Jun 6

Job: Internship Program Coordinator Position – Ashinaga (Tokyo, Japan)

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Posted by Sydney Sparrow. Click here to join the JETwit Jobs Google Group and receive job listings even sooner by email.

Job Title: Internship Program Coordinator Position
Posted by: Ashinaga
Location: Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, Japan
Contract: Full-time; June/July 2018 (start date)

Here’s a job forwarded to us from CLAIR Tokyo:

Ashinaga is a NGO based in Tokyo that strives to provide educational and emotional support to orphaned students in Japan and Sub-Saharan Africa. The Ashinaga Internship Program began in 2013 and to-date has had 400+ interns from over 60 countries and 90 universities. The program is located in Japan, Uganda, and Senegal. Interns accepted to our program are placed into various teams ranging from Media/Design to Education Support; all of which help us to support our students and spread our mission/cause globally. We are looking for a Program Coordinator who can join our Internship Program team within our Tokyo Headquarters.

Roles and Responsibilities: 

We are looking for a competent Program Coordinator to  work in a team to support our Internship Program. Within this role, the candidate can expect to:

• Plan, coordinate, and recruit for the Japan Internship Program and its activities
• Recruit for the Uganda and Senegal Internship Program
• Organize intern flights and visas
• Maintain budget and track expenditures/transactions
• Manage communications through media relations, social media etc.
• Maintain and monitor communication with supervisors and current interns
• Maintain contact with regional offices, universities, and intern alumni network
• Help build positive relations  within the team and external parties; including conflict resolution
• Schedule and organize meetings with supervisors and higher ups
• Prepare paperwork and order materials
• Keep updated records and create reports or proposals
• Support growth and program development
• Ensure implementation of policies and practices
• Update and maintain intern contracts
• Translate various materials to and from JP <-> ENG
• Participate in Ashinaga company-wide events like Tsudoi (Summer Camp), Bokin (Student Street Fundraising), etc.
• Other Ashinaga related tasks

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Jun 6

Job: English Teacher – Kobe College High School (Japan)

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Posted by Sydney Sparrow. Click here to join the JETwit Jobs Google Group and receive job listings even sooner by email.

Job Title: English Teacher
Posted by: Kobe College High School 
Location: Nishinomiya, Hyogo, Japan
Contract: Full-time 

Here’s a job received directly form the institution:

Position: English teacher, grades 7-12 Two-year contract; term begins April 1, 2019

Benefits:

• Salary 4,691,200 yen
• Furnished apartment (small fee)
• Travel and shipping expenses
• Language study

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree. Major in English or Education preferred.
• TESOL certification and large classroom teaching experience preferred.
• Speaker of standard American English with strong grammar and writing skills.

Deadline: July 14, 2018

Application Process: View https://www.kccjee.org/gottschalk-teachers-information for a full job description and the application form.

Questions: Should you have any questions regarding this message, please contact Kanae Takenaka at programs@kccjee.org or call 847-386-7661.

Jun 5

Job: ESL Tutor – English Matters (Toronto, Canada)

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Posted by Sydney Sparrow. Click here to join the JETwit Jobs Google Group and receive job listings even sooner by email.

Job Title: ESL Tutor
Posted by: English Matters
Location: Toronto, Canada
Contract: Part-time 

Here’s a job received directly from the organization:

Description:

English Matters is a small, dedicated ESL tutoring service perfect for those looking for a part-time job. Typically, an English Matters tutor will spend one to four evenings a week giving tailored ESL lessons to the members of a family at their home or office. Tutors work independently, on a one year contract and are responsible for lesson plans, materials and updates. This is pleasant part-time work, at $25/hr with two weeks off at Christmas and one more week during the year. Japanese language an asset. Experience teaching ESL in Japan an asset.

Application Process: Send in your resume with phone number, postal code and three references to Mrs. Rowland at lorrain@englishmatters.ca. If you have any questions please call the office (905) 953-6007 or check our website at: www.englishmatters.ca.

