April Highlights
DAJ 2019 National Officer Elections - Nominations Close Thursday April
11 5pm
For more
information and updates:
● Visit the DAJ site https://www.democratsabroad.org/jp
● Visit the DAJ Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/DemocratsAbroadJapan/ for regular updates
● Contact daj2019elections@gmail.com if you have any questions.
● Visit the DAJ site https://www.democratsabroad.org/jp
● Visit the DAJ Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/DemocratsAbroadJapan/ for regular updates
● Contact daj2019elections@gmail.com if you have any questions.
he Nominations and Elections Committee (NEC) of Democrats Abroad Japan (DAJ) is calling for nominations of candidates for the following positions:
National Officer positions: Chair, Vice-Chair, Secretary, and Treasurer
Members-at-Large positions (one each from): Hokkaido, Eastern/Northern Honshu, Western/Southern Honshu, Shikoku and Kyushu/Okinawa
One (1) DPCA Voting Representative
Term: Two (2) years
Start your own
nonprofit! One-day workshop at Temple
University Japan
Sat April 13 10-5pm
A workshop for anyone interested in
nonprofits, volunteering or better managing a group they currently support. It
is a hands-on introduction to knowledge and skills needed to run nonprofit
NGOs. We aim to: 1) Promote a greater understanding of how nonprofit
organizations work; and 2) Develop basic knowledge and skills to start up your
Nonprofit/NGO.
Registration deadline Monday April 8
To register visit
https://www.tuj.ac.jp/cont-ed/courses/seminars/SYN101-SP.html
Panel discussions on
CSR featuring presentations by
followed by open discussion.
Sophia University Global Competency Program
Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR)
Tuesday evenings 17:30-19:00
Expectations of businesses
are changing. 21st century consumers demand that corporations treat
the environment and people responsibly. Investors look at the treatment of
workers, impacts on the environment and communities, transparency of
information, and governance processes as well as profit margins. Each panel
will feature leaders from the corporate and civil society sectors sharing their
experience and policies.
May 21 CSR & the Sustainable Development
Goals (SDGs)
How can
corporate practices promote sustainable economic development?
June
25 Holistic CSR: practices in the
supply chain
How and why corporations are taking
responsibility for the full lifecycle of products
July
16 CSR & Corporate Community
Engagement
Developing strategic collaborations between
sectors to deal with social issues
In English; without translation.
Open to the public; no charge, no prior registration necessary
Location: Sophia University, 7-1 Kioicho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 102-8554
Map link to campus: http://www.sophia.ac.jp/eng/info/access/directions/access_yotsuya
April events
Monday, April 1st, 18:30-21:30
April Diversity Dojo -
Falling Upwards: Building a Resilient Mindset
Presenter: Tove Kinooka & Gavin Dixon of Global
Perspectives (possibly in collaboration with RIJ - Refugees in Japan)
Please note
that only RSVP's made through the Google link below will be counted.
Space is limited to a maximum of 30 participants.
https://goo.gl/forms/WAjDFPpT3agrzDR32
Falling Upwards: Building a Resilient Mindset
What’s your default reaction when you are under stress? Do you shout? Cry? Try to pretend nothing is happening…? Technological disruption, climate change, political volatility…in both business and daily life, we are going through a time of unprecedented change
Space is limited to a maximum of 30 participants.
https://goo.gl/forms/WAjDFPpT3agrzDR32
Falling Upwards: Building a Resilient Mindset
What’s your default reaction when you are under stress? Do you shout? Cry? Try to pretend nothing is happening…? Technological disruption, climate change, political volatility…in both business and daily life, we are going through a time of unprecedented change
In
collaboration with RIJ, an NPO that supports sustainable projects for refugees
around the world, we will:
- explore individual refugee success stories
- identify
the strategies they use to overcome adversity and adapt to new circumstances
- introduce
simple but effective frameworks to help you build your own resilience
You’ll leave
this interactive session inspired by incredible stories, and with a toolkit
that you can take back and apply in your own work or personal life from the
very next day.
LOCATION:
Akasaka Civic Center Access (GOOGLE MAPS)
https://goo.gl/maps/1zZzyfjQ8GB2
FLOOR 5 Study Room, 研修室（Kensyushitsu）.
Look for the PSC sign (PSC is the org that reserved the room).
