Aug 24

JETwit’s JET Alum Movers & Shakers: Gregory Beck, Hiroshima-ken, 2006-2011

************JETwit’s JET Alum Movers & Shakers is produced by Ryan Hata (Tottori-ken, 2014-2017), Margie Banin (Kochi-ken, 2005-2007), and Jim Walsh (Fukushima-ken, 2018-2020). Want to be featured next? Submit your information here. Gregory Beck, Hiroshima-ken, 2006-2011 Accomplishment:New saké education and consulting website and business. More Information:While on JET, most of us gained some secondary expertise on Japanese alcohol, but few would […]


Oct 6

JQ Magazine: Book Review — ‘Perfume’s “GAME”’

By Greg Beck (Hiroshima-ken, 2006-11) for JQ magazine. Greg is a writer, producer, home brewer, and Social Coordinator for JETAA Southern California and Arizona. A former news producer for Tokyo Broadcasting System in New York, he currently works freelance in Los Angeles. For more cinema reviews, follow him on Twitter at @CIRBECK #MovieReview. If you […]


Apr 7

JQ Magazine: Film Review — ‘Your Name’

By Greg Beck (Hiroshima-ken, 2006-11) for JQ magazine. Greg is a writer, producer, home brewer, and Social Coordinator for JETAA Southern California and Arizona. A former news producer for Tokyo Broadcasting System in New York, he currently works freelance in Los Angeles. For more cinema reviews, follow him on Twitter at @CIRBECK #MovieReview. Never mind that Your Name has […]


May 11

Job: Tokyo Broadcasting System International, Inc. – Associate TV News Producer

Thanks to JET Alum Greg Beck, who works for TBS, for sharing this opening. Posted by Kim ‘Kay’  Monroe (Miyazaki-shi, 1995 -97). Click here to join the JETwit Jobs Google Group and receive job listings even sooner by email. ——————————————————————————————————— Position: Associate TV News Producer Posted by: Tokyo Broadcasting System International, Inc Type: Full-time Location: New […]


Sep 25

Hiroshima JET’s “The Wide Island View” – 09.25.12

From The Wide Island View, the JET Program Webzine of Hiroshima Prefecture: Have you wondered what happens to JETs after they are, well, JETs?  Jackie hunted down ex-JET Greg Beck to ask him what life holds after five years in Japan and how to make the most of the experience.  Read all about it at Where Are […]


Dec 9

By Filmore Ha (Ibaraki-ken, 2006-08), a graduate of Fulbright College of Arts and Sciences at the University of Arkansas. Filmore continues to live and work in the Greater Tokyo Area and is webmaster for JETAA Tokyo. UPDATE: Added an additional news item. Good evening from Saitama! I’d had several things circulate my way recently so here we are with another […]


Nov 9

JETwit Career Update 11.09.11

JETwit Career Update is a new feature where JETwit will list any JET alums who have recently (loosely interpreted) found a new job, gotten a promotion, started a new business, been elected to an office, started a new grad program or have any other career developments to share.  You probably see lots of job listings, so […]


Oct 29

JETwit Career Update is a new feature where JETwit will list any JET alums who have recently (loosely interpreted) found a new job, gotten a promotion, started a new business, started a new grad program or have any other career developments to share.  You probably see lots of job listings, so I thought it would […]


Aug 25

JQ Magazine: Book Review — ‘Gentle Black Giants’

By Rashaad Jorden (Yamagata–ken, 2008-10; Kochi-ken, 2018-present) for JQ magazine. A former head of JETAA Philadelphia’s Sub–Chapter, Rashaad is a graduate of Leeds Beckett University with a master’s degree in responsible tourism management. For more on his life abroad and enthusiasm for taiko drumming, visit his blog at www.gettingpounded.wordpress.com. In the 1930s, major leaguers including Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig […]


Dec 24

JQ Magazine: Jamming After JET — Rural Island Alums Release New Albums

  By Greg Beck (Hiroshima–ken, 2006-11) for JQ magazine. Greg is a writer, producer, home brewer, and Social Coordinator for JETAA Southern California and Arizona. A former news producer for Tokyo Broadcasting System in New York, he currently works freelance in Los Angeles. For more cinema reviews, follow him on Twitter at @CIRBECK #MovieReview. Regardless […]


Sep 30

JQ Magazine: Film Review — ‘Hayao Miyazaki: Never-Ending Man’

  By Greg Beck (Hiroshima–ken, 2006-11) for JQ magazine. Greg is a writer, producer, home brewer, and Social Coordinator for JETAA Southern California and Arizona. A former news producer for Tokyo Broadcasting System in New York, he currently works freelance in Los Angeles. For more cinema reviews, follow him on Twitter at @CIRBECK #MovieReview. Receiving […]


May 10

JQ Magazine: Book Review — ‘Gon, the Little Fox’

By Rashaad Jorden (Yamagata-ken, 2008-10) for JQ magazine. A former head of the JETAA Philadelphia Sub-Chapter, Rashaad is a graduate of Leeds Beckett University with a master’s degree in responsible tourism management. For more on his life abroad and enthusiasm for taiko drumming, visit his blog at www.gettingpounded.wordpress.com. You probably remember reading some of Aesop’s Fables—such as “The […]


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