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Jun 5

Job: English & Drama Teaching – Teachplus (Remote)

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Job Title: English & Drama Teaching
Posted by: Teachplus
Location: Remote
Contract: Part-time 

Here’s a job received directly from the company and their co-founder is JET alumni, Kira Conley:

Teachplus is hiring 20-30 new teachers! If you are interested in making some money teaching English online, look below for details. Our Headteacher, Kira Conley is from JET Alumni and we are pleased to provide the competitive online teaching opportunities for the JET community.

Background

Teachplus is an international venture company that teaches Chinese and Japanese children in rural area English and Drama on an online platform. To give you an idea of what the classroom looks like, there is one online teacher (that would be you!) projected into a classroom of several (6-10) students. In the room is a teaching assistant to help with behavior and be your “hands” in the classroom. Read More

Jun 2

Job: Dream Director – The Future Project (California, USA)

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Job Title: Dream Director
Posted by: The Future Project 
Location: Los Angeles, CA, USA
Contract: Full-time

Here’s a job received from my friend who works for the organization:

https://thefutureproject.applytojob.com/apply/0YYuZRKJoD/Dream-Director-20182019

A Dream Director is a transformational leader who is assigned to one high school – and committed to unleashing the passion and purpose, curiosity and imagination, courage and grit of everyone in it. Dream Directors are entrepreneurs, coaches, organizers, educators and leaders.

For this role, we are looking for candidates who can quickly see the potential in any young person and adult and work rigorously to unleash it. They listen deeply, work with others to spark new ideas, and energize groups and communities to take action. They thrive in formal and informal settings, capable of identifying and connecting with decision-makers and individuals with influence. They are driven to improve, get results, compete, and innovate. They can adapt their approach when necessary, and appreciate opposition as an opportunity to learn, grow, or improve their strategy. They can manage multiple projects and teams simultaneously, break down complex problems into logical work, and adapt to chaos and circumstance. They see themselves as leaders of others – from forming a team of students and communicating a clear and compelling vision and mission, to fostering a high level of cooperation and collaboration among the many groups of adults in the building.  They are collaborative team players, eager to support their peers in pursuing their goals.

Application Process: If you’re interested in learning more and connecting with my friend, please email me at <ryan.jetwit@gmail.com>

Jun 1

JQ Magazine: Nippon in New York — The Joy of Sake, BoroughCon, Kyary Pamyu Pamyu

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By JQ magazine editor Justin Tedaldi (CIR Kobe-shi, 2001-02). Justin has written about Japanese arts and entertainment for JETAA since 2005. For more of his articles, click here.

After an unusually chilly spring, it’s finally starting to feel like summer. Enjoy some seasonal events this month that celebrate the best of both fine art and pop art.

This month’s highlights include:

Courtesy of Asiasociety.org

June 6-7, 6:30 p.m.

New York Japan CineFest 2018

Asia Society, 725 Park Avenue

$12, $10 seniors/students, $8 members

Highlighting some of the most exciting new voices in cinema, New York Japan CineFest is an annual event that features works by emerging Japanese and Japanese American filmmakers. This two-day program of short films includes Sugihara Survivors, a short documentary film about Chiune Sugihara (considered Japan’s Oskar Schindler); Hatis Noit, a glimpse into the music of the titular musician whose experimental vocals recollect memories of snowy Hokkaido; and Dolphin Dreams, a groundbreaking experimental documentary that builds on the communicative power of dance to give audiences an unprecedented visceral experience. The first night’s program is followed by a reception.

© Yow Kobayashi/Yamaha

Thursday, June 7, 7:30 p.m.

Makoto Ozone: Jazz Virtuoso

Japan Society, 333 East 47th Street

$38, $30 Japan Society members

Celebrated jazz pianist Makoto Ozone, hailed by the New York Times as “thrilling, virtuosic and unabashedly personal,” performs selections from his wide-ranging repertoire, from Gershwin and Bernstein to Piazzolla and Ravel. Known for his large concert hall performances with prestigious philharmonic orchestras and jazz legends such as Gary Burton and Chick Corea, Ozone offers an upbeat, freewheeling and fearless solo in our auditorium.

