投稿者: tokuhashi

We had Mari Hamada (Hamamari) as a guest again this week. She manages her own website called “Nadeshiko Voice” which contains interviews with active women abroad, mainly live and work in Asia.

今週も、海外で活躍する女性とのインタビュー盛りだくさんのサイト「なでしこボイス」を運営している、早稲田大学教育学部５年の濱田真里さん、通称”はままり”さんをお迎えしてお送りしました。

Arlene and Maya are back to studio tonight!
今夜は、１ヶ月と２週間ぶりに２人が帰ってきました！

 

And we had one more wonderful girl! She is Mari Hamada (her nickname is “Hamamari” so we called her like that).
そして今年一人目のゲスト！濱田真里さん、通称・はままりさんです。

Hamamari manages her own website called “Nadeshiko Voice” which contains interviews with active women abroad, mainly live and work in Asia. She’s interviewed more than 70 women both in Japan and overseas, even though she started the project last June. That means she talked to about 70 women only in 6 months!

はままりさんは、海外で活躍する日本人女性のインタビューを集めたサイト「なでしこボイス」を運営しています。これまでのわずか半年間で、７０人以上の女性にインタビューしてきました。

We asked her what made her tick. She said, “I wanted to know how I would be able to work abroad. That’s my motivation.” Before she opened the website, she looked for the information regarding
working in strange lands. She could’t find anything, so she started to find women who build their carriers by themselves both in Japan and foreign countries.

彼女をそこまでさせた原動力、それは「海外就職がしたい、だからそれを実現した女性たちの話を聞いてみたい」という思いでした。でもどこを探しても見つからなかったので、自らが日本国内や海外で、自らの手でキャリアを築いてきた女性たちに話を聞きに行ったのです。

She’ll go to Southeast Asia this March and interview people there. Maya recommended her mother who manages some bakeries and restaurants in the Philippines as an interviwee! She’ll join us again next week and talk about what she learned through the 70 interviews.

今年３月にまた東南アジアに行くそうです！来週もはままりさんとのお話は続きます。

<metters!>
MET’s new SNS called “metters” has been launched! It connects people through Bukatsu, or club activities, which means you can find or gather people who have the same/similar hobbies or interests.

”部活”でつながるSNS、「metters」がオープンしました！

metters; http://www.met-ters.com

You can create any kind of club. Our show also has the club called “My Eyes Tokyo Radio Club“. We would like you to join it if you are interested in talking on the radio or sharing your activities around the world via MET radio. Of course you can join us if you love our show! Then hopefully we would like to see you!

この番組のクラブもあります。”My Eyes Tokyo Radio Club” です。ラジオで話してみたい人、自身の活動を世界中に広めたい人、そしてもちろんこの番組が好きな人、ぜひ部活にご参加ください！そして、近いうちにリアルに会いましょう！

A Happy New Year 2012! We hope that the New Year will bring you good luck and happiness.
新年明けましておめでとうございます。新年が皆様に幸運をもたらすことをお祈りします。

My Eyes Tokyo asked this guy a help tonight!
ところで新年１回目の今夜は、この人にピンチヒッターをお願いしました！

John Matthews, a professional reporter for NPR! He helped us last summer. Do you remember that?
全米最大のラジオ報道機関「NPR」向けに日本のニュースを配信する、ジョン・マシューズさんです！彼には去年の夏にもお世話になりました。

*Interview article of John Matthews: http://www.myeyestokyo.com/2306
*ジョンさんインタビュー：http://www.myeyestokyo.com/2306?lang=ja

First of all, we looked back at the year 2011 tonight. Of course 3.11 is the unavoidable problem for all of us. John went to Tohoku including Fukushima and Sendai as a volunteer or a journalists over 10 times. He revealed a surprising episode so take a listen to it by hitting the play button above.
今夜の放送は、まず２０１１年を振り返るところから始まりました。やはり避けて通れないのは３月１１日の震災でした。福島や仙台など、東北地方にはボランティアや取材などで１０回以上訪れたというジョンさん、ビックリするようなストーリーも含めた彼のエピソードを、上の再生ボタンからお聴きください。

And we expressed our goals in 2012. We shared an ambition of a man who manages a sushi restaurant called “Nadeshiko Sushi”, which are staffed almost entirely by female sushi chefs. But we couldn’t tell you others’ wishes so let us share them with you here.
*We’re terribly sorry that Tokuhashi pronounced Nishikiori’s company as “Prodigy”, but actually it is called “Profity”. We’re very sorry for the mistake.

