Justin’s Japan: In New York This Week, JET Fundraisers, Networkings, Sake, Arts, Monster Wrestling
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By JQ magazine’s Justin Tedaldi (CIR Kobe-shi, 2001-02) for Examiner.com. Visit his page here to subscribe for free alerts on newly published stories.
Only in New York. As the JapanNYC festival’s slated performances wrap up this week, here’s a rundown of more Nippon-flavored events of note:
Tuesday, April 5, 6:30 p.m.-9:30 p.m.
Slate – 54 West 21st Street (between 5th and 6th Avenues)
$25 donation for entry, plus two raffle tickets. Additional tickets can be purchased both in advance and during the event.
The JET Alumni Association of New York, in partnership with NY de Volunteer, will be holding a fundraiser to benefit Japan. The night will include great drink specials, entertainment, and wonderful raffle prizes. Over 30 generous JET Alumni and local businesses have donated goods and services to the cause, such as cooking classes, bottles of sake, private dance lessons, handmade jewelry, and more!
All proceeds from this event will go to the JETAA USA Japan Earthquake Relief Fund. During the event, volunteers will be collecting messages for Send Hope to Japan from the World to further express solidarity during this difficult time. This open event will have a great crowd of JET alumni, members of the local Japanese community, and many other New Yorkers wanting to show their support. All are welcome to attend.
Tuesday, April 5, 7:00 p.m.-10:00 p.m.
Solas – 232 East 9th Street (between 2nd and 3rd Avenues)
Free with RSVP to events@hillslearning.com. $5 suggested donation at door.
Spring is here, and what better way to bring in the new season than to celebrate and network! Hills Learning and Two Rivers Associates will provide a raffle, snacks, and, of course, multiple opportunities to build your network. Come enjoy the fresh smells and sights of spring and build up your contacts in the season of new opportunities. The Solas bar will of course provide an extended happy hour for guests, and an exclusive second floor private bar service.
Saturday, April 9, 11:00 a.m.-11:00 p.m.
Concert for Japan
Japan Society
333 E. 47th Street (between 1st and 2nd Avenues)
Tickets: $5/$100 for gala block for certain acts
Japan Society‘s is raising the roof (and funds to help Japan) with this ambitious 12-hour concert extravaganza, from which 100% of the proceeds will go to the Japan Society’s Japan Earthquake Relief Fund. John Zorn organized the GALA BLOCKS, which include Philip Glass and Hal Willner, Lou Reed, Laurie Anderson, Ryuichi Sakamoto, and Bill Laswell with gigi band. New York-based Japanese bands Echostream, Hard Nips, and Me and Mars will also perform. Shakuhachi Grand Master James Nyoraku Schlefer assembled a group of traditional Japanese artists such as koto player Masayo Ishigure and gagaku flute player Sadahiro Kakitani. In addition to these musical delights, there will be special activities, from learning basic Japanese phrases to origami crane folding to learning the basics of shodo calligraphy.
Saturday, April 9, 7:00 p.m.
Kaiju Big Battel – “When Danger Comes to Town”
B.B. King Blues Club & Grill
237 West 42nd Street (between 7th and 8th Avenues)
Tickets: $15.00 advance general admission/$18.00 day of show
In perhaps the ultimate American nod to Godzilla and Ultraman-styled smackdowns, Kaiju Big Battel is live wrestling of epic proportions. Planet Earth is under threat: scattered throughout the galaxy is a monstrous mob of maniacal villains, menacing alien beasts, and giant, city-crushing monsters that are waging war against one another. Currently, the Kaiju Universe maintains an active roster of approximately 30 monsters, including a blue alien-glutton named Sky Deviler, a factory-worker-turned-soup-can called Kung-Fu Chicken Noodle, and a despicable, square-headed mad scientist known as Dr. Cube. After a rapturous reception at Brooklyn’s Warsaw last October, Kaiju is taking Manhattan with no holds barred.
Click here for the rest of this week’s events.
The April 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.
In this issue:
- Greetings
- Good rice? Bad rice?
- The Current Situation in Japan
- Announcements and Events: Sake Professional Course in NYC
- Did you Know?
- Sake Basics
- Sake Education Central
via JETAA NY. Posted by Dipika Soni (Ishikawa-ken, 2003-06). Dipika currently works as an in-house translator for PFU (a Fujitsu company) in Kahoku-shi, Ishikawa-ken. She is also the vocalist for the Japanese hardcore punk band DEGRADE.
*Note: If you apply for this position, please let them know you learned of it from JetWit. Thanks.
