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BREEZE #65

MARCH, 2013: BREEZE ISSUE #65
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GREETING FROM THE DIRECTORThis month marks the second anniversary of the Great East Japan Earthquake of 2011, and we will beorganizing a series of film screenings to commemorate the disaster and tireless efforts of the people inthe Tohoku region. We are also working with the JET Alumni Association of Southern California to present
a special screening of the new documentary film "Live Your Dream: The Taylor Anderson Story" directed byRegge Life on March 9th. As March is the end of Japanese fiscal year, we will be working as busy as ever,
yet we also look forward to the new fiscal year, which we will announce many fun and resourceful eventsfor our subscribers. Finally, I would like to welcome Mr. Tatsuya Kawashima to the JFLA team and I hope
you will come out to one of our future events to meet him.
Misako Ito, Director

JF NIHONGO - SPRING TERM ANNOUNCEMENTEARLY BIRD REGISTRATION DEADLINE 10% OFF: APRIL 6TH
Spring term of our Japanese language courses will last eight weeks starting April 20 and we will again beoffering a 10% discount if you apply before the early bird deadline. A new course titled Fun with Friends isavailable in our Everyday Japanese series, which also includes Mastering Kana and Making Friends 1 & 2.
Business Japanese will also be offered again. We hope you will learn Japanese with us this spring.

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2013-2014 JAPANESE LANGUAGE GRANTS
In mid-February, we announced the start of several grant programs that we organize annually in support ofJapanese-Language Education in the United States. These include the Salary Assistance Grant forJapanese Language Courses (Deadline: 4/10/2013). Japanese Language Contest Grant (2nd Deadline:9/3/2013), Japanese- Materials Purchase Grant (1st Deadline: 3/15/2013, 2nd Deadline: 9/16/2013) andJapanese-Language Education Grant (Deadline: 2 months prior to project start date).
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JFLA LECTURE SERIES 5: FROM ASIAN VOICE HOW TO READ US-JAPAN RELATION IN 2013, BY AIKO DODENFRIDAY, MARCH 1ST, 7PM-9PM
CO-ORGANIZED BY LOS ANGELES WORLD AFFAIRS COUNCIL & LOS ANGELES WORLDAFFAIRS COUNCIL YOUNG PROFESSIONALS
Please join us as we explore the US Japan Relationship in 2013 with Aiko Doden, senior commentator oninternational affairs at NHK.
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MARCH JAPANEMA SCHEDULE
3/6 "FUKUSHIMA HULA GIRLS"
3/13 "SETTING SALE FROM THE RUINS"
3/20 "JAPAN AFTER 3.11"
3/27 "LIGHT UP NIPPON"
3/6 "WANKO THE STORY OF ME, MY FAMILY AND MY DOG"

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LIVE YOUR DREAM: THE TAYLOR ANDERSON STORY (FILM SCREENING)
SATURDAY, MARCH 9TH (3-5PM)
JFLA AUDITORIUM
RSVP REQUIREDLive Your Dream: The Taylor Anderson Story is a film about Taylor Anderson and young people just like her
who travel the world trying to make a difference. Taylor was an extraordinary American who dedicatedherself to teaching Japanese children, living her dream right up to the events of March 11, 2011.
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JFLA EXHIBIT: HINAMATSURI (JAPANESE DOLL FESTIVAL)ENDS ON MARCH 9TH
In celebration of Hinamatsuri, also known as Japanese Doll Festival or Girls' Day, which is held on March3, we will be displaying our Hina-ningyo (Japanese doll) set in our meeting room for the month of February
and the first week of March. This custom of displaying dolls began during the Heian period (8-10th centuryAD) when people believed that the dolls possessed the power to contain evil spirits.
Read MoreJAPANESE LANGUAGE EDUCATIONAATJ SPRING CONFERENCE: IUC-JF WORKSHOPMARCH 21ST, 2013 (12:40-1:30PM)
The American Association of Teachers of Japanese (AATJ) Annual Spring Conference will feature morethan 100 presentations on various aspects of Japanese language and literature, as well as two special
events: a language textbooks workshop sponsored by four Japanese publishers (9:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.);
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and a lunch workshop on developing materials for teaching about the 3/11 disaster sponsored by the Inter
University Center of Yokohama and the Japan Foundation (12:40 - 1:30 p.m.). You do not need to registerfor the AATJ Conference to attend the IUC-JF Workshop.
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JFLA LECTURE SERIES 6: BENTO - JAPANESE CULTURE IN A BOX
BY DEBRA SAMUELSMONDAY, APRIL 8TH, 7PM STARTJoin us as we invite Debra Samuels, author of the popular cookbook "My Japanese Table: A Lifetime ofCooking with Friends and Family" for an informative lecture on Japanese cuisine. Samuels has lived inJapan for over a decade and learned Japanese home-style cooking from her neighbors and friends. Her
presentation will focus on obento (boxed lunch), which she describes as "Japanese culture in a box."
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PANEL DISCUSSION: TRENDS IN MODERN DESIGNSUNDAY, MARCH 3RD, 2PM START
PACIFIC ASIA MUSEUM
The innovative designers of Kimono textiles in the 20th Century drew inspiration from non-traditionalsources: American and European films, fashion, textiles, and interior design provided new motifs andsensibilities. In this JF sponsored even, two accomplished speakers will explore the mid-century modern
design trends that were so influential. FIDM instructor, knitwear and commercial interior designer Sharon
Cohen will be joined by art historian and educator Dr. Teresa Morales, who focuses on historic domestic
interiors and material culture.

