Toshio Otaka

A graduate student at
New York University, Interactive Telecommunications Program,
the hottest institution in the world pursuing multimedia field.

WORK EXPERIENCE

company

April 1990
-July 1995 NIKKEI BUSINESS PUBLICATIONS, INC. (Tokyo, Japan)

Japan's largest publisher of business magazines. Magazines which cover a wide variety of fields, from general business to computers, multimedia, communications, art, and medicine. 1.32 million subscribers. Tied up with National Geographic Society (WashingtonDC) and is publishing "National Geographic Japan ."

Title

(July'93
-July'95) Planner
and Staff Editor,
New Business Development Department,
etc. Launched a new computer book for elementary, junior high school and high school teachers, which focuses on how teachers can use personal computers in their lessons effectively.
Wrote a report about publishers' trends in the United States to submit to the company's executive committee.

(April '90
-June '93) Staff Editor,
weekly magazine "Nikkei Entertainment" Planning and writing articles about entertainment and media industries such as film, record, videogame, and CATV companies, and TV and Radio networks. Translated affiliated magazines such as "Variety", "The Hollywood Reporter" and "Billboard". Interviewed many domestic and foreign company executives, artists, and producers. Took music concert photographs.

People whom I interviewed...

Richard Branson (CEO ,Virgin Group), Bernard Shaw (CNN Newscaster), George Harrison (Musician), Eric Clapton (Musician), Jeffrey Archer (Novelist and former UK Congressman), etc.
Japanese:Toshio Ozawa (Chairman, Sony Music Entertainment), Shigeru Hazama (CEO, Sankei Newspaper, Former Chairman of Fuji Television Network, Inc.), Kazuyoshi Okuyama, Film Director and Executive, Shochiku Films), Kahori Fujii (Film actor), Keisuke Kuwata (Musician), Toshinobu Kubota (Musician), etc.

What I Wrote on the magazines...
"How are Japan's Digital Radio Networks Going On ? "
"CNN's Asian Market Strategy"
"Why is Sony Music Entertainment Strong in the Entertainment Market ?"
"What are the Characteristics of JVC's Strategy in the Videogame Market?"
Concert Report on George Harrison & Eric Clapton at the Tokyo Dome
Concert Report on the Southern All Stars in Beijing
(Articles That I Translated)
from "Billboard," "Variety,"and "The Hollywood Reporter.")

"What is Video-On-Demand?"
"Is It Really True That Prince Will Quit Singing ?"
"Who Will Purchase Virgin Records?"

Publications ...

"Key Entertainment Words"
(Collaboration, Nikkei BP Publishing Center, 1993)
Explained 100 important words relating to the entertainment market. For example, Multimedia, Satellite Broadcasting, CD-ROM, Interactive Movie, etc. One of the top 10 selling books in Ginza, the center of downtown Tokyo.

"Design Strategies of Japan's 25 Leading Companies"
(Collaboration, Nikkei Business Publications, 1993)
Introduced 25 Design-Oriented Companies in Japan, Sony, Toyota, Yamaha, etc.

"How to Teach Students Effectively with Personal Computers"
(Collaboration, Nikkei BP Publishing Center, 1994)
Personal computer guidebook for elementary, junior high school and high school teachers. Presented 30 cases where teachers were using personal computers in their lessons effectively.

EDUCATION

Sept. '95 - present New York University (New York)
Graduate school of
Interactive Telecommunications Program
MPS (Master of Professional Studies),
expected May '97

Apr. '86-
March '90 Waseda University (Tokyo)
BA, March 1990
Major : Political Science and Journalism

Now I'm doing internship at Echo, a conferencing system and Internet service provider in New York City.

Any comments? Any questions?
Mail to me ,thank you.

April 1990 -July 1995	NIKKEI BUSINESS PUBLICATIONS, INC. (Tokyo, Japan)
	Japan's largest publisher of business magazines. Magazines which cover a wide variety of fields, from general business to computers, multimedia, communications, art, and medicine. 1.32 million subscribers. Tied up with National Geographic Society (WashingtonDC) and is publishing "National Geographic Japan ."

(July'93 -July'95)	Planner and Staff Editor, New Business Development Department, etc.	Launched a new computer book for elementary, junior high school and high school teachers, which focuses on how teachers can use personal computers in their lessons effectively. Wrote a report about publishers' trends in the United States to submit to the company's executive committee.

(April '90 -June '93)	Staff Editor, weekly magazine "Nikkei Entertainment"	Planning and writing articles about entertainment and media industries such as film, record, videogame, and CATV companies, and TV and Radio networks. Translated affiliated magazines such as "Variety", "The Hollywood Reporter" and "Billboard". Interviewed many domestic and foreign company executives, artists, and producers. Took music concert photographs.

Publications	... "Key Entertainment Words" (Collaboration, Nikkei BP Publishing Center, 1993) Explained 100 important words relating to the entertainment market. For example, Multimedia, Satellite Broadcasting, CD-ROM, Interactive Movie, etc. One of the top 10 selling books in Ginza, the center of downtown Tokyo.
	"Design Strategies of Japan's 25 Leading Companies" (Collaboration, Nikkei Business Publications, 1993) Introduced 25 Design-Oriented Companies in Japan, Sony, Toyota, Yamaha, etc.
	"How to Teach Students Effectively with Personal Computers" (Collaboration, Nikkei BP Publishing Center, 1994) Personal computer guidebook for elementary, junior high school and high school teachers. Presented 30 cases where teachers were using personal computers in their lessons effectively.

Sept. '95 - present	New York University (New York) Graduate school of Interactive Telecommunications Program MPS (Master of Professional Studies), expected May '97

Apr. '86- March '90	Waseda University (Tokyo) BA, March 1990 Major : Political Science and Journalism