{"id":16413,"date":"2011-01-25T12:37:20","date_gmt":"2011-01-25T16:37:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/?p=16413"},"modified":"2011-01-25T12:38:39","modified_gmt":"2011-01-25T16:38:39","slug":"linkedin-do-japanese-people-use-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/2011\/01\/25\/linkedin-do-japanese-people-use-it\/","title":{"rendered":"LinkedIn:  Do Japanese people use it?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/linkedin-logo.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-14029\" title=\"linkedin-logo\" src=\"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/linkedin-logo.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"116\" height=\"116\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/linkedin-logo.png 512w, https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/linkedin-logo-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/linkedin-logo-300x300.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 116px) 100vw, 116px\" \/><\/a>In the course of creating the <a href=\"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/2011\/01\/21\/saving-jet-jet-alumni-groups-by-prefecture\/\">JET alum prefectural groups on LinkedIn<\/a> and encouraging Japanese local government staff to join as well to foster connections and communications, I&#8217;ve become aware of the fact that LinkedIn is not anywhere near as popular in Japan as it is in the English speaking world.\u00a0 As word gets around CLAIR of the project, I&#8217;ve noticed several Japanese government workers signing up (which is great) who have 0 connections.\u00a0 That means this is the first time they&#8217;re using LinkedIn.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Does anyone else out there have perspectives on awareness of LinkedIn in Japan, to what extent it&#8217;s used, whether there are alternative networks out there that are more popular?<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Please <a href=\"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/2011\/01\/25\/linkedin-do-japanese-people-use-it\/#respond\">share any insights or thoughts<\/a> in the <a href=\"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/2011\/01\/25\/linkedin-do-japanese-people-use-it\/#respond\">comments section<\/a> of this post.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>Yoroshiku onegaishimasu.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>&#8211;<a href=\"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/about\/bios\/\">Steven Horowitz<\/a> (Aichi-ken, 1992-94)<br \/>\nLinkedIn profile:\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/stevenwaseda\">http:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/stevenwaseda<\/a><br \/>\n<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the course of creating the JET alum prefectural groups on LinkedIn and encouraging Japanese local government staff to join as well to foster connections and communications, I&#8217;ve become aware of the fact that LinkedIn is not anywhere near as popular in Japan as it is in the English speaking world.\u00a0 As word gets around 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