{"id":12294,"date":"2010-07-04T18:51:47","date_gmt":"2010-07-04T22:51:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/?p=12294"},"modified":"2010-07-04T18:56:38","modified_gmt":"2010-07-04T22:56:38","slug":"jet-roi-because-of-jet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/2010\/07\/04\/jet-roi-because-of-jet\/","title":{"rendered":"JET ROI:  &#8220;Because of JET&#8230;..&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>**********<\/p>\n<p><em><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/category\/jet-roi\/\">JET Return on Investment (ROI)<\/a><\/strong><\/em><em> is a new category on\u00a0<strong>JetWit<\/strong><\/em><em> intended to highlight the various economic, diplomatic and other benefits to Japan resulting from its investment in the JET Program. \u00a0Why is this important right now? \u00a0Because the JET Program and JET Alumni Association may be cut by the Japanese government, as explained in <a href=\"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/2010\/07\/03\/jet-roi-jet-program-on-the-chopping-block-by-james-gannon\/\">this post<\/a> by <strong>Jim Gannon (Ehime-ken, 1992-94)<\/strong> titled &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/2010\/07\/03\/jet-roi-jet-program-on-the-chopping-block-by-james-gannon\/\"><strong>JET Program on the Chopping Block<\/strong><\/a><\/em><em>.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">Because of JET&#8230;.<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Many of us have a lifelong connection to Japan.<\/li>\n<li>Many Japanese citizens have learned English and been inspired to go to other cross-cultural accomplishments.<\/li>\n<li>Many of us have found jobs and careers working for Japanese companies and organizations in Japan and in our home countries.<\/li>\n<li>Over 50,000 of more people in the world can speak at least a little Japanese, and many of us are fluent.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>If you&#8217;re a JET or a JET alum, you know these things because you&#8217;ve experienced them. \u00a0Now it&#8217;s time to share some of those experiences as a way to demonstrate concretely some of the many benefits to Japan of the JET Program.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Please <a href=\"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/2010\/07\/04\/jet-roi-because-of-jet\/#comments\">post your own personal<\/a><\/strong><strong> &#8220;BECAUSE OF JET&#8230;..&#8221; example in the <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/2010\/07\/04\/jet-roi-because-of-jet\/#comments\">comments section<\/a><\/span><\/strong><strong> below, or feel free to e-mail it to <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">jetwit@jetwit.com<\/span>. \u00a0(Please make sure to include your prefecture and years on JET.) \u00a0(Feel free to substitute &#8220;JETAA&#8221; for &#8220;JET&#8221; if appropriate.)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-weight: normal;\"><em>(<strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Note:<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: normal;\"> Special thanks to our JETAA International officers for coming up with this concept.)<\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>********** JET Return on Investment (ROI) is a new category on\u00a0JetWit intended to highlight the various economic, diplomatic and other benefits to Japan resulting from its investment in the JET Program. \u00a0Why is this important right now? 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