Life in a Gaishikei (Foreign Company in Japan)
Again in my first gaishikei, Mr. Tahara was my boss. First of all I want to say that he has been always caring for me, taking care of both my job and my private life. He even rejoined me in my next company and I have mostly only good memories with him....
Most of gaishikei in number are of small size (10~50 peoples). Except the large institutions like banks, finance and top 10 conglomerates of each country, you will have more chance to find companies under 100 employees. Then you have to wonder why all...
This story is linked to Mr. Mitarai, who was president of my first gaishikei. If Mr. Mitarai was the president, the actual Country Manager was based in the headquarter in France and was called Mr. Mainette. I would like to explain the different roles...
It's a reference to my previous post on the mythology in the Gaishikei. This time it refers to all special peoples we have to deal within the headquarters, especially the one who are visiting the Japanese subsidiary. To complete the introduction, I would...
The name has been changed and has nothing to do with the current Chairman of CANON. Mr. Mitarai was the president at my first Gaishikei, the subsidiary in Japan of a French company in the software industry. We were about 20 employees and the company had...
While this word will be used many times through this blog (and has been already), no Wikipedia page exists for it. The word Gaishikei (in Japanese 外資系) refers to foreign companies or multinational companies in Japan. The word comes from gaikoku (外国 the...
I came to Japan in the late 90's. At that time, as far as I could remember two industries were very strong. The IT industry, with all foreign software companies (either from US or Europe) expanding, hiring more peoples (and for some of them hiring and...
Here it is... I start a blog. Objectives are: Talking about Japan Sharing my experience about life in Japan and work in a foreign company in Japan Giving advices/tips to those who would like to come and/or work in Japan Let's start!
