As the business environment continues to be affected by the spread of COVID-19, an industrial painting firm based in Anjo, Aichi Prefecture, has begun offering Japanese-English simultaneous interpretation services remotely using teleconference systems.

With more companies canceling international conferences and seminars due to the pandemic, Mikawa Star hopes the service will support businesses and secure work opportunities for interpreters.

The company had already been offering interpretation and translation services prior to the coronavirus outbreak, dispatching interpreters with expertise to conferences at home and abroad, mainly in industrial fields.