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Sat, May 05, 2012 9:00-12:00
TELL 13th
Annual Charity walk and Runathon
Place: Chidorigafuchi Park, Hanzomon Gate, Imperial Palace
Run! Walk! Enjoy the
palace & city view while supporting TELL!
in Chidorigafuchi Park. All proceeds go to TELL (Tokyo English Life Line) to
allow them to continue offering information, emotional support and counseling
to Tokyo’s international and Japanese community
http://www.telljp.com/index.php?/en/event/13th_annual_tell_charity_walk_runathon
Thursday, May
10, 7:00-10:00
FEW May Meeting: May Theme Womeconomics
Speaker Kathy Matsui, Managing Director, Goldman
Sachs Japan
Doors open at 7PM for drinks, food and networking, Speaker begins promptly at
7:30 and ends at 10:00pm
Location: Wesley Center, Minami Aoyama, 2nd floor
6-10-11 Minami Aoyama, Minato-ku, Tokyo http://www.en.wesleycenterjp.com/ourlocation.html
Cost: 3000 yen
for FEW members, 5000 yen for guests includes buffet dinner and drinks
Please RSVP membership@fewjapan.com
Sunday May 13
Okutama Hiking!
(1000 Yen) (Cancelled in case of
rain) (Moderate)
This is a Friends of the Earth Hike
which JAMBO will join.
Bring your own food and drink!
Course: Mt. Ootake - Rock Garden
- 3 waterfalls
The hike is highlighted by the
beautiful rock garden and magnificent views from Mt. Ootake.
Leader: Richard Evanoff
Details will be posted on the Friends
of the Earth HP. Please see: http://www.foejapan.org/en/event/hike.html
Wednesday May 16, 5:00-8:30
GIVING BACK TO JAPAN 2: Community Leaders Report
Venue Hitotsubashi Memorial Hall 2F, National Center for Sciences
Building 2-1-2 Hitotsubashi, Chiyoda-ku,
Tokyo
Entrance Free.
Contributions (to reconstruction focused charities) welcomed.
Entrance to the event is free but with prior registration only. To
register, please send an e-mail at: info@tpf2.net
For more information visit TPF website http://tpf2.net/forum
Wednesday May 16, 7:00-9:00
Amnesty International Tokyo English Network (AITEN) Public Meeting
Theme: Fleeing Danger, Seeking Safety: Refugees and Asylum Seekers
Today
Venue: AI Japan office (new location!) Chiyoda-ku Ogawamachi
2-12-14 Fl.7 Tel: 3518-6777
For a map to the venue, plus links to news reports, photos & video clips: www.aiten.org
For a map to the venue, plus links to news reports, photos & video clips: www.aiten.org
Organized by Amnesty International Tokyo English Network (AITEN) HP(English):http://www.aiten.org
HP(Japanese):http://www.amnesty.or.jp/
Friday, May 17, 2012, 7:00p.m. (Talk will start at 7:30p.m.)
THEME: The Future of Finance in Japan post Olympus
Speaker: R. Taggart Murphy, Professor and Chair of the MBA Program in
International Business at the Tokyo Campus of the University of Tsukuba
Discussant: Robert Dujarric
Venue: Temple University, Japan Campus, Azabu Hall 212/213http://www.tuj.ac.jp/maps/tokyo.html
Fee: Free (Open to general public)
Registration: icas@tuj.temple.edu*If you RSVP you are
automatically registered.
Organized by TUJ's Institute of Contemporary Asian Studies
Thursday May 17, 6:30 ~
TOKYO SINFONIA IN MAY RUSSIAN SERENADE
FCCJ dinner-concert, Foreign Correspondents' Club of
Japan (Yurakucho)
Table tickets: Group ￥8,445 each; Single ￥9,335
Serenade (Borodin) • Russian Fantasy (Rimsky-Korsakov)
• Khovantchina (Mussorgsky)
Tickets/Information tickets@tokyosinfonia.com
mailto:tickets@tokyosinfonia.com
www.tokyosinfonia.com
Saturday May 19 7:00 - 9:00PM
JAMBO Spirit in Action Group (in English)(FREE)
Meeting Place and Time: Kichijoji
Station - 6:45PM at the Police Box (Kouban) outside the Central Exit of
Kichijoji Station - Discussion of
Chapter 1 and how to implement these ideas in our everyday lives. * http://www.transformationteam.net/ttcourse/ttcourse01a
* http://www.transformationteam.net/ttcourse/ttcourse01b
This course uses materials from the
PEERS Transformation Course.