番組後半は、リスナーの皆様や私たち２人の「２０１２年 今年の抱負」をお伝えしました。時間の関係もあって、リスナーさんからはお一人のご抱負のみをお伝えするに留まりました。秋葉原にある、板前さんが全員女性のユニークなお寿司屋さん「なでしこ寿司」を経営している、錦織和也さんの今年の抱負です。ページトップの再生ボタンを押してお聴きください。

（お詫び）錦織さんの経営されている会社のお名前を、間違えてお伝えしてしまいました。「株式会社プロディジー」ではなく、正しくは「プロフィティ株式会社」です。訂正し、深くお詫び申し上げます。

<From an American woman living in Chiba　千葉県に住むアメリカ人女性より>
My personal goal for 2012 will be to maintain my health and become more successful than this year (2011) in the educational field. As well as become a new home owner.
２０１２年は健康を保ち、教育の分野でもっと成功したいです。あと、新しく家も持ちたいです。

<From a Mexican man who’s been to Japan　来日経験のあるメキシコ人男性>
For next year (2012), I have a wish that people from all over the world get along better with each other and that violence stops, life is so beautiful as it is; and also I wish that I can make it again to visit exciting  Tokyo.
２０１２年は、世界中の人々がより仲良くなり、暴力が減ることを祈ります。人生は、本来なら素晴らしく美しいもののはずだから。
そして願わくば、あの刺激的な街・東京にもう一度行きたいです。

And what My Eyes Tokyo will do is… launching SNS!
そしてMy Eyes Tokyoの抱負ですが・・・SNSの立ち上げです！

We’re creating a place where you can connect with others through “Bukatsu” (Club activities). That means you can interact with people through hobbies or interests. Our goal is to contribute to have the society which all of us can feel comfortable whoever we are and wherever we are.
My Eyes Tokyo’s original SNS called “metters” will be built very soon!

テーマは「部活」です。趣味や好みを通じて人と人がつながる仕組みを、今私たちはウェブ上に作っています。目指すのは、人種・国籍関係なくそこに住む人全員が心地よく暮らせる社会の構築に貢献することです。
My Eyes Tokyoが２０１２年、世に送るSNSの名前は「metters」。もうすぐデビューですので、しばしお待ちください（恐らく再放送の前には立ち上がっているはずです）。

We’re looking forward to your continued support! 今年も宜しくお願い申し上げます。

<Information for foreign residents in Chuo-ku>
There are 8 Japanese classes in Chuo-ku.
・CCIEA Wednesday class: Only for beginners/630pm – 8pm/at Bouquet 21
・CCIEA Thursday class: Only for beginners/10am – 1145am/at CCIEA
・CCIEA Saturday class: Only for beginners/10am – 12pm/at CCIEA
*CCIEA: Chuo Cultural and International Exchange Association Website

・Nihongo Otasuke-tai: For beginners & intermediates/7pm – 830pm on Mondays/at Nihonbashi Shakai Kyoiku Kaikan
・Nihongo Communication Partner: Only for beginners/7pm – 830pm on Tuesdays/at Shintomi Kuminkan
・Tsukishima Nihongo Club: For beginners & intermediates/10am – 12pm on Tuesdays/at Tsukishima Shakai Kyoiku Kaikan
・Ginza Nihongo Class: Only for beginners/10am – 1130am on Wednesdays/at Tsukiji Shakai Kyoiku Kaikan
・Nihongo Seikatsu: Any level/2pm – 330pm on Saturdays/at 5th floor of Rainbow House Akashi

Call CCIEA at 03-3297-0251 for more details.

Tonight show was the last one in 2011, an incredibly turbulent year. A lot of affairs occurred, but we can’t be happier if tonight show healed your weariness and we could spend a romantic Christmas Eve with you.
今週は、激動の２０１１年最後のMy Eyes Tokyoでした。本当にいろいろあった１年でしたが、今夜の放送が番組をお聴きの皆さんの疲れを癒すことができたなら、そしてロマンチックなクリスマスイブに私たちもお供させていただけたなら、これ以上の喜びはありません。

We had Tomoe Ono, a representative of ASIA Link, again this week.
ゲストは先週に引き続き、柔らかい語り口が印象的なASIA Link代表の小野朋江さんです。
（この後、日本語についてはページトップの再生ボタンをクリックして今夜の放送をお聴きください）

The source of her activities, especially working as a “bridge” between foreign students and small businesses in Japan, is a her life in Finland. She moved there 10 years ago because her husband got an opportunity to research at a local university.
She didn’t understand the language at all, so she had difficulty with even daily shopping. “Foreigners are forced to live such a brutal life” she thought that for the first time in life.
6 months after she got to Finland, she entered the Finnish class. She found a nursery school for her son (That means it took 6 months for her to find it because of the language barrier) and gained a little freedom from child rearing.
Then a lot of information came into her. She said that she finally could become a “resident” there. “As soon as I learn the language, my life has totally improved!” Ono thought that and she qualified as a Japanese instructor after she came back home.
Before she went to Finland, she worked at a music publisher. She steered her life in a totally different direction after only one year life in the foreign country.

