May 31

Each month, current and former JET participants are featured in the “JET Plaza” section of the CLAIR Forum magazine. The June 2013 edition includes an article by JET alumn David Namisato. Posted by Celine Castex (Chiba-ken, 2006-11), currently programme coordinator at CLAIR Tokyo. *********** David Namisato (Aomori-ken, Ajigasawa Town, 2002-04), is from Toronto, Ontario, Canada. […]


Mar 20

**************** Thanks to Lindsay Tsuji for this write-up and thanks to Nadine Bukhman for the photos. A chilly Toronto’s eve didn’t stop friends and fans of one artistically inclined JET alum from dropping by the Goodfellas Gallery in Toronto to celebrate the launch of his new book Life After the B.O.E. JETAA Toronto’s David Namisato (Aomori-ken CIR, 2002-04) was the cause […]


Nov 21

JQ Magazine: JQ&A with Author/JET Alum David Namisato on ‘Life After the B.O.E. the Book’

  By Rick Ambrosio (Ibaraki-ken, 2006-08) for JQ magazine. Rick manages the JET Alumni Association of New York (JETAANY)’s Twitter page and is the creator of the JETwit column Tadaima! It’s probably happened to you over the last few years; you’re sitting at work, or maybe at home and an old buddy of yours from […]


May 12

JETAA-sphere Ep 15: Takaaki Hiratsuka on his new book about ALTs in the JET Program

**In Episode 15 of the JETAA-sphere podcast, we interview Professor Takaaki Hiratsuka, author of the new book Narrative inquiry into language teacher identity: ALTs in the JET program. Click this link http://bit.ly/VBL-Register to register for the May 28 book launch event! **Co-hosts: Steven Horowitz (Aichi, 1992-94) & Mark Frey (Kumamoto, 2002-2006) **About Prof. Takaaki Hiratsuka: […]


Jun 28

JQ Magazine: Video Game Tunes Launch World Tour with ‘rePlay: Symphony of Heroes’

  By David Namisato (Aomori-ken CIR, 2002-04) for JQ magazine. David is an illustrator in Toronto who spent two years on JET as a CIR while also teaching half of Ajigasawa-machi’s elementary schools. David is best known for Life After the B.O.E., a webcomic and graphic novel he created about the wacky and wonderful experiences […]


Dec 15

JQ Magazine: Book Review – ‘Life After the B.O.E. the Book’

By Sharona Moskowitz (Fukuoka-ken, 2000-01) for JQ magazine. Sharona works at a literary agency in New York City. She is interested in fresh, new voices in fiction and creative nonfiction. Flexibility and a sense of humor have long been predictors of a successful JET participant. And with good reason. After all, let’s face it: life […]


Jul 25

Life After the B.O.E. is a comic series about the JET experience by David Namisato (Aomori-ken, 2002-2004), a professional illustrator currently living in Toronto. Visit David’s website at www.namisato.org. After 5 years, Life After the B.O.E. has come to an end. Thank you all for joining me on this fantastic journey. Now, I’ll be concentrating […]


Jun 18

Life After the B.O.E. is a comic series about the JET experience by David Namisato (Aomori-ken, 2002-2004), a professional illustrator currently living in Toronto. Visit David’s website at www.namisato.org. Hi everyone, Sorry for posting the comic a bit late. I want to let you all know that after a 5-year run, Life After the B.O.E. […]


May 24

Life After the B.O.E. is a comic series about the JET experience by David Namisato (Aomori-ken, 2002-2004), a professional illustrator currently living in Toronto. Visit David’s website at www.namisato.org. Hi everyone, I want to let you all know that after a 5-year run, Life After the B.O.E. will be ending at the end of July. […]


Apr 17

Life After the B.O.E. is a comic series about the JET experience by David Namisato (Aomori-ken, 2002-2004), a professional illustrator currently living in Toronto. Visit David’s website at www.namisato.org.


Mar 31

CLAIR 2011 “JET Streams Newsletter”

Via CLAIR Tokyo: Dear JET alumni, Here’s a link to the online version of this year’s JET Streams newsletter:  http://www.jetprogramme.org/e/former/jetstreams.html Here’s a link directly to the PDF:  http://www.jetprogramme.org/documents/pubs/JET%20STREAMS2011.pdf JET Streams is distributed once a year to all JET alumni who request it and have registered their email address with CLAIR. Be sure to keep your […]


Mar 16

Life After the B.O.E. is a comic series about the JET experience by David Namisato (Aomori-ken, 2002-2004), a professional illustrator currently living in Toronto. Visit David’s website at www.namisato.org.


Feb 16

Life After the B.O.E. is a comic series about the JET experience by David Namisato (Aomori-ken, 2002-2004), a professional illustrator currently living in Toronto. Visit David’s website at www.namisato.org.


Jan 16

Life After the B.O.E. is a comic series about the JET experience by David Namisato (Aomori-ken, 2002-2004), a professional illustrator currently living in Toronto. Visit David’s website at www.namisato.org.


Dec 16

Life After the B.O.E. is a comic series about the JET experience by David Namisato (Aomori-ken, 2002-2004), a professional illustrator currently living in Toronto. Visit David’s website at www.namisato.org.


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