It is considered rude to talk on your cell phone in public spaces. It is banned in many places, you will rarely see someone speaking on a phone on the train. Instead people tend to communicate via text messaging. An interesting difference between texting in Japanese vs. English is that they use Kanji. Kanji simplifies and shortens text drastically making it an easy and efficient way to communicate. The reason is that Kanji has more of a symbolic meaning per letter. For example, instead of expressing your happiness through written text, you add a smiley face to the end of an text. You are able to understand the meaning of the text without a long drawn out message.
In a business setting if you are on a virtual team, you cannot directly tell someone they are doing something wrong in front of other team members. This will cause embarrassment and shame. Instead people will tend to communicate indirectly and as politely as possible.
It is considered rude to talk on your cell phone in public spaces. It is banned in many places, you will rarely see someone speaking on a phone on the train. Instead people tend to communicate via text messaging. An interesting difference between texting in Japanese vs. English is that they use Kanji. Kanji simplifies and shortens text drastically making it an easy and efficient way to communicate. The reason is that Kanji has more of a symbolic meaning per letter. For example, instead of expressing your happiness through written text, you add a smiley face to the end of an text. You are able to understand the meaning of the text without a long drawn out message.
In a business setting if you are on a virtual team, you cannot directly tell someone they are doing something wrong in front of other team members. This will cause embarrassment and shame. Instead people will tend to communicate indirectly and as politely as possible.