Japan-America Society (Seattle): “Challenges of Banking in an Economic Crisis”
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Via JETAA Pacific Northwest:
Friday, September 25, 2009
“Challenges of Banking in an Economic Crisis”
Speaker : Masamichi “Mitch” Yasuda
Senior Executive VP/Deputy CFO, Union Bank
The Japan-America Society is pleased to announce Mr. Masamichi “Mitch” Yasuda as our featured speaker for a September 25 lunch program titled “Challenges of Banking in an Economic Crisis.” Mr. Yasuda will speak about the state of the economy in Japan today compared to its post-bubble years, and the economic challenges facing U.S. bankers. He will also touch on how Union Bank has been able to stay successful during these difficult economic times. Read More
Job: English Conversation Teacher in Sapporo
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Via the Hokkaido JETs Yahoo group:
From Oct 1st, there will be a position available in Sapporo for an English Conversation teacher. Classes are maximum 20 students and conducted solo. Maximum 18 class hours scheduled per week (1 class hour = 45 minutes)). Hours 08:30-16:30. Generous winter, spring and summer holidays. Salary 300,000/month. University graduate and teaching experience in Japan essential (preferably in a Japanese high school). Applicant must be in Sapporo by start date.
If you are interested, please send your CV by e-mail to:
Applications should be sent no later than September 5th. Only successful applicants will be contacted for an interview in mid-September.
Job: Website Content Manager at Senior Services (Seattle, WA)
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Via JETAA Pactific-Northwest:
Website Content Manager at Senior Services
OPENING DATE: August 12, 2009
CLOSING DATE: August 24, 2009
POSITION: Website Content Manager
HOURS: Full-time, exempt
SALARY RANGE: $24.85 – $26.90
PROGRAM: Information Technology
LOCATION: 2208 2nd Ave, Seattle 98121
Job Summary:
The Website Content Manager is responsible for planning, designing, creating, enhancing, and maintaining all agency web sites. The primary agency web site (www.seniorservices.org) is built on the DotNetNuke CMS platform. The position is responsible for managing the DotNetNuke system and for researching, purchasing, and documenting new modules. The position will be expected to guide different levels of staff in the planning of web pages and then implementing those pages independently, obtaining or creating all graphics required, assisting in the creation and processing of video, and building the web pages within DotNetNuke. The Website Content Manager is responsible for training staff in the use of DotNetNuke modules to allow other departments to manage their web sites and pages. The position is responsible for gathering and reporting web stats and for search engine optimization. The Website Content Manager is responsible for managing, enhancing, and promoting the agency Intranet – also on the DotNetNuke platform. Read More
BAPCPA Man #4 – The Battle of BAPCPA
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APCPA 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.
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.
Job: Part Time Grant/Proposal Writer (D.C.)
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Via JETAADC :
Position: Part-Time Grants/Proposal Writer
Location: Washington, DC; or telecommute opportunity
Job Category: Editing & Writing, Fundraising & Development
Area of Focus: International Medical Relief
Type: Contract, Part Time
Salary: Competitive depending upon experience
Last day to apply: September 4, 2009
As a result of its growth, Merlin USA is seeking an experienced proposal writer to join its expanding team on a part-time, contract basis. The proposal writer will have primary responsibility to write and submit letter of inquires and proposals to private and corporate foundations as well as assist with research. The ideal person for this position will be comfortable juggling multiple writing and editing projects against tight deadlines with minimal oversight. The proposal writer will work closely with the development team and reports to the Director of Merlin USA. Read More
Job: Customer Service Representative at Outdoor Research (Seattle)
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Thank you JETAAPNW (Pacific Northwest) for the following job listing:
Outdoor Research has a job opening in Customer Service. This is a full time position with benefits.
Job Summary
To handle dealer telephone inquiries and product questions in a timely, accurate and professional manner, analyze sales data and make proactive sales accordingly, maintain and update order entries, and resolve discrepancies in orders and billing.
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Jobs: Part-time ALT position in Matsuyama
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Via the Ehime JET Yahoo group:
Omori-san for EPIC has a part-time ALT position available at Matsuyama Technical (Kougyou) High School. The ALT will teach two mornings a week, with four lessons each visit (eight lessons/week). The salary is 80,000yen per month, and the ALT will be free in the afternoons and non-visit days. The position runs from September-March 2010, with the possibility of re-contracting after March, with more hours.
If you are interested in this position, please contact Omori-san at EPIC on morimori@epic.or.jp or 089 9175678 BEFORE Monday August 17 2009.
BAPCPA Man #3 – Enter Subprimulus
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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.
Update: Nice mention of BAPCPA Man on the independent law blog AboveTheLaw.com.
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.
Adbusters: “The Soul of Japan” by Roland Kelts
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Roland Kelts (Osaka-shi, 1998-99), author of Japanamerica, has an article in the August issue of Adbusters magazine addressing the long lineage of Japanese artists’ resistance to the U.S.-Japan Security Treaty and subsequent interdependence. With the elections looming on August 30th, perhaps this additional context will be of interest JET alum.
