Japanese Program at Baruch College

http://wakuwakunyc.com/index.html
“Waku Waku” is a new Japanese pop culture festival launching this summer in New York City. Waku Waku +NYC brings together the worlds of anime, manga, music, food, film, and fashion inside Brooklyn’s Greenpoint and Williamsburg neighborhoods. Featuring exhibits, panels, screenings, and interactive events across multiple locations, Waku Waku +NYC looks to blend Japanese pop culture with Brooklyn culture. We look to gather a group of creative artists from Japan in order to share their passions with us. It’s Cool Japan meets New York’s Coolest Borough. With a focus on access and engagement, Waku Waku +NYC is built to inspire new audiences, new ideas, and feel “Waku Waku!” (わくわく) = Japanese “excitement in a dream-like state.” We want your dreams, ideas, and passions to come into fruition all in one event!

Professor Shige (CJ) Suzuki (Baruch College) also participated in one of the featured panels: Anime and Manga Studies
http://wakuwakunyc.com/guests/shige-suzuki.html

Waku Waku +NYC is owned and operated by Azix, Inc. (www.azix.net)

RESOBOX is currently seeking an intern interested in Japanese arts and culture or marketing.

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DISCO International, organizer of the world’s largest job fair
for Japanese-English bilinguals, invites students studying
Japanese to our upcoming Career Forums this fall.

—– Los Angeles Career Forum —–
October 10 & 11 (Sat. & Sun.)
http://www.careerforum.net/event/la/?ref=201523&lang=E
Hiring companies include:
DELOITTE, EY, LINE CORPORATION, OSAKA GAS, YOKOWO, and many more
* Travel scholarships available
* Free online seminar on September 16 to help prepare
for the event. Please apply from link below by September 13.
http://www.careerforum.net/job_detail.asp?jobno=16498&ref=201523&lang=E

—– BOSTON CAREER FORUM —–
November 20 – 22 (Fri. – Sun.)
http://www.careerforum.net/event/bos/?ref=201523&lang=E
Hiring companies include:
ACCENTURE, AMAZON JAPAN, FUJI TELEVISION NETWORK,
GOLDMAN SACHS, SONY CORPORATION, and many more
* Travel scholarships available

Career Forums are for anyone who:
– has at least conversational Japanese and English ability

and

– is looking for a full-time or internship position

Companies will be holding seminars as well as one-on-one
interviews at their booths during the event. Some companies
will make offers of employment by the end of the event.
Registration and attendance is free.

If you have any questions, please feel free to
contact us at [email protected].

We look forward to seeing you in LA and Boston!
Sincerely,

CareerForum.Net
DISCO International, Inc.

The PS 147 in Brooklyn is introducing the first public Japanese Dual Language Program and is looking for student or professional Japanese speaking volunteers. Its pilot has Pre-K and Kindergarten students who will study Japanese language and culture for half the school day, and a traditional English program for the other half. The program (which is still in its infancy) seeks those who love to work with children, are looking to  working in the education field, and wish to gain school credit or volunteer experience. Help from volunteers would be critical to the program’s growth and success. For inquiries, please contact JDLP Committee Member Melita Issa at [email protected].

Takashi Murakami
The IFC Center is “thrilled to welcome acclaimed Japanese artist Takashi Murakami in person this month for two nights in a row, presenting a personal favorite — Michael Mann’s THIEF — and his own directorial debut JELLYFISH EYES.”

Movie Night with Takashi Murakami: THIEF
Murakami in person present and discuss a personal favorite — Michael Mann’s 1981 neo(n)-noir THIEF — as part of our ongoing “Movie Night” series. “A philosophical thriller filled with modernist cool. James Caan’s the thief, contradictorily building and risking a future mapped out as meticulously as any of his lucrative hi-tech jobs; testing his emotional and criminal independence to the limits; eventually recognising that he’s either exercising or exorcising a death wish.” – Time Out (London)

JELLYFISH EYES
“Murakami’s directorial debut JELLYFISH EYES tells the story of a young boy and his unlikely new friend: a flying, jellyfish-like sprite. To his surprise, the boy soon discovers that his classmates all have similar friends—but that they, their creators and even their town itself aren’t what they seem. A hopeful tale pointedly set in a post-Fukushima world, Murakami’s film boasts unforgettable creature designs and handmade special effects nearly a decade in the making—a triumph of creativity and wonder.”

Yasujiro Ozu

Catch the classic films of legendary director Yasujiro Ozu at the IFC Center. The series ends September 27th.

“While virtually unknown outside Japan during his lifetime, Ozu’s work began to be screened abroad in the 1960s, bringing him fans around the world. Today, he is considered one of the greatest directors in the history of cinema, with such major filmmakers as Jim Jarmusch, Wim Wenders, Abbas Kiarostami, Mike Leigh, Aki Kaurismaki, Hou Hsiao-hsien, Pedro Costa and Claire Denis citing him as a profound influence upon their work.”

Time & Details:
Movie Night with Takashi Murakami: THIEF– Tuesday, July 14, 7PM
JELLYFISH EYES Opening Night (Q&A Session)– Wednesday, July 15, 7PM
Yasujiro Ozu series– Various

Location:
IFC Center
323 6th Ave, New York, NY 10014

I just wanted to send you and your students studying Japanese
one last reminder about the [Career Forum for Positions in the U.S]
coming up next weekend on May 30th.

This will be a great event for students of Japanese language,
as about 25 companies will be hiring for positions all over the country.

http://www.careerforum.net/event/pny/?ref=201522&lang=E

As per usual, you will find attached an email text for your students
regarding the event. If you can forward this message on to them
or have it available on your newsletter/website/facebook,
it would be greatly appreciated.

Please feel free to contact me at anytime with questions or comments.

Thank you again for all of your assistance!

Kind regards,
Catherine Rackley
DISCO International, Inc.

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