9 Jobs in International Education
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Via Carleen Ben (Oita). Posted by Sophia Chan (Sapporo-shi, 2009-2014). If interested in more job listings, join the JETwit Jobs Google Group and receive job listings even sooner by email.
(1) MIUSA Project Manager
Looking for an opportunity to work with a highly respected organization in the Pacific Northwest? Know a dynamic and passionate leader? MIUSA is currently seeking a dynamic and experienced Project Manager for the National Clearinghouse on Disability and Exchange (NCDE). Please share our job posting below with your networks. Thanks, and have a great weekend!
Mobility International USA (MIUSA), a national nonprofit organization founded in 1981 and based in Eugene, Oregon USA advances the rights and leadership of people with disabilities globally. MIUSA seeks a dynamic and experienced Project Manager for the National Clearinghouse on Disability and Exchange (NCDE), a project sponsored by the U.S. Department of State. This is a tremendous opportunity for a leader to maximize and strengthen a national-level project in a well-respected, mission-oriented, and innovative organization. Applications are due by May 13, 2015 by 5:00 p.m. PDT.
View the full position description and application instructions at: http://www.miusa.org/employment
Sincerely,
Monica Malhotra
Project Coordinator, National Clearinghouse on Disability and Exchange
Mobility International USA (MIUSA)
132 E Broadway, Suite 343Eugene, Oregon 97401 USA
Skype: monica.miusa
(541) 343-1284 ext 27
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Job: Education Recruitment Consultant (Tokyo)
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This is a repost, as the deadline for applications have been extended, with some modifications of conditions.
Posted by Eden Law, President of JETAA NSW (who doesn’t work at the company, but posts on their behalf). Note that a knowledge of the Australian education system is preferred, as is a Japanese PR or an unrestricted working visa. However, sponsorship may be considered for the right candidate.
Position: Education Recruitment Consultant
Posted by: Staff Solutions Career
Location: Tokyo, Japan
Status: Full-Time
As a highly reputable Educational Agency that caters for international students, our client currently seeks a highly motivated individual to perform the role of Education Recruitment Consultant.
For more details, please check out the job ad @ Seek.com.au.
“By dramatizing some of the people who were on the receiving end of that racial hatred, I think the book might give a concrete sense of what American power can do when it is unleashed against people in other parts of the world. I hope the experiences of Jiro and Mitsuko make readers think twice about that.” (Louis Templado)
By Julio Perez Jr. (Kyoto-shi, 2011-13) for JQ magazine. A bibliophile, writer, translator, and graduate from Columbia University, Julio has had experience working at Ishikawa Prefecture’s New York office while seeking opportunities with publications in New York. Follow his enthusiasm for Japan, literature, and comic books on his blog and Twitter @brittlejules.
A Professor Emeritus of Harvard University, Jay Rubin has also served as a distinguished translator of Japanese literature for more than a quarter century, most notably on the works of Haruki Murakami. June 2 marks the release of his debut novel The Sun Gods (Chin Music Press), which is set in Seattle during World War II and explores the relationships between a Seattle-based Japanese national named Mitsuko and her young adopted American toddler, Billy, who are both interned by the U.S. government at the beginning of the war. Years later, Billy begins a journey to newly reconstructed Japan to find his Japanese mother and learn the truth about their shared past.
As part of the book’s launch, Rubin will be making live appearances from coast to coast, starting with Japan Society in New York on May 7 for an event titled The Magical Art of Translation: From Haruki Murakami to Japan’s Latest Storytellers, featuring other guest authors and moderated by JET alum Roland Kelts (Osaka-shi, 1998-99).
In this exclusive interview, Rubin shares with JQ the legacy of the war on his own writing, the attention to historical detail that went into The Sun Gods (with a few liberties taken), and what makes translating Japanese such a liberating experience.
JQ magazine readers are primarily JETs, JET alumni, and others who have worked and resided in Japan or have a strong interest in the country. Could you tell us about what inspired you to study Japanese language and culture and about any time you spent living in Japan?
In my second year at the University of Chicago, I was going to take one course on something non-Western for the fun of it, and one of the courses that happened to be available was an introduction to Japanese literature (in English translation, of course). I was so fascinated by the literature and by the professor’s remarks on the original language that I immediately started studying that language. I sometimes wonder what would have happened if the course I stumbled into happened to be Chinese history. I spent four years studying the language in Chicago before going to the country itself on a Fulbright fellowship. My spoken Japanese was so bad, all I could say to the young woman bartender at the first bar I wandered into was, “Do you realize you just used the word ‘wake‘ (わけ) three times?” I studied in Tokyo for two years, often wish I had made it four. I’m still remarking on how many times people use wake in sentences. I studied mostly Meiji literature while I was in Tokyo, not Noh drama like The Sun Gods’ Bill, though Noh was a side interest, and I did a lot more work on it in later years.
