NY Times reviews “Triburbia” by JET alum Karl Taro Greenfeld
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JET alum Karl Taro Greenfeld (Kanagawa-ken, 1988-89), author of Speed Tribes: Days and Nights With Japan’s Next Generation), has a new book out titled Triburbia: A Novel which was recently reviewed by the New York Times (“Bobos in Paradise“). Here’s the link to the review: http://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/05/books/review/triburbia-by-karl-taro-greenfeld.html?_r=1&pagewanted=all
- For more information about Karl Taro Greenfeld, go to his website or read the Wikipedia entry about him.
- To purchase the book on Amazon, go here: http://www.amazon.com/Triburbia-Novel-Karl-Taro-Greenfeld/dp/0062132393
Job: Bilingual (J/E) Admin Coordinator (San Francisco)
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A JET-relevant job listing received directly from the company, a small international investment firm (via a reference from a JET alum).
Posted by Kay Monroe (Miyazaki-shi, 1995 -97).
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Job Position: Administrative Coordinator
Location: San Francisco, CA
Position: Full-time
Salary: N/A
Hour: N/A
Overview:
We are a small international investment firm in San Francisco looking for a bright, creative, self-starter who is bilingual in English/Japanese and can jump in and take control of a unique Administrative Coordinator position. The Coordinator will provide administrative and office support and will serve as special events organizer. He/She may also be called upon to assist with pro bono work for an affiliated non-profit organization during work hours. Due to the relatively small size of our firm, the candidate must have the flexibility to work across departments and be able to pro-actively handle multiple projects simultaneously with little supervision. This position will report to the Managing Partner and Director.
Qualifications and Requirements:
* Ability to effectively communicate verbally and in writing with the highest standards for quality and accuracy, including the ability to pay
attention to details, easily follow directions and learn quickly
* Ability to manage multiple tasks with composure, organization, and efficiency.
* Willingness and ability to take responsibility for completing assigned tasks within requisite time frames, even in the face of unforeseen
circumstances.
* Proficiency in MS Suite Applications: specifically PowerPoint, Word, Excel, Access, and ideally Salesforce, social media, and WordPress, etc.
* Japanese language ability and knowledge of Japanese business culture is required
We offer a comprehensive range of benefits including medical, dental, vision, 401K, life insurance, vacation and holidays.
Please send a cover letter and resume toproject.coordinator1410@gmail.com. Only qualified candidates will be contacted for an interview.
Job: Consulate Job, Accounting Office Staff (SF)
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Thanks to JET alum Peter Weber (who is the JET Coordinator at the Consulate in San Francisco) for sharing this listing. Posted by Kay Monroe (Miyazaki-shi, 1995 -97).
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Job Position: Supervisor
Location: San Francisco, CA
Position: Full-time
Salary: N/A
Hour: 9-5/M-F
Overview:
Duties will include: Interpreting various negotiations with the builders, Consulate, official residence of the relationship-building and facilities maintenance and management, the equipment / consumables management, large-scale event set-up, Assistant accounting, accounting relationships, etc., translation accounting documents, etc., and survey (price situation, housing etc.), IT related business Assistant, official car management, official car driving, Affairs of business, matters directed to Consulate-General and other accounting matters, etc.
Native proficiency required in both Japanese and English.
For more information and to apply go to: http://www.sf.us.emb-japan.go.jp/archives/PR/2012/pr_12_0719a.htm (Japanese only)
Jobs: K-12 Japanese Teachers (Atlanta, GA)
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Thanks to JET alum Jessica Kennett Cork for sharing this posting. Posted by Kay Monroe (Miyazaki-shi, 1995 -97).
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Job Position: Japanese teachers
Posted By: Georgia Virtual School
Location: Atlanta, GA
Position: Full-time
Salary: N/A
Hour: N/A
Overview:
Applicant must complete the Georgia Virtual School teacher training program before being assigned a course. The training program will be completed online before teaching begins. There is not a cost for completing the training.
Minimum Georgia Virtual School Teacher Certification Requirements:
•possess a valid, Georgia teaching certificate
•be certified in the following area(s): Japanese Read More
Job: Japanese-speaking Research and Cultural Liaison (Sydney, Australia)
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Thanks to JETAA Sydney’s Sharon Van Etten. Posted by Kay Monroe (Miyazaki-shi, 1995 -97).
