Via Disney Worldwide Services. Posted by Kay Monroe (Miyazaki-shi, 1995 -97). Click here to join the JETwit Jobs Google Group and receive job listings even sooner by email.
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Position: English Foreign Trainer
Posted by: Disney English
Type: 12-15 months
Location: China
Salary: N/A
Start Date: N/A
Overview:
Imagine having the chance to inspire children and guide them on the road to success. At Disney English, you’ll help children develop a passion for the English language using award winning curriculum and innovative technology with the support of beloved Disney characters and stories.
Along with the chance to immerse children in the English language comes an extraordinary opportunity to meet new people, experience a new culture, and discover the treasures that China has to offer. Read More
Job: Development Manager (DC)
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Via Philanthropy News Digest. Posted by Kay Monroe (Miyazaki-shi, 1995 -97). Click here to join the JETwit Jobs Google Group and receive job listings even sooner by email.
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Position: Development Manager
Posted by: Sister Cities International (CSI)
Type: Full-time
Location: DC
Salary: N/A
Start Date: N/A
Overview:
Sister Cities International is a nonprofit citizen diplomacy network that creates and strengthens partnerships between U.S. and international communities. We strive to build global cooperation at the municipal level, promote cultural understanding and stimulate economic development. Sister Cities International is a leader for local community development and volunteer action. We motivate and empower private citizens, municipal officials and business leaders to conduct long-term sister city programs. We believe that sister city programs involve two-way communication and should mutually benefit partnering communities. Read More
Job: YFU Japanese Culture and Language Teacher
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Via JET Alum Mya Fischer who works for YFU. Posted by Kay Monroe (Miyazaki-shi, 1995 -97). Click here to join the JETwit Jobs Google Group and receive job listings even sooner by email.
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Position: YFU Japanese Culture and Language Teacher
Posted by: The Institute of International Education
Type: Short-Term
Location: N/A
Salary: N/A
Start Date: N/A
***Note the march 25 deadline.***
Overview:
YFU is recruiting for Japanese Culture and Language Teachers to work with American students during their Pre-Departure orientation before going on a summer exchange program to Japan.
The Japanese Culture and Language Teacher, a paid contract position with YFU, teaches a group of approximately 10-15 American students about Japanese culture, Japanese language, and about the cultural exchange experience in order to prepare them for their exchange to Japan. The program, administered by Youth For Understanding USA (YFU USA) fosters critical intercultural skills and prepares young people for their responsibilities in a global society. Read More
Job: Teacher/ Director of Studies (London, UK)
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Via JETAA UK. Posted by Kay Monroe (Miyazaki-shi, 1995 -97). Click here to join the JETwit Jobs Google Group and receive job listings even sooner by email.
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Position: Teacher/ Director of Studies
Posted by: The Institute of International Education
Type: Full-time
Location: London, UK
Salary: N/A
Start Date: N/A
Overview:
The Institute of International Education in London is a Japanese college in the South East of London, near Greenwich. The college offers several courses in Teaching Japanese as a Foreign Language, Teaching English to Young Learners, IELTS preparation and Japanese as a Foreign Language. The college has an excellent reputation with a number of notable alumni, and links to universities and other institutions across Japan. Read More
Actus Job: Sales Associate at Japanese Trading Firm (Somerset, NJ)
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Via Actus Consulting. Posted by Kay Monroe (Miyazaki-shi, 1995 -97). Click here to join the JETwit Jobs Google Group and receive job listings even sooner by email.
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Position: Sales Associate at Japanese Trading Firm
Posted by: Actus Consulting
Type: Full-time
Location: Somerset, NJ
Salary: $45K + Commission
Start Date: N/A
Company Information:
Leading provider of “total solutions” for companies around the world. Offer broad expertise in logistics, financing, R&D, marketing and introducing products into proven and established sales channels. Read More
Job: Japan Fisheries Manager
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Posted by Kay Monroe (Miyazaki-shi, 1995 -97). Click here to join the JETwit Jobs Google Group and receive job listings even sooner by email.