This course, as well as our monthly
meetings, discuss a current topic and various ways action can be taken to deal
with the issue. Please look at the above links to see the contents and
level of difficulty.
If you have any questions, email David at jambodave@green.email.ne.jp.
While anyone is welcome, it is
suggested that you understand the contents of the material and prepare
beforehand to have deep conversation in English.
Sunday May 20 8:00 2:00?
Odawara - West Hills Walking Course
& Beach Clean Up!
(Participation Fee 1000 yen) (Cancelled
in case of rain)
We will meet at the Odakyu Line
Ticket Gate at Odawara at 9:48 AM.
8:18 Depart Shinjuku on the
Odakyu Line (Special Express going towards Enoshima) and get off at SagamiOno
(arriving at 8:50). Change to the 8:51 express train going towards
Odawara. This arrives at Odawara at 9:46.
If you’d like to go from
Shinjuku, get on the front of the 8:18 Odakyu Line train
at Shinjuku Station. David will get on the first car at the next station
(Yoyogi Uehara).
Course: Odawara Station - Ikoi
Forest - Oohatake Goddess of Mercy - Kyofuku Temple - Sakawa Beach (Garbage
clean-up and fun) - Odawara Station
The total walking time for the
hike will be about 4 hours.
Western Hills Walking Course http://www.city.odawara.kanagawa.jp/kanko/Leisure/aruku/walking/suwanoharawc.html
After the hike, from 3:00 - 5:00PM, we will do a garbage clean-up on the beach
and have some beach fun, and maybe say goodbye to the sun until the next day.
Please bring your lunch and drinks.
If you have any questions, email David at jambodave@green.email.ne.jp.
Monday May 21, 7:00-9:30
8 part Workshop series begins
Japanese Society & Nonprofit
Organizations (8 Weeks) http://www.tuj.ac.jp/cont-ed/courses/professional/NGO212.html
Application deadline May 15
Location: TUJ, Azabu Hall
For more information contact TUJ Continuing Education Program
Tuesday May 22, 7:00-9:00
10 part Workshop series begins
Understanding the MDGs http://osc.tsuda.ac.jp/course/kd/ium.html
Application deadline May 15
For more information contact http://osc.tsuda.ac.jp/course/titp.html
Friday May 25
The Refugees International Japan 7th Annual Grand Auction
VENUE: The ANA InterContinental, Akasaka
Group Booking: ￥200,000 –
seats for ten guests
Individual seat: ￥25,000 per person
Individual seat: ￥25,000 per person
For more information visit: http://refugeesinternationaljapan.org/auction
Friday, May 25, 2012, 6:30 p.m. (Talk will start at 7:00 p.m.)
Mothers' Way
Daughters' Choice: Film Screening With Director Kyoko Gasha
Venue: Temple University, Japan Campus, Azabu Hall 212/213 http://www.tuj.ac.jp/maps/tokyo.html
Fee: Free (Open to general public)
Registration: icas@tuj.temple.edu*If
you RSVP you are automatically registered.
Organized by The Harvard Club of Japan, in collaboration with TUJ's Institute of
Contemporary Asian Studies
Saturday May 26, 3:00-5:00
10 part Workshop series begins
Roles and Functions of NGOs http://www.tuj.ac.jp/cont-ed/courses/professional/NGO301.html
Application deadline May 15
Location: TUJ, Azabu Hall
For more information contact TUJ Continuing Education Program
Saturday May 26
FEW Clothes Swap – Spring/Summer Collections
For more information, visit: http://www.fewjapan.com/
Saturday May 26 10:00-3:00
Jambo & Earth Day Group Ride & Picnic
1000 yen, Easy (bicycles), (Canceled in
case of rain)
* an easy ride along green paths and a
picnic in Inokashira park. Children and beginner riders very welcome! For people
who need to rent a bicycle, please come to Mitaka Station’s south exit at 9:30.
