Yoko Emori
Long Beach, CA 90807
E-mail: yokoemori@yahoo.com (preferred contact method)
http://www.yokoemori.com/
Cell: (310) 344-8517
EXPERIENCE
9/1991 - present
Interpreter (English/Japanese): Independent Contractor
 Simultaneous interpretation / consecutive interpretation assignments include:
Board Meetings
Lectures/Seminars/Presentations
Strategy Meetings
PMDA Inspections
Corporate/Leadership Training
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Business Meetings
Press Conferences
Focus Groups
GCP Audits
International Conferences
Depositions/Mediations/Trials/Hearings
FDA Consultation Meetings
PCAOB Audits
Simultaneous interpretation assignments include:
Board Meetings:
ActivX Biosciences, Bandai America, CalPortland Company, MediciNova, Pharmavite, Wynn Resorts, and Interush
Conferences & Conventions:
International CES (Consumer Electronics Show) 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014 & 2015
(including Keynotes by Steve Ballmer, Gary Shapiro, Ivan Seidenberg, Paul Otellini, Hans Vestberg, Paul E. Jacobs, Former President Clinton (guest))
STAAR Surgical Company Global Sales and Marketing Meeting 2015
Toyota 2014 Global Customer Service Marketing Conference
Transamerica Capital Management Coaching Forum 2014
Tupperware Brands Corporation: Chariman’s Summit 2014
NCR Sales Kickoff Conference 2014
Jeunesse Global Conference 2013 & 2014
eXfuze International Convention 2013 & 2014
U.S. Soy Global Trade Exhange 2014; U.S. Soy and Grains Export Expo 2013; Export Exchange 2010 & 2012
California Dental Association Convention 2013
28th World Ports Conference 2013
Gallo Distribution Conference 2013
Sony E3 Press Conference 2012
TEAM Polycom 2012
F5 International Sales Conference FY 2013
LifeVantage Global Convention 2012 “LIMITLESS”
Annual Convention: Society of Permanent Cosmetic Professionals 2005 - 2011
The 43rd SJVE (Society of Japanese Value Engineering) Annual Conference 2010
AAA CAA Marketing Conference 2010
SAVE International Annual Conference 2010
Polycom Conference 2010
TLC (the LIMU Company) International Conference 2009 & 2010
Westinghouse Symposium 2009
Annual Meeting on Flood Control and Water Resource Management 2005 & 2009
Turnaround Management Association 2008 Annual Convention (including Keynote by General Colin L. Powell)
International Distillers Grains Conference 2008
KPMG Global Conference 2008
VM World 2008
Symantec Worldwide Sales & Marketing Conference 2008
Rotary International: International Assembly 2006 & 2008
JECKU (Global Shipbuilders from Japan, Europe, China, Korea and the USA) Top Executive Meeting 2007
Cognos Forum 2006
American Express, GNS Partner Forum May 2006
13th International Congress of ICCMO (International College of Cranio-Mandibular Orthopedics) 2006
Respironics Worldwide Convention 2005
Micro Motion Global Sales Meeting (Emerson Process Management) 2006
Dominos Pizza: 2005 World Wide Rally
ILWU Conference, 2nd International Pacific Rim Mining and Maritime Unions Seminar "Globalizing Solidarity" 2005
VERITAS Vision 2005
SONICWALL Peak Performance 2005
Invitrogen 2005 Global Sales Meeting
Global Honda NH Circle World Convention 2004
Neways Convention 2004
Melaleuca Convention 2003
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Inter-American Development Bank: Japan Program Seminar on Environment and Development 2003
(including speech by Former Japanese Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto)
GE Capital Consumer Finance Corp.: Consumer Related Leadership Conference 2002
Meetings & Seminars:
JETRO – Regulatory Approval of Food in the US 2015
Takeda Pharmaceuticals GCP & GVP Quality Assurance Meeting 2015
Medtronic Japanese Expert Technology Summit 2015; Medtronic Japan Advisory Summit 2011, 2012 & 2013
