What is the business language in Japan?


What is the business language in Japan? No major Japanese company had ever changed its official language. But the simple fact is that adopting the English language is vital to the long-term competitiveness of Japanese business.


Is English a business language in Japan?

Non-Anglophone companies, including Airbus, Nokia, Renault, Samsung, SAP, and Philips, as well as companies in Japan such as Rakuten, UNIQLO, and Nissan, are using English as their corporate official or common language (cf. Neeley 2012).