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Is There a Doctor in Town?
According to statistics from the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development, Japan has only 2.1 doctors per 1,000 people. This is the same figure as Canada, but it is well below the average of 3.1 for the OECD's group of 30 economically developed nations. Only Mexico, South Korea and Turkey have lower figures. Greece leads the group with 5 doctors per 1,000 people, while Germany has 3.5, France has 3.4, Australia has 2.8, Britain has 2.5 and the United States has 2.4. What does the doctor shortage mean for Japan’s future?
Working with Japan
Non-Japanese Women Managers
By Patricia Pringle
Do the Japanese Accept Women As Managers?
A widespread myth exists that the Japanese do not want to do business with non-Japanese managers who are female. Some US companies take this as a given and do not assign women managers to interface with their Japanese partners and clients. I described one such case in a previous article, “Bringing in New Team Members” (May 2009). In it, my client concluded that it was not a good idea to hire a woman to work with Japanese clients after he assigned a woman to replace him as their contact point, but they ignored her and continued to send their requests directly to him. The issue was not that she was a woman, but that he not adequately managed the changeover. The same issue would have occurred had it been a male manager.
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