Loading…
Master formal Japanese for work, emails, meetings, and negotiations. Join professionals learning keigo and business etiquette with expert teachers.
Keigo isn't just grammar — it's the key to trust, credibility, and career advancement in Japan's corporate world.
Formal speech levels (teineigo, sonkeigo, kenjōgo) essential for Japanese workplace culture. Never commit a career-limiting formality mistake again.
Navigate nemawashi consensus-building, ringi approval processes, and after-hours communication protocols that are invisible to textbook learners.
Compose proper メール (email), 報告書 (reports), and 稟議書 (approval documents) with correct keigo — a skill even some native speakers struggle with.
Keigo isn't one thing — it's three distinct systems. Most learners only know 丁寧語. Fluent business Japanese requires all three.
Teineigo — Polite Language
The baseline of professional Japanese. Uses です/ます verb endings. Appropriate for most workplace interactions with colleagues and clients.
Sonkeigo — Respectful Language
Used to elevate the actions of superiors, clients, and respected others. Never used about yourself. Mixing this up is a serious social error.
Kenjōgo — Humble Language
Used to humble your own actions when speaking to superiors or clients. The most complex level — and the one that most learners get wrong.
From your first formal email to closing a negotiation — these are the four areas our business Japanese teachers focus on.
Compose proper business emails with correct keigo, standard opening and closing formulas, and the right level of formality for each recipient.
Chair and participate in meetings, use consensus-building language (nemawashi), respond to questions, and follow up with meeting minutes.
Structure and deliver presentations in Japanese — from opening hooks to data explanation, Q&A handling, and persuasive closing.
Navigate business dinners, gift-giving protocols, seating etiquette, and the after-hours socializing that is central to Japanese business culture.
Business Japanese isn't just for people moving to Tokyo — it's essential for anyone working with or in Japan.
Relocating to Japan for work? Keigo fluency is the difference between being respected and being politely tolerated. Most expats plateau at N3 — Unox takes you further.
Expanding your business to Japan? Client meetings, negotiations, and contracts all require cultural fluency beyond what any translation tool provides.
Communicating with Japanese team members remotely? Business Japanese fluency builds trust, accelerates decisions, and removes the awkwardness of heavily translated communication.
Our business Japanese teachers cover the full spectrum of professional communication — from your first self-introduction to closing a negotiation.
Whether you're building foundations or refining executive-level Japanese, we have teachers for every JLPT level.
Can introduce yourself, understand simple instructions, read basic emails.
Can participate in meetings, write formal emails, understand workplace expectations.
Can negotiate, present complex proposals, understand all registers and nuance.
David L.
Finance Manager, relocated to Tokyo
“I went from struggling with keigo to leading client meetings in Japanese in 8 months. My Unox teacher literally saved my Tokyo assignment.”
Priya M.
Consulting, Japan desk
“The business Japanese lessons taught me things my N2 certification never covered — the actual unwritten rules.”
Expert Japanese teachers ready to build your keigo and professional communication skills from day one.
Find a Business Japanese Tutor →