Hiro will meet you there and go to Susuzake Bicycle Rental: http://www.mitaka.ne.jp/machidukuri/rentalcycle/index.html
to rent bikes. The cost is ￥300 /day and the number of
bicycles is limited.
If you have your bicycle – meet at
10:00am at Mitaka Station south exit.
From Mitaka station, ride to Koganei
park where we’ll have a picnic and frisbee game. After that, follow green paths
to MusashiSeki park and return to Mitaka station.
Latecomers can come only to the picnic
at Koganei park south entrance at 12:00.
Please bring snacks and drinks for the
picnic (you can also buy at a convenience store near the park or a store near
Mitaka station). For riders, helmets are recommended.
Ride leader: Leszek Rybicki in
cooperation with the EarthDay Ride team (www.earthdayride.org).
If you have any questions, email David at jambodave@green.email.ne.jp.
Sunday May 27
2:00-6:00
Rose Garden & Riverside Fun (FREE)
(We’ll go even if it rains)
Meeting Place and Time: Mukogaokayuen
Station’s (on the Odakyuu Line) South ticket gate (East Exit) at 13:30 or Ikuta
Green Area Rose Garden (12 minute walk from the Station) at 14:00 or
thereafter.
- 14:00 - 15:00 - Ikuta Green Area Rose Garden - http://www.ikuta-rose.jp/open.html
- 15:00 - 16:00 - Walk to Tama River Green Area
- 16:00 - 18:00 - Riverside Fun (frisbee, sports, eating, drinking)(At this time, David will also be available to talk with potential JAMBO leaders and volunteers.)
· If you have any questions, email David at jambodave@green.email.ne.jp.
Sunday May 27
10:00-2:00
Unicef Love walk in Kawasaki.
Place : Ikutaryokuchi in Kawasaki city
http://www.city.kawasaki.jp/71/71tama/home/ikutaryokuti/gaikokugo/english.htm
You can chose the walking course.
- 8km : Start time is 10:30am4km : Start time is 11:00am.
- 4km : Start time is 11:00am.
- 4km : (Walking with a guide.. You need to apply for it in advance. Accept only the first 20 applications one receives.) Start time is 11:00am.
The participation fee : 500 yen for
adult. 200 yen for children.
You need to apply for it in advance so
please e-mail or phone or FAX.
Please e-mail info@unicef-kanagawa.jp
to tell about ① Home
address, ② Name, ③ Your age, ④ Contact Information, ⑤ walking course. Or sign up online http://www.unicef-kanagawa.jp/
Closing date to register: May 24th.
Wednesday, May 30, 7:00p.m. (Talk will start at 7:30p.m.)
THEME: Soft Power In
Japan-Singapore Interstate Relations
Speaker: Shumpei Watanabe
Discussant: Robert Dujarric
Venue: Temple University, Japan Campus, Azabu Hall 212/213http://www.tuj.ac.jp/maps/tokyo.html
Fee: Free (Open to general public)
Registration: icas@tuj.temple.edu*If
you RSVP you are automatically registered.
Organized by TUJ's Institute of Contemporary Asian Studies
JUNE EVENTS
Friday, June 1, 2012, 7:00p.m. (Talk will start at 7:30p.m.)
THEME: A Sociology of
Japanese Youth: From Returnees to NEETs
Published by Routledge (Edited by Roger Goodman, Yuki Imoto and Tuukka Toivonen)
Published by Routledge (Edited by Roger Goodman, Yuki Imoto and Tuukka Toivonen)
Speaker: Yuki Imoto, Tuukka Toivonen, & Sachiko Horiguchi
Discussant: Kyle Cleveland
Venue: Temple University, Japan Campus, Azabu Hall 212/213http://www.tuj.ac.jp/maps/tokyo.html
Fee: Free (Open to general public)
Registration: icas@tuj.temple.edu*If
you RSVP you are automatically registered.
