| Title | Author | Publisher | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| A Half Step Behind (Japanese Women Today) | Jane Condon | Charles E.Tuttle | History of women in Japan and interviews with Japanese women. |
| America and Japan The Twain Meet | Jack Seward | Yohan Publications,Inc. | Another foreigner's view of Japan. |
| Cultural Tradition in Japan Today 1,2 | Nippon Steel | Maruzen | Typical introduction of Japan to foreigners. |
| Japan Hand Book JETRO's Desktop Economic Encyclopedia | JETRO | JETRO | Overview of current Japan. Figures are little bit outdated now. |
| Marriage in Changing Japan | Joy Hendry | Tuttle Book | Little outdated book on Japanese marriage. |
| The Anatomy of Dependence | Takeo Doi | Kodansha | Social psychological view of relationship between Japanese. |
| The Anatomy of Self | Takeo Doi | Kodansha | Social psychological view of how a Japanese think. |
| The Chrysanthemum and the Sword | Ruth Benedict | Tuttle Book | Classical book on Japan. |
| The Japanese Heart,the Japanese House | Shumon Miura Ayako Sono | Yomiuri Shimbun | A simple view of Japanese society by a Japanese. |
| The Japanese Mind | Robert C. Christopher | Tuttle Book | A little outdated book on how Japanese think. |
| The Japan Today | Edwin O. Reischauer | Tuttle Book | Little outdated book but good for study of post Japan history. |
| The Modern Madame Butterfly | Karen Ma | Tuttle Book | Current study of Japanese female. |
| The Ugly Japanese | Friedemann Bartu | Tuttle Book | Another one-sided book by a foreigner who does not speak nor read any Japanese. |