She had her 4th child last year and took off from her teaching job. Then she established a private organization called “Network for Multicultural Society, TAMA” which supports foreign mothers who live and raise children in Tama Area.

This year’s last guest of My Eyes Tokyo is Tomoe Ono, a representative of ASIA Link!
今年最後のゲスト、ASIA Link代表の小野朋江さんです！

ASIA Link works as a “bridge” between foreign students and small businesses in Japan. We also want to be a bridge between foreigners and Japanese, so we would like to learn from them.
Ono started business in October 2011. It’s still like a tottering infant, but had an event called “ASIA Link Cafe” in November 2011, only a month after she established business. 10 company people and 10 foreign students (from China, S.Korea, Thailand and Sri Lanka) gathered at the venue in the suburb of Tokyo.

小野さんが代表を務めるASIA Linkは、外国人留学生と日本の中小企業との「橋」となって、双方をつなげるマッチングビジネスを行っています。本当に、My Eyes Tokyoがお手本とさせていただきたい方です。
今年１０月に事業を始められたばかりですが、翌１１月に早くも「ASIA Link Cafe」というイベントを行いました。この日は中小企業関係者１０名、外国人留学生１０名（中国・韓国・タイ・スリランカ）が三鷹産業プラザに集結しました。

 
 
当日の様子についてはこちらに詳しく載っています！

They put themselves in the mind of entrepreneurs and had a lot of discussions in the workshop about the company which they wanted to work for.
After their presentations, they had a get-together in a relaxed atmosphere. Students and company people talked with each other very closely. Maybe you wouldn’t see that closeness at usual employment-explanation meetings.

留学生と中小企業関係者がいっしょになって「あなたが会社を作るとしたら、どんな会社がいい？」を話し合い、全員の前でプレゼンするワークショップが行われた後、リラックスした雰囲気の中で懇親会が行われました。通常の企業説明会にはあり得ない、学生と企業関係者の距離の近さでした。
（以下、日本語についてはページトップのプレイヤーから今夜の放送をお聴きください）

The reason why she became a “bridge” between foreign students and small businesses is that she felt something when she was a Japanese instructor. She had taught the language to the students mainly from Asian countries for 8 years, and she learned;

● There’s strong discrimination and prejudice against Asian students, compared to the one directed at Western students. They get questioned by the authorities because they draw suspicion as illegal residents. It’s difficult for them to rent apartments or work at fashionable shops.
● Students who come to Japan want to work at Japanese companies. But their job huntings go wrong because of lack of information. Unfortunately many foreign students left Japan.

Ono couldn’t do anything for those issues because those were not her specialized fields at that time. When she felt irritated, she had a fourth baby. Even though it was hard for her to work outside the house, she wanted to continue to work. But she came up with an idea.
“I’ll create jobs in my neighborhood and solve the societal challenges!” Then she decided to start business and support foreign students. She rewrote her business plan over and over again and took counsel from financial organizations. Then she devised the business matching between foreign students and small companies. Her idea fitted the environment surrounding them.

● Only 20% of foreign students can get jobs with companies in Japan. Because they tend to want to work at big corporations, they apply for fewer company entrance exams compared to Japanese students. Also companies are anxious about hiring foreigners.
● 99% of companies in Japan are small businesses that are not well-known among foreign students. And they feed their ways into overseas market.
● Companies’ targets are Asian countries which continue the growth of their markets.

Ono wanted to support mainly students from Asia and companies that aim at Asian countries. That’s why she put “ASIA” on her company’s name.

The 2nd session of her project “ASIA Link Cafe” will be held soon!
そんな小野さんがプロデュースする、留学生と企業の出会いの場「ASIA Link Cafe」第２弾が行われます！

（Date & Time 日時）630pm – 930pm Dec.22 (Thu) １２月２２日（木）午後６時半〜９時半
（Place 場所）Mitaka Sangyo Plaza 三鷹産業プラザ７階　＊地図はこちら
（Applicants 対象）10 company people/20 foreign students 中小企業関係者１０名　外国人留学生２０名
（Participation fee 参加費）Free 無料
No-host get-together will be held after the event. Company people: ¥2500  Students: ¥1000
＊会費制の懇親会があります。中小企業関係者：２５００円　留学生：１０００円

Ono will tell you about her another activity, which is to support foreign mothers. Also she’ll share some romantic episodes that are perfect for the Christmas Eve. The next session will be the last one this year, so don’t miss it!!

来週は、小野さんのもうひとつの活動である「外国人ママ」支援事業についてお聞きします。小野さんご夫婦の絆を深めた、ロマンチックなエピソードも教えちゃいます♪ 今年最後の放送ですので、どうかお聴き逃しの無いように！