Author Suzanne Kamata (Tokushima-ken, 1988-90) contacted me to let me know that poet Craig Arnold is missing in Japan. There is an effort underway to draw more attention to Craig’s disappearance to help pressure Japanese and U.S. authorities to take action.
For more information about the effort, please visit http://findcraigarnold.blogspot.com/
For more information on Craig Arnold, you can see his Wikipedia entry at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Craig_Arnold
Latest update from findcraigarnold.blogspot.com:
News
4/30 at 2:00 am EST: According to Christopher Blasdel of The International House of Japan, two US helicopters have landed on the island to assist in the search. The prefectural police have added another helicopter to make a total of four helicopters. The island has deep vegetation which might make it difficult to see anything from the air, but we have our fingers crossed!
J-News Mini-Roundup: Baby Boy Found in Freezer
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J-News Mini-Roundup is a recurring feature written by Friend Of JET, Jon Hills, who maintains the blog for Hills Learning (www.hillslearning.com). Hills Learning is a NY-based language learning services company offering customized and personal Japanese language learning options.
Background: In Hyogo Prefecture, Ono City, Miyuki Otsuka was arrested yesterday on charges that she left her child’s body in the freezer. According to the police, Miyuki showed up the police station and said that she was hiding her baby’s body in the freezer. Both the Yomiuri and the Asahi Newspapers tell this gruesome tale differently, and interestingly enough neither paper speculates on how or why the baby was killed.
Yomiuri “He was already dead when I got home.” Miyuki claims that she made her son stay at home while she went out. After she returned home, she found her son dead. The Yomiuri mentions some interesting details surrounding this, like for example Miyuki is unemployed. Also, they point out that the body was found in a vanilla bag, wrapped up. They end their article saying the police are currently doing an autopsy to find the cause of death, but the scene they set makes you wonder how it couldn’t be Miyuki.
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Via JETAA Southern California:
English tutors wanted for 2 Consuls at the Consulate General of Japan in Downtown Los Angeles. Private lessons working on conversation skills.
– 1-2 times per week on weekdays
– At the Consulate office
– $20 per hour plus parking fee (parking TBA after interview)
– 2 hours per session from 18:30
– Lesson days TBA after interview
If interested, please email resume to h_tanaka@la-cgjapan.org and y_okada@la-cgjapan.org
JOB: Inside Sales/Customer Service (Los Angeles)
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Via JETAA Southern California:
Job responsibilities and qualifications: Inside sales/customer service at beauty products mfg/distributor. Must be fluent in English, and must have great communication skill. Must be interested or has experience in beauty industry. Salary, if available: approximately 30k with benefits and overtime pay.
How to apply: Please send WORD formatted resume to fumi@interplace-agency.com
National Language Service Corp…
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Acutely aware of the need for bilingual people, the US gov’t is finally doing something about it. The NLSC has been recently formed and is looking for those of us who “are multilingual volunteers who bridge communities, interpreting and translating in time of need.”
I haven’t fully checked out the website, but it sounds interesting. If you sign up, please post something. We’d love to know more about it.
http://www.nlscorps.org/Default.aspx
JOB: Bilingual IT Project Manager (New York)
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Misi Company is looking for someone to manage some complex IT projects. Send resumes to cbecker@misicompany.com and check out their website at http://www.misicompany.com
Link to full Description:
http://seeker.dice.com/jobsearch/servlet/JobSearch?op=101&dockey=xml/5/e/5e84fb0a0e302aae547792f5999b5222@endecaindex&c=1&source=20
(Posted by JetWit Job Poster Barry Greene (Yamanashi-ken, ’02-’05))
JOB: Rosetta Stone Creative Writer (Virginia)
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The folks are Rosetta are looking for someone to help them design curriculum , amongst other responsibilities. This would be perfect for bilingual former teachers- oh wait, that would be us.
(Posted by Barry Greene (Yamanashi-ken ’02-’05))
JOB: Legal, Technical Translator (Washington D.C)
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For those of us who have a couple of years experience translating patents and performing technical interpreting, Greenblum & Bernstein is looking for you.
JOB: Executive Assistant at Union Bank (Los Angeles)
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A Senior VP needs some help overall and with translating/interpreting. If interested:
https://uboc.taleo.net/careersection/10000/jobdetail.ftl?lang=en&job=07839
JOB: Amazon.com NEEDS YOU… Inventory Analyst (Seattle)
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Start date is ASAP.
