Professor at the National Institute for Japanese Language and Linguistics,The Graduate University for Advanced Studies (SOKENDAI), Professor of Collaborative Research at Hitotsubashi University. Graduated from the Faculty of Social Sciences, Hitotsubashi University. Completed the doctoral program at the Graduate School of Letters, Arts and Sciences, Waseda University. Ph.D. in Literature.
Prof. Ushikubo graduated from Dokkyo University. He learned Japanese language education in the doctoral program at Waseda university and got a PhD (Japanese Language Education). He worked as a deputy chief instructor at an overseas educational institution (Waseda Education Thailand). After returning to Japan, he kept pursuing a career in language education, working as a research assistant at Waseda University and a lecturer at the Kwansei Gakuin University. He is currently teaching Japanese at the Center for Global Education and Exchange, Toyo University.
She holds a Master of International Communication and a National Qualified Career Consultant. After working for 11 years in the travel business at JTB Corporation, she was involved in Japanese language education. After working as a part-time lecturer at Naganuma School, she worked as a full-time lecturer at Canakkale Onsekiz Mart University in Turkey. As an instructor in charge of business Japanese, she was also involved in recruiting and training Japanese resources for Japanese companies in Turkey, and after she returned to Japan, she obtained a Career Development Advisor (CDA).
After earning a doctor's degree at Toyo University in March 2012, he returned to his hometown and became an associate professor in the Department of Social Sciences, Faculty of Law, Inner Mongolia University of Finance and Economics. Besides that, from 2013 to 2019, he was appointed as a part-time lecturer at the Soyol-Eedene International Japanese Language School and engaged in Japanese language education. He returned to Japan in 2019, complete the Human Academy Japanese Language Teacher Training Course, and take up his current position.
Holds a MA in Applied Japanese Linguistics from Tohoku University and a Ph.D. in Japanese Linguistics from Bulgaria's leading Sofia University, His research covers phonetics and phonology with an accent on prosody, pragmatics and honorifics in particular, as well as intercultural communication, including foreign learners' attitude toward Japan and its culture. Long-time translator and interpreter, experienced in literary, business and political contexts. (Translator of Kenzaburo Oe's "Death by Water"), Taught for many years at Sofia University (Associate Professor).
Ms. Toyama teaches business etiquette to learners of all ages in response to requests for training and lectures at companies and organizations throughout Japan.
The lecturer has been contributing to the Japanese language education of researchers, working on Japan, dimplomats, foreign students and business-people since as early as the mid-seventies. She founded Communica Institute in 1988 in the city of Kobe. The institution teaches Japanese to students, business-people and foreign residents from more than 35 coutries. It also offers intercultural communication related instruction to Japanese teachers, managers and employees.
Prof. Ushikubo graduated from Dokkyo University. He learned Japanese language education in the doctoral program at Waseda university and got a PhD (Japanese Language Education). He worked as a deputy chief instructor at an overseas educational institution (Waseda Education Thailand). After returning to Japan, he kept pursuing a career in language education, working as a research assistant at Waseda University and a lecturer at the Kwansei Gakuin University. He is currently teaching Japanese at the Center for Global Education and Exchange, Toyo University.
Mr. Sugano graduated from Hosei University, faculty of Business Administration in 1987. He has consistently been engaged in the human resource business, including new graduates, mid-career recruits, and temporary employment. His team opened several job websites for doctors, pharmacists , starting with "Nikkei Career Net", operated by Nikkei Inc. Since 2013, with the help of Nihon Keizai Shimbun, Inc., he has held the "NIKKEI ASIAN RECRUITING FORUM IN TOKYO", which connects students who are studying at major universities in Asian countries with global companies in Japan.
Graduate of the University of Tokyo's Faculty of Letters. Holds a Ph.D. in Contemporary Japanese Studies from the Osaka University. After briefly teaching at the Foreign Student Center (now UTokyo GlobE) at the University of Tokyo, assistant-professor at Gakushuin University (2002). Professor at the same university since 2008. Chairperson of the Society of Japanese Grammar. Author of numerous books, research papers and teaching materials, related to Japanese grammar.
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