Feb 28

Job: Study Abroad Advisor – Office of Overseas Study, Indiana University, Bloomington

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Via JET alum Carleen Ben.  Posted by Jayme Tsutsuse (Kyoto-fu, 2013-Present), organizer of Cross-Cultural Kansai.  Click here to join the JETwit Jobs Google Group and receive job listings even sooner by email.

Position: Study Abroad Advisor 
Posted by: Office of Overseas Study, Indiana University, Bloomington
Location: Bloomington, Indiana
Type: full-time

Job Duties:

  • Advises students in person and electronically about approximately 100 active IU and non-IU study abroad programs and procedures, and other experiential activities. Provides individual pre-departure academic advising; plans and conducts information meetings, orientations and post-program debriefings; works closely with advisors and faculty on campus and abroad; and responds to queries. Helps to organize and maintain the Overseas Study Information Center.
  • Evaluates application dossiers; and maintains the student database; and assists in hiring, training and working with 10-15 student peer counselors.
  • Represents Overseas Study in professional groups and to student organizations and travels internationally as needed to become familiar with Indiana University program sites.

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Feb 27

【RocketNews24】Five Japanese customs even some Japanese people think are a pain

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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.

Five Japanese customs even some Japanese people think are a pain

One of the trickier aspects of adapting to life in Japan is getting the hang of the numerous seasonal customs. While your acquaintances aren’t likely to get that bent out of shape if you miss a day or two, completely adhering to proper etiquette involves managing a year-round schedule of sending gifts and written salutations to friends, family, and business associates.

The sentiment is definitely admirable, but don’t Japanese people don’t find this all to be a huge hassle? Actually, it turns out some of them do, as shown in a poll of the top five seasonal traditions people in Japan would like to do away with.

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Feb 27

WIT Life #262: 梅祭り！

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WIT Life is a periodic series written by professional Writer/Interpreter/Translator Stacy Smith (Kumamoto-ken CIR, 2000-03).  She starts her day by watching Fujisankei’s newscast in Japanese, and here she shares some of the interesting tidbits and trends along with her own observations.20140222_182054

Over the weekend I had the chance to try the 梅祭り (ume matsuri or plum blossom festival) Prix Fixe at Hi Collar in the East Village.  It was my first time going to this cool hole-in-the-wall location, which hasn’t even been open for a year.  Hi Collar operates as a coffee shop during the day, offering beverages and desserts, and at night transforms into a sake bar/restaurant.  You can see some of the amazing ume offerings in the menu here, and I especially enjoyed the rice that closed the meal (although it lacked yuba which is one of my favorite foods, as they had run out).  The cozy bar sits about 10 people (and has little hooks for your bags underneath, so convenient!), and we were there on Saturday night so it was packed.  However, there is a turnover as some people just come in for a drink and leave fairly quickly, as opposed to people like my friend and I who lingered over our ume course for hours.  At $38 it is amazingly reasonable so if you have a chance to go before the end of the month when the matsuri ends I would highly recommend it…

I also got the accompanying $30 Umeshu Pairing, which was phenomenal.  It came with five glasses of various 梅酒 (ume shu or plum wine), not all of which were sweet.  I really liked the Kimoto Umeshu from Daishichi Brewery in Fukushima.  This sake producer was one of a few highlighted in a recent New York Times article about how the Japan government is using sake to revitalize the economy by Read More


Feb 27

2014 JETAANorthern California Scholarship Application

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Saw this posted to the JETAA Northern California LinkedIn group. I know none of you are high school students, but maybe you know someone or have kids who might be interested.

Context: JETAANC set this scholarship up a number of years ago. They’re the only chapter to offer something like this, which is really terrific since promoting study of Japan is a great example of Return On JET-vestment.

Posted by blogger and podcaster Jon Dao (Toyama-ken, 2009-12). Click here to join the JETwit Jobs Google Group and receive job listings even sooner by email.

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2014 JETAANorthern California Scholarship Application

Timeline:
Submit completed online form and required uploads by no later than March 14, 2014.