To start off talking about The Sun Gods, how would you describe your new book to potential readers?
This may sound like ad copy, but I’m comfortable with the summary on the book’s front flap:
Opening in the stress-filled years before World War II, The Sun Gods brings together a white minister to a Seattle Japanese Christian church, his motherless young son, and a beautiful new arrival from Japan with a troubled past. The bombing of Pearl Harbor intrudes upon whatever happiness they might have had together, and the combination of race prejudice and war hysteria carry the action from Seattle to the Minidoka Internment Camp in Idaho. Nearly two decades later, the son is ready to graduate from college when memories of Minidoka and of his erstwhile Japanese mother begin to haunt him, and he embarks on a journey that will lead him from Seattle’s International District to war-ravaged Japan in his attempt to discover the truth about his past.
The internment of people of Japanese ancestry in America that occurred during World War II is rarely dwelled on as much as other events of the war, how would you explain the internment and the reasons it warrants further attention to someone unfamiliar with the topic? What is the most important message you hope to get across?
If there’s a “message,” it’s to convey a historical moment, central to which was the fact that our government established concentration camps within its borders in order to lock up members of a particular racial group, and that this was supported by both public opinion and the Supreme Court with no constitutional justification whatsoever. The government has since apologized openly and eloquently, thus making a repeat performance highly unlikely. Japanese-American organizations, it should be noted, were among the most outspoken against anti-Muslim racism following 9/11.
Justin’s Japan: VAMPS, ‘Monkey Business,’ AKB48 at Japan Day @ Central Park
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J-pop superstars AKB48 return for their first New York performance since 2009 at Japan Day @ Central Park May 10. (@AKS)
By JQ magazine editor Justin Tedaldi (CIR Kobe-shi, 2001-02) for Examiner.com. Visit his Japanese culture page here for related stories.
As spring continues and the weather continues to warm, New Yorkers can enjoy activities all over the city both indoors and out.
This month’s highlights include:
Friday, May 1, 8:00 p.m.
Best Buy Theater, 1515 Broadway
$35
Japan’s most daring rock band, VAMPS is fronted by vocalist hyde of L’arc~en~Ciel and guitarist K.A.Z of Oblivion Dust. Now touring in support of their latest album, Bloodsuckers (available on iTunes), VAMPS returns to take another bite out of the Big Apple for their first area performance since 2013.
Monday, May 4, 6:30 p.m.
Monkey Business: Japan/America Writers’ Dialogue in Words and Pictures
Asia Society, 725 Park Avenue
$15, $10 Asia Society members, $12 students/seniors
Join this annual conversation between contemporary Japanese and American authors in which Asia Society hosts an international dialogue, curated and moderated by the co-founders and editors of the Tokyo-based literary journal Monkey Business with writers who are featured in the latest edition of Monkey Business (#5), a unique, cutting-edge annual literary journal which showcases newly-translated Japanese as well as contributions from contemporary American and British writers.
Thursday, May 7, 6:30 p.m.
The Magical Art of Translation: From Haruki Murakami to Japan’s Latest Storytellers
Japan Society, 333 East 47th Street
$12, $8 Japan Society members, students/seniors
Since 1989, Jay Rubin has translated many of Haruki Murakami’s most successful and prize-winning novels, including The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle, Norwegian Wood and 1Q84. In this program, he is joined by Ted Goossen, translator of Murakami’s most recent U.S. publications, The Strange Library and Wind/Pinball: Two Early Novels, and co-editor of Monkey Business literary magazine, which showcases the best of contemporary Japanese literature for an international audience. They will discuss the unique challenges of translating modern Japanese literary works into American English, and vice versa. Rubin will also talk about his transition from translator to novelist vis-à-vis his debut novel The Sun Gods. Joining the discussion from Tokyo will be authors Aoko Matsuda and Satoshi Kitamura, and Motoyuki Shibata, friend and translating partner of Murakami. Author Roland Kelts, co-editor of Monkey Business, moderates the discussion. Followed by a reception.
For the complete story, click here.
Justin’s Japan: Hello Hoppy
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By JQ magazine editor Justin Tedaldi (CIR Kobe-shi, 2001-02) for Shukan NY Seikatsu. Visit his Examiner.com Japanese culture page here for related stories.
