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- Argentina
- Brazil
- Canada
- Chile
- Japan
- Mexico
- Singapore
- United Kingdom
- United States
New York, NY
Anchorage, AK
Portland, OR
San Francisco, CA
Los Angeles, CA
Kansas City, KS
Ft. Collins, CO
Denver, CO
Atlanta, GA
Nashville, TN
Memphis, TN
Cleveland, OH
Detroit, MI
Columbus, OH
Cincinnati, OH
Indianapolis, IN
Minneapolis, MN
Las Cruces, NM
Lansing, MI
El Paso, TX
Austin, TX
Dallas/Fort Worth, TX
Houston, TX
Chicago, IL
St. Louis, MO
Philadelphia, PA
Portland, ME
Boston, MA
Hiroko Hara (Bush)
Hiroko’s translating and interpreting career started as a research intern at the Rand Corporation in Santa Monica, California, and later as the editorial assistant at Fortune magazine’s Tokyo editorial bureau.
After extensive on-the-job experience, her formal training as a conference interpreter was completed at the Simul Academy in Japan. She continues to work with major corporations, law firms, interpreting agencies in the US and in Japan, as well as on behalf of the U.S. State Department. Since 1998, Hiroko has been based in St. Louis, Missouri, where her husband works as a Professor of English at the Saint Louis University.
Glacier Summit, Anchorage, Alaska, August 2015
Education
Master of Arts, Japanese Studies: Indiana University.
Concentration: Classical Japanese Literature.
Thesis: Traces of Resistance–Subversive Feminine Narrative in Taketori & Genji monogatari (a translation review of Prof. E. Seidensticker’s version)
Bachelor of Arts: University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA).
Major: Political Science. Concentration: International Relations.
Professional Training and Qualifications
- State Department Conference Interpreting Examination: Passed conference interpreter level
- Simul Academy (Japan) Professional Interpreter Course: completed
- Japan Convention Service, Tokyo, Fuji Television News Translation: Passed
International Conferences
- Japan-Texas Economic Summit 2018 with keynote speakers such as Texas Governor Greg Abbott & Aichi Prefecture Governor Hideaki Omura at (Houston, TX)
- Glacier Summit with President Obama as the keynote speaker August ’15 (Anchorage, AK)
- World Medical Association (WMA) General Assembly, October ’13 (Fortaleza, Brazil)
- Prime Minister Koizumi’s Visit to the Graceland with US President George W Bush June ’06 (Memphis, TN),
- APEC Bilateral Meeting with U.S. Secretary of State C. Rice and Japanese Foreign Minister Taro Aso, November ’05 (Pusan, South Korea)
- World Medical Association (WMA) General Assembly, October ’05 (Santiago, Chile)
- Support of Palestinian Authority Conference, March ’05( London, UK)
- World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA), September ’04 (Montreal, Canada)
- International Metal Workers Federation, June ’04 (Detroit, USA)
- World LP Gas Forum, 10/03 (Santiago, Chile)
- World Trade Organization, Doha Development Agenda, IPU Sessions 9/03(Cancun, Mexico)
- Millennium World Peace Summit of Religious & Spiritual Leaders 8/00 (NY, USA)
- United Nations Beijing Plus Conference 6/00 (NY, USA)
- Food Service Industry Anniversary International Symposium 11/99 (Tokyo, Japan)
- Paleolithic Period Archaeological Symposium 10/99 (Sendai, Japan)
- US-Japan Gas Summit 10/99 (Cheju,Korea)
- International Drum Manufactures Conference 9/99 (Florida, USA)
- Semiconductor Environmental Health & Safety 6/99 (Virginia, USA)
- World Pork Symposium 6/98 (Iowa, USA)
- ICCA Global Conference 5/97( Buenos Aires, Argentina)(
Other Primary Themes and End Clients
- BIOTECHNOLOGY, CHEMISTRY: Monsanto Japan, US; Novus International; Saneigen; Waters Corporation
- BUSINESS, MARKETING: Asahi Shimbun; Coca Cola Japan; Fujicopian; Indianapolis Star; IBM Japan; Nissan Motors; Opendoor Corporation; Square Co., Walt Disney Publications; Tokyu Department Store; Walt Disney Enterprises Japan.
- ENGINEERING: Alcoa Corp.; Arvin Sango; Boeing Corp.; Chrysler; Danaher Tool Group (Jacobs Chuck, Jake Brake, Holokrome); Delphi Automotive; Ford Motor Company; Guardian Industries; Harman-motive; Harman-Interactive, Hillenbrand Industries; Honda R&D; Hurco Companies, Inc, Seibu Electric Machinery Co.; ITT Industries; Mazda Motor Corporation; Pella Windows; Shingijutsu Co.,Ltd.; Sony R&D;, Space Systems/Loral; Tokyo Electron; United Technologies (Carrier, Otis Elevator, Pratt & Whitney, Sikorsky); Wiremold Group.
- FINANCE: Citi Corp.; Shearson Lehman Hutton; Nomura Securities; Cigna Global Pension; GE Capital; Yasuda Fire & Marine Insurance.
- GOVERNMENT, ORGANIZATIONS: U.S. Military, American Council of Young Political Leaders, Australian Tourist Commission; Indiana Museum of Art; Food and Drug Administration (FDA); Indiana State Department of Education; Internal Revenue Service (IRS); National Tax Administration Agency; Japanese Ministry of Education; Canadian Government Salmon Marketing Promotion; Japan External Trade Organization (JETRO, St. Louis); Japan Maritime Safety Agency; Japan Meteorological Agency; Lilly Library; NASA; Nihon Keizai Koho Center; NOAA; Osaka Japan Society.
- MEDICAL, PHARMACEUTICAL: Cleveland Clinic, Mc Lean Hospital (Harvard Medical School), St. Louis Children’s Hospital (Washington University Medical School), Biomedical Systems; Boston Scientific; Cleveland Clinic; Cook Medical; Eli Lilly Japan, US; Medicos Hirata; JapanMathys; Japan Medtronics; Johnson & Johnson; Kinsey Institute, Japan Sex Education Institute; MAST Immunosystems; National Association of Orthopedic Nurses; Nippon Glaxo Ltd.; University of Michigan School of Dentistry; Zeneca Japan
- TELECOMMUNICATIONS: Berg Electronics; Lucent Technologies; NTT
Other Work History
- Associate Instructor, East Asian Languages & Cultures Dept. Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana.
Taught 3rd year Japanese courses and developed curriculum and tests. - Fortune Editorial Assistant to the Bureau Chief, Tokyo, Japan.
Interview subjects included: Presidents of Suntory, Fanuc, Kyocera, Daiei, and Honda; MITI & MOF officials.
Research credit includes: “Japan’s 10 Autocrats” & “Hard Landing Awaits Singapore,”
Community Service
- Daniel Foundation, St. Louis, Missouri
Founder
www.danielfoundation.org - The Freedom School, St. Louis (University City), Missouri. Board Member
www.thefreedomschool.org - St. Luke’s Hospital, St. Louis, Missouri, USA,
- Barnes Jewish Children’s Hospital. Interpreting and counseling mothers of children waiting for organ transplant surgeries.