Job: Part-time English teacher (Tokyo)
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Thanks to Kai Kadoich (Fukushima-ken, 2006-08) for passing this along:
Teacher wanted for kids and adults on Saturdays in Bunkyo Ward. Job is with a small editing company/English school, with a unique, computer-based teaching method. More teaching hours and editing/translation work available for the right person in the future if things work out.
Please apply with resume and brief cover letter.
Requirements: Native English speaker, Japanese conversational ability, Basic computer skills, Proper visa
Contact: jacob [at] english-live [dot] com
JETAA Chapter Beat 8.5.09
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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.
- English Discussion Group “on Japan” – Thursday, August 6th, 3:00 at the San Francisco Downtown Metreon Food Court. The topic of this month’s meeting is “What you are is what you eat,” covering ideas on diet, organic food, vegetarianism, etc.
- Happy Hour – Thursday, August 6th, 4:00 at Double Decker. Enjoy wings, drafts and good conversation with JETAANC this Thursday.
- Japanese Discussion Group “Taboo” – Saturday, August 15th, 3:00 at a location yet to be determined. The topic of this month’s discussion is “The Month of World War II.” Part II of this discussion will continue next week with “The Atomic Bomb in Hiroshima and Nagasaki.” Join in for this interesting discussion.
- JLPT 1 Kyuu Prep Course – September 16th through November 18th, every Wednesday night from 6:30 to 8:30 at the Japanese American Association of Northern California. Sign up ends soon, so don’t miss it if you’re planning to take the test in December.
- Summer Picnic – Saturday, August 8th, 1:00 at the Mercer Island Luther Burbank Park. Semi-potluck(burgers and hot dogs provided) with prizes, puppet shows and games. Don’t miss it.
- Happy Hour – Tuesday, August 11th, 5:30 at Galaxy Hut. Stop by, have a drink and a few laughs with JETAADC.
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
NYTMN with MURO and NEIL ARMSTRONG, Thur. Aug. 6th!
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ERIKA Live @ DROM 8/05/09
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BAPCPA Man #2 – Automatic Stay Force Field
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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.
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: On-site interpreters for Circuit Court of Cook County (Chicago, IL)
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Thanks to Bianca Jarvis (CIR Kyoto-shi, 2002-05), the Outreach Coordinator at the Japan Information Center, Consulate-General of Japan in Chicago, for passing along this job listing:
On-site interpreters are needed to work in an on-call, part time capacity for the Circuit Court of Cook County. The interpreter must be able to interpret simultaneously and/or consecutively in court proceedings, hearings, interviews, weddings, as well as other miscellaneous court related communicative events. Often times simultaneous interpretations are the preference and that involves rendering an interpretation continuously at the same time that someone is speaking, about one half to one full sentence behind the speaker. This way of interpreting is generally only intended to be heard by the person receiving the interpretation (in whispered tones); such as when the judge is speaking directly to that person. Consecutive interpretation gives the interpreter the opportunity to fully hear what the speaker is relaying in his message and then he/she will interpret to the listener. Even so this interpreter should still be no more than 2 or 3 sentences behind the speaker
In connection with this work, there will be on-going hiring for the next 3 years in all areas of Asian languages.
Contact: Joan Mattox – jmattox@readymadestaffing.com
Business Development, Ready Made Staffing, 1130 S. Wabash, #105, Chicago, IL. 60605, 312 341-0069
J-News Mini-Roundup: Plane Crash in Bangkok…What Really Happened?
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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. Their main service is private one on one tutoring in the NYC area, where the student chooses where and when to have lessons.
Background: It’s sometimes difficult to report on an international incident. Stories get conflicted, newspapers have to follow leads, and they’re pressed for time to release something to the public as soon as possible. Today’s crash for of a Bangkok Airways ATR72 showed how each Japanese newspaper can create a different story.
They did agree that the accident happened earlier today about 2pm Bangkok time, 4pm Tokyo time (although exact estimates are all different). The crashed happened on the island of Samui, with 72 people on board.
