HCL Technologies hiring Bilingual Japanese Query Understanding Analyst for position onsite at Google.

HCL Technologies is hiring a Bilingual Japanese Query Understanding Analyst for a position working onsite at Google in Larimer. The posting, via Indeed.com:

Bilingual Japanese Query Understanding Analyst is a full-time job through HCL America, Inc. onsite at Google Pittsburgh. You will work to enhance users’ online shopping experience by performing in-depth product research, analyzing the user query stream, and improving query classifier performance using highly technical internal tools and processes. It is part of a fast-paced environment, partnering closely with operations and engineering teams. Native or near-native Japanese reading/writing fluency is preferred and spending significant time living/working in the Japanese culture is a plus.

MR Bulgogi Korean food truck now operating in Pittsburgh.

via @MRBulgogiFoodTruck

Among the new restaurants and food-related establishments licensed by Allegheny County in August is MR Bulgogi, a Korean food truck, which attended its first event on August 6. It sells subs, rice, dumplings, kimchi, and bulgogi (불고기), which is popularly known as Korean barbecue. You can find MR Bulgogi online on Facebook and Instagram, and in person at FoxFest in Fox Chapel on September 8 and 9.

2016 Tibetan movie Soul on a String in Oakland, November 5.

The 2016 Tibetan movie Soul on a String will play at the Carnegie Library in Oakland on November 5 as that month's installment of International Cinema Sunday.

"Learning analytics in Higher Education in Japan", October 6 at Pitt.

Very advance notice for an upcoming talk at the University of Pittsburgh's Intelligent Systems Program in the School of Computing and Information: Dr. Hiroaki Ogata and Dr. Brendan Flanagan, both of Kyoto University, with "Learning analytics in Higher Education in Japan" on October 6.

This talk provides an overview of the Educational Big Data research project in Higher Education, Japan. This research focuses on e-book based learning logs and developed visual analytics tools for improving course design and learning materials. This talk will also introduce initial findings.

Additional talks and presentations on the topic by Dr. Ogata are available on YouTube.

The talk runs from 12:30 to 1:30 pm in 5317 Sennott Square (map) and is free and open to the public.

Japan Association of Greater Pittsburgh Fall Picnic (ピクニックのお知らせ), September 9 in Schenley Park.

The Japan Association of Greater Pittsburgh will hold its annual Fall Picnic (ピクニックのお知らせ) on September 9 in the Ice Rink Pavilion in Schenley Park (map).

K-pop / C-pop / J-pop dance club in the Pitt News.

This morning's Pitt News, the student newspaper of the University of Pittsburgh, has a front-page story on FRESA, a student-run K-pop / C-pop / J-pop dance club.

“There’s this weird lack of Asian faces in the American music scene, so seeing someone from Asia being really popular and being good at performing and dancing was really interesting to me,” [group member Lynn] Urbina said. “I really connected with that.”

Urbina found a space to express her love of K-pop, music and dancing at Pitt when she joined FRESA, an Asian dance club on campus, during her sophomore year. The senior mechanical engineering major became FRESA’s president this year.

FRESA, short for Fresh Entertainment by Student Artists, allows its members to recreate their favorite Asian pop music videos and step into the shoes of their K-pop, C-pop and J-pop — or Korean, Chinese and Japanese pop — idols.

Journey to the West Book Series Debut, October 4 in Squirrel Hill.

A pair of local authors are releasing a series of books aimed at learners of Chinese that retells the 16th-century Chinese novel Journey to the West, and an event celebrating its release will be held on October 4 in Squirrel Hill.

1979 Hayao Miyazaki film Lupin III: The Castle of Cagliostro (ルパン三世 カリオストロの城) in Pittsburgh area, September 14 and 19.

Hayao Miyazaki's 1979 directoral debut, Lupin III: The Castle of Cagliostro (ルパン三世 カリオストロの城), will play at Pittsburgh area Cinemark theaters on September 14 and 19. A synopsis, from the distributor:

Hayao Miyazaki’s directorial debut film, LUPIN THE 3RD: THE CASTLE OF CAGLIOSTRO is coming to U.S. cinemas nationwide for the first time ever this September for a special two-day event. Lupin and Jigen successfully rob a casino of millions, but only to find that the money is counterfeit. Lupin notices how well the money is forged and decides to make his next target the possible source of the forgery, Cagliostro. They enter the country and run into a car chase between a group of men after a girl in a wedding dress. Lupin, who loves girls, decides to abruptly make a detour to assist the bride in her escape. They successfully outrun the men but have an accident. Lupin goes unconscious but wakes up to find a ring with the royal crest of Cagliostro in a white glove from the bride.

This exciting two-night event also features never before seen special footage with creator comments.

The movie is set to play at the Cinemark theaters in Monaca, Monroeville, North Hills, and Pittsburgh Mills. Tickets for the September 14 English-dubbed shows are available online, as are tickets for the September 19 English-subtitled screenings.

Live-action Tokyo Ghoul (東京喰種) movie in Pittsburgh in October.

The new live-action movie Tokyo Ghoul (東京喰種) will play at the Southside Works Cinema from October 16 through 19.

English/Korean Language Social Hour September 13 at Pitt; English/Japanese on September 27.

The University of Pittsburgh's Asian Studies Center and the English Language Institute will present two Language Social Hours in September that bring together Japanese- and Korean-speaking students studying English and for Pitt students learning Japanese and Korean.

The English/Korean Language Social Hour will take place on September 13 from 12:00 to 1:00 pm in 4130 Posvar Hall (map), and will feature ELI students from Chosun University (조선대학교) in Gwangju, South Korea. The English/Japanese hour on September 27 will feature students from Yasuda Women's University (安田女子大学) in Hiroshima, Japan. Refreshments will be provided, and both events are free and open to the public.