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PHOTO EXHIBITION: NIPPON THROUGH MY EYESENDS ON TUESDAY, MARCH 12TH
JAPAN INFORMATION AND CULTURE CENTER (WASHINGTON, DC)
Nippon Through My Eyes: Japan as Seen by American Students is an exhibit of photographs taken by 32
American high school students during The Japan Foundation's JET Memorial Invitation Program (JET-MIP)
last summer.

ASTRO BOY AT CAAMFEST (SAN FRANCISCO)CAAM with the support of JF is thrilled to celebrate the sixtieth anniversary of that icon of manga, anime,
video games and the big screen: Astro Boy. A global sensation, Astro Boy is a touching story of a child’s
dream of world peace. To commemorate the Japanese manga created by Osamu Tezuka in 1952 there will
be a showing of the Astro Boy Movie at New People on Friday, March 22nd at 5:30PM along with the 60th
Anniversary Exhibition at SuperFrog Gallery at 7PM. Make sure to come out for the Astro Boy spotlight,
which will display many rare items to help celebrate the anniversary of this global hero, including rare TV
episodes, classic manga, video games to play, and of course, Astro Boy, the film!

CONFERENCE: HAPA JAPAN 2013
VARIOUS VENUES IN LOS ANGELESAPRIL, 2ND-6TH, 2013
Come join us at from April 2-6, 2013 in Los Angeles for a concert featuring hapa artists, a comedy night at
East West Players, readings by award-winning authors, a historical exhibit at the Japanese American
National Museum, film screenings of great documentaries at JFLA, and a 2-day academic conference atUSC.
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All official score reports for anyone who took the 2012 JLPT in the US was sent out by the end ofFebruary. Test takers can also check their scores online, which will be available only until March 15 (JapanTime) so the last full day to check results in the US will be March 13. We will also be deleting all applicant
information from Your JLPT Online Account on March 29th so make sure to login and print out any
information you wish to keep. The next JLPT in the United States will be in December and we will havemore information later this summer.
Read More2012 JET MEMORIAL INVITATION PROGRAM REPORT PART 8 (FINAL): ALL GOOD THINGSMUST COME TO AN END...
The final days at the institute were devoted to class time as the participants talked about their homestays
and also learned the basics of writing emails in Japanese so they could keep in touch with their hostfamilies as well as the friends they made in the Tohoku region. In preparation for the Completion
Ceremony, the leaders of each group also worked on their speeches about the trip, which they would givein Japanese.
Read More2012 JET MEMORIAL INVITATION PROGRAM: PARTICIPANT ESSAYS PART 7
This is the seventh part of an eight part series that will highlight the experiences of 32 participants of the2012 JET Memorial Invitational Program. Through this program, participants traveled to Japan in July of2012 for a two week study tour of the Tohoku area, focusing on the cities of Rikuzentakata and Ishinomaki.
These were the cities that Montgomery Dickson and Taylor Anderson were assigned to during their tenureas JET Assistant English Teachers. Sadly, they lost their lives during the Great East Japan Earthquake andTsunami in March, 2011 and this program was created to commemorate their work. Participants took part inexchanges with local elementary, and high school students as well as local community members with thegoal of fostering friendship and goodwill between both countries. This month, we will be featuring theessays of the following participants:
Samantha Schneider
Samuel Duchovni
Sarah WadeStephanie Krakow
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J-LEAP REPORT: PART 5 (FINAL)
For the 2012-2013, we invited 10 additional teaching assistants to various schools around the country as
part of the Japanese Language Education Assistant Program (J-LEAP). We have been featuring reports
from all the participants describing their experiences as teaching assistants at American high schools. Thismonth, we will introduce two TAs from Year 2:
Wakana Hirata: Kamiak High School in Mukilteo, WAKanae Minagoshi: Calloway County High School in Murray, KY

EVENT REPORT: JF STANDARD WORKSHOP FOR POST-SECONDARY PROGRAM
COORDINATORSOver Presidents Day weekend, we invited 20 post-secondary Japanese language program coordinatorsfrom all over the country to attend a two day workshop on JF Standards at our information center in Los
Angeles. Our Senior Program Officer, Maki Watanabe Isoyama, introduced the concept of JF Standard
explaining its basic features, relationships with other standards used in language education in the US,application with online tools and implementation to revise/improve curriculums. This is the third workshop
in a series designed to introduce JF Standard to those involved in Japanese language education at alllevels in the US.

WELCOME TATSUYA KAWASHIMA
We are pleased to announce that Tatsuya Kawashima has joined the JFLA family as the new Program
Officer for Arts & Culture. Kawashima comes to us with many years in the publishing industry as awriter/editor for the local Japanese language entertainment magazine Lighthouse. We hope you will comeout to one of our future events to welcome Kawashima and make his transition to JFLA a smooth andpleasant experience.

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