Japan is legendary for its social drinking culture, and now fans of its most popular beverage—beer—have a new reason to toast.
Hoppy, a popular 110-year-old beverage that looks and tastes very much like beer, is making its debut in New York. While most beers contain about 5% alcohol content, Hoppy is practically non-alcoholic at 0.8%, and can be mixed with shochu and liqueurs.
Fuko Chubachi, creative director for 3 Day Monk, a local design and promotion business that organized a release party for Hoppy at East Village eatery Wasan on April 9, explains its arrival in America: “Hoppy’s CEO, Mina Ishiwatari, has a very modern approach to what otherwise is a very traditional family business. She wants to see Hoppy expand beyond the boundaries of Japan to break into the international market. And what better place than New York City, with its progressive food and beverage programs, to set the stage!”
Ishiwatari was present at the launch event, as were a throng of guests who enjoyed some custom Wasan cuisines that paired excellently with special Hoppy-based concoctions mixed at the bar.
Natalie Graham, architectural designer for 3 Day Monk, points out Hoppy’s low calorie content and zero purines, which can cause certain metabolic diseases such as gout: “Hoppy is ideal for young people, beer lovers, foodies, and those who care for their health!”
For more information, visit www.facebook.com/HoppyBeverageNewYork
Job: Admin Asst – Permanent Mission of Japan to the UN (NYC)
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Posted at the request of the PMJ. FYI, this is a position that has been held by other JET alums previously. Posted by Mia Nakaji Monnier, freelance writer and Online Editor of The Rafu Shimpo, a Japanese American daily newspaper based in Los Angeles. Click here to join the JETwit Jobs Google Group and receive job listings even sooner by email.
Position: Administrative Assistant
Posted by: Permanent Mission of Japan to the UN
Location: NYC
Status: Part-Time
The Permanent Mission of Japan to the United Nations is seeking an Administrative Assistant in the Social Section at the Permanent Mission of Japan to the United Nations.
Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:
Draft and prepare letters and diplomatic correspondence
Assist in logistics/protocol for conferences, meetings, briefings, receptions, and other official functions
Edit English in both official/unofficial documents
Manage appointment schedules for the section, visiting diplomats, and VIPs
Attend meetings/conferences at UN as necessary
Respond to inquiries
Assist other officers and staff in the section when needed
Job: Sydney Careers Forum for Japanese-English speakers, May 16-17
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See below via Caroline Pope of JETAA Oceana.. Posted by Mia Nakaji Monnier, freelance writer and Online Editor of The Rafu Shimpo, a Japanese American daily newspaper based in Los Angeles. Click here to join the JETwit Jobs Google Group and receive job listings even sooner by email.
Position: Career Fair
Posted by: Career Forum
Location: Sydney, Australia
Click images below to enlarge, and visit the CFN website for more info: http://www.careerforum.net/event/syd/?lang=J
Job: PR Account Manager — Bridge Strategies (NYC), Fluent in Japanese
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Received directly from the company. Posted by Mia Nakaji Monnier, freelance writer and Online Editor of The Rafu Shimpo, a Japanese American daily newspaper based in Los Angeles. Click here to join the JETwit Jobs Google Group and receive job listings even sooner by email.
Position: PR Account Manager
Posted by: Bridge Strategies
Location: NYC
Status: Full-Time
Bridge Global Strategies seeks a bilingual English-Japanese Account Manager with several years of public relations experience to join our staff full-time. While perfection in Japanese is not necessary, the individual we hire must be able to:
- Read Japanese at a high level (i.e., total comprehension of Japanese news articles), and
- Speak and write well enough to communicate clearly with our Japanese clients.
This position involves responsibility for day-to-day management of some client accounts, including PR strategy development and execution, both personally and through supervision of others’ work. Qualified candidates will also have:
- A sophisticated understanding of American PR principles and practices
- The ability to translate fairly quickly from one language to the other
- Proven media relations ability with U.S. and global English-language media
- Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail
- Excellent spoken, and good written English skills
- B.A. degree
- 3-5 years of PR experience (could include a couple of years of journalism; could be in Japan)
- Strong cross-cultural understanding and awareness
- Must be self-motivated, an analytical thinker and display initiative and flexibility
Bridge Global Strategies is one of several boutique PR firms owned by integrated marketing company Didit.com, Inc. Our agency combines the best of both small firms and larger agencies: the individual we hire will work with senior professionals and have significant responsibility, get much broader exposure to a wide range of communications disciplines than would be possible at a narrow-track big agency, and receive “big-agency benefits” – including generous vacation time, health insurance and company match on retirement savings. Our Manhattan office in midtown south is an informal, cheerful place to work and our new staff member will be an important member of the team.
