J-News Mini-Roundup: Suspect charged in the killing of Lindsay Hawker
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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 and Chinese language learning options.
Background: It was a dreadful night on March 24, 2007. Lindsay Hawker was an English teacher at Nova, a well known language school in Japan. She had met Tatsuya Ichihashi by chance in a café a few days earlier, and that night had agreed to go up to his room. The next day she was found dead in his apartment.
The evidence was overwhelming against Tatsuya Ichihashi. Lindsay’s body had been found in a bathtub on the balcony filled with sand and other materials, which Ichiro had been purchasing from the local hardware store. The taxi cab driver had been told to wait for Lindsay to come back down from Ichiro’s apartment, but she never returned. He also fled the scene…
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Job: Enrollment Officer at Council on International Educational Exchange (MAINE)
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The CIEE, Council on International Educational Exchange, headquartered in Portland, Maine, is looking for an enrollment manager for their Asia division. The enrollment officer is in charge of overseeing the application process for students traveling and studying abroad, and knowledge of an Asian language and experience with education abroad are highly preferred in a candidate.
The Enrollment Officer (EO), based in the CIEE Portland office, has primary responsibilities for students between the point of application and the point of departure on the program. The EO is responsible for the review and acceptance of applicants, tracking and collection of supplementary application and predepature materials, efficiency in processing student applications, customer service to applicants, parents and study abroad advisors and maintaining the integrity of participant data in the database system. The EO also oversees the creation of participant pre-departure materials, including visa instructions, as well as their collection and dispersal to the appropriate staff people. Read More
Job: Operations Assistant – Business Banking at MIZUHO BANK (NYC)
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The Mizuho Corporate Bank is looking for a bilingual operations assistant in the New York offices.
DUTIES:
• Obtain a basic understanding of the Bank’s applicable rules and procedures and comply with the Bank’s code of conduct.
• Support Supervisor and Unit Head on special projects as necessary.
• Serve as liaison between customers and the Bank for the handling of financial transactions such as loans, time deposits and FX in accordance with the Bank’s procedures.
• Preparation of required documents to open or close accounts and the required forms for systems registration.
• Understand new deals schemes and other conditions with the assistance of Account Officers.
• Provide quality service to customers over the telephone, assist Account Officers with complex transactions and other assignments as required.
• Conduct KYC processing of new account openings and annual review of assigned accounts.
QUALIFICATIONS:
• Bachelors degree in Finance, Accounting, Business Administration or a related field.
• Effective verbal and written communication skills in both Japanese and English.
• Strong analytical and organizational skills.
• Well developed interpersonal skills.
• Proficiency in Excel and Word.
• A good team player.
HOW TO APPLY: Apply online.
Job: Manager, Research and Strategy at NTT DoCoMo (NYC)
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The Japanese mobile telecommunications company, NTT DoCoMo, is looking for a bilingual manager of research and strategy for their offices in New York City. The company behind Japan’s i-mode and the American Namimail, a tech solution to reading and typing Japanese on Blackberries also recently opened a New York Customer Service Desk in the local Kinokuniya Bookstore.
DUTIES
- Conduct mobile/telecom related research.
- Interpret and analyze research results to offer strategic directions.
- Maintain contacts and relationships with existing business partners.
- Forge new relationships and partnerships with key corporate entities.
QUALIFICATIONS
• Bachelor’s degree in Business Management or related field with 5 or more years of experience in business development; preferably in telecommunication or IT industry.
• Experience in development and implementation of strategies and contract negotiations.
• Strong interests in wireless communication business or contents business.
• Possess creative mind with entrepreneurial spirit that can think outside the box to deliver new business models.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills.
• Interpersonal skills to build rapport quickly that lead to the formation of valuable business relationships.
• Native level English with business level Japanese.
• Knowledge of PowerPoint and Excel.
Job: Accounting Clerk at Consulate-General of Japan (MIAMI)
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The Consulate-General of Japan in Miami, Florida is looking for a full-time accounting assistant to join its offices from Feb. 1, 2010.
DUTIES:
- Duties include full charge bookkeeping
- Accounts payable, payroll and other duties as assigned
- Must be professional, have the ability to handle a lot of demand.
QUALIFICATIONS:
- Employment Authorization
- Bi-lingual (fluent English and Japanese)
HOW TO APPLY:
Contact: Administration Office
Phone: (305) 530-9090 Fax: (305) 530-9002
Email: account1@cgjmia.org or account2@cgjmia.org
WITLife is a periodic series written by professional Translator/Interpreter/Writer Stacy Smith (Kumamoto-ken, 2000-03). Recently she’s been watching Fujisankei’s newscast in Japanese and sharing some of the interesting tidbits and trends together with her own observations.
Last week I had the opportunity to hear a talk given by the Japanese sociologist Dr. Yuko Kawanishi. Dr. Kawanishi has written numerous articles and is often quoted by Western media on topics such as declining birth rate, education reform, mental health and depression, family relations, juvenile crime and youth culture. She did her undergraduate work at Doshisha University and got her PhD in Sociology from UCLA. Currently she is the recipient of an Abe Fellowship and a visiting scholar at Hunter College and Columbia University’s Teacher’s College.