Organized by TUJ's Institute of Contemporary Asian Studies
Friday, June 8, 2012, 7:00p.m. (Talk will start at 7:30p.m.)
THEME: The Future of Finance in Japan post Olympus
Speaker: Tony Miller
Discussant: Robert Dujarric
Venue: Temple University, Japan Campus, Azabu Hall 212/213http://www.tuj.ac.jp/maps/tokyo.html
Fee: Free (Open to general public)
Registration: icas@tuj.temple.edu*If
you RSVP you are automatically registered.
Organized by TUJ's Institute of Contemporary Asian Studies
Co-sponsored
by Democrats Abroad Japan
Friday, June 8, 21:00
Eco Talk show w/ free Organic food
+ Music, art and DJ Contest
* all funds go to protect the nature in Patagonia
Entrance: 3000 yen or 2500 w/ discount
RSVP by email: parties4peace@gmail.com
RSVP by email: parties4peace@gmail.com
For more info: www.partiespeace.com
Sunday June
10, 1:00 – 5:00
Gender in
disaster and recovery; Panel discussion featuring women with experience in the
filed
Cost: 500 yen
Venue: Bunkyo
Grad School, Hongo campus bldg 4, room B406
Please RSVP https://ssl.form-mailer.jp/fms/24d511ce195615
For more
information, visit: http://risetogetherjp.org/?p=2015
Organized by
Tohoku Disaster Women’s Support Network
Wednesday June 13, 7:00
TOKYO SINFONIA IN JUNE RAVEL SERENADE -
Symphonies for Strings champagne concert, Oji Hall (Ginza)
Tickets: Group ￥5,500
each; Single ￥6,000
Tombeau de Couperin • Valses Nobles et Sentimentales • Symphony
for Strings: Scheherazade
Tickets/Information tickets@tokyosinfonia.com
mailto:tickets@tokyosinfonia.com www.tokyosinfonia.com
Wednesday, June 13 2012 Time: 7:00p.m. (Talk will
start at 7:30p.m.)
Is Ethical Consumption Going to Change Japan?
Venue: Temple University, Japan Campus, Mita Hall 502/503
(access: http://www.tuj.ac.jp/maps/tokyo.html)
Speaker: Florian Kohlbacher, German Institute for Japanese Studies (DIJ),
Tokyo
Moderator: William Swinton, Director, International Business Studies, TUJ
Admission: Free (Open to general public)
RSVP: icas@tuj.ac.jp
*If you RSVP you are automatically registered. If possible,
we ask you to RSVP but we always welcome participants even you do not RSVP.
Thursday, June
14, 2012, 7:00-10:00
FEW Monthly Meeting – Red Carpet Panel – Women who Entertain us!
Doors open at 7PM for drinks, food and networking, Speaker begins
promptly at 7:30 and ends at 10:00pm
Location: Wesley Center, Minami Aoyama, 2nd floor
6-10-11 Minami Aoyama, Minato-ku, Tokyo http://www.en.wesleycenterjp.com/ourlocation.html
Location: Wesley Center, Minami Aoyama, 2nd floor
6-10-11 Minami Aoyama, Minato-ku, Tokyo http://www.en.wesleycenterjp.com/ourlocation.html
Cost: 3000 yen
for FEW members, 5000 yen for guests includes buffet dinner and drinks
Please RSVP membership@fewjapan.com
For more
information, visit: http://www.fewjapan.com/
Saturday June
16, 2:30 – 5:30
Women in
International development: Panel discussion featuring women with experience in
the filed
Followed by a
film on Jody Williams and the Ban Land Mine campaign
Cost: free
Venue: UNU in
the Omotesando area
For more
information, visit: http://www.aarjapan.gr.jp
Organized by
AAR
Sunday, June 24, 2012 12:30pm - 3:00
FEW Spring Brunch “Champagne Brunch at Trader Vics
Cost ¥6,600 per head
To Register: fewspecialevents@fewjapan.com
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HEADS UP! FUTURE EVENTS
July 5-8
Black Stripe Theater presents Cloud 9
Thursday – Saturday evening performances
7:30pm, Saturday and Sunday Matinees 2:30pm.