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Position: Japan Fisheries Manager
Posted by: The Marine Stewardship Council (MSC)
Type: Full-time
Location: London, UK
Salary: N/A
Start Date: N/A
Overview:
The Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) works to safeguard the world’s seafood supply by promoting the best environmental choice, and is recognised internationally as a groundbreaking and credible solution to the serious environmental problem of overfishing.
The Japan Fisheries Manager is responsible for contributing to these overarching aims and objectives and works in collaboration with the other members of the regional and international teams to deliver a more focussed approach of key targets. Read More
Job: Actus – Business Development@ Japanese Chemical Company (Westchester, NY)
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Via Actus Consulting. Posted by Kay Monroe (Miyazaki-shi, 1995 -97). Click here to join the JETwit Jobs Google Group and receive job listings even sooner by email.
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Position: Business Development at Japanese Chemical Company
Posted by: Actus Consulting
Type: Full-time
Location: Westchester, NY
Salary: $40K (entry-level)~ 70K (some experience)
Start Date: N/A
Company Information:
- Company Address: White Plains, NY
- Well established Japanese international trading company specializing in advanced materials for various industries including, semiconductors, LEDs, Biomedical, Photovoltaics, Electronics, Adhesives, Parylene Polymers, thickening agents, and much more.
- Company founded: 1970
- Has worldwide network – Asia, Europe, and South America Read More
Job: PA to the Consul General (Edinburgh, UK)
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Via JETAA UK. Posted by Kay Monroe (Miyazaki-shi, 1995 -97). Click here to join the JETwit Jobs Google Group and receive job listings even sooner by email.
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Position: PA to the Consul General
Posted by: The Consulate General of Japan
Type: Full-time
Location: Edinburgh, UK
Salary: N/A
Start Date: N/A
Overview:
The Consulate General of Japan in Edinburgh is the representative office of the Japanese Government in Scotland and North East England. The Consul General is the head of office.
Applications are invited for the post of PA to the Consul General. This is a varied role within a small office. The post would suit a confident, adaptable and conscientious individual with an interest in Japan.
The ideal candidate will have:
* Excellent oral and written communication skills
* Excellent organisational skills and good attention to detail
* Good interpersonal skills
* Advanced knowledge and experience of Word, Excel and Outlook
* At least two years’ experience in a similar role
* An awareness of political and current affairs, and an understanding of Scottish and British society and culture Read More
Job: Assistant Correspondent – The Chunichi Shimbun Group (also Tokyo Shimbun) – London
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Via JETAA UK. Posted by Kay Monroe (Miyazaki-shi, 1995 -97). Click here to join the JETwit Jobs Google Group and receive job listings even sooner by email.
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Position: Assistant Correspondent
Posted by: Chunichi Shimbun Group
Type: Full-time
Location: London, UK
Salary: £21,600 (plus reasonable travel up to London zone 5 and half yearly bonuses of £500)
Start Date: N/A
Overview:
The Chunichi Shimbun Group is looking to recruit an Assistant Correspondent for our European Bureau based in London. Working in a team of two Correspondents and two Assistant Correspondents, you will assist the Correspondents in preparing articles to be published in Japan and handle bureau administration.
The European Bureau covers political, economic, cultural and sports news from the UK, Northern Europe, European institutions and Sub-Saharan Africa.
The group’s newspapers, The Chunichi Shimbun and The Tokyo Shimbun, are published twice daily in Japan, in Japanese, with a readership of over 4 million.
Flexibility is essential as although you will work mainly during office hours, you will occasionally be required to work overtime. You should also be willing to travel within Read More
Scholarship for Japanese University Students to intern at Carter Center (Atlanta)
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Thanks to JET alum Jessica Cork Kennett for sharing this interesting opportunity. Posted by Kay Monroe (Miyazaki-shi, 1995 -97). Click here to join the JETwit Jobs Google Group and receive job listings even sooner by email.
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Scholarship for Japanese University Students to intern at Carter Center in Atlanta, GA
Overview:
If you know of any Japanese college students who might be interested, please let them know.
