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Ishikawa, Kaoru. How to Operate QC Circle Activities. Tokyo: QC Circle Headquarters, Union of Japanese Scientists and Engineers. 1985.
Ishikawa, Kaoru. What is Total Quality Control? The Japanese Way [Originally titled: TQC towa Nanika—Nipponteki Hinshitsu Kanri]. D. J. Lu (trans.). New Jersey: Prentice Hall. 1985 [First published in Japanese 1981]. ISBN 0-13-952433-9.
Ishikawa, Kaoru. Introduction to Quality Control. J. H. Loftus (trans.). Tokyo: 3A Corporation. 1990. ISBN 4-906224-61-X. OCLC 61341428.
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A special tribute to Professor Kaoru Ishikawa 1990 | title= The man and his work | David Hutchins invited author of one chapter| Published by JUSE JAPAN + Special Committee| E 03(5379)1240