The boy from the Westcountry

The relationship with Japan began at the tender age of 12.   My secondary school, Katherine Lady Berkeley’s School became a designated language college and I took up Japanese

And then?

Two exchange programmes and a summer alone later, I was hooked. I continued to study Japanese with Business Studies at Cardiff University, Wales.

Japanese University 神戸大学

Then, I took an exchange year studying at Kobe University,

studying business and economics and further Japanese.

First foreigner in a Japanese newspaper 産經新聞

I took an internship at Sankei Shimbun, a national daily newspaper based in Osaka & Tokyo. I was the first foreign intern at a Japanese newspaper.

Back in London

After graduating, I worked for JETRO, the foreign trade arm of the Japanese Government as an interpreter and assistant to the trade director.

I then started an internship at Clinica Magazine,

part of the Informa Group. I now work freelance

for them as their specialist Japan reporter.

Media

Subtitling

Fixer/Stringer

Interpreter

Translator

Specialist Freelancer

Business Services

Interpreter

Translator

Events

Web

Localisation

Viral Marketing

Research