Asahi ”Landing failure in Thailand, the pilot dies, over 40 people injured” The time was 4:10 Tokyo time. As the plane was landing at the island of Samui, it went off the runway…
(CLICK HERE for the rest of the article, that includes Japanese News Summaries)
Graphic novelist Lars Martinson seeks funding for comic book about East Asian calligraphy
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JET alum Lars Martinson, author of the graphic novel Tonoharu: Part 1, is not only currently studying East Asian calligraphy in Ehime-ken, he wants to write a comic book about his experience. And he’s in the process of seeking funding to help make this happen.
If you’ve seen Tonoharu: Part 1, you know that “comic book” barely does justice to Lars’ sophisticated and detailed drawing style. And having won a Monbusho Scholarship to help him fund the production of Tonoharu: Part 1, Lars knows a thing or two about getting funding (as further demonstrated in a previous blog post titled “How to Apply for a Monbusho Scholarship“).
That said, it’s never easy getting funding and income as an artist/illustrator. (See, e.g., Lars’ recent post on adapting his drawing style for professional and practical purposes.) So if anyone can provide any assistance or leads to help Lars with funding, please feel free to get in touch with him at blog [at] larsmartinson [dot] com.
For information about Lars, you can read his blog at http://larsmartinson.com. You can also read a nice article about Lars from the Winter 2008 “Digital Media” Issue of the JETAA NY Newsletter, written by Alexei Esikoff (Fukushima-ken, 2001-02).
Japan America Society Roundup 08.04.09
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Current Hiroshima-ken JET Gail Meadows, co-editor of the Hiroshima JET webzine Wide Island View, shines a light on some of the upcoming events of the various Japan America societies…
JAS of the State of Washington
Wa in a Sports Bar — Best-selling author Robert Whiting, author of You Gotta Have Wa 2009, will be the featured speaker at JASSW’s cocktail reception. Whiting’s book is an updated version of the original 1989 book You Gotta Have Wa, a book about the cultural conflict between Japan and America, as seen through the common sport of baseball. In his talk, Whiting will address the question of whether Japanese and Americans understand (and like) each other more than they did two decades ago and the subject of how culture still manifests itself in baseball. Following the presentation, visitors can watch the Seattle Mariners play the New York Yankees on three large-screen plasma TVs in a private room. Cost is $20 for JAS members. Registration deadline is August 11. Click here to register.
- Date: Thursday, August 13
- Time: Doors open at 5:30 p.m., Presentation starts at 6:20 p.m.,
- Place: FOX Sports Grill, VIP Lounge, 1522 6th Ave., Seattle
- For more information: http://www.us-japan.org/jassw/index.htm
- Symposium on Historic Preservation in Kyoto & Boston — This symposium will include comments by the mayor of Kyoto and presentations by leading Japanese and American architects, urban planners and other specialists. Presentations will be in Japanese and English, with simultaneous interpretation. The symposium will be followed by a reception in honor of Mayor Daisaku Kadokawa at the Kyo-no-Machiya (Kyoto House) Boston Children’s Museum. Admission is free but registration is required.
- Date: Wednesday, August 26
- Time: Symposium 1:30 to 5 p.m. Reception 5 to 7 p.m.
- Place: Federal Reserve Bank of Boston, first floor theater, 600 Atlantic Ave., Boston
- For more information: http://www.us-japan.org/boston/Calendar.html
J-Pop Summit Festival 2009 — Mark your calendars for this pop culture-themed street far in San Francisco’s Japantown. The day’s festivities will include a Harajuku Kawaii makeover pageant and performances by Japan’s hottest girl bands. The celebration will be accompanied by the grand opening of New People, a center of Japanese cinema, retail and art.
- Date: Saturday, August 15
- Time: 10 a.m. to midnight
- Place: New People, 1746 Post Street, San Francisco
- For more information, click here.
Does your Japan America Society have an upcoming event that you’d like to share with JetWit readers? Email Gail Meadows the info.