Buying Summit (Real Estate) 2015
Millennium Dental Technologies Laser Bootcamp 2013 & 2014
Softbank Executive and Technical Meetings 2012 – 2014
YUM Annual International Marketing Meeting 2013 & 2014
NuVasive: Advanced XLIF Expanded Indications Course 2014
GAP Academy of Leadership 2014
Life Technologies Marketing Planning Meeting 2013
UCLA Annual Forum 2013
Disability Policy in Japan and the U.S. 2013
Metro Transportation Authority Meeting 2013
Osteoporosis and Bone Fitness 2013
Interush Annual Seminars 2006, 2008, 2010, 2011 & 2013
Consultation Meetings with FDA 2011 & 2012
JETRO Event: Business Opportunities in Yokohama “Your Gateway to Japan and Beyond” 2012
Gore Global Sales Meeting – Peripheral Vascular (PER-VAS) 2012
Quintiles Conference 2012
Sequenom Global Sales Meeting 2011; Sequenom Global CS Meeting 2012
HP Leadership Training Program 2011 & 2012; HP Innovation Experience 2012;
American Society for Training and Development (ASTD) 2012
Soyfoods 2011
Sensori Therapy Training 2011
JETRO/JASK Event: The Mindset of Monozukuri 2010
Nikko Asset Management Senior Leadership Offsite Meeting 2010
oneworld Media Event 2010
In-Vehicle Multi-Media Conference 2008
Informatica Executive Meeting 2008
Fujitsu Corp. – Global President Conference 2008
HPI Holdings, Inc. Management Meeting 2008
Consultation Meetings with the PMDA (Pharmaceuticals and Medical Devices Agency) of Japan (four meetings in 2007)
UI Zensen - UNITE HERE Joint Meeting 2007
Murakami Takashi Interview (The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles) 2007
Ethicon Endo-Surgery Demonstration & Strategy Meeting 2007
Honda S2000 Homecoming (Interview: Shigeru Uehara) 2007
BD Medical: Vascular Access Nursing 2006
The Yokohama Digital Forefront - Your Port of Entry to Japan's IT Market (JETRO / City of Yokohama) 2005
METRO Review Advisory Committee Meeting 2005
Going Mobile JAPAN! @ E3-Mobile Games from Japan (JETRO) 2005
IBM Systems and Technology Group University 2005
PPOL Shareholder's Meeting 2003, 2004 & 2005
Greater Nagoya Business Seminar 2004
Disney March 2004 Sales Meeting
The Walt Disney Company: Brainstorming Conference 2003
MTA (Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority) Public Hearing 2003
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Clients include (alphabetical order):
Alpine Electronics of America, Inc.
American Airlines
American Honda Motor Co., Inc.
American Suzuki Motor Corporation
Amgen, Inc.
Asahi Kasei EMD Corporation
Beckman Coulter, Inc.
Bowman and Brooke, LLP
Celgene Corporation
CIMA Labs, Inc.
Chiyoda Corporation
Corning International Corporation
Daiichi Sankyo, Inc.
Domino's Pizza LLC
Doshisha University Graduate School of Business
Edwards Lifesciences Corporation
Eli Lily and Company
Emerson Electric Co.
Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc.
Fujitsu Corp.
Hewlett-Packard Company
Hino Motors, Ltd.
Hitachi Cable
Honda North America, Inc.
IBM Corporation
Invitrogen Corporation
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JETRO (Japan External Trade Organization)
Johnson Matthey Pharmaceutical Materials, Inc.
Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Ltd.
Konami Digital Entertainment, Inc.
KPMG LLP
Kyocera International, Inc.
Little Tokyo Community Council
Medtronic, Inc.
Mitsubishi Heavy Industry, Ltd.
Mitsubishi Motors North America, Inc.
Mori Building Co., Ltd.
The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles
Nikko Asset Management Co., Ltd.
Nissan North America, Inc.
Nomura Research Institute
NTT Advanced Technology Corporation
NTT Communications Corporation
Otsuka Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.
