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Position: Summer Japanese-Speaking Resident Director
Posted by: American Councils for International Education
Location: Japan
Contract: Full-Time; Temporary

POSITION SUMMARY

American Councils is currently seeking a qualified consultant to serve as a Japanese-speaking Resident Director to work on a summer Japanese language program approximately eight weeks in length. The language program offers intensive Japanese language instruction and structured cultural enrichment experiences designed to promote rapid language gains in undergraduate and graduate students.

The Resident Director represents American Councils on the program overseas. The Resident Director will work with the host institution, manage communications between American Councils, program participants and local staff, advise participants as required, and resolve medical and other issues as necessary.

The Resident Director must be available to program participants on a daily basis; regularly observe classes at the host institution; meet regularly with teachers, administrators, and participants; and chaperone group travel and cultural programs and other events and activities focused on the immersion experience. The Resident Director must be available to participants during any emergencies that arise and must communicate regularly with American Councils program staff in Washington, DC. The Resident Director is not permitted to leave the program site or group excursions to conduct personal travel. The Resident Director is required to accompany the program participants to the departure airport and support participants through the departure process as able. The Resident Director oversees a small program budget and is responsible for proper documentation of program expenditures and timely completion of a budget report at the end of each month and at the end of the program. Other reporting requirements may apply.

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Position: Development Assistant, Major Gifts
Posted by: Harvard University
Location: Cambridge, MA, USA
Contract: Full-Time

Thanks to Soren Birkeland (Ehime Prefecture, 2021-2023) for passing along the following job opening.

Alumni Affairs and Development is a dedicated team supporting Harvard’s advancement activity through front-line fundraising, alumni and volunteer engagement, technology, prospect management and research, business process, events, communications, and many other areas.

Our goal is to create an environment of respect that leverages the many talents, perspectives, and experiences of our employees; to deliver the strongest possible results by incorporating diverse perspectives into our daily work; and to make AA&D a great place to work for everyone. We strive to live our values of respect, inclusion, trust, collaboration, continuous improvement and innovation; and open communication and effective information sharing in our daily interactions and our work.

AA&D is comprised of the University Development Office (UDO), Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS) Development, AA&D Resources, the Harvard Alumni Association (HAA), and the Office of the Vice President (OVP).

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Position: Arts and Social Impact Educator, ODA Japan Program
Posted by: Boston Children’s Museum
Location: Boston, MA, USA
Contract: Full-Time

Thanks to Boston Children’s Museum for passing along the following job opening.

Boston Children’s Museum is seeking a bilingual candidate with fluency in English and Japanese (verbal and written) to serve an exciting role in our Arts & Social Impact team.

The Arts & Social Impact (ASI) Educator, Oda Japan Program is responsible for supporting and delivering artistic explorations and cultural experiences for all Museum audiences. Reporting directly to the Senior Director, Arts & Social Impact, the Educator will work in close collaboration with the Arts & Social Impact (ASI) Manager, Oda Japan Program to support the Japan Program and the historic Japanese House exhibit. The Educator will contribute to the interpretation of this unique exhibit, creating immersive, educational and inclusive learning opportunities for visitors, staff, and external stakeholders to engage with Japanese culture and traditions. In addition, the Educator will support the staffing needs, maintenance, and preservation efforts of the Japanese House, ensuring its continued integrity as an educational and cultural resource.

In addition to exhibit interpretation, the Educator will facilitate programs for children, families, school groups, educators, and community organizations—both within the Museum and through outreach efforts in the community. Program development may include developing hands-on activities, workshops, performances, school programs, curricular materials, and community collaborations. The Educator will also support the Arts & Social Impact Manager, Oda Japan Program in curating the Japanese House Gallery, a space dedicated to sharing stories of Japan through youth-created art.

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Position: PR & Culture Section Staff
Posted by: Consulate-General of Japan in Miami
Location: Miami, FL, USA
Contract: Full-Time

Thanks to Virginia Montiel (Matsukawa-machi, Nagano-ken (2016-2020) for passing along the following job opening.

The Consulate General of Japan is seeking a highly motivated, team-oriented candidate for the position of a PR and Culture section staff at Consulate General of Japan in Miami

Description:

1. Cultural Affairs: Liaison and coordination with cultural partners, schedule management, and assistance with the operation of public affairs and cultural events.
2. Public Relations: Managing and editing the Consulate’s website, managing and posting on social media, creating newsletters, and proofreading/translating documents.
3. Other Duties: Various administrative tasks such as data entry and managing documents and supplies.

