Job: Public Relations/Administrative Coordinator (NY)
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Via JETAANY. Posted by Dipika Soni (Ishikawa-ken, 2003-06). Dipika has recently moved back to London and is currently looking for new work opportunities related to Japan, translation, or other fields.
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Job Position: Public Relations/Administrative Coordinator (NY)
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The Japanese Chamber of Commerce and Industry of New York is seeking a full-time Public Relations/Administrative Coordinator for a position commencing in Mid-August. Successful candidates must be professional, service-oriented and able to handle a variety of duties. Experience working in Japan or at a Japanese company is a must. Candidates with a business background are strongly preferred. Japanese language ability is a plus, but not required.
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Sake World e-Newsletter by John Gauntner (July 2011)
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The July 2011 issue of the Sake World e-newsletter by JET alum and the leading non-Japanese sake expert in the world, John Gauntner (a.k.a. “The Sake Guy”), is now available online.
Go to John’s Sake World website for more information as well: www.sake-world.com
WIT Life #175: Japan Cuts 2011
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WITLife 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 together with her own observations.
The 2011 Japan Cuts Film Festival at Japan Society is back and better than ever, with a lineup of 32 films and 33 screenings in total. Like last year, I decided to volunteer in various roles such as ushering and ticket taking, as that allows you to stick around and enjoy the movies. The first movie I worked at was Love & Loathing & Lulu & Ayano (名前のない女たち) which was screened this past Friday night.
Director Hisayasu Sato, known as one of the “Four Heavenly Kings of Pink” for his work in ピンク映画 (pinku eiga) or soft-core porn films, incorporated his background into this movie released in Japan last year. It tells the story of a meek OL who is scouted in Shibuya to work in Read More
Video: “Tonoharu” explained in unique video by creator Lars Martinson
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Lars Martinson (Fukuoka-ken 2003-2006), author of the graphic novels Tonoharu: Part Two and Tonoharu: Part 1, has put together a rather unique video that “explains” the Tonoharu series in a marvelously tongue-in-cheek way. (BTW, does anyone know if there’s a Japanese term for “tongue-in-cheek”?)
Anyway, have a look at the video. I think it’s fair to say that no one has captured the JET/living in Japan experience in as intricate a way as Lars has:
JET ROI: “The JET Program’s Finest Hour”
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David Jacobson, a former Monbusho Scholar who now works for Seattle-based Chin Music Press (founded by former Monbusho English Fellow Bruce Rutledge), has just posted a really terrific piece titled “The JET Program’s Finest Hour“ about the role of JET and JET alumni in response to the Tohoku Earthquake Disaster. David did a particularly effective job of documenting the topic and pulling information together in a way that had not been done to date. And it demonstrates a very clear “Return on JET-vestment.”
Here’s the link: http://chinmusicpress.com/blog.php?action=display&entryID=13
David comments that the JET Program’s “support this spring, in the aftermath of the devastating March 11 Tohoku earthquake and tsunami, may have marked the program’s finest hour.” And his research helps document information such as:
“Within hours after the disaster, Eric Butler, a former JET who lives in Calgary, Alberta, created a Facebook page, Foreigners from Miyagi. He intended it as a place to discuss how to help the quake victims, but within days it attracted nearly 700 users, many in Japan, and morphed into a forum for those seeking the whereabouts of JETs or others in disaster areas.”
The article also acknowledged and put JETwit’s role in perspective in the larger context:
“Editor (and JET alumnus) Steven Horowitz began a similar effort providing up-to-the minute updates on JETwit, a blog that has evolved into the de facto central information source for the JET alumni community. But he also saw his role as helping JET alums become involved in the relief effort, listing opportunities for volunteers, translators, even offering practical advice for those in Japan. And he recommended that JETs get the word out: “Make yourself available to talk to schools, churches, companies, other organizations. Engage your grad school or college alumni offices. Wear a button that says, ‘Ask Me About Japan.’”
Job: Product Manager – Japanese Products at Yelp (SF)
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Via JETAA Northern California. Posted by Dipika Soni (Ishikawa-ken, 2003-06). Dipika has recently moved back to London and is currently looking for new work opportunities related to Japan, translation, or other fields.
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Job Position: Product Manager – Japanese Products at Yelp (SF)
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At Yelp, we pride ourselves in being a hyper local product. Yelp is already available in nine countries and we’re starting to work on bringing Yelp to Japan. This role will involve customizing the Yelp product to make sure it feels truly local to our users in Japan.
