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Are You A Japan Expert? Do You Know Someone Who Is?

11/5/2013

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We're always interested in interviewing experts on a wide range of Japanese Market, Economic, Technology, and Business topics (legal, talent acquisition, talent development, recruiting, etc.) that will provide our readers and listeners unique insights or actionable advice in regards to Japanese business acceleration.

Our readers and listeners are composed of five main segments:

1. Foreign and Japanese managers of foreign companies entering or considering to enter the Japan market.
2, Foreign and Japanese managers of foreign companies building out or interested in building out their Japan operations. 
3. Foreign and Japanese managers of foreign companies looking to troubleshoot and fix an under-performing operation.
4. Bilingual talent looking to find their next career opportunity in Japan.
5. Recruiters or prospective recruiters looking for improve their skill sets and determine what recruiting agency is the best fit.

Our monthly unique visitors currently ranges between 8,000 to 10,000 unique visitors and in recent months this has consistently been trending upwards. It will continue to grow as we add deep and unique content.

The benefit to you, as a guest, is that you are immediately placed in front of a core audience comprised of Japanese, Japan-facing and/or Japan-related business people and you are positioned as an authority. Further, once your interviews is published, along with your profile page, you will have a strong evergreen traffic generator for you and/or company or employer.
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(Expert Interview, audio): Japan's Fashion Industry: Talent Acquisition, Market Opportunities & Trends with Cecil Howell

10/23/2013

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  • What happening the Japan Fashion Industry?
  • What are the biggest trends?
  • What is shifts are seen in luxury goods versus fast fashion & the middle brands?
  • What does the Japanese domestic market look like?
  • Who are the major players?
  • What are the opportunities for market entry and new company stores?
  • How difficult is it to find talent, what are the options?
  • How to select a recruiter/recruiting firm for your hiring needs in this industry?
  • What about talent pools, pipelines and community?

Join us as we talk with Fashion Industry Cecil John Howell who counts many of the world's top brands including LVMH, Gap, Gucci Group, Amazon, Jimmy Choo's, Forever 21, Zara , Walmart and others among his many clients.
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FirstPoint Japan's Expert Interview Series Set To Begin

10/18/2013

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We're pleased to announce that FirstPoint Japan's Expert Interview Series is set to begin shortly.

So what exactly differentiates the FirstPoint Japan Expert series from the numerous Japan-related and Japan-focused websites that are already out there?

The answer is three fold:
1. We focus only on Japanese Business. You won't find the latest restaurant ratings or tourist attractions here. Sorry if that disappoints you but there are countless sites out there for that.

2. We tend to lean towards brass-tacks advice gleaned from those fighting in the trenches. What is really experienced on the ground? What are the difficulties? What are the opportunities? What are the risks?

3. We work to find solutions to enable you to seize an opportunity, extract value or mitigate risks.

Our expert interview topics range from recruiting, talent management, coaching, the in's and out's of Japanese labor unions, market entry, technical and technology issues (e.g, i18n/L10N, Han Unification, medical trials, etc.) and much, much more.

We also analyze the Japan market from industry vertical including fashion, banking, finance, high-tech, life science, automotive and many more.

If you don't sign up to for our newsletter, you'll miss out what you need to know to succeed in the Japanese market. 
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FPJ's Expert Interview Series
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New! Japan Events Section Now Live

10/11/2013

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We now launched the new Japan Events Section to help keep you informed on the latest and most important business related events happening in Japan.
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The Blue-Eyed Samurai – Kim Christian Botho Pedersen (Asia Biz)

9/27/2013

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FirstPoint Japan's Advisory Board member, Kim Pedersen, was just interviewed by Asia Biz's Howard Lim. This is a very fascinating interview as Kim is one of the few foreigners to have been educated in the Japanese public school system rather than shipping of to the English-language curriculum's found in the international schools.

Kim Christian Botho Pedersen is an enigma in all good sense of the word.  He is Danish by blood, born in Denmark and moved to Japan at an early age.  Instead of attending an International school – where most of the instruction is in English – Kim`s parents decided to send him to Japanese school.  He is one of only a few foreigners who have attained “Native-level” Japanese in reading, writing, and speaking.

Kim runs his own consulting firm mx2  where he focuses on bringing technical and consumer products from Denmark and Europe to Japan.  The company also offers a number of value added services to the Japanese market, including; market-research, Japan Country Manager, and inter-cultural communication consulting to bridge some of the gaps and misunderstandings that may arise from doing business between the East and West.

