{"id":23507,"date":"2012-02-09T23:27:40","date_gmt":"2012-02-10T03:27:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/?p=23507"},"modified":"2012-02-09T23:28:10","modified_gmt":"2012-02-10T03:28:10","slug":"the-best-prefectures-by-jet-alum-linkedin-groups-update-02-09-12","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/2012\/02\/09\/the-best-prefectures-by-jet-alum-linkedin-groups-update-02-09-12\/","title":{"rendered":"The Best Prefectures:  By JET Alum LinkedIn Groups &#8211; Update 02.09.12"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>You may recall last year (02.21.11 to be exact), JETwit revealed the <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/2011\/02\/21\/the-best-prefectures-by-jet-alum-linkedin-groups\/\">&#8220;Best Prefectures&#8221;<\/a><\/strong> based on how many members each <a href=\"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/2011\/01\/21\/saving-jet-jet-alumni-groups-by-prefecture\/\">LinkedIn JET Alum prefecture group<\/a> had. \u00a0With a little help from JETwit&#8217;s friends, we&#8217;ve updated the \u00a0numbers, and they now total <strong>787 <\/strong>total members.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/groups?mostPopular=&amp;gid=3755141&amp;trk=myg_ugrp_ovr\">Shimane-ken<\/a><\/strong> continues to kick prefectural <em>oshiri<\/em>\u00a0in a big way. \u00a0Not sure what&#8217;s holding back JET and JET alums from other prefectures. \u00a0But all you have to do to join your prefecture LinkedIn group is to <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/2011\/01\/21\/saving-jet-jet-alumni-groups-by-prefecture\/\">click here and find your prefecture<\/a><\/strong>. \u00a0A great way to not only stay connected with your community, but also to provide Return On JET-vestment at the local level. \u00a0(<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/2011\/01\/21\/saving-jet-jet-alumni-groups-by-prefecture\/\">Click here<\/a><\/strong> for more explanation about why this helps &#8220;save&#8221; JET. \u00a0And <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/jet-alum-groups\/\">click here<\/a><\/strong> for a list of <a href=\"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/jet-alum-groups\/\">JET alum LinkedIn groups by profession<\/a>.)<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>The Top JET LinkedIn Prefecture Groups<br \/>\n<\/strong><strong>(last year&#8217;s numbers in parentheses)<\/strong><\/h3>\n<h3><strong>1. \u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/groups?mostPopular=&amp;gid=3755141&amp;trk=myg_ugrp_ovr\">Shimane<\/a>\u00a0&#8211;\u00a0<\/strong>69 (44)<\/h3>\n<h3>2. \u00a0<a title=\"This group is members only\" href=\"http:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/groups?mostPopular=&amp;gid=3753162&amp;trk=myg_ugrp_ovr\">Fukushima JET Alumni<\/a>\u00a0&#8211;\u00a038 (14)<\/h3>\n<h3><strong>2. \u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/groups?mostPopular=&amp;gid=3753535&amp;trk=myg_ugrp_ovr\">Hokkaido<\/a>\u00a0&#8211;\u00a0<\/strong>38 (16)<\/h3>\n<h3>4. \u00a0<a title=\"This group is members only\" href=\"http:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/groups?mostPopular=&amp;gid=3753135&amp;trk=myg_ugrp_ovr\">Fukui JET Alumni<\/a>\u00a0&#8211;\u00a032 (11)<\/h3>\n<h3>4. \u00a0<a title=\"This group is members only\" href=\"http:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/groups?mostPopular=&amp;gid=3753537&amp;trk=myg_ugrp_ovr\">Hyogo JET Alumni<\/a>\u00a0&#8211; 32 (12)<\/h3>\n<h3>4. \u00a0<a title=\"This group is members only\" href=\"http:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/groups?mostPopular=&amp;gid=3755118&amp;trk=myg_ugrp_ovr\">Niigata JET Alumni<\/a>\u00a0&#8211;\u00a032 (16)<\/h3>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">**************<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/2012\/02\/09\/the-best-prefectures-by-jet-alum-linkedin-groups-update-02-09-12\/#more-23507\">Overall Ranking of JET Alum LinkedIn Groups by Prefecture<\/a><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>(in alphabetical order; last year&#8217;s numbers in parentheses)<!--more--><\/em><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>\n<h3><a title=\"This group is members only\" href=\"http:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/groups?mostPopular=&amp;gid=3752457&amp;trk=myg_ugrp_ovr\">Aichi JET Alumni<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 11 (7)<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h3><a href=\"http:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/groups?mostPopular=&amp;gid=3753128&amp;trk=myg_ugrp_ovr\">Akita JET Alumni<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 11 (3)<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h3><a title=\"This group is members only\" href=\"http:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/groups?mostPopular=&amp;gid=3753068&amp;trk=myg_ugrp_ovr\">Aomori JET Alumni<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 22 (6)<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h3><a title=\"This group is members only\" href=\"http:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/groups?mostPopular=&amp;gid=3753129&amp;trk=myg_ugrp_ovr\">Chiba JET Alumni<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 26 (14)<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h3><a title=\"This group is members only\" href=\"http:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/groups?mostPopular=&amp;gid=3753132&amp;trk=myg_ugrp_ovr\">Ehime JET Alumni<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 16 (6)<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h3><a title=\"This group is members only\" href=\"http:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/groups?mostPopular=&amp;gid=3753135&amp;trk=myg_ugrp_ovr\">Fukui JET Alumni<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 32 (11)<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h3><a title=\"This group is members only\" href=\"http:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/groups?mostPopular=&amp;gid=3753136&amp;trk=myg_ugrp_ovr\">Fukuoka JET Alumni<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 25 (15)<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h3><a