Akasaka Civic Center Access Page (日本語・JAPANESE ONLY)
http://www.akasaka-civiccenter.jp/shisetsu/access.html
赤坂区民センター
〒107-0052 東京都港区赤坂4-18-13 赤坂コミュニティーぷらざ内
TEL：03(5413)2711 FAX：03(5413)2714
Akasaka Civic Center Access (GOOGLE MAPS)
https://goo.gl/maps/1zZzyfjQ8GB2
FLOOR 5 Study Room, 研修室（Kensyushitsu）.
Look for the PSC sign (PSC is the org that reserved the room).
Akasaka Civic Center Access Page (日本語・JAPANESE ONLY)
http://www.akasaka-civiccenter.jp/shisetsu/access.html
赤坂区民センター
〒107-0052 東京都港区赤坂4-18-13 赤坂コミュニティーぷらざ内
TEL：03(5413)2711 FAX：03(5413)2714
https://www.facebook.com/events/390795855052011/
https://www.facebook.com/DiversityDojo/
Friday, April
5, 2019 at 9 AM – 11:30 AM, 2:00 PM 3:30 PM
Salvation Army Charity Drive
On April 5,
the Women’s Group will be accepting donations of clean clothes and other
good-quality household items to support the Salvation Army’s mission of helping
families in need in the Tokyo area.
Donated items will be sold at the Salvation Army Charity Bazaar.
In the B1 Parking Area
https://www.tokyoamericanclub.org/index.php/en/event-calendar/event/9944-salvation-army-charity-drive
Donated items will be sold at the Salvation Army Charity Bazaar.
In the B1 Parking Area
https://www.tokyoamericanclub.org/index.php/en/event-calendar/event/9944-salvation-army-charity-drive
Apr 5 at 3 PM
– Apr 6 at 3 PM
KIWL Imperial Palace Walk
Imperial
Palace 1 Kōkyogaien, Chiyoda-ku, Tōkyō-to 100-0002
Hosted by
Knights in White Lycra
https://www.facebook.com/events/1070455819804818/
Saturday,
April 6, 2019 at 6:30 PM – 8:30 PM
Connecting the World through Yoga: A Journey in Lebanon with Eiko
Minami
Sun and Moon
Academy:東五反田3-16-44 五反田山勝ビル 2F, Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo
Lebanon has
the highest number of refugees per host population of any country in the world.
For more than five years, Eiko Minami has worked with NGOs to provide
humanitarian assistance to displaced persons in the Middle East. She invited a
yoga specialist to offer a workshop at a displaced persons camp in Lebanon, and
it was the first experience of yoga for those living at the camp. What was this
experience like for them? In this charity event, Eiko will share her
experiences of working with Syrian and Palestinian refugees. Through her
presentation and an interactive program, we can begin to think about and feel
their experience more deeply.
Eiko will return to the middle east to continue this work next month.
Talk is in Japanese and English by the speaker.
Cost: 2000 yen
Proceeds will be donated to the charitable organization “Tools for Inner Peace,” which offers volunteer yoga workshops in Bekaa Valley, Lebanon, where 800,000 Syrian refugees live in unofficial refugee camps.
Eiko will return to the middle east to continue this work next month.
Talk is in Japanese and English by the speaker.
Cost: 2000 yen
Proceeds will be donated to the charitable organization “Tools for Inner Peace,” which offers volunteer yoga workshops in Bekaa Valley, Lebanon, where 800,000 Syrian refugees live in unofficial refugee camps.
Thursday,
April 11, 7:00-8:30 pm
Nuclear,
Panic, and Danger: Why Fear of Nuclear Threatens Japan’s Energy,
Environmental, and National Security
As
we reflect on the eighth anniversary of the Fukushima disaster, a consensus has formed among experts that fear
of nuclear has created far more harm than the radiation itself. Michael
Shellenberger will build on these factors to offer a unified picture of the
danger created by nuclear panic, its motivations, and what to do about it. He
will present evidence showing how widespread fear of nuclear energy within
Japanese society reflects a displaced and often unconscious fear of nuclear
weapons, anxieties over nuclear-armed North Korea and newly aggressive China
and Russia, and uncertainties with regard to U.S. nuclear security guarantees.