Description: Amazon.com is currently looking for an Shared Services Inventory Analyst for Japan accounts payables to join their dynamic group. Each Analyst has assigned vendor accounts and it is their responsibility for maintaining the A/P relationship with the vendor. Candidates need to be familiar with all of the AP processes and the software packages that support them.
Apply at the following link: http://www.computerjobs.com/job_display.aspx?jobid=2305313
Job: Japanese teacher (and other teaching positions) (NYC)
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Via Krista Purnell, a friend of JETAA Country Representative (and former JETAA NY Vice-Prez) Shree Kurlekar (Shiga-ken):
New Heights Academy Charter School is a growing middle and high school serving students in upper Manhattan .
www.newheightsacademy.org
We are currently accepting applications for the 2009-10 school year for the following positions:
Middle School
- Algebra I Regents (grade 8)
- Earth Science Regents (grade 8)
High School
• Global Studies Regents (grade 10)
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Japanese (grades 10-12)
- Living Environment Regents (grade 9)
- Special Education (team teacher, grades 9-12)
By translator and writer Jamie Graves (Saitama-Ken 2002-2003)
Via the Honyaku discussion group:
We are looking for J>E translators for a fast-moving, high volume project.
The subjects are electronics, business documents and financial documents. If
you are interested in joining a highly committed gorup of language
professionals and can work at a high rate of output for the next 5
weeks this is a good job for you. Minimum output is 8000 words per week.
THERE IS NO MAXIMUM – WORK AS MUCH AS YOU CAN! Please provide a bi-text
sample of your work, your rate per English word and your potential output of
words per week to pmitz…@linguist.com . Thanks!
“Order of Odd-Fish Week” on Murphblog
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Writer Paul Murphy has declared it “Order of Odd-Fish Week” on his blog Murphblog. Every day this week, Paul will run segments of his long, in-depth interview with author James Kennedy (Nara-ken, 2004-06). And according to James, the week comes “with a contest! And pictures! And audio of Paul himself reading a selection from The Order of Odd-Fish!”
JETAA British Columbia Call for Submissions for Spring, Summer Newsletters
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JETAA British Columbia Call for Submissions – Spring & Summer 2009 Newsletter
We always welcome new contributors to submit an article. Any and all ideas (JET or Japan-related) would be wonderful! If you’re wondering what to write about, here are a few ideas to help you get started:
Deadline for submissions is Friday, May 22nd, 2009!
*life post-JET – personal anecdotes/experienc es
*JET Life / Life in Japan – personal anecdotes/experienc es
*upcoming events or a review of events that have taken place recently (ex. hanami 2009 with Mokuyokai, etc).
*restaurant reviews of Japanese restaurants in Metro Vancouver and Victoria
*former JET personal profiles; profiling local and prominent former JETs
*profiles on a specific prefecture/area in Japan
*articles touching on the JET 20-year anniversary – “JET Then & Now”
*topics on VirtualMuseum. ca – ex. Asahi baseball team
*Japanese TV and movie reviews
*photos, art, poetry
If you would like to share something with other JET alumni in the newsletter, please share your stories with us. You can contact me at newsletter [at] jetaabc [dot] ca
If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me. I hope to hear from you soon!
Thank you,
Dinah
J-News Mini-Roundup: Japanese Companies Threatened by Swine Flu
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J-News Mini-Roundup is a recurring feature written by Friend Of JET, Jon Hills, who maintains the blog for Hills Learning (www.hillslearning.com). Hills Learning is a NY-based language learning services company offering customized and personal Japanese language learning options.
Background: Japanese companies with operations in Mexico are in a quandary about how to respond to the outbreak of Swine Flu. Through intelligence gathering and working together with government authorities, companies are deciding whether to send their workers home or to the U.S., or just to increase security measures at their Mexican offices and plants. The Japanese newspapers this morning each told a different account of how businesses are dealing with the threat of the Swine Flu.
Nikkei “Electronics Companies Prohibit Travel.” The Nikkei points out that both Sony and NEC have called for restrictions on business trips to Mexico. While Sony has just called for restrictions on Mexico City, NEC has called for restrictions on travel throughout the country. Not only has NEC prohibited trips into the region, but they’re also looking at sending people who reside in Mexico home.
Yomiuri “Financial Companies React by Emergency Evacuation.”