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Job Position: Japanese-speaking Research and Cultural Liaison Officer
Posted By: SEEK
Location: Sydney, Australia
Position: Full-time
Salary: $52800 – $ 60000 (Negotiable, Depends on experience)
Hour: N/A
Overview:
A new exciting opportunity has arisen for candidates who are interested to perform the role as Research and Cultural Liaison officer within a government body. To be considered for this role you must be either a current Australia resident or citizen.
Responsibilities for this role will include but not limited to:
•Conducting research in issues relating to Local Governments in Australia, New Zealand and Japan
•Planning and running events, forums and meetings
•Interpretation (Japanese to English, English to Japanese)
•Assisting with sister city cultural exchange issues Read More
Job: Japanese Translator/Language Editor (Seattle)
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Thanks to Jet alum Jon LeFlore. Posted by Kay Monroe (Miyazaki-shi, 1995 -97).
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Job Position: Japanese Translator/Language Editor
Posted By: Big Fish Games
Location: Seattle, WA
Position: Full-time
Salary: N/A
Hour: N/A
Overview:
At Big Fish Games, we offer thousands of easily accessible games that allow our customers to relax, have fun, and feel good. The Big Fish platform now includes Mac, PC, online, mobile, social, and console games, developed both in house and in partnership with more than 500 game developers around the world. Our team is located throughout the world, including our headquarters in Seattle, and our offices in Oakland, California, Vancouver, Canada, Cork, Ireland and Luxembourg. We release A New Game Every Day!® and publish the industry’s leading casual game brands. Since our founding in 2002, we have distributed more than 1 billion premium casual games across numerous genres to customers in more than 150 countries and 10 languages.
As a Japanese Translator/Language Editor, you will work directly with our Japanese site manager in a rapidly changing environment to ensure the quality of a large volume of new game titles for our Japanese web portal http://www.bigfishgames.jp. Your responsibilities will be, but are not limited to, translating, editing and proofing game content as well as ensuring that linguistic quality adheres to our high standards and guidelines. You excel at handling multiple tasks in a fast-paced environment – all with the goal of furthering the company’s international growth and success. Additionally, you have a passion for linguistics and Big Fish Games products; you love to take on new challenges and are eager to join an agile, fun, and culturally diverse team that’s on the forefront of casual gaming. Read More
Taiwan names JET alum Terry Vo as First American Youth Trekker Ambassador
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JET alum Terry Vo
Thanks to JETAA Music City’s Terry Vo for sharing this. An opportunity for other JET alums to keep in mind.
National Youth Commission of Taiwan Names Terry Vo First American Youth Trekker Ambassador
Nashville, TN July 30, 2012- The National Youth Commission (NYC) of Taiwan, through its “Youth Trekker’s Wanted” campaign, has named Ms. Terry Vo to the position of 2012 Youth Trekker Ambassador. Vo is the first American to receive this honor in the campaign’s four-year history.
Campaign applicants must submit an itinerary proposal for a trip to Taiwan lasting ten days or longer that is centered on a theme chosen by the applicant and reflects youthful energy and enthusiasm. Once completed, the applications are uploaded online, where a panel of seasoned backpackers, academics, and travel experts chooses the twenty ambassadors.
The 20 ambassadors for 2012 represent 13 countries and were chosen from a pool of more than 653 applicants from 55 countries. The theme of Vo’s trip will be, “Tying the Knot in Taiwan-The meanings behind Taiwanese weddings.” Vo says she got the idea for her theme upon being invited to a friend’s wedding in Taiwan and realizing she knew little about what would occur. She will stay in Taiwan from August 7-August 17, 2012, to fulfill her itinerary and will share her experiences through social media via her blog, http://tour.youthtravel.tw/travel2009/iblog/main.php?id=164950 , and on Twitter @TerryBlossom11.
