Ten years teaching, primarily at Colleges in the Tohoku Region of Japan. Work involved lecturing in Japanese and participating in meetings as well as interpreting and translating. (I continue to visit Japan to attend conferences and meetings and to meet with clients.)

Employment in Japan

• 1988 - 1991 Hirosaki Gakuin College, Associate Professor,  Department of English and American Literature
• 1981 - 1986 Morioka College, Lecturer, Associate Professor, Department of English and American Literature
• 1980 - 1981 Kanda Gaigo Gakuin, Instructor of English
• Part-time instructorships at Tohoku University and Tohoku Gakuin University while in Morioka