Technical writing

Accurate, understandable manuals are essential with any industrial product. They're a major investment, accounting for up to a tenth of a product's total development cost. That's why it's vital to use specialized technical writers.

At Honyaku Shuppan-sha, our team of technical writing experts can handle every stage of the manual-drafting process. Team members are not only skilled writers with scientific and technical know-how; they're also experts on quality management, product liability, data management, book production, and a whole range of other fields that determine the way manuals are written and used.

What's more, our technical writers have many years' experience of producing documentation to standards laid down by governmental and commercial bodies including the Japan Defense Agency, the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport of Japan, the Air Transport Association of America, the Society of Automotive Engineers, and the United States military.

Our fields of expertise include...
Aircraft; air-traffic-control equipment; automobiles; machines; electronic devices.

Our services include...
Producing plans for manuals; writing technical documents from in-house references; conducting research for manuscripts; adapting existing manuals for new purposes; rewriting translation; checking documents for correct style; rewriting documents to ensure style consistency; updating manuals to create new editions.

Documents we handle include...
Instruction manuals, service manuals, and training documents for makers of automobiles, construction machinery, and electronic devices; operator's manuals, technical orders, and illustrated parts breakdowns for Japan Self-Defense Forces; authorized documents for radio navigation aid / air traffic service facilities and flight manuals for Civil Aviation Bureaux of Japan; product catalogs.