“I am truly honored to be chosen as the first American,” Vo said. Read More
Job: Postings from Idealist.org 7.30.12
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Via Idealist.org. Posted by Geneva Marie (Niigata-ken 2008-09) Geneva is a contributor to both JETwit and JETAANY. Geneva is on a continuous (epic) search for Japanese-related jobs in the United States. Hire me! :-)
ESL Instructor
Posted by: International Institute of New England
Type: Part-time
Location: Boston, MA
Salary: DOE
Application Deadline: August 15th, 2012
The International Institute of New England is seeking ESL Instructors to work 6-10 per week. All positions require great flexibility and willingness to travel to and from Institute offices in Boston, Lowell and Manchester, NH.
http://www.idealist.org/view/job/33THbwMMjfW8d/
Exectutive Assistant
Posted by: The Asia Foundation
Type: Full-time
Location: San Francisco, CA
Salary: DOE
Start Date: After August 3rd, 2012
The Asia Foundation is seeking an Executive Assistant to work in its San Francisco, CA office. Minimum five years experience working as an administrative assistant and at least two years supporting an executive required. Bachelor’s Degree also required.
http://www.idealist.org/view/job/SthB4Dphhccp/
The Rice Cooker Chronicles: “’Rice’ Cooker” by Adam H. Lisbon
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The Rice Cooker Chronicles is a series of essays by JETs and JET alumni on the theme of cooking/eating and being alone in Japan. The brain-child of JETwit founder Steven Horowitz (Aichi-ken, Kariya-shi, 1992-94) (and inspired by the book Alone in the Kitchen with an Eggplant), this series is curated by L.M. Zoller (CIR Ishikawa-ken, Anamizu, 2009-11), the editor of The Ishikawa JET Kitchen: Cooking in Japan Without a Fight. A writer and web administrator for The Art of Travel/ The Art of Japan: Kanazawa, ze also writes I’ll Make It Myself!, a blog about food culture in Japan.
New submissions always welcome. Just e-mail it to jetwit [at] jetwit.com.
“Rice” Cooker
by Adam H Lisbon (ALT, Kobe-shi, Hyogo-ken; 2004-2007), Program Associate at the North American Coordinating Council of Japanese Library Resources & Instructor of Japanese Studies at the University at Albany. Adam just finished his graduate program, receiving a master’s in information science. He is currently undertaking the perilous journey to become an academic librarian.
I fry eggs in my rice cooker. If I were still in Japan this would the kind of story I’d tell at the enkai, or to junior high students during my jikoshokai, explaining my wacky foreigner ways. But the truth is I got the idea from Japanese reality TV. The premise? Survive on 百万円 for one month. One contestant cooked everything in her rice cooker…at work, to cut back on her electricity use.
Two JET-relevant articles
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Thanks to JETAA USA Country Rep Melissa Chan for sharing the below:
JET Memorial Project: Montgomery Dickson Memorial
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Thanks to JETAA USA Country Rep Jennifer Butler for circulating this item from the Japan Foundation Center for Global Partnership.
http://www.cgp.org/announcements/jet-memorial-project-montgomery-dickson-memorial
11-Jul-2012
In the fall of 2011, the Japan Foundation Center for Global Partnership (CGP) announced the launch of the “JET Memorial Project,” to commemorate the two American JET participants, Ms. Taylor Anderson (Ishinomaki City, from Virginia) and Mr. Montgomery Dickson (Rikuzentakata City, from Alaska) who lost their lives during the Great East Japan Earthquake. CGP will support various activities at each of their respective universities for 5 years, with the intent to enhance the younger generation’s further understanding of Japan.
This announcement introduces the first year project activities of the “Montgomery Dickson Memorial Project” at the University of Alaska, Anchorage (UAA)
Montgomery Dickson Memorial Project (Year 1)
UAA has created the Montgomery Dickson Center for Japanese Language and Culture (MDCJLC) in an effort to develop Japanese Language education at UAA and throughout Alaska, as well as to promote mutual understanding between the U.S. and Japan. UAA will do this through the following projects:
1. Summer Institute: Post-Secondary Japanese Language Education with a Focus on 21st Century Skills (Summer 2012, 4 days)
A seminar-workshop for post-secondary full-time Japanese language instructors to discuss issues relating to student attainment of 21st Century skills. Subtopics include AP Japanese Language and Culture, Thematic Approach, CBI, and Assessment and how they all relate to 21st Century Skills.
2. Cultural Event: Kimono Lecture and Demonstration (Fall 2012)
A cultural education event for UAA Japanese language students; students and teachers from the Anchorage School District; and Anchorage community members.
3. Montgomery Dickson/Japan Foundation Scholarship (2012 – 2013 academic year)
To provide an opportunity for 5 UAA students to participate the UAA exchange program with Hokkaido University of Education.
