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Akiko Okano
ALLEX Fellow
Offices & Programs
Education
BA: Kyoritsu Women's University- Faculty of Arts and Letters.
English teaching license (Ministry of Education)
Japanese Language Teacher Training Course (420 hours/ Agency for Cultural Affairs)
BIOGRAPHY
Akiko Okano earned her BA in English Literature and English Teaching Pedagogy from Kyoritsu Women's University in Tokyo. After graduation, Okano spent more than 10 years working as a producer in the television industry. Aside from making programs, Okano managed and educated new staff, translated Japanese subtitles into English, and more. After teaching Japanese to technical intern trainees in Japan, Okano joined the Alliance for Language Learning and Educational Exchange (ALLEX) in 2024.