Thursday, July 1, 2010

Lol is for Lolita

The automatic text predictor on my computer is helpful when typing Japanese. But when it comes to English...I get some weird things. The first suggestion it gives with typing "lol-" is "LOLITA." There's already a stereotype that asian men are perverted. This doesn't help.
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Hi, I'm Greg, but you can call me by my Japanese name, Gureggu, if you'd like. I'm writing this blog to explain effective ways to do business with Japan and Japanese companies. Why? Japanese companies are notoriously difficult to understand, and doing business in Japan has a unique set of hurdles.

Why I'm qualified to write about Japan: I have worked in Japan for a total of 8 years. I worked sales at a Japanese import/export company (subsidiary of a much larger corporation) as the only foreigner in the company. Before that, I taught for 2 years at High Schools and 3 years teaching elementary and middle school in Aomori Prefecture. I have lived the life of a salaryman and experienced firsthand the institutions that shape Japanese people in their most formative years.