Job: Program Coordinator for Events – Weatherhead East Asian Institute, Columbia University (NYC)
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Position: Program Coordinator for Events
Posted by: Weatherhead East Asian Institute, Columbia University
Location: New York, NY
Type: Full-time
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Justin’s Japan: Nippon in New York — ‘Big Hero 6,’ Babymetal, Richie Kotzen, Asa Akira, Perfume
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Babymetal brings their unique brand of “kawaii metal” to Hammerstein Ballroom Nov. 4. (Courtesy of WME Entertainment)
By JQ magazine editor Justin Tedaldi (CIR Kobe-shi, 2001-02) for Examiner.com. Visit his Japanese culture page here for related stories.
From Disney to heavy metal to J-pop, November is just as colorful as the leaves tumbling through the air. Add to that a cutting-edge kimono exhibition, a Shakespearean samurai epic, and the largest event in the USA dedicated to love and sex, and you’ve got an irresistibly epic rundown.
This month’s highlights include:
Tuesday, Nov. 4, 7:00 p.m.
Hammerstein Ballroom, 311 West 34th Street
$49.50
Formed in 2010, Babymetal brings a kawaii blend of traditional schoolgirl J-pop and death metal. Hot off the heels of their debut album released in the U.S. earlier this year, the band has been burning up the charts in Japan, where their live video for “Gimmie Choco!!” (lensed at the legendary Nipon Budokan in Tokyo) has racked up over 17 million views on YouTube to date. Endorsed by shredders like Marty Friedman (Megadeth) and Jeff Walker (Carcass) alike, Babymetal are prepared for a whole new audience on the eve of their Hammerstein debut.
Wednesday, Nov. 5, 7:30 p.m.
B.B. King Blues Club and Grill, 237 West 42nd Street
$28-$32
With guitar styles ranging from rock, blues, jazz and fusion to pop and soul, Richie Kotzen has built a remarkably diverse 25-year career as a guitarist, singer and songwriter. A veteran of numerous groups including the Winery Dogs, Kotzen’s Japan cred is extensive: He wrote the number one song “Shine” as a member of Mr. Big, which was used as the ending theme for the anime series Hellsing, has recorded an entirealbum of music from the anime series Gundam, and toured as the opening act on the Japanese leg of the Rolling Stones’ 2006 tour. The Kotzen Telecaster guitar has repeatedly been the #1 selling signature model guitar for Fender Japan. This special solo show will include selections from The Essential Richie Kotzen, the artist’s latest release, which caps a career of highlights in anticipation for his next studio album coming next year.
Nov. 6-12
Nippon Club Gallery, 145 West 57th Street
Free
Kiyomi Kitagawa, a popular fashion designer and a representative of Atelier Bi-no-Sei, revives stylish and practical design dresses in harmony with modern lifestyle from traditional craftwork, a microcosm of Japanese sensibility that has been shaped by the passing of the “four seasons” since ancient times. These dresses show not only the “craftsman’s spirit” by seasoned artisans, but also her knowledge and experience as a textile garment designer. At this exhibition, 30 pieces of kimono dresses—some using fabric no longer produced—will be displayed with luxurious embroidery and a variety of techniques.
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Job: Colgate University – Off Campus Study Coordinator (NY)
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Posted by Sean Pavlik (Fukui-ken, 2010-12), International Programs Officer for the DC-based Congressional Study Group on Japan. Click here to join the JETwit Jobs Google Group and receive job listings even sooner by email.
Job Description: Reporting to the Director of International Programs, the Off-Campus Study Coordinator is responsible for administering semester-long and short-term faculty-led off-campus study programs. The position is also responsible for advising students throughout all stages of the off-campus study cycle.
Essential Functions:
– Administers a portfolio of international and domestic study groups and extended study programs, ensuring compliance with university travel policies and professional standards of good practice for education abroad.
– Assists in the development, implementation and evaluation of faculty-led programs in collaboration with faculty members, which includes such duties as: travel, visa and lodging coordination, communications with partner universities and organizations;expense management; and coordination of pre-departure programs and re-entry activities.
– Advises students throughout the study abroad process through individual and/or group meetings; assists students with the selection of off-campus study programs, identification of learning objectives, and application process; refers students to appropriate departments and resources for further assistance.
– Responds to student, faculty, parent, staff inquires regarding Colgate-sponsored and approved off-campus study programs, policies and procedures.
– Manages assigned projects and leads team members to meet established goals.-Performs other duties as assigned.
Qualifications: – Bachelor’s degree plus two years’ experience in education abroad or a combination of education and experience from which comparable skills are acquired.
Job: Barnard College – Coordinator, International Programms & Special Projects
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Posted by Sean Pavlik (Fukui-ken, 2010-12), International Programs Officer for the DC-based Congressional Study Group on Japan. Click here to join the JETwit Jobs Google Group and receive job listings even sooner by email.
Reporting to the Dean of International and Global Strategy, and working closely with the Office Manager, the Coordinator, International Programs and Special Projects will coordinate the activities of Barnard’s international and global initiatives, including the College’s annual Global Symposium. The Coordinator will serve as the Provost’s Office liaison with the General Counsel’s Office regarding work visas and work closely with faculty on opportunities for international research and travel with students.
