When a person travels to Japan for business purposes, one should be prepared to change the way he or she communicates. Business cards are called meishi and are to be honored and shown as a sign of respect. The receiver of a business card would respect the card and place it in a special card holder. It is considered rude to place a business card in your pocket after receiving it. In Japan, managers control the meetings and whatever decisions are made by the manager stands and is not questioned. This varies from the United States way to thinking and is something that will take some time getting used to. Another difference in communication is the use of titles. In Japan, titles are very important in a business setting and the first name of a person is never used. It is considered a sign of disrespect to use another person’s first name. Since Japanese have a high Uncertainty avoidance, they tend to look ahead and try to predict the future. This could affect ones communication if they were trying to take care of a piece of business for the present time.