Japan America Society Roundup 7.22.09
Japan Society Round-up 
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Current Hiroshima-ken JET Gail Meadows, co-editor of Hiroshima JET webzine the Wide Island View, shines a light on some of the upcoming events of various Japan America societies
The Berkeley Kite Festival — The JSNC is co-sponsoring this year’s kite festival, featuring multi-line competitions of the Bay Area Sport Kite League, as well as other events and competitions such as candy drops and rokkaku battles. Visitors also can enjoy the giant creature kite show of the Berkeley Kite Wranglers. Highlighting this year’s festival is a delegation from the Sode-cho Kite-Flying Society of Hamamatsu, Japan. Their traditional “Machijirushi” kites are indigenous to Hamamatsu and are made from fine paper and bamboo. This is a chance to meet Japan’s master kite builders and learn about their centuries-old traditional kite designs.
- Date: July 25 and 26
- Time: 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.
- Place: Cesar E. Chavez Park at the Berkeley Marina
- For more information: http://www.highlinekites.com/Berkeley_Kite_Festival
- Sushi Workshop — Learn all the basic tricks and techniques of making your own sushi. You’ll learn about basic sauces and stocks, how to make sushi rice, how to handle each sushi fish and ingredients for preparation, how to make rolls and how to slice a fish to make sashimi. The cost is $30 per person with all ingredients and materials included, but you should bring your own knife. The reservation deadline is July 23. To make a reservation, email Eriko at JASGA-Events (at) jasga (dot) org.
- Date: Sunday, July 26
- Time: 1:30 to 3:30 p.m.
- Place: Triangle Club House, 4700 Guadalupe St., Austin
- For more information, click here.
Riverbats Baseball Game in Louisville — Nothing like baseball to connect Japanese and Americans. Throw back a cold one and cheer on the Riverbats against Indianapolis. Free for JASK members.
- Date: Tuesday, August 18
- Time: 7 p.m.
- Place: Louisville Slugger Stadium
- For more information, click here.
Does your Japan America Society have an upcoming event you’d like to share with JetWit readers? Email Gail Meadows the info.
Job: Entry level sales admin for Japanese electric manuf co. (Bannockburn, IL)
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Via JETAA Chicago:
Electric Manufacturing Company is looking for Entry Level Sales Administrator
Industry: Electric parts manufacturing
Location: Bannockburn, IL
Salary: $ 30 -34k (Temp to Fulltime)
Job Description: Electric Manufacturing Company is looking for Entry Level Sales Administrator.
Customer Relations Process orders and provides support to customers and distributors in regards to order status, pricing and delivery. The customer service representative acts to bridge communication between customers, outside representatives and Shindengen sales managers. The sales administrator, work closely with the warehouse to ensure prompt and efficient shipments to guarantee customer satisfaction.
Buyer Planner – Buyer works with sales, administration and operations to ensure products and services are received so work flows are not interrupted and customer deadlines are met. This position reports to the Senior National Sales Manager.
Contact: Maiko Ninagawa(蜷川麻衣子), Interesse international inc., Chicago Office, 5600 North River Road, Suite 800, Rosemont, IL 60018, Tel: 847-993-3006, Fax: 847-993-3008, E-mail: maiko@iiicareer.com, HP: www.iiicareer.com
Thanks to Bryan Reynolds (Ibaraki-ken, 2006-08) of JAPANiCAN.com for sharing the following translation/writing position for the JTB Group’s English language site, JAPANiCAN.com. Interested applicants should send a resume and Japanese rirekisho by email to japanican01@jtb.jp.
(Note: One reader reported a problem with the e-mail address earlier today, but we’ve confirmed that now it’s been fixed.)
Keep reading below the jump for full job description details.
Job: Shiseido – Manager, Business Planning (NYC)
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Thanks to JET alum Kendall Murano (who works for Shiseido) for passing along this job listing (which, fyi, does not require Japanese language ability). If you’re a JET alum, feel free to contact Kendall as a reference or if you have any questions (though bear in mind that she’s not involved in the hiring process):
Shiseido – Manager, Business Planning
Division: BPI / Dept.: Sales Admin / Reports to: Abraham Faddoul – Executive Director, Finance & Sales Operations
Apply to: resumes@sac.shiseido.com
Job Responsibilities include, but not limited to:
- Shipment reporting which includes weekly and monthly shipments. Responsible for understanding the distortions between this year’s results against this year plan and last year’s performance.
