About Forte · Tokyo, Japan · Founded 1987
A Japanese company,
founded in Tokyo in 1987.
One of the few domestic houses with a long, established record of professional translation and English editing for physicians, scientists, researchers and engineers — from graduate students to Nobel Prize–winning scholars.
Takumi — the craftsman’s standard
Checked the way Japan checks things.
Two independent human passes on every document: a subject-matter STEM editor, then a senior reviewer. Nothing ships on one pair of eyes.
Forte Co., Ltd. · est. 23 July 1987 · Shinjuku, Tokyo
Who we are
Independent, certified,
and headquartered in Japan
Because Forte is not affiliated with any academic journal publisher, our editorial decisions remain independent and free from conflicts of interest. No recommendation we give routes you toward a house we are paid by. And because we are headquartered in Japan, we understand the working environment of our clients and provide services that reflect their real needs.
Forte holds the P-Mark, the Japanese certification for a Personal Information Protection Management System, demonstrating that we meet national standards for safeguarding personal information. Your research data and personal details are protected with the highest level of care.
In addition to secure data handling, we operate a comprehensive ISO 9001:2015-certified quality management system. This enables us to continually improve the quality of both our deliverables and our services, and it is one of the core systems supporting Forte’s long-term reliability.
For nearly 39 years Forte has supported researchers in Japan in sharing their work with the world. We take pride in delivering translation and editing that maximises the chance of publication in competitive journals — and we remain committed to our mission of helping researchers, and Japan, create the future.
William D. Stenson
Representative Director
On AI-assisted work
“As the translation and editing landscape evolves, we use new tools responsibly, including AI-assisted workflows. However, every document is always reviewed by real human editors — and for technical manuscripts, checked by human STEM experts, guaranteed. AI is used only as a support tool; final judgment, corrections and improvements are made by professional editors with subject-matter expertise.”
Forte Co., Ltd. · Shinjuku, Tokyo · the position has not changed since the first AI tools entered the workflow
Introducing the representative
William D. Stenson
President & CEO
In Japan since 1978
Fluent in Japanese
Language advisor, Correct Treatment and Medication Information
Born in 1949 in Hempstead, New York, about thirty kilometres from New York City. Graduated from the Department of Psychology at Adelphi University in 1974, then studied experimental and physiological psychology at Boston University Graduate School until 1978. In 1976 he worked as a psychology consultant on behavioural change at the New York City Department of Mental Health.
He came to Japan in 1978 and worked as a language teacher and technical-writing instructor at companies, universities and vocational schools, before serving as a lecturer at Toho University School of Medicine from 1982 to 1986. He is currently president and CEO of Forte Co., Ltd.
He volunteers for NGOs that promote peace, culture and education. His hobbies are listening to music, collecting books and black-and-white photography.
Memberships
- New York Academy of Sciences life member
- American Psychological Association
- American Medical Writers Association
- Council of Science Editors · AAAS
- American Translators Association
Company profile
Registered particulars
Company name
Forte Co., Ltd. (FORTE Science Communications)
Date of establishment
23 July 1987
Representative Director
Stenson William Daniel
Registered address
A-Front Shinjuku Green 5F, 2-8-6 Shinjuku, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 160-0022, Japan
Qualifications and permits
Labor Dispatch Business Licence 13-313660 · Procurement Qualification 0000137433
ISO 9001:2015 quality management · Privacy Mark, personal information protection
Business description
DTP and printing · English proofreading · English and Japanese transcription · medical writing · native writer dispatch · presentation training · scientific and technical paper writing support · seminars and webinars · translation
Main business partners
Universities and research institutions · hospitals · pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies · device manufacturers · government agencies · publishers and distributors · other corporations
Why researchers choose Forte
Five things you are paying for
Native expertise
Native English editors and subject-matter translators, selected by field and working from Tokyo.
Publication-ready
Work that goes out as it stands — to the journal, the client or the conference.
Fast and flexible
Delivery dates fixed in JST before the work starts, across every service Forte offers.
Certified process
ISO 9001:2015 quality management and Privacy Mark handling of your unpublished data.
Tailored support
A coordinator carries your questions to the editor or translator and brings back the reasoning.
Corporate responsibility
What we do besides the work
We believe companies should contribute to the communities in which they operate. Three programmes have run alongside the commercial work for years.
Student support programmes
Reduced-rate and sponsored editing for graduate students, universities and vocational schools, together with initiatives supporting science education.
Pro bono language services
Translation and editing donated to non-profit and humanitarian organisations that could not otherwise commission it.
World Community Grid
Unused server capacity contributed during off-peak hours to global research on human health, clean energy and environmental challenges.
品質は、東京で。
Send a manuscript. See how Tokyo checks it.