Volunteers Needed for Virtual JET Q&A!

The Consulate General of Japan in Chicago will hold a 2-day virtual Q&A with JETAA presenters for Outgoing JETs, and they need volunteers! If interested, please consider the following:

$50 honorarium for participation Date: Friday, June 10th and Saturday June 11th Time: TBA Location: Zoom Tentative topics (these are from last year): l Life as an ALT & CIR l Placement/Community l Money Matters l Cross-Cultural Communication l Team-Teaching l Japanese in Japan

Contact: julianne.medrano@cg.mofa.go.jp

Call for 2022 Illinois Japan Bowl Volunteers!

The Japan America Society of Chicago will be hosting their virtual 2022 Illinois Japan Bowl: Japanese Culture Trivia event on Saturday, March 19 from 10:00-2:00 pm.

This has been another challenging year for students and teachers, and our goal for this year’s event is to create a fun space to expand student’s knowledge and interest in Japanese culture and language. Students will be participating in all aspects of Japanese culture and language individually, however they will register for the event in teams of three. Each individual score will be added to create a final team score. All questions will have multiple choice answers.

Since this year’s competition will be held via Kahoot, we are currently seeking the below volunteers:

1. Question writers (help a team lead in level 2, 3 or 4 choose and confirm 75 questions for each level, as well as create additional questions/answers. For level 3 and level 4 teams, fluency and/or heightened knowledge of Japanese language/culture required)

2. Room monitor (monitor each level of competition via ZOOM)

3. Tally volunteer (assist with tallying of team scores for each level)

Our goal is to have all questions and answer choices complete by the end of February.

If you are interested in volunteering please email kono@jaschicago.org no later than Monday, January 31.

Thank you so much for all of your support!!!

Interpreters Needed for Japan Local Government Center Webinar

The Japan Local Government Center (JLGC) is planning a series of webinars for local governments (prefectures and municipalities) in Japan with JET alumni as speakers. The objectives are as follows:

- To provide useful information for Japanese local government officials who are working on exchanges with the United States.

- To inform them about the activities of JET participants, as they are an important bridge (Kakehashi) between the U.S. and Japan.

In August, the JLGC held their first webinar with Mr. Ryan, President of the U.S.-Japan Washington Association, as their speaker. This page is in Japanese, but the main part of the webinar is spoken with consecutive interpretation.

Also this month, they held their second webinar with Ms. Lillian Hanako Rowlatt, co-founder of Kokoro Care Packages.

They will be doing more of these webinars in the future. Since it is aimed at Japanese local government officials, interpreters will be needed.

【Other Information】

・Interpreters need to be able to interpret both from English to Japanese and from English to Japanese. (Interpretation for speaker (English) + Q&A (Japanese and English))

・It will be done using Zoom.

・Honorarium will be paid.

・It is preferable for JET alumni, but if there are JET Friends who can interpret for us, we would like to be introduced.

・The date and time will be adjusted accordingly. The event will be held according to Japan time, so it will probably be around 7:30pm to 9:00pm (EST).

・The webinar will last about an hour and a half.

If you think you are able to assist with interpreting, please contact JETAA Chicago at info@jetaachicago.com by January 14, 2022!