Transcript of Roland Kelts full interview with Hayao Miyazaki (via GhibliWorld)
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For those of you who weren’t able to catch Roland Kelts’ (Osaka-shi, 1998-99) interview with Hayo Miyazaki in Berkeley, CA on July 25, a “fanatically thorough transcript” of the full interview has been posted at the GhibliWorld site: http://www.ghibliworld.com/miyazaki_on_stage_conversation_berkeley_july_2009.html
JET alum artists: Brooke and Daniel Lauer
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JetWit just learned of two more JET alum artists who happen to be married to each other and live in Greenville, SC. They also both lived in Niigata-ken.
Lauer, Brooke (Niigata-ken 2004-07) – Greenville, SC
- Writes and illustrates picture books, makes dolls from polymer clay, and handmade journals. Her newest work can be found at http://brookelauer.blogspot.com
- Motto: “Creating a more interesting world, one character at a time…”
Lauer, Daniel (Niigata-ken 2005-2007) – Greenville, SC
- His wheel-thrown pottery can be seen at http://www.firebirdpottery.com
Japanese Proficiency Test – applications now being accepted in U.S.
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Thanks to JETAA Pacific Northwest for passing this along:
The Japan Foundation, Los Angeles Office Now Accepting Applications for the “2009 Japanese Language Proficiency Test”
The Japanese Language Proficiency Test (JLPT) is an internationally accredited language examination designed to measure a person’s Japanese language skills. Those who pass the JLPT receive a Certificate of Proficiency and, as a result, are better able to market their Japanese skills in order to further their careers and educational pursuits.
Date: Sunday, December 6, 2009
Test Site in Seattle: University of Washington
Application Deadline: September 25, 2009
To register visit: http://www.jflalc. org/?act= tpt&id=8
Contact Information: The Japan Foundation, Los Angeles Office
JLPT Administration Committee
Tel: (213)621-2267
E-mail: noryoku@jfalc. org
For more information and on-line application, please visit the Japan Foundation, Los Angeles site: http://www.jflalc. org
Free “On-line Japanese Language SUSHI TEST” is also available for those who are not yet ready to undertake Level Four of the Japanese Proficiency Test http://momo. jpf.go.jp/ sushi/
Roland Kelts and young fans at Keio Academy Digital Media Creation program
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Over the weekend we mentioned that Roland Kelts (Osaka-shi, 1998-99), author of Japanamerica, gave a talk for the students in the Keio Academy of New York Japanese-English Bilingual Summer Program in Purchase, NY in connection with a two-week Digital Media Creation program. (Additional speakers in the program include Michael Arias, director of “ANIMATRIX” and “Tekkonkinkreet,” Shoji Kawamuri, animation director and mechanical designer and Yuji Nunokawa, CEO of animation producer Pierrot Co., Ltd.)
Here are a couple nice photos from the event:
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Job: Speechwriter and intergovernmental affairs assistant for Consulate-General of Japan in San Francisco (CA)
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Via Peter Weber (Saitama-ken, 2004-07), the JET Program Coordinator at the Japan Information Center/Consulate-General of Japan in San Francisco:
Consulate staff member who functions both as a speech writer and an intergovernmental affairs assistant at the Consulate General of Japan in San Francisco
The Consulate General of Japan in San Francisco has an opening for a staff member to work both as a speech writer and an assistant in the Intergovernmental Affairs Section of the Consulate General of Japan. The start date will be in September or early October.
Full details here: http://www.sf.us.emb-japan.go.jp/archives/PR_e/2009/pr_09_0731.htm
Job: International recruiter – St John’s University (Queens, NY)
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Via HigherEdJobs.com:
International Recruiter (R2833) at St. John’s University in Queens, NY
http://www.higheredjobs.com/state/details.cfm?JobCode=175384287
Reporting to the Director of Admission, the International Admission Recruiter will assist with the development of the international recruitment plan and with meeting the enrollment projects in select regions. Read More
