{"id":36369,"date":"2014-09-25T22:45:42","date_gmt":"2014-09-26T02:45:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/?p=36369"},"modified":"2014-09-25T22:45:42","modified_gmt":"2014-09-26T02:45:42","slug":"job-research-asst-politicaleconomic-affairs-japanese-consulate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/2014\/09\/25\/job-research-asst-politicaleconomic-affairs-japanese-consulate\/","title":{"rendered":"Job: Research Asst, Political\/Economic Affairs &#8211; Japanese Consulate"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"color: #252525\"><em><span style=\"color: #222222\">Originally posted to JETAA Great Lakes by Rhea Young.\u00a0<\/span>Posted by\u00a0<a style=\"color: #4574a3\" href=\"http:\/\/linkedin.com\/in\/jaymetsutsuse\"><span style=\"color: #000000\"><strong>Jayme Tsutsuse<\/strong><\/span><\/a>\u00a0<\/em><em><strong>(<a style=\"color: #4574a3\" href=\"http:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/groups\/Kyoto-JET-Alumni-3755092\/about\"><span style=\"color: #000000\">Kyoto<\/span><\/a>-fu, 2013-2014)<\/strong>, organizer of\u00a0<strong><a style=\"color: #4574a3\" href=\"http:\/\/crossculturalkansai.wordpress.com\/\"><span style=\"color: #000000\">Cross-Cultural Kansai<\/span><\/a><\/strong><\/em>. \u00a0<a style=\"color: #4574a3\" href=\"https:\/\/groups.google.com\/forum\/?hl=en&amp;fromgroups#%21forum\/jetwitjobs\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #000000\">Click here<\/span><\/a>\u00a0to join\u00a0the\u00a0<a style=\"color: #4574a3\" href=\"https:\/\/groups.google.com\/forum\/?hl=en&amp;fromgroups#%21forum\/jetwitjobs\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #000000\">JETwit Jobs Google Group<\/span><\/a>\u00a0and receive job listings even sooner by email.<\/p>\n<hr style=\"color: #252525\" \/>\n<p style=\"color: #252525\"><strong><i>Position<\/i><\/strong><em><span style=\"color: #000000\">:\u00a0Research Asst, Political\/Economic Affairs<\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000\"><em><b>Posted by<\/b>:\u00a0Japanese Consulate<\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000\"><strong><i>Locatio<\/i><em>n<\/em><\/strong><em>:\u00a0Detroit, MI<\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000\"><strong><em>Type<\/em><\/strong><em>: Full-time\u00a0<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #252525\"><strong>Overview:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In 1993, as a result of the growing number of Japanese residents and businesses in Michigan and Ohio, the Consulate-General of Japan in Detroit was established. Consulate survey results indicate a combined total of nearly 900 Japanese owned facilities in Michigan and Ohio. The current two-state population of Japanese nationals exceeds 24,000.<br \/>\nImportant consulate missions include: providing support and service to local Japanese nationals, promoting trade and business development between Japan and the U.S., and strengthening U.S.-Japan relations and mutual understanding through various local economic, educational and cultural activities and exchanges.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p><strong style=\"font-style: inherit\">Available Position: Full-time (9:00a.m. to 5:00 p.m.), beginning Oct. 20th 2014<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul type=\"square\">\n<li style=\"font-style: inherit\">Research Analyst in the Political\/Economic Affairs Section<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong style=\"font-style: inherit\">Main Responsibilities:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul type=\"square\">\n<li style=\"font-style: inherit\">Participation in consulate mission to strengthen U.S-Japan governmental and economic ties within the states of Ohio and Michigan; duties include:\n<ul style=\"font-style: inherit\" type=\"square\">\n<li style=\"font-style: inherit\">gathering, organizing and analyzing information on relevant economic and political issues<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-style: inherit\">conducting and maintaining annual Japanese Direct Investment Survey<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-style: inherit\">drafting speeches and official correspondence for the Consul General and Deputy Consul General<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong style=\"font-style: inherit\">Requirements:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul type=\"square\">\n<li style=\"font-style: inherit\">Four-year university degree<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-style: inherit\">Ability to research, analyze and communicate political and economic topics<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-style: inherit\">High proficiency in database management, especially Microsoft Access and Excel, for the purpose of organizing and reporting large data sets<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-style: inherit\">High proficiency in data organization, layouts, mapping, image editing software, etc., for the purpose of creating PR materials and internal reports<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-style: inherit\">Good verbal and written communication skills<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong style=\"font-style: inherit\">Required materials for application:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul type=\"square\">\n<li style=\"font-style: inherit\">Resume, cover letter, and list of references<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong style=\"font-style: inherit\">Application procedures: The deadline for application is Oct. 3rd 2014<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul type=\"square\">\n<li style=\"font-style: inherit\">Electronic submission of the above-mentioned materials to:\u00a0<a style=\"font-style: inherit;color: #5533cc\" href=\"mailto:info@dt.mofa.go.jp\" target=\"_blank\">info@dt.mofa.go.jp<\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-style: inherit\">Applications will be reviewed within two weeks of receipt; selected applicants will be contacted directly to schedule an interview.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Originally posted to JETAA Great Lakes by Rhea Young.\u00a0Posted by\u00a0Jayme Tsutsuse\u00a0(Kyoto-fu, 2013-2014), organizer of\u00a0Cross-Cultural Kansai. \u00a0Click here\u00a0to join\u00a0the\u00a0JETwit Jobs Google Group\u00a0and receive job listings even sooner by email. Position:\u00a0Research Asst, Political\/Economic Affairs Posted by:\u00a0Japanese Consulate Location:\u00a0Detroit, MI Type: Full-time\u00a0 Overview: In 1993, as a result of the growing number of Japanese residents and businesses in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":111,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-36369","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-jobs"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pkZ7m-9sB","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36369","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/111"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=36369"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36369\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":36370,"href":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36369\/revisions\/36370"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=36369"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=36369"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=36369"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}