4. Visit to Rikuzentakata (Summer 2012, 2 days)
On behalf of UAA, the Director of the MDCJLC, accompanied by Mr. Dickson’s sister, will visit Rikuzentakata and strengthen relationships with the board of education and the community in order to explore future possibilities of cultural exchanges between UAA, Anchorage and Rikuzentakata.
5. Professional Development (2012 – 2013 academic year)
Support for UAA Japanese language faculty members to participate in relevant professional development opportunities throughout the year.
In addition to the above endeavors, the Japan Foundation Japanese Language Institution, Kansai also started a 5-year project called JET-MIP which provides an opportunity for selected U.S. high school students to receive intensive Japanese language training and first-hand cultural experiences during the summer in Japan. Please see the detailshere.
Here’s a nice interview on the TeachingTraveling.com website with JET alum and JETAA NY’s Philadelphia Subchapter Rep Rashaad Jorden.
Note: While this is a JETAA Chicago photo contest, they welcome submissions from everyone.
Join the Chicago Chapter of JETAA in celebrating our 30-year anniversary of cultural exchange with the country of Japan. Daily Life in Japan is a one-night only exhibition that will feature a wide array of photography from those who have experienced Japan and are invested in rebuilding it.
Hobby to professional photographers are invited to submit their digital photos. You can submit up to one photo per category. You can find instructions to submit photos atwww.jetaachicago.com/contest.
Juried by a panel of two community leaders and by you in an online vote, this exhibition highlights the essence of Japanese life with an emphasis on culture, education, and community outreach.
You’re invited to the opening reception to view the winning photographs on Saturday, October 6, 2012, 6-9pm at Studio 24 hosted by Chicago’s Brian Sorg.
All proceeds from the exhibition and reception will go to the Soma City Tsunami Orphan fund.
Calendar:
Aug 28 Deadline for submission
Sept 19 Online voting ends
Sept 20 Winners notified
Oct 6 Opening reception, 6-9pm
Categories:
1. Best 80s/90s
2. Best nature scene
3. Best cityscape
4. Community engagement
5. Historic traditions
6. Did that really just happen?
For more information, email Shannon Copp at secretary@jetaachicago.com.
Thanks to JET alum Mark Fujishige for this posting. Posted by Kay Monroe (Miyazaki-shi, 1995 -97).
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Position: Online Media Strategist
Posted by: PEPY
Type: Full time (30-40 hours/week) – Volunteer
Location: Cambodia
Salary: N/A
Start Date: August or September 2012
Overview:
PEPY is looking for an enthusiastic, creative, and dedicated individual available for a period of 6-12 months to join their office full-time in the volunteer role of Online Media Strategist. This position is part of the Communications Team and will involve managing PEPY’s online presence— especially through social media streams— and develop the ways they use content and online tools both to promote their work and to engage with a variety of partners and thought experts.
You can find additional information about this position and how to apply, via this link: http://www.idealist.org/view/volop/tj88T5hkKfXd/
JQ Magazine: Film Review – ‘Love Strikes!’ Twice at JAPAN CUTS Film Festival
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‘Love Strikes!’ star Masami Nagasawa, center, with JAPAN CUTS festival curator Samuel Jamier at Japan Society, July 14, 2012. (Shinobu Torii)
By Rick Ambrosio (Ibaraki-ken, 2006-08) for JQ magazine. Rick manages the JET Alumni Association of New York (JETAANY)’s Twitter page and is the creator of the JETwit column Tadaima!
Love Strikes! had its encore screening July 22 at Japan Society’s annual JAPAN CUTS film festival, and I can tell why they had to run it a second time: a main character with a wide range, beautiful girls, and the hilarious situations he gets himself into with them (though the funny stuff is a little frontloaded, but we’ll get to that).
Hitoshi Ohne’s Love Strikes! (or Moteki 「モ テキ」) is based on a manga of the same name and is the sequel to the popular television series. The main character, Yukiyo Fujimoto (Mirai Moriyama) is a young man entering middle age and finding his luck with women wanting. From out of nowhere, he has his moteki, or time of great popularity with women of the opposite sex, which is said to happen to a man just three times in his life.
The movie’s events find us after his first moteki, with Yukiyo wishing for another shot with a great girl. That great girl’s name is Miyuki (Masami Nagasawa), whom Yukiyo makes a connection with over Twitter. We then see our introspective thirty-something hero chasing her all over Japan, making laughs, breaking hearts, and learning through the whole process.