Background:
The JETAANC serves as a support network and resource for returning JET Program participants in their transition to the Northern California Area, and also provides assistance in the recruitment and orientation for the JET Program to the Consulate General of Japan, San Francisco. The organization also works to promote and support understanding of Japan, and organizes and actively participates in Japan-related events

Purpose:
The JETAANC Scholarship honors one high school senior each year that has demonstrated a genuine interest in Japan with a non-renewable $2000 academic scholarship. JETAANC requires that the recipient be accepted to an accredited institution of higher learning beginning Fall 2014 and who is a resident of one of the Northern California or Nevada counties that the JETAANC serves.

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Feb 27

Job: Japanese to English Translator for Gengo

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A nice JET-relevant listing received directly from the company.  (Thanks to JETAANY Webmaster Lee-Sean Huang for pointing them to JETwit.) Posted by blogger and podcaster Jon Dao (Toyama-ken, 2009-12). Click here to join the JETwit Jobs Google Group and receive job listings even sooner by email.

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Position: Translator

Overview:

We are Gengo, a US and Tokyo-based online translation company. We are currently looking for Japanese to English translators to join our worldwide team.

If you are proficient both in Japanese and English, sign up to test today. Once qualified, you will gain access to hundreds of jobs.

Get started today and take the first step to work as a Gengo Translator! Read More


Feb 27

Job: Admissions Officer, International Student – Jacksonville University (FL)

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Via JET alum Carleen Ben.  Posted by Jayme Tsutsuse (Kyoto-fu, 2013-Present), organizer of Cross-Cultural Kansai.  Click here to join the JETwit Jobs Google Group and receive job listings even sooner by email.

Position: Admissions Officer, International Student
Posted by: Jacksonville University,
Location: Jacksonville, FL
Type: full-time

Overview:

Jacksonville University, located on the banks of the St. John’s River in North Florida, is a private, four-year, regionally accredited institution with an approximate undergraduate enrollment of 3,000 students.  Seven full-time admissions officers work as a team to ensure the recruitment of a diverse and academically competitive student body.  The open position will be primarily responsible for the recruitment of students in international territories.

Primary Job Responsibilities:

  • Recruit and establish a trusting and professional relationship with prospective international students, parents and sponsors
  • Evaluate prospective international students for admissions purposes
  • Coordinate the issuance of I-20’s to admitted freshmen and transfer students
  • Support students as well as University faculty and administrators with immigration and visa related pre-arrival inquiries
  • Assist as needed with recruitment and admitted student events
  • Represent the University to international schools, cultural missions, government representatives and educational consultants

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Feb 27

Job: Program Manager, Brandeis-Led Study Programs (Boston, MA)

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Via JET alum Carleen Ben.  Posted by Jayme Tsutsuse (Kyoto-fu, 2013-Present), organizer of Cross-Cultural Kansai.  Click here to join the JETwit Jobs Google Group and receive job listings even sooner by email.

Position: Program Manager, Brandeis-Led Study Programs
Posted by: Brandeis University
Location: Boston, MA
Type: full-time

Overview:

Program Manager, Brandeis-Led Study Programs

Brandeis University is looking for a Program Manager to oversee all administrative functions for the Justice Brandeis Semester and Brandeis-Led Study Programs which include some seventeen faculty-run programs. The Program Manager coordinates the logistics of the program including publicity, the application process, budget monitoring, logistical arrangements for students and faculty, and assists in the evaluation of the programs. The Program Manager also assists in advising students interested in summer experiences abroad.

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Feb 27

Job: Off-Campus Study Graduate Assistantship at Messiah College (Harrisburg, PA)

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Via JET alum Carleen Ben.  Posted by Jayme Tsutsuse (Kyoto-fu, 2013-Present), organizer of Cross-Cultural Kansai.  Click here to join the JETwit Jobs Google Group and receive job listings even sooner by email.

Position: Off-Campus Study Graduate Assistantship
Posted by: Messiah College
Location: Harrisburg, PA
Type: full-time

Overview:

Messiah College, a Christian college of the liberal and applied arts and sciences located outside Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, has recently begun offering a graduate assistantship for students enrolled in our MA in Higher Education program who are interested in working with off-campus programs and our new experiential learning requirement. If you know any graduating seniors or recent college graduates who might be interested in this opportunity, or are interested yourself, more information can be found below.

