JQ Magazine: JQ&A with JET Alum Mike Maher-King of Smile Kids Japan
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By Renay Loper (Iwate-ken, 2006-07) for JQ magazine. Renay is a freelance writer and Associate Program Officer at the Japan Foundation Center for Global Partnership. Visit her blog at Atlas in Her Hand. Mike Maher-King (Fukui-ken, 2006-11), originally from Shoreham-by-Sea, UK (near Brighton) and founder of Smile Kids Japan, which was created with […]
JQ Magazine: JQ&A with JET Alum Casey Novotny on the Documentary Film ‘100 Yen’
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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! Casey Novotny (Kochi-ken, 2005-08) gave us the inside scoop on 100 Yen, a film about the Japanese arcade scene coming this fall. Casey, who’s currently […]
JQ Magazine: JQ&A with Masahiro Kozuma of the Japanese Children’s Society
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By Stacy Smith (Kumamoto-ken CIR, 2000-03) for JQ magazine. Stacy is a professional writer/interpreter/translator. She starts her day by watching Fujisankei’s newscast in Japanese, and shares some of the interesting tidbits and trends together with her own observation in the periodic series WITLife. At a gathering of the Battenkai, or Kyushu-ite group here in […]
JQ Magazine: JQ&A with JET Alum Robert A. Fish, Japan Society’s Director of Education and Lecture Programs
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By Lyle Sylvander (Yokohama-shi, 2001-02) for JQ magazine. Lyle is entering a master’s program at the School of International and Public Affairs at Columbia University (MIA 2013) and has been writing for the JET Alumni Association since 2004. He is also the goalkeeper for FC Japan, a NYC-based soccer team. JET alumn Robert Fish […]
JQ Magazine: JQ&A with JETAA Country Representative Megan Miller Yoo
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By Renay Loper (Iwate-ken, 2006-07) for JQ magazine. Renay is a freelance writer and international education professional currently seeking FT opportunities. Visit her blog at Atlas in Her Hand. Philadelphia native and current Long Island City, NY resident (by way of Hyogo-ken and Washington, D.C.), Megan Miller-Yoo (Hyogo-ken ALT, 2000-02) is the outgoing president of […]
By Renay Loper (Iwate-ken, 2006-07). Renay is a freelance writer and international education professional currently seeking FT opportunities. Visit her at Atlas in Her Hand. JET alum Jim Gannon (Ehime-ken, 1992-94) is the executive director of the Japan Center for International Exchange in New York. A Columbia graduate who previously worked for the for […]
JQ Magazine: JQ&A with Tomoya Suzuki of CLAIR New York’s Japan Local Government Center
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By Renay Loper (Iwate-ken, 2006-07). Renay is a freelance writer and international education professional currently seeking FT opportunities. Visit her at Atlas in Her Hand. I recently had the pleasure of doing a brief Q&A with Mr. Tomoya Suzuki of the Japan Local Government Center (JLGC), CLAIR’s New York branch office dedicated to international […]
JQ Magazine: JQ&A with Yumi Tanaka of the New York Peace Film Festival
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By JQ magazine editor Justin Tedaldi (CIR Kobe-shi, 2001-02). For more Japanese culture, visit his Examiner.com page here. Manhattan’s Upper East Side kicks off the weekend with the 4th Annual New York Peace Film Festival, which promotes a deeper understanding of international relations from films and presentations worldwide. Saturday focuses on the devastation of the […]
JQ Magazine Seeks Writers for Spring 2013!
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As we slide into spring, JETAA New York’s JQ magazine continues to provide content with an ever-expanding array of articles, interviews and features (see our recent stories here). We’re now looking for new writers, including recent returnees and JET vets, from all JETAA chapters worldwide for posting stories via our host at the global JET alumni resource site JETwit.com. […]
JQ Magazine Seeks Writers for Winter 2012!
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As winter approaches, JETAA New York’s JQ magazine continues to provide content with an ever-expanding array of articles, interviews and features (see our recent stories here). We’re now looking for new writers, including recent returnees and JET vets, from all JETAA chapters worldwide for posting stories via our host at the global JET alumni resource site JETwit.com. (Scribes are […]
JQ Magazine Seeks Writers for Summer 2012!
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As we slide into summer, JETAA New York’s JQ magazine continues to provide content with an ever-expanding array of articles, interviews and features (see our recent stories here). We’re now looking for new writers, including recent returnees and JET vets, from all JETAA chapters worldwide for posting stories via our host at the global JET alumni resource site JETwit.com. […]
JET Author: “Rock & Roll Jihad” co-written by Robert Schroeder
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Robert Schroeder (Shizuoka, ’92-’93), a JET alum and journalist based in Maryland, has released a book he co-wrote called Rock & Roll Jihad: A Muslim Rock Star’s Revolution (Free Press/Simon & Schuster). After Schroeder wrote a piece in The Wall Street Journal profiling the Pakistani musician in 2007, the star asked him to be his […]
Video: Roland Kelts interviewed by Japan Society (NY) at New York Anime Festival 2009
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*************** Roland Kelts (Osaka-shi, 1998-99), author of Japanamerica, was interviewed by Japan Society of New York at the New York Anime Festival 2009 which was held September 25-27 at the Jacob Javits Convention Center. Let’s go to the video tape: Part 1 of the interview: Part 2 of the interview:
JQ Magazine’s “Fall Classic Rock” Issue Now Available Online!
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*************** JQ Editor Justin Tedaldi (CIR Kobe-shi, 2001-02) has done it again. Another great issue of JQ: JQ FALL ISSUE OUT NOW! Some Dreams Do Come True! JQ’s Fall 2009 Issue is Here!! FALL 2009 ISSUE: click image below for our homepage In our final issue of the year, we chat with the men of Anvil! […]
