Introduction:

This paper is raising questions regarding the potential cultural impact of companies that have started to implement recruitment practices on a global scale, with special regards to the implications for Japanese society. Important keywords in this regard are certainly among many others: Globalization, Knowledge Society, Business Organizations and Intercultural Communication, with each of them being very important to be able to approach the most relevant questions.

This essay intends to draw attention to Japan’s labour market from an intercultural perspective, and by seizing the very current matter of Japan’s strive for a economical change discuss the potential cultural impact of Japanese companies reaching out for employees on a new and global scale.