Resolving the continuing conflict within Japan over nuclear energy will
ultimately require resolving domestic tensions over what kind of economic,
military, and political power Japan should and will become in the 21st century.
Venue:
Temple
University, Japan Campus, Azabu Hall, 1F Parliament
Institute of Contemporary Asian Studies, Temple University, Japan
Campus www.tuj.ac.jp/icas
Friday,
April 12, 7:00-8:30 pm
Down and Out in Meiji Japan'—Lessons from the Urban Slums
Lecturer:
James L. Huffman
(H. Orth Hirt
Professor History Emeritus, Wittenberg University)
Admission:
1,000 yen (Students: 500 yen, IHJ members: free) (reservations
required)
Language:
English
Prof. Huffman
will discuss what he has learned while studying the Meiji urban poor, including
what they can teach us about human survival, the light they shed on capitalism,
the insights they provide into class relationships, and how Japanese attitudes
toward poverty have changed across the last century. He will also reflect on
questions about the broader nature of history, such as why vast segments of
people are omitted from standard histories and how that omission distorts our
view of the past.
Find out
more:
https://www.i-house.or.jp/eng/programs/ihouselecture20190412/?utm_source=BenchmarkEmail&utm_campaign=201902&utm_medium=email
Wednesday, April
17, 7:30pm~10:00pm
Amnesty International pub quiz
Amnesty International pub quiz
Test your
general knowledge at the Amnesty International pub quiz
Amnesty International
Tokyo English Network (AITEN*) invites you to a fun event with serious aims:
answer general knowledge questions to show what you know for prizes, maybe
learn a few things (especially about human rights and current affairs), meet a
multinational crowd of like-minded people, and support AI's work
promoting and protecting human rights for all.
¥1,000 per
person to play. Up to five members on a team. Prizes for the winning
teams! If you don't have a team, we'll help you to find or make one.
The Hobgoblin,
Shibuya 3F, Ichiban Building, 1-3-11 Dogenzaka, Shibuya-ku
For more
about AITEN:
<www.aiten.info>
or
<www.facebook.com/aitenjapan>
Thursday,
April 18, 2019 at 7 PM – 9 PM
‘Welcome
Refugees’: A Case Study on Community Mobilisation and Refugee Advocacy in the
UK
Speaker: Dr Carlos Gigoux
(Department of Sociology, University of Essex)
Place: Sophia University,
Yotsuya Campus; Bldg. 10, room 301
This
seminar brings together ethnographic data in order to highlight the role and
impact of grassroot community groups in the campaign Welcome Refugees and in
the implementation of the SVPRP in Essex. It suggests that these community
groups, often excluded from public funding, not only provide a useful service
for refugees by mediating access to services but they develop necessary
initiatives that facilitate social integration and community cohesion for both
refugees and their host societies while creating new forms of knowledge
production on rights, cosmopolitanism and multiculturalism. By examining their
experiences, networks, strategies, limitations and challenges it is possible to
formulate a blueprint for refugee support and migration research. Finally, the
seminar will pay particular attention to the strategic partnership developed
between Universities and community groups supporting refugees.
Sophia
University Institute of Comparative Culture
7-1 Kioicho,
Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 102-8554
Thursday,
April 18, 2019 at 7 PM – 10 PM
Start up lady Monthly event
Startup Lady
events are safe spaces for our members, presenters, and attendees. Please
observe our code of conduct: Male supporters of Startup Lady are accompanied by
a female guest & Please be inclusive and supportive to create an excellent
social atmosphere for everyone - THIS IS A BILINGUAL EVENT
Doors open at
19:00!
19:00 - 19:15 Reception
19:15 - 19:30 About Startup Lady Japan
19:30 - 20:30 Guest Speakers
20:30 - 21:00 Discussions
21:00 - 22:00 Free time
Entrance is PAY-AS-YOU-WISH. Proceeds will go towards supporting the female entrepreneurship community and other social impact projects! ♡
VENUE La Billage Shibuya 3-7 Udagawacho, Shibuya, Tokyo Hulic Shibuya Kouen-dori Building 5F
19:00 - 19:15 Reception
19:15 - 19:30 About Startup Lady Japan
19:30 - 20:30 Guest Speakers
20:30 - 21:00 Discussions
21:00 - 22:00 Free time
Entrance is PAY-AS-YOU-WISH. Proceeds will go towards supporting the female entrepreneurship community and other social impact projects! ♡
VENUE La Billage Shibuya 3-7 Udagawacho, Shibuya, Tokyo Hulic Shibuya Kouen-dori Building 5F
Finad out
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Friday, April
19, 2019 at 7 PM – 10:15 PM
Perfect Liars
Club Tokyo April edition
Tickets
https://perfectliarsclubapril.peatix.com/
EARLY BIRD
1700yen: on sale until Sat 6th April 10pm.
