Guidance

Japan: translators and interpreters

Updated 6 July 2022

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1. Disclaimer

The Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) provides lists of service providers for information only, to assist British nationals who may need support overseas. This list is not exhaustive, and is subject to change at any time. None of the service providers are endorsed or recommended by the FCO. You should research whether a service provider will be suitable. The FCO does not accept any liability arising to any person for any loss or damage suffered through using these service providers or this information.

2. List of translators and interpreters

Name Email Telephone Address Regions served Areas of specialisation Languages Affliliation
Japan Association of Translators askjat@jat.org            
Japan Association of Conference Interpreters              
[Altair Japan Inc.] altairj@office.email.ne.jp +81(0)333873321 1-7-13, Koenji-kita, Suginami-ku, Tokyo 166-0002 All regions in Japan General translation (written), Commercial, Medical, Techinical Japanese into English and vice versa N/A
ARC COMMUNICATIONS INC. translation@arc-c.jp +81(0)357306133 Moriden Bldg. 7F, 3-9-9 Mita, Minato-Ku, Tokyo 108-0073 All regions in Japan General translation (written), Commercial, Legal, Medical, Technical, Other - see website Japanese, others Japan Translation Federation, Asia-Pacific Association for Machine Translation, Japan Congress Convention Bureau, Medical Excellence Japan
ARC COMMUNICATIONS INC. arc-c@arc-c.jp +81(0)357306133 Moriden Bldg. 7F, 3-9-9 Mita, Minato-Ku, Tokyo 108-0073 All regions in Japan General interpretation (spoken), Commercial, Legal, Medical, Technical, Other - see website Japanese, others Japan Translation Federation, Asia-Pacific Association for Machine Translation, Japan Congress Convention Bureau, Medical Excellence Japan
COMMUNICATORS, INC. visa@communicators.co.jp +81(0)335010171 Toranomon Daini Toyo Bldg. 6F, 1-12-15 Toranomon, Minato-ku, Tokyo, 105-0001 All regions in Japan General translation and interpretation, Commercial, Legal, Medical and Technical Chinese(Mandarine / Cantonese), French, Japanese, Korean, Spanish N/A
COSMOPOLITAN VILLAGE INC. translation@cosvi.co.jp +81(0)432463117 4-3-511 Chiba-minato, Chuo-ku Chiba-shi, Chiba-ken 260-0026 All regions in Japan General translation and interpretation, Commercial, Legal, Medical, Technical, Other - see website Japanese N/A
FAIR DINKUM TRANSLATOR sakapon@gmail.com +81(0)357606609 Setagaya-ku, Tokyo 158-0082 All regions in Japan General translation (written), Commercial, Legal, Medical, Technical, Other - see website Japanese National Accreditation Authority for Translators and Interpreters (Australia)
Frontier Co., Ltd. < uk-contact@frontier-global.co.jp> +81(0)344554988 Shinmakicho Bldg. Annex 2F, 3-2-14 Nihombashi, Chuo-ku, Tokyo, 103-0027 Japan All regions in Japan General translation (written), General interpretation (spoken), Commercial, Legal, Techinical, Other - see website Italian, Japanese, Portuguese, Spanish N/A
HONYAKU CENTER INC. tokyo-is@honyakuctr.co.jp +81(0)363699954 Mita MT Bldg. 8F, 3-13-12 Mita, Minato-ku, Tokyo, 108-0073 Japan All regions in Japan General translation (written), General interpretation (spoken), General translation and interpretation, Commercial, Legal, Medical, Technical, Other - see website English, Japanese, Chinese, French, German N/A
INTER GROUP CORPORATION sales-tky@intergroup.co.jp +81(0)355496901 Kyodo Tsushin Kaikan 4F, 2-2-5 Toranomon, Minato-ku, Tokyo 105-0001 All regions in Japan General translation and interpretation, Commercial, Legal, Medical, Technical, Other - see website Chinese, Japanese, French, Spanish, others Japan Translation Federation, Asia-Pacific Association for Machine Translation, Japan Congress Convention Bureau, Medical Excellence Japan
ISS INC ask_conv@issjp.com +81(0)363699993 Mita MT Bldg. 8F, 3-13-12 Mita, Minato-ku, Tokyo, 108-0073 All regions in Japan, with offices in Tokyo, Osaka, Nagoya General interpretation (spoken), General translation and interpretation, Commercial, Legal, Medical, Technical, Other - see website Japanese, and all other language combinations per request International Congress and Convention Association, Japan Congress Convention Bureau, Japan Convention Management Association, Japan Association of Travel Agents, Japan Translation Federation, Japan Staffing Services Association, Japan Executive Search and Recruitment Association, Tokyo Convention & Visitors Bureau, Yokohama Convention & Visitors Bureau, Chiba Convention Bureau and International Center, Takamatsu Convention and Visitors Bureau, Fukuoka
JAPAN CONVENTION SERVICES, INC tsuyaku@convention.co.jp +81(0)335081215 Daido Seimei Kasumigaseki Bldg 18F, 1-4-2, Kasumigaseki, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 100-0013 All regions in Japan General translation (written), General interpretation (spoken), General translation and interpretation, Commercial, Legal, Medical, Technical, Other - see website Chinese, Japanese, Korean,Thai, Spanish N/A
JJE TRANSLATION SERVICES (KANSAI) info@jjenglish.org +81(0)743623388 Fukusumi-Kaihatsu Bldg. 2,3,4F, 846 Kawaharajo-cho, Tenri-shi, Nara All regions in Japan General translation and interpretation, Commercial, Medical, Technical, Other - see website Japanese N/A
[Nichi-Ei Link Ltd (Akiko O Eddis)] eddiswilliam@gmail.com +44 (0)1728687928 Cedar Cottage, Farnham Rd, Snape, Saxmundham, Suffolk IP17 1QA UK, Europe, Japan General translation (written), General interpretation (spoken), General translation and interpretation, Commercial, Technical Japanese UK Institute of Translation & Interpreting
SAMURAI TRANSLATORS K.K. info@translators.jp +81(0)929853466 4-8-30-4F Nishijin, Sawara-ku, Fukuoka City, Japan 814-0002 All regions in Japan, the U.K. and any country in the world General translation (written), Commercial, Legal, Other Japanese, 300+ languages (with the company network) Japan Translation Federation, Japan Association of Translators

3. Feedback

If you decide to use any of the service providers on this list, we would like to hear from you. While there is no obligation on your part to provide feedback on the services you receive, any feedback you can give us is helpful. You can send feedback by email to Feedback.Consular.Services@fco.gov.uk, including the country and name of the list in your email. Or contact us below:

British Embassy Tokyo

〒102-8381
TokyoNo 1 Ichiban-cho, Chiyoda-ku
Japan

Telephone +81 (3) 5211-1100 / +44 20 7008 5000

Opening hours:
The British Embassy opens Monday to Friday, between 9:30am and 4:30pm

Use our contact form for consular enquiries:
www.gov.uk/contact-consulate-tokyo

For enquiries that are not about consular issues, email:
public-enquiries.tokyo@fcdo.gov.uk

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