We need a Product Manager who can design beautiful-but-simple features, crank out mockups and is passionate about how culturally unique different countries are. You should be fluent in Japanese and a definite plus is if you currently live in or have spent a large amount of time (at least 10 years) living in Japan.
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Job: Development Coordinator at Institute of International Education (NYC)
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Via idealist.org. Posted by Dipika Soni (Ishikawa-ken, 2003-06). Dipika has recently moved back to London and is currently looking for new work opportunities related to Japan, translation, or other fields.
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Job: 2 Positions at Council on Foreign Relations (NYC)
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Via idealist.org. Posted by Dipika Soni (Ishikawa-ken, 2003-06). Dipika has recently moved back to London and is currently looking for new work opportunities related to Japan, translation, or other fields.
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(1) Job Position: Assistant Director, Academic Initiative
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The Assistant Director, Academic Initiative, will manage CFR’s efforts to connect educators and students at the high school, college, and graduate-school levels with CFR’s research tools—this includes planning student briefings, academic conference exhibitions, and higher education workshops; developing academic modules; and creating the monthly Educators Bulletin enewsletter.
For more details see: http://www.idealist.org/view/job/9xt3hFST8874/
(2) Job Position: Assistant Director, Outreach Initiatives
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The Assistant Director, Outreach Initiatives, will manage the general programming and marketing of CFR’s Academic, Religion and Foreign Policy, and State and Local Officials initiatives—this includes assisting with the planning and implementation of the Outreach initiatives’ online and social media presence, conference call series, outreach events, conference exhibitions, enewsletters, and print and online advertising.
For more details see: http://www.idealist.org/view/job/hbjdKH5JMk5P/
Job: 2 Positions at Asia Society (NYC)
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Via idealist.org. Posted by Dipika Soni (Ishikawa-ken, 2003-06). Dipika has recently moved back to London and is currently looking for new work opportunities related to Japan, translation, or other fields.
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(1) Job Position: Senior Program Officer, NYPP – Policy Programs
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Asia Society, a prestigious, global, educational and cultural non-profit seeks a Senior Program Officer, New York Public Programs-Policy Programs, to have the overall responsibility for developing, managing and conducting NYPP’s programs in the Policy area; working with other NYPP staff to develop and execute interdisciplinary programs, particularly those existing on the boundaries of Policy and Business.
For more details see: http://www.idealist.org/view/job/j7KFhFBfbcxd/
(2) Job Position: Program Assistant, NYPP Policy & Business Programs
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Asia Society, a prestigious, global, educational and cultural non-profit seeks a Program Assistant to assist responsible senior staff in all aspects of production and administration of New York public programs across the fields of policy and business programs.
For more details see: http://www.idealist.org/view/job/6JZbFbX9k3xd/
Job: ESL temp position (NY area)
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Via JETAANY Board Member and former JETAANY Vice-President Katrina Barnas. Posted by Dipika Soni (Ishikawa-ken, 2003-06). Dipika has recently moved back to London and is currently looking for new work opportunities related to Japan, translation, or other fields.
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Job Position: Programmes Assistant
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EAC Summer Language camp is looking for part-time experienced ESL instructors to teach European teenagers at its summer camp at SUNY Maritime in the Bronx. TEFL certified is not required but it is a plus.
Pay is $575 per week for approx. 20 hours a week.
Teaching takes place mainly in the morning between 9am and 12pm.
Positions range in length from 2 – 6 weeks and begin soon.
How to Apply:
For more information please write to bogdan.markiewicz@gmail.com or call 347-909-8681.
A walk across the Canadian Rockies to maintain awareness for Tohoku situation
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Posted by Alisa Wylie to the Japan Earthquake Disaster Relief Idea Exchange group on Facebook (started by Atlanta-based JET alum Emily Duncan):
Steve Johnson is a friend of a friend who returned to Canada from Japan last year. He’s walking across the Canadian Rockies to raise/maintain awareness of the situation in Tohoku.
Steve also says: “I have prepared a presentation and talk that aims to share my experience in the endlessly fascinating Japanese culture and thereby connect Canadians to this event. Furthermore, I hope to encourage people to develop their natural feeling of connectedness to current events and to take action when they feel passionate about an issue, whether it be global or local.”
