From Disco, International

Posted on June 15, 2016 by Admin.

We try to keep our email announcements to you and your students brief, so it may be difficult to imagine exactly how our Career Forums work.
That’s why we’re extending an invitation to you and others in contact with students with Japanese language ability to come see the events for yourself.

Remember that the Career Forums are free and beneficial to ANY students (undergrad, grad, MBA) with some degree of Japanese and English language abilities, including:

– International students from Japan
– Students with study abroad experience in Japan
– Students taking Japanese language courses
– Any other students who happen to have Japanese language ability

It would be our pleasure to show you around any of the following Career Forums. Please let us know at anytime if you are considering attending so that you can be added to the guest list.

Los Angeles Career Forum (Oct. 7 & 8, 2016)
http://www.careerforum.net/event/la/?ref=061516&lang=E

Boston Career Forum (Nov. 18 – 20, 2016)
http://www.careerforum.net/event/bos/?ref=061516&lang=E

San Francisco Career Forum (Feb. 11 & 12, 2017)
Website available from late August

In the meantime, please feel free to contact me if you have any questions at all regarding the Career Forums.

Warm regards,
Catherine

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Catherine Rackley | [email protected]
DISCO International, Inc. | www.discointer.com
15 W 44th St., 5th Fl. New York, NY 10036 USA
Tel: 212-403-6844 Fax: 212-382-2390
Website: http://www.careerforum.net
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/careerforum.net
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JAPAN CUTS 2016

Posted on June 6, 2016 by iwang

the Japan Cuts film festival celebrates its 10th anniversary with “eleven days of impossible-to-see-anywhere-else screenings of the best new movies made in and around Japan with special guest filmmakers and stars, post-screening Q&As, parties, giveaways and much more.” It has an “expansive and eclectic slate of cinematic offerings that includes crowd-pleasing blockbusters, peerless independents, arthouse gems, influential classics, radical documentaries and avant-garde animations.”
Tickets go on sale for the public on Monday, June 13.
Details & Schedule
Special Guests
Time: July 14- 24, 2016
Location: Japan Society
333 East 47th Street
New York, NY 10017

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Baruch Japan Club: End of Semester Party

Posted on May 12, 2016 by iwang

It’s almost that time of year again! As the semester is coming to a close, we want to take the time to thank you for sticking with us this semester! Won’t you say it’s been a great year? Through game day, movie day, food day and various other events we’ve gotten to meet some great people. And with your help, we successfully hosted our 4th annual West Meets East, and Manga Symposium. We are looking forward to see what fun things we have in store for us in the future.

Let’s have some fun before the dreaded finals! Join us on Thursday, May 12 from 12:45 to 2:05 in room VC 10-165 for our End of Semester Party. Like always, there will be fun games, great food and interesting conversations.

Once again, to the members who has been with us for a long time, and new members who just joined, thank you for joining our family, it has been a great semester. See you soon!

Event: End of Semester Party

Time: Thursday, May 12, 12:45 – 2:05 PM

Location: VC 10-165

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Free online Japanese test to see which JLPT level you should take

Posted on April 23, 2016 by Admin.

From sensei-online:

Fri Apr 22, 2016 5:23 pm (PDT) . Posted by:

“Amanda Rollins”

先生方

Check out the J-CAT. I registered for the test and took it the next day. It accurately predicted my JLPT level. The test took about one hour.

It looks like you can only take it once every six months? It’s run by Tsukuba University.

J-CAT: Japanese Computerized Adaptive Test

English: http://www.j-cat.org/en/
日本語：http://www.j-cat.org/

((Thanks go to Rebecca Allen (Ohio) for telling me about it. She uses it as a placement test.))

Happy testing!

Amanda

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Program Coordinator
Japan Foundation, Los Angeles
5700 Wilshire Blvd. Suite 100
Los Angeles, CA 90036
(323)761-7510×113
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Monkey Business in New York

Posted on April 20, 2016 by iwang

http://monkeybusinessmag.tumblr.com/post/142276377082/updates-on-monkey-businesss-spring-2016-tour-in

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How to Install Japanese on your devices

Posted on April 20, 2016 by Admin.

https://www.tofugu.com/japanese/how-to-install-japanese-keyboard/

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Yoga in Japanese

Posted on April 17, 2016 by iwang

hosh yoga
Starting April 21th, Hosh Yoga in Brooklyn will be offering Japanese Yoga classes on Thursdays. It wishes to support Japanese residents who want to start yoga (but may not fully understand English) and students of Japanese who would like to practice the language.

Website: Details
Time: Thursdays (beginning 4/21), 3-4 PM
Location: 55 Nassau Ave, Brooklyn NY, 11221
Fee: Drop-ins $10

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West Meets East Matsuri (Baruch Japan Club, April 12th, Tuesday from 6:00 pm)

Posted on April 7, 2016 by Admin.

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West Meets East Matsuri is a showcase of Japanese culture based performances that express the mixture of both the west and east. Directly after WW2, the Japanese built up their pop culture to specifically mimic that of the United States but by the early 2000s their roles switched, and the United States began borrowing from Japanese pop culture. Our show demonstrates traditional Japanese performances and their transition into the modern, exemplifying how they have taken from western culture and how we have taken from their eastern culture.
Location Information:
Baruch College – Newman Vertical Campus (View Map)
55 Lexington Ave
New York, NY 10010
New York
Room: Multipurpose Room (1-107 to 1-111)

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Naomi Kawase’s Sweet Bean at Lincoln Plaza Cinema

Posted on March 21, 2016 by iwang

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From acclaimed director Naomi Kawase (The Mourning Forest, Still in the Water), the 2015 film Sweet Bean (あん) is a poignant and exquisite intergenerational drama about three characters finding connections in the most unexpected ways. It begins with a introverted loner Sentaro (Matoshi Nagase) who runs a “dorayaki” shop (pancakes filled with sweet bean paste) in the suburbs of Tokyo. A 76 year old Tokue (Kirin Kiki) persistently asks Sentaro to work in his shop and eventually he accepts. The acceptance is the start of change for Sentaro, Tokue and Wakana (a regular at the shop) as they begin to open their hearts to reveal old wounds and painful secrets.

Dates : Until March 24th

Showtimes & Tickets

Location: Lincoln Plaza Cinema
1886 Broadway between 62nd and 63rd Streets, New York, NY 10023

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The Japanese Musical Film at Japan Society

Posted on March 18, 2016 by iwang

From Japan Society:

JAPAN SINGS! THE JAPANESE MUSICAL FILM
April 8–23, 2016

This spring, Japan Society celebrates the astonishing yet little-known world of Japanese musical films. The series focuses on the golden age of the “popular song film” starring teen idols and TV stars from the 50s and 60s. It also reaches back to prewar singing samurai and forward to twenty-first century genre mashups – 10 songful cinema gems all on 35mm! Musical performance in these films incorporates Japanese musical tradition as well as the utopian space of the Hollywood musical to create a rich commentary on the intimate and unequal relation between Japan and the USA. This series is guest curated by Michael Raine, Assistant Professor of Film Studies at Western University, Canada.

Details & Tickets ($12/$9 members,seniors, students)
Location: Japan Society
333 East 47th Street
New York, NY 10017

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