Corporate Social Responsibility
Urban Connections, with its expertise in effective communication, has for two decades been a bridge between Japan and the rest of the world. When you need your message to reach an audience that speaks many languages, you can be sure that Urban Connections has the ability to translate with great accuracy and to guarantee readability. These abilities are, and have always been, at the heart of the services we offer.
But we are not born with such abilities.
Take Japanese-native translators who specialize in English, for example. Many of them learned English at publicly-financed educational establishments, then enhanced their language skills through day-to-day interactions with friends from overseas. Similarly, those non-Japanese-native translators who specialize in Japanese studied Japanese at universities in Japan or in their own countries and deepened their understanding of the Japanese language while living in Japan and interacting with people in their communities.
Without the support of society and local communities, how could we possibly have become language experts, as we are now?
At Urban Connections, we firmly believe that it is our corporate social responsibility to ensure that our language abilities are put to great use across global society.
What's new?
Interview with CEO Larry Greenberg featured on The Japan Times ONLINE website (2009.9.29)
The Japan Times recently carried an article about Urban Connections, noting our company’s active hiring of foreign staff, especially former international students looking for work in Japan following graduation. The article is a dialogue between CEO Larry Greenberg and Keiko Iwata, author of Asian Spirit, an inspiring and lively depiction of Asian youths working to realize their dreams. Over the course of the conversation, Mr. Greenberg looks back on his own experience in this country, reflects on the current job market, and gives words of advice to foreigners wishing to find jobs in Japan. To read the article, please click here.
Rare Chance to See Classic Japanese Anime and Films accompanied by Mr. Greenberg’s Lecture on “The Roots of Japanese Cinema and Anime Preserving Katsuben : Unique Performance Art” (2009.9.18)
CEO Larry Greenberg will do a lecture on Japanese silent films, silent anime, and benshi at the Culture Club in Muscat, Oman on October 5. The event is being organized by Embassy of Japan in the Sultanate of Oman.
At the lecture, there will be a screening of selected animations from Japanese Anime Classic Collection and possibly Talking Silents.
Admission is free.
We are looking forward to meeting the film lovers of Oman!
Time: October 5(MON) / 7:00PM START
Place: Cultural Club – Qurm, Muscat
For more details click here
Newspapers in Oman have published articles discussing the lecture. Click here to read them.
Urban Connections is grateful for the large crowd that came out to the lecture. The event was picked up by a number of local media sources. Click here to read some articles about the lecture (in English and Arabic).
The lecture has also been featured on the website of the Embassy of Japan in the Sultanate of Oman. (Japanese only)
Heart Connections, an NPO, and Digital Meme to jointly hold a screening of Japanese silent movies, with subtitles provided by Urban Connections. (2008.9.26)
Heart Connections, an NPO that supports foreign students living in Japan, and Digital Meme will jointly hold a screening of Japanese silent movies on September 27, 2008, at Akasaka Kumin Hall in Minato Ward, Tokyo (entrance: 1000 yen). This event will be a great opportunity to introduce Japanese silent cinema to foreigners in Japan, as some of the movies screened have been subtitled in English, Chinese and Korean by Urban Connections, which proudly continues its tradition of fostering intercultural understanding. For more information, click here.
