed for each visa class ● Includes findings, interpretation & recommendations |







