Jobs: Executive Director of Communications & Box Office Manager – Asia Society (NYC)
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Posted by Machiko Yasuda, a senior at UCLA and Friend of JET. She is the Director of New Media at the school’s Daily Bruin newspaper and is open to additional freelance and full-time writing and editing opportunities.
The New York headquarters of the Asia Society is looking for an Executive Director of Communications (PDF of job description) and a Box Office Manager (PDF). The non-profit and nonpartisan international organization is home to hundreds of Asian artifacts in their New York City museum, educational programs, and various events ranging from the performing arts to political panels.
From the job descriptions:
Executive Director of Communications
• Drive the development and implementation of Communications (media relations
and marketing) outreach strategy for the Asia Society as an organization and
across all program areas – policy, business, education, arts and culture.• Manage Asia Society media relations and marketing budget and staff.
• Marketing
• Media Relations
Bremar Associates, a Japanese staffing firm on the east coast is looking for a Sales Assistant position in Annapolis, Maryland.
＊One year full-time temporary position at NPO (starts from January, 2010: $17/h)
＊Searching and visiting a company where it can invest their money in Kanagawa-ken, Japan
＊Travel: at least once a month
＊Must have excellent communication skills
＊Japanese is not a must, but a plus
Please send your resume to staff@bremar.com .
In the subject line, please write, “Kanagawa-ken,” or click here for their online application.
Job: Legal document review for JDs & college grads (NYC, DC)
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Are you a bilingual college graduate or law school graduate? Hire Counsel is looking for Japanese fluent college graduates, paralegals or attorneys for a legal document review project in Washington D.C. and New York, NY. Click here to go directly to their job listing.
Benefits include competitive pay and insurance, even for the temporary jobs. The application process is an online form and an e-mailed resume. Read on for more details:
Job: Director of the C.V. Starr-Middlebury College in Japan (Tokyo)
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Via the JETAA Student Services Google Group:
Director of the C.V. Starr-Middlebury College in Japan
REQUIREMENTS: Ph.D. in Japanese language, linguistics, literature, or area studies (or a related field), native or near-native language competency in both Japanese and English, as well as knowledge of both the Japanese and U.S. academic systems. Administrative and study abroad experience strongly preferred. Computer literacy essential. Candidates with relevant teaching experience, knowledge of language pedagogy, and a demonstrated interest in second-language acquisition in the U.S. and Japan, as well as strong interpersonal skills and leadership ability, will receive the strongest consideration. The successful candidate will spend the academic year in residence in Tokyo, where s/he will be responsible for overseeing approximately 10-20 students, and will spend up to three weeks each summer in Middlebury, Vermont (while the Language Schools are in session), conducting student interviews and orientations and meeting with faculty and staff. There may also be opportunities to teach in the summer Japanese School in Middlebury.
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* administer, implement, and develop Middlebury’s academic program at the International Christian University (ICU) in Tokyo, Japan Read More
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.
政権交代 (seiken koutai) or “change of government,” was announced to be the winner of Japan’s 2009 Buzzword Award on December 1 (Incidentally, last year the title was won by 「アラフォー」 or “around 40 years old”). This phrase of course refers to the rise to power by Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama and the Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ), overturning over 50 years of Liberal Democratic Party rule. Other contenders for the buzzword title were 新型インフルエンザ (shingata influenza) or “new flu” and 草食男子 (soushoku danshi) or “herbivorous men.”
Since the change in administration, Hatoyama has been dealing with 3Ks. However, this is not referring to the typical usage regarding undesirable 3K jobs that are kitsui (difficult), kitanai (dirty) and kiken (dangerous). Hatoyama’s very own 3 K’s are kenkin (contribution), keizai (economics), and kichi (military base).
The first K is in regard to a donation scandal plaguing the new Prime Minister. Prosecutors have traced Read More
I got an email over the weekend from about two new (and related) sites that list English teaching positions in Japan that might be of help to JETs, JET alumni and Friends of JET:
- JCareer.com – http://jcareer.com and
- JapanEnglishTeacher.com – http://japanenglishteacher.com
If any JetWit readers visit the sites, it would be great if you could post a comment to this post on JetWit sharing your opinion and thoughts about the JCareer and JapanEnglishTeacher sites for the benefit of other JetWit readers.
Reminder to go to JetWit’s Job Site Links page for a longer list of helpful job sites. And feel free to let JetWit know if you know of other good job sites that you don’t see there.
Jobs: Technical Writer & Assistants at NINTENDO (Seattle, WA)
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Posted by Machiko Yasuda, a senior at UCLA and Friend of JET. She is the Director of New Media at the school’s Daily Bruin newspaper and is open to additional freelance and full-time writing and editing opportunities.
This company certainly needs no introduction – Nintendo (任天堂) of America– is looking to hire a technical writer, production assistant and an executive assistant (Click here for job openings: https://nintendo.taleo.net/careersection/10000/jobdetail.ftl).
