ABSTRACT
This introduction presents an overview of the key concepts discussed in the subsequent chapters of this book. The book explores the narratives of people who have worked in Japanese firms in the City of London since the 1970s. It shows modern life in the context of an emergent global business world, the repercussions of which have not yet been thoroughly investigated. The book examines the subjective views of Japanese bankers and their local employees in order to analyse cultural interaction in the City since the 1970s. It explores the Japanese business community in London, mainly focusing on identities of individual Japanese people who have been involved in finance, and who are at a vantage point for comparing their impressions of the West with those of their own country. The book looks at British bank managers in the Japanese business community who have first-hand experience both of British society and of Japanese values in their working lives.
