Japan Publications Guide Service (JPGS)

Information Products

    About 1970 a major international advertising conference was held in Tokyo. For the conference we published a small booklet listing the English magazines, journals and annuals published in Japan at that time We put a $1 price on the booklet and to our amazement it sold well. That is how the JPGS was born. Since then we have published various directories (Japan Directory of Professional Associations, Japan English Publishers, Japan English Magazine Directory, Japan English Books in Print, Japan English Publications in Print, East/Southeast Asia English Publications in Print) and two newsletters (Computer Tokyo, and JPG Letter). All of these on paper and all now discontinued or aging.
    JPGS is now focusing on the Internet and on other electronic products .... all produced from the same basic database. The focus is on making it possible for our friends and customers who function mainly using English to easily contact publishers and other information providers in Japan and throughout East Asia. We now offer the following and will be adding more JPGS products in the future.


JPGS eNews - Free email newsletter announcing new English books, magazines and other print and online info products published in/on/for Japan/East Asia. This email newsletter is sent to subscribers (free) about twice per month. To subscribe send an email. If you later want to unsubscribe, just Return with the word Delete in the Subject line. We need some simple info from you to subscribe you, but we keep only your email address. Your subscriber email address is not used by us on any other mailing lists and is never made available to any outside person or company. If your email address becomes undeliverable for any reason, the address is dropped from the list; if you still want to continue to receive receive JPGS eNews just subscribe again.

JPG Letter - Regular JPGS users will be familiar with the monthly JPG Letter (4-page newsletter) that we published for many years. Starting 2003 we are now supplying this information as a monthly EMAIL NEWSLETTER. The JPG Letter lists NEW BOOKS and magazines and related. The focus is on publications that can be purchased plus some other current awareness information. The typical subscriber could be a librarian who regularly buys publications for a collection on Japan and East Asia. NOTE: We do not sell the publications listed. You should order listed publications from your regular supplier or directly from the publisher. We will assist only when your regular source cannot help you and when the publisher cannot help. All subscriptions begin from "next issue". Back issues will not be available. A link to publisher contact info is supplied with each title listing. Subscription (1-year, monthly: $250.00 [special rate $200.00 until September 1, 2003]).  JPG Letter data may not be sold or used in any product for sale. We reserve the right to prohibit access to JPGS data at any time and for any reason if we believe that usage is not appropriate. We may log users of JPG Letter and other JPGS products.

Publishers of English in Japan (PEJ)
- CD-ROM. The CD contains, in one HTML file, the names of over 5,500 commercial, non-profit, government and other organizations that publish in English in Japan any type of book, magazine, journal, annual, directory, report, paper, brochure, etc. Open the file in your Internet browser. Click on an organization name and you will be taken to our online page for that organization. Each organization has its own online page. The typical online page contains: Organization name, Mailing address, Telephone, Facsimile, Email address, Web URL, and a list of English publications that have been published by the organization.  Will try to assist you in contacting the organization if the contact information we supply produces only an undeliverable address. Subscription Price (2003):  PEJ consists of one CD plus one update in September. Personal single user:  $60.00. Multi-user at one organization at one site: $120.00. Multi-user government or organization: $240.00. PEJ data is supplied for use by students and researchers. PEJ may not be sold or used in any product for sale. We reserve the right to prohibit access to JPGS data at any time and for any reason if we believe that usage is not appropriate. We may log users of PEJ and other JPGS products. PEJ Sample (sample data is not current)

Japan English Publications in Print (JEPP) - CD-ROM coming

East/Southeast Asian Publications in Print (SEPP)  - CD-ROM coming

Japan Directory of Professional Associations (JDPA)  - CD-ROM coming

To order, please send an email to attention of Ms Kuniko Ito at Intercontinental Marketing Corp. (IMC). She will reply by email with an invoice and payment instructions. In your email, please include your complete organization name and mailing address. JPGS products may be ordered from our agent IMC or through your usual supplier (Japan Publications Trading Co, Kinokuniya, Maruzen, Ebsco, Faxon, RoweCom, etc.).

Our address:
Japan Publications Guide Service (send orders here)
IPO Box 5056
Tokyo 100-3191
JPGS Editor (publishers should send info on new titles here)
5-5-13 Matsushiro
Tsukubashi, Ibarakiken 303-0035, Japan
Tel : 81-3-3876-3073  Fax: 81-3-3876-3627  Email: kunikoi@imcbook.net
info@jpgsonline.com (general inquiries, not orders)



2003/02/10