title=\"This group is members only\" href=\"http:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/groups?mostPopular=&amp;gid=3753162&amp;trk=myg_ugrp_ovr\">Fukushima JET Alumni<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 38 (14)<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h3><a title=\"This group is members only\" href=\"http:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/groups?mostPopular=&amp;gid=3753531&amp;trk=myg_ugrp_ovr\">Gifu JET Alumni<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 14 (4)<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h3><a title=\"This group is members only\" href=\"http:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/groups?mostPopular=&amp;gid=3753532&amp;trk=myg_ugrp_ovr\">Gunma JET Alumni<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 9 (6)<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h3><a title=\"This group is members only\" href=\"http:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/groups?mostPopular=&amp;gid=3753534&amp;trk=myg_ugrp_ovr\">Hiroshima JET Alumni<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 17 (9)<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h3><a title=\"This group is members only\" href=\"http:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/groups?mostPopular=&amp;gid=3753535&amp;trk=myg_ugrp_ovr\">Hokkaido JET Alumni<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 38 (16)<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h3><a title=\"This group is members only\" href=\"http:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/groups?mostPopular=&amp;gid=3753537&amp;trk=myg_ugrp_ovr\">Hyogo JET Alumni<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 32 (12)<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h3><a title=\"This group is members only\" href=\"http:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/groups?mostPopular=&amp;gid=3753540&amp;trk=myg_ugrp_ovr\">Ibaraki JET Alumni<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 21 (14)<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h3><a title=\"This group is members only\" href=\"http:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/groups?mostPopular=&amp;gid=3753541&amp;trk=myg_ugrp_ovr\">Ishikawa JET Alumni<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 31 (27)<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h3><a title=\"This group is members only\" href=\"http:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/groups?mostPopular=&amp;gid=3753544&amp;trk=myg_ugrp_ovr\">Iwate JET Alumni<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 18 (6)<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h3><a title=\"This group is members only\" href=\"http:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/groups?mostPopular=&amp;gid=3753545&amp;trk=myg_ugrp_ovr\">Kagawa JET Alumni<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 6 (3)<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h3><a title=\"This group is members only\" href=\"http:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/groups?mostPopular=&amp;gid=3753547&amp;trk=myg_ugrp_ovr\">Kagoshima JET Alumni<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 8 (5)<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h3><a title=\"This group is members only\" href=\"http:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/groups?mostPopular=&amp;gid=3755073&amp;trk=myg_ugrp_ovr\">Kanagawa JET Alumni<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 1 (1)<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h3><a title=\"This group is members only\" href=\"http:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/groups?mostPopular=&amp;gid=3755087&amp;trk=myg_ugrp_ovr\">Kochi JET Alumni<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 11 (6)<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h3><a title=\"This group is members only\" href=\"http:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/groups?mostPopular=&amp;gid=3755091&amp;trk=myg_ugrp_ovr\">Kumamoto JET Alumni<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 20 (7)<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h3><a title=\"This group is members only\" href=\"http:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/groups?mostPopular=&amp;gid=3755092&amp;trk=myg_ugrp_ovr\">Kyoto JET Alumni<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 6 (1)<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h3><a title=\"This group is members only\" href=\"http:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/groups?mostPopular=&amp;gid=3755097&amp;trk=myg_ugrp_ovr\">Mie JET Alumni<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 5 (2)<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h3><a title=\"This group is members only\" href=\"http:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/groups?mostPopular=&amp;gid=3755101&amp;trk=myg_ugrp_ovr\">Miyagi JET Alumni<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 7 (5)<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h3><a title=\"This group is members only\" href=\"http:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/groups?mostPopular=&amp;gid=3755102&amp;trk=myg_ugrp_ovr\">Miyazaki JET Alumni<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 8 (2)<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h3><a title=\"This group is members only\" href=\"http:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/groups?mostPopular=&amp;gid=3755104&amp;trk=myg_ugrp_ovr\">Nagano JET Alumni<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 10 (5)<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h3><a title=\"This group is members only\" href=\"http:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/groups?mostPopular=&amp;gid=3755109&amp;trk=myg_ugrp_ovr\">Nagasaki JET Alumni<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 11 (6)<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h3><a title=\"This group is members only\" href=\"http:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/groups?mostPopular=&amp;gid=3755111&amp;trk=myg_ugrp_ovr\">Nara JET Alumni<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 22 (15)<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h3><a