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Community Organizing - One-day Workshop Saturday December 12th

Community Organizing for Social Change (One-day Workshop)  Saturday December 12th, 2016 10:00-16:30 Location: Temple University, Japan Campus Tokyo ( Maps & Directions ) Course Details COS 101 is a skills-based workshop focusing on knowledge and skills that can be use by anyone to get people involved in their communities and bring about social change. After a review of the background and history of community organizing, we will engage in group work using the the methods, and skills for issue, network, coalition, and plan development. COS 101 is done in a workshop format and is open to everyone wanting to get involved in local community development programs or international development work. Sign up before Dec 5  Apply for this Course

FEW BONDILICIOUS BONENKAI 2015 Dec 11

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Join us for the FEW Bondilicious Bonenkai as we pull the trigger on 2015 and wrap our elegant arms around 2016 Invitation FEW Bonenkai 2015 View it in your browser .

ICC Book Launch Disasters and Social Crisis in Contemporary Japan: Political, Religious, and Sociocultural Responses,

ICC Book Launch Disasters and Social Crisis in Contemporary Japan: Political, Religious, and Sociocultural Responses, Edited by Mark R. Mullins, Koichi Nakano (Palgrave Macmillan 2015). http://www.palgrave.com/page/detail/disasters-and-socia l-crisis-in-contemporary-japan-mark-r-mullins/?isb=9781 137521316 November 30th, 2015 18:30-20:00 Room 301, 3F, Bldg. 10 Sophia University, Yotsuya Campus Please join us for an evening of informal discussion with the editors and authors •    Mark Mullins, University of Auckland •    Nakano Koichi, Sophia University Book Description Japan is still coming to terms with the 'triple disaster' of 2011 – earthquake, tsunami, and nuclear meltdown. Only two decades ago, the country was similarly shaken by the 'double disaster' of earthquake and sarin gas attack in 1995. What can we learn about Japan through the diverse responses to these two critical moments in postwar history when a 'normal' sense of stability and existing soc

Putting Global Talent To Work: Diversity Management at 'Japan Inc'

Putting Global Talent To Work: Diversity Management at 'Japan Inc' Time: 15:30-17:30, November 25 (Wed), 2015 Location: Canon Institute for Global Studies (CIGS), 11th Floor, Shin-Marunouchi Building, 5-1 Marunouchi 1-chome, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo http://www.canon-igs.org/about/access/ Speakers: Hiroshi Ono, Hitotsubashi ICS, Hilary J. Holbrow, Cornell University Moderator: Jun Kurihara, CIGS Program: https://f.msgs.jp/fcnts/arv/151125_program.pdf Registration: If you wish to attend, please RSVP by November 14 to the CIGS administrative office  at suzuki.rika@canon-igs.org Admission: Free and open to the public; registration required. Language: English and Japanese

Black Stripe Theater' s "Confusions" Meet the Cast (Video by Rodger Sono)

Have a look! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pj-74KCxP1M

ARI Western Japan Study tour Events 西日本アジア学院キャラバン

『私が人々に仕える理由・・・アジアの農村から平和を考える』 アジア学院卒業生トークセッションの開催のお知らせ 【奈良県】 日時: 11 月 12 日(木)17:30~19:30 会場: 『 古民家ろっきゃお 』   →  チラシ ( http://rokkyao.exblog.jp/ ) 住所:奈良市鹿野園町448 お問合せ、お申込み: 電話orメール     TEL: 070-6681-3093   Mail: na33098@gmail.com 参加費:1,000円( アジア学院の食材を使ったナガランド料理と飲み物付) 【広島県】 日時: 11 月 12 日(木)13:00~15:00 会場: 『 広島流川教会』 →  チラシ ( http://nagarekawa.net/ ) 住所:広島市中区上幡町8-30 電話:082-221-5493 【富山県】 日時: 11 月 15 日(日)17:00~ 会場: 『いいこと』 住所:富山県氷見市中央町14-1 定員:先着20名 申込: heremame@gmail.com 参加費:500円(軽食付)

JOB: Field Assistant for Primary Health Care

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Job id : 65394 Field Assistant for Primary Health Care NICCO (Nippon International Cooperation for Community Development) Hpa-an, Kayin State,

Networks of Political Possibility ―Post 3.11 Social Movements and Political Activism ―

The Contemporary Japan Group at the Institute of Social Science (ISS, or Shaken), University of Tokyo, welcomes you to a lecture by David H. Slater Networks of Political Possibility ―Post 3.11 Social Movements and Political Activism ― DATE AND PLACE Wednesday, November 25 from 6:30-8:00 p.m. at Akamon S ōgō Kenkyūtō Room 549, Institute of Social Science, University of Tokyo, Hongo Campus, University of Tokyo ABSTRACT In the years since 3.11, we have seen many different sorts of activism, some of which rise to the level of a social movement, others not so much. This talk is a first attempt to identify the characteristics of these movements, in terms of their institutional connections, rhetorical focus, performative repertoires and relations with both mass and social media. We will ask not only what distinguishes activism today from that before 3.11, but also how it might allow us to re-think our understanding of changes in civil society. SPEAKER David H. Slater

What has Karoshi got to do with Fukushima disaster?

Sophia University Institute of Comparative Culture Lecture Series 2015 What has Karoshi got to do with Fukushima disaster? Rika Morioka (Myanmar Partners in Policy and Research) November 11th, 2015: 18:30-20:00 Sophia University, Yotsuya Campus, bldg. 10, room 301 This talk explores the culture of overworking manifested in the phenomenon of karoshi and its link to the gender differences observed in the perceptions of health risk of radiation in the aftermath of the Fukushima nuclear disaster.  The author argues that in contrast to young mothers who expressed their concerns towards the health risks of radiation exposure, fathers who were working for dominant institutions were uninterested in the health effects of the radiation.  The talk examines Japanese masculinity rooted in work and breadwinning role in the family and the economic interests of the nation state that impacted the national response to the nuclear disaster in Fukushima. Rika Morioka is a Ph.D. Sociologist in M

西日本アジア学院キャラバンがスタートしました!

【大阪府】 日時: 11 月 5 日(木)18:00~ 会場:日本キリスト教団  豊中教会 →  チラシ 参加費:500円食事付 予約:豊中教会まで 住所:大阪府豊中市末広町1-2-28 〔阪急豊中駅西出口150メートル愛光幼稚園となり〕 TEL (06) 6852 – 3078 【大阪府】 日時: 11 月 6 日(金)14:00~16:00 会場: 『TIFAカフェ・サパナ』 参加費:500円 定員:20名 住所:大阪府豊中市本町3-3-3 〔NPO法人国際交流の会とよなか(TIFA) 事務所内〕 申込:06-6840-1014 【兵庫県】 日時: 11 月 7 日(土)10:00~14:30 会場: 『NPO Peace & Nature 農場』 →  地図 ※ ネイチャースクール と一緒に玉ねぎの定植などの農作業を一緒に した後、昼食の時にアジア学院のお話しがあります。 集合場所: 神戸市北区大沢町日西原1187ファーマーズマーケット駐車場前 (JA神戸六甲大沢支店前) 持ち物:お弁当、お茶等のドリンク、タオル、軍手、長靴、着替え (農作業のできる服でお越しください) お申込み:NPO Peace & Nature事務局 Tel: 078-778-5291 E-mail: info@peace-and-nature.com