>>11359959sounds pretty horrible but manageable.
supposedly doing any sort of business in japan is pretty brutal since they don't trust anyone they haven't met face to face and any issues must be escalated through the chain of command one at a time even if it's obvious that it'll require someone higher up.
like if you want to film b-roll in a mcdonald's for a documentary your best best is to go talk to the manager only to have them give you the business card of the general manner so that they can give you the business of the regional manager so that you can set up a meeting to talk about it and they can determine that this needs the approval of his boss so he goes ahead and sets up a meeting for you to go talk to them who will ultimately deny your request unless you can show previous documentaries you've filmed and hard data that they haven't had a negative impact on any brands mentioned
