J. LIVE Talk semi-finalists join lunch talk on U.S.-Japan alliance
October 18, 2017Categories: Sasakawa USA Blog
On Friday, October 13, the five semi-finalists for the 2017 J. LIVE talk competition visited Sasakawa USA’s office in Washington, D.C. for lunch and a talk with Sasakawa USA CEO Ambassador James Zumwalt and Program Manager Joy Champaloux.
Tags: j-live, Japanese, Students, Study abroad, u.s.-japan relations
Foreign care workers in Japan: a policy without a vision
March 8, 2017Author: Hirano Yūko
Categories: In-Depth with Nippon.com
Japan will lower specific immigration barriers this year to ease a projected shortage of professional care workers for the elderly. A health sociologist draws on extensive research to critique the government’s shortsighted, private-sector-driven approach to the problem, calling for greater efforts to support and export Japan’s advanced system of care work.
Tags: aging population, economic partnership, EPA, Foreign care workers, foreign nurses, Indonesia, Japan, Japanese, Southeast Asia, Technical intern training program, the philippines, Vietnam
Students showcase Japanese language skills at J.LIVE Talk
November 30, 2016Author: Juliane Doscher
Categories: Sasakawa USA Blog
Students broadening their global horizons by studying Japanese had the opportunity to prove their talent and further their goals November 13 at the final round of the second annual J.LIVE Talk at George Washington University.
Tags: competition, contest, education, george washington university, gwu, j-live, j-live talk, Japan, Japanese, language, speech contest
First polls after Trump’s victory show uneasy Japanese public
November 15, 2016Author: Tobias Harris
Categories: Japan Political Pulse
As the Japanese government scrambles to react to Donald Trump’s upset victory in the November 8 United States presidential election—and with Prime Minister Shinzo Abe expected to be the first world leader to meet with Trump this Thursday, November 17—new opinion polls suggest the Japanese public is uneasy about the impact of the election on the U.S.-Japan relationship.
Tags: approval ratings, Asahi Shimbun, budget, donald trump, Japan, japan political pulse, Japanese, jpp, military, NHK, opinion poll, Politics, poll, president trump, Shinzo Abe, Tokyo, trump, us elections, US Forces, us forces in japan, us-japan alliance, us-japan relations, Yomiuri Shimbun
True Stories from Japan: First impressions with host family endangered by sushi
October 25, 2016Author: Christa Desrets
Categories: Sasakawa USA Blog, True Stories from Japan
On the surface, dining out in Japan is not an inherently stressful experience. But on this particular night, a vocabulary mishap paired with the anxiety of meeting my new host family for the first time made for a memorable evening.
Tags: alumni, christa desrets, Congressional Study Group, congressional study group on japan, csgj, culture, eel, first impressions, foreign living, host family, Japanese, kansai gaidai, osaka, sea urchin, studying abroad, sushi, true stories from japan, unagi, uni