JetWit and the JET alum community want to know how JETs in all parts of Japan are doing in the wake of the earthquake, tsunami and radiation issues. Has your life been uprooted? Have things returned to some sort of normality? Are you still teaching every day? Has the radiation issue affected you or influenced […]
Justin’s Japan: Earthquake and Tsunami Update ~ JET Alumni Aid and What You Can Do
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By JQ magazine’s Justin Tedaldi (CIR Kobe-shi, 2001-02) for Examiner.com. Visit his page here to subscribe for free alerts on newly published stories. Friday’s Sendai Earthquake and Tsunami has devastated Japan, with Prime Minister Naoto Kan calling it the most difficult crisis for the nation since World War II. At this time, the death toll is expected to exceed 10,000, and the […]
Cooking in Japan: Share your stories!
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Update: See submitted stories further below in this post! Additional ones will be added as received. So keep checking back. I learned recently from our friends at the free Japanese weekly Shukan NY Seikatsu that “food” is the leading driver of tourism to Japan from the U.S. these days. With that in mind, I thought […]
Stories from the JET-Tourist Tally Project
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Below are approximately 150 comments received so far as a result of the JET-Tourist Tally Project. First the Top 10 Comments followed by all comments organized according to prefecture. (Click here for the latest totals from the JET-Tourist Tally Project.) Important: If you have not yet responded, please help out by entering your JET Tourist-Tally […]
What do you like about JetWit? Please take a moment to share your response for the benefit of potential supporters and sponsors of JetWit, JETAA and the JET Program. Here’s a link to the comments section of the original post from April 28, 2009 where the question was first asked: http://jetwit.com/wordpress/2009/08/09/what-i-like-about-jetwit/#comments Thanks for your help […]
In the course of creating the JET alum prefectural groups on LinkedIn and encouraging Japanese local government staff to join as well to foster connections and communications, I’ve become aware of the fact that LinkedIn is not anywhere near as popular in Japan as it is in the English speaking world. As word gets around […]
What does “Saving JET” have to do with joining your JET prefecture’s LinkedIn group? The biggest threat to JET (and JETAA) now is attrition at the local government level as prefectural governments increasingly choose to reduce costs by getting ALTs from dispatch companies rather than hiring JETs. The most effective way to counter this trend […]
Any JETs or JET alums in Kasugai, Komaki or Inuyama (Aichi-ken)?
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If you’re a JET or JET alum who lives or lived in Kasugai, Komaki or Inuyama, or anywhere in the vicinity, please get in touch ASAP at jetwit [at] jetwit.com. We may need your help. Yoroshiku onegaishimasu. -Steven Horowitz (Aichi-ken, Kariya-shi, 1992-94)
I often encourage JET alums to learn to use a blog, and I’ve even done some “Learn to Blog” workshops for JET alums (and lawyers too) where I walk people through the set-up, the basics and some of the quirks. Now there’s apparently a WordPress site that offers a tutorial for setting up a blog […]
A New Year’s Resolution for Law Students: Organize.
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********** Matt Leichter (matt [dot] leichter [at] gmail [dot] com) (Saitama-ken 2003-05) is a renegade attorney who plays by his own rules. He operates a think tank of one, The Law School Tuition Bubble, where he archives, chronicles, and analyzes the rising cost and declining value of legal education in the United States. He also […]
See some familiar JET faces (including that of JetWit founder Steven Horowitz) in the latest issue of Shukan NY Seikatsu, a free, weekly Japanese newspaper available in New York. Along with Steven, JET alums Stacy Smith, Kia Cheleen, Tamar Entis, and Paul Benson sat down with the paper to talk about their experiences for a […]
Japan Fix: Tampa (Part 2)
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By Steven Horowitz (Aichi-ken, 1992-94) and Lily Lam (Kagawa-ken, 2004-09) If you read the previous Japan Fix: Tampa post, then you know of some quality JET-recommended places in Tampa to get your Japan Fix on. It turns out, however, there’s more to tell and Tampa is even Japanese-ier than previously thought. You just have to […]
Dialogue with an Affable Law School Dean, Part 1
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********** Matt Leichter (matt [dot] leichter [at] gmail [dot] com) (Saitama-ken 2003-05) is a renegade attorney who plays by his own rules. He operates a think tank of one, The Law School Tuition Bubble, where he archives, chronicles, and analyzes the rising cost and declining value of legal education in the United States. He also […]
Inequality: Why the Tuition Bubble and Student Debt Matter
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********** Matt Leichter (matt [dot] leichter [at] gmail [dot] com) (Saitama-ken 2003-05) is a renegade attorney who plays by his own rules. He operates a think tank of one, The Law School Tuition Bubble, where he archives, chronicles, and analyzes the rising cost and declining value of legal education in the United States. He also […]
Paul Benson (Fukui-ken, 2006-08) is a New York-based freelance translator who has handled assignments ranging from securities laws to cook books. A Translator’s Life follows some of Paul’s experiences as he makes his way in the J->E translation world. On Monday afternoon I had the pleasure of attending a small informal interview–all in Japanese–hosted by […]
