Executive Assistant Translator (Japanese-English)

Job description

Daiso USA is seeking a highly skilled Japanese / English Executive Assistant to provide executive administrative, translation, interpretation, and cross-cultural communication support to senior leadership. This role serves as a critical communication bridge between Japanese and English-speaking executives, business partners, and internal stakeholders across the United States and Japan. The ideal candidate will be fluent in both Japanese and English and able to provide accurate, professional interpretation in a variety of executive settings, including live in-person meetings, virtual meetings, leadership discussions, executive briefings, and simultaneous or near-simultaneous interpretation using technology platforms. This role requires more than word-for-word translation. The right candidate must be able to interpret tone, context, business intent, cultural nuance, etiquette, and emotional meaning to ensure leaders are fully understood on both sides of the conversation. This position requires discretion, professionalism, strong judgment, executive presence, and the ability to operate confidently in a fast-paced environment where accuracy, confidentiality, and cultural awareness are...