Well, I got some books I really like;

“Japanese Graphic Design”
“Kirei - Design from Japan”

these feature typography quite prominently.

sorry to be pain but have you got anymore details on them books i.e. where u got them, publisher, author etc

can't seem to find them thats all

thanks

http://mks.jp.org/ is the home of Maniackers Design, and their links page will lead you to many other useful resources.

cheers guys that really helped. thanks.

Books:
"Typography in Japan"
"Applied Typography 2006"
"ADC 2006"
"Tokyo TDC, Vol.17"

Magazines:
"Idea"
"Design No Genba"
"Axis"

Website:
PingMag

Associations:
Tokyo Art Directors Club
Japan Typography Association
Tokyo Type Directors Club

Type Foundries:
Morisawa
Iwata
Screen
Ryobi
Fontworks
Jiyukobo
A-1
Kataoka Font Library
Visual Design Laboratory
Typebank
Kinkido
Type Project

Popular (New) Typeface:
A1 Mincho
Iwata Mincho-tai Old
Zen Mincho
Marumin Old
Koburina Gothic
Iwata Gohic-tai Old
Yutsuki syogou Gothic Kana
Axis
Iroha Gohic

Characters:
Japanese people loves characters. Many companies use characters as marketing tools.
Penguin for Suica, passcard of JR East (railway company).
Lismo (sciurids) for Lismo, music and video download service for AU (mobile phone company).
Docomodake (mushroom) for Docomo (mobile phone company).
Tarako Kewpie for Tarako Pasta Sauce of Kewpie (food company).

Don't forget about the historical sources from Japan.

Shodo - Calligraphy

Suibokuga or Sumi-E - Brush painting

Japanese brush work is second to none.

peace

Sorry for my late response, I kind of lost this thread.

Kirei: Posters from Japan 1978-1993 by Catherine Burer (Hardcover - Jan 31 1994) (made a title error there) can be found on Amazon.
I am not too sure if I can find the other one online because it's got a very general title, I'll look up the publisher / author(s) later and edit them in here.