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Feb 27

Job: Credit Analyst (Duluth, GA )

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Posted by Kim ‘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: Credit Analyst
Posted by: Hire Dynamics
Type: N/A
Location: Duluth, GA
Salary: Salary is up to $ 24.00 per hour – commensurate with ability
Start Date:

Overview:

  • Need intermediate Accounting background
  • Strong communication skills
  • Assist with documentation and process flow for newly submitted credit applications and determine credit limits
  • Obtain contractor, dealer,  and distributer banking and trade references via email, phone and fax.
  • Determine credit limits based on information obtained.
  • Maintain customer accounts
  • Manager customers in Sage ERP system
  • Enter and manage credit memos.
  • Successfully manage multiple projects in various phases of project development
  • Back up data entry for daily invoice processing
  • Act as liaison to sales, accounting and customer service departments

Please contact Cindy Weimer at  678.482.0200 or cweimer@hiredynamics.com for more information.


Feb 25

CLAIR Magazine “JET Plaza” Series: Don Brown (Osaka)

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Each month, current and former JET participants are featured in the “JET Plaza” section of the CLAIR Forum magazine. The March 2014 edition includes an article by JET alumnus Don Brown. Posted by Celine Castex (Chiba-ken, 2006-11), currently programme coordinator at CLAIR Tokyo.

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Don Brown

“I’ve been in Japan for 14 years now, but those first three in Kawachinagano were the most thrilling and character-building. Without them, I wouldn’t be where I am now, and thanks to JET, I’m now doing exactly what I always wanted to do.”

Originally from Auckland, New Zealand, Don Brown (Osaka-fu, Kawachinagano-shi, 1999-2002) majored in journalism and Japanese at university and worked in television before taking part in the JET Programme as a CIR. He subsequently remained in Japan and held several jobs including Public Affairs Officer at the New Zealand Embassy in Tokyo before becoming a freelance subtitler and translator specializing in Japanese film. In 2013, films for which he provided English subtitles were screened at the Cannes and Venice film festivals.

20/20 Hindsight

 

Somehow I doubt that I’m the only JET Programme participant who looks back on their time with regret. Now don’t get me wrong – this isn’t the beginning of some bitter diatribe. When I say regret, I mean along the lines of “I wish I’d spoken to that colleague more,” or “I wish I’d reacted differently in that situation,” or “I wish I’d done more in the time I had.” It wasn’t until my time on the Programme was up that I became fully aware of how lucky I’d been to have lived and worked in Kawachinagano.

No, you can’t ski there. Despite the “nagano” in the name, the city is located in the southeast of Osaka, on the border with Nara and Wakayama. Or as I liked to explain, the heel in Osaka’s boot. 70% of the city is forest (toothpicks and bamboo blinds are its major exports), and it even boasts mountains and a lake, but it’s only about a half-hour train journey away from downtown Namba. Try finding a place to live with those favorable specifications in Tokyo. I couldn’t.

The first time I stepped off the train at Kawachinagano Station on the Nankai Koya line, I instantly had a gut feeling that I was in the right place. My supervisor and a couple of other senior staff members from my division treated me to dinner at a conveyor belt sushi joint, made sure I had everything I needed at my apartment, and even helped me to acquire a bike. At the end of my bewildering first day at the office, the shy junior staff shuffled over to my desk in a tight formation and engaged me in conversation. Pretty soon, they were taking me out to massacre songs in two languages at karaoke and flail away in vain at lethal velocity baseballs at the batting center. Members of the international friendship association welcomed me into their homes and treated me like their long-lost son, only paler and frecklier.

Having never studied in Japan prior to JET, let alone translation and interpreting, being thrown into the deep end forced me to develop skills I still depend on today. It also dispelled all the preconceived notions about Japan and Japanese people that I’d accrued over the years from reading books and watching films back home, and gave me my first revelatory glimpses of what living and working in Japan was really like for flesh-and-blood Japanese people. As well as my colleagues in the cultural division and the international friendship association, my job brought me into contact with people from many and varied walks of life. Teachers and school children, sake brewers, calligraphers, firefighters and police officers, rice farmers, prefectural governors, World Cup organizers, and the diverse local foreign community. Coming from a wee island in Auckland’s Hauraki Gulf with a fluctuating population of only a few thousand, calling my time in Kawachinagano “eye opening” would do the place a gross disservice. “Mushroom-free consciousness expanding” is more like it. Read More


Feb 25

JETAA Chapter Beat 25th February 2014

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Welcome to JETAA Chapter Beat. Theodore Genba Bigby (Yamagata 2008-12) walks you through some of the highlights from JET alumni associations across the globe. Genba currently serves as the JETAA UK Webmaster and as the JETAA Midlands chair.