Application Process: Deadline to apply is Wednesday, December 17, 2026. For more information, please click this link – https://www.miami.us.emb-japan.go.jp/files/100948133.pdf

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Position: Japanese/English Interpreter
Posted by: Quick USA
Location: Greenfield, IN, USA
Contract: Full-Time

Thanks to Carlos Medina (Oita, 2019-2022) for passing along the following job opening.

A Japanese Manufacturing company is currently looking for a full time Japanese-English Bilingual Interpreter to join their Greenfield, IN location.

The main role is to support Japanese expatriates (leaders and advisors) and provide real-time conference interpretation (simultaneous and consecutive) between English and Japanese.

More than just language conversion, the position requires an understanding of the differences in culture and business practices between Japan and the United States, and the ability to promote smooth mutual understanding as a communication advisor.

DOE and skills, the pay range for this position would be between the 50k-70k mark with great benefits.

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By JQ magazine editor Justin Tedaldi (CIR Kobe-shi, 2001-02). Justin has written about Japanese arts and entertainment for JETAA since 2005. For more of his articles, click here. Photos by Matt Beard & Anne Colliard.

Under the White Big Top at Atlantic Station, a glowing disc becomes moon and sun, hummingbirds vault through moving hoops, and a sudden downpour sketches patterns in mid-air. This is LUZIA: A Waking Dream of Mexico, Cirque du Soleil’s acclaimed touring production that transforms a night at the circus into a kaleidoscopic travelogue: equal parts high-wire athleticism, live theater, and living mural. The Atlanta engagement runs now through January 25—a perfect holiday send-off and a rare chance to see the company’s first Big Top show to weave real rain into its acrobatics. 

LUZIA opens with a parachutist tumbling into a field of golden marigolds before a “Running Woman” unfurls monarch-butterfly wings. From there, the show leapfrogs through an imaginary Mexico: a smoky dance hall inspired by the golden age of cinema; an arid desert rimmed by towering agaves; a cenote where an aerialist arcs just above a shimmering pool. The program’s audacious centerpiece is a curtain of water that “prints” shapes with droplets—flowers, animals, even motifs drawn from Otomí embroidery—then vanishes in an instant.

On treadmills, hoop divers sprint and spring through moving rings; Cyr wheel artists carve hypnotic circles in the rain; and the Russian swing sends flyers soaring 30 feet beneath the tent’s crown. (Note that this is the first Cirque touring production to integrate water at this scale; Cirque’s custom-made 2,600-seat Grand Chapiteau becomes a small village on wheels, complete with kitchens, workshops, and a self-contained water system.)

Reviews have been rapturous since the show’s Montreal premiere back in 2016. New York Theatre Guide called LUZIA “one not to miss,” praising the way it “showcases the best of Cirque’s acrobatic feats amid bright colors, vibrant music, and rich culture.” Atlanta’s ArtsATL admired how the “sumptuous and vibrant world of Mexico” is conjured through costumes, ingenious set pieces, and “excellent acrobatics.” Critics abroad have echoed the praise. Australia’s Herald Sun hailed LUZIA as a “spellbinding love letter to Mexican culture” and marveled at the onstage downpour created with tens of thousands of liters of filtered, heated, and recirculated water—an engineering feat that underscores Cirque’s obsession with detail and safety.

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Position: Administrative Assistant
Posted by: Permanent Mission of Japan to the United Nations
Location: New York, NY, USA
Contract: Full-Time

Thanks to Jaime Cerna (Okinawa, 2017-2022) for passing along the following job opening.

The Permanent Mission of Japan is looking for local staff in the Social Section.

Job Description

• Administrative Assistant in charge of supporting and engaging in duties pertaining to the Social Section (please see below for detailed descriptions of expected job responsibilities).
• Full-time local staff, Monday through Friday. 7 hrs 45 min./day (9:30am-6:15pm with 1 hour lunch break)
• 3 months probation period required. 2 years (including probation period) with possible extension.
• Excellent and professional English writing, verbal communication skills and computer skills required.

Requirements

• U.S. citizenship or green card – required
• Professional English writing and verbal communication skills, computer skills, touch typing skills – required
• Bachelor’s degree – required
• Japanese language skills and cultural familiarity – preferred
• Basic Knowledge of the United Nations and diplomacy – preferred

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By JQ magazine editor Justin Tedaldi (CIR Kobe-shi, 2001-02). Justin has written about Japanese arts and entertainment for JETAA since 2005. For more of his articles, click here. 