Ticket prices: ¥2,500 in advance, ¥3,000 on
the door
Venue: Tiny Alice
Get
more information: http://blackstripetheater.com/
Sunday July 29, 10:00- 5:00
Education for Social Justice workshop
Application deadline July 20
For more information contact http://osc.tsuda.ac.jp/course/titp.html
Saturday,
August 4, 10:00- 5:00
Grant
proposal writing workshop –
Application deadline July 28
Location: TUJ, Azabu Hall
For more information contact TUJ Continuing Education Program
Get more information: https://www.tuj.ac.jp/cont-ed/courses/seminars-tokyo.html
Saturday,
August 11, 10:00- 5:00
Volunteer
Management
Application deadline August 1
Location: TUJ, Azabu Hall
For more information contact TUJ Continuing Education Program
Get more information: https://www.tuj.ac.jp/cont-ed/courses/seminars-tokyo.html
AUGUST 11-19, 2012 * JAPAN
INTERNATIONAL
INSTITUTE ON PEACE EDUCATION 2012
Educating for human security
and survival: emergencies in ecology, energy, economy
APPLICATION deadline – rolling, until filled
so sign up now!
FEES
$750 USD - International Participants
(includes Aug. 11 overnight stay in Tokyo
hotel plus 2 additional meals)
$650 USD -
Japanese/Local Participants (local
participants will join international participants on the morning of Aug. 12) For more information contact info@i-i-p-e.org
Organized in partnership with the National Peace Academy (home of the IIPE
secretariat) and the Global Campaign for Peace Education Japan (GCPEJ) cooperating
witha consortium of other national organizations invested in furthering peace
education in Japan including the Society for Building a Culture of Peace.
Saturdays,
August 18 and August 25, 10:00- 5:00
Project
Management
Application deadline August 10
For more information contact http://osc.tsuda.ac.jp/course/titp.html
Other events
Temple University, Japan Campus (TUJ)’s upcoming events
Information
Sessions:,
Continuing
Education – May 12. For details, please visit http://www.tuj.ac.jp/info-sessions.html
Public
lectures: Institute of Contemporary Asian Studies (ICAS) hosts more than 40
lectures and symposiums each year.
http://www.facebook.com/tuj.icas?sk=events#!/events/169541519824379/
Temple
University: www.tuj.ac.jp
Opportunities: Jobs, Fellowships and Volunteering
JOBS!!!
Change.org is an open platform where
anyone, anywhere can start, join, and win campaigns for social change. You can
think of it as the YouTube of online campaigning. You can learn more from
a recent Guardian profile, this clip on The Daily Show and the CEO's profile in the TIME100.
They are expanding to Japan and are
hiring!
Please disseminate these job
descriptions far and wide (they're in both English and Japanese):
Communications Director: http://www.change.org/hiring/101
Campaigner: http://www.change.org/hiring/100
The application deadline for both of
these positions is May 30th, 2012.
Volunteering!
Peace Boat Appeal for Volunteers
Peace Boat has
been supporting the survivors of the Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami in
Ishinomaki since March 17. We have made a long term commitment to the
community, and we are continuing to aid recovery through a variety of projects.
We are appealing for Japanese-speaking volunteers in particular to help with
our psychosocial care projects in the Temporary Housing Complexes. We are also
appealing for English-speaking volunteers to help on other projects running in
the area. Please contact alice@pbv.or.jp for more information, or visit http://peaceboat.org/relief
Habitat for Humanity Tohoku Tsunami Relief in Miyagi
Recruitment for Tohoku volunteers. The minimum commitment is for 1 day and no special skills or experience are necessary! We are looking forward to working with many of you.
