Company History
September 2020
Launched SRT subtitle translation service
April 2020
Launched online interpreting service
October 2018 – November 2019
Our 27-article series "Browsing Overseas Topics" published in Nikkei PC magazine
June 2018
Moved office to Minami-Aoyama 2-chome to accommodate growth
January – March 2018
Our 6-article series "English Document Writing Techniques Using Microsoft Word" published in Nikkei PC magazine
September 2017
Supported Japanese translation of best seller "Only The Paranoid Survive"
July 1, 2017
Celebrated 30th anniversary of establishment
August 2011
Supported translation of best seller "The Blue Economy"
2006 – 2016
Created annual bulletin of Japan Women's Bar Association
December 2005
"English Email Techniques" by Kaori Sasaki and Darcie Anderson published
August 2002 – October 2009
Translated feature articles for Bloomberg MARKET JAPAN magazine
May 2000
Moved office to Minami-Aoyama 5-chome to accommodate growth
February 1998
Registered 1600th member of the Lingua Plus Network
November 1997
Translated the best seller "Only the Paranoid Survive"
October 1997
Operated Tokyo Motor Show press center secretariat (1997-2013)
July 1996
Launched "Women's Gateway", the website of information for women; held the 1st International Conference for Women in Business (Unicul operated its secretariat until the 17th Conference in 2012)
May 1996
Kaori Sasaki among 13 women leaders in Japan invited to speak with US First Lady Hillary Clinton during her visit to Japan
March 1996
Held 3rd "American Women Economic Development Organization Seminar and Unicul Special Entrepreneur Seminar in New York"; held "Women of the Near Future Leveraging the Internet" convention
January 1996
Launched joint project with Tuttle Publishing (Japan's largest English language publisher) to publish company histories and personal memoirs in English for overseas bookstore sales
November 1995
Held 3rd Women Entrepreneur Workshop
April 1995
Commenced translations for Japan version of National Geographic Magazine
March 1995
Held 2nd "American Women Economic Development Organization Seminar and Unicul Special Entrepreneur Seminar in New York"
December 1994
Held 2nd Women Entrepreneur Workshop
March 1994
Held 1st "American Women Economic Development Organization Seminar and Unicul Special Entrepreneur Seminar in New York"
January 1994
Held 2nd Women Entrepreneur Seminar featuring Kaori Sasaki
June – August 1993
Held 1st Women Entrepreneur Workshop; moved office to Minami-Azabu 5-chome, Tokyo to accommodate growth
April 1993
Held the 1st Women Entrepreneur Seminar featuring Kaori Sasaki
April 1992
Conducted the "Survey regarding systems for working women, childbirth, and child-raising," featured in 17 nationwide newspapers, magazines, and TV shows
July 1991
Conducted "New York Networking Tour"
February – November 1990
Conducted a 10-module workshop "Power Meeting '90" targeting businesspeople in their 30s
July 1989
Founded the Network for Aspiring Professional Women (NAPW)
1988
Received the New Business Association's Entrepreneur Award; moved office to Minami-Azabu 1-chome, Tokyo
July 1987
July 1: UNICUL International, Inc. established; opened office in Roppongi, Tokyo
1985
Founded