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Step 1
Use both hands when presenting your business card. Your card should be printed on both sides - Japanese on one, English on the other. When presenting your card, the Japanese side should be facing up.
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Step 2
Bow as long and as low as befits your station - being foreign, young, female, and/or unaffiliated with a corporation means you must bow very, very low.
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Step 3
You receive a business card in the same way, but you should bow even longer and lower than you did before. Say thank you, or 'Hajimemashite,' as you accept it with both hands.
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Step 4
Study the business card intently, even if you can't read a single line. At the very least, remember the giver's name. They will remember yours.
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Step 5
If you are receiving multiple cards at once, you may leave them in a neat stack in front of you until the end of your meeting. If not, retrieve your custom-made business card holder, and slide your new aquisition inside - carefully, like it were a piece of art.
Comments
pshquilts said
on 6/29/2009 Fascinating, Thank you.
Mitestarossa said
on 4/18/2009 Thank you for letting me know how to exchange business cards in Japan.
lynn1919 said
on 4/17/2009 this is interesting! =)
Haoie said
on 4/16/2009 This applies to other Asian countries, too.
jull14 said
on 4/14/2009 Love this article on How to Exchange Business Cards in Japan, the more we know about a country the better it will be when we visit there, thanks for sharing this great article. Julia