JETAA Chapter Beat 2.27.12
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Jonathan Trace (Fukuoka-ken, 2005-08) takes us on a walk around the JET Alumni community for another edition of JETAA Chapter Beat.
This week’s Chapter-Beat segment is highlighting JETAA and other Japan-related events remembering the March 11, 2011 Earthquake and Tsunami in Tohoku.
- 3/11 Great East Japan Earthquake Memorial at Seattle Center – Sunday, March 11th, 10:00 to 3:00 at the Seattle Center. SeattleJapanRelief.org and the Consulate General of Japan in Seattle will hold a special community event on the one-year anniversary of the Tohoku Earthquake and Tsunami, with a focus on the themes of remembrance, preparedness, and rebuilding. More information can be found here and here.
- A Shinto Response to the March 2011 Disasters in Japan – Wednesday, February 20th, 11:00 at the Berkley Center. A panel discussion will be held at Georgetown University to talk about Shinto in Japanese history and the Shinto response to the 2011 disasters, and will also include a Shinto ritual in remembrance of the victims of March 2011.
- Tohoku: Rebuilding for a Better Tomorrow Photo Exhibit – Running March 8th through April 29th, the Consulate General of Japan in Sydney is holding a photo exhibit that highlights the strength of the people of Tohoku as they work to rebuild Japan. The exhibit will be held at Customs House, Circular Quay, weekdays from 10:00 to 7:00, weekends 11:00 to 4:00.
- Big Bento Lunch – To commemorate the disaster and raise much-needed funds for UNICEF’s ongoing recovery work in the affected regions of Tohoku, the Big Bento Lunch encourages people to get together for a Japanese-style lunch and collect donations. For more information about how you can get involved, visit the website.
- Presentation: Eco-tourism and the Ancient Kumano Pilgrimage Routes – Thursday, March 15th, 5:30 at the Japan Information Center. Directors from the Kumano Kodo Ancient Road UNESCO World Cultural Heritage area are giving a talk about eco-tourism in an effort to promote tourism in Japan after the devastation of the Tohoku earthquake. Come out and learn more about this little known region and support Japan.
- Remembering Tohoku: Looking Toward a Brighter Future – Sunday, March 11th, 2:00 to 4:00 at the Portland Japanese Garden Pavilion and Grounds. Members and visitors to the Portland Japanese Garden will gather in the Pavilion on the first anniversary of the Tohoku earthquake and tsunami to remember the victims of this terrible disaster. The event includes Koto music, a memorial book, and a community building project led by textile artist Hiroshi Sato.
- Japan Earthquake and Tsunami Photography Exhibit: Chicago Sister Cities International is current developing an exhibit of photographs chronicling the devastation and recovery efforts from The Nikkei, the leading Japanese business newspaper. These photos will be on display March 12th through 16th at the Illinois Thompson Center and March 21st through 31st at Block 37.
Launch of Tomo anthology to benefit teens in Tohoku
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Suzanne Kamata (Tokushima 1988-90), Publicity Assistant for SCBWI-Tokyo shares this:
Saturday, March 10, 2012
Tomo Anthology Launch:
An Evening of Readings, Discussion and Reflection
Time: Saturday, March 10, 2012, 6:30–8:00 p.m.
Place: Tokyo Women’s Plaza, Conference Room 1
5-53-67 Jingumae, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo
(by the Children’s Castle and United Nations University).
For a map see www.scbwi.jp/map.htm
Fee: Attendance only: 500 yen SCBWI members; 800 yen nonmembers
Attendance and Tomo book: 1,200 yen SCBWI members; 1,500 yen nonmembers
Reservations: RSVP contact (at) scbwi (dot) jp by Friday, March 9
This event will be in English.
March 10, 2012, is publication day for Tomo: Friendship Through Fiction—An Anthology of Japan Teen Stories (Stone Bridge Press). One year after the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami, this collection of short fiction brings teens worldwide closer to Japan and contributes to long-term relief efforts in Tohoku. Join us for this Tokyo Tomo launch event, which will feature readings by various Tomo authors, as well as panel discussion and reflection on this project.
Tomo (meaning “friend” in Japanese) is an anthology of young adult short fiction in prose, verse and graphic art set in or related to Japan. Edited and with a foreword by Holly Thompson, this collection for readers age 12 and up features thirty-six stories—including ten in translation—contributed by authors and artists from around the world, all of whom share a connection to Japan. Tomo includes a wide variety of unique stories, including tales of friendship, mystery, fantasy, science fiction and history. By sharing “friendship through fiction,” Tomo aims to bring Japan stories to readers worldwide, and in so doing, to help support young people affected or displaced by the March 11, 2011, Japan earthquake and tsunami disasters. Proceeds from the sales of this book will go toward long-term relief efforts for teens in Tohoku. To begin with, Tomo fund donations will go to the Japan-based NPO Hope for Tomorrow (hope-tomorrow.jp), which in addition to providing educational expenses (including university entrance exam fees, travel costs to exam centers, etc.) also provides mentoring, tutoring, and foreign language support to high school students in hard-hit areas of Tohoku. Visit the Tomo Blog at http://tomoanthology.blogspot.com for interviews with contributors and more information about Tomo.
www.scbwi.jp
The future of education and the future of JET
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I just came across this RSAnimate video about a progressive way to think about education in an era where we really don’t know what’s coming next, and the main skills people will need are the ability to see lots of possibilities and be prepared to adapt and evolve. It seems particularly relevant as more attention is paid to what the future of JET will look like.
