1. Your business Card
自分の名刺
If you forget to bring your business card, it will be rude to the other person. Always have enough business cards on hand. Instead of putting it in your wallet or notebook, keep it in your business card holder.

2. Other person's business cards
相手の名刺
You and the other person can exchange business cards either sequentially or simultaneously. Another option is to hold a business card holder and place the other person's business card on top of the holder.
Recently, most business cards have Roman characters in addition to Japanese, or have an English version on the back, but there are also business cards that are only in Japanese and don't know how to read the kanji.
When you receive your business card, first check how to read your name. You can ask お名前は何とお読みするのでしょうか？ (How do you pronounce your name?).
Once you have received your business card, leave the other person's business card on your desk. If you have exchanged business cards with multiple people, arrange each person's card in the order in which they are sitting.
When you go back to your company and organize your business cards, it will be easier to remember them if you write down the date you met and the other person's characteristics. However, it is considered very rude to write anything on a business card, so please be careful not to write notes on the business card you received in front of the person.

3. Order of business card exchange
名刺の順番
If there is more than one person, the person with the highest position will exchange business cards. When you visit a business partner, first talk from the most senior person in your company to the most senior person in the other party's company and start exchanging business cards. After that, the second-highest position in the company, the third-highest position, and so on, in order. If you spend too much time exchanging business cards, that time will be wasted, so it is important to move quickly and adapt to the people around you.

4. Exchanging business cards
名刺の交換
If you are already seated, stand up and walk over to the person. When receiving a business card, you should say 頂戴いたします (I'll take it), and bow before you accept it. After that, hand over your business card and say, ○○ 会社の△△と申します。よろしくお願いいたします。(I'm △△ from ○○ company. Nice to meet you.)

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