Dr. Kawanishi spoke mainly about her new book entitled “Mental Health Challenges Facing Contemporary Japanese Society: The ‘Lonely People.” It addresses the question of mental malaise in its many forms in contemporary Japanese society, focusing on three main areas: work, family and youth. These include Read More
J-Doc: Japanese Christmas Show – Bringing a Japan Christmas to Holiday Shoppers – 12/20/09
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The Japanese Doctor 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 and Chinese language learning options. Their main service is private one on one language lessons in the NYC area.
It was just another day at the Harmon Cove Outlet Center in Secaucus, NJ, on the weekend before Christmas. There had been the typical Christmas events previously at the mall, such as Santa coming to sit with kids, and a magic show. Most stores and shoppers were just getting prepared to have one more day of weekend shopping before the big holiday on Friday of this week. But once they entered the mall they were surprised to find a new kind of show, with a different language and culture that didn’t seem quite so familiar, the Japanese Christmas Show!
The Japanese Christmas show used entertainment to attract the holiday masses. Performers who attracted crowds were…
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Job: Educational Program Coordinator (PT) (Seattle)
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Azumano International, Inc. is seeking a self-motivated, enthusiastic and outgoing person to coordinate educational programs for Japanese students visiting the Seattle area. This job is part-time with a possibility of full-time after three months.
DUTIES:
- Recruit host families
- conduct host family orientations and act as contact to families during programs
- Counsel Japanese students
- Visit schools and maintain relationships with school contacts
- Arrange field trips and activities for students and provide support to other departments Read More
Roland Kelts column in Daily Yomiuri: Our hybrid future is here
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Violinist Diana Yukawa
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Here’s the latest SOFT POWER/HARD TRUTHS column in the Daily Yomiuri by Roland Kelts (Osaka-shi, 1998-99), author of Japanamerica, this one about hybrid people, hybrid music and hybridization as a trend.
http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/features/arts/20091218TDY11001.htm
Diana Yukawa age 8
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JET alum writer Elizabeth White a featured writer on WineTime Tv’s new website
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Elizabeth White (Toyama-ken, 1995-98), the former Media Coordinator for JETAA Southern California, is now a featured writer for WineTimeTv.net. Have a look:
http://winetimetv.net/home/contributors
BAPCPA Man #17: BAPCPA Man vs Mortgantua – Part 5 – Mortgage Cramdown Fail
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BAPCPA Man and Bankruptcy Bill are cartoons created by Steven Horowitz (Aichi-ken, 1992-94) and Gideon Kendall. For more cartoons, original bankruptcy haiku and even a bankruptcy country song, go to bankruptcybill.us.
Do you work in bankruptcy or restructuring? Now you can join the JET Alumni Restructuring & Bankruptcy Group on LinkedIn.
Additionally, if anyone would like to take a stab at translating the cartoon into Japanese for JetWit’s Japanese fans out there, feel free to post in the comments section of this post. Some cultural explanation might be helpful as well, given that Japanese bankruptcy laws are very different than the U.S.
WITvid #6: “The Ride”
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WITvid is a periodic series by Peter Weber (Saitama-ken 2004-07), the JET Program Coordinator in San Francisco.
Take a bike “ride” through the holiday streets of Tokyo with JET Alum, CJ Hoppel and his colleague Kevin Jones (joneskc7881). Both are currently working in Tokyo.
This video was made for a holiday party contest, the theme was “what you like about Tokyo.” They won two tickets to Okinawa with their subbmission The Ride.
Introducing the U.S./Japan Creative Artists’ Program
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Calling all artists – whether you’re a photographer, a puppeteer, a budding troubadour or manga comic, The Japan-U.S. Friendship Commission and the National Endowment for the Arts can fund a five-month residency in Japan, through their U.S./Japan Creative Artists’ Program. Applications are due February 1st. Read on for more details:
Here’s the press release:
The Japan-U.S. Friendship Commission works cooperatively with the National Endowment for the Arts to sponsor the U.S/Japan Creative Artists’ Program. The program provides support for up to five outstanding contemporary and traditional artists from the United States to spend a five-month residency in Japan to pursue their individual artistic goals. The next deadline for this program is February 1, 2010.
The U.S/Japan Creative Artists’ Program is extremely competitive; applicants should have regional or national recognition and anticipate a highly rigorous review of their work. Artists should also present compelling reasons for wanting to work in Japan.
Selected artists will receive:
• A monthly stipend for living expenses and a housing supplement, as well as an allowance for professional support services
• Up to $6,000 for round trip transportation for the artist, domestic partner and/or dependent children, and a baggage/storage allowance
• A stipend for pre-departure Japanese language study in the United States
Additional information, including guidelines and the application, can be found at http://www.jusfc.gov/creativeartists.asp.
Job: Network Support Engineer (Seattle)
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A downtown Seattle company is looking for a Network Support Engineer II (NSE). Please call Kathy Simmons, senior technical recruiter, at 435-519-6654 to apply.
DUTIES:
- Provides remote technical assistance on client’s products to internal and external customers and client’s partners in Japan.
- Fluency in Japanese required
- Hours are Mon-Thurs in 10 hour shifts
- Salary range is mid $60,000 to low $70,000 a year.
Jobs: Japanese Language Interpreter (Philadelphia)
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Quantum, Inc., a Philadelphia-based multi-lingual interpretation agency is seeking Japanese language interpreters for both medical and court interpretation.
Experience in legal and medical fields, proof of language proficiency and interpreter skills are a plus.
However, we also are willing to train motivated individuals that are new to the field of interpretation.
Please send your resume to info@quantumtranslations.com or fax to 215-627-5570. Or for further information please call 215 627 2251.
