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Ruriko Yamaki ／ 八巻ルリ子

Hi everyone!

My name is Ruriko and I run an internet-based educational company in Silicon Valley and in Tokyo (English Vitamin LLC). I've been looking for some interesting international networking groups/places but to my surprise, haven't found any good ones/places yet in Tokyo.(there are lots of them in Silicon Valley)

Therefore, I asked my good friend Yuko to start one with me in Tokyo. Our group is called "Tokyo Networking Society" and we'd like it to be an amicable networking place. We both are Japanese/English bilinguals so if you speak either language, we can communicate with you! I've lived in the United States for a total of 10 years and also spent one year in the Netherlands.

I love my job and work pretty much 24/7. I love to meet people and share ideas and thoughts with them. I also love to cook and clean/organize my home. Yes, my dad raised me to be a perfect Japanese wife and he did a good job.:) But I just didn't become a good housewife: I've turned out to be an entrepreneur too!!

Why don't you come out and meet us sometime?

Yuko Ito ／ 伊東裕子

1972年愛媛県生まれ。早稲田大学卒業後、株式会社アルクにて月刊誌『English Journal』の編集に携わった後、フルブライト奨学生としてボストン大学院プリント・ジャーナリズム学科修士課程にて学ぶ。修了後帰国、米系経済通信ニュース「ブリッジ・ニュース」社で英文記者職を経て、英文誌『Mini World』編集長に就任。2001年の同誌休刊を受け、スタッフ数名とともに10ヶ月に渡り国内初の本格派英文誌発行のためプレゼンを重ねる。
2003年1月中経出版より、高校卒業レベルのやさしい英語で和訳なしで読める雑誌『English Zone』を創刊。創刊号は英文誌としては異例の10万部売れを記録し、業界の風雲児と呼ばれる。