Provides the information and advice necessary to make stylistic decisions when faced with Japanese subject matter. Covers word formation, spelling, capitalization, italization, numbers, bibliographic forms, personal and place names, and using macrons, apostrophes, and other aids. Ten appendices address orthography, prefectures and provinces, numbers, units of measures, historical eras, principal periods of Japanese history, and internet resources. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.