Recruitment for Tohoku volunteers. The minimum commitment is for 1 day and no special skills or experience are necessary! We are looking forward to working with many of you.
*Locations: Ishinomaki city and Higashi Matsushima city, Miyagi.
*Tasks: Cleaning private houses, public and community buildings
and etc.
*Schedule: Volunteer days are open throughout the month.
For further information please contact info@habitatjp.org
Job, internship and volunteer opportunities on the JANIC site: http://www.janic.org/janicboard/recruit/
Volunteering opportunities: TVAC http://www.tvac.or.jp/
NEWS
The New JAMBO
The main purpose in making new changes for JAMBO is to move it towards becoming a more sustainable organization. Until the end of March, 2012, JAMBO has depended on a very small number of people to run the programs. Even if one or two of these people quit, JAMBO could be in danger of disbanding.
As of early 2012, JAMBO has become an official NPO in the USA and it is hoped that JAMBO may eventually get grants to support its activities and build an even stronger base.
JAMBO Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/JAMBO.int) Feel free to take a look and sign up . JAMBO Pictures http://www.flickr.com/photos/jambodave/
JAMBO FACEBOOK Information & Pictures - http://www.facebook.com/JAMBO.int
Check out the JAMBO Homepage http://www.jambointernational.com
TUJ Newsletter for May 2012 - updated with Sarajean's
interview.
REPORTS
Japan Red
Cross Society Reports on Tohoku
12 month report on Tohoku - in Japanese http://www.jrc.or.jp/eq-japan2011/operations-update/index.html
in English http://www.jrc.or.jp/eq-japan2011/index.html
in English http://www.jrc.or.jp/eq-japan2011/index.html
UNU report on Tohoku
Japan-UNESCO/UNU Symposium on The Great East Japan Tsunami on 11 March 2011 and Tsunami Warning Systems; 16-17 February 2012; Symposium Statement and Proceedings
The symposium proceedings (130 Mbytes) can be downloaded as one file from http://ioc-tsunami.org/tohokusymposium . The individual documents from the symposium can also be downloaded from the same web-site.
Give2Asia
reports
Annual Report Now Available
Give2Asia networks philanthropy together with Asia's incredibly
diverse community of nonprofits, social entrepreneurs and charitable
institutions. Our 2011 Annual Report, which is now available online, captures
this diversity and the engagement of international donors seeking to improve
life in Asia. You can read our full Annual Report by clicking here.
Tohoku Disaster One-Anniversary Project Report for Donors
Our anniversary report on projects undertaken during the first
year details Give2Asia’s partnerships and results in response to the Tohoku
disaster. http://give2asia.org/japan-report2012
Human
trafficking statistics for Japan
Polaris Project Japan shares info on
Human trafficking statistics - Fiscal Year 2011
The National Police Agency of Japan has
released the statistics related to human trafficking. Unfortunately, the
official statistics show just the tip of the iceberg. Polaris Japan's hotline
received 381 cases in 2011.
- Police agencies in Japan dealt with
25 cases of human trafficking. The number of victims was 25, and there
were 33 perpetrators. The number of
victims decreased from 2010, but the number of cases and perpetrators
increased. Of 25
victims, Thai nationals were the majority (12 people). Though they are not classified as trafficking
cases in Japan, sexual exploitation of children under 18 is considered human
trafficking even if it is unforced according to international treaties:
- Number of cases originated from dating websites was 1,004, 2.0%
decrease from 2010. Victims under 18 years old: 282, an 11.0% increase from the
previous year. The majority of the cases were child prostitution, with 160
victims
(56.7% of the total).
(56.7% of the total).
- Number of cases originated from online communities (such as SNS)
was 1,421, 7.8% decrease from 2010. Victims under 18 years old were 1,085,
12.4% decrease from 2010. The majority of cases were Prefectural Ordinance of
Juvenile Protection violations (including sexual acts with youth), with 637
victims (58.7% of the total).
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