Otsuka Pharmaceutical Development & Commercialization,
Inc.
Pharmavite LLC
Pioneer North America, Inc.
Polycom, Inc.
Respironics, Inc.
Sequenom, Inc.
SHOEI Co., Ltd.
Society of Japanese Value Engineering
Softbank Mobile Corp.
SonicWALL, Inc.
Sony Computer Entertainment America
St. Jude Medical, Inc
Sun Microsystems, Inc.
TABATA U.S.A., Inc.
Taiho Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.
Takeda Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.
Tanabe Research Laboratories U.S.A., Inc.
TM Claims Service, Inc. (Tokio Marine Nichido Group)
Toyota Motor Sales, U.S.A., Inc.
University of California Irvine Extension
UCLA Anderson School of Management
US Army Corps of Engineers
Universal Interactive Studios
VERITAS Software Corporation
Volkswagen
The Walt Disney Company
Westinghouse Corporation
Yamaha Motor Corporation, U.S.A.
Yokohama Tire Corporation
4/1989 – present
Translator: Independent Contractor
ATA (American Translators Association) accredited: English into Japanese
Experienced in both English into Japanese and Japanese into English translation
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Legal, technical (automotive safety), general medical/pharmaceutical, business, brochures, theses (economics, mathematics,
and pharmaceuticals), public bulletins for cities and corporations
11/2001-12/2001 Worked as translator at ISS Translators, Inc. (Torrance, California)
2/1995 – 7/1995 Worked as part-time technical translator at ITS Co., Ltd. (Nagoya, Japan)
1/1981 - 6/2005
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1/2002 - 6/2005
1/1992- 3/1998
4/1989 - 3/1998
10/1986 - 3/1987
4/1982 - 3/1985
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Instructor for interpreter training classes at ISS Translators, Inc. (Torrance, CA)
Instructor for prestigious interpreter training courses in Japan
Part-time instructor at various private schools and for professional training courses
Full-time teacher at Japanese public schools
Full-time teacher at Japanese public schools
Translator/Bilingual Executive Secretary
5/2004 - 10/2004
Konami Digital Entertainment, Inc. (Los Angeles, California)
9/2001 - 10/2001
Epson America, Inc.
6/1994 - 7/1994
Government of West Virginia Japan Representative Office
 Interpretation/coordination of lectures, seminars, business meetings, speeches, and interviews
 Writing and translating business correspondences, brochures, manuals, and other documents
 Research and presentations
4/1995 – 3/1998
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Teacher/Instructor (Independent Contractor since 1989)
Founder, Owner, and CEO of EMRI English Services, Co., Ltd. (JAPAN)
3/1998
Sold out company to come to the U.S.A. with my husband, who was transferred to Torrance.
8/1996 - 3/1998
Worked mainly as CEO, personnel manager, public relations manager, interpreter, translator, and instructor.
8/1996
Incorporated to expand and diversify services. Services of the company included interpretation, translation,
individualized English training programs, and teaching English
4/1995 Founded Emori English School, a private school for teaching English and training interpreters.
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EDUCATION
4/1977 – 3/1981
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Aichi University of Education (Kariya, Japan), Bachelor of Education
Official certificate for teaching English in Japanese junior and senior high schools
Official certificate for teaching Social Studies in Japanese junior high schools
Official certificate for teaching in Japanese elementary schools
1/2000 – 7/2004
 7/2004
El Camino College (Torrance, CA)
Associate in Science: Paralegal Studies (ABA Approved Program)
Granted with Honors, Dean's List, GPA 4.0
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1/2001 –5/2001
12/2000
Music (piano) major: 14.5 units, GPA 4.0; Dean’s List
Associate in Arts: Speech Communication (Granted with Honors)
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Forensics Team member
Semifinalist in Novice Parliamentary Debate (2000 Todd Lewis Invitational)
8/2000 – 12/2000
2000
10/1991 – 9/1994
Interschool of Nagoya: Conference Interpreter Training Course
Received training for both consecutive and simultaneous interpretation