THE CHANGING WORKPLACE / Employers find value in foreign workers
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telephone, ¡ÈCertainly, I¡Çll arrange it immediately.¡É She smoothly handles orders
over the phone from clients as one of the sales staff at Honda Kiko Co.
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She joined the manufacturer of industrial pumps in Fukuoka Prefecture in March 2014.
Now, she works in Hakata Ward, Fukuoka.
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In France, she was a company worker who wanted to widen her knowledge of cultures outside Europe. Subsequently, Tonus became interested in Japan as an economic
superpower with high levels of technology.
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She learned Japanese and was exposed to Japanese culture on such occasions as a stay in Japan through a working holiday program. Tonus then decided to find a job in
Japan.
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Nowadays, she confirms the day¡Çs workflow with her colleagues during meetings every morning. If she does not understand something, she voluntarily asks questions.
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The working style is different from that in France, where workers must figure out
for themselves anything they don¡Çt know.
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me.¡É ¥È¥é¥¹¤µ¤ó¤Ë¤è¤ë¤È¡Ö¸½ºß¤Î»Å»ö¤Î¤ä¤êÊý¤Ï¡¢³§¤Ç½õ¤±¹ç¤¤¤Ê¤¬¤é¹Ô¤¦¡¢¤³¤ì¤Ï¡¢¼«Ê¬¤Ë¹ç¤Ã¤Æ¤¤¤ë¡×¤È¸À¤¦¡£
After work, she sometimes goes out for drinks with her female colleagues.
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coordinating opinions,¡É she said.
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language barriers,¡É said Kensuke Ryuzoji, 54, president of the company.
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we can expect the person to be a gateway for our sales activities in that country,¡É
he added. ¡ÈOur company can¡Çt survive if we continue a way of thinking particular
to a local factory, in which managers think only about making products.¡É
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The Kansai Economic Federation (Kankeiren) has held networking events for foreigners working in Japanese companies and foreign students, as Kankeiren thinks it would be a shame if foreign students who have come to like Japan end up just going back to
their home countries.
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At one such meeting in Kobe in mid-December last year, 11 people attended.
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to the company acts out, that person will gradually become isolated.¡É
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Another told the students: ¡ÈRebuking is a managers¡Ç job. Don¡Çt think you are
being rebuked just because you are foreigners. Your Japanese colleagues are also
rebuked in the same way.¡É
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Chen Xuan, a 24-year-old Chinese man who is scheduled to join a Tokyo-based
electronics manufacturer this spring, listened to the workers who enthusiastically
explained such points.
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¡ÈWe have to create an environment in which we can safely express our opinions as
foreigners,¡É said Jin Yan, a 31-year-old Chinese woman working for an Osaka-based
materials maker.
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An increasing number of Japanese companies have dispatched their Japanese employees overseas for job training.
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Tokio Marine & Nichido Fire Insurance Co., a major damage insurance company,
dispatches Japanese employees who are in their third year since joining the company
for about two weeks each to other countries, mainly Britain, the United States and
China.
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Hiroya Shiratori, 25, who has worked for the company for four years now, went to
India in the winter of 2013. He was involved in business in the country and
conducted research and other work together with Indian workers.
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He felt deeply the difficulty of communication, saying, ¡ÈThe country was different
from Japan, where I can do work based on implicit assumptions.¡É
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After returning to Japan, he began to proactively ask questions also to Japanese
people to better understand his business partners.
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utilizing women, the elderly and foreigners in the workforce.
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nation. Attempts to change will attract economic growth.
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