The Leadership Japan Series By Dale Carnegie Training Japan

Stress Is Mounting In Japan And What You Can Do About it   PM Abe’s sudden announcement closing every school in the country from Elementary level on and up created immediate panic buying of toilet paper, face masks and people stocking up on rice and other long lasting food products.  This has pushed anxiety levels much higher. Hokkaido is in lockdown and the Covid-19 virus keeps popping up in unanticipated locations.  If you are unhealthy and or over 70 years of age, then you definitely don’t want to catch this virus, because the mortality rate for that grouping is relatively high.   For everyone else, the health concern while real it isn’t the most concerning issue.  Business disruption impacts the livelihoods of many, many more people. The majority of companies in this country are small medium sized enterprises (SMEs), seventy percent of which don’t make a profit.  Yes, they arrange their accounts to run everything they can through the books to avoid paying tax, but how much cash in reserve do they have?  T