Japanese Investment into the UK-how to keep it here.
Rishi Sunak recently announced that Japanese firms have committed to invest £17.7 billion into the UK. Japanese investment in the UK,...
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sarah-parsons
- Jan 11
Japan's Defence Budget and Uniqlo Wage Rise
The following information was used for an interview on the BBC World Service World Business Report on the 11th January 2023. The current...
sarah-parsons
- Nov 28, 2022
UK Japan Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA)
This article was originally written in November 2020 for the University of Sheffield's Spotlight on East Asia series. There is an update...
sarah-parsons
- Jul 8, 2022
Obituary for Japanese former PM Shinzo Abe
The news that Japanese ex-PM Shinzo Abe was shot whilst attending a political rally in Nara has shocked the world and will have caused...
sarah-parsons
- Apr 28, 2022
Playing music with Japanese Mask from Shimamura Music
As many of you will know, in my spare time, I am a semi-pro musician (bassoon and piano) and before the Covid 19 pandemic, played in...
sarah-parsons
- Apr 1, 2022
Confirmed Expert for EU-Japan Centre for Industrial Cooperation
We are delighted to have been confirmed as experts for delivering Market Access briefings on Japanese Business Culture to European SMEs...
sarah-parsons
- Sep 13, 2021
Why a female Prime Minister in Japan will NOT change the status quo
So at long last, Japan has a female candidate for Prime Minister, Sanae Takaichi, who even has the backing of former Prime Minister,...
sarah-parsons
- Feb 18, 2021
Japanese women: Seen (preferably in heels and not glasses) but not heard
Japanese women: seen (preferably in heels and no glasses) but not heard. If I was a Japanese woman, I would be feeling rightfully very...
sarah-parsons
- Sep 23, 2020
Japan UK FTA-Symbolic Smoke and Mirrors
As a fitting tribute to the end to Shinzo Abe’s premiership, Japan has just signed a free trade agreement in principle with the UK. Given...
sarah-parsons
- Nov 7, 2019
Japan and Gender depicted by recent BBC programmes
I have recently had my book chapter proposal: ‘Reimagining the Gender Roles within Japan to achieve sustainability of the Japanese...
sarah-parsons
- Aug 8, 2019
Commendation from the Japanese Ambassador to the UK
On the 19th July, at a ceremony at SOAS to coincide with the outgoing UK participants on the Japan Exchange and Teaching (JET) Programme,...
sparsons
- May 7, 2019
Lectures on Cross-cultural Management
I recently did some guest lectures at Warwick University Business school, my alumni University. I was speaking about Japanese HRM, Labour...
sparsons
- May 7, 2019
Gender Roles in International Business: Japan versus Germany
Cultural dimensions regarding gender differ widely around the globe and not only impact on how a country is seen from an international...
sparsons
- May 7, 2019
Media Insight: Cross-cultural differences in the case of Carlos Ghosn
As a specialist in understanding the difference culture makes to business communications, I have been asked to comment in various media...
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