The Soul of Japan: Japan’s crisis is not political, but psychological
© hideaki kawashima | soak, 2004 | courtesy tomio koyama gallery, tokyo
https://www.adbusters.org/magazine/84/soul-japan.html
Newsletter: JETAA British Columbia seeks Newsletter submissions
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Via the JETAA British Columbia Yahoogroup:
Hello everyone,
Hope you’re all having an awesome summer! This is a call for submissions for the next JETAABC Fall 2009 Newsletter. We always welcome new contributors to submit an article. Any and all ideas (JET or Japan-related) would be great!
If you’re wondering what to write about, here are a few ideas to help you get started:
*life post-JET – personal anecdotes/experienc es
*JET Life / Life in Japan – personal anecdotes/experienc es
*upcoming events or a review of events that have taken place recently (ex. summer events, Powell Street Festival, etc).
*restaurant reviews of Japanese restaurants in Metro Vancouver and Victoria
*former JET personal profiles; profiling local and prominent former JETs
*profiles on a specific prefecture/area in Japan
*Japanese TV and movie reviews
*photos, art, poetry
***For current JETs who have subscribed to this list, we would love to hear from you, too! Tell us about your fantastic life in Japan as it’s happening right now (so those of us back in Canada can live vicariously through you ;p)
The deadline for submissions is Friday, September 4, 2009!
If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me at at newsletter[at] jetaabc.ca.
I hope to hear from you soon! Thank you,
Dinah
JETAABC Newsletter Editor
Isshoni London: Top 5 Picks for Summer in Japanese London
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Great article from the Isshoni London website run by JET alum Vanessa Villalobos (who is also the Communications Officer for JETAA UK).
There’s a welcome lull in frenetic London life over August… time to enjoy some of the finer things in life: food, music and the great outdoors.
If you, like I am, are counting down the days to the Japan Matsuri at Spitalfields this September 19th, you should indulge in a little Japanese cultural exploration over the summer!
1. EAT FOR FREE AT TOKYO CITY
I know! I couldn’t believe it either! Simply book your table in advance at Tokyo City Japanese Restaurant near Bank on any Tuesday in August, anytime from 11.30am to 10pm at night. A tasty offer too good to miss, you simply pay a £2.50 service charge and the cost of drinks you order.
City workers can feast for free on everything from handmade sushi and sashimi to bento boxes filled with Japanese classics, plus other traditional Japanese dishes, and help Tokyo City celebrate their 10th birthday and the launch of their new August menu.
Tokyo City is at 46 Gresham Street, London, EC2V 7AY
Call 020 7726 0308 and quote the Tokyo City offer when you book.
2. DISCOVER CONTEMPORARY JAPANESE MUSIC
You’ll be pleased to hear Tsuru Sushi plays host to new Japanese music the last Wednesday of every month! Their 100% Genki events showcase Japanese musical and performance talent.
The events have been running for one year on the last Wednesday of each month, and attract a diverse crowd from the Japanese and local communities. Performers are also diverse, ranging from Wataru Kousaka, a sanshin player, to contemporary electronic composer Anchorsong and many others.
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Job: Director of Admissions (Nagoya University)
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Institution: Nagoya University
Location: Nagoya, Japan
Admin – Admissions and Enrollment
Application Due: Open Until Filled
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Procrastination: TranslationParty.com
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TranslationParty.com is a simple and amusing procrastination tool that demonstrates the hilarious quirkiness of machine translation. Enter an English phrase and TranslationParty will automatically translate it into Japanese, then back into English, then back into Japanese, etc. Until a Zen-like equilibrium is reached…
From Twitter @leesean via @myGengo.
J-News Mini-Roundup: Japanese Prime Minister Just Says NO to Yasukuni Shrine
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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: Yasukuni Shrine is one of the biggest (if not the biggest) diplomatic challenges that Japan has with its neighbors. The shrine exclusively celebrates the Japanese war dead, so naturally when an anniversary of a war comes up the prime minister needs to look patriotic and pay homage to fallen soldiers. The problem is that those fallen soldiers, to neighbors such as China and Korea, also include Class A war criminals that tortured and killed their people. Every prime minister in recent years that has visited the shrine has ended up getting key diplomatic missions cancelled, and on a more extreme level countries will shut off economic and political negotiations entirely.
Prime Minister Aso today commented on Yasukuni, in the background of the anniversary of the end of WWII coming up on August 15th. Each newspaper had a different take on the event.
Nikkei “I’m Against Visiting Yasukuni While in Office” On the evening of August 10th at the Prime Minister’s residence, Prime Minister Aso stated in regards to the anniversary on the 15th of WWII…
(CLICK HERE for the rest of the article, that includes Japanese News Summaries)
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JetWit webmaster Lee-Sean Huang (Oita-ken, 2003-06) comments after the jump on The Cove, a new documentary about dolphin hunting in Japan. Please feel free to share your own thoughts regarding this controversial film in the comments section of this post.
