Episode 49
Episode 49: Interview with Louise George Kittaka
The Transformations with Jayne Podcast will be taking a break until after the summer holidays! The next new episode will be in September.
This week's guest is Louise George Kittaka, from New Zealand.
Louise George Kittaka is a writer, editor, university lecturer and cross-cultural training consultant. She was born in New Zealand and majored in Japanese and Economics at the University of Waikato. She also has an MA in Intercultural Studies from SUNY Buffalo.
Louise is ‘mum’ to a son, two daughters and three very fat, spoiled cats.
After coming to Japan on work training, she subsequently met her Japanese spouse and settled here. She was hired as the first full time non-Japanese employee for Benesse Corporation, Japan’s largest educational publisher, and later worked in the USA as a researcher at Vanderbilt University.
As a freelance writer and editor for Japan’s educational publishing sector, she has contributed to numerous textbooks, study courses and national English exams. She is a regular columnist and features writer for the Japan Times newspaper and Savvy Tokyo, an online community for international women, and contributes to various other English media, including BBC Storyworks, GPlus Media, Campaign Asia and Kansai Scene.
We talk about:
How Louise came to be in Japan and the wonderful story about meeting her husband.
Having children studying overseas
Unexpected things that come up with having kids studying overseas
Becoming a freelance writer in Japan
Louise and Melody Cook will be releasing a book on Educational choices for international families in Japan: Summer 2019.
A link will be added when available.
Japan Times: https://www.japantimes.co.jp/author/int-louise_george_kittaka/
Savvy Tokyo: https://savvytokyo.com/author/louise-george-kittaka/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/louisegeorge.kittaka