Essential Duties:
- Assist in all aspects of planning and running the College’s annual Global Symposium and related programming, including communication, correspondence, event planning, financial transactions, and travel arrangements.
- Serve as the liaison with the Office of the General Counsel on requirements and timing of visa filing procedures; maintain records related to faculty work eligibility and other confidential matters; and assist with training and orientation of faculty who are not U.S. citizens. Advise faculty and research associates with the preparation of documents relating to work visas.
- Conduct research concerning funding opportunities for international initiatives/partnerships and for academic research/programs.
- Create and maintain a database of international faculty travel, including faculty-student trips abroad. Coordinate with faculty on faculty-student research trips, including organizing funding application reviews, trip budgeting and reimbursements.
- Assist in development of protocols for faculty and provide pre-departure orientations for faculty/student travel.
- Serve as a liaison between the Provost’s Office and the Dean of the College office.
- Create, update and maintain websites and social media publications related to international and global programs at Barnard including, but not limited to, Facebook page and YouTube channel.
- Create, update and maintain publications (print and online) related to international and global programs at Barnard, e.g., faculty newsletter
- Compile data, create reports, and maintain records regarding the College’s international education programs, global initiatives, related agreements and memoranda, and other College programs.
- Assist with the budgetary planning and administration of operating and grant-based funds for international and global initiatives. Maintain budgets, bills and expense reports.
- Participate in special projects for the Provost’s Office.
- Perform other duties as assigned.
Job: Global Programs Coordinator at Ohio University
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Posted by Sean Pavlik (Fukui-ken, 2010-12), International Programs Officer for the DC-based Congressional Study Group on Japan. Click here to join the JETwit Jobs Google Group and receive job listings even sooner by email.
Ohio University is hiring a Global Programs Coordinator within the Office of Education Abroad. We seek a candidate with a commitment to working effectively with students, faculty and staff from diverse backgrounds. The Program Coordinator serves as an integral part of efforts to increase participation in global programs, both domestically and abroad.
The Office of Education Abroad is currently undergoing an expansion that includes a broader mission of facilitating transformative learning experiences in the US. Consequently, the Program Coordinator will work with faculty directors on the preparation, management, and execution of programs both in the US and abroad. S/he will also work closely with students preparing for a global program from the beginning stages of choosing a program and pre-departure preparation, to providing on-site support and reintegration programming.
Essential Functions:
1. Manage a portfolio of global opportunities that take place both in the US and abroad. These could include domestic off-campus and on-campus experiences as well as education abroad programs. The Program Coordinator will be responsible for initiating programming that furthers the internationalization plan of the University with regard to student mobility.
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Job: Study Abroad Adviser, Georgia State University
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| Posted by Sean Pavlik (Fukui-ken, 2010-12), International Programs Officer for the DC-based Congressional Study Group on Japan. Click here to join the JETwit Jobs Google Group and receive job listings even sooner by email. |
Georgia State University is looking to recruit two Study Abroad Advisors. The Study Abroad Advisors will provide hands-on experience working with students, staff, and faculty on various projects that are integral to the mission of the Study Abroad Programs office. The Advisors will assist with the operations and services of the Study Abroad Programs office including advising (primarily), outreach, and program development.
- Works closely with the Director of Study Abroad Programs with the operation and services of Study Abroad Programs, including student advising, outreach and marketing, and scholarship processing
- Serves as campus advisor for Boren Scholarship, in addition to other national scholarship programs and applications, such as Gilman and Affiliate Scholarships
- Serves as an advisor to students interested in studying abroad
- Coordinates the IEF/Foundation Scholarship processes, including the coordination of IEF acceptance forms and the dissemination of recipient lists to Financial Aid and the Foundation
- Works with assigned college or colleges and University units to coordinate college-specific outreach, marketing, advising and curriculum integration projects
- Conducts walk-in advising sessions and all aspects of student advising for study abroad
- Coordinates annual Study Abroad Fair
- Serves as back-up with Global Experience Scholarship processing
- Works with Terra Dotta software to update and maintain student applications and program pages
- Coordinates and edits the office newsletter with the Study Abroad Squad
- Coordinates Student Panels for International Education Week
- Investigates and resolves ongoing student issues before, during and after study abroad
- Maintains statistical information for students abroad
JQ Magazine: Book Review — ‘Starting Point: 1979-1996’ by Hayao Miyazaki
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“For those who enjoy the process and precision behind an art, Starting Point is a rare glimpse into an often-times enigmatic industry.” (VIZ Media LLC)
By Alexis Agliano Sanborn (Shimane-ken, 2009-11) for JQ magazine. Alexis is a graduate student of Harvard University’s Regional Studies—East Asia (RSEA) program, and currently works as an executive assistant at Asia Society in New York City.
