Subject/key Word	Title	Brief	ISBN	Retail Link
Japanese medical terms	Japan Medical Dictionary	Japanese-English Medical Terms Glossary *Approx. 8,400+ terms & phrases. 350-pages, Memo-pad sized. Essential for Overseas Japanese medical workers, researchers, translators and business executives. Yoneda Kenji has put together a "must have" for anyone serious in the Japan medical business. From Japan Publiations, 1999.	0123455670
Japanese, special occasions, standard phrases	Japanese for All Occasions	This is a "must-have" book for anyone at any level of Japanese from the novice to the fluent. Japanese is a language of "fixed phrases" and unfortunately, unless one is in a particular situation often, it is difficult to know the appropriate phrase. Beginners will find it useful for not only the "right word for the right time" but also for the background explanations. Advanced speakers will find it just as useful for refreshing memories! From Tuttle Books, 1990	0804815674
Japanese business letters	Writing Business Letters in Japanese	An excellent bi-lingual guide to writing business letters in Japanese, particularly useful for foreigners. Unlike most "how to write a letter" books, this one is not academic; business people will immediately feel comfortable with the typical business settings in the examples. A "must-have" for anyone who needs to write even a memo in Japanese. From The Japan Times, 1999	4789009513
International Business	Guide to International Business Communications	Learn more about general rules (with examples) for conducting business overseas	0877791287
International Business	Do's and Taboos of Hosting International Vistitors	An outstanding guide, with both general common-sense tips and specifics for almost every country and culture. Useful for both the master internationalist who needs a quick reference on specifics, as well as the novice who wants to put his best foot forward.	0471415701
International writing & communication	Internationally Yours	Mary DeVries's excellent practical book on international communications. Every manager should make this book required reading for everyone on their staff, especailly those in order-processing and the secretarial staff who are have to deal in internatinal communications but who don't actually travel much themselves. Strengthen these weak links by making this book part of their basic reference materials. (And it won't hurt to read it yourself!)	03925696119
Japan etiquette business	Japanese Etiquette & Ethics in Business	If you are going to be dealing with Japanese companies on a continuing basis, read this book!	0844285072
History: US-Japanese	Flags of Our Fathers	James Bradley's new book has been hailed by Stephen Ambrose, prize-winning author of such best-sellers as D-Day and Undaunted Courageas the "Pacific version" of his own Citizen Soldiers. Though the book is primarily concerned with the lives of the 6 men who were immortalized in the raising of the flag on Mt. Suribachi in the Iwo Jima campaign in WWII, it is nonetheless recommended here as an important history book, albeit of the worst period of US-Japan relations. The author, who studied Japanese, has lived and worked in Japan and brings a level of understanding to this period not found in most books. #1 on the New York Times Bestseller list since May 20, 2000!	0553111337
Japanese language kanji	Spahn & Hadamitzky's Japanese Character Dictionary	Mark Spahn & Wolfgang Hadamitzky's award-winning, revolutionary kanji dictionary for non-native speakers. This reknown "yellow book" contains over 7,000 kanji (including old Chinese kanji) and 47,000 compounds. This is THE kanji dictionary that goes one better than the venerable "red book" "Nelson's": in addition to looking up via number of stroke and pronunciation, kanji compounds can be looked up in any order of occurence! This provides a time-saving and stress-relieving way to look up those "difficult" kanji via any one in the compound. No student of Japanese should be without this. This is THE kanji reference book!	0804820589
Japanese language kanji	Nelson's Japanese-English Character Dictionary	The famous, award winning "Red book of Kanji" by Andrew Nelson, ground-breaking when introduced in 1969, quickly became the standard English-language kanji reference dictionary for scholars. This is the standard to which all other Japanese character dictionaries are compared.	0804804087
