Training BriefFor organizations building Japan-ready teams

Corporate Japanese Training

Practical Japanese and workplace-readiness training that turns your India-based team into confident, capable partners for your Japanese stakeholders.

18+ yrs

training Japan-facing teams

N5–N1

JLPT-grounded curriculum

On-site / Online

delivered your way

Custom

built around your team's function

The need

Communication trips up more Japan partnerships than a lack of skill ever does.

Your engineers are capable and your account managers know the account. But once a conversation crosses into Japanese business norms, small gaps compound into real friction.

Meetings & Communication

Nuance gets flattened, questions go unasked, and both sides leave the call unsure what was actually agreed.

Decision-Making Culture

Nemawashi and ringi-style consensus-building look like delay to a team that's never seen it explained. Deadlines slip, and nobody outside Japan understands why.

Written Communication

Too blunt, too vague, or too casual. Tone missteps in email and documentation erode trust before a meeting even starts.

Team Onboarding

New hires and new accounts get handed Japanese counterparts with no grounding in hierarchy, etiquette, or workplace norms.

How Hirameki helps

Training built for how your team actually communicates at work.

We start from the JLPT framework because it's the recognised standard. Then we build outward into what your team actually has to do at work.

Workplace-first curriculum

Grounded in JLPT N5/N4 structure, built around meetings, emails, greetings and presentations.

Native + Indian trainer pairing

A native Japanese instructor for authenticity and an experienced Indian trainer for context, together in every session.

Scenario-based roleplay

Client calls and project discussions, practiced as simulations with real feedback.

Culture built in

Hierarchy and etiquette, taught alongside the language itself.

Delivered your way

Onsite or online, on a schedule and cadence that fits your team's calendar and current level.

Program path

Basic Japanese Communication — JLPT N5/N4 level

Duration and frequency are set around your company's needs; mode is onsite or online. Here's what the program covers, in sequence.

SLIDE 01 / 05

Vocabulary & Etiquette

Workplace-specific vocabulary and business etiquette fundamentals.

SLIDE 02 / 05

Speaking & Listening Drills

Practice for meetings, emails, greetings and presentations.

SLIDE 03 / 05

Business Culture Foundations

An introduction to Japanese workplace norms and decision-making.

SLIDE 04 / 05

Scenario Simulations

Client calls, project discussions and meetings, role-played in full.

SLIDE 05 / 05

Feedback & Iteration

Every simulation closes with structured, specific feedback.

Built for teams like yours

Ideal for the people who own the Japan relationship

IT & Engineering Teams

Assigned to Japan projects or clients, and need to hold their own in technical discussions.

HR & L&D Departments

Looking for structured language training they can roll out and measure across teams.

Client-Facing & Project Teams

Managing the relationship day to day, and need fluency under real deadline pressure.

Organizations Building a Pipeline

Building capability that outlasts a single deal.

Goes deeper with

Cultural Sensitization Workshops

This program builds the language skills. Cultural Sensitization builds the instincts: reading hierarchy, etiquette, and what's left unsaid in the room.

Explore Cultural Sensitization