Starting Point: 1979-1996, translated by Beth Cary and Frederik L. Schodt, is quite unlike its sequel, Turning Point: 1997-2008 (read JQ’s review here). Technical rather than creative, Starting Point shares renowned director Hayao Miyazaki’s recollections of his early days as an animator. The essays and interviews follow anime through production development, touching on the intricacies of character design, layout, and story adaptation. For those who enjoy the process and precision behind an art, Starting Point is a rare glimpse into an often-times enigmatic industry.
The first half of the work features essays on Miyazaki’s long hours in the studio, culture, and nature of Japan’s animation industry in the 1960s and 1970s. As Miyazaki notes, even then, anime was tied to media mix marketing. You didn’t just have manga; you had manga, then an anime, toys, merchandise, and spin-offs all fueling off each other. Says Miyazaki in a 1982 interview: “The world of anime makes its business out of themes like departing for new horizons or love, while pretending not to be conscious of [the] commercial reality.” In hindsight, these remarks prove ironic; the auteur’s Studio Ghibli having similarly succumbed to commercialization.
It isn’t just media mix that remains the same today: professional frustrations were high and work-life balance poor. Miyazaki, over the course of several essays, recounts the life of a young professional. He states: “When young, nearly all of us want to be taken seriously, as soon as possible….In fact, many of those who have not yet taken the plunge into the professional world…tend to speak endlessly about techniques, or concentrate on gaining as much knowledge as possible….In reality, however, once you enter this industry, the techniques required can be mastered very quickly.”
Job: Program Officer, Fulbright Student Services – Institute of International Education (SF)
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Position: Program Officer, Fulbright Student Services
Posted by: Institute of International Education
Location: San Francisco, CA
Type: Full-time
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Job: Bilingual J-E Assistant for financial advisor (NYC)
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Thanks to New England JETAA’s Tim Ogino for passing this on. Posted by Jayme Tsutsuse (Kyoto-fu, 2013-2014), organizer of Cross-Cultural Kansai. Click here to join the JETwit Jobs Google Group and receive job listings even sooner by email.
Position: Bilingual J-E Assistant
Posted by: financial advisor company
Location: New York, NY
Type: part-time/internship
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Bilingual (Japanese-English) Assistant
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Job: Japanese translation of government related reports (NY)
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Position: Japanese Translation of Government Related Reports
Location: Midtown Manhattan, NY, NY
Type: Full-time
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Japanese Translation Of Government Related Reports
Department: Industrial Research
Term: End Of October, 2014 to 1yr Maximum
Hours: 9:00am-5:00pm (Lunch break 12:00pm-1:00pm)
Location: Midtown, NY (On 48th St & 6th Ave.) Read More
【RocketNews24】Why Japanese doesn’t need swear words
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Posted by Michelle Lynn Dinh (Shimane-ken, Chibu-mura, 2010–13), editor and writer for RocketNews24. The following article was written by Casey Baseel, a writer and translator for RocketNews24, a Japan-based site dedicated to bringing fun and quirky news from Asia to English speaking audiences.
The other day, my wife and I spent the day hanging out at the beautiful and awesome Hitachi Seaside Park. As we headed towards the exit at dusk, I pointed to a grove of trees with the sun setting behind them and got to bust out one of my favorite five-dollar Japanese vocabulary words: komorebi.
In retrospect, two things come to mind. First, shouldn’t a five-dollar Japanese word really be a 500-yen word? And second, why is it that the Japanese language has vocabulary as specific as komorebi, meaning “sunlight filtering though trees,” yet doesn’t have a good equivalent for *#&!, %?$!, or even &*!$?
Heads up! The following discussion of profanity contains language that might best be read when you’re not at work or school.
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Job: Examiners for EIKEN Interview Exam (Hasbruck, NJ)
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Position: Examiners for EIKEN Interview Exam (English Proficiency Exam for Japanese People) – Nov 9
Posted by: Japanese Children’s Society, Inc.
Location: Hasbruck, NJ
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Job: Office Manager – Japan Society (SF)
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Position: Office Manager
Posted by: Japan Society
Location: San Francisco, CA
Type: Full-time
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Opportunity: Japanese study in Yokohama via The IUC Nippon Foundation Fellowship Program 2015-16
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Via JETAANY. Thanks to JETAANY Vice-president Pam Kavalam for passing this on. Posted by Jayme Tsutsuse (Kyoto-fu, 2013-2014), organizer of Cross-Cultural Kansai. Click here to join the JETwit Jobs Google Group and receive job listings even sooner by email.
Opportunity: Japanese Study
Posted by: The IUC Nippon Foundation Fellowship Program
Location: Yokohama, Japan
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The IUC Nippon Foundation Fellowship Program 2015-16 (Inter-University Center for Japanese Language Studies) is one of the leading Japanese language institute for the highest level of Japanese. Since 2013, the Nippon Foundation has offered fellowships to 10 promising graduate students of Japan Studies doctorate courses in the US, who participated 10 months Japanese language training course in Yokohama. Read More
Job: Little Tokyo Business Assistance Program Coordinator (LA)
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Position: Little Tokyo Business Assistance Program Coordinator
Posted by: NeighborWorks Affiliate
Location: Los Angeles, CA
Type: Full-time
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