Team2770

Naohiro Emoto(Team Leader) - Classification: Certified public tax accountant - Omiya R.C.

I was born in 1964 in Saitama city. After I graduated from university I became a teacher of tax-law and accounting at both a regular college and a technical college, and I am now running the certified public tax accountant’s corporation in Saitama city. My work involves things like tax planning and making tax returns for my clients . I also conduct lectures for people engaged in various occupations and write books about tax law and accounting.

Apart from my profession, my hobbies are playing golf and visiting hot springs (Onsen). Hot springs are good for our health and relaxation, so I recommend that you come to Japan and try one. I live with my parents, wife, and two daughters, who are 13 and 11 years old.

I visited District 7300 Pennsylvania as a GSE team member 6 years ago. I experienced the wonderful Rotary program. After I came back to Japan, I became a member of the Omiya Rotary Club immediately. As a Rotarian, I try hard to be involved in youth exchange program. So far I have hosted more than 10 students.

Atsushi Oba

I was born in Ishikawa Prefecture. Now I live in Saitama city of Saitama Prefecture, which is north of Tokyo. I’m now 30 years old. I’ve been working for NISSAN DIESEL MOTOR CO.,LTD. since 1999.

Our company is one of the truck assembly factories, and our section purchases lots of truck parts. I take charge of imported axle from DIAMLER,MERRITOR and S&T, and transmissions from ARRISON, FULLER, and ZF and other parts,　TM cables, Rods, and U-bolts, for example.

My hobbies are cycling, camping, out door sports, traveling and playing with dogs. I’m very interested in cycling, hiking and camping in natural parks because, though I can also experience wonderful nature in Japan, but the scale is small. But in America it is greater and wilder than in Japan.

What I want to study during my stay are the different policies between America and Japan. For example, nowadays we need to get lots of parts not only from domestic markets, but also from foreign countries, because of our capital alliance with VOLVO.

So I would like to make use of other company information (how to negotiate, what their thoughts are or how to deal with other countries) to procure parts from a global viewpoint.

Place that I want to visit: Boeing, Paccar, Microsoft, Starbucks and other company of purchasing department. Our company is No.4 truck sales share in Japan. So if I can, I would like to visit manufactures not only No.1 market share company but also under No.2 market share companies.

Emiko Ozawa

Work with property taxes.

Hobbies: Visiting museums and galleries ( I am interested in art like pictures, sculptures, photos, and products of good design) Watching movies and dramas, I like "Full House" too. I've been studying a kind of self-defense art every Sunday for the past 4 years. I am a second-degree black belt.

Interests - Urban design: I'd like to see how to structure a city and how people are conscious of it. I think there is a relation between city structure and environment, and I want to understand that effect on the environment. Digital government: I hear the State of Washington has a first-rate digital government. I work at the city hall and it is necessary to know about things like this. I'd also like to visit public institutions like libraries and schools. I want to understand the relationship between local governments and people. If there is the chance, I want to hear a town meeting.

Masahiro Yoshida

I am 28 years old.

I live in Kawaguchi city in Saitama prefecture, but I was born and raised in Sendai city in Miyagi prefecture. That’s where my parents and my elder brother live.

My hobbies are playing soccer, snowboarding, shopping, watching movie, naps, and many others.

I have been working for Gohdoh Accounting Firm as an account and tax consultant for the past 2years.

For that reason, I am strongly interested in and would like to become more familiar with American accounting standards, especially tax avoidance and auditing.

Concerning the e-file that Japan has recently been focusing on, I would like to know the procedure involved in carrying on the e-file, because it is quite complicated in Japan.

Yuko Hasunuma

I was born in Honjo in Saitama, which is north of Tokyo, and I grew up in Saitama, as well. There are four members in my family-my parents, older sister, and myself.

I studied economics and bookkeeping at junior college, and I have been working in the business section of Daiwa Securities in Omiya, Saitama.

I like traveling abroad. It is very exciting to meet new people and to try different kinds of food in the places I visit. I also like karaoke, and eating good food. I’d like to know more about the vibrant atmosphere of the financial sector in the United States, and experience the operation of security firms in different countries through this GSE program. I’d also like to exchange ideas with many people of different ages, occupations, and cultures. Moreover, I want to be successful in my career in the future and also improve my knowledge by getting views and ideas from different people. My favorite proverb is “Seeing is believing”. So, I’d like to know about a lot of things through this GSE program.

I’m interested in visiting or seeing companies and places like: security companies (Goldman Sachs Group, Merrill Lynch, JP Morgan, Chase,Morgan Stanley, etc.), Boeing Factory, lakes, Pioneer Square, the Space Needle, Safeco Field, and Bento Box.