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2006 - present	Webmaster, Machigai.com. Site promotes my English study books and includes a weekly podcast.
Sept 1992-May 1999; January 2002-present	Administrative Assistant of Publications University of Maryland University College Asia Yokota AB, Tokyo, Japan Wrote, designed, and edited newsletters and forms on Windows NT personal computer, making extensive use of Word Perfect 5.1 and PageMaker 6.5. Coordinated, wrote, and edited newsletter for students, The Asian Marylander (1995-1999), and prepared newsletter for uploading to Web site. Wrote and designed a guide to Japan for the university's American faculty. Assistant Publications Coordinator Returned in January 2002. Performed typesetting and design tasks using PageMaker 7.0 and other Adobe programs on a Macintosh running OS 9.2. Revived student newsletter, now called Asia View. Updated guide to Japan. Publications Coordinator Promoted in August 2002 upon departure of previous Coordinator. Involved in reorganization and redesign of UMUC Asia Web site, increasing user-friendliness. Continued writing/editing/layout/Web layout of Asia View and other print publications in InDesign 2.0 on Mac OS X. Participated in development of marketing plan.
2002 - present	Webmaster, Kurofune Antiques
2001 - present	Webmaster, Executive Travel
2001 - present	Webmaster, Global Comics Network. Created Web site devoted to comics. Primary content is my own comic strip, The Crazing Spider-Hag, and comics discussion podcast.
May - December 2001	Web Site Content Manager Nippon Digital Communications, Tokyo, Japan Participated in various activities in building dot-com distributor of Japanese business news in English. Wrote news stories, searched for and contacted prospective recipients of our news, and tested new database application. Examined many different Web sites and became more familiar with standards of interface design. Utilized HTML knowledge, learned a bit of XML.
May 1999-- April 2001	Communications Manager/Editor Tokyo American Club Tokyo, Japan Edited 64-page members' magazine and many other information vehicles for members, making extensive use of MSWord 2000 and PageMaker 6.5 on Windows 98. Magazine responsibilities included writing some articles, assigning and editing articles, determining placement of in-house and outside ads, trimming articles for space, and preparing materials to be sent to production company. Created new sections for Club Web site and helped plan reorganization of site. Oversaw assistant and three designers in Communications Office, who make posters, signs, forms, and other graphic communications.
1986-2000	Founder and Director, Society of International Friendship. Organized and run club devoted to international issues and communication. Wrote, edited, and laid out quarterly newsletter, Satellite, using PageMaker 6.0 on Macintosh Performa 578. Created World Wide Web site of newsletter articles and organizational information.