NATHAN SHIGA
autonym Yasuharu (Wye) Shimamura
D.O.B : 26/2/1935
DOMICILE: Okegawa, Saitama, Japan
MOBILE PHONE: 090-7205-3609
EMAIL: wye@s08.itscom.net
■ A seasoned Japanese writer/translator in/into English.
Will write/translate in/on any variation of themes. Currently writing regularly in English at Zaikei News (*)
on happenings in/on Japan under penname Nathan Shiga.
(*)http://www.zaikeinews.com/
■ Kyodo News Agency covered me as an active elderly freelancer
in a recent write-up both in Japanese (local papers covering nationwide) and English (for the Japan Times(**) and overseas circulation.
(**)http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2016/06/21/national/japans-retirees-heading-back-work-firms-face-labor-shortages/#.V2n4pGcVhRy
■ Have translated “Taiwan: A History of Agonies” by Ong Iok-tok
Originally written in Japanese for the Japanese readership in 1970 –
an authentic Japanese of the Meiji-Taisho eras full of archaical expressions
that had long stood in the way of several attempts to get it translated.
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