The masterminds behind MarioTM and the WiiTM need strong bilingual writers and assistants to work in their American headquarters in Redmond, WA – half an hour away from Seattle. The technical writer position is on a contract basis, while the two assistant positions are full-time.
Although the requirements vary for all three positions, your Japanese and English communication skills (“including jargon, slang, and idioms,” they emphasize) will come in handy here, along with any and all gaming experience (Pokémon® or 花札 anyone?).
To see all open positions at Nintendo of America, click here. Note that all applications must be submitted through their website, and some of the positions require a brief personal statement in both Japanese and English, along with a resume.
Sake World e-Newsletter by John Gauntner (November 2009 #2)
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The November 2009 (#2) issue of the Sake World E-mail Newsletter by JET alum and leading sake expert John Gauntner (aka “The Sake Guy”) is now available online. In this issue:
Tasting with Mr. T
Did You Know? Sake Brand Name Characters
New Section: Sake Basics – Junmai-shu
Guided Sakagura Tours
Sake Professional Courses in Japan: Last Call!
Holiday Gift Idea: Announcing The Sake Dictionary!!!
Odds-n-Ends
Additional links:
Sake World Website
More About Us
Archive
Roland Kelts article in “Psychology Today”
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Roland Kelts (Osaka-shi, 1998-99), author of Japanamerica, wrote this story about Japan’s unique generation gap for Psychology Today. According to Roland, “things keep changing, but the fundamentals remain the same. Japanese youth are enacting a kind of Bartelby Rebeillion–checking out, passively, to check in.”
Here’s the link to the post: http://japanamerica.blogspot.com/2009/12/psychology-today.html
Japan America Society Roundup 12.6.09
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Current Hiroshima-ken JET Gail Meadows, Editor of Hiroshima JET webzine the Wide Island View, shines a light on some of the upcoming events of Japan America Societies…
Bonenkai “Forget-the-year” Party — Celebrate the year’s end with your friends from the Japan-America Society of Dallas/Fort Worth. Enjoy an evening of authentic Japanese food, fun activities and mingling with new and old friends.
- Date: Monday, Dec. 7
- Time: 6:30 to 9:30 p.m.
- Place: Jinbeh-Las Colinas — 301 E. Las Colinas Blvd., Irving, Texas
- For more information: http://www.jasdfw.org/pages/program_events_calendar.html
- Monthly Japanese Conversation Forum — Special guest Keiko Tanaka, a sociology professor, will join the conversation forum to discuss the differences in food culture between Japan and the U.S., as well as how food shapes a town. This event is free and open to the public.
- Date: Thursday, Dec. 17
- Time: 6:30 to 7:30 p.m.
- Place: Lexington Public Library, 3628 Walden Drive, Lexington
- For more information, click here.
Great Kimono Blow-out Sale — JASW is selling used kimono at the Japan America Society office. In 2008, a donor gave JASW 1,000 used kimono, haori and yukata. Almost 80 percent are for women, and no two designs are alike. Wear them, or use the fabric to tailor your own clothing, create home décor items or make crafts.
- Date: Monday, Dec. 14 to Friday, Dec. 18
- Time: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
- Place: Japan-America Society Office, 1819 L St., NW Lower Level, Washington DC
- For more information: http://www.us-japan.org/dc/pdf/2009/2009Kimono%20Flyer.pdf
Does your Japan America Society have an upcoming event that you’d like to share with JetWit readers? Email Gail Meadows the info.
Jobs: Admin assistant, online store operater, bookkeeper for U.S. FRONTLINE NEWS, INC (NY, LA, SF)
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Japanese-language weekly newsmagazine freely distributed around U.S.
Posted by Machiko Yasuda, a senior at UCLA and Friend of JET. She is the Director of New Media at the school’s Daily Bruin newspaper and is open to additional freelance and full-time writing and editing opportunities.
You might recognize their name from the free weekly news magazine outside your favorite Japanese grocery store or Kinokuniya. With the largest circulation for a Japanese-language periodical in the country, U.S. Frontline News is looking for administrative assistants, an online store operator, a bookkeeper, and web interns. While most of the positions are based in their headquarters in New York, some are also based in Los Angeles and Berkeley, CA.
The basic requirements for all positions are business level English and Japanese skills and American citizenship/work visa.
This job posting comes from the CFN Career Forum website, the destination for Japanese and English bilingual jobseekers in the United States, Europe and Asia. Although their annual job fairs in Los Angeles and the popular Boston Career Forums are over for 2009, their website still has job listings for Fortune500 companies like Levi’s, Abercrombie&Fitch, and Sony. The website is fully translated in English and Japanese. Click here to learn more.
To learn more about all of U.S. Fronline’s listings on the CFN Career Forum site and to apply online click here. The site requires registration, but is free. The deadline is in January 29, 2010.
And here is their latest newsmagazine, in PDF format: http://www.usfl.com/ee/data/2009/12052009.pdf
For more information,
New York Main Office
U.S. Frontline News, Inc.
