The Foreign Correspondents’ Club of Japan is taking submissions for its Swadesh DeRoy Scholarship. The top prize is 300,000 yen (nearly US$4,000). Any current undergraduate or graduate student in Japan, or any Japanese student enrolled in an overseas journalism program, is eligible to apply. The deadline is February 15, 2012. More details on the FCCJ …
Friday, October 28 Seoul: Sign-up party for AAJA 2012 The Asian American Journalists Association is open for 2012 membership! To get the ball rolling, the Seoul group is having an AAJA “Sign Up Party” next Friday, Oct. 28, alongside the regular Friday happy hour at the Seoul Foreign Correspondents’ Club. More… Saturday, October 29 Tokyo: JACL Hello …
The JACL Japan Chapter is gathering to welcome Gil Asakawa, president of AAJA-Denver, who is stopping in Tokyo this month. The Japanese American Citizens League has also invited AAJA-Asia members in Tokyo for the event on Saturday, October 29. Gil — author of “Being Japanese American,” used as a textbook for Asian studies at universities …
Koji Takahashi, a new member of AAJA-Asia in Tokyo, has organized a dinner gathering for Thursday, Oct. 6. Join him and other AAJA-Asia members at Glorious Chain Café in Shibuya this week. If you can make it, e-mail Koji at takahashikoji@gmail.com . Looking forward to seeing everyone! When: Thursday, October 6, 8 pm Where: Glorious …