With Thanksgiving (and the hopes of sensible eating) now just a memory, we turn to colder weather, falling snow, and the new year to come. Fortunately for Japanese culture fans, December is just as busy as the holiday season itself. Whether you’re hosting guests from out of town or looking to squeeze in an event or two in between parties, we’ve got you covered. 

This month’s highlights include:

Wednesday, Dec. 3 (IMAX early access), opens everywhere Dec. 5

Jujutsu Kaisen: Extinction

Various theaters

Various prices

For the first time on the big screen, the Shibuya Incident—the greatest battle in Jujutsu Kaisen to date—will be presented in a special compilation format. Jujutsu Kaisen: Execution presents the debut of the first two episodes of Season 3’s upcoming arc, “Culling Game Part 1” ahead of its January 2026 streaming debut. By connecting the directly linked episodes of the “Shibuya Incident” and “Culling Game,” arcs, fans can relive all the mayhem and heartbreak of the Shibuya Incident and witness the reveal of the Culling Game as the story transforms into a new experience crafted specially for the big screen. The desperate confrontation between Satoru Gojo’s two beloved students comes to the big screen with an early preview. Be the first to experience Yuji and Yuta’s fateful battle with the hotly anticipated kickoff to Season 3 in theatres nationwide!

December 4-6, 7:30 p.m.

Mishima’s Muse – Noh Theater

Japan Society, 333 East 47th Street

Sold out; limited access seats for $40 may be available for performances on December 5 & 6 only

Hosho Noh School’s U.S. Debut! A pre-performance lecture on noh theater begins one hour prior to the start of each show.

Yukio Mishima immersed himself in Japan’s traditional arts and, notably, traditional noh theater, enchanted by its noble elegance and refined beauty. His love for noh resulted in a series of esteemed dramatic works, Modern Noh Plays, growing to encompass eight contemporary adaptations of noh stories. Now, the distinguished Hosho Noh School, originating in the early 15th century and led by 20th Grand Master Kazufusa Hosho, brings this elegant art form to the U.S. in the company’s historic North American debut. In accordance with centuries-old tradition, each evening features a rotating offering of the authentic classic repertoire of noh alongside comedic kyogen theater (performed by the prominent Yamamoto Tojiro Family).  Each play selected for this program served as a source of inspiration for Mishima to adapt as modern stories centuries later.

PROGRAM:

December 4: Noh Music: Shishi (Lion Dance) / Kyogen: Busu (Poison) / Noh: Aoi no Ue (Lady Aoi)

December 5: Noh Shimai (unmasked excerpt): Kantan / Kyogen: Busu (Poison) / Noh: Aya no Tsuzumi (The Silk Drum)

December 6: Noh Shimai (unmasked excerpt): Yoroboshi / Kyogen: Busu (Poison) / Noh: Aoi no Ue (Lady Aoi)

Performed in Japanese with English supertitles.

Dec. 10-14

New Dances: Edition 2025

Peter Jay Sharp Theater at Juilliard, 155 West 65th Street

$20 members, $40

Four exceptional choreographers are working with Juilliard dancers creating new works here on campus. Be the first to see New Dances: Edition 2025. Gianna Reisen has created works for New York City Ballet and the Los Angeles Dance Project and sets her new piece for first-year dancers to sections of Philip Glass’ Einstein on the Beach, with third-year dancers as the narrators. Juilliard alum, former Paul Taylor dancer, and founder of TAKE Dance Takehiro Ueyama is creating a work for second-year dancers to communicate something “human, honest, and hopeful.” Juilliard alum My’Kal Stromile, currently choreographing with the Boston Ballet, has third-year dancers sharing the stage with Dolphin Quartet, playing Paganini live. Jessica Wright from Studio Wayne McGregor introduces the first phase of a large-scale work with fourth-year dancers, before it expands to a multi-part performance McGregor will direct this spring in New York, culminating in the world premiere at Sadler’s Wells East in May, featuring the Juilliard dancers and dancers from London’s Rambert School.

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Position: JET Program Interview Assistant
Posted by: The Consulate-General of Japan in Chicago
Location: Chicago, Illinois, USA (Remote)
Contract: Full-Time

Thanks to Magda Fuller (Ishikawa, 2015-2022) for passing along the following job opening.

The Japan Information Center is hiring multiple part-time, remote JET Program Interview Assistants for the upcoming 2026 JET Program interview season. Please see the job listing for details.

