You may find that Japanese salarymen are not scandalized by the notion of a token gift to secure favorable treatment in a business relationship. They appear to

You may find that Japanese salarymen are not scandalized by the notion of a token gift to secure favorable treatment in a business relationship. They appear to be targeting roughly $20 compensation for a referral ( http://nestle.jp/amb/mgm/ http://nestle.jp/amb/mgm/ ), which strikes me as well within acceptable bounds here. (And, for that matter, the US.)