{"id":6627,"date":"2009-06-03T12:06:28","date_gmt":"2009-06-03T16:06:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/?p=6627"},"modified":"2011-11-01T08:20:05","modified_gmt":"2011-11-01T12:20:05","slug":"newsletter-jq-spring-2009-utada-issue-now-available-online","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/2009\/06\/03\/newsletter-jq-spring-2009-utada-issue-now-available-online\/","title":{"rendered":"JQ Magazine&#8217;s Spring 2009 &#8220;Utada Issue&#8221; Now Available Online!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a href=\"http:\/\/jetaany.org\/magazine\/\" target=\"_blank\">Spring 2009 Issue<\/a> of <a href=\"http:\/\/jetaany.org\/magazine\/\" target=\"_blank\"><em><strong>JQ (JETAA NY Quarterly) Magazine<\/strong><\/em><\/a> is now available online at <a href=\"http:\/\/jetaany.org\/magazine\/\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/jetaany.org\/magazine\/<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/jetaany.org\/magazine_files\/JQ_Spring_2009.pdf\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" title=\"Microsoft Word - JQ Spring 2009 Cover Draft  1.doc\" src=\"http:\/\/jetaany.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/02\/utadacover.jpg\" alt=\"Microsoft Word - JQ Spring 2009 Cover Draft  1.doc\" width=\"259\" height=\"334\" \/><\/a><\/strong><em>O-tsuakare sama deshita<\/em> to Editor <strong>Justin Tedaldi (CIR Kobe-shi, 2001-02)<\/strong> for all his hard work in putting out another outstanding issue, this one featuring a <a href=\"http:\/\/jetaany.org\/magazine_files\/utada.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">one-on-one interview<\/a> he did with <strong>Hikaru Utada<\/strong> in New York.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Tanjo!!\u00a0 <em>JQ<\/em>&#8216;s Spring 2009 Utada Issue is Here!<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>What do an Oscar-winner, a celebrated ambassador-turned-president, an international author summit and one of the best-selling\u00a0singer-songwriters the Eastern Hemisphere&#8217;s ever seen have in common?\u00a0That&#8217;s right! They all (I heard)\u00a0turned down\u00a0Conan O&#8217;Brien to appear\u00a0in the new issue of JETAANY&#8217;s quarterly magazine <strong><em>JQ<\/em><\/strong>!<\/li>\n<li>Months in the making but well worth the wait,\u00a0our new issue also features our newly elected officers, Sakura Matsuri at Brooklyn Botanic Garden, a you-are-there piece on the Tokyo Marathon that you&#8217;re guaranteed to learn a thing or to from, and interviews with an Off-Broadway star,\u00a0community honchos, noted authors\u00a0and local JETs-made-good in both Japan and beyond.<\/li>\n<li>And how&#8217;s this for a main course: for the first time ever our\u00a0feature interview was too long for the print issue, so we&#8217;ve posted the complete <a href=\"http:\/\/jetaany.org\/magazine_files\/utada.pdf\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>13-page interview with\u00a0Hikaru Utada<\/strong><\/a> at the handy link below. Whether you&#8217;re a Hikki-<em>mania<\/em> or just want to read what might be the most in-depth interview she&#8217;s ever done in English, we&#8217;ve got you covered. \u00a0 It all happens in the new issue of <strong><em>JQ<\/em><\/strong>. <em>Dozo <\/em>and enjoy!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/jetaany.org\/magazine_files\/JQ_Spring_2009.pdf\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">SPRING\u00a02009 ISSUE<\/a> &#8211; <\/strong><em>click to download PDF<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/jetaany.org\/magazine_files\/utada.pdf\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\"><strong><em>(Click Here to Read the Complete Hikaru Utada Interview)<\/em><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Editor: <a href=\"http:\/\/jetaany.org\/magazine\/magazine-staff-writer-bios\/\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Justin