JETwit site re-design: How can you help?
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We’re thinking through a re-design of the JETwit site, and we want your help.
How could the site be better organized? What would make it easier or more useful for you? What would be the ideal layout or set-up?
The goal is to update JETwit so that it is as helpful to the JET and JET alumni community as possible (within reason. :-)
Any and all feedback is welcome. E-mail Steven at jetwit [at] jetwit.com.
Yoroshiku onegaishimasu!
1. Suggest lines for a “Shit JETs Say” video by posting them in the comments section of this post or e-mailing them to jetwit [at] jetwit.com.
2. Once we have enough here, someone in the JET/JET alum world can make the “Shit JETs Say” video using the below suggestions as source material.
Let’s see if this works. Gambarimashou!
Job: Data Center Cabling Engineer at BiOS Inc. (Tokyo)
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Via JET alum Jason Kisling. Posted by Dipika Soni (Ishikawa-ken, 2003-06). Dipika has recently moved back to London but is interested in hearing about any Japan-related opportunities across the globe.
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***Note: If you apply for this position, please let them know you learned of it from JETwit. Thanks.***
Job Positions: Account Manager (IT Outsourcing) at BiOS Inc. (Tokyo)
Job Details: Data Center Cabling Engineer at BiOS Inc. (Tokyo)
Job Description
BiOS is looking for a data center cabling engineer to work as a part of our multinational IT engineering team to provide support for our global financial clients in Kanto area.
Ambitious and sensible IT engineers with cabling skills, great organizational skills and a clear understanding of customer relationship are also highly encouraged to apply.
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Job: Sales Team Account Manager at BiOS Inc. (Tokyo)
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Via JET alum Jason Kisling. Posted by Dipika Soni (Ishikawa-ken, 2003-06). Dipika has recently moved back to London but is interested in hearing about any Japan-related opportunities across the globe.
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***Note: If you apply for this position, please let them know you learned of it from JETwit. Thanks.***
Job Positions: Sales Team Account Manager at BiOS Inc. (Tokyo)
Job Details:
Job Description
BiOS is now looking for an account manager to join our multinational sales team.
This is an ideal role for a bilingual with some sales experience and a familiarity with IT infrastructure and framework. Those interested in taking their career to the next level with one of Tokyo’s up and coming foreign sales teams are highly encouraged to apply.
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Job: Bilingual sales Administrator-Assistant at BiOS Inc. (Tokyo)
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Via JET alum Jason Kisling. Posted by Dipika Soni (Ishikawa-ken, 2003-06). Dipika has recently moved back to London but is interested in hearing about any Japan-related opportunities across the globe.
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***Note: If you apply for this position, please let them know you learned of it from JETwit. Thanks.***
Job Positions: Bilingual sales Administrator-Assistant at BiOS Inc. (Tokyo)
Job Details:
We are currently looking for a Bilingual Sales Administrator/Assistant to join our Outsourcing team at BiOS. An ideal candidate should be someone who is willing to contribute to our growing business as a part of our team. This is a great opportunity to apply your bilingual as well as gain practical experience in the international environment.
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Job: Account Manager (IT Outsourcing) at BiOS Inc. (Tokyo)
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Via JET alum Jason Kisling. Posted by Dipika Soni (Ishikawa-ken, 2003-06). Dipika has recently moved back to London but is interested in hearing about any Japan-related opportunities across the globe.
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***Note: If you apply for this position, please let them know you learned of it from JETwit. Thanks.***
Job Positions: Account Manager (IT Outsourcing) at BiOS Inc. (Tokyo)
Job Details:
BiOS is looking for an Account Manager to join our multinational IT outsourcing team in Tokyo.
In this position, you will be responsible for maintaining and building relationships with international clients regarding our IT infrastructure outsourcing services, as well as managing conditions of our dispatched staffs who are providing IT support at our clients on-site.
An ideal candidate should be someone who is willing to contribute to our growing business as a part of our team. This is a great opportunity to apply your bilingual as well as gain practical experience in the international environment.
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Job: Bilingual Helpdesk Engineer at BiOS Inc. (Tokyo)
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Via JET alum Jason Kisling. Posted by Dipika Soni (Ishikawa-ken, 2003-06). Dipika has recently moved back to London but is interested in hearing about any Japan-related opportunities across the globe.
