He grew up in Japan, and graduated from two universities; Keio University in Japan and University of California San Diego in the United States. 

For the past of 25 years, he had worked for a major global financial institutions in the United States, and he had responsible for customers in Asian regions, especially Japan. 

For the last 5 years, he has stayed in Japan, and established own finance company. He is also working as a professional translator while running his finance company. His biggest market is the United States, and has been dedicated to creating a bridge between the United States and Japan.

From his career, he has developed excellent communication skills in both Japanese and English, and he is recognized as the best person for understanding what the difficulty is in speaking Japanese for non native Japanese speakers.

Steve would like to introduce "Japanese language is fun" to the world. 

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