Jul 18

JQ Magazine: Film Review — JAPAN CUTS 2018 at Japan Society

  By Katharine Olla for JQ magazine. A Friend of JET, Katharine taught as an ALT in a public elementary school in Gunma Prefecture from 2015-16. She currently works at Japan Society in New York. It’s summer in the city, and that means another year of JAPAN CUTS, North America’s largest festival of contemporary Japanese […]


Feb 3

JETAA Chapter Beat February 2nd 2016

Ashlie O’Neill (Hyogo-Ken, 2013-Present) AJET National Council Vice Chair and Director of Alumni Relations. Ashlie is in her second year on the AJET National Council as the Director of Alumni Relations. She works alongside Ryan Hata (National AJET Director of Alumni Resources ) and members of JETAA to strengthen the relationship between former JETs, current […]


Jan 16

WIT Life #294: 明けましておめでとうございます!

WIT Life is a periodic series written by professional Writer/Interpreter/Translator Stacy Smith (Kumamoto-ken CIR, 2000-03). She starts her day by watching Fujisankei’s newscast in Japanese, and here she shares some of the interesting tidbits and trends along with her own observations. Happy New Year to all readers!  Hope the year of the monkey has been […]


Jul 7

Internship: Research Assistant – British Consulate (Osaka)

Posted by Sydney Sparrow, curriculum and content developer for a real estate school based in Virginia. Click here to join the JETwit Jobs Google Group and receive job listings even sooner by email. Position: Research Assistant Posted by: British Consulate Location: Osaka, Japan Status: Maximum of 28 hours per week Overview: The British Consulate-General Osaka represents UK interests across the 29 prefectures of West Japan. Our three key objectives are to […]


Jul 7

Internship: Research Assistant (Economic Diplomacy) – British Embassy (Tokyo)

Posted by Sydney Sparrow, curriculum and content developer for a real estate school based in Virginia. Click here to join the JETwit Jobs Google Group and receive job listings even sooner by email. Position: Research Assistant (Economic Diplomacy) Posted by: British Embassy Location: Tokyo, Japan Status: Maximum of 28 hours per week Overview: The Economic Diplomacy Team at the British Embassy in Tokyo works on a wide range of issues to help […]


Jul 7

Internship: Research Assistant (Strategic Trade Team) – British Embassy (Tokyo)

Posted by Sydney Sparrow, curriculum and content developer for a real estate school based in Virginia. Click here to join the JETwit Jobs Google Group and receive job listings even sooner by email. Position: Research Assistant (Strategic Trade Team) Posted by: British Embassy Location: Tokyo, Japan Status: Maximum of 28 hours per week Overview: The Strategic Trade Team develops or improves market access for British businesses in areas such as defense, nuclear, […]


Jul 7

Internship: Marketing Assistant (Japanese Investors) – British Embassy (Tokyo)

Posted by Sydney Sparrow, curriculum and content developer for a real estate school based in Virginia. Click here to join the JETwit Jobs Google Group and receive job listings even sooner by email. Position: Marketing Assistant – Japanese Investors Posted by: British Embassy Location: Tokyo, Japan Status: Maximum of 28 hours per week Overview: UKTI Japan Marketing team is responsible for developing and communicating messages to potential and existing Japanese Investors about […]


Jul 7

Internship: Marketing Assistant (UK Exporters) – British Embassy (Tokyo)

Posted by Sydney Sparrow, curriculum and content developer for a real estate school based in Virginia. Click here to join the JETwit Jobs Google Group and receive job listings even sooner by email. Position: Marketing Assistant – UK Exporters: Content Creation & Communications Posted by: British Embassy Location: Tokyo, Japan Status: Maximum of 28 hours per week Overview: UK Trade & Investment is the UK Government Department which helps UK companies export […]


Nov 20

JETAA Ottawa: Elections 2013

*************** Posted by Gemma Villanueva (Fukushima-ken, 2008-11), editor for the JETAA Ottawa Newsletter. Visit the Canadian chapter’s website here for more stories. Written and photo submissions are always welcome. Please contact us at newsletter[at]jetaaottawa[dot]ca. Elections 2013 We are pleased to announce that we are looking for the 2013 JETAA Ottawa Board of Directors! If you […]


Sep 22

JQ Magazine: JQ&A with The Inaka Founder Chris Allison

By Sarah Rogers-Tanner (Kyoto-fu, 2009-11) for JQ magazine. Sarah hails from Afton, Minnesota and learned a thing or two about the inaka in her small town of Ujitawara, located in the mountains outside of Kyoto City. While there, Sarah taught students ages 2-15 and is now pursuing her master’s degree in elementary inclusive education at Teachers College, Columbia University. Chris Allison (Oita-ken, 2009-12) is a recent JET […]


Mar 11

There’s so much going on in connection with 3/11 that it feels overwhelming to try and capture everything. Life has been busy with all of life’s things, and I realized that I was trying to put off thinking about 3/11 in some important ways. So I finally stopped myself and thought back to March 11, […]


Jan 18

WIT Life #150: Tiger Mask, Toshiba’s Strides and a Moncchichi Milestone

****************************************************** WITLife is a periodic series written by professional Writer/Interpreter/Translator Stacy Smith (Kumamoto-ken CIR, 2000-03). She starts her day by watching Fujisankei’s newscast in Japanese, and here she shares some of the interesting tidbits and trends together with her own observations. Recent articles from the Wall Street Journal and the New York Times brings bright […]


Jun 2

JETAA Canada National Conference Keynote Speech – May 30, 2009 – Toronto By Steven Horowitz (Aichi-ken, Kariya-shi, 1992-94) IMPORTANCE OF COMMUNICATION Minasan, Ohayo gozaimasu. 1.  First, I’d like to thank JETAA Canada and Gloria Ma and everyone else involved with this conference for inviting me here to speak today.  As an American, I have to […]


May 26

Geneva Marie (Niigata-ken, 2008-09) grew up all over the U.S. but if asked will tell you she’s from Minneapolis, MN .  JET Lag will recount Geneva’s experiences and thoughts as she prepares to leave the comfortable womb of her JET life and figure out her next move. So you’re going to die. I mean, HOME…So […]


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