Learn more about general rules (with examples) for conducting business overseas.

• Paperback: 420 pages ; Dimensions (in inches): 1.08 x 9.15 x 6.48
• Publisher: Merriam-Webster, Inc.; 2nd Book and CD-ROM edition (June 2003)
• ISBN: 0877796084

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.

• Paperback: 236 pages ; Dimensions (in inches): 0.64 x 8.92 x 5.96
• Publisher: John Wiley & Sons; (March 1990)
• ISBN: 0471515701

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!)

• Hardcover: 352 pages ; Dimensions (in inches): 1.03 x 9.54 x 6.29
• Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Co; (July 1994)
• ISBN: 0395670268

If you are going to be dealing with Japanese companies on a continuing basis, read this book!

• Paperback: 182 pages
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill/Contemporary Books; 6th edition (March 1994)
• ASIN: 0844285072

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 for weeks from May 20, 2000!

• Hardcover: 384 pages ; Dimensions (in inches): 1.06 x 9.35 x 6.28
• Publisher: Bantam Doubleday Dell Pub (Trd); (May 2, 2000)
• ISBN: 0553111337

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!

• Hardcover: 1748 pages ; Dimensions (in inches): 3.21 x 9.34 x 6.40
• Publisher: Charles E Tuttle Co; (April 1996)
• ISBN: 0804820589

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.

• Hardcover: 1109 pages ; Dimensions (in inches): 2.00 x 9.75 x 6.75
• Publisher: Charles E Tuttle Co; 2nd edition (June 1995)
• ISBN: 0804804087

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.

• Hardcover: 1616 pages ; Dimensions (in inches): 3.25 x 9.58 x 6.67
• Publisher: Charles E Tuttle Co; Revised edition (September 1997)
• ISBN: 0804820368

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.

• Hardcover: 717 pages ; Dimensions (in inches): 1.72 x 11.06 x 5.28
• Publisher: Kodansha International; (October 2000)
• ISBN: 4770024800

Very handy reference to say it just right in business!

• Paperback: 176 pages ; Dimensions (in inches): 0.47 x 7.25 x 4.58
• Publisher: Kodansha International; (July 1998)
• ASIN: 4770022999

This Japanese to English and English to Japanese medical dictionary is really worth a look! This reference book is already available in its 5th Revised Edition.

• Hardcover: 2479 pages
• Publisher: French & European Pubns
• ISBN: 0828818509