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Issue 23 - Friday, 23rd February 2001

Today's Contents:

1. The first bits: New Admissions Coordinator, Yamasa Speech Contest.
2. Course information.
3. Student Interview - Kim Ei-ran, AJSP Program, China.
4. Japan Guide: Fuji-san.

1. The first bits.

(a) New Admissions Coordinator.

Thanks to everyone who applied for the position of Admissions Coordinator. Someone has been successful and will be trained for the position from early March, so this is probably my last newsletter... yes, I know, you'll all miss me so much. I'll be lurking in the shadows until I move to Tokyo on March 24th though, so don't throw the party yet. Thank you all for your continued devotion, and I look forward to being on the mailing list for a change instead of writing.

(b) Speech Contest:

The Yamasa Annual Japanese Language Speech contest was held on Friday 16th February - the winner was Kim Ei-ran and was interviewed by Josh Wilber below. Congratulations to everyone who took part and especially to the people who made short speeches. I mean to the winners. I think that there should be more involvement from the staff in the future - why not have a staff (ie administration and teaching faculty) appearance too? Choose one representative of each course faculty, one from administration, one from the International Office... that would definitely be a hit. Make your nearest Japanese Language Teacher take part! (I'd even come back to see it.)

(c) Jobs:

My job is now taken. Remaining exciting jobs out there are:

Director of Studies and Curriculum development for the OCJS
Japanese Instruction Coordinator for the Online school (2 positions)
Native-speaker Korean interns
Native-speaker German interns
Native-speaker Spanish interns

see http://www.yamasa.org/acjs/network/english/careers.html for details and other vacancies, and contact careers@yamasa.org if you are interested in applying. Most are connected with web publishing and translation. Study Japanese for free in exchange for part-time work in the International Office. These are ongoing positions - we need people all year round, so please contact us if you are interested in positions later in the year as well.

(d) Other bits:

Make money by writing articles for the newsletter. See the contributions page for details.
Find a course: see the program catalog.
Contact Admissions if you have any questions.
See below for information regarding course deadlines.

Euan Mckay
Admissions Coordinator
The Yamasa Institute Aichi Center for Japanese Studies
1-2-1 Hanehigashimachi Okazaki
Aichi Japan 444-0832

Tel: +81 (0) 564 55 8111
Fax: +81 (0) 564 55 8174 (admissions)
Fax: +81 (0) 564 55 8113 (student affairs)
Email: admissions@yamasa.org
Email: newsletter@yamasa.org
URL: http://www.yamasa.org/acjs/
URL: http://www.yamasa.org/acjs/network/

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2. Course Information

Accommodation:

Villa 1, residence K, U full until end March. Space in Villa 2, 3&4 and Student Village. There are usually some last-minute changes, so check with admissions@yamasa.org for information or see the availability file for details.

Long-term Courses:

Student Visa: Applications for April 2001: Results are due out from the Immigration Office on March 1st. If you have not received the information regarding how much you should transfer and when, please contact admissions@yamasa.org right away. If you have already been told how much you need to transfer, please wait for the result on March 1st. Applications for October 2001: nine already received. The deadline for applications is June 20th, quota is 55 places - 46 to go. If you want to apply for this start-date please complete an application form online (see program catalog for details: http://www.yamasa.org/acjs/english/programs/apply.html) or contact Admissions for information.

Short-term courses:

Discovery tour starting on April 6th - itinerary at: http://www.yamasa.org/acjs/english/programs/discovery_tour20010406.html Contact Admissions for details. There are still a few places available - join a very small private tour of all the best parts of Japan. Includes trips to Kyoto, Asahi Beer Factory, Tenryuu Gorge, Magome and Tsumago, Komagane, Fuji 5 lakes, Shiraito no Taki, Kiso Gawa rapids, Arimatsu (see Japan Guide), Handa (see Japan Guide), Hikone, Inuyama Castle, Tokugawa Art Museum and many other locations.

Discovery Tour from June 29th to July 6th almost full - contact admissions@yamasa.org for further information.

All SILAC programs have space but accommodation is limited. Contact admissions@yamasa.org as soon as possible for information.

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