{"id":12801,"date":"2010-07-27T13:05:47","date_gmt":"2010-07-27T17:05:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/?p=12801"},"modified":"2010-07-27T16:33:33","modified_gmt":"2010-07-27T20:33:33","slug":"jet-roi-mofa-state-secretary-koichi-takemasas-comments-upon-meeting-with-jetaa-members","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/2010\/07\/27\/jet-roi-mofa-state-secretary-koichi-takemasas-comments-upon-meeting-with-jetaa-members\/","title":{"rendered":"JET ROI: MOFA State Secretary Mr. Koichi Takemasa’s comments upon meeting with JETAA members"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA)<\/a> State Secretary Mr. Koichi Takemasa<\/strong><\/a> recently met with a group of JET alumni in New York to learn first hand about JET and the JET Alumni Association.\u00a0 Following the meeting, State Secretary Takemasa posted comments regarding the meeting on both the MoFA website<\/a> as well as on his own blog<\/a>.\u00a0 Below is a translation of key comments from the posts. (Special thanks to Kumi Mastsumoto of the Consulate for her help in obtaining the translations):<\/em><\/p>\n

1.\u00a0 MOFA Website Comments<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

From the official report<\/a> of State Secretary Takemasa’s visit to the United States on MoFA’s website.\u00a0 (Full link here:\u00a0 http:\/\/www.mofa.go.jp\/mofaj\/annai\/honsho\/fuku\/takemasa\/usa_10\/gaiyo.html<\/a>):<\/p>\n

2. (6) \u65e5\u7c73\u4eba\u7269\u30fb\u6587\u5316\u4ea4\u6d41<\/strong>
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English translation of the last sentence of Section 2, Paragraph (6):<\/strong><\/span> \u201cWe both positively recognized that JET returners have contributed to promoting understanding of Japan in the US and fostering people to people exchange between the two countries.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

2.\u00a0 Personal Blog<\/a> of Koichi Takemasa<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Here is what Secretary of State Takemasa wrote about his meeting with JETAA<\/a> members on his personal blog<\/a> (link to post:\u00a0 http:\/\/takemasa.asablo.jp\/blog\/2010\/07\/17\/5237531<\/a>):<\/p>\n

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\u201cI had a meeting with the members of JET Alumni Association in New York .\u00a0 There, I heard comments about how much they learned from the JET experience, how they have been sharing their experience to others after they came back and how they have been cooperating in the screening and training process of the new JETs.\u00a0 Referring to the fact CLAIR (JLGC) under Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications was put on the chopping block, they showed their strong concern in the future of JET program.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) State Secretary Mr. Koichi Takemasa recently met with a group of JET alumni in New York to learn first hand about JET and the JET Alumni Association.\u00a0 Following the meeting, State Secretary Takemasa posted comments regarding the meeting on both the MoFA website as well as on his own blog.\u00a0 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[282,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12801","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-jet-roi","category-uncategorized"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t