Hiroshi Kumon is a Professor at Hosei University. He has been involved with several books on the subject of Japanese international business relationships. Tetsuo Abo is currently a professor at Hosei University, although he also holds visiting professorships at the Universities of Rennes and Waseda. His main area of expertise is in Multinational Enterprises, particularly those involving economic relationships between Japan, America and Europe, a subject on which he has edited several books.

• Movement of Japanese Companies into Europe; N.Kawabe Application and Adaptation of Japanese Production Systems in Europe; T.Abo Britain: Electronics Assembly; T.Kawamura Britain: Automobile Industry; K.Kamiyama Germany; T.Abo France and Benelux; D-S.Cho & J-W.Oh Italy, Spain and Portugal; H.Itagaki Hungary; K.Kamiyama Questionnaire Survey Analysis; R.D.Schlunze Case Studies: Matsushita; H.Itagaki - Sony; N.Kawabe - Toshiba; T.Abo & Y-S.Hao - Sharp; Y-S.Hao - Canon; W.Juhn - Toyota; K.Kamiyama - Nissan; H.Kumon - Honda; N.Kawabe - Denso; D-S.Cho - NEC (Semiconductor); Z-J.Yuan Conclusions; H.Kumo