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Jul 5, 2024
UK Japan Relations under a Labour Government
The Labour Party are now in power in the UK, so what does this mean for Japan UK relations? Japan UK relations revival Japan UK relations...
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Jun 18, 2024
"The Future of a Sustainable Society - Japan-UK Tech Collaboration"
During London Tech week, we attended "The Future of a Sustainable Society - Japan-UK Tech Collaboration", organised by JETRO London,...
sarah-parsons
Feb 27, 2024
MD Sarah Parsons takes Strategic Communications Course at LSE to support Japanese Companies in the UK.
Photo by Rendy Novantino on Unsplash To complement EWI’s support for Japanese companies and organisations with their cross-cultural...
sarah-parsons
Jan 29, 2024
EWI delivered session for Innovate UK mission to Japan
Our MD Sarah Parsons recently delivered day 2 of UK Government Innovate UK's 2 day workshop for businesses taking part on their Circular...
sarah-parsons
Jan 12, 2024
How Fujitsu’s involvement in the Post Office Scandal tainted ‘Brand Japan’ in the UK and what Japanese investors can learn from it.
Post Office Scandal A recent TV drama aired in the UK brought to life the suffering and injustice that many British sub-postmasters...
sarah-parsons
Dec 7, 2023
How Gender Inequality is Hindering Japan's Economic Growth
I was delighted to have seen that a recent article I wrote for the Conversation about Gender Inequality and Economic Growth on behalf of...
sarah-parsons
Jul 27, 2023
Are more adult nappies (diapers) sold than baby ones in Japan? Sarah Parsons on BBC World News.
MD Sarah Parsons recently contributed with research (and a brief appearance) on a segment on the More or Less Programme from the BBC...
sarah-parsons
May 19, 2023
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,...
sarah-parsons
Jan 11, 2023
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,...
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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...
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