[A quick note for readers of Japanese who may be looking for a translation which was here previously: 残念ながら、以前リンクされていた本文の和訳が翻訳者のサイトの更新により、アクセスできなくなりました。ご了承ください。] I’ve been in Japan for ten years now and often get asked about how business works here, sometimes by folks in the industry wondering about the Japanese startup culture, sometimes by folks wishing to sell their software in Japan, and somet