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***Note: If you apply for this position, please let them know you learned of it from JETwit. Thanks.***
Job Positions: Bilingual Helpdesk Engineer at BiOS Inc. (Tokyo)
Job Details:
BiOS is currently looking for a Bilingual Helpdesk Engineer to work at our international IT company in Roppongi and provide IT support remotely to our clients who are mainly international companies. The service will be provided in both English and Japanese.
Qualified candidates will be responsible for handling and organizing questions and claims regarding IT devices and programs. This is a great opportunity to apply your bilingual skill as a Helpdesk Engineer in an international environment.
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JETwit supports the protest against SOPA/PIPA
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On January 18, 2012, sites all over the internet will be blacking out to protest and try to mobilize more people to speak out against this bill coming up in the Senate next week — S. 968: the Protect IP Act (PIPA) — in an attempt to let U.S. lawmakers know how much opposition there is.
If the bill passes in the U.S. Senate, it will put publishing freedom severely at risk, and could shut down entire sites at the whim of media companies. Fight for the Future created this nifty video to sum it up better than I can.
PROTECT IP / SOPA Breaks The Internet from Fight for the Future on Vimeo.
Also, please take a few minutes to visit americancensorship.org and take action. It only takes a few moments of your time to be an agent of change!
JET News Roundup 1.8.2012
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By Filmore Ha (Ibaraki-ken, 2006-08). Filmore continues to live and work in the Greater Tokyo Area and is webmaster for JETAA Tokyo, however he is looking for new opportunities in the U.S. or Canada.
Happy New Year! After a very nice albeit busy Oshougatsu here in Japan, I’m back with the first round up of JET related news for 2012.
- JETAASC Newsletter 12/29/2011
JETAA Southern California released it’s last newsletter of 2011 on the 29th of December with a summary of the chapter’s annual Bonenkai, info about their upcoming Shinnenkai for anyone who missed out previously, as well as several job listings. - JETAA Portland Shinnenkai 2012
Come out and hang with JETAA Portland at their Shinnenkai on January 14th. Space is limited and the last day to RSVP is Wednesday January 12th so hop to it! - Nashville Cherry Blossom Festival Songwriting Contest
2012 marks 100 years since the Mayor of Tokyo presented 3000 cherry blossom trees to Washington D.C., and in celebration this year the city of Nashville, TN is holding a song writing contest in conjunction with their fourth annual Cherry Blossom Festival. If you’re in the area on March the 24th then definitely go check it out! - JETAA Tokyo Shinnenkai 2012
Come out and hang with JETAA Tokyo as we host our 2012 Shinnenkai on January 27th at one of the most loved Mexican restaurants in central Tokyo!
Call for submissions for CLAIR’s “JET Streams” publication
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Via CLAIR Tokyo’s Scott Borba (a JET alum himself):
Each year in the Spring, CLAIR publishes JET Streams, an annual newsletter for JET alumni. We will be compiling this newsletter again during the next few months. I am e-mailing today to request article submissions from JET alumni. Article topics are usually about such themes as: your life/experiences after JET, memories/reflections of your time as a JET, connections with the Japanese community in your home country, etc. We ask that you please avoid articles advertising your current company or books you have written, etc. as we cannot publish these.
If any JET alumni are interested in writing an article, please notify me by e-mail by January 10 and I will give you more details regarding article length and content.
Email: jet-aa [at] clair.or.jp
You can view past issues of JET Streams here:
http://jetprogramme.org/e/former/jetstreams.html
WIT LIfe #186: 今年の漢字
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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 together with her own observations.
At Kyoto’s Kiyomizu Temple, 今年の漢字 (kotoshi no kanji), or the kanji of the year was just announced to be 絆 (kizuna) or bonds between people. According to the Japanese Kanji Proficiency Society, the rationale behind its selection by the based on ideas from the public was that in a disaster-ridden year that brought a nation closer together, kizuna best reflects the events of 2011. These bonds include those among family members, friends and neighbors, as well as refers to support from abroad. It was chosen with the hope that the world will continue to coalesce to help restore Japan.
As for how this year’s お正月 (oshougatsu) nine months after the disaster will be spent, it seems as if most people are being low-key and staying close to home due to 3-11. Many are still in mourning for the lives that were lost, and this probably will continue until the one-year anniversary next year. People aren’t even sure what to write on their new year’s cards, as the typical 新年おめでとう (shinnen omedetou) or “Happy New Year!” may not be appropriate. Below are some suggestions (in Japanese) for what to write on 年賀状 (nengajou) to those in the disaster area. Read More
Interesse Club: Matchmaking Service
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JETwit.com is pleased to welcome its newest sponsor, interesseclub, a subsidiary company of staffing/recruiting firm Interesse International, Inc.
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