ABSTRACT
This chapter investigates the outlook of the Japanese financial business community and its different groups of people there. It focuses on the following sociological factors: family, education and the career paths of Japanese male managers in financial firms. The number of Japanese in the UK who were registered at the Japanese Embassy in London, including all family members, on the 1st of October 1992 was 54,415. There are four types of Japanese financial institution. First, there are branches of Japanese financial companies. The second type comprises subsidiary companies which are companies established in this country. The third type comprises representative offices. The fourth type of organisation is made up of joint companies which are backed by both Japanese and British companies. In Japanese financial firms, there were typically some British managers recruited for their knowledge of City business, and their good connections with British financiers, or European customers.
