Profile of the owner / manager
March, 1996 | Graduated from Japan Women's University, Tokyo - Bachlor of Arts Faculty of Literature / English Literature Department Major: American Studies, Sub-major: Japanese Language Education |
July,1996-October, 1997 | Joined Kanagawa Shinkyoiku Kenkyu Kyokai Co., Ltd., Yokohama Group company of Soiku Co., Ltd. Editing Department - English Section Developed English educational materials for retail sales, door-to-door-sales, cram schools, public and private junior high schools based on textbooks. Arranged designers, English speaking proofreaders and narrators, recording and layouting companies, and printers. |
Novermber,1997-September, 1998 | Joined Soiku Co., Ltd., Tokyo Editing Department, English Section Worked in charge of editing English educational materials, dealing with almost the same products of Kanagawa Shinkyoiku. |
October,1998-December, 1998 | Transferred to Multimedia Editing Department Language Team Worked on CD-ROM English textbook project using voice recognition functions. Translated product information of authoring software. As a sales promotion project, researched about the company's Web site and books published by other companies. |
December, 1999 -July, 2001 | Transferred to Editing Department. Worked in charge of editing English educational materials as chief. |
July, 2001-May, 2002 | Joined The Times Record, the local newspaper in the mid-coast Maine region, U.S.A. Worked as intern for the newsroom. Proofread press releases, wrote columns about differences between Japan and the US, and articles. Joined Just Write Communications. Worked as intern. Proofread books, fliers, business cards, 4-8 pages newsletters. Started working as a freelance English educational editor for publishers in Japan. (See the articles and columns for The Times Record) |
June, 2002 | Started the business, Just Write Studio Japan, in Yokohama, Japan as sole proprietor. (See the works of Just Write Studio Japan) |