- Responsible for orchestrating Field Sales and Retail Sales planning fiscal bonus. Includes the calculation as well as the maintenance of the program.
- Creates and Maintains Account P&L’s.
- Assist the VP in maintaining the Corporate Financial Statements. ( Returns monitoring, Demonstration Reporting, POSM Spending)
- Create and maintain all necessary reports to help Marketing in their strategic planning.
- Responsible for creating co-op and freelance budgets on a seasonal basis and ensure proper field spending.
- Liaise between BPI New York office, BPI Paris office and Shiseido Oakland and Customer Service departments when necessary.
Qualifications:
- PowerPoint, Excel, Microsoft Word, Internet Capabilities.
- Strong interpersonal and communication skills to effectively interface with clients and customers and international staff.
- Ability to work under pressure and fluctuating deadlines.
- Strong knowledge and experience with the fragrance luxury environment and the retail world as a whole.
- Good controlling background.
- Attention to detail and good sense of humor a plus.
Jobs: U of Illinois Asian Educational Media Service – Visiting Coordinator and Visiting Asst. Coordinator
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- Visiting Coordinator of AEMS, and
- Visiting Assistant Coordinator of AEMS.
Current JETs, this is another reason for your students to improve their eigo.
JET alums and Triathalons
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Ganbatte to JET alum Carolyn Okabe who will be partaking in the New York City Triathlon (swim, bike and run) this Sunday, July 26th.
Course Map:
http://www.nyctri.com/Assets/Course+Map+$!2706.pdf Course Written Description: http://www.nyctri.com/Event_Information/Course/Course_Description.htmAny other JET alums out there doing triathalons or did a triathalon in the last 6 months? Let us know by posting in the comments section, or by emailing jetwit [at] jetwit [dot] com.
Job: U.S.-Japan Council – Manager, Los Angeles position opening
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The U.S.-Japan Council is a new non-profit membership organization in Washington, D.C. that promotes U.S.-Japan relations. They currently have a position opening for a Manager in the Los Angeles area.
See the job description below, and please note that they are seeking candidates–especially JET alumni–with native level Japanese, minimum 5 years work experience, and a solid understanding of the Los Angeles Japanese and Japanese-American community networks.
(Don’t forget to let them know you heard about the position on JetWit.) Read More
WITLife is a periodic series written by professional Interpreter/Translator/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.
Today’s news reported on an interesting trend in Japan, that of 便所飯 (benjo meshi) or toilet meals. The segment focused on college students who don’t want to be seen eating alone, and choose to take cover in the bathroom instead. The news crew went into a university to determine the extent of this phenomenon, and did a survey of how many people were found eating alone in the cafeteria within an hour, yielding 11. They interviewed these solo eaters as to why they were by themselves, and one replied that the time she had available to eat didn’t match that of her friends.
Other people who spoke to reporters said that they would rather skip lunch and wait until a later meal when their friends were free rather than face eating alone. However, for some Read More
Zorgamazoo in China too! (sort of)
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Following up on the post about Robert P. Weston’s (Nara-ken, 2002-04) rhyming children’s novel Zorgamazoo being translated into German, it turns out Zorgamazoo is also being translated into Chinese. And by the Chinese translator who did Dr. Seuss!
This, apparently, is not new news. Rob did a post on his Way of the West blog back in November, 2008 unveiling the news. But JetWit didn’t know Rob back then. In fact, JetWit barely existed at the time.
The important thing is that we know now and as a result, so do you.
And to Rob we simply say, “Gong shi, gong shi!” (That’s “omedetou” in Chinese, fyi.)
J-News Mini-Roundup: Japanese Sumo – Asashoryu Continues to Fall
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Asashoryu from the Yomiuri Shinbun
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 language learning options. Their main service is private one on one Japanese language lessons in the NYC area, where the student chooses where and when to have lessons. They’ve also recently expanded to include the Korean and Chinese languages.
Background: Maybe fame is finally catching up with Asashoryu. After seeming to be undefeatable in 2007, he became the first Yokozuna ever to be suspended by the Sumo Association of Japan. Asashoryu claimed he was injured and had to return home, later to find out he had participated in a local soccer game in Mongolia. It took quite a while for Asashoryu to return to competition, and so far he’s lost his aura of being undefeatable. Earlier this year he ended the tournament with 2 losses, while his main competitor Hakuhou was undefeated. The newspapers each reported on the recent Sumo Tournament in Nagoya, and how Asashoryu fairs compared with his competition.