Do you know a Japanese college student who would like to like to spend 9 months (September 2013 through May 2014) working as an intern at The Carter Center in Atlanta? The Carter Center is a nongovernmental, not-for-profit organization founded in 1982 by former U.S. President Jimmy Carter and his wife Rosalynn Carter and works to advance human rights and alleviate human suffering. The Yoshida Scholarship provides interns with round trip airfare from Japan to Atlanta and a monthly stipend for living expenses. The deadline to apply is April 19, 2013. Details in Japanese can be found at http://www.ysf.or.jp/news/article_detail.php?newsId=24&countCate=2
JETAA mentioned on NPR’s “What D’ya Know”
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JETAA Wisconsin subchapter rep Joette Bump recently organized a JET alum outing to NPR’s “What D’ya Know” quiz show, and it resulted in JETAA being mentioned on the program in the quiz B segment. Have a listen:
http://www.notmuch.com/wyk/
2013 Nakasato Exchange (Kumejima and Tokamachi)
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Posted by Benjamin Martin, a 5th year JET on Kume Island in Okinawa, publisher of the blog MoreThingsJapanese.com and author of the YA fantasy series Samurai Awakening (Tuttle).
Japan is _____________.
Japanese people eat ____________.
In Japan, everyone wears ___________.
When you hear “Japan” what do you think of? What images come to your mind? Before I began studying Japan, I thought of swords, anime, rice and green mountains. Like many people, I thought of Japan through the stereotypes I picked up from television and books. Anyone who doesn’t specialize is bound to think of another country by the most easily recognizable differences from their home culture.
Yet Japan is diverse. Most of Japan’s long history, during which all its unique culture developed, happened before cars and easy transportation. That fact, plus its island geography has created many opportunities for difference that NHK (Japan’s national television and radio broadcaster), trains, and the internet have yet to make fully disappear. NHK has had a huge impact on language, dress, and some social customs, yet one thing is still beyond its reach.
The weather.
Japan’s geography has created some vastly different climates given the relatively short distances between most places in Japan. This great difference is at the core of an exchange program between two towns in Japan. Every year, Kumejima-cho and Tokamachi City trade students so that they can experience the vast difference in climate and the changes in culture it imposes on local life. As with every exchange program, its goal is to create more aware youth and stronger ties between the local people and wider world.
Tokamachi
Since Tokamachi is located in Niigata Prefecture on the western side of Japan, it gets a lot of rain, and in the winter, a lot of snowfall. The high mountains and rough weather have led to small towns, yet the heavy snowfall also means rich farmland and other local resources. The heavy snowfall leads to mineral rich soil when the snow melts. The soil then lets farmers produce some superior crops.
One of the crops is carrot. I know. A carrot is a carrot is a carrot. Then you go to Niigata and eat something that looks like a carrot, smells like one, has the firm texture of one, but tastes far sweeter and has more flavor than any carrot you’ve ever tasted before. Seriously.
Then there’s the rice. Rice is a staple in Japanese cuisine. And in a country where rice can be as diverse as coffee, the region has become famous for its delicious rice. Rice is a heavy water consuming plant, which also means its easier to farm there where water is plentiful. Not only is rice exported considered delicious, but locals will tell you it is even better eaten locally due to the quality of the local water when boiling the rice.
Rice and the quality of water are also the two most important ingredients in a traditional drink so well-known that much of the world knows the Japanese word for sake. In Niigata’s case, Nihonshu or rice wine is produced by several companies in the region and is highly regarded.
Despite those claims to fame, the snow beats out the rest by sheer popularity, if not by the locals who have to shovel it, then by the thousands of tourists who trek to the region to snowboard, ski, and sled. Japan’s train system and many domestic airlines makes it surprisingly easy to travel, which means Tokyoites can pop over for a weekend of skiing at any number of resorts throughout the long winter season.
The huge quantities of snow have also led to the Tokamachi Snow Festival.
