You Have Completed an Important Presentation to Several Japanese Executives

Multiple Choice

You have completed an important presentation to several Japanese executives regarding a proposed partnership between your British company and their Japanese firm. Your presentation is greeted by a long silence with the Japanese executives continuing to look at you. This silence probably means that the Japanese executives:

A) disagree with your proposal and can't think of a polite way of telling you about their rejection.
B) are trying to intimidate you in order to gain the advantage during the negotiation stage.
C) are waiting for formal confirmation that you have completed your presentation.
D) are contemplating what you have just said and are showing respect for your presentation.
E) are so overjoyed by the proposal that they are speechless.