Business etiquette in Japan

Today, I'm writing about any interesting business etiquette in Japan.
 
We think business cards are important. So we usually exchange our business cards when we meet our clients for the first time. We put our business card on our business card holder, show it to our client, introduce ourselves, and exchange cards. After that, we should bow. We shouldn't fold business cards, and shouldn't write something on them. Don't put client’s business cards in your business cards holder immediately after you get them. You should arrange cards on the table as the same order as clients sitting in the meeting.

We like to express our opinions indirectly. Especially, we don't say "No" clearly. If Japanese people say "I'll consider it.", in most cases, that means "No". It would be better not to understand that directly.

We usually mind our hierarchical relationship. For example in a meeting or dinner, we decide sitting places under our relationship. A person of the highest status sits on the center of the table. A person of the lowest status sits on the nearest seat to an entrance. In most cases, hierarchical relationship has priority over lady's first.