Perhaps the most universally known aspect of the Japanese business world is the real or supposed difficulty of entering it. An integral part of the government’s strategy to re-build the Japanese economy after World War II was the imposition of import tariffs and other inward trading barriers, so that while Japanese products captured markets around the world, the home market remained the province of Japanese manufacturers alone. Largely in response to external pressure, this policy and the barriers it imposed have been to varying degrees dismantled, and many companies from around the world … [Read more...]