If you're reading this, the odds are extraordinarily high that you don't walk around carrying business cards. That's because they're a lost art where English is the primary language.
On the other hand, the tradition is alive and well in Japan.
Apple today announced that its founder and Chairman, Steven P. Jobs, has passed away. The world has lost one of a kind.
No description really suits Jobs. He was not just a manager, an inventor, an engineer, an artist, a control freak, a salesman or an inspirational speaker, yet he was in part all of those.
My father currently runs the family business called Ryphan Industry Co., Ltd.
Founded in 1940 by my grandfather and my great-grandfather, Ryphan is a trading company dealing with plastic packaging used in tube-shaped foods like salamis and sausages. The company has a fleeting connection to American baseball. One of our biggest customers is Nippon Ham, Japan's largest