 | Japanese for Busy People I: Kana Version includes CD (Japanese for Busy People Series) (Bk. 1) by Association For Japanese-Language Teaching (Ajalt)
Buy new: $17.82 / Used from: $13.95 Required beginning language text used by NanoJapan program for students with NO formal Japanese language classes. (Note: Students who have taken some Japanese language previously should wait to purchase your textbook until after receiving your MLC Level Check results.)
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 | Japanese for Busy People: Kana Workbook Incl. 1 CD by AJALT
Buy new: $9.89 / Used from: $6.79 Not required but recommended, especially for students wishing to continue formal Japanese language study upon return from abroad.
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 | Japan Today by Roger Buckley
Buy new: $34.99 / Used from: $0.01 This book is required reading for all NanoJapan 2008 participants.
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 | Let's Learn Hiragana: First Book of Basic Japanese Writing (Kodansha's Children's Classics) by Yasuko Kosaka Mitamura
Buy new: $9.23 / Used from: $5.29 Introduces the learner to the basics of one of these fundamental Japanese scripts. Being a workbook, it contains all the exercises that allow the student to master hiragana by the time the book has been finished. Great self-study guide.
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 | Let's Learn Katakana: Second Book of Basic Japanese Writing by Yasuko Kosaka Mitamura
Buy new: $9.89 / Used from: $2.00 This book along with its companion Let's learn Hiragana (which must be previously studied before moving into this one) is surely a great step to mastering Japanese writing and reading.
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 | Tokyo City Atlas: A Bilingual Guide (3rd Ed.) by Kodansha International
Buy new: $16.32 / Used from: $14.39 Extremely helpful in navigating Tokyo. Highly recommended by 2006 participants and STRONGLY recommend for NanoJapan 2007 participants.
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 | Lonely Planet Tokyo by Kara Knafelc
Buy used from: $0.01 Organized by neighborhood and compact size makes it easy to carry. Highly useful, especially for students whose internships sites are in Tokyo. For students located outside of Tokyo you may wish to purchase a guidebook for Japan as a whole or your city/region in particular.
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 | Working in Japan: An Insider's Guide for Engineers and Scientists
Buy new: $43.00 / Used from: $28.92 Excellent book full of many helpful resources for engineers and scientists.
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 | Culture and Technology in Modern Japan (Culture & Technical Modern Japan)
Buy used from: $35.00 |
 | Notes from Toyota-Land: An American Engineer in Japan by Darius Mehri
Buy new: $22.46 / Used from: $9.75 A foreigner's experience living and working at a Japanese company.
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 | Nanotechnology For Dummies (For Dummies (Math & Science)) by Richard D. Booker
Buy new: $16.49 / Used from: $2.88 Basic Introduction to Nanotechnology.
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 | Understanding Nanotechnology by Scientific American
Buy new: $13.24 / Used from: $2.85 |
 | Nanotechnology: A Gentle Introduction to the Next Big Idea by Mark A. Ratner
Buy new: $26.39 / Used from: $2.43 |
 | Nanosystems: Molecular Machinery, Manufacturing, and Computation by K. Eric Drexler
Buy new: $53.55 / Used from: $10.40 |
 | Global Studies: Japan and the Pacific Rim (Global Studies Japan and the Pacific Rim) by Dean W Collinwood
Buy new: $33.44 / Used from: $0.04 |
 | In the Know in Japan: The Indispensable Guide to Working and Living in Japan by Jennifer Phillips
Buy used from: $1.00 |
 | Etiquette Guide to Japan: Know the Rules that Make the Difference! by Boye Lafayette De Mente
Buy used from: $4.95 |
 | Maximizing Study Abroad: A Student's Guide to Strategies for Language and Culture Learning and Use
Buy used from: $3.40 |
 | A Guide to Food Buying in Japan by Carolyn R. Krouse
Buy new: $10.17 / Used from: $6.61 Recommend by former NanoJapan participant. Very useful for grocery shopping in Japan.
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 | A Dictionary of Japanese Food: Ingredients & Culture by Richard Hosking
Buy new: $11.53 / Used from: $5.54 Very useful for grocery shopping in Japan. Also contains the Kana and Kanji making it even easier to purchase food.
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 | The Accidental Office Lady by Laura Kriska
Buy used from: $0.20 Story of one American student's first year working as a trainee at the Honda Motor Corp. Good insight into gender issues in the workplace in Japan.
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