About KiramekiQuality | Accountability | Experience
We are a translation Company, not a translation broker. There are differences
Based in Japan and proud of our decades-long track record, we offer:
- high-quality translation and interpreting services,
- accountability,
- assurance that your documents will never be sent to venues presenting high security risks, and
- assurance that your documents will never be dropped mindlessly (or at all) into an AI system for translation. There are good reasons why we don't use AI for translation.
The Basics
| Company name | Kirameki Translations, Inc. |
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| CEO & Representative Director | William Lise |
| Address | 16-1-708 Nishiki-cho, Naka-ku Yokohama 231-0812 Japan |
| Telephone | 045-323-9065 (from within Japan) 81-45-323-9065 (from overseas) |
| Mobile | 080-3085-3929 (from within Japan) 81-80-3085-3929 (from overseas) |
| URL: | https://kirameki-translation.co.jp |
| Company registration number | 5020001081859 |
| Qualified invoice issuer number | T5020001081859 |
 Please note that we do not deal with agencies of any kind, and do not deal with any entities in China. | |
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Timeline
| August 7, 2025 | Capital increased to JPY 8.7 million. |
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| December 12, 2022 | Main place of business moved to current address in Yokohama. |
| May, 2022 | Moved to temporary location in Yokohama. |
| November, 2018 to January, 2019 | Interpreting for over one month at the behest of the Special Investigators of the Tokyo Public Prosecutors Office in a high-profile case involving senior foreign executives of a major Japanese corporation. |
| October 14, 2014 | Company name changed to Kirameki Translations, Inc. |
| January 21, 2009 | Company reorganized as stock company, and company name changed to Lise & Partners, Inc. |
| 1988 to present | Translation work comes to be focused on patent translation. |
| 1985 | Entered the field of deposition interpreting in cases (chiefly for patent infringement litigation) involving Japanese entities. |
| 1983 | Shift in emphasis to Japanese patent translation. |
| 1979 | New-Tech, Ltd., predecessor to Lise & Partners, Inc., established. |
| 1978 | Operations started. Initial clients were manufacturers of electrical measuring instruments. |