Love for Miyagi Japan
Posted by harvey in Society on 14. May, 2011 | 3 Comments
One of my old friends personally knows people who lost everything in Miyagi, so she was prompted to start up this Love for Miyagi Japan fundraising project to try and help them out. This is a small project that is hoping to help out a small number of people, but with your help it could [...]
Break into Manga Translation with Manga Digital Guild
Posted by harvey in Art, Books, Language, Working on 10. Feb, 2011 | 5 Comments
Lot’s of people who study Japanese hope to get into translation some day. And when it comes to translation, many people hope to do manga or game translation, why? Cause the content is freaking fun! But how to break into the field? A friend recently introduced me to Digital Manga Guild, and it seems to [...]
Interview with Yuka-sensei
Posted by harvey in Books, Language, Working on 05. Nov, 2010 | 3 Comments
We have another interview for you! This time with my good friend, Yuka the Japanese teacher! Sensei in her graduation kimono Why did you decide to come to the U.S. to teach Japanese? I received a scholarship to study TESOL (Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages) while teaching the Japanese language at Boston University. [...]
First-hand Look at the 2010 Boston Career Forum
Posted by harvey in Society, Working on 30. Oct, 2010 | 1 Comment
Sam the Newbie attended the 2010 Boston Career Forum to find a job in Japan. He put together this writeup of his experience, so I’m posting it here so that everyone can benefit! Feel free to post any questions that you may have in the comments and Sam will come back to answer them! From [...]
Japanese Podcast Recommendations – Part 4
Posted by harvey in Culture, Gadgets, Language, Media, Society on 28. Aug, 2010 | 1 Comment
The next podcast recommendation is Nikkei Veritas Moyamoya Talk by TV Tokyo Announcer Oe Mariko. Moyamoya Talk with Oe Mariko とーく！！！ Just a quick Japanese print culture lesson. Seeing とーく, with it’s と and く in Hiragana placed around a katakana vowel extender ー thing may seem a little weird. Basically, this is トーク which [...]
Japanese Podcast Recommendations – Part 3
Posted by harvey in Culture, Language, Media, Society, Working on 17. Aug, 2010 | Comments Off
Profile! I'll never be featured on this Podcast… This podcast is called 上田の仕事人名鑑 プロファイル! Basically, the host will go out somewhere in Japan to find hardcore Japanese people working. I don’t mean soft cushy desk jobs, I mean 70 year old men who jump into chest-deep waters with a basket rake tied around their waist and [...]
An Interview with an upcoming JET CIR
Posted by harvey in Books, Working on 26. Jul, 2010 | 3 Comments
Hello JapanNewbies! Today we’ve got another interview for you. A “getting to Japan” success story if you will. Akeem has been accepted to work in Japan as a CIR in the JET program and will be arriving in Japan on July 27th. Which is like, tomorrow, pretty much. Akeem first contacted me long ago, in [...]
Help a Newbie Get Work in Japan
Posted by harvey in Working on 23. Jun, 2010 | 37 Comments
まったく関係ないけど、写真がなければ寂しいでしょう。 Hey JapanNewbies! A fellow JapanNewbie (but actually not so newbie Newbie) contacted me with a request for help. I figured I would ask the community to see if we can generate some ideas that may help any other people who may be facing the same situation. Basically it shakes down like this. Got the [...]
