I taught English for 5 years in Tokyo in the 1990s and after that had jobs in NZ in market research, public relations, event management, trade and investment promotion, learning and development, program management and project management. After 20 years I returned to Japan with my family and worked for a solar development company in Fukuoka as a project manager and quality manager. Since then I have been teaching business English and brushing up on my Japanese, preparing to sit N1 exam in July.