On the occasion of the holding of the Symposium Commemorating the 25th Anniversary of the Establishment of the JET Programme, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs plans to hold a reception at the Iikura Guesthouse in the evening of the same day, with a view to deepening the understanding of the relevant parties in Japan and abroad on the significance and results of the Programme, among others, and seeking further coordination with parties related to the Programme including those from local governments and in the education field, and the diplomatic corps in Tokyo.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\nAdditional information<\/p>\n
Symposium Commemorating the 25th Anniversary of the Establishment of the JET Programme (Overview)<\/p>\n
1.\u00a0Time and date:
\n12:30 p.m. \u2013 5:10 p.m. on Thursday, September 8, 2011
\n2.\u00a0Venue:
\nU Thant International Conference Hall, United Nations University
\n(5-53-70, Jingumae, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo)
\n3.\u00a0Co-organizers:
\nMinistry of Internal Affairs and Communications,
\nMinistry of Foreign Affairs,
\nMinistry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology,
\nCouncil of Local Authorities for International Relations (CLAIR)
\n4.\u00a0Supporters:
\nNational Governors’ Association,
\nJapan Association of City Mayors,
\nNational Association of Towns and Villages
\n5. Scheduled programs and participants:
\n(a) Greetings by co-organizers:
\nMinister for Internal Affairs and Communications,
\nMinister for Foreign Affairs,
\nMinister for Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology
\n(b) Greetings by guests:
\nAmbassador of the United States to Japan (to be confirmed),
\nAmbassador of the United Kingdom to Japan (to be confirmed),
\nAmbassador of the ROK to Japan
\n(c) Commemorative lecture:
\nMr. James Gannon<\/strong>,
\nExecutive Director, Japan Center for International Exchange
\n(d) Activity reports:
\nDr. Angus Lockyer,
\nChair, Japan Research Centre, University of London
\nMr. Kim Jin Ah,
\nDirector of International Cooperation Department,
\nGovernors Association of Korea
\n(e) Panel discussion:
\nPanelists:
\nDr. Akira Nakamura, Professor, Meiji University
\nDr. Angus Lockyer,
\nChair, Japan Research Centre, University of London
\nMr. Kim Jin Ah,
\nDirector of International Cooperation Department,
\nGovernors Association of Korea
\nMr. Keiji Yamada, Governor, Kyoto Prefecture
\nMr. Masao Niisato, Professor, Tokyo International University
\nMs. Yoko Kimura, Chairperson, Board of Directors, CLAIR<\/p>\n\u2014\u00a0Participants: Approximately 350 people<\/strong> including those from local governments and in the education field, and the diplomatic corps in Tokyo.<\/p>\n\u2014\u00a0Simultaneous interpretation will be provided.<\/p>\n
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\n- (*This is a provisional translation. The above date denotes the date of the issue of the original press release in Japanese.)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
******************** FYI, this is a big deal and something to pay attention to, especially in terms of the future of JET.\u00a0 One of the speakers, notably, will be Jim Gannon (Ehime-ken, 1992-94), Executive Director of the Japan Center for International Exchange (JCIE\/USA).\u00a0 I believe AJET President Matthew Cook (Osaka, 2007-12) may also be in attendance. […]<\/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_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_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}},"categories":[53,15,319,304,282],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21167","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-events","category-jetaa-chapters","category-local-government","category-notable-jet-alums","category-jet-roi"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pkZ7m-5vp","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21167","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21167"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21167\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21170,"href":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21167\/revisions\/21170"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21167"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21167"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21167"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}