UPCOMING EVENTS
3/8: Hiroken Hanami
Ken Mukai (Shimane, '92-'94) is part of Hiroken, a group that started from Hiroshima Kenjinkai and for the past four years been trying to do various Japan-related events. It's fourth annual Hanami picnic is on 3/8, and all JETs are invited to attend! Hang out with former JETs and relive the hanami experience at Beilenson Park in Encino.
When: Saturday, 3/8
Where: Beilenson Park
6300 Balboa Blvd.
Encino, CA 91316
COST : $10 for obento, or bring your own food!
RSVP : By Wednesday, March 4th to guarantee your Obento. Please RSVP here through the Evite link.
CONTACT :
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for more info
3/9 - Preview Screening: Tokyo Sonata
This is part of a film series at LACMA.
Time/Date: Monday, March 9th at 7:30 pm
In person: Kyoshi Kurosawa, in conversation with Scott Foundas.
http://www.lacma.org/programs/FilmSeriesSchedule.aspx
3/14 - Nihongo Dake Dinner!!! (Second Weekend Social)
On the evening of March 14th, we'll be having a Nihongo Dake Dinner in Hollywood, starting around 7 pm. So whip out your denkijisho and show us your mad nihongo skills! To attend this event, please email Jason at
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, and he'll email you back with directions.
3/22 - Bowling and Dinner in Fountain Valley (OC Chapter)
Details are as yet unfinalized, but the plan is to do some bowling in the mid afternoon, and get some dinner afterwards, and of course, niijikai (karaoke anybody?). All this will be in the Fountain Valley area. If you are interested in coming to this event, please keep the date open and email Jerome at
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so he can keep track of attendance. He will get back to you with more details.
3/22 - JET Alumni Author Showcase in New York
On March 22, JETAA NY is pleased to present three great authors — Roland Kelts (Osaka-shi, 1998-99), James Kennedy (Nara-ken, 2004-06) and Robert P. Weston (Nara-ken, 2002-04) — who will discuss their books, the craft and business of writing and how their JET experience fits into the picture.
If you are around the area, RSVP through the JETAA NY site at http://jetaany.org/authors. Great way to network and meet new JETs.
3/26 - Japanese Student Network Annual Tokyo Night 2009
The Japanese Student Network organizes the annual Tokyo Night, its largest charity club event for the year.
When: Thursday March 26th 2009
9:00PM~2:30AM
Where: Club Tatou
333 S. Boylston Street
Los Angeles, CA 90017 United States
21＆Over
Ticket Price $25(SOLD OUT)
$30(till03/04/09)
$40
(conditional) 3/?? - Baseball!
As you may know, the World Baseball Classic is underway, with several Japanese teams in the running. In the event that one of them ends up playing in the area (likely San Diego), we will try and arrange an outing to see the game. Unfortunately, schedules aren't set until a few days before each game, so we cannot plan anything concretely at this point -- but if you are interested in going, should the chance arise, please contact Jim at
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, as he will organize any such event.
Planned (tentatively) for April
4/11 - Rock Climbing
4/18 - Pecha Kucha Night
JOB POSTINGS
Development Assistant Manager Wanted
Development Assistant Manager
Requirements:
- Japanese/English bilingual a must
- Must have minimum 3 years experience in development
- Visual Basic 6 knowledge and experience is preferred
- Oracle SQL knowledge and experience is preferred
- Crystal Report knowledge and experience is preferred
Locations
San Francisco, CA
Los Angeles CA
If you are interested in this position, please send resumes to
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Web Designer wanted
< Job description >
- Page design and coding.
- Interface design for products and systems (e.g. EC site) developed by the company
- Creation of documents for presentations (mainly graphics support)
- Update work for operating website
- Flash creation and web ad banner creation
< Requirements >
- Japanese/English bilingual is a must.
- Must have minimum 3 years of Web Designer experience.
- Someone who can use production tools such as Dreamweaver, Fireworks, Illustrator and Photoshop
- Practical knowledge of xhtml + CSS coding
< Location >
- Torrance, CA
If you are interested in this great career opportunity please send your latest resume to
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If you know someone who would be interested in this position, please forward this email to him/her.
MISCELLANEOUS
Alumni Writers Needed for Sushi & Sake
Greetings from the JETAASC Media Coordinator (Toyama-ken, 1995-98). I act as the liason with Sushi & Sake Magazine, a monthly publication that features a JET alumni contact in each of its publications. Sushi & Sake's primary goal is: "to introduce Japanese culture to the non-Japanese residents of Southern California with particular emphasis on cuisine, language, its business community, and geographic regions..." I am seeking JET alumni who would like to share sstories about your JET experiences (in 450-500 words ore less) and be featured in Sushi & Sake. This is a great way to impart one of your unique memories about your time in Japan with a broad readership. You don't have to be a professioanl writer... just willing to put some words down on paper and send them to me. Please contact me with more questions and available months!
Sincerely,
Elizabeth White
JETAASC Media Coordinator
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17th Annual JET Programme Essay Contest
Our friends at CLAIR are now taking submissions for the 17th Annual JET Programme Essay Competition. They welcome submissions from both current and former JET participants, and there are some great prizes up for grabs! The deadline for submission is March 13, 2009.
Some of the prizes (tentative, based on last year)
Japanese Language Division
Grand Jury Prize ¥100,000 (1 entry)
Prize for Excellence ¥50,000 (1 entry)
Honourary Mention ¥10,000 (3 entries)
Foreign Language Division
Grand Jury Prize ¥100,000 (1 entry)
Prize for Excellence ¥50,000 (1 entry)
Honourary Mention ¥10,000 (3 entries)
NOTE: The Essay Competition Committee reserves the right to not award the above prizes should there be no outstanding essays.
For further details regarding application conditions and application forms, please refer to
the information on the JET Programme website (http://www.jetprogramme.org).
"Tales of the Extraordinary" Podcast and Dungeonmaster
Mike Coleman podcasts a 1920's pulp adventure radio serial called "Tales of the Extraordinary." One of the recent story arcs took place in Japan (Ibaraki and Tokyo) in 1926 and has a lot of Japan inside
jokes. More info at: http://emptysea.net The second is our live show here in Hollywood, Dungeonmaster. Our Spring Season is starting on March 8th and going through May. Every two weeks is a different episode, written for that show. More info at:
http://www.the-dungeonmaster.com
