Japan Style Sheet: The SWET Guide for Writers, Editors, and Translators Book

	Preface to the Revised Edition	9
	Tips for the Nonspecialist	11
	Specialized Terms for Japan-Related Text	12
	Transliterating Japanese	13
	Romanization Systems	14
	Hepburn System	14
	Kunrei System	14
	Nippon System	15
	Common Variants	15
	Long Vowels	16
	Macrons: Long Marks	16
	Other Long-Vowel Markers	19
	Long Vowels on the Internet	20
	N or M:Shinbun or Shimbun?	21
	The N School	21
	The M School	21
	Exceptions	22
	Apostrophes	23
	When to Use the Apostrophe	23
	When Not to Use the Apostrophe	24
	When There Are Two Adjacent Vowels	24
	Hyphens	24
	In Common Names and Compounds	25
	In Personal Names	26
	In Place Names	26
	Word Division	28
	Matters of Style	29
	Italics	30
	General Rules for Italicization	30
	Anglicized Words	31
	Style Options for Italicization	32
	Personal Names	33
	Name Order	33
	Common Problems with Japanese Names	36
	Place Names	39
	Descriptive Suffixes	39
	Styles for Japanese Addresses	41
	Capitalization	43
	Plurals	44
	Loanwords	45
	Note, Bibliography, and Index Styles	46
	Capitalization of Titles	46
	Translating Titles	47
	Publishers' Names	47
	Authors' Names	48
	Appendices	49
	Hepburn Orthography	50
	Prefectures, Provinces	52
	Numbers	54
	Units of Measure	55
	Imperial Reigns and Historical Eras	56
	Historical Eras, Alphabetical List	61
	Modern Era Conversion Chart	65
	Principal Periods of Japanese History	67
	Further References	68
	Internet Resources	74
	Index	77
	About SWET	79