SWET Presents: Writing News on Japan: With Journalist Elaine Lies (Tokyo)
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The Society of Writers, Editors, and Translators presents:
Writing News on Japan: With Journalist Elaine Lies
Time: Tuesday, June 23, 2009, 7:00-9:00 p.m.
Place: Foreign Correspondents’ Club of Japan
Fee: 5,000 yen (to include evening meal)
Reservations required by June 19; email SWET events, or fax 03-3430-1740
Whether geisha or anime, samurai or electronics, Japan still remains a fascinating place for much of the world, and papers will pay for stories. As a 20-year resident of Japan who has been writing about the country for most of that time, both freelance and as a reporter for Reuters news agency, Elaine Lies has a few ideas about what kinds of stories will work, as well as those that might not.
Elaine Lies studied Asian Studies at Cornell and UC Berkeley before coming to Japan, where she has lived in the rural north as well as in Tokyo. With experience as a general news reporter covering earthquakes, prime ministers, anime, whaling, and just about anything else you can imagine, she has stories to tell and perspectives to share.
See URL below for more details:
http://www.swet.jp/index.php/events/
Job: Outreach/Communications Coordinator for Asian/Pacific Studies (Duke U.)
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Great job listing via JETAA Pacific Northwest, somewhat ironically (they’re great with the job postings):
Job Title: Outreach and Communications Coordinator, Asian/Pacific Studies Institute at Duke University
The Asian/Pacific Studies Institute has an opening for the position of Outreach and Communications Coordinator. This will be a 30 hour/week
position with benefits, with the potential of upgrading to a 40 hour/week position. The position is classified as Program Coordinator, Level 10, Job Family 28 in the Duke system.
Job Responsibilities:
Serve as the outreach coordinator of APSI: Read More
JOB: Middle School Teacher (Milwaukee)
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(Job posting by Barry Greene (Yamanshi-ken 2002-05)).
Milwaukee Renaissance Academy wants teachers for the core subjects of reading, writing, and arithmetic. They are also actively pursuing language teachers for JAPANESE, Mandarin, Arabic, and Hindi. Position starts by August 1st, 2009.
http://www.idealist.org/if/i/en/av/Job/330341-126
JOB: Language Lead- i.e. lead of an interpreting team (Yoyogi, Tokyo)
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(Job posting by Barry Greene (Yamanshi-ken 2002-05)).
One of the job agencies in Tokyo is advertising for someone to lead a translation/interpreting team.
http://jobs.japantimes.jp/company/LYT1038/703/recruit.html
JOB: Bilingual Architect/Project Manager (Atlanta)
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(Job posting by Barry Greene (Yamanshi-ken 2002-05)).
A construction company has Japanese clients and English-speaking vendors: sounds like the perfect place for a JET.
Candidate must possess: Read More
JOB: Customer Service Rep with a Logistics Firm (Memphis)
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This company makes a lot money moving around inventory and storing boxes for companies- a lot of money. If you’re Japanese is pretty good and live in the south- give them a shout.
(Job posting by Barry Greene (Yamanshi-ken ’02-’05)).
Roland Kelts on Sakura-Con: Yomiuri column and podcast
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Roland Kelts (Osaka-shi, 1998-99), author of Japanamerica, has a recent Daily Yomiuri column on his experience at Sakura-Con in Seattle in April. You can also listen to a podcast about the event in which he’s interviewed.
Thanks to author Suzanne Kamata (Tokushima-ken, 1988-90) for sharing this:
The 3rd Annual Japan Writer’s Conference will be held October 17-18, 2009 at Doshisha Women’s College, Imadegawa Campus, Kyoto, Japan. Organizers are now seeking proposals from poets and writers for presentations. First call deadline is May 15, 2009. For more information, see http://www.japanwritersconference.org.
Professional translator Joel Dechant (CIR Kagoshima-ken, 2001-04) is now guest blogging for Fukuoka Now
When I moved to Fukuoka a few years back, I was looking for something close to both Tenjin and Ohori Park. I found a great “mansion” in Ropponmatsu and have been discovering its hidden charms ever since.
Ropponmatsu is just far enough away from the hustle and bustle of Tenjin but still very much alive. In my alcohol-fueled explorations with trusty sack o’ blues harmonicas on my shoulder, I have found a few wonderful bars for the inveterate music lover. Check ‘em out!
Continue reading “Roots, Rock, Reggae”
J-News Mini-Roundup: The Flu Comes to Narita
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Scene from the movie, "The Blob"
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.
Background: All three newspapers headlines ran a story about the woman from America who was diagnosed potentially with a strain of the “flu.” Whether this is the Swine Flu or not is something that has still not been made public. At about 330pm in Narita Airport a woman who was flying on Northwest Airlines was taken in for the first level of quarantine testing, and tested positive for the A strain of the flu. She is now currently undergoing a second level of testing that will confirm whether or not this is the Swine Flu. Each newspaper gives its take on the situation.
Yomiuri “The War on the Virus is at our Shores.” This was Yomiuri’s closing quote from their article but it pretty much sums up their diagnosis of the situation. While both the Nikkei and Asahi newspapers give brief descriptions of what happened at Narita, Yomiuri gives detailed events that show a war on the virus is coming to Japanese shores. They point out that the WHO had just raised the alert level to 5 from the National Infectious Diseases Research center in Shinjuku. The newspaper in their preceding paragraph tells the reader about how diseases, if undiagnosed, transcend national borders.