Asahi “Asashoryu Continues to Lose, Hakuhou and Shikona Are Able to Protect their Undefeated Titles”
(CLICK HERE for the rest of the article, that includes Japanese News Summaries)
JetWit Blog Beat by Crystal Wong (Iwate-ken, 2002-04) is a recurring item featuring posts from the blogs of various JET alumni. Crystal is a formerEnglish-language writer for Kyodo News. She now works as a media planner in Chelsea and sorely misses all her favorite midtown ramen joints.
Hello, JET alumni! We trust you have all been having amazing summers. From the latest look at the blog rolls, it certainly looks that way. Let’s take a look:
Writer Kelly Luce (Kawasaki, 2002-2003) shares her latest adventures in writing from Fishtrap, a writing conference in Eastern Oregon.
Congratulations to Robert P. Weston (Nara-ken, 2002-04), the Toronto-based author of the rhyming children’s novel Zorgamazoo, who has just announced that Zorgamazoo has been selected as a contender in One Book One Brampton.
Check out JET alum Chen Reichert‘s cool new boto attack ukiyo-e designs here.
Having trouble with figuring out what to wear for those warm summer days and cool nights? Check out Janice Momoko Chow‘s (Saitama, 2005-2006) write-up of StyleCaster, a great new site and app for anyone who loves to shop.
Last but not least, congratulations once again to James Kennedy (Nara-ken, 2004-06) on his victory versus Neil Gaiman for the 2009 Newbery award. Read the full details here.
The latest from Way of the West, the official blog of Robert P. Weston (Nara-ken, 2002-04), the Toronto-based author of the rhyming children’s novel Zorgamazoo:
Good news, everyone: I’ve had an offer to publish Zorgamazoo in Germany!
Jacoby and Stuart wants to have the book out in Spring of 2010, and in hardcover, no less. Because of the challenging translation presented by Zorgamazoo, they’re currently on the search for a well-known, well-experienced translator.
Whoever they find, may I wish them the very best of luck! I don’t expect it’ll be easy.
(JetWit is still stuck on the question of how one would pronounce “Zorgamazoo” in German?)
Job: Translation of the Kurodahan Press’ Speculative Japan Series
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JetWit job poster Stephen Palanik (Fukushima Ken, 2004-08) learned of the following freelance translation opportunity through the Honyaku E <> J Mailing List and thought it might be of interest to former JETs. Stephen is a translator based in Hamamatsu city, Shizuoka Ken, and he periodically posts job listings and event information for JET alumni.
The contents of the second volume of the Kurodahan Press’ Speculative Japan series of anthologies has been finalized, and they are looking for good translators. If you would like to be considered for one of these stories, please contact either Mr. Edward Lipsett or Mr. Stephen Carter by e-mail.
See the list of available works for more information.
If you have never worked for the Kurodahan Press, you should probably take a look at their FAQ for prospective translators, because it is highly likely that you will be asked to demonstrate your ability as a translator and a writer before you are contracted to handle a story.
Event: “Behavioral Selling – Getting inside your Client’s Brain!” (Tokyo)
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JetWit job poster Stephen Palanik (Fukushima Ken, 2004-08) learned of the following career workshop being held by CareerCross, and thought it might be of interest to former JETs in the Tokyo area. Stephen is a translator based in Hamamatsu city, Shizuoka Ken, and he periodically posts job listings and event information for JET alumni.
Are you selling at your maximum potential? Do you wonder why you turn some prospects “on” and some “off”? How much more sales could you make if you could better understand your prospects/clients, their strengths & weaknesses and how they react?
People are different, and buy for different reasons. A salesperson that understands Behavioral Selling knows how to recognize behavioral styles, adapts accordingly, and closes more sales!
CareerCross is proud to offer Dr. David Sweet’s popular Half-Day interactive workshop “Behavioral Selling – Getting Inside Your Client’s Brain!” At this workshop, you will learn the styles to which you naturally sell well and which are costing you sales. By improving your understanding of buyer motivation and client needs, you will improve their trust in you leading to increased success.
