Jan. 27, 2021
SPONSORED CONTENT Rochelle Kopp (left), a consultant and educator specializing in cross-cultural communication, and Alex Steullet, the editor in chief of Kintopia, talk about how Japanese companies can embrace diversity at their workplaces and be competitive during a recent online discussion. | MASAMI ATAKA, TSUKASA OGI
Sayuri Daimon
Contributing writer Rochelle Kopp, founder and managing principal of Japan Intercultural Consulting, is a management consultant specializing in cross-cultural communication, human resources, leadership and organization development. She works with Japanese companies doing business globally and global companies doing business in Japan. A veteran facilitator experienced in delivering training and consulting to participants from around the world, Rochelle frequently leads cross-cultural team buildings and other programs for executives. Rochelle is the author of The Rice-Paper Ceiling: Breaking Through Japanese
Belarus incarcerates anti-Lukashenko protesters en masse
A Belarusian woman who lives in Switzerland is one of hundereds of protesters facing long sentences for demonstrating against President Alexander Lukashenko.
Hershe has been imprisoned ever since attending a protest in Minsk in September
Gennadiy Kasyan leafed through the letters that his sister, Natalia Hershe, had sent him from prison. She ends every letter with the words We believe! We can! We will win! he said. It is the motto of the opposition in Belarus. I am well, she wrote in one letter. What looks like a catastrophe to begin with could turn out later to be a big, big opportunity, she added.