Japanese companies tend to need a lot of time to come to a decision; all they do is have meetings and are reluctant to take on risks. China's environment changes so rapidly. The chance passed you by just as you were considering it.

Billionaire Akira Mori, the 76-year-old owner of Japan’s most profitable real estate developer. He has formed a company to invest in China and advise Japanese companies on expanding there. (Bloomberg)

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    kaminarioyaji

    So a double whammy of lost man hours of productivity (due to all the meetings), and possible lost revenue?

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    gaijinfo

    This one place I teach has so many meetings, they literally have meetings to prepare for the bigger meetings. Then they spend half of their time preparing for those meetings, and not really doing anything productive. It's a wonder anything ever gets done there.

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