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Sales Engineer for Japan

Gentex Corporation's superior, proprietary electro-chromic and electro-optic technologies have made us the leader in the global auto-dimming mirror market. Due to this growth, we have an opening for a sales engineer.

This position will be a liaison to Gentex's customers and support all aspects of quality with customers including specifications, inspection standards, ISIR/PPAP requirement, problem solving reports, etc.

Requirements include a four-year degree in Electrical Engineering. Must be bilingual in both Japanese and English and have strong written and verbal communication.

Opportunity for this position is available at both our Tokyo and Nagoya locations. A year of training may be required at our headquarters in Zeeland, MI U.S.A.

Interested in working for a fast growing company in a high tech environment?

Visit our website at www.gentex.com to learn more about this opportunity. Interested candidates can forward their resume to holly.tenelshof@gentex.com. 3.0 GPA or higher please. E.O.E.

Sales Representative for Japan

A leading U.S. manufacturer, based in Culver City, of disposable and reusable respirators and hearing protectors, with significant worldwide market share and name recognition is looking for their first sales representative in Japan. This is a ground floor opportunity to make an impact in the safety market. Products are sold through an exclusive distributor network. Based in Osaka, the representative would be responsible for the entire country. Responsibilities would include creating; training and managing a distribution network, and pull through selling via end-user calls on major accounts. The candidate should be a college graduate (or just finishing their degree), with a sales or marketing degree, be Bi-lingual in English and Japanese, and possess a career objective to blaze a trail in the Japanese industrial safety market. The candidate should possess computer competency, independence and self-motivation. Base salary, complemented by an incentive plan. Please send cover letter and resume to: safetysales8@aol.com

Company home page: http://www.moldex.com/

Call for Applications

Visiting Research Scholar (Team Reserach Organizer), 2008-2009

International Research Center for Japanese Studies

The International Research Center for Japanese Studies is one of the constituent institutions of the National Institutes for the Humanities, which w as established as an Inter-University R esearch Institute Corporation under a law effective April 2004. Founded in May 1987 as an inter-university research institute of the M inistry of Education, Culture, Sport, Science and Technology, this Center seeks to promote comprehensive, international, and interdisciplinary research on Japanese culture, and to foster cooperation among researchers in Japanese studies worldwide. In order to broaden and deepen research on Japanese culture, and bring together researchers in a variety of specialized fields, the Center has adopted the form at of the team research project (Kyodo Kenkyu).

The Center is seeking a visiting research scholar to plan and organize a one-year team research project starting from the Japanese academ ic year 2008(April) 2009(March) focusing on some imaginative and significant research theme.

1. Role of the Project Organizer
The project organizer will be appointed as a visiting research scholar at the Center. He or she will be responsible for: selecting and organizing the project participants, drawing up and implementing research plans; chairing research m eetings; collating research results for publication.

2. Participants in the Project
Participants in the project must be either researchers residing in Japan or members of the Center's faculty. A faculty member of the Center will assist the project organizer.

3. Venue of Research Meetings
Research meetings will be conducted at the center.

4. Eligibility
Any researcher under 65 years old as of 1st April 2008 who is attached to a foreign university or other foreign research institution, or whom the Director deem s to have equivalent qualifications.

5. Number of Openings
One project organizer will be selected each year.

6. Research Period
The project organizer is expected to arrive in Kyoto between April 1 and August 31, 2008; the project runs for one year after arrival.

7. Application Procedure
Applicants should submit the following:
(1)Completed application form s, with a list of prospective participants.
All project participants m ust reside in Japan. The list should includ at least one faculty m em ber
from the Center. (See the accompanying list of faculty.)
(2)Sample of Work
Copies of up to three m ajor publications by the applicant relevant to the proposed project.
(3)Deadline for Applications
The application form and copies of publications should reach the Center by January 16, 2006.
(4)Applications should be sent to:

International Research Center for Japanese Studies
3-2 Oeyam a-cho, Goryo
N ishikyo-ku, Kyoto 610-1192
Japan
Tel: +81-75-335-2044(direct)
Fax: +81-75-335-2092

For clarification regarding the preparation of the application form , please inquire by letter or fax.
You can also download the application form from our URL
(http://www.nichibun.ac.jp/num ber/num ber_1_e.htm l) as a PDF file.

8. Results
The successful applicant will be invited to the Center by the Director on the recom m endation of the Center's screening com m ittee. All applicants will be notified of the results by July 31, 2006.

