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A Useful Expression for Japanese Emails:
No doubt you have experienced the following email scenario: Someone sends you an email with a list of questions, and it is then your turn to respond to the correspondence with a list of answers to their questions.
One of the most effective phrases for addressing this type of email is:
貴職からの質問への回答 kishoku kara no shitsumon e no kaitoo
This means “in response to your questions,” but the above phrase is an especially polite way of prefacing your responses in a business context.
Suppose that someone has just emailed you a list of questions about this month’s production plan. After the initial greetings, your email response might contain a sentence like this:
さて、今月の生産計画につき、最新状況を報告します。(含む貴職からの質問への回答)
Sate, kongetsu no seisan keikaku ni tsuki, saishin jookyoo o hookoku shimasu. (fukumu kishoku kara no shitsumon e no kaitoo.)
"Well, regarding this month’s production plan, I will report the latest situation (including answers to your questions)"