Career Profile

1975-1978

International School of the Sacred Heart, Tokyo, Japan, Classroom Teacher

1986-1997

Yokohama International School, Yokohama, Japan, Classroom Teacher

1997-1999

Yokohama International School, Yokohama, Japan, Preschool Coordinator

1999-2016

Yokohama International School, Yokohama, Japan, Early Learning Center Director

2011～present

Cancemi Corporation K.K., Co-Founder, Executive Vice President

2016～present

Educational Consultant for Early Childhood Education Programs and Schools

2017～present

JC ACADEMY, Director

2018～present

THE CHOICE, the premier Asian women’s network, Senior Advisor

2018-2020

Scuole Instituzione dei Commune di Reggio Emilia, Internship (3 months per year)

2019-2022

Teacher Educator for the Reggio Emilia Approach Course with Reggio Children,
Representative for JIREA (Japan Institute for Reggio Emilia Alliance)

2020～present

JIREA (Japan Institute for Reggio Emilia Alliance), Board Member

Publications

2018

Gifts from the Children, Junko Cancemi & Kiyomi Akita (Co-editors & Co-authors),
Houbunshorin Publishers, Tokyo, Japan.

2018

Hattatsu Quarterly Magazine, Vol. 39, ‘Why Reggio Emilia now?’, Minerva Publishers, Kyoto, Japan.

2021

TANTO TANTO TANTO, JIREA PAPER (Japan Institute for Reggio Emilia Alliance) Vol. 1,
‘Reflections from the Centenary Anniversary of Loris Malaguzzi’, Machino Research Institute, Tokyo, Japan.