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Job Position: Secretary to Senior Diplomats at the Permanent Mission of Japan to the UN
Job Details:
The Permanent Mission of Japan to the United Nations is seeking a Secretary to senior diplomats at the Permanent Mission of Japan to the United Nations.
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Job: Content Writer and Translator for JAPANiCAN Travel Co (Tokyo)
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via JET alum Brian Blanchard of JAPANiCAN. Posted by Dipika Soni (Ishikawa-ken, 2003-06). Dipika currently works as an in-house translator for PFU (a Fujitsu company) in Kahoku-shi, Ishikawa-ken. She is also the vocalist for the Japanese hardcore punk band DEGRADE.
*Note: If you apply for this position, please let them know you learned of it from JetWit. Thanks.
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Job Position: Content Writer and Translator for JAPANiCAN Travel Co (Tokyo)
Job Details:
JAPANiCAN.com is looking for native English speakers to join our translation/writing/editing staff.
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Job: Hospitality Associate, Fluent Japanese and English (Napa Valley)
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via JET alum Lejarie Battiste. Posted by Dipika Soni (Ishikawa-ken, 2003-06). Dipika currently works as an in-house translator for PFU (a Fujitsu company) in Kahoku-shi, Ishikawa-ken. She is also the vocalist for the Japanese hardcore punk band DEGRADE.
*Note: If you apply for this position, please let them know you learned of it from JetWit. Thanks.
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Job Position: Hospitality Associate, Fluent Japanese and English (Napa Valley)
Job Details:
Hospitality Associate opening in the Napa Valley – Must be fluent in Japanese and English.
Salary to 50K plus excellent benefits.
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Job: JETAA UK – Job Vacancies
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via JETAA UK. Posted by Dipika Soni (Ishikawa-ken, 2003-06). Dipika currently works as an in-house translator for PFU (a Fujitsu company) in Kahoku-shi, Ishikawa-ken. She is also the vocalist for the Japanese hardcore punk band DEGRADE.
*Note: If you apply for this position, please let them know you learned of it from JetWit. Thanks.
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Several new Job listings from JETAA UK. You must be signed up to view the posts.
Japanese speaking Sales
http://www.jetaa.org.uk/jobs/japanese-speaking-sales-2/
Recruitment Consultant
http://www.jetaa.org.uk/jobs/recruitment-consultanta/
Accuracy Checker
http://www.jetaa.org.uk/jobs/accuracy-checker/
Researcher
http://www.jetaa.org.uk/jobs/researcher-4/
Sales Manager
http://www.jetaa.org.uk/jobs/sales-manager-2/
Job: Account Executive, Japanese Freight Company (NY)
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via Pasona. Posted by Dipika Soni (Ishikawa-ken, 2003-06). Dipika currently works as an in-house translator for PFU (a Fujitsu company) in Kahoku-shi, Ishikawa-ken. She is also the vocalist for the Japanese hardcore punk band DEGRADE.
*Note: If you apply for this position, please let them know you learned of it from JetWit. Thanks.
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Job Position: Account Executive, Japanese Freight Company (NY)
Job Details:
Full Time position / Salary range: 40K to 60K
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Job: Listening Therapy Facilitator (Bellevue)
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via Pacific Northwest JETAA. Posted by Dipika Soni (Ishikawa-ken, 2003-06). Dipika currently works as an in-house translator for PFU (a Fujitsu company) in Kahoku-shi, Ishikawa-ken. She is also the vocalist for the Japanese hardcore punk band DEGRADE.
*Note: If you apply for this position, please let them know you learned of it from JetWit. Thanks.
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Job Position: Listening Therapy Facilitator (Bellevue)
Job Details:
The Sacarin Center, specializing in the Tomatis Listening Method, is looking for a part time Listening Therapy Facilitator for the Bellevue office starting immediately.
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Job: Dodgers – Asian Operations Assistant
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via Machiko Yasuda. Posted by Dipika Soni (Ishikawa-ken, 2003-06). Dipika currently works as an in-house translator for PFU (a Fujitsu company) in Kahoku-shi, Ishikawa-ken. She is also the vocalist for the Japanese hardcore punk band DEGRADE.
*Note: If you apply for this position, please let them know you learned of it from JetWit. Thanks.
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Job Position: Asian Operations Assistant (Los Angeles Dodgers)
Job Details:
The Asian Operations Assistant will assist the department Director and Senior Manager with the day to day office management.
Job: Turkey hiring 40,000 English teachers
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via Pacific Northwest JETAA. Posted by Dipika Soni (Ishikawa-ken, 2003-06). Dipika currently works as an in-house translator for PFU (a Fujitsu company) in Kahoku-shi, Ishikawa-ken. She is also the vocalist for the Japanese hardcore punk band DEGRADE.
