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The Japan Foundation in New York is organizing a contest of mask designs, representing the U.S.-Japan relationship. The winners will receive gift cards for Kinokuniya and Blick Mart Materials.
Here is a brief outline of the contest:
If you are planning to graduate in 2021, you may find this event from Transfer Service helpful to complete your transfer application. The deadline for the transfer application for Fall 2021 is Monday, February 1, 2021.
Here is the link …
Do you want to learn Japanese with a native speaker online? Or do you want to make some money teaching English to Japaense? The following online tutoring platforms are becoming popular during the pandemic.
If you are looking for a part-time on-campus job and have a GPA of 3.0 or higher, please consider applying for the API position in Spring 2021. This is an on-campus job and international students are eligible to apply. The …
TV Asashi has surveyed over 150,000 Japanese to choose the best 100 manga in our generation. The original TV show (in Japanese) is still available on the TV Aashi’s YouTube channel.
漫画総選挙2021 (Seriously, 150,000 citizens voted! Manga General Election)
Here …
Here is the first great news in 2021. NYS has reinstated the Excelsior Scholarship for the spring 2021 academic term. The scholarship covers the CUNY tuition for those in households earning up to $125K. See the link below for more …
Japanese American National Museum is hosting a virtual family festival featuring the oshogatsu (New Year Celebration) in Japan. You can try various virtual experience in the Japanese New Year traditions.
Another masterpiece episode of Japanology Plus, featuring on the latest high-tech toilets in Japan.
Another great episode about fake food samples (plastic food samples) in Japan. Plastic food samples are replica of a food item made from plastic, wax, resin or similar material. The food sample is designed to look more delicious than the …
Here is the list of major Japanese or Japan-related public/non-profit organizations in New York City. This list might be helpful to develop your professional network.
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Are you looking for a job in which you can use your academic training in the Japan Studies? On the website of the Japaense Chamber of Commerce and Industry of New York (JCCI-NY), you can find their public directory of …
Enako (or also known as Enako-rin) is the most famous cosplayer in Japan, who just revealed her annual income from cosplay was about $500,000.
“I was having a review meeting this year with Yoko Inui (the management office president) and …
Japan’s collective society and shame culture may have helped keep COVID-19 under control (relatively speaking), but there is also a grim side effect. In October 2020, more people died by suicide than the coronavirus.…
Many of you probably already know about 豆鰒 (Tofugu), which was founded by a group of Japanese language learners in 2007 in an effort to develop online resources for someone who wants to learn the Japanese language on their own. …
心配でしょう (Shimpai Desyo or “What can I do with a B.A. in Japaense Studies?”) is a blog by Paula Curtis at Gettysburg College and her collaborators, who discuss various career-related topics for students in the Japan Studies. The topics include …
鬼滅の刃 (Kimetsu-no Yaiba or “Demon Slayer”) has become the biggest box-office his in the Japanese film history, beating Hayao Miyazaki’s “Spirited Away” in 2001.
This Japan Times story features how the Japanese pop culture fared in the COVID-19 pandemic and …
In Japan, it is a very popular family tradition to eat KFC together at Christmas. You see Colonel Sanders dressed as Santa on TV and on the street (all KFC stores have the life-size Colonel Sanders statue). It’s still true …
Freeman-ASIA (Freeman Awards for Study in Asia) is designed to support undergraduate students who are planning to study overseas in East or Southeast Asia (including Japan). The scholarship covers up to $5,000 (up to $3,000 for a summer program) of …
Being Black in Japan. The Washington Post’s article on being Black or Biracial Japanese in Japan. Another major accomplishment that Naomi Osaka brought to the Japanese society, in which people started to discuss race, ethnicity and Japanese identity.…
27% of Japanese support holding the Olympic Games in 2021, with 32% backing cancellation and 31% favoring further postponement.…
Summer 2021 FLAS Fellowships for CUNY Students (up to $7,500)
This is a great opportunity for those who want to continue learning Japanese beyond the 2nd-year level. This fellowship is offered by the Columbia’s Weatherhead East Asian Institute. There will …
Here is the application information for NYC Men Teach project. If you know any Asian students interested in the teaching career, please share the info with them. Students does not change the major to Education in order to receive this …
Below is the list of Japanese language classes at LaGuardia Community College in Spring 2021. Download the schedule in PDF here
The Department of Education and Language Acquisition offers Japanese courses at various levels. For those who are interested in …
Some shops in Japan has lasted over 1,000 years, surviving a number of pandemics, wars, natural disasters, and other major crises. They may have some knowledge how to keep small businesses surviving.…
The Peer Academy is hiring Peer Advisors for Spring 2021 through December 21, 2020. Potential Peer Advisors must have a GPA of 2.8 or greater and a minimum of 18 credits. This is an on-campus job and F-1 students are …
The Japan Club has put together a calendar for Japan-related events in NYC at the Japan Club’s website. Please let us know if you have any other events that you can recommend.…
Temple University in Japan (TUJ) is holding a series of webinars for those who are interested in transferring to TUJ in Fall 2021. See more info below. A few LaGuardia graduates transferred to the TUJ and I should be able …
The application for Gilman Scholarship 2020-2021 opened today. The Gilman Scholarship Program provides up to $5,000 for undergraduate students who are U.S. citizens and Federal Pell Grant recipients to participate in in-person or virtual international study abroad programs.
