Experience

Marubeni Europe

• United Kingdom
• International Trade and Development
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Research and Coordination Manager - Corporate Planning Team

  • Apr 2021 - Present

  Marubeni is one of Japan’s leading general trading companies or "sōgō shōsha" (総合商社) and was ranked #165 in the 2021 Forbes Fortune Global 500 list. Our trading activities span a broad range of goods and commodities, including machinery and equipment. The traditional role of a sōgō shōsha is to act as an intermediary in various types of trade, but we also facilitate transactions by providing expertise in financing, logistics and risk management, built up during our long experience of international trade.We are also a major investor, and we act as organisers for large-scale projects in various sectors, notably energy, power and transportation. Show less

• Business Coordinator - Corporate Planning Team

  • May 2017 - Apr 2021



NHK, Japan Broadcasting Corporation

• Broadcast Media Production and Distribution
• 700 & Above Employee

• News Producer

  • Oct 2016 - May 2017



Fujisankei Communications International

• London, United Kingdom

• Assistant Correspondent & Senior Coordinator - Sankei Shimbun Newspaper

  • Jan 2014 - Sep 2016

  Extensively researched and developed stories relating to news areas such as: UK-EU membership referendum, 2015 general election, Scottish independence referendum. Covered topics on culture, sports, history and politics working with the correspondent whose work won the 2016 Foreign Press Association ‘Story of the Year’ award. Coordinated loans of artwork from major UK galleries for the Sankei Shimbun 2017 Kowai-E (fear in painting) exhibition in Japan which attracted over 560,000 visitors. Show less



Japan Exchange and Teaching Program(me) (JET)

• International Affairs
• 700 & Above Employee

• English Teaching

  • Aug 2010 - Aug 2013

  English teaching at several senior high schools and one special educational needs school. Further responsibilities undertaken: Appointed as a speaker by Council of Local Authorities for International Relations (CLAIR) for national teacher orientation conference with a delegation of over 600. Speaker, presenter and organising committee member for prefecture level conferences. Produced and led workshops on cross-cultural communication. Other voluntarily roles included: English camp leader, English speaking society leader, organiser of international culture days, assistant football coach. Tutored students for English speech contests, two of which won prefectural level competition and qualified for national finals. Show less