Application Process: For more information and to apply, please click here – https://www.chicago.us.emb-japan.go.jp/files/100939658.pdf

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Position: Japanese Interpreter
Posted by: Quick USA
Location: Rockmart, GA, USA
Contract: Full-Time

Thanks to Carlos Medina (Oita, 2019-2022) for passing along the following job opening.

A Japanese manufacturing company is currently looking for a fully onsite, Japanese Bilingual Interpreter to join their Rockmart, GA location.

The Interpreter is responsible for assisting various situations of communication between American staffs and Japanese staffs. Translator is responsible for translating emails, documents and presentations as requested by top management members and staff. Special Projects is responsible for following through on any business requests the President deems necessary.

DOE and skills, the pay range for this position would be between the 50k-60k mark and would come with great benefits. Entry level candidates are also encouraged to apply , especially if they have JLPT N2 level Japanese proficiency.

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Position: Japanese Bilingual Correspondent
Posted by: Quick USA
Location: New York, NY, USA
Contract: Full-Time

Thanks to Carlos Medina (Oita, 2019-2022) for passing along the following job opening.

A Japanese Publishing Company is currently looking for a full time, hybrid English-Japanese Bilingual Correspondent to join their New York location.

This position is responsible for reporting on and writing news stories and relevant information, frequently related to the US and global economies through collecting and analyzing information relevant to newsworthy events through interviews, investigations, data analysis, and other observation methods.

The role may involve attending press conferences independently, traveling to other parts of the country, and collaborating with reporters in other locations, including bureaus in the Americas and in Tokyo.

DOE and skills, the pay range for this position would be between the 58k-70k with great benefits.

Your essential duties would include the following:

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By JQ magazine editor Justin Tedaldi (CIR Kobe-shi, 2001-02) for JQ magazine. Justin has written about Japanese arts and entertainment for JETAA since 2005. For more of his articles, click here. 

Mamoru Oshii’s Angel’s Egg is one of those films that people talk about in a lowered voice, as if it were a mystery that might vanish if confronted too directly. It is a film of austere beauty and radical quiet—70-odd minutes of shadowed corridors, abandoned cathedrals, fossilized leviathans, and two nameless travelers: a girl who cradles a giant egg as if it were her entire future, and a boy who cannot stop asking what’s inside.

Released in 1985 and long unavailable through official channels in North America, Angel’s Egg has gathered its legend through bootleg tapes, festival whispers, and the occasional late-night screening. Now, four decades on, it returns today (Nov. 19) in theaters nationwide in a new 4K restoration supervised by Oshii and presented nationwide by GKIDS, which included Dolby Cinema early access engagements before the general theatrical rollout. For a film that has lived so much of its life in the margins, the chance to experience it in a calibrated premium room with Dolby Vision and Atmos support feels almost paradoxical—and absolutely right.

This anniversary run isn’t just a new coat of paint. The restoration—which debuted on the 2025 festival circuit and now arrives coast to coast—was reconstructed from the original 35mm materials, with a Dolby Cinema version created alongside a rebuilt soundtrack that expands the original mono presentation into 5.1 and Dolby Atmos options. That last detail may raise eyebrows for purists, but in practice the approach respects the film’s fundamental quietude; it simply gives the silence more dimensions.

To remember Angel’s Egg in the context of anime history is to remember how unstandardized the medium felt in the mid-1980s. It premiered in a decade when the OVA market was exploding and when directors like Oshii and artists like Yoshitaka Amano (Final Fantasy, Vampire Hunter D) were testing the boundaries of animation’s visual grammar. The film’s surface—textured stone, dripping water, the faint pulse of bio-mechanical curiosities—speaks in symbols rather than exposition. There is barely any dialogue. The camera (or rather, Oshii’s implied lens) prefers long lateral moves, as if pacing the nave of an endless church, and the compositions are arranged like prints: light carved out of darkness, characters dwarfed by architecture, the egg always nestled in white cloth at the frame’s center.

When viewers call the film “obscure,” they don’t just mean it’s hard to find; they mean it resists the usual ways we talk about plots. If Oshii’s Ghost in the Shell (1995) became the textbook for cyber-philosophy in animation, Angel’s Egg is the poem scrawled in the margins. The imagery anticipates later techno-gothic strains of anime, but without the anchor of a conventional narrative. In this sense, its return to theaters matters historically: one rarely sees repertory engagements for 1980s anime outside of a handful of well-known titles, and the film’s own distributors underscore how rarely screened it’s been in any official capacity. Seeing it at scale isn’t a curiosity; it’s an act of historical restoration.

