Published: Retrospective Analysis from 2020 Data
Let’s address the elephant in the room immediately. In the context of Japanese business culture (Keiretsu, Nihonjin no shigoto bunka), searching for legitimate corporate contacts using consumer free-mail domains is like searching for a sushi chef at a hot dog stand. It rarely works. Nihonjin no shigoto bunka)
If you are reading this, you likely typed a very specific—and very problematic—search query into Google sometime in 2020. You were looking for current email addresses of companies in Japan, but with a twist: you wanted them to end in @gmail.com , @hotmail.com , @yahoomail.com , or @aol.net . or @aol.net .