Sendai Interpreting Service provides high quality interpreting services for a variety of purposes. All interpreters are highly skilled in both English and Japanese, and are well acquainted with the Sendai area and the whole Tohoku region. Whether you want someone to help show you around on your travels, or you need help in conducting business negotiations, we can provide the right service to meet your needs.

Covering the Whole Tohoku Area
Sendai is the commercial center for the whole Tohoku (north eastern Japan) area, including Aomori, Iwate, Akita, Yamagata, Miyagi and Fukushima Prefectures. We can provide interpreters to accompany you if you need to visit any of these areas.

Sight Seeing Interpreting
We can accompany you on your sight seeing trips, offering detailed explanations of the places you visit, and pointing out interesting places to see which are not covered by the usual tourist information. In addition, by providing assistance in restaurants, hotels and with transportation we can make your stay in Sendai an extremely fulfilling and enjoyable one. We can give you information on the best tours tours to take so that you can make the most efficient use of your time and budget.

Tusnami Damage Area Tours
A number of local taxi and bus companies offer tours of the areas hit by the devasting tsunami at the time of the Great East Japan Earthquake in 2011. We can help you choose the tour that best suits your needs, and accompany you on the tour to provide English explanations about the places you visit.

Business Interpreting
If you are planning to hold business meetings with Japanese companies in Sendai, we can accompany you to make sure that there no misunderstandings occur that might damage your chances of success. Although many Japanese business men speak English quite well, there are many cases where linguistic and cultural misunderstandings have undermined what should have been successful negotiations. Depending on the English abilities of your Japanese counterparts can often be a risky business.

Translation Services
We can do translations from English to Japanese or Japanese to English. Business letters, contracts, pamphlets, product specifications etc, no job is too big or too small. For more information see our translation service page.

Business Consultation Services
If you are interested in starting up a business in the Sendai or Tohoku areas, or would just like to know more about how things work here, we can provide a wealth of information on things such as starting up a company, labor laws, distribution systems, import regulations, safety regulations, taxes and many other business related topics.

Apart from interpreting and translation, we can also help you in other ways.

Product Regulations
If you are thinking of selling products in Japan they may need to be registered with one or more government agencies. We can investigate what needs to be done in order to make it possible to sell your products in Japan.

Import Regulations
Many kinds of products are subject to import tax, or may be banned from import altogether. We can find out if your product can be imported, and if it will be subject to import tax. In many cases modifying your product can get around import taxes and regulations.

Market Research
Before deciding to sell in Japan it is essential to gather information about your product's market. What is the size of the market, what products will you be competing with, how much do they sell for, how and where are they sold? These and many other questions should be answered before you commit to investing in selling in Japan. We can provide detailed information about the market before you make any decisions.

For bookings or more information please contact us by email or fax. We will get back to you within 24 hours.

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