Unfortunately, not all the snow can be turned into art. There is so much each year that pipes run through most streets and parking lots. These pipes shoot out warm salt water to melt snow and keep the roads clear through the night. This was perhaps the biggest surprise to me as someone who grew up in a desert. The ‘waste’ of water is so huge that it boggles my mind, though I’m sure they deal with it in an effective manner.
The huge quantity of water and large elevation changes even mean that hydroelectric generators can produce much of the area’s power needs in a relatively environmentall
All of these Tokamachi features has led to students who speak the same language as other Japanese students, still play in much the same way and wear some of the same clothes, but whose lives in the winter are far different from those far to the south.
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Checkout the second part of this articleon www.morethingsjapanese.com, with more pictures, video, and things Japanese.
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Job: Bloomberg seeks Japanese translator (E>J) for NY office
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Thanks to JET alum Angela Perrone for passing on this listing. Posted by Kay Monroe (Miyazaki-shi, 1995 -97). Click here to join the JETwit Jobs Google Group and receive job listings even sooner by email.
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Position: Bloomberg seeks Japanese translator (E>J) for NY office
Posted by: Bloomberg Recruiting
Type: Full-time
Location: New York, NY
Salary: N/A
Start Date: N/A
Overview:
Bloomberg LP is seeking a Japanese Translator for our NYC office.
The individual in this role must understand how economy and markets work and will be translating major news from English to Japanese with utmost accuracy and speed.
In addition, the person in this role will have to be able to write in properly-styled Japanese. They must have up-to-date news judgment and flexibility.
Interested applicants should contact:
Jennifer Shapiro
Bloomberg Recruiting Research
jshapiro99@bloomberg.net
http://www.linkedin.com/in/jennifershapirobbg
Job: Paid Fellowship Opportunity for Japanese Nonprofit Leaders
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Via the JETAA DC Google Group. Posted by Kay Monroe (Miyazaki-shi, 1995 -97). Click here to join the JETwit Jobs Google Group and receive job listings even sooner by email.
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Position: Paid Fellowship Opportunity for Japanese Nonprofit Leaders
Posted by: Atlas Corps
Type: Full-time
Location: N/A
Salary: N/A
Start Date: N/A
Overview:
Atlas Corps seeks nonprofit leaders from around the world to apply for Fellowships in the U.S. and Latin America.
They are particularly interested in rising leaders from Japan in 2013. Profiled as a “best practice” in international exchange by the Brookings Institution and featured in the Washington Post as a model social entrepreneurship program, Atlas Corps engages leaders committed to the nonprofit sector in 12-18 month, professional fellowships at organizations to learn best practices, build organizational capacity, and return home to create a network of global leaders.
Fellows serve full-time at Host Organizations such as Ashoka, CARE, the Grameen Foundation, Habitat for Humanity, International Centre for Missing and Exploited Children, Susan G. Komen for the Cure, UNICEF, and the UN Foundation. Read More
Job: Director, Intensive English Program, Indiana University (Bloomington, IN)
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Via Indiana University . Posted by Kay Monroe (Miyazaki-shi, 1995 -97). Click here to join the JETwit Jobs Google Group and receive job listings even sooner by email.
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Position: Director, Intensive English Program
Posted by: Indiana University Department of Second Language Studies
Type: Full-time
Location: Bloomington, IN
Salary: N/A
Start Date: N/A
Overview:
The Intensive English Program, Department of Second Language Studies, at Indiana University announces a search for the Director of the Intensive English program (IEP). We are looking for director-candidates with previous experience as directors or assistant directors of university-based programs. Previous UCIEP and/or CEA affiliation is preferred. Candidates are expected to hold a PhD in Second Language Studies, Applied Linguistics, TESOL, or related fields and should have a significant professional portfolio in the field in addition to administrative experience. Areas of expertise may include a profile in student services, curriculum development, language assessment, publication of teaching materials and/or textbooks, research in second language acquisition, teacher development, or other relevant areas. The Director will have a 12 month appointment and the rank of academic specialist. Read More