DOORS OPEN at
7pm. SHOW STARTS 8pm.
*Get there early for your choice of seats.
Or buy a fancy ticket to reserve a seat if you can't get there early.
*Show is in English. Come if you are fluent or practicing.
*Get there early for your choice of seats.
Or buy a fancy ticket to reserve a seat if you can't get there early.
*Show is in English. Come if you are fluent or practicing.
Find out more: https://www.facebook.com/events/2148704671862598/
Monday, April
22, 19:00-20:30
Tokyo Jukujo:
Middle-aged Sex Workers in Contemporary Japan
Once viewed
as pariahs in Japan’s sex industry, women in their forties through sixties
entered the mainstream in the 2000’s when enterprising managers saw an opportunity
to capitalize on their growing economic vulnerability and marketed them as
“jukujo” [mature or ripe women].
This talk
examines the expansion of the sex industry to encompass middle-aged women who
work long-term due to the dearth of social safety nets. Based on in-depth
interviews with sex workers and managers, I consider the choices of women to
become sex workers in the context of contemporary Japanese politics, that is to
say, the prioritization of corporate welfare over social welfare and the production
the largest gendered wage disparity relative to other industrial countries.
This talk is
organized by Professor David H. SLATER (FLA)
Lecture in
English / No RSVP required
Institute of
Comparative Culture (ICC) Sophia University
7-1 Kioicho,
Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 102-8554, JAPAN
Mental Health Matters - A Solo Run For TELL Around Lake Kasumigaura
Life in Japan
can be isolating for foreigners, especially those without much Japanese
language skills. Coping alone with mental health issues and trying to find
help in a new country with language and cultural barriers is a daunting task.
Particularly in Japan, mental health help in English is hard to find, options
limited, expensive, and often not covered by health insurance.
This was the
position I found myself in 2013: new in Japan, without Japanese language
skills, in a challenging and demanding professional situation, and crippled by
clinical depression that began in 2010.
Right from
the beginning of my days in Japan and through many difficult days/nights, I was
supported by humane and non-judgmental TELL lifeline telephone counselors. I
was lucky. I recovered, am healthy, and giving my best to living life to its
full potential.
I felt it is
time to give back to TELL, Japan which helped me, is helping many like me AND
IS SAVING LIVES.
DATE
OF THE RUN: 27-April-2019 to 1-May-2019
PLACE:
Lake
Kasumigaura, Ibaraki, Japan
CROWDRISE - A Solo Run For TELL Around Lake Kasumigaura
ORGANIZATIONS YOU MIGHT BE INTERESTED IN
FEW: For Empowering Women in Japan
http://fewjapan.com/
Monthly meeting second Thursday of the month
Jambo
For any questions, feel free to contact David at jambodave@green.email.ne.jp
Find out more http://jambointernational.org/
Contact us by email: info@mirai-no-mori.jp
Find out more about Mirai no Mori : https://mirai-no-mori.jp/
Run For The Cure Find out more: https://rftcjapan.org/
Green Peace Japan
They have a number of events and timely reports about food safety, seafood sustainability, the opening of nuclear power plants in Japan. Find out more here: http://www.greenpeace.org/
about Green Peace International http://www.greenpeace.org/
350.org Japan has a lot going on! Join this grassroots effort to protect our planet.
Lets divest campaign: https://letsdivest.jp/
Find out more : http://world.350.org/ja/
Give2Asia Foundation has initiated CSR consulting work to develop more sustainable CSR programs for international companies in Japan. The new program includes staff trainings in strategic community partnership and program development as well as matching community and nonprofit needs. If your company is interested in finding out more. please contact either Aqeela (info@give2asia.org) or Sarajean (srossitto@give2asia.org)
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