'...offers a rare and welcome insight into the inner lives and psychology of Japanese bankers...Sakai delivers a rather unique anthropological interprestation of human narratives and life stories , displaying a rich tapestry of interwoven discourses that are accentuated by 'us' and 'them' remarks...The book is a fascinating read, and the subject is one of considerable practical and theoretical significance.' - Tomoko Hamada'[This] is the kind of book which stays with you after you have turned the final page, inviting you to reflect on your own multicultural experiences and your own notions of cultural identity' - The Japan Society

• 1. Introduction 2. Ambition and withdrawl - Japanese experience in the City 3. The Japanese financial community and its people 4. Segregation and languages of different work culture 5. Competing masculinities and contrasted femininities - gender relationships between culture 6. Floating identities between two imaginary world 7. Beyond national boundaries8. Conclusion - possibilities of new cultural identities in transnational working experiences

'...offers a rare and welcome insight into the inner lives and psychology of Japanese bankers...Sakai delivers a rather unique anthropological interprestation of human narratives and life stories , displaying a rich tapestry of interwoven discourses that are accentuated by 'us' and 'them' remarks...The book is a fascinating read, and the subject is one of considerable practical and theoretical significance.' - Tomoko Hamada'[This] is the kind of book which stays with you after you have turned the final page, inviting you to reflect on your own multicultural experiences and your own notions of cultural identity' - The Japan Society

• 1. Introduction 2. Ambition and withdrawl - Japanese experience in the City 3. The Japanese financial community and its people 4. Segregation and languages of different work culture 5. Competing masculinities and contrasted femininities - gender relationships between culture 6. Floating identities between two imaginary world 7. Beyond national boundaries8. Conclusion - possibilities of new cultural identities in transnational working experiences

'...offers a rare and welcome insight into the inner lives and psychology of Japanese bankers...Sakai delivers a rather unique anthropological interprestation of human narratives and life stories , displaying a rich tapestry of interwoven discourses that are accentuated by 'us' and 'them' remarks...The book is a fascinating read, and the subject is one of considerable practical and theoretical significance.' - Tomoko Hamada'[This] is the kind of book which stays with you after you have turned the final page, inviting you to reflect on your own multicultural experiences and your own notions of cultural identity' - The Japan Society

• 1. Introduction 2. Ambition and withdrawl - Japanese experience in the City 3. The Japanese financial community and its people 4. Segregation and languages of different work culture 5. Competing masculinities and contrasted femininities - gender relationships between culture 6. Floating identities between two imaginary world 7. Beyond national boundaries8. Conclusion - possibilities of new cultural identities in transnational working experiences