This directory of 43 up-and-coming artists from Japan is a "look-book" of their contemporary artwork. While focusing primarily on illustrators, the guide also represents work from the world of photography, sculpting, and painting. In addition to providing American creative professionals with source information on Japanese talentfull color images of their work, brief biographies, contact information, and listings of awards received, clients, and shows in which their work has appearedthe directory also serves as a window into the latest trends in the Japanese illustration world. A convenient keyA=Acrylics, D=Digital, O=Oilsassists in the understanding of the mediums in which each artist specializes. Among the artists featured are Takashi Akiyama, Hitoshi Miura, Sadahito Mori, Takashi Sekiguchi, Radical Suzuki, and Hiroshi Watanabe.

Japan Publicity, Inc. was a pioneer in the development of Japanese–English bilingual telephone directories in the United States. Now in print and electronic formats, their publications include the Rafu Telephone Guides for 10 metropolitan areas and eight states and www.compasscompass.com and www.telephonedirectory.com, which feature nationwide listings for a variety of business establishments. The company is located in Torrance, Calfornia.