Kazuhiro OMORI

Graduated from Senshu University, Faculty of Literature, Department of Japanese Literature in March 1996. Obtained a junior high school and high school Japanese language teaching license. Joined NX WANBISHI ARCHIVES CO., LTD. in April 1996 and Engaged in BtoB solution sales for data storage and operations targeting businesses. Joined the Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, a public-interest corporation in June 2001.

Mariko MIYAGAI

Graduated from the Department of German Studies, School of Foreign Studies, Osaka University. Completed the Graduate School of System Design and Management at Keio University. Currently in the second year of the Master's program in Urban Policy and Regional Economy at the Graduate School of Urban Management, Osaka Metropolitan University. After graduating from Osaka University, started a translation and interpretation company. At Keio University, researched 'Japanese that is easy to translate into English.

Stefan BRUECKNER

Graduated from the Faculty of Sociology at the Uniersity of Munich. Completed the doctoral program at the Graduate school of Media and Governance, Keio University. Ph.D in Media and Governance. After serving as an assistant professor in the Faculty of Policy Management at Keio University, currently a full-time lecturer in the Faculty of Business Administration at Toyo University. Specializes in Media and Communication Studies, with a particular focus on the reception of digital games and their impact on society.

Kazuko MIYAKE

Completed from the Graduate school of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Tsukuba. Ph.D. in Literature. Specializes in sociolinguistics, pragmatics, and Japanese language education. Developed an interest in the relationship between language and society, triggered by involvement in Japanese language education at a University in the United Kingdom.

Kouta NAGASHIMA

Graduated from the School of Commerce, Waseda University. D. from the Graduate School of Commerce, Waseda University. Master of Commerce. After working as a full-time lecturer at Tokyo International University, he assumed his current position. He is currently responsible for teaching Direct Marketing Theory and Special Topics in Service Marketing at the Faculty of Business Administration, Department of Marketing, Toyo University. His specialty is marketing, especially direct marketing.
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Hajime KIMURA

Graduated from Toyo University, Faculty of Letters, Department of Japanese Literature. Withdrew from Toyo University's Graduate School of Letters, Doctoral Program in Japanese Literature. D. (Literature) (Rikkyo University). After working as an assistant at the Faculty of Letters, Toyo University, and as a full-time lecturer at the Faculty of Foreign Languages, Meikai University, he assumed his current position.

Kiyomi NAGASAKI

Part-time lecturer at Komazawa University and Tokyo Institute of Technology. After working for a steel manufacturer, she started teaching Japanese in 1992. After teaching at local Japanese language classes and schools(Japanese language school, vocational school, and university), she was posted to Kenya as a Japan Overseas Cooperation Volunteer (JOCV) and experienced working in a cross-cultural environment.

Shinichiro ISHIKAWA

B.A. in Literature, Kobe University. M.A. In literature and Ph.D In literature, Kobe University and Graduate School of Cultural Sciences, Okayama University. Prof.Ishikawa's research covers corpus linguistics and applied linguistics. After working as a lecturer at the University of Shizuoka, a lecturer at Hiroshima International University, and an assistant professor (associate professor) at Kobe University, he has been in his current position since 2004.

Mitsuru SUGIYAMA

MA in Japanese Language Education from Waseda University. Worked as a Japanese language teacher for high schools in China and Japanese language schools in Japan.Since 2006 in charge of selling fire engines abroad for MORITA. Started work for AOTS in 2008. In charge of supporting job-hunting for foreign students, research on foreigners working in Japan, production of Japanese language materials for foreign trainees. Currently in charge of all activities related to Japanese language education at AOTS and promoting Japanese language programs to Japanese companies. 

Naoko KINOSHITA

Holds a Ph.D. from Waseda University's Graduate School of Applied Japanese Linguistics. Starts her career as a Japanese lecturer at the Busan University of Foreign Studies (Rep. of Korea) then lecturing full-time at Meikai University, before becoming an associate-professor at Waseda University's Center for Japanese Language. Works in the fields of phonetic education, second language acquisition and Japanese learning advising.