Kanto member Birgit Z.S. started in August 2006 with her daughter and is heading the "Book Ideas Community Service" in Fuchu, Western Tokyo, that organizes a free foreign book lending service.
Friday, January 29, 2010
Members assisting other foreigners in need
Kanto Member Emily Homma has been assisting Filipino nurses and caregivers who came to Japan under the Economic Partnership Agreement of Japan (EPA). She helped them with Japanese language support, clothing donations (Japan is much colder than The Philippines) and others.
You may have heard of this program through local news. Having seen with her own eyes the situation from the nurses' side, Emily wishes to let people in Japan and overseas know their truth and their feelings.
You can read here what Emily wrote:
Introducing Suzanne Kamata, writer
Kansai member Suzanne Kamata is a talented writer that is being recognized not only in Japan, but also worldwide. Her books are available on Amazon (some of them also as Kindle books).
Her latest book Call Me Okaasan: Adventures in Multicultural Mothering (Wyatt-MacKenzie Press, 2009) was named to The Japan Times' best books of 2009 list!
Suzanne earlier works include Losing Kei (Leapfrog Press, 2008). She was also the Editor of Love You to Pieces: Creative Writers on Raising a Child with Special Needs (Beacon Press, May 2008) and The Broken Bridge: Fiction from Expatriates in Literary Japan (Stone Bridge Press, 1997)
You can follow Suzanne on her blog, where she write about motherhood, writing, and disability issues as a foreign wife in Japan.
Her latest book Call Me Okaasan: Adventures in Multicultural Mothering (Wyatt-MacKenzie Press, 2009) was named to The Japan Times' best books of 2009 list!
Suzanne earlier works include Losing Kei (Leapfrog Press, 2008). She was also the Editor of Love You to Pieces: Creative Writers on Raising a Child with Special Needs (Beacon Press, May 2008) and The Broken Bridge: Fiction from Expatriates in Literary Japan (Stone Bridge Press, 1997)
You can follow Suzanne on her blog, where she write about motherhood, writing, and disability issues as a foreign wife in Japan.
Saturday, January 23, 2010
Writing for "Being a Broad" Magazine
Several of our members have been writing for or featured in Being a Broad Magazine, a magazine for and about foreign women living in Japan, created by Caroline Pover. It is a part of the "Being a Broad" network that includes "Being a Broad Book".
AFWJ Kanto member and writer Louise George Kittaka wrote an article in the January 2010 edition of Being a Broad Magazine (p.13). You can read it online here or here (older editions also available).
PS: Caroline Pover has recently written a book, "Guide to International Schools in Japan". More information on its site.
AFWJ Kanto member and writer Louise George Kittaka wrote an article in the January 2010 edition of Being a Broad Magazine (p.13). You can read it online here or here (older editions also available).
PS: Caroline Pover has recently written a book, "Guide to International Schools in Japan". More information on its site.
Monday, November 2, 2009
Wednesday, October 21, 2009
Introducing "Crafty Tokyo Mama" online shop
From Kansai member Janine Adachi:
When I was required to sew various bags for my daughter's preschool life, I rediscovered my love of bags. Growing up, I collected paper bags and had a nice collection numbering over 300 at one time, so I guess it comes as no surprise that now my hobby is making and selling compact eco bags.
I absolutely love Japanese fabrics and designs and they lend themselves nicely to eco bags. Why carry a plain bag advertising some store or company you don't even know when you can be unique with an eco bag that matches your personality and interests?
Please feel free to drop by and peruse my shop anytime.
CraftyTokyoMama.etsy.com
Tuesday, October 20, 2009
Introducing "GFF"
From C.C., a Kanto member:
Green Future Foundation (GFF) is an environmental NGO/PR office.
Locating in Nagareyama City, Chiba Prefecture promotes community volunteerism, individual environmental responsibility, environmental events, safety-conscious products, and humanitarian efforts.
There is no requirement for membership fee, only a donation of 3,000 yen per year for printing materials and stationery supplies. The goal is to use environmental action as the catalyst for foreigners and Japanese to find common bond to work together, while accepting our cultural differences.
G.F.F wants you to take action to promote the idea of being “green” for the future of our children, for your healthy homes and a healthy long life.
Please visit our homepage at:
www.groups.google.com/group/green-future-foundation
Or send e-mails to: green-future.foundation@googlegroups.com
Introducing "Annerose's classroom"
Tohoku member Annerose Matsushita-Bader (who is also volunteering as AFWJ co-Journal Editor and Webmaster) recently opened a new classroom in her home in Fukushima. She teaches French, German and selected activities in simple English.
The site is mainly in Japanese, with a few basic information in English, French and German.
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