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| Newsletter
No.83 |
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April
2006
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ESUJ Debate 2006 Participants Wanted!
(Shakaijin Debate Competition)
ESUJ will be holding the fifth parliamentary-style debate competition for participants other than university students on Saturday, 10 June. The Debate is intended to be an enjoyable opportunity for working persons and adults to exercise their English-language skills of persuasion. We hope you will seize this chance to demonstrate your fighting spirit and skills of persuasion.
| Date: |
Saturday, 10 June 2006 10:00-19:00 |
| Place: |
International House of Japan (Kokusai Bunka Kaikan) |
| Qualification for application: |
Adults other than university students
Team should include one person whose first language is not English |
| Participation fee: |
ESUJ Member ¥2,000 Non-member ¥3,000
(¥4,000-¥6,000/team, depending on number of ESUJ members) |
| Number of teams participating : |
12 two-person teams
(ESUJ members are given priority of entry. If applications exceed 12 teams, choice of participating teams will also be made by lottery.) |
| Debating style: |
Parliamentary-style debate |
| Application procedure: |
Please apply from ESUJ Website |
| Application deadline: |
No later than Tuesday, 9 May 2006 |
| For application and more details, please visit here. |
Visit to the Toguri Museum of Art: Museum Tour No. 3
On March 11 under a deep blue sky, a total of 30 ESUJ members and their families visited the Toguri Museum, in the quiet 'quartier' (district) of Shoto. Mr Osamu Toguri's words of welcome were followed by the thoughtful and rigorous explanation of Ms Keiko Kikuchi, curator, and translated into English by Chairman Hanabusa, enticing tour members into the world of Imari. Starting from early Imari ware of Chinese-influenced old blue-and-white and Shonzui types from the collection's 7000 pieces, the group were able to enjoy to their heart's content various tea ceremony utensils and sake vessels of old Ko-Kutani ware, once the preserve of Japanese tea ceremony experts and later popular with the tradesmen and merchants. Originally the passion of tea ceremony aficionados in the early Edo period and evolving over time, various Imari ware tea utensils and flower vases, which can be found in only a small number of specialist museum collections, were savored by the group.
Afterward, ESUJ member Toshiko Hobo warmly welcomed the group to her nearby home, where they enjoyed a sweeping view of Tokyo while chatting about Japan's traditional culture in the world and also the world of English, concluding a fine day of fellowship among members.
English Club
English Club met on Thursday, March 23 at the Japan National Press Club, kicking off with two-minute talks, first by Paul Conroy, titled "A window to the world?" and followed by that of Kyozo Hanajima, titled "Internet Crisis". After the two-minute talks, which commenced with February's English Club, we welcomed our guest speaker. Mr Sukeyoshi Yamamoto was dispatched to the old coal-mining town of Peterlee, in the northwest of England, in the 1970's by his company NSK, a manufacturer of ball and roller bearings, to set up a manufacturing plant there. He lived there for eight years. When he arrived, the local people had almost never left town, so he had to live in an environment where the Japanese were confused with Chinese and Vietnamese. From the experience, Yamamoto-san became conscious then of British social logic and the norm of fairness based on a gritty, determined adherence to rules and principles, while today Japan feels threatened by countless rash incidents and news. Mr Yamamoto's talk based on his own broad experience and delivered in elegant and beautiful "Queen's English" set a fine example for how to give a speech.
The next meeting of English Club will take place at 6:30pm on Tuesday, April 18, at the Japan National Press Club (9th Floor, Conference Room). Our guest speaker will be Ms. Liisa Karvinen, from the Finnish Embassy.
Coming Events!
Wed. 26 April ESUJ Lecture (in English)
"Come Come Babies & Go Go Babies" - How we learned English during the post war period - - their two world famous successors
Lecture by Mr. Taketo Furuhata
18:30-20:00 at Japan Press Club (9th Floor. Banquet room)
Cost: ¥1,000 for members, ¥2,000 for non-members
Mr. Furuhata, Ex-Vice President, ITOCHU Corporation, one of the most fluent English speakers in the business world as well as a well-known baseball fan (Tigers crazy), will speak about his struggle with the English language and his prospects for the 2006 baseball season.
Mon. 22 May May Evening Gala 2006
18:30-20:30 at Lounge Kinkei, Meiji Kinenkan
Mozart comes back to life in the passionate, beautiful Koto music with oboe and synthesizer.
Charge: Member ¥6,000 Guest ¥7,000 Student ¥3,000
(Buffet Style)
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For
further informaiton contact!
E-MAIL:esuj@esuj.gr.jp
Fujikage-Building
9th Floor, Motoakasaka 1-1-5
MInato-ku, Tokyo 107-0051
TEL: 03-3423-0970 FAX: 03-3423-0971
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