Monthly Archives: February 2014

My name is Makoto, and I am a translator acquisition officer at Gengo, a US and Tokyo-based online translation company. We are currently looking for Japanese to English translators to join our worldwide team.

We believe that the translator position at Gengo could be a useful learning resource, and I would like to invite your students to become Gengo translators. Translation materials range from a love letter to a business report. The job is remote, and translators will have full control over when they want to work.The only prerequisites are (1) creating a translator account here; (2) passing the Japanese to English translation test; and (3) holding valid working visa.

Please see here for more information, and I would be grateful if you could share the attached flyer with students.

Thank you for your time and consideration,

Makoto HARA
Translator acquisition officer, Gengo
Tel.: 0081-3-6450-5218
Email: makoto.hara@gengo.com
Gengo.com/translators

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This week, on Tuesday, February 18th, we will be on the 2nd Floor of the Vertical Campus selling some delicious onigiri to raise money for all the awesome events we have planned!
Come stop by and check out what we have and if you have any questions regarding us and our upcoming events, feel free to ask.

Also, this Friday, February 21st, we are going out to eat at Gyu-Kaku restaurant (Japanese BBQ Dining). We plan to meet at Gyu-Kaku at 6PM, but feel free to come earlier!
If you are attending, please let our event coordinator know! Jimmy Lau: (917) 981-4597

You can RSVP with your name here.

Two more important upcoming events:

1. We sent out an email regarding our Bloomberg L.P. Office Visit & Networking Event, so just a reminder of this great opportunity for Japanese and English bilinguals to learn and network towards a possible career at Bloomberg, a leading global business and financial information firm.
To attend the event, must RSVP online from here: http://bit.ly/1aWbVaL
For more info: Bloomberg L.P. Office Visit & Networking Event Facebook Page

2. Lastly, our biggest event of the year is approaching! West Meets East (WME) Matsuri, a modern Japanese performing arts show is drawing near on March 6th and begins at 6PM. It will be held in 1-107 and is free to Baruch students. Be sure to save the date!!

The show is open to the public, but outside seats are limited! NON-BARUCH STUDENTS MUST RSVP using this link before the deadline, March 3rd: West Meets East (WME) Matsuri RSVP Form

Want to learn more? More information on the event page: West Meets East (WME) Matsuri Facebook Page

*Note: If you download the attached pdf flyer for WME, you can click on the co-sponsors logos to go to their corresponding homepage and learn more about the organizations we have helping us out for this huge project.

Event Information:

Event #1: Japan Club Fundraiser
Place: VC 2nd Floor, near elevators/escalator
Date: Tuesday, Feb. 18
Time: 12:45PM – 2:30PM

Event #2: Dinner at Gyu-Kaku
Place: 34 Cooper Sq
New York, NY 10003
East Village, NoHo
Date: Friday, Feb. 21
Time: 6PM to ~7/8PM

Event #3: Bloomberg L.P. Office Visit & Networking Event
Date: Friday, Feb. 21
Place & Time:
Gathering in front of VC Multipurpose Room at Baruch College:
11:30AM (Departure at 11:40AM)
Event at Bloomberg Headquarter: Noon – 2:00PM

Event #4: West Meets East (WME) Matsuri
Date: Thursday, March 6th
Place & Time: 6PM at VC Multi-purpose Room (1-107)

Best Regards,

Gen Hua Tan
Secretary | Baruch Japan Club
Baruch College

If anyone has an interest in an officer position in Baruch Japan Club, feel free to reply to this email with a statement of interest, plus your name and year.
FOR ALL THOSE INTERESTED, we will be holding a general meeting on the 27th of this month during club hours. More information will be available next week.

—

☆ Baruch Japan Club ☆
Visit us at https://www.facebook.com/BaruchJapanClub?ref=ts&fref=ts
Email us at japanclub.baruch@gmail.com

Again this year we are inviting applications from students from other colleges and universities for the University of Missouri Japan Summer Program. Students train in traditional Japanese puppetry, Taiko Drumming, Kyudo Archery, and other Japanese performing and martial arts, while learning Japanese and living with Japanese host families.

University of Missouri Japan Summer Program, June 16~ August 12, 2014

Like and Share on Facebook: www.facebook.com/mizzoujapansummer2014

http://international.missouri.edu/study-outside-the-us/programs/detail.php?program=10015

Applications are now being accepted for the University of Missouri 2014 Summer Japan Program. College and university students or graduates from any institution are welcome to apply for the program.

Students begin in the Kansai region of Japan in pre-program activities in Kyoto, Osaka, Nara, and Wakayama. The Program then moves to a seaside youth hostel in Tokushima on the island of Shikoku. Then we travel to the small city of Iida in the mountains of southern Nagano Prefecture (site of the 1998 Winter Olympics), where students move in with host families and begin training in such traditional Japanese cultural activities as Traditional Bunraku Puppet Theater, Taiko Drumming, Traditional Kyudo Archery, Japanese Flute, Kendo, Aikido, Koto. Students will also study Japanese language and will have ample opportunity to practice their language skills with their Japanese host families and other members of the community. At the end of the program, students will perform at the Iida Puppetry Festival, the largest theater event in Japan devoted to puppetry. More than 250 puppet troupes perform for over 40,000 spectators.

Program participants also will spend three days in a small village in mountains above Iida in houses from the 1800s, where we will prepare meals over an open hearth in the traditional style. Another four-day trip will take students to the coast of the Sea of Japan for a visit hosted by the city of Hakusan, sister city of Columbia, Missouri.

Students have many free days to explore the mountains and streams, temples and shrines, shops and parks around Iida, or to make trips to destinations further afield.

Applications are due February 17. No knowledge of Japanese is required for the program. For details on the program and application procedures, check out the University of Missouri International Center Japan Summer Program page at the following URL:

http://international.missouri.edu/study-outside-the-us/programs/detail.php?program=10015

If you are interested in applying or have questions, please check the Facebook page (with photos and video) and contact Program Director, Prof Martin Holman at mizzoujapan@gmail.com

Thanks,

Marty
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J. Martin Holman
Assistant Teaching Professor
Coordinator, Japanese Studies Program
Director, Bunraku Bay Puppet Theater
443 Strickland Hall
University of Missouri
Columbia, MO 65211

Tel. (573) 882-3368 holmanma@missouri.edu

Japanese Studies Program: http://japanesestudies.missouri.edu
Bunraku Bay Puppet Theater: http://www.bunraku.org