Written in report style, this book not only tackles the economic and commercial aspects that distinguish Japan, Ramon Vilaró also analyzes the peculiar Japanese social layers, so different from the developed societies as the European or American.

The basic facts differentiating the country of the Rising Sun from the western model are its historical roots. The Japanese society is marked by an insular isolationism, together with the impregnation of a code of ethical values founded in Confucianism, and a strong sense of the group, rooted in the Japanese soul. The country's political stability, its peculiar education system, the importance of company-home relationships and the pragmatism and consumerism of the modern Japanese person, are a few of the other aspects that don't escape the author's critical pen.