(Click HERE to read the rest of the post)
Author Suzanne Kamata (Tokushima-ken, 1988-90) contacted me to let me know that poet Craig Arnold is missing in Japan. There is an effort underway to draw more attention to Craig’s disappearance to help pressure Japanese and U.S. authorities to take action.
For more information about the effort, please visit http://findcraigarnold.blogspot.com/
For more information on Craig Arnold, you can see his Wikipedia entry at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Craig_Arnold
Latest update from findcraigarnold.blogspot.com:
News
4/30 at 2:00 am EST: According to Christopher Blasdel of The International House of Japan, two US helicopters have landed on the island to assist in the search. The prefectural police have added another helicopter to make a total of four helicopters. The island has deep vegetation which might make it difficult to see anything from the air, but we have our fingers crossed!
JETAA NY sake tasting with JET alum sake sommelier Chris Johnson
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SAKE TASTING AT BAO NOODLES
When: Monday, May 4 at 7pm Where: Bao Noodles http://www.baonoodles.com/ 391 2nd Ave. between 22nd and 23rd St. (map) Price: $25/person (Originally $35) Limited to 25 people!!
JET Alum and Owner of Bao Noodles Chris Johnson has agreed to host this year’s JETAANY sake tasting. Bring your favorite sake glass and enjoy wonderful varieties of sake while snacking on Bao’s delicious Vietnamese creations. It will be a family style dinner with tastings of 6 different sakes from Japan as well as from the United States including, the very rare Champion Daiginjo which was honored at the 2008 Nanbu Toji Annual Competition and was a Gold Medalist at the 2008 Japan National New Saké Competition. For more information contact secretary [at] jetaany [at] org.
JETAA Chapter Beat 4.29.09
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Freelance writer/editor Jonathan Trace (Fukuoka-ken, 2005-08) takes us on a walk around the JET Alumni community…
- Tampa Subchapter Tsudoi – Friday, May 1st, 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.
- Sake Tasting at Bao Noodles – Monday, May 4th, 7:00 at Bao Noodles. Take part in this year’s JETAANY Sake Tasting, hosted by Jet Alum and Owner of Bao Noodles. Family style dinner with 6 different sakes.
- Sakura Matsuri at the Brooklyn Botanical Gardens – Saturday, May 2nd, 11:00 at the Brooklyn Botanical Gardens. Spend the day with JETAANY outside under the cherry blossoms. Activities include ikebana, taiko and other Japanese related fun.
- Book Club Meeting – Wednesday, May 6th, 7:00 at a location yet to be determined. The selected work this month is “The Housekeeper and the Professor” by Yoko Ogawa. Start reading so you can join in on the discussion come May.
- May Monthly Meeting – Monday, May 4th, 6:00 at Panama Cafe. Come add your voice to the inner workings of PNW JETAA and find out how you can be more involved.
- Happy Hour – Friday, May 1st, 6:00 at Wann Izakaya. Spend a relaxing evening with PNW JETAA and bring your friends.
- Yoshida Brothers Concert – May 20th, 7:00 and 9:30(two shows) at the Triple Door. Do not miss these highly talented shamisen masters.
- J-Lunch – Thursday, April 30th, 12:00 at Kopitiam. Stop by this month’s J-Lunch for anyone interested in Japan.
- Happy Hour – Tuesday, May 12th, 5:00 at Uncle Julio’s Fine Mexican Cuisine. Have a laugh and a drink with your friends at JETAA DC.
- JBook Book Club – Monday, May 18th, 6:30 at Penn Quarter Teaism. May’s topic of discussion is “Moribito” by Nahoko Uehashi. New members always welcome, so drop on by.
- JETAA DC Alumni Social Event at Pimlico Race Course – May 23rd at the Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore, MD. The first race is 11:30 and admissions is free.
- Iron Chef Potluck – Saturday, May 9th, 6:00 at a location yet to be determined. Come put those culinary skills to the test with JETAASC’s annual Iron Chef competition.
- Camp JET at Lake Arrowhead – May 29th – May 31st at Lake Arrowhead. Spend the weekend roughing it with JETAASC.
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.
Job: Admin/Sales Assistant for Japanese company
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Via Actus Consulting:
Our client, Japanese trading company seeks an Administrative/Sales Assistant. Job responsibility includes assistance in General Affairs and Office Operation(60-70%) and support for Sales Department-40%) such as customer service, shipping coordination, inventory control, data filing, etc. Must be able to communicate in native-level English and also conversation-level Japanese. Some reading and writing in Japanese is required to communicate with Japan but basic reading/writing skills are good enough. Basic PC skills (Excel, Word, PowerPoint) also required. Entry level welcome as long as you are very much willing to learn and be a part of the team. Read More
JetWit gathering in Tokyo May 15 for Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators
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Hi everybody! (especially if you live in Tokyo!)
On May 15, 2009, The Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators is hosting a presentation by Laura Rennert, a senior agent of Andrea Brown Literary Agency, about the craft of writing. I plan on attending this event (which is in Shibuya) and would like to meet up with other JetWit-ers who are interested in going.
Please contact me at bokinaka [at] uclalumni [dot] net. The plan is to hit up an izakaya in Shibuya afterwards, so if you just want to show up for food and drinks (and great company) on a Friday night, then e-mail me!
domo!
Bobby Okinaka (CIR Kobe-shi, 2001-02)
www.fresh-off.blogspot.com
Note: See the post on JetWit about the event, shared previously by author Suzanne Kamata (Tokushima-ken, 1988-90) who serves as the Publicity Assistant for the Tokyo branch of The Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators.