Tedaldi<\/a> &#8211; <a href=\"mailto:magazine@jetaany.org\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">magazine@jetaany.org<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>SPRING <\/strong><strong>2009 TABLE OF CONTENTS<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Page 3&#8230;..Letter From the Editor \/ Letter From the Country Rep<\/li>\n<li>Page 4&#8230;..Nippon News Blotter \/ JQ National Photo Contest Winners<\/li>\n<li>Page 5&#8230;..Comings &amp; Goings &#8211; New Officers and JLGC Changes<\/li>\n<li>Page 6&#8230;..JETAANY Author Showcase <em>by Gina Anderson and Justin Tedaldi<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Page 6&#8230;..TAIKOPROJECT in Philly <em>by Renay Loper<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Page 7&#8230;..Japan Society&#8217;s New President Motoatsu Sakurai <em>by Justin Tedaldi<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Page 8&#8230;..JETlog f<em>eaturing Ed Thompson (Chiba-shi CIR, 1994-97)<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Page 9&#8230;..<em>STOMP<\/em> New York&#8217;s Yako Miyamoto <em>by Liz Wanic<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Page 10&#8230;Running the Tokyo Marathon <em>by Stacy Smith<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Page 11&#8230;Nihonjin in NY &#8211; Featuring Noriko Furuhata of the CGJ <em>by Rick Ambrosio<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Page 11&#8230;Sakura Matsuri at Brooklyn Botanic Garden<\/li>\n<li>Page 13&#8230;Hikaru Utada: The <em>JQ<\/em> Interview <em>by Justin Tedaldi<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Page 14&#8230;Adren Hart&#8217;s ConnectForce Productions Jazzes Up NY <em>by Matt Matysik<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Page 15&#8230;JETAActivity Photos<\/li>\n<li>Page 16&#8230;An Animated Talk with <em>Japanamerica<\/em> Author Roland Kelts <em>By Larry Heiman<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Page 17&#8230;Destination Nippon: JNTO and Kintetsu International <em>by Sylvia Pertzborn<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Page 18&#8230;New York-Tokyo Founder Taeko Baba <em>by Marea Pariser<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Page 19&#8230;Film Review: <em>Departures <\/em><em>by Lyle Sylvander<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Page 19&#8230;Book Corner: <em>Shutting Out the Sun <\/em><em>by David Kowalsky <\/em><\/li>\n<li>Page 20&#8230;<em>Shutting Out the Sun<\/em> Author Michael Zielenziger Q&amp;A <em>b<\/em><em>y Kelly Nixon<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Page 21&#8230;Awaji Puppet Theater at Japan Society <em>by Beata Wilk<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Page 23&#8230;Top 14 List \/ Life After the B.O.E. \/ Let&#8217;s Make Chirashi!<\/li>\n<li><em>Major domo to (from left)<\/em> <em><strong>Anson Mau<\/strong>, <\/em><em><strong>Kayoko &amp; Rob Werner<\/strong>, <strong>Marea Pariser<\/strong>, <strong>Louie Reyes,\u00a0Joe Marucheck<\/strong>, <strong>Justin Tedaldi<\/strong>, <strong>Steven Horowitz<\/strong>,\u00a0<strong>Laura Pollak<\/strong>, <strong>Stacy Smith<\/strong>, and\u00a0(off camera) Nancy Ikehara and Peter Mallik for pitching in to mail out the Utada Issue.<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"stuff-n-mail-group-pic\" src=\"http:\/\/jetaany.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/02\/stuff-n-mail-group-pic.jpg\" alt=\"stuff-n-mail-group-pic\" width=\"500\" height=\"335\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Spring 2009 Issue of JQ (JETAA NY Quarterly) Magazine is now available online at http:\/\/jetaany.org\/magazine\/. O-tsuakare sama deshita to Editor Justin Tedaldi (CIR Kobe-shi, 2001-02) for all his hard work in putting out another outstanding issue, this one featuring a one-on-one interview he did with Hikaru Utada in New York. 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