Basic Japanese for Expats: A Practical Course in Business Japanese

Basic Japanese for Expats is a three-volume course in beginning-level Japanese that is designed for English-speaking business people who have limited amounts of time for study.

Using a syllabus focused on the functions of sentence patterns, this course helps learners efficiently acquire stronger communication skills through task-centered drills. Japanese text is mostly romanized, and grammar commentary is provided in English. The 30 lessons spanning three volumes cover many areas of beginning Japanese.