President

BUMA Associates, Inc.

43 Arnold Avenue
Closter, NJ 07624

TEL: (201) 768-5830

CAN BE INTERVIEWED FOR: Print, Radio, TV

INTERVIEW LANGUAGES: English, Japanese

SPECIALIZATIONS:

• BUSINESS, TRADE AND ECONOMICS
  corporate culture; corporate philanthropy; human resource management; personnel training
• EDUCATION
  bilateral educational and cultural relations; comparative educational systems; cross-cultural training; cultural diversity training
• HISTORY
  cultural history; history of US-Japan relations
• SOCIETY, CULTURE AND PSYCHOLOGY
  comparative and cross-cultural studies; cultural exchange programs; intercultural communications; minority issues (domestic); social issues

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Associate Executive Director, General Assembly Council, Executive Director, Office of Youth Relations of the Presbyterian Church National Headquarters, 1955-88.

IN US: 1950-present - study, church representative, employment.

MAJOR PUBLICATIONS:

This is Japan Today (Friendship Press, 1958); Good Gift (AD, 1974); Koseki no nai kuni, America (Kenkyusha, 1990).