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Check here for the article:
http://www.todayszaman.com/news-239130-turkey-to-hire-40000-native-english-speakers-as-guest-teachers.html
Job: Associate TV News Producer/Researcher (Washington DC)
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via JETAA NY. Posted by Dipika Soni (Ishikawa-ken, 2003-06). Dipika currently works as an in-house translator for PFU (a Fujitsu company) in Kahoku-shi, Ishikawa-ken. She is also the vocalist for the Japanese hardcore punk band DEGRADE.
*Note: If you apply for this position, please let them know you learned of it from JetWit. Thanks.
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Job Position: Associate TV News Producer/Researcher
Job Description:
Nippon Television is Japan’s one of largest commercial broadcaster, and the Washington DC Bureau is responsible for covering political affairs in the United States for our Japanese audience.
2:46 Quakebook project
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Via a recent article in the Wall Street Journal:
The 2:46 Quakebook Project is “a Twitter-sourced collection of personal accounts of the quake and its aftermath….one group’s response to the disaster initiated by the local blogging community that aims to raise money for relief efforts (the title refers to the time at which the magnitude 9.0 earthquake struck on March 11).”
Note: All proceeds will go to the Japanese Red Cross.
Taylor Anderson memorial service in Richmond, VA
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The below was sent by JETAA DC to its members via its chapter yahoogroup:
We have extended the deadline for messages in Taylor Anderson’s condolence book until Friday, April 1 at 12 pm. It doesn’t matter if your message is long or short, profound or emotional, we encourage you to send it to jetaadc.311relief [at] gmail.com. Members of the JETAADC Board will present the condolence book to Taylor’s family at a service to be held in Richmond on Saturday.
For more information on Taylor’s life, her experiences on JET, and Saturday’s service, please visit the website of the Richmond-Times Dispatch<http://www.legacy. com/obituaries/ timesdispatch/ obituary. aspx?n=taylor- anderson& pid=149794411>.
The family asks that in lieu of flowers, a donation be made to the Taylor Anderson Memorial Fund for the purpose of rebuilding schools in Ishinomaki City. Donation information is available here: http://www.st. catherines. org/tayloranders on.
Regards,
Leigh Ann Mastrini
Outreach Chair, JETAADC
Japan Center for International Exchange (JCIE/USA) Update: 03.30-03.31.11
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The Japan Center for International Exchange (JCIE/USA) has been an excellent source of updates via the earthquake section of its website as well as its Facebook page. The kind of info you’re likely not getting from CNN or network news. Notably, JET alum James Gannon (Ehime-ken, 1992-94) is the Director of JCIE/USA’s New York office. Here’s the latest update:
March 30 – 31 Fund Update: http://www.jcie.org/earthquakeupdate.html
- Increasing signs of mental health issues from stress to ‘survivors guilt’.
- Also, Peace Winds through its partner organization – Mercy Corps – reports on the attention and care being provided to children.
CLAIR 2011 “JET Streams Newsletter”
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Via CLAIR Tokyo:
Dear JET alumni,
- Here’s a link to the online version of this year’s JET Streams newsletter: http://www.jetprogramme.org/e/former/jetstreams.html
- Here’s a link directly to the PDF: http://www.jetprogramme.org/documents/pubs/JET%20STREAMS2011.pdf
JET Streams is distributed once a year to all JET alumni who request it and have registered their email address with CLAIR. Be sure to keep your email address updated so that you keep receiving JET Streams.
CLAIR would like to thank all the JETAA chapters and current/former JETs who contributed articles for this year’s JET Streams.
Table of Contents
- Greetings from Yoko Kimura, Chairperson of the Board of Directors
- JETAA Singapore: The New Kid on the Block
- JETAA Tokyo: A Closer Look
- JET Alumni Voices:
- Lorelei Cortez (Hyogo-ken, Santo-shi, 2004-07) of JETAA Northern California
- “Better Than a Thousand Days of Diligent Study” – Cristy Burne (Hyogo-ken, 1998-00) of JETAA Western Australia (Perth)
- “Shashinka – A Cultural and Visual Inspiration” – Stirling Elmendorf (Tokushima-ken, 2001-04) of JETAA Northern California
- Current JET Perspectives: “JET Island Life: Photographic Perspectives”
- JETAA International Meeting in Scotland
- Introduction of 2011-12 JETAA International Executive Committee
- Setting Up a JETAA Chapter
- From CLAIR Department of JET Program Management
- JETAA Chapter Representatives/Information
- Cartoon: “Final Thoughts” by David Namisato (CIR Aomori-ken, Ajigasawa-machi)
- “Words from the Editor” by Christian Tsuji
