CONTENTS

PREFACE
(i)
KEY TO ABBREVIATIONS
(iv)
CHAPTER l  INTRODUCTION
1

0UR PURPOSE1

THE JAPANESE COMPANY
3

THE BUSINESSMAN
7

THE JOB-HUNTER
15

THE RESEARCHER OR STUDENT 
26

VISAS
27

STATUS OF RESIDENCE LIST
31
CHAPTER 2
JOB-PLACEMENT COMPANIES
32
CHAPTER 3
BUSINESS CONSULTANTS
39
CHAPTER 4
LANGUÅGE AND OTHER SCHOOLS
43
CHAPTER 5
TRANSLATION,INTERPRETATION AND
PROOFREADING
61
CHAPTER 6 PUBLISHERS,PRINTERS,BOOK−DEALERS,
MASS COMMUNICATIONS
69
CHAPTER 7
ADVERTISING 
77
CHAPTER 8
FINANCE 
81
CHAPTER 9
MANUFACTURING 
86
CHAPTER lOCOMPUTERS,ELECTRONICS AND ELECTRICS 98
CHAPTER 11
CONSTRUCTION AND CIVIL ENGINEERING
102
CHAPTER 12
FOOD PRODUCERS 
105
CHAPTER 13
WHOLESALERS AND RETAILERS 
107
CHAPTER 14
TRADING COMPANIES 
110
CHAPTER I5TRAVEL AND TRANSPORTATION 114
CHAPTER16
REAL ESTATE
120
CHAPTER17
LAW
124
CHAPTER18ASSOCIATIONS128
CHAPTER19UNIVERSITIES AND COLLEGES141
CHAPTER20VISITING JAPAN148

TRANSPORTATION148


(a) From Narita Airport148


(b)Tokyo150


(c)Other cities155


(d)Long-distance Travel157

ACCOMMODATION
165

FINDING AN ADDRESS173

USING THE TELEPHONE174

EATING175

MONEY AND BANKS178

POSTAL SERVICES179

BUSINESS HOURS180

ENTERTAINMENT180

NEWSPAPERS181

JAPANESE LANGUAGE181

ADVICE AND INFORMATION188

EMBASSIES190
LIST OF TOKYO STOCK MARKET COMPANIES194

FIRST SECTION194

SECOND SECTION218

LOCAL MARKET COMPANIES233

‘OVER THE COUNTER’COMPANIES235