He has also worked as a translator at the Kyoto City International Relations Office. He obtained a PhD in literary translation studies at Victoria University of Wellington in 2012. The title of his thesis was Dances with Words: Issues in the Translation of Japanese Literature into English. Current research areas include the translation of contemporary Japanese literature, representations of Kazuo Ishiguro’s works in Japanese media, and the transmedial resurgence of Twin Peaks. This is his fourth issue as Editor of the IAFOR Journal of Literature & Librarianship.