Bakuretsu Records

Friday, June 8, 7:30 p.m.

Super Chon Bros Tour 2 (featuring Tricot)

PlayStation Theater, 1515 Broadway

$20

Prog rockers Chon and Polyphia have announced a second installment of their Super Chon Bros tour, set to take off this spring with help from TTNG and Kyoto-based Tricot. Rolling Stone calls the latter quartet “adrenalized math rock sped up and given pop’s candy coating.” Their meticulously painted set—complete with shadows and amps brushed into the background—picks up on the Kyoto band’s brilliantly colored math-rock, its hooks popping into view like neon splashes against a canvas.

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Jun 1

Job: Operations/Admin Assistant – California Tours (San Francisco, CA)

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Posted by Sydney Sparrow. Click here to join the JETwit Jobs Google Group and receive job listings even sooner by email.

Job Title: Operations/Admin Assistant
Posted by: California Tours
Location: San Francisco, CA, USA
Contract: Part-time

Here’s a part-time job received directly from the company:

Responsibilities:

• Coordinate tour and travel packages requiring extensive communication with vendors and clients
• Reservation processing
• Answer incoming calls
• Web content update using Word Press
• Provide customer service support to clients and off-site staff
• Update and maintain client and vendors files
• Update and maintain trip information for clients and tour guides
• Provide admin support to General Manager

Qualifications:

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Administrative/clerical support experience in travel, meeting planning, or hospitality industry
• Customer service experience
• Office skills
• Attention to detail
• Must be highly organized
• Friendly
• Able to multitask in a busy environment
• Responsible, able to follow through
• Working knowledge in MS office, Apple OS and Word Press
• Japanese language skill – plus

Application Process: Please email cover letter and resume to mirak@california-tour.com

Working Hours:

• 20 – 24 hours a week
• 30 – 40 hours a week July – mid September
• Hourly pay rate  $25.00

Jun 1

Job: Graduate Research Assistant – New York University (New York, NY, USA)

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Posted by Sydney Sparrow. Click here to join the JETwit Jobs Google Group and receive job listings even sooner by email.

Job Title: Graduate Research Assistant
Posted by: New York University (Manhattan)
Location: New York, NY, USA
Contract: Part-time

Here’s a JET-relevant part-time job:

New York University seeks a part-time Graduate Research Assistance to work closely with the Research and Evaluation team to provide general project support including qualitative analysis, quantitative analysis, summarizing results, and administrative responsibilities.

The applicant must have demonstrated interest in issues of equity and social justice in education (e.g., culturally responsive education, anti-racist education, trauma informed practices, Response To Intervention, restorative justice), privileging a strengths-based framework in her or his scholarship.

Qualifications include familiarity with research design and research methodology, experience conducting qualitative research including conducting interviews, coding, and/or document review, and experience using Excel or SPSS to analyze quantitative data and develop charts, graphs, and other visualizations.

Application Process: Please click here for more information.

May 31

JETAA Chapter Beats June 2018

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JETAA Chapter Beats June 2018

JETAA Chapter Beat is a periodic mosaic of events taking place in the JETAA sphere. Compiled by AJET‘s Director of Alumni Relations Megan Buhagiar (Ishikawa Prefecture, 2017- Present).

1. JETAA NY

Pre-Departure Seminar – Volunteers Needed!

It’s that time of year when we prepare a new batch of JETs to start their journey in Japan! We are calling upon our recent alumni to teach and share their experiences to hopefully prevent some surprises or embarrassing moment

s and make their time in Japan something they will never forget.

We are looking for presenters on the following topics.

• JET Job Skills- Elementary, Junior High, High School
• Being a Minority-Asian, African American, Latinx, LGBT
• Gender Issues
• What to Expect Your First Few Weeks
• Money Management
• Studying Japanese
• Being Vegetarian or Dietary Restrictions
• Community Involvement
• Japanese Social and Business Etiquette
• How to Prepare for Your Departure

When: Saturday, June 23 from 10am–3:30pm (seminar), followed by a nearby happy hour open to all!
Where: Nippon Club [145 W. 57th St., 2nd Floor (between 6th Ave. and 7th Ave.)]
RSVP: Sign up here to volunteer by Wednesday, May 23 at 5pm
Questions? Feel free to contact Ryan Hata at membership-at-jetaany-dot-org.

