Meishi Business cards

 


The usage of business cards in Japan as far as I know is very formal. There is etiquette for accepting and giving business cards to people that is very important to having a good business relationship. I know that if I ever get presented with a business card I will feel nervous in case I don’t know to follow the right etiquette. I know to accept them with both hands and bow, I think in a lot of cases you can get away with copying other people, but I’m not sure what else there is to do. In America business cards are thrown around and not respected like they are there. I wonder if we have anything like that here that we take much more seriously than them, I’m sure we do, I just can’t think of anything. While designing this I was surprised that my year in school was necessary, it makes sense, it’s just that here I generalize and put “current student” on my resume. I also enjoyed looking at the list of different majors, I enjoy the ones that are English loan words, especially Faibā, I think it’s fun to say and share with others, like my roommates who is a fiber student. Usually business cards in America aren’t for individual people, they’re more commonly for businesses as their own entity and will have the businesses information on them rather than anything personal. I think that’s why the act of exchanging business cards in Japan is so important, because it is so personal. I know that if I gave someone a business card for my business I might still be sad if I saw them throw it away or mistreat it, but if it was my own information, I’d be so sad. I think that’s because it’s not just for business but also the start of a friendship. 

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  1. SenseiSeptember 7, 2023 at 7:46 AM

    great observations. Yes this is very personal. From your business card I should be able to tell the style of language I should use when talking to you. Hence the year in school is important. If I was a foundation student I would not talk to you the same way as I talked to other foundation students.

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