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Dear Geishas and Samurais,
Minna-san (everyone), minna-san, welcome back! It’s great to see everyone’s jet-lagged-but-still-smiling-somehow faces again! A HUGE shoutout to GIM Japan/Korea who rocked the mic, rocked the kimono, and rocked the sake (just a bit ;), while discovering the New Japan. You traveled bravely my friends.
April and May are packed with Japan club goodness, we have a McKinsey Speaker, a train factory visit (almost full! See below), and the club event everyone wrote about in their admissions essays, Japan Night (May 11th). Ikimasu yo! (let’s go!)
Japan Club Leadership Team
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Social Events
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Japan Student Networking Forum - April 9th
Sponsored by the Japan American Society of Chicago, this is a good opportunity for students to meet other students and business people with a mutual interest in Japan. The event will have a speech by David Johnson, Senior Vice President, Treasurer and CFO for Molex Inc, on the topic: "What does a global candidate look like?".
Date: Tuesday, April 9th / 6:00 to 8:30pm
Location: Chicago Cultural Center (easy access via either public transportation or the shuttle and a 3/4 mile walk down Michigan Avenue)
Registration Fee: $10
Link to Information: http://www.jaschicago.org/events/?ee=32
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Mosaic: Hear my Story - April 22nd to 27th
MOSAIC Week – Kellogg’s annual celebration of diversity and inclusion – highlights how all of our unique backgrounds, experiences and aspirations comprise our vibrant community at Kellogg. Japan Club will mark its presence once again in this awesome event with some delicious activities for you! More details to come soon!
Date: April 22nd to 27th
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Japan Night 2013! - May 11th
Don’t miss Japan Night, the biggest Japan Club event of the year! Last year we had over 300 students eating authentic food, drinking authentic beer, and experiencing the best of Japan. More details to come soon, we can't wait to share them with you!!
Date: Saturday, May 11th / 6:30 to 9:30pm
Venue: Jacobs Atrium
Want to be a bigger part in this huge Kellogg Event? We'd be more than glad to have you leading it with us! We'll be holding an information session on April 11th (Thursday) open to everyone interested in parcitipating!
RSVP: Click here
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Insider Visit to a Japanese Rail Car Factory - April 10th
This is a rare opportunity to get an insider look at one of Japan’s largest train car manufacturers, Nippon Sharyo USA. This Illinois plant creates cars for the Metra, Caltrain, South Shore Line from Chicago, etc., which means you’ve probably ridden in one of their cars! You’ll take a guided factory tour and have the opportunity to learn and ask questions about the business directly from the Plant Production Manager. The tentative plan is to meet in front of McManus at 8am and join a factory tour at 10am for 2 hours. Transportation provided.
Date: Wednesday, April 10th / 8am
Location: Rochelle, IL (transportation provided)
RSVP: Click here (very few spots left!)
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Career
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McKinsey: Cross-Cultural Client Engagements - April 12th
Mr. Robert Mathis, currently a Partner in the McKinsey Chicago Office, has had extensive experience serving clients in challenging cross-cultural engagements. He has spent 5 years working for the Tokyo McKinsey Office and will be at Kellogg sharing his experience working in / with Japan and Japanese companies and his perspective on how the country's business attitude has evolved in recent years.
Date: Friday, May 3rd
Location: Jacobs (TBD)
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Japanese Culture
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April Fool's in Japan - The Japan Times
Interest in tasting fried giant squid? Just 87,000 yen will net you one!
"April Fool’s Day doesn’t have very deep roots in Japanese culture, but obviously branding creatives and open-minded corporations are seeing the potential benefits of making potential customers laugh. Rather than pulling a fast one, these pranks put their silliness up-front and center."
Link: http://blog.japantimes.co.jp/japan-pulse/april-fools-in-japan-the-jokes-on-you/
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Street View Guide to Japan: Sakura Edition! - Google Maps
Jealous of all the wonderful Sakura pictures from your GIM Japan friends? Be jealous no more: Google now allows you to stroll through the beautiful cherry blossom scenary - from the comfort of the Jacobs Center!
Link: http://www.google.com/landing/japanview/#cherryblossoms
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