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Author Archives: LM
Job Opening: Associate Producer, TV Asahi America
Via JETwit.com. Position: Associate Producer Posted by: TV ASAHI America Location: Washington, DC Education: BA required, MA preferred Start Date: N/A Posted Mar. 26, 2013 Overview: The Washington, D.C. Bureau of TV Asahi, a national Japanese broadcasting company (similar to … Continue reading
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Tagged Associate Producer, broadcast, job opening, journalism, news, producation, reporting, TV Asahi America, Washington DC
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Job Opening: Curriculum Development/ Teacher Trainer [Tokyo]
From the Tempstaff Universal Office Job Update mailing list. Job Title: Curriculum Development/ Teacher Trainer Location: Tokyo, Japan Type: Temporary/Contract (long term) Education: not listed Language: JLPT N3 Posted Mar. 28, 2013 Deadline: not listed —————————– *** Conditions *** Contract: … Continue reading
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Tagged education, English teaching, ESL, job opening, N3, Shinjuku, teacher training, Tokyo
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Job Opening: Senior Film Program Officer, Japan Society
Institution: Japan Society Location: New York, NY Education: 4-year degree Deadline: not listed Posted Mar. 25, 2013 Established in 1907, Japan Society is America’s single major producer of high quality content about Japan, presenting over 100 events annually through well … Continue reading
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Tagged film, film program, Japan society, job opening, movies, New York, New York City, nonprofit, NPO, outreach, Senior Film Program Officer
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Fun Link: Google Japanese Pata-Pata Version
Even Google Japan got in on the April Fool’s shenanigans this year, releasing this video about incredible new technology that will help all of us Japanese speakers input Japanese even faster than before. Subtitles are available in English and Japanese. Google 日本語入力パタパタバージョン … Continue reading
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Tagged April Fools, fun link friday, Google Japan, Google 日本語入力パタパタバージョン, googlejapan, input, typing in Japanese
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PhotoVoice Exhibit 2013 at the University of Michigan
Via the University of Michigan Center for Japanese Studies alumni mailing list. More about the project on Michigan Today. PhotoVoice Exhibit 2013 | April 9 – May 8 ~ OPENING RECEPTION ~ Tuesday, April 9 ~ 3:00 to 4:30PM at II … Continue reading
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Tagged 3-11, Ann Arbor, event, exhibition, Fukushima, Great East Japan Disaster, Iwate, Japan, Michigan, Miyagi, photography, PhotoVoice, Tohoku, Tohoku disaster, University of Michigan, women
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University of Michigan Center for Japanese Studies to Convert Selected Titles into eBooks
https://www.cjspubs.lsa.umich.edu/electronic/michclassics/online/online.php We are now beginning to convert a few of our titles into ebooks for Kindle and epub readers. The order and download process will be handled by a third-party, Sheridan Books, Inc., at their Shelf Wise site. Currently, three titles … Continue reading
Book Announcement: The Crab Cannery Ship and Other Novels of Struggle
Via the University of Hawai’i Press: http://www.uhpress.hawaii.edu/p-8947-9780824837426.aspx The Crab Cannery Ship and Other Novels of Struggle Author: Kobayashi Takiji; Translator: Cipris, Zeljko; This collection introduces the work of Japan’s foremost Marxist writer, Kobayashi Takiji (1903–1933), to an English-speaking audience, providing … Continue reading
Fun Link Friday: Cafe ChocoTea’s LINE Latte Art
Cafe ChocoTea gets creative with its latte art with character designs from LINE: LINE is an international cross-network smartphone app for messaging and calling popular in Japan and also comes with free and paid sets of emoji stamps. On the Cafe ChocoTea … Continue reading
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Tagged Cafe ChocoTea, characters, coffee, emoji, latte art, LINE, Saitama
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Book Announcement: Rewriting Medieval Japanese Women: Politics, Personality, and Literary Production in the Life of Nun Abutsu
Via University of Hawai’i Press. http://www.uhpress.hawaii.edu/p-8944-9780824835651.aspx Rewriting Medieval Japanese Women: Politics, Personality, and Literary Production in the Life of Nun Abutsu Author: Laffin, Christina; Rewriting Medieval Japanese Women explores the world of thirteenth-century Japan through the life of a prolific … Continue reading
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Tagged Abutsu, and Literary Production in the Life of Nun Abutsu, books, Christina Laffin, gender, Heian, Japanese literature, Japanese women, Kamakura, medieval, Personality, Rewriting Medieval Japanese Women: Politics, University of Hawai'i, women writers
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The 23rd Japan-America Grassroots Summit – Shimane 2013
Via the Japan America Society of Colorado mailing list: Dates: July 1-8, 2013 Application deadline: May 1, 2013 Applications are open to anyone regardless of age or student status The Japan-America Grassroots Summit is an annual large-scale meeting of Japanese … Continue reading
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