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May 29

Job: Administrative Assistant – Permanent Mission of Japan to the United Nations (New York, NY, USA)

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Posted by Sydney Sparrow. Click here to join the JETwit Jobs Google Group and receive job listings even sooner by email.

Job Title: Administrative Assistant
Posted by: Permanent Mission of Japan to the United Nations, Social Section
Location: New York, NY, USA
Contract: Full-time

Here’s a job received directly from the organization (English below):

現地採用職員の募集について

２０１８年５月

国際連合日本政府代表部では,以下の業務に従事して頂ける方を募集します。

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May 29

Job: Client Administrator and Client Senior Administrator – MUFG Bank (Chicago, IL, USA)

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Job Title: Client Administrator and Client Senior Administrator
Posted by: MUFG Bank
Location: Chicago, IL, USA
Contract: Full-time

Thanks to JET alum and former JETAA Chicago officer, Steve Sundstrom (Shiga-ken) for the following job openings:

Job post: MUFG Bank, the 5th largest financial institution in the world, is welcoming JET alumni for two bilingual positions (client administrator and client senior administrator) in their downtown Chicago office.

Please click here for details.

May 28

WIT Life #325: Shogun World

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Written by professional Writer/Interpreter/Translator Stacy Smith (Kumamoto-ken CIR, 2000-03), WIT Life is a periodic series about aspects of Japanese culture such as film, food and language.  Stacy starts her day by watching Fujisankei’s newscast in Japanese, and here she shares some interesting tidbits and trends along with her own observations.

Hope everyone is enjoying the Memorial Day weekend! I’m out in Colorado, heading into the tail end of a three-week State Department interpreting gig on the topic of disability access and inclusion. This was something I knew very little about before starting, and have come to understand more about the situation both here and in Japan. Our last week will be spent in Seattle, where I’m sure there’s lots more to learn…

The HBO drama Westworld recently entered its second season, and while I am not a regular viewer I tuned in as I had heard it would have a Japan focus. The show tells the story of life-like robots in a Wild West-themed amusement park, and the complications that arise when they become sentient. This time around the series is set during Japan’s Edo Period in a place called Shogun World. Great pains were taken to ensure accuracy, even down to the Japanese that would have been spoken at the time. And it doesn’t hurt that the lineup of Japanese actors includes standouts like Hiroyuki Sanada and Rinko Kikuchi, who play a ronin robot and lead geisha respectively.

For more about Shogun World, check out this Japan Times article.

May 24

Justin’s Japan: The World Belongs to Hatsune Miku

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By JQ magazine editor Justin Tedaldi (CIR Kobe-shi, 2001-02) for Shukan NY Seikatsu. Justin has written about Japanese arts and entertainment for JETAA since 2005. For more of his articles, click here.

Pop idols are everywhere in Japan, but most of them remain there. One particular idol breaks that tradition, with a notable exception: she’s not human.

Hatsune Miku, whose name means “first sound of the future,” is a Vocaloid (machine-made vocals) digital female avatar and creation of Crypton Future Media who currently has over 100,000 unique songs in her voice, which are synthesized tracks reminiscent of Auto-Tune. In Japan, Miku is massively popular and has appeared in numerous hit video games, music videos and ad campaigns, and her appearances with major artists like Lady Gaga and Pharrell Williams has boosted her international appeal.

Miku returns to the U.S. this summer for Miku Expo 2018, her third American tour. Miku Expo consists of live concerts that feature a range of hits from across her career as well as utilizing the latest holographic projection and voice synthesizing technology to create the ultimate Hatsune Miku experience—green onion-colored glowsticks included. For this year’s edition, fans were invited to sample a 39-day trial version of Hatsune Miku V4X software in English to create a new song, with the winning entry to be performed at every show on the North American tour.