The blog includes a list of charities and disaster relief projects where people can send donations if they wish. Please share this info with anyone who might be interested or even be able to help reduce their expenses!
http://www.walkforjapan.blogspot.com/
Dreams Come True to hold rare concerts in U.S. Any JET alums going?
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Just heard from Aaron Woolfolk (Kochi-ken) (writer and director of the film “The Harimaya Bridge”) that he’s going to the Dreams Come True concert in L.A. in October and that they’ll also be playing concerts in Seattle and NYC as well as free concerts in Iwate, Miyagi and Fukushima.
Here’s a June 28 post about the concerts from Anime News Network.
If you’re a JET or JET alum and plan on going, post a comment here and let the JET alum community know.
JET alum Josh Zimmerman crafts a name for himself in ABC News article
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Thanks to Gail Meadows (Hiroshima-ken, 2007-10), former Editor of the Hiroshima JET online newsletter The Wide Island View and current resident of metro Detroit for sharing this item about her former Wide Island View Co-Editor Josh Zimmerman (Hiroshima-ken).
According to an ABC News article titled “From Whittling to Knitting: How Modern Men Craft,”
Joshua Zimmerman’s creative outlet is tinkering with small electrical projects. The 28-year-old, fourth-grade teacher in Milwaukee makes Altoid tin USB chargers and flashlights, and small robots from toothbrush heads and solar battery chargers. His creations usually can be made with a few bucks and a few parts, often from recycling old electronics.
He simplifies ideas he finds online, assembles them in kits, and sells them from his online shop, Brown Dog Gadgets, and at Etsy. He also posts the instructions for all of his projects, most of which take under an hour for a novice and require a little metal soldering.
Here’s a description of the Altoids Solar iPhone/iPod/iPad Charger direct from Josh’s Brown Dog Gadgets website:
After weeks of sweat, blood, and soldering burns we’ve finally done it. We’ve made a solar charger for all the iProducts out there! Now you can charge up your iPhone, iPod, and even the iPad via the wonder of solar.
What separates this from our Solar Altoids USB Charger is that you can actually charge up those iProducts, which you’ll also find separates us from most solar USB chargers out there.
The charger works by recharging two high capacity rechargeable AA batteries through the included 4V solar cell. When you need to charge up your iPhone or iPod just plug it in via the three foot retractable cable. Then relax, because you deserve it
Features:
4V Solar Cell
2X High Capacity Rechargeable AAs (Between 2500-3000 mah)
3 Foot retractable charging cable.
Your choice of a fun Altoids tin.
Has been tested on and works with any iPod Classic, iPod Nano, iPhone, and iPad. We honestly went to a store and tried it out on all of the display models. We’re just happy that it works with our iPhone 4!
***iPods and iPhones will not directly charge up from the solar panel. You need to first charge up the internal AA batteries to a certain level before an iPod or iPhone will actually charge from it.
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Hey Josh, any chance we could order some with the JETwit logo? :-)
Sydney JETAA: The latest issue of JET Journeys is here!
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via Sydney JETAA. Posted by Dipika Soni (Ishikawa-ken, 2003-06). Dipika has recently moved back to London as is currently looking for new work opportunities related to Japan, writing and translation.
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Click here to read the Winter 2011 issue of JET Journeys, the newsletter of Sydney JETAA. Find about about our upcoming activites and read more of Eden Law’s inspirational story about life in Fukushima during and after the earthquake and tsunami on 11 March.
Reminder: You can RSVP to for upcoming events by emailing sydney@jetalumni.org or responding via the Sydney JETAA Facebook group. Please do let us know if you plan to come to any of our events, so we can confirm numbers in advance.
We’re also happy to receive your feedback. And let us know if you’d like to volunteer to help out during the JETAA Regional Conference in Sydney from 11-13 November this year. Email: sydney@jetalumni.org.
The Sydney JETAA Team
www.sydneyjetaa.org
Our mailing address is:
Sydney JETAA
c/o Consulate-General of Japan
Level 33, 52 Martin Place,
Sydney, NSW 2000
Job: Recruitment Consultant at Perfect Employment (London, UK)
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Via JETAA UK. Posted by Dipika Soni (Ishikawa-ken, 2003-06). Dipika has recently moved back to London and is currently looking for new work opportunities related to Japan, translation, or other fields.
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Job Position: Recruitment Consultant
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We are looking for someone to join our friendly, professional and solid team.
Successful candidate will have the following experience and skills:
