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  Tokyo-based entrepreneur and Japan expert Carl Kay graduated from Harvard summa cum laude in East Asian Languages in 1978. In 1982 he founded Japanese Language Services, Inc., a pioneering firm that helped American technology companies localize products for the Japanese market. After building the company to annual sales of $4 million, he sold it in 1998 to Lionbridge Technologies.

Since then Kay has served as an investor and/or outside director at a dozen venture companies in Japan and North America. Kay also has been active on boards of non-profit organizations in several countries including the Japan Translation Federation and the Japan Society of Boston. He writes and speaks to audiences worldwide about Japanese business, language and culture.

 
 

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