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The Ethical Recruiting Alliance Is Now An Official Sponsor of FirstPoint Japan

9/21/2013

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FirstPoint Japan is pleased to announce that the Ethical Recruiting Alliance (ERA) is now an official sponsor of the FirstPoint Japan and will be certified that the recruiters, executive search consultants and recruiting agencies listed or operating on the FirstPoint Japan platform are ethically-certified.
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Ethically-Certified Recruiters & Agencies
The Ethical Recruiting Alliance
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New Consulting And Service Provider Categories Have Been Added

9/10/2013

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We've add a number of new Consulting and Service Provider categories. You can review the categories below, or if you are consulting or service provider and would like to offer your services on FirstPoint Japan please use the link below:

Consulting & Service Provider Application Form

(1) Japan Market Entry
  • Learn how to successfully and cost-effectively enter and navigate the lucrative yet commonly treacherous Japan market.
  • Avoid ending up as roadkill in your Japan Market Entry efforts.
  • Use our Japan Market Entry case studies as a tool to understand the most effective market entry strategies and tactics.

(2) For Japan Candidates:
  • Get pressure-free Japan career advice from experts. 
  • Find and work with only the most professional, qualified and ethical Japan Recruiters & Executive Search Consultants.

(3) Recruiters & Executive Search (Certified Ethical):
  • When you need help from external recruiters, these are the go-to firms.

(4) Training, Professional & Organizational Development:
  • When you decide to get the most productivity out of your workforce or want to enhance their engagement.

(5) Executive Coaches & Consultants:
  • When you decide you want to increase the productivity of your workforce or address a particular issue. 

(6) Human Resources Consultants:
  • When you decide you want to increase the productivity of your workforce or address a particular issue. 
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Interested in Advertising or Sponsorship Opportunities on FirstPoint Japan?

9/7/2013

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Interested in Advertising or Sponsorship Opportunities on FirstPoint Japan? Find out more by clicking on the button below.
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What Is A Working Environment & Why Is It So Important? (Part 1) (Kim Pedersen / Roukan.com)

8/29/2013

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What Is Working Environment & Why Is It So Important? (Part 1)
By Kim Pedersen (Guest Blogger)

Kim Pedersen is an expert in Japan business and global working environments and the founder of Roukan.com (Roukan.jp localized for the Japanese market) as well as a member of the High-Impact Coaching Alliance's advisory board.  

Why Is Working Environment (WE) So Important?
Well, the simple answer to this question is that it has a huge impact on a company’s profits. If a profitable organization is important to you then you should pay careful attention to your company's WE. This is just one of the reasons why WE is so important.

Another reason for its importance is that it influences an employee’s well-being to a very high degree. From a corporate standpoint, depending on how you understand and manage WE you can either increase the profitability and competitiveness of your company or you can risk being potentially sued and/or losing money through lack of employee engagement and reduced productivity, absenteeism and so on.

The funny thing about WE is that depending on which path you choose you will either receive all of the positive effects or all of the negative effects. There seems to be no middle ground in regards to WE. In practice, this means that you can choose to have very satisfied employees, a good working environment and higher productivity and profits or you can choose to have very unsatisfied employees, a bad working environment and the chance of litigation and resultant lower profits. 

So what is your choice going to be? 
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We Welcome John Taylor To The FirstPoint Japan Advisory Board

8/22/2013

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We are pleased to welcome John Taylor, an online marketing and advertising expert, to the FirstPoint Japan Advisory Board.

John serves as FirstPoint Japan's online marketing and advertising adviser charged with promoting the website while building web traffic and share of mind.

John is a seasoned sales executive and consultant with experience in the US, Japan and Australia. He's an expert in online media and traffic analysis and previously worked as a senior manager at a major online market intelligence and insight software firm where he developed partnerships with some of the most heavily trafficked sites including MegaUpLoad, online gaming sites and well as dozens of other high profile and highly trafficked sites.

He currently works for a major Silicon Valley enterprise software company and is the founder of the Wider Sales Funnel, the premier platform for accelerating your business performance.

John is a native speaker of English as well as a native speaker of Spanish and currently resides in Sydney, Australia and previously resided in the US (California, Boston and Florida) and Tokyo, Japan
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