Hey all,

I will soon start to work as mechanical engineer near Tokyo.

During my job I will have to do many meetings and express myself in japanese in front of many peoples. To tell the truth, I'm not very confident in myself . My level is between N2 and N1.

Hopefully I will arrive in Japan 2 months before starting to work and therefore have some time to focus on my Japanese.

Could you advice me some activities that I could do make in Tokyo to boost my business Japanese skills within these two months?

I was thinking if there were some companies what teach you the right manners or language for business...?

Thx!

Maybe do a lot of reading related to your field to get a head start on all the vocabulary you're going to want to eventually know. Other than that a lot of general listening practice to things like podcasts, dramas, news etc. I don't think you need to worry about keigo. Just speak in polite masu/desu form and you should be fine. You can learn the rest from observing and imitating how your coworkers act in different situations.

Personally I think you should understand keigo. I'm currently employed by a 子会社 of a very large Japanese company and have frequent email/telephone contact with Tokyo employees on a daily basis. From the beginning they have always used keigo in emails etc as well as set business phrases (many of which I didn't know when I started, but thanks to google and 知恵袋 I now understand).

Sorry that doesn't really help with your situation but make sure you don't neglect keigo entirely.

keigo is very easy to understand. the hard part is using it correctly. I would recommend the little book "敬語の達人”　by 山岸弘子 for a quick, (relatively) entertaining trip through the world of business keigo.

Thx. Actually I understand most of keigo. I'm not afraid of my listening skills but afraid of having a fluent business conversation

Of course I could learn more set phrases and study more keigo but I feel there is something else needed which is maybe something like practical experience... Actually I feel like I speak very slowly and dont wan't to be seen like a burden

Find people who speak what you want to be able to speak.