Company Information
A Message from the CEO
Culture & Emotion Providing Culture and Emotionally Impactful Experiences to the World
This philosophy is the very origin of our company name, a fusion of the words “Culture” and “Emotion,” and has remained unchanged in the 20 years since our founding.
When asked what makes Cultemo unique, my response is always: “Genuine client satisfaction.” Customer satisfaction is probably a concept advocated by every company to an extent. However, within the translation industry (which can be rather conservative and artisanal in nature), achieving genuine customer satisfaction can be extremely challenging. Yet Cultemo has spent years tackling head-on these fundamental questions:
“What exactly is the quality that our customers seek?”
“How can we delight our clients?”
This commitment to client satisfaction has been the source of our motivation in directly addressing challenges within the translation industry that others have avoided, through initiatives such as quantifying translation quality, professional use of machine translation and post editing, as well as our AsTrans service.
Many creators aim for “high quality” based on their own quality standards. There is nothing inherently wrong with this at all. However, in dealing with translation, design, and self-publishing as a business, it is important to understand that the quality envisioned by the creator will not necessarily be the type of quality desired by the user. Breaking free from fixed notions and self-satisfaction, and eagerly pursuing what our customers want, are actions I believe to be essential for the future of the translation business.
I am exceptionally proud to have some of the finest talent in this industry here at Cultemo, among both our project managers and linguists. These individuals, with their mix of technical and soft skills, are the treasures of our company. I look forward to working alongside these colleagues in tackling the challenges of the next decade.
Thank you for your continued support and patronage.
Company Profile
| Company Name | Cultemo Corporation |
|---|---|
| Capital | 20 million yen |
| President & Directors | President：Kunio Naito Profile > |
| Director: Keisuke Tsutsumi (CFO) Profile > | |
| Director：Shintaro Araki (Director of Translation Quality Management) Profile > | |
| Auditor (Part-time): Takao Naito (Professor of International Accounting, Faculty of Policy Studies, Kyorin University) Profile > | |
| Employees | 28 (17 employees/directors and 11 exclusive contract translators as of August 2023) |
| Registered Translators | 300 approx. |
| Fiscal Year-End | December 31 (once per year) |
| Sales | 280 million yen approx. (FY2023 results: December 31) |
| Main Banks | The Chiba Bank (Shin Yachiyo Branch) |
| Asahi Shinkin Bank (Higashi Kasai Branch) | |
| Office | 3F Kinoshita Building, 6-6-12, Higashi-Kasai, Edogawa-ku, Tokyo 134-0084, Japan |
| Tel:03-5675-0160 Fax:03-5675-0161 | |
| Member Organizations |
The Tokyo Chamber of Commerce and Industry; South Edogawa Corporation Association Japan Translation Federation Asia-Pacific Association for Machine Translation (AAMT) |
| Related Companies | CuBE Japan |
Company History
| Mar. 2023 | 20th anniversary celebration held at Tower Hall Funabori |
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| Jan. 2023 | Keisuke Tsutsumi appointed as Director and CFO |
| Oct. 2022 | Resource for Japanese to English and multilingual translation strengthened to accommodate increased volume of projects targeted at overseas audiences |
| Apr. 2022 | Takao Naito appointed as Auditor (part-time) |
| Shintaro Araki appointed as Director of Translation Quality Management | |
| Mar. 2022 | CuBE Japan established as a wholly-owned subsidiary |
| Capital increased from 10 million to 20 million yen | |
| 2017 | A definition of translation quality established for judging translation quality standards |
| 2016 | Over 5 million words handled in a year via professional MTPE services |
| 2011 | Full-scale localization services launched |
| Apr. 2006 | Company-run website “Basho Conference” launched |
| Feb. 2006 | Reorganized and renamed “Cultemo Corporation.” Capital increased to 10 million yen |
| Feb. 2005 | Office opened in Kasai, Tokyo |
| Jan. 2003 | Cultemo Planning Ltd. established |
| Jun. 2002 | Founded as an individual business (trading name: Cultemo Planning) |