Lesson 61

Tuesday, September 13th, 2022

Today’s business slang is “Amakudari”.

 

By “Amakudari” system people who are going to retire from parent companies or banks are transferred to their subsidiaries. 

 

By accepting the retiring people subsidiaries get business from their parent companies and also get loan by banks.  “Amakudari” system also deliver saucer function of the retiring people for parent companies.

 

However, in reality, if they are not useful the subsidiaries do not need them.  And “Amakudari” system is disappearing gradually nowadays.  Therefore, the retiring people from big companies and banks have to find their second career firms by themselves.  And subsidiaries need to get business not only by depending on human relationship.

Lesson 60

Wednesday, September 7th, 2022

Today’s Japanese Business Slang is “Kigyou-senshi”.

 

“Kigyou-senshi” means “Corporate Warriors”.  Japanese businessmen were called Corporate Warriors in 1990.

“Warriors”, not “Workers”, who fight deadly.

Famous copy of one TV advertisement was “Can you fight 24 hours?”

Here the word of “Fight” was used instead of “Work”.

In 1990 the monthly overwork hours was averagely over 100 which is beyond “Karoushi Line (Death by Overwork)”.  Everyone worked too hard.

Definitely unbelievable.




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