I searched Amazon and the IBS and couldn't find these books, even when I supplied the ISBN. They're published by
      Japan Times Ltd ;       5-4 Shibaura 4-chome, Minato-ku ;       Tokyo 108 Japan

Maloney was a Gaijin businessman assigned to Tokyo for his firm. He wrote a humor column for the Japan Times detailing all sorts of trials, tribulations, and conditions of foreigners in Japan; this is a collection. He's really very funny, so long as you have any amount of interest in things Japanese. These books are hard to find, but can be found in English bookshops in Tokyo and Kinokinuya and such.

This book is a perfect gift for someone going to (or recently gone to) Japan. Some help in locating:
ISBN 4-7890-0028-1 ; Library of Congress Catalog Card no. is 75-319087 ; Published 1975.

More of the above, ending with the Maloney's transfer back to the states, alas.