Business Japanese

by Michael Jenkins

This is a complete course in speaking and understanding Japanese. If you have never learned Japanese before, or if you have a few lessons behind you, you'll find this course is ideal.

336 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1992

About the author

Michael Jenkins has spent most of his career in the British Diplomatic Service and has served in Paris, Moscow, the Hague, Bonn, Washington, and Brussels, where he was for a time Deputy Secretary-General of the European Commission.

While at the Embassy in Moscow, Jenkins wrote his first book "Arakcheev, Grand Vizier of the Russian Empire," a biography of one of the ministers of Alexander I. He was knighted in 1990.

Educated privately and at King's College, Cambridge, Jenkins spent much of his youth in France. He is married and has a son and a daughter.

Reviews

[Isen · Rating 3 out of 5]

An introduction to Japanese with an emphasis on business, rather than school, vocabulary. Covers a decent amount of topics, with plenty of reading comprehension. Downside is that it's not too clear where one should progress after going through this book.