Meeting people in business cultural differences and phrase

Here are some descriptions of introducing yourself and meeting people in Japan. Which ones are true of your typical business dealings?
 “I’d like to introduce myself” is quite often the very start of the conversation
 New employees often stand up in front of the whole department and give a “self-introduction”
speech
 Japanese people often have a ready prepared introductory speech to use whenever
the meet people
 People often mention their company name before their own name
 It is more common to mention your company than your job title
 “Nice to meet you” often goes before hearing the other person’s name
 Bowing is obligatory
 Eye contact is brief
 The phrases when you meet someone are quite fixed, and the replies are exactly the
same
 If you meet a large group of people you say the same things to each person
 There isn’t much difference between formal and informal introductions
 Exchanging business cards tends to be early on
 Business cards should be handed over with both hands and with the text the right way
up for the other person to read
 Business cards should be examined carefully
 Comments on business cards are often just be confirming their name or commenting
on where their office is
 Business cards should be placed on the table during the meeting and then put in a
dedicated business card holder
 Never write anything on another person’s business card
 It is fairly easy to signal the end of a conversation
 Conversation endings are fairly short

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Meeting people in business cultural differences and phrase