About SunFlare

Corporate Data

Global Interface & Solutions Communicating Dreams and Emotions by Leveraging the Power of Words

Having established a strong track record as a translation agency over many years, SunFlare remains committed to being a reliable intellectual partner for its clients.
We provide comprehensive services that are tailored to meet the documentation needs of companies in all business fields.
We are able to provide our clients with optimal solutions by identifying and resolving documentation-related challenges quickly and accurately.

Corporate Name

SunFlare Co., Ltd.

Founded

August 1, 1971

Address

Shinjuku Hirose Bldg., 4-7 Yotsuya, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 160-0004, Japan

Representative Director and President

Hiroyuki Sasai

Capital

95 million yen

Employees

359 (as of April, 2022)

Businesses

Translation and Documentation Business

Pro-translation and Document Soken®
Writing (technical and medical)
Creative services

Consultation

Consultancies
Research (country-specific laws, regulations, standards and patents)
Filling and application support (pharmaceutical affairs, various business licenses and overseas market entry)

Education and training

SunFlare Academy®
Translator Qualifying Examination (TQE)®
Corporate language training
Holding various seminars

Certifications

ISO 27001, ISO 9001, ISO 17100 and Privacy Mark (JIPDEC)
Type II Marketing Authorization Holder License for Medical Devices

Employment Agency Registration Number

13-304770

Offices

Tokyo Head Office: Shinjuku Hirose Bldg., 4-7 Yotsuya, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, 160-0004, Japan
Tel.: +81-3-3355-1168 Fax: +81-3-3355-1204

West Japan Branch: Yodoyabashi Yamamoto Bldg. 10F, 4-3-22 Imabashi, Chuo-ku, Osaka-shi, Osaka, 541-0042, Japan
Tel.: +81-6-6233-6700 Fax: +81-6-6233-6701

North Japan Branch: Hachinohe Intelligent Plaza, 1-4-43 Kita-Inter Kogyodanchi, Hachinohe-shi, Aomori, 039-2245, Japan
Tel.: +81-178-21-2228 Fax: +81-178-21-2170

Fukuoka Business Office: JRJP Hakata Bldg. 3F, 8-1 Hakataeki Chuo-gai, Hakata-ku,
Fukuoka-shi, Fukuoka, 812-0012, Japan
Tel.: +81-92-686-8717 Fax: +81-92-686-8761

Overseas branches: Dalian and Paris

Affiliations (in alphabetical order)

Hachinohe IP Club
Aomori Industrial Association
Aomori ITER Project Promotion Council
Asia-Pacific Association for Machine Translation
Pharmaceutical and Medical Device Regulatory Science Society of Japan
Japanese Society of Medical Instrumentation
Osaka Chamber of Commerce and Industry
Osaka Institute of Invention and Innovation
Carbon Recycling Fund Institute
Overseas Construction Association of Japan, Inc.
Kansai Pharmaceutical Industries Association
Kansai Regenerative Medicine Industrial Consortium
Association of Technical Information Services
Kitakyushu Foreign Trade Association
Kyoto Chamber of Commerce and Industry
Kinki Bio-Industry Development Organization
Association for Natural Language Processing
ALAGIN
Japan International Medical Technology Foundation
Forum for Innovative Regenerative Medicine
Saitama Industrial Promotion Public Corporation
Shonan Health Innovation Park
The Japanese Society for Artificial Intelligence
Hydrogen Energy Systems Society of Japan
Japan Technical Communicators Association
Tohoku ILC Promotion Council
Nagoya Chamber of Commerce and Industry
Japan Investor Relations Association
The Japan Federation of Medical Devices Associations
Japan Intellectual Property Association
Japan Hospital Association
Japan Patent Attorneys Association (as a certified external institute for continuing education)
Japan Translation Federation
Japan Medical and Scientific Communicators Association
Hachinohe International Relations Association
Council of Hiroshima for a Carbon Circular Economy
Fukuoka Chamber of Commerce & Industry
Fukuoka Foreign Trade Association
Northern Advancement Center for Science & Technology
Universal Communication Design Association
Robotic Business Institution of Zenith Activity
DITA Consortium Japan
SEMI

Affiliated Companies

Corporate Name

ANDROMETEC Co., Ltd.

Representative Director

Shinichi Maeda

Businesses

System development, operation and security management focused on translation and documentation

Address

Shinjuku Hirose Bldg. 5F, 4-7 Yotsuya, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, 160-0004, Japan
TEL:03-5361-7685

History

1971
- Aug.
  
  Founded the International Translation Institute of Technology, Science, and Culture (INTESC)
1974
- Dec.
  
  Established INTESC Co., Ltd.
1975
- Apr.
  
  Established the Science and Technology Translator Qualifying Examination System (the predecessor of SunFlare's Translator Qualifying Examinations (TQE))
1981
- Aug.
  
  Established Honyaku Jitsumu Kyouiku Gakuin (the predecessor of SunFlare Academy)
  Established ANDROMETEC
1990
- Sep.
  
  Established ANDROMETEC Co., Ltd. as a limited company
1997
- Apr.
  
  Established the Hachinohe Institute
- July
  
  Changed our corporate name to SunFlare Co., Ltd.
2004
- May
  
  Renamed the Hachinohe Institute as the North Japan Branch
2006
- May
  
  Established the West Japan Branch
2008
- Mar.
  
  Acquired ISO 9001 certification (Head Office)
2009
- Jun.
  
  Acquired the Document CRO trademark (trademark No. 5309885)
2010
- Sep.
  
  Forged a strategic partnership with the China Pharmaceutical Technology Transfer Center
2011
- Apr.
  
  Acquired the Docubench trademark (trademark No. 5409304)
- May
  
  Acquired the Document Soken trademark (trademark No. 5410787)
  Entered into a cooperative agreement with the China Technology Exchange
- Sep.
  
  Forged a strategic partnership with Hong Kong-based Venturepharm Laboratories Limited
2013
- Dec.
  
  Acquired ISO 27001 certification (Head Office)
2014
- Aug.
  
  Acquired the 'Pro翻訳' (Pro-translation) trademark (trademark No. 5689778)
- Dec.
  
  Privacy mark acquisition
2016
- Mar.
  
  Acquired ISO 17100 certification (Head Office)
2017
- Mar.
  
  Forged a strategic partnership with Dalian University of Technology's School of Pharmaceutical Science and Technology
- Jun.
  
  Acquired Type II Marketing Authorization Holder License for Medical Devices
2019
- Dec.
  
  Acquired the Honyaku Jitsumushi (Qualified Translator) trademark (trademark No. 6201120)