JETAA Chapter Beat for 2014 kicks off with two films and alumni efforts to support Japan in the wake of the the 2011 earthquake. So much was lost during such a relatively short period of time, and the JET community is proud to continue supporting the north of Japan as it continues its recovery.
 
 
JETAA Victoria, Tasmania, South Australia

    Big Bento Lunch is on again this year!
    Throughout March 2014
    Throughout Oceania
    www.bigbentolunch.com.au

    “March 11 is the third anniversary of the devastating earthquake and tsunami that hit Japan.

    To commemorate the disaster and raise much-needed funds for the Save Minamisoma Project, Big Bento Lunch encourages people to get together for a Japanese-style lunch and collect donations.

    Get your colleagues, family, friends or school together and host a bento lunch between March 1 and 31.

    Last year Big Bento Lunch raised more than $7000 for the Save Minamisoma Project, and in 2012 raised more than $15,000 for UNICEF’s work supporting children in the affected regions of Tohoku.

    The initiative is proudly organised by JETAA Victoria/Tasmania/South Australia, with support from the Consulate-General of Japan, Melbourne.

    Head to our website at www.bigbentolunch.com.au to register your lunch.”

 
 
JETAA Chicago

    “HAFU”　”ハーフ” screening
    28th February 2014
    Depaul University Schmitt Academic Center, Room 154, 2320 N. Kenmore Avenue

    This is a film I really want to see. I’m interested to learn about how people in Japan construct their own identities and how Japanese society constructs the identity of others. This has to be a must see and I’d encourage everyone who can to catch a screening of it.

    “Please join us for an exclusive screening of:

    “HAFU”

    ”ハーフ”

    With an ever increasing movement of people between places in this transnational age, there is a mounting number of mixed-race people in Japan, some visible others not. “Hafu” is the unfolding journey of discovery into the intricacies of mixed-race Japanese and their multicultural experience in modern day Japan. The film follows the lives of five “hafus”–the Japanese term for people who are half-Japanese–as they explore what it means to be multiracial and multicultural in a nation that once proudly proclaimed itself as the mono-ethnic nation.

    Narrated by the hafus themselves, along with candid interviews and cinéma vérité footage, the viewer is guided through a myriad of hafu experiences that are influenced by upbringing, family relationships, education, and even physical appearance. As the film interweaves five unique life stories, audiences discover the depth and diversity of hafu personal identities.”

    You can get in contact with JETAA Chicago by email: info@jetaachicago.com. Admission is free, but there are a limited number of spaces available, so please reserve your place at this free event by registering at: http://guestli.st/229539. Doors open at 6:15pm. The film will begin at 6:30pm.

    To learn more about the film, you can visit their website www.hafufilm.com/en and why not see if there’s a screening near to you? http://hafufilm.com/en/screening_and_events/
     
     
    Tohoku Tomo 東北友 Documentary Premiere
    12th March 2014
    The Adler Planetarium 1300 S Lake Shore Drive, Chicago, IL 60605
    http://guestlistapp.com/events/231924

    “Save the date for the exclusive premiere of Tohoku Tomo 東北友 ! Three JETAAs -Wesley Julian, Daniel Martin, and Elizabeth Gordon- have been working hard to complete this project and are looking forward to sharing it.

    In March 2013, Wesley Julian launched and successfully funded a Kickstarter campaign to create Tohoku Tomo – a documentary film telling the story of true friendship and commitment to Japan’s recovery by the international community following the Great East Japan Earthquake. Julian and a small team traveled across the United States and Japan to interview individuals who have made and continue to make a difference in Tohoku.

    Countless people dropped what they were doing and dedicated themselves to Japan’s recovery. Many of them even took it upon themselves to establish non-profit organizations aimed at connecting with and rebuilding Tohoku and its communities. At the core of all these organizations are individuals—people connected and committed to the Tohoku region. These founders and volunteers are true friends of Tohoku. They are, in Japanese, Tohoku Tomo. For more information, visit www.TohokuTomo.com.

    Ticket price is free but space is limited. RSVP is required prior to the event.

    Please rsvp here: http://guestlistapp.com/events/231924”

 
 
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