The JVTA group aims to give back to society by pursuing the craft of subtitling, dubbing, closed captioning and audio description. In doing so, we strive towards a society in which anyone can enjoy and learn from visual media content, despite language barriers, vision or hearing difficulties.
We will train and create jobs for language professionals, adopt new technologies such as AI, and work towards resolving social issues surrounding language.
We will pursue solutions to social issues hindered by language barriers through visual media translation and media accessibility.
We will actively listen to all stakeholders and positively impact society through fairness and transparency.
To help raise awareness of the global refugee crisis in Japanese society, JVTA has continued to support the Refugee Film Festival hosted by the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) across 15 years. We have taken part in donations, volunteered subtitle translation services, and held free-of-charge educational seminars. We have also partnered with universities to hold screenings on campus.
JVTA works with domestic and overseas academic institutions ranging from universities to elementary schools to introduce students to the craft and value of visual media translation. Since 2014, we have worked with Tokiwa Elementary School, a school with a unique international education curriculum recognized by MEXT. We have also taught subtitle translation at Ghent University, Tokyo University of Foreign Studies, Meisei University, and Aoyama Gakuin University. Through visual media translation, we support the education of global-minded students.
JVTA held a student-led program in which Japanese anime works were screened with Ukrainian subtitles. This program offered students of Japan and Ukraine an opportunity to shape their future careers, while also promoting cultural interchange between the two countries. We also gained support from the Embassy of Ukraine in Japan and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan.
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JVTA set up an internship for students interested in the field of translation, in which they experienced various tasks from producing subtitles to hosting a screening event. We offered an opportunity for students to learn about global issues, become proactive, and seek solutions through the universally accessible and impactful means of watching visual media.
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We have actively donated to and supported the promotion of Cinema Chupki Tabata, a movie theater for the vision and hearing impaired. JVTA is also a supporting member of the Media Access Support Center (MASC), an NPO engaging in the research and promotion of closed captioning. Since 2011, we have partnered with MASC to produce a Japanese closed-captioning training program.
By August 2030, JVTA aims to increase the percentage of workers with global backgrounds of both employees and managers (currently at 16% and 0% respectively) to around 30%.
JVTA was selected to be one of the companies supported by Mizuho Bank in issuing private placement bonds for SDGs promotion. We are working on measures to advance and continue the above activity.