The ring-binder is labelled '1954/55 Japan' and '2. Japan', and is divided into five sections:

1. General: correspondence between Jardine Matheson, Hong Kong and Tokyo, with cuttings and copies of press articles, 12 April 1954-22 June 1955.

2. Hongkong & Shanghai Banking Corporation Strike: correspondence between Jardine Matheson, Hong Kong and Tokyo, with extracts from telephone conversations between Jardine Matheson, Hong Kong and Tokyo, and press cuttings, 22 July-22 September 1955.

3. Portals Ltd: correspondence between Jardine Matheson, Tokyo, and Portals Ltd, Whitchurch, Hants, with related letters, 5 February 1954-24 March 1955. There is also a memorandum regarding Portals Ltd, 11 June 1954.

4. National Distillers Products Corporation: correspondence between Jardine Matheson, Hong Kong and Tokyo, with related letters and papers, 6 January 1954-20 September 1955. The papers include correspondence between Jardine Matheson, Tokyo, and the National Distillers Products Corporation, New York; extracts from telephone conversations between Jardine Matheson, Hong Kong and Tokyo, and a report by I.F. Aucott on his meeting with Mr Macdougall of the National Distillers Products Corporation in London on 17 December 1954.

5. Films (Korda and London Films): correspondence of Jardine Matheson, Tokyo, with Jardine Matheson, Hong Kong, and Sir David Cunynghame, London Films International Ltd, London, with extracts from telephone conversations between Jardine Matheson, Hong Kong and Tokyo, and related letters, 11 January 1954-10 January 1956.

Loose inside the ring-binder is an article entitled 'Ichi Ban' regarding Jardine, Matheson & Co. Ltd in Japan, 1955.