In addition to sending a resume, interested candidates should provide a cover letter in Japanese describing the biggest challenge they have met in their work so far, and how the challenge was overcome. Reply to hr@didit.com.
Job: Internship Opportunities — US-Japan Bridging Foundation (DC)
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Thanks to JET alum Laurel Lukaszewski who is the Project Director of the JETAA Initiative at the USJBF for passing this on. She mentioned that they have taken on both undgrad and graduate level interns. Posted by Mia Nakaji Monnier, freelance writer and Online Editor of The Rafu Shimpo, a Japanese American daily newspaper based in Los Angeles. Click here to join the JETwit Jobs Google Group and receive job listings even sooner by email.
Position: Internship
Posted by: Japan Society
Location: NYC
Status: Part-Time
The Japan-U.S. Friendship Commission (JUSFC), U.S. CULCON Secretariat and U.S.-Japan Bridging Foundation (USJBF) in Washington, DC are seeking TWO summer 2015 interns to support current initiatives, which include activities promoting U.S.-Japan cultural, educational and people-to-people exchange. Interns will be disseminating information via social media, helping to plan a Summit of U.S.-Japan related organizations, assisting with the JUSFC grant-making selection process, and supporting the Friendship Blossoms, TeamUp and other campaigns. Applicants should have excellent research, internet and organizational skills and some knowledge of Japan and/or Japanese language (translation skills a plus). 16-40 hours/week in our Washington, DC office, flexible schedule. JUSFC/CULCON/USJBF will reimburse transportation costs. Please see our website for further information about our activities and our excellent Internship Program: http://culcon.jusfc.gov/about-us/internship-program.
Job: Research Fellow — Reischauer Policy Institute (DC)
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Thanks to current Research Fellow and JET alum Michael Kotler for passing this great JET-relevant opportunity on. According to Michael: “The position is a great post-JET transition and in the past 2 years has already featured 2 JET alumni (including myself, who first found out about the position via JETwit).” Posted by Mia Nakaji Monnier, freelance writer and Online Editor of The Rafu Shimpo, a Japanese American daily newspaper based in Los Angeles. Click here to join the JETwit Jobs Google Group and receive job listings even sooner by email.
Position: Research Fellow
Posted by: Reischauer Policy Institute
Location: Washington, DC
See PDF for full description: Reischauer Policy Fellow Job Description
Reischauer Policy Research Fellows Program Program Overview:
Inaugurated in May, 2013, the Reischauer Policy Research Fellows Program is a key program of the Reischauer Center at the Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS).
It is designed to support the Center’s research program, while also providing recent university graduates with broad practical experience regarding the public and private-sector policy analysis process in Washington, D.C. Fellows, who receive an annual stipend of over $21,000, are selected annually through a nationwide-search process. Fellowships are tenable for one full calendar year, and potentially renewable for an additional year.
Please see our website for general information about the Center and our Facebook page which features photos and summaries of recent events and recent mentions in Japanese and American press.
Job Description:
Reischauer Policy Research Fellows assist the Director of the Reischauer Center personally on research projects of the Center, including, but not limited to: the functioning of Washington’s “idea industry”; US-Japan relations; the role of cities in global governance; comparative Eurasian political economy; East Asian regionalism; energy policy; and comparative public-health issues. Fellows also assist in organizing a rigorous and substantive seminar series for the Reischauer Center, focusing on finding best-practice solutions through comparative public-policy analysis for emerging energy and health-care issues.
They also assist in developing a web-based system for diffusing ideas generated by the Reischauer Center on a global basis, and perform other research and policy analysis as appropriate.
Job: Showa Women’s University JET Scholarship
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A great opportunity passed on by Nicole Uehara (Ehime-ken, 1999-2002) of Sojitz Corporation who was asked by Showa to help circulate info about applying for the scholarship. Note that the scholarship is actually open to both males and females. Posted by Mia Nakaji Monnier, freelance writer and Online Editor of The Rafu Shimpo, a Japanese American daily newspaper based in Los Angeles. Click here to join the JETwit Jobs Google Group and receive job listings even sooner by email.