9. Research Funds
As a visiting research scholar, the project organizer will be provided with the individual research funds and dom estic travel funds. These funds m ay be used for ordering library books and purchasing necessary supplies. (They m ay not be used, however, to hire research assistants.) Participants in the team research project will be provided with the necessary travel expenses to attend research meetings.

10. Stipend
As a visiting research scholar, the project organizer will be paid a m onthly stipend each m onth roughly equivalent to that of Center faculty of sim ilar age and experience.

11. Results of the Project
The project organizer will be responsible for collating research reports and submitting the m anuscripts for publication within one year of the com pletion of the project.

12. Use of the Center's Facilities
The center's library, computers and other facilities will be m ade available for the use of the project.

13. Accommodation
The Center will provide housing for the project organizer.

Call for Applications: Visiting Research Scholar

The International Research Center for Japanese Studies is one of the constituent institutions of the National Institutes for the Humanities, which was established as an Inter-University Research Institute Corporation under a law effective April 2004. Founded in May 1987 as an inter-university research institute of the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, this Center seeks to promote comprehensive, international, and interdisciplinary research on Japanese culture, and to foster cooperation among researchers in Japanese studiesworldwide. In order to broaden and deepen research on Japanese culture and bring together researchers in a variety of specialized fields, the Center regularly appoints a number of scholars from around the world as Visiting Research Scholars.

The Center invites applications from scholars who wish to conduct research while in residence here. Visiting Research Scholars are expected to engage in collaborative activity with the Center's permanent faculty by, for example, participating in at least one of our team research projects ("kyôdô kenkyû")

1. Number of Openings:
Several positions.

2. Obligations:
The Visiting Research Scholar will be free to carry out his/her individual research, but must join in at least one team research project.The Visiting Research Scholar will contribute at least one article to either of the Center's two periodical publications, "Nihon Kenkyu" (in Japanese) or "Japan Review" (in European languages). Submission is expected during the visitor's stay at the Center or after his/her return to his/her home country.

3. Qualifications and Eligibility:
Researchers under 65 years old as the research period begins, who do not hold Japanesecitizenship, are eligible to apply. Others whom the Director-General of this Center deems to have equivalent qualifications as a researcher may apply, provided that they meet the age and citizenship criteria.
Applicants who meet the following criteria are preferred.
(1) Researchers employed by a university or other research institution.
(2) Researchers with a doctoral degree.
(3) Those whom the Director-General deems to have equivalent qualifications as above(1) and (2).

4. Research Period:
The Visiting Research Scholar is expected to stay for a period between three months and one year.

5. Salary and Conditions:
(1) The Visiting Research Scholar will receive a monthly salary on the legally appointed day each month, the amount of which is approximately the same as the salary of the regular full-time employee of the same age at the Center.
(2) Roundtrip travel expenses will be paid according to a rate stipulated in the regulations.
(3) A research allowance (including a domestic research travel expense allowance) will be disbursed to each Visiting Research Scholar, in the same way as for a regular full-ime employee of the Center.
(4) The Center's library, computers, and other facilities, including an individual research room, will be made available for the use of the Visiting Research Scholar, in the same way as for a regular full-time employee of the Center.
(5) Visiting Research Scholars have opportunities for presentation of research findings in seminars, public lectures, and the Nichibunken Forum held by the Center.
(6) Housing accommodations will be available on the site of the Center. (There arecharges for the use of these facilities.)

6. Application Procedure:
Applicants must submit the designated application form. You can also download the application form from here as a PDF file (24KB) Adobe Reader

7. Application Deadline: November 30, two years prior to the academic year for which the application is made. (The Japanese academic year is April through March.)

8. Address for the Application:
Office of Research Exchange
International Research Center for Japanese Studies
3-2 Oeyama-cho, Goryo, Nishikyo-ku, Kyoto 610-1192, JapanTel: +81-75-335-2041 Fax: +81-75-335-2043
e-mail: okuno@nichibun.ac.jp

The Japan Exchange and Teaching Program, Ministry of Education, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ministry of Home Affairs

Brief Description: Each year, the Japan Exchange and Teaching Program (JET) offers thousands of college and university graduates the opportunity to live and work in Japan as language instructors and/or coordinators of international affairs. The JET Program is conducted through the cooperation of the Japanese Ministry of Education, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ministry of Home Affairs, local government and education boards, and the Council of Local Authorities on International Relations. Please visit the JET Program's web site for more detailed information. (posted 04/01/01)

Date Posted: 12/15/2004