330 Madison Avenue, 2nd Floor
New York, NY 10017
Tel: 212-922-9090
Fax: 212-922-9119
E-Mail: webmaster@usfl.com
Los Angeles office
19550 Dominguez Hills Dr.,
Rancho Dominguez, CA 90220
Tel: 310-604-1371
Fax: 310-604-0913
Job: U.S. Census 2010
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Thanks to JETAA Florida’s Tampa Kumi for passing this along. It was shared with JETAA Florida by the Asian American Affairs Liaison for Hillsborough County, hence the variety of Asian language text on the flyer. But I think the government is hiring countrywide for the Census 2010 so I thought it was worth sharing with the JET Alum community at large:
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The JET alumni community already has a great reputation for writers such as Bruce Feiler, Roland Kelts and James Kennedy among others. And now we’re starting to make our mark on the world of film as well.
JET alum Aaron Woolfolk‘s film The Harimaya Bridge, starring starring Ben Guillory, Saki Takaoka, Misa Shimizu, and Danny Glover (who is also the Executive Producer), is making its New York debut on Sunday December 6 (with Q&A and cocktail reception to follow) and Sunday December 13 as part of the African Diaspora Film Festival.
(Editor’s Note: I already bought my ticket for the Dec 6 date!)
The film had a nationwide theatrical release in Japan beginning in June, and the response from audiences and critics was fantastic. (There was also a showing in Los Angeles back in June that a number of JETAA Southern California JET alums attended.)
The film will be showing in New York:
- Sunday, December 6 @ 5:30PM – Thalia Cinema, Symphony Space (95th & Bway) – GALA SCREENING. Followed by a Q&A with director and catered reception
- Sunday, Dec. 13 @ 7:30PM- Thalia Cinema, Symphony Space (95th & Bway)
This looks to be a big event for the JET alum community, so get your tickets now and hope to see you there.
Here’s the trailer for the film:
JETAA Chapter Beat 12.3.09
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Freelance writer/editor Jonathan Trace (Fukuoka-ken, 2005-08) takes us on a walk around the JET Alumni community for another edition of JETAA Chapter Beat.
- Nomikai in December, Special Happy Hour Fundraiser – Monday, December 14th, 6:00 to 8:00 at Sports Basement. Join JETAANC for a special fundraiser on Monday night. Free drinks, snacks and a 10% discount on all your holiday shopping are just a part of this fun event. Tell your friends and make sure to RSVP.
- 26th Japanese Discussion Group’s – Saturday, December 5th, 3:00 in the Inner Sunset area of San Francisco. This month is Education Month for the Japanese Discussion Group, and the first topic will focus on infant/toddler parenting differences in Japan and the West.
- Tampa Subchapter Tsudoi – Friday, December 4th, 7:00 at Panera Bread in the Brandon Mall. The Tampa Subchapter will be hosting their monthly Tsudoi, an informal time for anyone interested in Japanese and Japanese culture.
- 2009 Bounenkai – Friday, December 4th, 6:30 at Kaname. Buffet style dining, Wii karaoke, and good friends–what better way to send off 2009 and welcome in 2010.
- Seattle-Kobe Holiday Party – Sunday, December 6th, 4:00 to 8:00 at the Pt Edwards Club House in Edmonds. Join the Seattle-Kobe Sister City Association for their annual holiday potluck dinner.
- JBook Meeting – Monday, December 14th, 6:30. This month’s book club meeting will focus on Jake Adelstein’s book “Tokyo Vice: An American Reported on the Police Beat in Japan,” an interesting look at organized crime in Tokyo in the 1990s. Start reading now.
- Bounenkai – Sunday, December 13th, 5:00 at Tono Sushi. Join JETAADC in bidding farewell to 2009 and welcoming the new year with food, games and good friends.
- Japanese Cuisine and Karaoke Social – December 5th, 6:30 at Tokyo Marina. Come out and join the Chicago JETs for some sushi, nabe and other Japanese cuisine followed by a night of karaoke at Lincoln Karaoke at 9:00.
- San Diego Subchapter Yokohama Sister City Holiday Party – Sunday, December 13th, 11:30 at the Bahia Resort Hotel. The San Diego Yokohama Sister City Society is putting on a holiday party, so join JET San Diego and share in the upcoming festivities.
- JETAA SC Bounenkai – Saturday, December 12th, 6:00 at the Brodard Chateau in Garden Grove. Celebrate the end of 2009 with JETAASC. Participate in the Secret Santa exchange and stick around for the Nijikai afterwards.
What happened at your chapter’s event? If you attend(ed) any of these exciting events, JetWit would love to hear about them. Just email Jonathan Trace with any info, stories or comments.
WITvid #4: Monkey Majik – “Change”
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WITvid is a periodic series by Peter Weber (Saitama-ken 2004-07), the JET Program Coordinator in San Francisco.
Some of you may have heard of the popular band in Japan, Monkey Majik, but did you know the lead singer, Maynard Plant (Aomori, 1997-00) is a Canadian JET Alumni! Here is their song Change with the Yoshida Brothers!
