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Passport Japan : Your Pocket Guide to Japanese Business, Customs and Etiquette by Engel, Dean; Murakami, Ken, and Bray, Patrick.
ISBN 1885073178.
Another in the well-reviewed "Passport to the World" Series.

Culture Shock! Japan by Shelly, Rex and Makiuchi, Reiko.
ISBN 1558680713.
The "Culture Shock" series are a lot of fun to read. This one is about Japanese culture and customs. It has mixed reviews -- a few very good ones and a few average ones.

Japanese: Level 1: Learn In Your Car by Raymond, Henry N..
ISBN 1560151374.
A very simple audio cassette course for learning Japanese.

Let's Learn Hiragana by Mitamura, Yasuko K..
ISBN 0870117092.
The Japanese language is written with three sets of characters: The Chinese characters (or "Kanji") which are used for many nouns and verbs, Hiragana (which is used for simpler writing such as children's books or for certain smaller words and particles, or words that don't have a Kanji character) and Katakana, which is used for emphasis, foreign words, and other things. Hiragana is fairly simple, and is fun to learn. Learning Hiragana can also help you understand how Japanese words are put together and pronounced.