Professor Kayo Matsushita is a distinguished scholar in Translation and Interpreting Studies at Rikkyo University in Tokyo, Japan. She serves as Professor in the College of Intercultural Communication, Department of Intercultural Communication, and holds concurrent appointments in both the Master's and Doctoral Programs of the Graduate School of Intercultural Communication. Previously an Associate Professor at Rikkyo University (2017-2022) and International Christian University (2014-2017), she also maintains visiting positions at European institutions including KU Leuven and University of Tartu. Her academic career builds upon extensive professional experience as a journalist with The Asahi Shimbun and as a professional interpreter. Professor Matsushita's academic background reflects her interdisciplinary expertise across journalism, translation, and intercultural communication: PhD in Intercultural Communication from Rikkyo University Master of Science in Journalism from Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism Bachelor of Arts in Journalism from Sophia University Professor Matsushita's research focuses on the intersection of translation, journalism, and intercultural communication, with particular emphasis on risk management in translation decision-making. Her work explores remote interpreting technologies, corpus-based interpreting studies using the Japan National Press Club (JNPC) Interpreting Corpus, and the unique translation practices of Japanese newspapers. She investigates how political speeches are translated across cultures, the impact of the pandemic on interpreting practices, and develops innovative methods for interpreter training using parallel corpora. Her research bridges theoretical frameworks with practical applications in the translation industry. Professor Matsushita's recent publications reveal a strong focus on the transformation of interpreting practices during and after the pandemic, with several studies analyzing remote simultaneous interpreting (RSI) technologies and their impact on the Japanese interpreting industry. Her work consistently applies corpus-based methodologies to examine translation and interpreting phenomena across multiple language pairs. She has pioneered research on the JNPC Interpreting Corpus, exploring linguistic interference patterns in Japanese-English, Japanese-Chinese, and Japanese-Spanish interpretation. Her scholarship demonstrates increasing interest in AI applications for translation quality assessment and the cognitive aspects of interpreter performance. Professor Matsushita's scholarly contributions have been recognized with prestigious awards: 2002: Association of Alternative Newsweeklies (AAN) Alternative Newsweekly Awards (1st place, Feature Writing) for 'Seven Days at Ground Zero' 1996: Sophia University Russel Brines Scholarship Professor Matsushita actively supervises graduate students in the Master's and Doctoral Programs of Intercultural Communication at Rikkyo University, guiding research on translation, interpreting, and intercultural communication. Her courses include Advanced Seminar series, Conference Interpreting, Translation and Interpreting Practicum, and Master's Thesis Supervision. She has led significant research projects including the construction of the Japan National Press Club Interpreting Corpus, a government-funded four-year project (2016-2020) that created a valuable resource for interpreting studies. Her research has been supported by grants from Japanese academic funding bodies, and she serves on the Science Research Committee of the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science. Professor Matsushita co-leads the research team developing the Japan National Press Club (JNPC) Interpreting Corpus, a bilingual Japanese-English resource that has expanded to include Chinese and Spanish language pairs. This collaborative project involves multiple institutions and has produced significant research outputs in corpus-based interpreting studies. She is actively involved with the Japan Association for Interpreting and Translation Studies (JAITS), where she previously served as Head of the Kanto Chapter and Director. Her research group focuses on applying corpus linguistics methodologies to solve practical problems in translation and interpreting, particularly examining risk management strategies in professional practice.
