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May 2006	Book, Sono Eigo, Tsuujimasen, Daiwa Shobo, Tokyo. Book contains both English and Japanese. Collects expanded versions of 77 Machigai columns.
May 2005	Book, Nihonjin no Eigo Iimachigai (Mistakes that Japanese Make in Spoken English), ALC Publishing, Tokyo. Published in Japanese translation only. Explains a number of humorous English mistakes made by Japanese on ALC's Standard Speaking Test (SST), how they sound to a native English speaker, and how to correct them.
April 2003– present	Weekly column, Machigai, for Mainichi Weekly. Each column explains a mistake that many Japanese make in English, based on my own observations and research (giving my students quizzes to see how many of them make certain mistakes).
June 2001-present	*Asia View*, newsletter for students of University of Maryland University College Asia. Wrote, designed, and edited newsletter in InDesign 2.0 on Mac OS X.
May - December 2001	Web Site Content Manager, Nippon Digital Communications, Tokyo, Japan. Wrote news stories for Web site based on Web research.
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.
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.
1998-1999	Freelance Writer, Tokyo Classified (now known as Metropolis). Articles: Ebisu Gang Hachioji Pink Lady	Yatsuhashi Kengyo Chikamatsu Monzaemon Akebono Hachiko
1998-1999	Freelance Writer, Eye-Ai. Articles: Gagaku Pink Lady interview Akebono interview
1995-1999	*The Asian Marylander*, newsletter for students of University of Maryland University College Asia. Wrote, designed, and edited newsletter in PageMaker on Windows NT.
1992-1993	Freelance Writer/Editor Articles on Yokota Base and proofreading of articles for the Hiragana Times, 1992-93 Reviews and summaries of English-language books for Tuttle-Mori Agency, a subsidiary of Charles E. Tuttle, for translation into Japanese, 1992-93