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Job Opening: Lead USA Girl Scouts Overseas Advisor [Okinawa]

Posted on June 23, 2014 by LM

Employer: Girl Scouts of the USA Location: Okinawa, Japan Posted June 10, 2014 Three-year term assignment – based in Okinawa, Japan The Lead USA Girl Scouts Overseas (USAGSO) Advisor is responsible for leading and managing the relationship between GSUSA and … Continue reading →

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Book Announcement: Critical Issues in Contemporary Japan

Posted on June 22, 2014 by Paula

Jeff Kingston, Director of Asian Studies at Temple University Japan Campus (TUJ), recently published an edited volume, Critical Issues in Contemporary Japan (Routledge, 2013) This book provides undergraduate and graduate students with an interdisciplinary compendium written by a number of … Continue reading →

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Internship: Programs Intern, Sasakawa Peace Foundation USA [paid]

Posted on June 21, 2014 by LM

Institution: Sasakawa Peace Foundation USA Location: Washington DC Type: paid Time frame: Summer 2014 Posted on June 6, 2014. Open until filled. Sasakawa Peace Foundation USA (SPFUSA) is a 501c3 non-profit located in Washington, DC involved in U.S.-Japan relations, providing conferences and … Continue reading →

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Internship: British Embassy Tokyo and British Consulate-General Osaka, Autumn 2014 [unpaid]

Posted on June 21, 2014 by LM

Via JETWit Jobs Mailing List. Institution: British Embassy Tokyo, British Consulate-General Osaka Location: 4 positions in Tokyo; 1 in Osaka, Japan Duration: 14 weeks, ~28 hours/week; 1 Sept. – 1 Dec. 2014 Language requirements vary by position Type: Unpaid but … Continue reading →

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Internship: Shelter Manager, Japan Cat Network [Fukushima] [unpaid]

Posted on June 19, 2014 by LM

Employer: Japan Cat Network Location: Inawashiro, Fukushima, Japan Type: unpaid Visa support for working holiday visa Posted June 11, 2014 Our small animal shelter in a safe and beautiful resort town in northern Japan is looking for a new shelter … Continue reading →

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Internship: Finance Intern, Japan Society [unpaid]

Posted on June 19, 2014 by LM

Institution: Japan Society Location: New York, NY Time Frame:Summer – Fall 2014 Start date: July 1 Type: unpaid, school credit available Finance Department Intern – 2014 The internship will provide an opportunity to assist in financial and administrative functions. The intern … Continue reading →

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Call for Papers: Innovative Research in Japanese Studies (IRJS)

Posted on June 17, 2014 by Paula

On behalf of the graduate students’ journal Innovative Research In Japanese Studies, we would like to extend a warm invitation to students to submit their work to the second issue of our journal (please see our first issue here: http://www.irjs.org/#!irjs-volume-1-2014—table-of-contents/clii) Innovative Research in Japanese Studies … Continue reading →

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Job Opening: Lectureship in Japanese Studies

Posted on June 16, 2014 by Paula

Department/Location: Department of East Asian Studies, The University of Cambridge Salary: £37,756-£47,787 Reference: GX03463 Closing date: 15 August 2014 Fixed-term: The funds for this post are available for 3 years in the first instance. The University of Cambridge is seeking to appoint a Lecturer … Continue reading →

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Book Announcement: The Company and the Shogun: The Dutch Encounter with Tokugawa Japan

Posted on June 15, 2014 by Paula

Adam Clulow Columbia Studies in International and Global History Cloth, 352 pages, Color Illus.: 9, , Maps: 2, ISBN: 978-0-231-16428-3 $55.00 /  $B# (B38.00 Published by Columbia University Press http://cup.columbia.edu/book/978-0-231-16428-3/the-company-and-the-shogun The Company and the Shogun examines the encounter between the … Continue reading →

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Call for Papers: International Conference on the History of Science in East Asia

Posted on June 10, 2014 by Paula

14th ICHSEA PARIS, 6-10 JULY 2015 The 14th International Conference on the History of Science in East Asia (14th ICHSEA) will take place in Paris, 6-10 July 2015. It is organised under the auspices of the Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences … Continue reading →

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