Japanese language kanji	The new Nelson Japanese-English Character Dictionary	Revised in 1997, this "Blue Book" is based on the classic "Red book" (Nelson's Japanese-English Character Dictionary) by the same author, although the famous Nelson algorithic numbering system has been discarded in favor of the traditional Chinese arrangement system. Much larger and including a "Universal Radical Index. . It lists each character under every radical that could possibly be the character's radical. This book is not for novices in the language, however.	0804820368
Japanese language biomedical	Dictionary of Biology and Medical Science (Japanese English)	A rare find! A Japanese-English dictionary of medical and biology terms. Japanese terms are written in hiragana, (with kanji as appropriate) with English definitions. Requires knownledge of hiragana.	4871982068
Japanese language biomedical	Watanabe's Pocket Medical Dictionary	A useful, concise English-Japanese medical dictionary. Though billed as an "English-German-French-Latin-Japanese" dictionary, it really is just a straight English-Japanese medical dictionary.	3547136060305
Japanese dictionary	Kodansha's Furigana Japanese Dictionary	A rare find! Don't worry about having to use a kanji dictionary look up the "Japanese meaning" of an English word because you don't know how to read the kanji! An outstanding Japanese-English/English-Japanese dictionary with furigana (pronunciation kana for kanji) for all kanji in the book. This is invaluable for any non-native speaker from novice to advanced.	4770024800
Japanese language business	Common Japanese Business Phrases (Power Japanese)	Very handy reference to say it just right in business!	4770022999
Japan hospital care	Dying in a Japanese Hospital	"In Japan, 200,000 people die of cancer every year, many of them ignorant of their illness. Cancer surgeon Dr. Yamazaki (Fumio) uses 10 actual cases as the basis of his call for a more open and honest relationahip between terminally ill patients and their doctors." This is a rare, critical glimpse in to the darker side of Japanese medical practices, told from the first hand experience of a practioner within the system. Akeen insight into the human experience from a Japanese doctor.	4789008452
		GENERAL JAPANESE REFERENCE BOOKS & MATERIALS
Japanese language	Berlitz Essential Japanese (Berlitz Essentials)		4789009513
Japanese language	Berlitz Basic Japanese Workbook		4789009513
Japanese language cassette	BasicJapanese (Berlitz Basic Series) Audio Cassette and Book		4789009513
Japanese business letters	Basic Business Japanese		4770017723
Japanese business letters cassette	BasicBusiness Japanese : For the Busy Professional Who Speaks Some Japanese (Audio Cassettes)		477002326X
Japanese dictionary	BasicJapanese-English Dictionary : An Easy-To-Use Dictionary for Beginners		0198643284
Japanese dictionary	Martin's Concise Japanese Dictionary : English-Japanese Japanese-English : Fully Romanized With Complete Kanji & Kana		0804819122
Japanese dictionary	Kanji & Kana : A Handbook of the Japanese Writing System (Tuttle Language Library)		0804820775
Japanese kanji dictionary	Essential Kanji : 2,000 Basic Japanese Characters Systematically Arranged for Learning and Reference		0834802228
Japanese kanji dictionary	250 Essential Kanji for Everyday Use		080482102X
Japanese language grammar	Japanese Verbs and Essentials of Grammar : A Practical Guide to the Mastery of Japanese		0844284068
Japanese language study	Speak Japanese Today : A Self-Study Program for Learning Everyday Japanese		0804815631
Japanese language study	Making Sense of Japanese : What the Textbooks Don't Tell You		4770023103
Japanese language study	13 Secrets for Speaking Fluent Japanese		4770023022
Japanese language study	Basic Connections : Making Your Japanese Flow (Power Japanese)		4770019688
Japanese language study	Common Japanese Phrases (Power Japanese International Series)		4770020724
Japanese kanji study	Kanji Power : A Workbook for Mastering Japanese Characters (Tuttle Language Library)		0804817251
Japanese kanji study	Beginner's Kana Workbook : Practice Drills for Writing Hiragana and Katakana		0844283738
Japanese language business	Business Japanese : A Complete Course for Beginners (Teach Yourself Books)		478909513
Chinese language	Chinese for Today, 2nd ed.		9620742907