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List Of Japanese Interpreting And Translation Associations
The translation/interpreting profession and industry in Japan is very fragmented, with a plethora of associations, many funded by tests marketed as 'qualifications'. Primarily translation Japan Society of Translators (JST) :ja:日本翻訳家協会 Founded in 1934, backed by the Ministry of Education (Japan) and Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Japan). Primarily literary; original/official representative of the International Federation of Translators. * National Translation Institute of Science and Technology :ja:日本科学技術翻訳協会 Founded in 1966, foundered in 1995. Had 13,000 “Licensed Technical Translators”. Japan Translation Federation (JTF) :ja:日本翻訳連盟 Founded in 1981, backed by the Ministry of International Trade and Industry. Despite a perception that members are primarily agencies, it has 130 corporates and 300 individual members. National Council of Professional Translators :ja:全国職業翻訳者協議会 Founded in 1993 by Itagaki Shinpei, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tokyo Medical University
Tokyo Medical University is a Japanese private university located in Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan. Established in 1916, it is one of the medical schools established in Japan before World War II. In accordance with the nation’s policy for medical education, this private university has a six-year medical school curriculum that offers 'preclinical' and 'clinical' studies to confer a bachelor's degree or graduate degree with which medical students are qualified for the national medical licensing exam. The university also has a postgraduate school (graduate school or ''daigakuin'' in Japanese) that offers Ph.D. degrees. History Founded as in 1916, Tokyo Medical University is one of the older medical schools of Japan’s Taishō period. It received university status in 1946. Manipulation of test scores In August 2018, Tokyo Medical University came under attack for a policy of deliberately lowering entrance exam scores of female applicants by 10-20% in order to keep the number of femal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |