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External coaching and mentoring is the key to onboarding support for foreign employees

April 05 2021

Yuki Sakuragi ICF-ACC Coach / Mentor / GCDF-Japan Facilitator / Trainer   Samurai vs Kurofune Pharmaceutical companies make up one of the most globalized industries in the world, in which drugs are simultaneously developed worldwide.  For me, who has been raised in multiple cultures, I always thought about how I could contribute within this industry. The Japanese pharmaceutical company I first worked for had already been working on global drug development for many different countries, including the US and the EU.  However, many of the members at our foreign branches apparently wanted to take the lead of an entire project,

INTERVIEWS

Tell me, Japanese people! @ Company Vol.3

November 28 2018

Interviewed by Isao Tokuhashi Edited by Daniel Penso Mail to: info@myeyestokyo.com   A series of interviews called “Tell me, Japanese people! @ Company”, which highlights foreign staff working at Japanese companies, has been done with a long-established company and a startup so far. Our third interview was conducted with one called Prime Assistance Inc. Prime Assistance (PRA) is a group company of SOMPO Holdings, a holding company that owns Sompo Japan Nipponkoa, one of the “Three Mega Non-life Insurers” in Japan. SOMPO Holdings launched a new company in 2012 with the aim of enhancing customer support by building a contact

INTERVIEWS

Tell me, Japanese people! @ Company Vol.2

August 14 2018

Interviewed by Isao Tokuhashi Mail to: info@myeyestokyo.com   We’ve started with a new series of interviews that highlights foreign staff working at Japanese companies in 2017 to learn about their unique perspectives on Japan and its corporate culture. Our second interview was conducted with one Japanese startup company called Table Cross. The company was founded in 2014. Kaoru Joho, founder and CEO of Table Cross, was just a 21-year old college girl when she released the app (also named Table Cross), which would enable people to give school meals to children in developing countries by booking seats at restaurants, bars,

INTERVIEWS

Tell me, Japanese people! @ Company Vol.1

November 02 2017

Interviewed by Isao Tokuhashi Mail to: info@myeyestokyo.com   Since 2015, we have shared the journeys of foreign visitors and introduced questions that they have had for Japanese people (Click!). Now, we will be bringing you a new series of interviews that highlights foreign staff working at Japanese companies. Through their eyes, we’ll get to learn unique perspectives on Japan and its corporate culture. To kick things off, for our first interview we have… Kyodo Public Relations Co.,Ltd. Originally founded in 1964, Kyodo PR is one of Japan’s major PR companies. Among its handful of foreign employees, is Don Kimball who