Oshii’s collaboration with Amano yields a film that looks simultaneously medieval and futuristic. Statues of saints are strapped to rolling platforms and carted through fog-wet streets; hunters hurl harpoons at shadow-fish that pass across stone facades like projected ghosts; the girl and the boy ride a gargantuan, half-submerged machine that could be a cathedral or a vessel or a fossilized beast. The film’s religious aura—crosses, chalices, a literal ark—threads through its central question: does faith require the egg to remain closed, or the courage to break it? The boy, carrying a rifle and speaking in riddles, keeps needling: “What’s inside?” The girl maintains her vigil.

What’s remarkable, especially on a big screen, is how the movie makes time feel tactile. Shots hold until your breathing matches the drip of water; the rhythm of footsteps through an empty hall becomes as musical as Kenji Kawai’s glassy, ascetic score. And then, at intervals, Oshii punctures the stillness with kinetic episodes: a barrage of thrown spears; a dissolve-drunk montage of monuments and bones; an unforgettable nocturne of the boy swinging the egg like a hammer. These moments carry a kind of moral vertigo that’s hard to feel at home; they need the dark, the scale, the sense that the film surrounds you.

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Position: Travel Experience Specialist
Posted by: Inside Travel Group
Location: Remote-Optional
Contract: Full-Time

Thanks to Madeline Bradshaw with Inside Travel Group for passing along the following job opening.

Your role as a Travel Experience Specialist is twofold: proactively seeking opportunities to improve clients’ travel experience and reactively assisting in resolving inbound customer issues, concerns, or requests. As a key member of the Customer Experience team, you’ll play a pivotal role in delivering exceptional customer service while monitoring the day-to-day travel landscape. This includes surveying air and rail services, weather events, and public health risks to keep our travelers informed of any potential disruptions.

No two days are the same for our Customer Experience team, as you’ll manage itinerary-related inquiries, provide assistance with missed transfers, and fulfill requests for additional guides or unique travel experiences. You’ll also support clients in more challenging situations such as lost items, medical emergencies, or unexpected delays. This is a multitasking role that involves managing the customer support phone line, inbox, and TESS (our customer support ticketing system) to calmly, efficiently, and effectively deliver solutions.

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Position: Temporary/Part-Time Program Coordinator
Posted by: INCO
Location: Japan/Remote
Contract: Full-Time

Thanks to INCO for passing along the following job opening.

About You:

Are you passionate about empowering young women to enter the tech industry or pursue further education in tech? Do you want to contribute to closing the skills and employment gap in Japan? If you are tech-savvy, enthusiastic about education, and eager to support learners in their journey from basic digital literacy to specialised tech knowledge, this role is for you!

Join INCO’s groundbreaking Get into Tech (GiT) program, an orientation and pre-specialization training initiative aimed at helping those who face barriers to employment to secure jobs in the tech sector or advance their education in this field.

Your missions will include the following:

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Position: Economic Development Associate and Researcher
Posted by: JETRO New York
Location: New York, NY, USA/Hybrid
Contract: Full-Time

Thanks to JETRO New York for passing along the following job opening.

Description:
(Job Summary／業務内容)
• Under the supervision of the Executive Director and Director, assist in the implementation of activities, programs, and services aimed at promoting bilateral economic relations between Japan and the U.S., in collaboration with federal, state, and local governments, organizations, companies, and institutions.
ディレクターの監督の下、米国の連邦、州、地方の政府や組織、企業、機関とともに、日米二国間経済関係促進のための各種活動、プログラム、サービスの実施を補佐する。

• Conduct research and analysis on U.S. federal and state government policies related to workforce development—including visa and immigration issues—as well as industrial strategies and disseminate accurate and relevant information to stakeholders in Japan and the U.S.
米国における連邦・州政府の人材関連政策、産業政策などに関する調査や分析を行い、正確で関連性の高い情報を日本向け、米国向けの双方に発信する。

• Collect and disseminate up-to-date information on Japan’s investment trends in the United States. In addition, manage the progress of quantitative surveys related to the actual business activities of Japanese companies in the U.S., coordinate communications, and share findings.
日本の対米投資動向に関する最新情報の収集・発信を行う。加えて、日本企業の米国における活動実態に関わる定量調査の進捗管理、連絡調整、発信を行う。

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