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Questions On Preliminary Contract Negotiation Sessions

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To: Ms. Jenna Harrington, Marketing Specialist

From: Lisa Lyons, Marketing Manager

Date: Sept. 16, 2016

Subject: Preliminary Contract Negotiation Sessions

The purpose of this memo is to give you helpful information for your meetings and travels to Tokyo, Japan. This memo will also serve as a brief introduction to the country, along with some guidelines for certain customs.

Tokyo, Japan, Asia

Location: Eastern central Honshu, Tokyo Prefecture, Japan

Time Zone: 9 pm = noon Greenwich Mean Time (GMT);
Daylight Saving Time is not observed

Ethnic Composition: 98% Japanese; 2% Other (including American, Brazilian, British, Chinese, Korean, Peruvian, and Southeast Asian)

The Embassy of the United States in Tokyo
Address: Japan, 〒107-0052 Tokyo, 港区Akasaka, 1−10−5
Phone: +81 3-3224-5000
Ambassador: Caroline Kennedy

There is only one official language spoken in Japan, Japanese. In spite of this, many Japanese are able to understand English to a certain extent since English is the foreign language that everyone must learn as part of required education.
Here are a few everyday Japanese phrases:

Ohayou gozaimasu : Good morning
Kon’nichiwa: Good afternoon
Kon’banwa: Good evening
Oyasumi nasai: Good night
Sayounara: Good-bye
Sumimasen: Excuse me
Gomen nasai: I am sorry
Wakarimasen: I don’t understand
Arigatou: Thank you
Hai: Yes
Iie: No
Doko desuka: Where is ___?
Ikura

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