The deadline …
An interesting career path for Japan Studies students. Typeset developers for the Japanese (and Chinese and Korean) languages. This is where knowledge of Japaense, computer science, and art comes together.…
A former LaGuardia student who started learning Japanese at LaGuardia has been featured in a Japanese TV show “Youは何しに日本へ?” This is one of the most popular Japanese TV programs (and my favorite) — congrats, Charlie-san!
Have you considered teaching Japanese as your future career? Nine Japanese teachers who started learning Japanese at college share their experience and passion for teaching Japaense.
May is Asian Heritage Celebration Month and PBS is airing its series, Asian Americans, for free.
Episode 1: Breaking Ground
Episode 2: A Question of Loyalty
Episode 3: Good Americans
Episode 4: Generation Rising
Episode 5: Breaking Through…
Please see below for information about the Boren Scholarships, which can fund your semester-/year-long study-abroad program (including in Japan). This scholarship is available only to U.S. citizens. The deadline is February 9, 2016 (LaGuardia’s local deadline is in January, so …
A great piece of the Japanology Plus episode on a Japanophiles. Bruce Gutlove was a professional wine consultant who had an established career in Napa Valley in California. After life’s twists and turns, he is currently running a wine vineyard …
Bentenya, Chindon performers from Japan, demonstrated a unique music tradition in Japan for over 50 students today (Friday, October 4, 2019). Thanks to Prof. Hiroko Miyashita for inviting them to the campus.
Here is the link to their performance video …
Registration for the Japanese-Language Proficiency Test (JLPT) will become available on Monday, August 26, 2019 and will be closed on September 30, 2019. If you are in the Japanese Option or have taken several Japanese courses, please consider taking this …
Jeremy Hunt, the Foreign Secretary of the UK, taught English in Japan in the early 1990s while he was learning Japaense there.
“I taught English out there [in Japan], but my main purpose was to learn the [Japanese] language. I …
A group of Karate masters from Mushin Dojo came to LaGuardia Community College to present a demonstration of Karate on October 11, 2018.
Here is a video clip of the karate demonstration.
Japan Studies students at LaGuardia Community College and a group of young employees at AISIN Cooperation (http://www.aisin-aw.co.jp/en/), a Fortune Global 500 company in Japan, worked on this one-day global/international exchange program.
They worked together to find visual, audible, …
Freeman-ASIA (Freeman Awards for Study in Asia) is designed to support undergraduate students who are planning to study overseas in East or Southeast Asia (including Japan). The scholarship covers up to $5,000 (up to $3,000 for a summer program) of …
Ariana Grande, an American singer and actress, is famous for her passion for learning the Japanese language. She taught Japnaese to Jimmy Fallon in Tonight Show in 2015.
She also taught him a new phrase: 「私の絶対領域はとてもセクシーです」”the space between my high …
LaGuardia Community College hosted a workshop on the art of etegami (drawing letter) and the Japanese brush art on March 22, 2016. The workshop consisted of a one-hour lecture on etegami and two-hour hands-on and guided activities to create etegami. …
Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship for Summer 2016 is due on March 1. See http://www.iie.org/Programs/Gilman-Scholarship-Program for more information.
An on-campus job opportunity for Spring 2016.
2 Part-Time Positions (19 hours each)
Department: LaGuardia Center for Teaching and Learning
Issue Date 03/01/2016
Closing Date 03/20/2016
Position: ePortfolio Consultant
Duties: ePortfolio Office Tasks:
The Davis Fellows for Peace is a full scholarship for the Middlebury Summer Language Schools, presumably the most prestigious and famous summer immersion program in 10 major modern languages, including Japanese. The Kathryn Davis Fellow for Peace will cover the …
Matsumoto University in the Nagano Prefecture of Japan are recruiting students for their summer study abroad program in Japan (July 25-August 8, 2016). The cost of the program is about $1,250 plus airfare and meals, which will be about additional …
Japanese Ambassador and Consul-General Sumio Kusaka presented LaGuardia Community College with over one hundred books to be used in LaGuardia’s Japanese language classes. The books and plaque were gifts from Japanese First Lady Madame Akie Abe in appreciation of the …
LaGuardia Community College received a commendation from the Consul General of Japan, in New York on May 22, 2014 for its effort for “establishing strong ties between Japan and the U.S.” and for “building a rich Japanese studies program that …
LaGuardia Community College hosted a workshop on Ikebana (flower arrangement) by Mr. Hiroki Ohara, the headmaster of the Ohara School, on Thursday March 6, 2014.
The Ohara School is one of the three largest contemporary ikebana schools – Ikenobo, Ohara, …
Katsura Sunshine, a Japanese-English Rakugo master, performed at LaGuardia Community College on September 30, 2013.
Here is the photo album of the event.
For more information about Japan-related events at LaGuardia Community College, visit https://t-nagano.com/projects/JapaneseProgram/index.html#events.…
