Our March Oshaberikai and get together will be at King O’Malley’s, on Wednesday, 6th May from 6:30pm.

This month we are happy to have Misato Miyaoka come along and help out with language exchange.  Misato is an exchange student from Akita International University studying at ANU. If you have some particular Japanese you are struggling with or just want to chat, come along!  If you have a specific question, it would help out Misato if you could email it to us first so she has some time to think it over!  ( ´ ▽ ` )ﾉ

If you can’t speak Japanese come along anyway, we all speak English too!

For those who haven’t been before here’s how it works: You only pay for what you eat/drink and JETAA Canberra provides the bar snacks

Hope to see you there!

April’s Oshaberikai coincides with a charity Rakugo performance at ANU, so we thought we would combine the two!

After the performance we are going to grab a drink and some food at the Wig & Pen at Llewellyn Hall from 8:30pm.

Rakugo is a traditional Japanese vaudeville comedy performance where a lone storyteller sits in front of an audience for the duration with only a fan, a tenugui (hand towel) and their voice and accents to expound a long and very humorous story. 

Katsura Sunshine is a Canadian national who has made a personal contribution to helping the survivors of the tsunami by performing his unique brand of ‘sit down’ comedy around the world. He will be giving short performances at a number of Canberra schools and then a charity performance on Wednesday 1st April at the Theatre 1, Manning Clark Centre, ANU, from 7.00 to 8.30 p.m. Entry is by a small donation and all proceeds will go to the AJS (ACT) Tohoku Youth Program.

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Hope to see you there!

It’s time to celebrate (and forget) the end of the year again!  Hopefully it has been a good year for everyone and this is a chance for us to get together for some great food, drink and company at IORI restaurant.

To clarify the food situation: We will be ordering from the banquet menu.  There are three different banquets on offer, however a banquet needs 4 people to participate.  To that end we are asking people to rank their preference of banquets from 1st to 3rd so we can make sure that we can get enough numbers for a particular banquet.

Ninja Banquet (min. 4 people)
Edamame, seaweed salad, agedashi tofu, sushi and sashimi with special rolls, miso soup, rice, crab, prawn and vegetable tempura, teriyaki chicken, garlic steak – wagyu premium beef

Hime Banquet (min. 4 people)
Edamame, seaweed salad, agedashi tofu, sushi and sashimi with special rolls, miso soup, rice, kai bashira – Japanese scallops with jelly fish, crab, prawn and vegetable tempura, teriyaki salmon

Sho Jin Banquet (min. 4 people)
Edamame, seaweed salad, agedashi tofu, vegetable sushi rolls, rice, nasu dengaku – eggplant, vegetable tempura, yu dofu hot pot

If you have any questions about the dinner, please don’t hesitate to contact us.

Hope to see you there!

https://crawford.anu.edu.au/events/4556/japan-update-2014

The annual Japan Update is designed to give a comprehensive overview of Japan’s current economic and political landscape, and future directions.

Speakers participating in the Update are at the cutting edge of politics, economics and trade and each session will focus on opportunities and challenges in these fields.

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2015 JET Programme Official Question & Answer Session

The official Question & Answer Session for the 2015 JET Programme will be held onOctober 20th at ANU.  Representatives from the Embassy and JETAA will be in attendance to answer your questions.  They Embassy will be able to provide all the official information and several JETAA members will be able to give you the unofficial lowdown of what it is really like to be on the programme.

Please note:  This session is open to EVERYBODY.  You don’t need to be an ANU student, or even a current uni student/recent graduate to attend or apply for JET!  JET is open to anyone with at least a 3 year degree, so if you aren’t sure, come along!

JET alums: Please pass these details on to family and friends.  There has been increased interest in the JET Programme from the Japanese government, especially with the upcoming Tokyo Olympics, so the time has never been better to apply.  The Programme is also looking for older applicants with work experience, so don’t feel like you are too old to be a participant.
 

Where	Australian National University, Baldessin Precinct Building, W1.21
Date	October 20th 2014
Time	6:00pm
Why	Official (and unofficial) Question & Answer Session for JET 2015
Inquiries	The JET Desk, Embassy of Japan Telephone: (02) 6273 3244 Email: jet@cb.mofa.go.jp
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