True to its name, Miku Expo also presents an exhibition of Miku fan art by artists from Japan and local areas plus workshops and other events held to complement the concert.

The six-date U.S. tour wraps at New York’s legendary Hammerstein Ballroom on July 14th. After that comes Miku’s second appearance in Mexico City, then it’s off to Europe in December for Miku’s first-ever live concerts in Paris, Cologne, and London. The Paris date is set to coincide with the wider “Japonismes 2018” project celebrating Japanese and French relations throughout the year.

For more info and tickets, visit www.mikuexpo.com.

May 23

JQ Magazine: Film Review — ‘Isle of Dogs’

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“Isle of Dogs is a fun film and a stylistic ode to legendary Japanese director Akira Kurosawa about a boy and man’s best friend that’s full of beautiful visuals and is equally enjoyable for both kids and adults.” (Fox Searchlight)

By Andy Shartzer (Shizuoka-ken, 2014-16) for JQ magazine. Andy graduated from the University of Virginia with a degree in chemical engineering, and currently works for JETRO New York. He is also the Community Development Chair for JETAA New York.

Isle of Dogs is director Wes Anderson’s first animated film since 2009’s Fantastic Mr. Fox. While it has received mostly positive reviews (with some reservations), it’s still interesting to see Anderson hone his storytelling skills using a colorful and vibrant world created with stop motion animation. The story opens with a prologue titled “Before the Age of Obedience” that supposedly explains how cats became more prominent in Japan. Fast forwarding to “Japan 20 Years in the Future,” the movie cuts to fictional Megasaki City, its residents, and Mayor Kobayashi (Kunichi Nomura), an authoritarian who declares that all dogs must be banished to nearby Trash Island because of the outbreak of dog flu and snout fever. The first dog that arrives on Trash Island is Spots (Liev Schreiber), the personal guard dog of Atari Kobayashi (Koyu Rankin), the ward and orphaned nephew of the mayor.

Atari soon takes matters into his own hands and flies a propeller plane to Trash Island to find Spots. He unfortunately crash lands on the island (in the meantime getting a piece of the plane stuck in his head, ouch) but is rescued by a pack of five dogs: Chief (Bryan Cranston), Boss (Bill Murray), Rex (Edward Norton), Duke (Jeff Goldblum), and King (Bob Balaban). The dogs—except for Chief, who was a former stray—agree to help Atari find Spots and accompany him on his journey to another part of Trash Island.

Though reluctant at first, Chief decides to join Atari and the other dogs after getting some extra persuasion from Nutmeg (Scarlett Johansson), a female purebred dog. Back in Megasaki City, Mayor Kobayashi orders the extermination of all dogs on Trash Island. Tracy Walker (Greta Gerwig), an American exchange student, gets involved and investigates further.

A couple fun Easter eggs in the film include: Ken Watanabe (The Last Samurai, Inception) as a head surgeon, Yojiro Noda (lead singer of RADWIMPS) as a news anchor, and Yoko Ono (artist, singer, peace activist) as a medical assistant named…Yoko Ono.

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May 23

Job: Bilingual Analyst – Apex Systems (New York, NY)

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Posted by Sydney Sparrow. Click here to join the JETwit Jobs Google Group and receive job listings even sooner by email.

Job Title: Bilingual Analyst
Posted by: Apex Systems
Location: New York, NY (Up to 75% paid travel!)
Contract: 12 month contract on a W2 basis

Here’s another job opening via JET alum Rebecca Chen (Akita-ken):

Apex Systems, the nation’s 2nd largest IT Staffing organization, has an immediate opportunity for a Bilingual Analyst opportunity to work for our client who is one of the world’s largest and most admired companies.

If you’re looking for an organization that focuses on innovation, social responsibility, and quality, then this is the place for you.  Pay is highly competitive and the work is to be completed in Austin, TX.

**CURRENTLY LOOKING FOR CANDIDATES WHO SPEAK JAPANESE, ITALIAN, CZECH, FRENCH OR GERMAN.** Read More