Position: Grad-school scholarship for JET alumni
Posted by: Showa Women’s University
Location: Tokyo
Showa Women’s University has decided to offer (2) scholarships for graduate school to JET Alumni (both male and female applicants are welcomed). Previously this opportunity was announced in December 2014, although the application period and perhaps some of the qualifications required were a bit of a stretch. This time, the description has become a bit more flexible, with JLPT N1 or equivalent language skills to be assessed at a separate qualification exam. Additionally, the start date would be delayed to October 2015. Applications are due June 1-16, and an entrance exam is required, including an interview. I’ve included the details in this post: http://www.cepex.org/cepexnews/1151
The school’s information can be accessed here: http://exam.swu.ac.jp/graduate_school/gexam/g_istudent#jet
Job: Japan Society – Program Associate for Corporate Programs (NYC)
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Thanks to JET alum contacts at Japan Society for passing this on. Posted by Mia Nakaji Monnier, freelance writer and Online Editor of The Rafu Shimpo, a Japanese American daily newspaper based in Los Angeles. Click here to join the JETwit Jobs Google Group and receive job listings even sooner by email.
Position: Program Associate for Corporate Programs
Posted by: Japan Society
Location: NYC
Status: Part-Time
The Program Officer will work with the Deputy Director in conceiving, planning and implementing approximately three programs per month. He/she will also draft and edit program materials and assist in program execution, research, program outreach activities, and interact with leaders and distinguished speakers in the academic and business community, as well as thousands of Corporate Members. He/she will also oversee and manage administrative and logistical tasks.
See full listing here: Program Officer Corporate Program – pt 2015
Job: JET Programme Career Fair in Osaka
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Posted on Facebook group American JETs by Rose Tanasugarn. Posted by Mia Nakaji Monnier, freelance writer and Online Editor of The Rafu Shimpo, a Japanese American daily newspaper based in Los Angeles. Click here to join the JETwit Jobs Google Group and receive job listings even sooner by email.
Position: Career Fair
Posted by: Jet Programme
Location: Osaka, Japan
The JET Programme Career Fair in Osaka will be held on Friday 29 May 2015, between 11:30am and 5pm (Registration between 10:30am and 11:20am) at My Dome Osaka. The career fair is expected to feature over 30 companies, and attendance is limited to JET participants completing their tenure on the JET Programme in 2015, and JET alumni.
Detailed information regarding the career fair can be found in the attached ‘JET Programme Career Fair in Osaka- Overview’ document. Also, further information and a list of participating companies will be made available at the following link over the next few weeks: http://www.ac-lab.jp/2015/jet-careerfair/ .
To apply to attend the JET Programme Career Fair in Osaka, please complete the online application form at: http://goo.gl/zVfU17 by Thursday, 30 April, 2015.
Current JET participants must receive permission to attend the career fair from their contracting organisation prior to applying, and decisions regarding leave from work duties (including the type of leave to be used) are to be made by contracting organisations.
Please note that you will receive confirmation of your application ONLY after the application deadline has passed. (You will not receive a confirmation email at the time of application). Applicants will also receive further information about the career fair after the application deadline.
If you have any queries about the JET Programme Career Fair in Osaka, or need to withdraw your application, please contact Madeline Horne or Hanna Zumstein at CLAIR via clair.afterjet@gmail.com.
Job: Travel Consultant — JTB Australia
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Via Eden Law of JETAA Oceania. Posted by Mia Nakaji Monnier, freelance writer and Online Editor of The Rafu Shimpo, a Japanese American daily newspaper based in Los Angeles. Click here to join the JETwit Jobs Google Group and receive job listings even sooner by email.
Position: Travel Consultant
Posted by: JTB Australia
Location: Australia
JTB Melbourne is looking for a travel consultant to join our wholesale team. Some experience in Japan and the travel industry preferred. Send your resume to tony_g.au@jtbap.com.
See original Facebook post here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/192391273441/permalink/10153253532228442/
Contest: Design your dream Shikoku trip!
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Thanks to Tori Koyama (ALT Tokushima-ken, 2011-13, CIR Kagawa-ken, 2013-Present) for sharing this opportunity:
Want to travel Shikoku?
The Shikoku Transport and Tourism Bureau is sponsoring up to 20 foreign nationals who currently reside in Japan to design a tour of their choice, and use social media and online outlets to promote themselves and Shikoku; those that reach the widest audience could receive a cash prize! This is an excellent chance for budding travel-bloggers to get funding and explore Shikoku while honing writing skills.
The deadline is May 18 to apply; there will be a mandatory meeting on Saturday, May 24, in Takamatsu to kick things off. Any foreign national living in Japan is welcome to apply; limited Japanese ability is not a problem.
If you have any questions before applying, feel free to contact Tori Koyama (Tokushima 2011-13) at dt0102@pref.kagawa.lg.jp .
Specifics about the application can be found by clicking HERE.
