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Consultancy Service / New! - Management training / Recent Client List / Awards for Excellence | |
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ADVISORY AND CONSULTANCY SERVICE ON JAPAN AND JAPANESE CULTURE I provide a wide range of services relating to the culture and history of Japan. My experience of the country goes back 35 years, and I have access to unique sources of information. Projects in the past have included several television or video programmes where I have acted either as a scriptwriter, a series or programme advisor, or simply as an editor.
In addition I have been able to provide valuable information that has saved hundreds of dollars and much wasted time. For example, one company discovered that hiring footage of battle scenes from Japanese movies was horrendously expensive. I was able to come to their rescue with the suggestion of a festival in Japan where a mock battle takes place. The result was some superb camera work.
So if you want to know where to film cherry blossoms (and when!), or if you need the telephone number of a swordsmith, or the name of an authentic (not concrete!) Japanese castle, then send me an e-mail! All fees are by negotiation.
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I am now able to provide input into management training. Many companies have realised how important the samurai tradition is to successful Japanese management. As I have considerable management experience in a large organisation I am able to combine my own learning with that of your clients. I make use of classic samurai texts, showing how leadership secrets can be gleaned from the pages and applied today.
Typical input would include an introduction to the samurai tradition; concepts of loyalty and service; strategy and foresight; leadership and command; learning from the swordsmen etc.
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Recent clients include:
BBC Television 'Decisive Weapons' Series on the Samurai Sword
Creative Assembly for the award-winning computer game 'Shogun'
Dorling Kindersley
Pacific Street Films of New York
Live Arts Productions of Singapore
Flagship Games
Honda UK
Termite Arts Productions - Los Angeles
Cheltenham Festival of Literature
Royal Armouries, Leeds etc.. etc... |
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Winston Churchill Travelling Fellowship Award - 1993
Joint winner of the Canon Prize of the British Association for Japanese Studies - 1994
Japan Festival Literary Award - 1998
'Shogun: Total War', for which I was the historical advisor, was named 'Strategy Game of the Year' - 2000 |
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