Past Work

Client List

• BLOOMBERG L.P.

• ELC Japan (The Estée Lauder Companies)

• I&S/BBDO

• JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency)

• NTT COMWARE

• TBS Television

• NEC Corporation

• TUGBOAT INTERACTIVE

• ITmedia

• Advantage Partners

• American Airlines

• ITOCHU Corporation

• Inter-Literacy

• Weber Shandwick

• Walt Disney Japan

• FGJ (C.O.Bigelow)

• Embassy of Australia

• Office To One

• Embassy of the Netherlands

• The Carlyle Group

• AOKI Holdings

• Kajima Corporation

• kazeniwa, Inc.

• Embassy of Canada

• Graduate School of System Design and Management, Keio University

• Graduate School of Media Design, Keio University

• Graduate School of Business Administration, Keio University

• SHUEISHA

• Embassy of Switzerland

• Embassy of Sweden

• Sony Music Labels

• Daiko Advertising

• Diamond, Inc.

• Takara Shuzo

• Tanseisha

• Tsuneishi Holdings

• TV Asahi

• Dentsu

• Dentsu e3

• Tokyu Agency

• Nikkei National Geographic

• Nikkei BP

• Nikkei Inc.

• Japan Cable Television (JCTV)

• Japan Automobile Manufacturers Association

• Texas Instruments Japan

• Nippon Denpa News

• Japan Broadcasting Corporation (NHK)

• Nippon Yusen

• Nihon L'Oréal

• Heidelberg Japan

• Beacon Communications

• Brewers Association of Japan

• Hidan

• Hill+Knowlton Japan

• Pfizer

• Embassy of Finland

• Fuji Television

• Fusosha

• BVLGARI Japan

• Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (PhRMA)

• Minebea

• Universal Music Japan

• Recruit

• and many more

Project Accomplishments

Interpretation (Japanese–English unless otherwise noted)

Consulting firm: Client interviews, meetings on system development, and more
Advertising agency: Presentations, contract meeting interpretation, international conferences, events — and many more
PR agency: Press conferences, interviews, receptions — and many more
Pharmaceutical manufacturer: Internal training, internal meetings, employee interviews on compliance
Cosmetics manufacturer: Store renewal opening interviews, new product launches, business negotiations, internal training — and many more
Research company: Group interviews, on-site surveys — and many more
Consumer goods manufacturer: Meetings on patent licensing, etc.
Local government council: Environmental seminar — Japanese / Chinese simultaneous interpretation
Embassy: Courtesy calls, lectures, talks with legislators — and many more
Citizens' study group: NGO forums, international symposia
Wireless communications equipment maker: Conference seminar — Japanese / English / Korean / Chinese relay interpretation — and many more
Jewelry manufacturer: Events, press conferences, interviews, etc.
Record label: Artist talks, interviews — and many more
TV station: Planning meetings, news gathering, in-program simultaneous interpretation — and many more

Translation

Airline: Newsletter — Japanese-English / English-Japanese
Shipbuilder: Press releases — Japanese-English / Japanese-Chinese; brochures and corporate profile — Japanese-English
Beverage maker: Internal meeting materials, marketing-related materials, internal announcements — and many more
Printing company: Brochures, product catalogs — Japanese-English, and more
Consulting firm: Proposals — Japanese-Chinese; presentation materials — Japanese-English; client booklets — English-Japanese — and many more
Investment firm: Audit reports, contracts — Japanese-English, and more
Staffing company: Press releases, financial and performance overview materials — Japanese-English
Entertainment company: Internal e-mail — English / Japanese translation; PR materials — English-Japanese
Alcoholic beverages industry association: Industry magazine — English-Japanese
Advertising agency: Presentation materials / business strategy materials / English catchcopy creation / speechwriting / multilingual food-chain menus (English, Chinese, Korean)
TV program production company: IR information for TV station website — Japanese-English
UN agency: Policy papers, news releases, white papers — and many more
Embassy: Various brochures, website, etc.
General trading company: Internal regulations — and many more
Research institute: Articles for website publication — Japanese-English

TV Production-Related

Translation of overseas news footage, interpretation and translation for information research, translation of footage after coverage, phone-based news gathering, and translation of overseas coverage video for news and variety programs — and many more.

Audiovisual Translation / English Transcription

Entertainment company: cast interviews for films and TV dramas
Research company: English translation of Japanese TV commercials
Video production company: translation for telops / subtitles of medical lecture footage
Foreign-affiliated manufacturer: subtitle translation of corporate top-message video
Consulting firm: English transcription of meeting and interview audio — and many more

Parallel Translation / Lyric Transcription

Jimi Hendrix live album — lyric transcription and parallel translation
Norah Jones album — parallel lyric translation
Lisa Ono album — parallel lyric translation (English, Portuguese, Spanish, French, Italian, etc.)
Jay Chou album — parallel lyric translation (Chinese) — and many more

Events

International Conference for Women in Business — planning, operation, and secretariat (1996 – 2012)
Tokyo Motor Show Press Center operation (1997 – 2013)

Media Training

PR departments — crisis media response training
Newly appointed executives — speech training and media response training (mock press conferences, etc.)