This came to mind today - @patio11 you can probably weigh in since you've come to Singapore....http://mutazarif.com/articles/the-difference-between-western-and-japanese-email/ …
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Replying to @cryptoecongames
That Japanese email at the start seems like a sentence short to me. Kids these days. (Joking but not joking.) If I were explaining this I'd also mention Schelling points (the "right" amount of politeness is the amount that you and counterparties would end on effortlessly).
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Replying to @cryptoecongames
There would be a variety of opinions on this, but the salaryman in me says: "Thank you very much." needs to be about 3X as long. (Something like お手数でございますがよろしくお願い申し上げます。 as a minimum buy-in and I could double without even consciously trying.)
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