title=\"This group is members only\" href=\"http:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/groups?mostPopular=&amp;gid=3755118&amp;trk=myg_ugrp_ovr\">Niigata JET Alumni<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 32 (16)<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h3><a title=\"This group is members only\" href=\"http:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/groups?mostPopular=&amp;gid=3755123&amp;trk=myg_ugrp_ovr\">Oita JET Alumni<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 15 (3)<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h3><a title=\"This group is members only\" href=\"http:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/groups?mostPopular=&amp;gid=3755127&amp;trk=myg_ugrp_ovr\">Okayama JET Alumni<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 11 (8)<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h3><a title=\"This group is members only\" href=\"http:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/groups?mostPopular=&amp;gid=3755130&amp;trk=myg_ugrp_ovr\">Okinawa JET Alumni<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 12 (9)<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h3><a title=\"This group is members only\" href=\"http:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/groups?mostPopular=&amp;gid=3755132&amp;trk=myg_ugrp_ovr\">Osaka JET Alumni<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 15 (5)<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h3><a title=\"This group is members only\" href=\"http:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/groups?mostPopular=&amp;gid=3755134&amp;trk=myg_ugrp_ovr\">Saga JET Alumni<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 18 (6)<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h3><a title=\"This group is members only\" href=\"http:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/groups?mostPopular=&amp;gid=3755137&amp;trk=myg_ugrp_ovr\">Saitama JET Alumn<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 24 (15)<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h3><a title=\"This group is members only\" href=\"http:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/groups?mostPopular=&amp;gid=3755139&amp;trk=myg_ugrp_ovr\">Shiga JET Alumni<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 10 (2)<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h3><a title=\"This group is members only\" href=\"http:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/groups?mostPopular=&amp;gid=3755141&amp;trk=myg_ugrp_ovr\">Shimane JET Alumni<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 69 (44)<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h3><a title=\"This group is members only\" href=\"http:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/groups?mostPopular=&amp;gid=3755145&amp;trk=myg_ugrp_ovr\">Shizuoka JET Alumni<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 17 (8)<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h3><a title=\"This group is members only\" href=\"http:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/groups?mostPopular=&amp;gid=3755146&amp;trk=myg_ugrp_ovr\">Tochigi JET Alumni<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 9 (2)<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h3><a title=\"This group is members only\" href=\"http:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/groups?mostPopular=&amp;gid=3755213&amp;trk=myg_ugrp_ovr\">Tokushima JET Alumni<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 9 (5)<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h3><a title=\"This group is members only\" href=\"http:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/groups?mostPopular=&amp;gid=3755160&amp;trk=myg_ugrp_ovr\">Tokyo JET Alumni<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 2 (2)<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h3><a title=\"This group is members only\" href=\"http:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/groups?mostPopular=&amp;gid=3755164&amp;trk=myg_ugrp_ovr\">Tottori JET Alumni<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 8 (3)<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h3><a title=\"This group is members only\" href=\"http:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/groups?mostPopular=&amp;gid=3755165&amp;trk=myg_ugrp_ovr\">Toyama JET Alumni<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 17 (7)<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h3><a title=\"This group is members only\" href=\"http:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/groups?mostPopular=&amp;gid=3755168&amp;trk=myg_ugrp_ovr\">Wakayama JET Alumni<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 14 (7)<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h3><a title=\"This is an open group\" href=\"http:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/groups\/Yamagata-JET-Alumni-3755172?trk=myg_ugrp_ovr\">Yamagata JET Alumni<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 12 (2)<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h3><a title=\"This group is members only\" href=\"http:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/groups?mostPopular=&amp;gid=3755175&amp;trk=myg_ugrp_ovr\">Yamaguchi JET Alumni<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 11 (1)<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h3><a title=\"This group is members only\" href=\"http:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/groups?mostPopular=&amp;gid=3755178&amp;trk=myg_ugrp_ovr\">Yamanashi JET Alumni<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 6 (1)<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You may recall last year (02.21.11 to be exact), JETwit revealed the &#8220;Best Prefectures&#8221; based on how many members each LinkedIn JET Alum prefecture group had. \u00a0With a little help from JETwit&#8217;s friends, we&#8217;ve updated the \u00a0numbers, and they now total 787 total members. Shimane-ken continues to kick prefectural oshiri\u00a0in a big way. \u00a0Not sure [&hellip;]<\/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":[369,319,45,282],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-23507","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-japan-local","category-local-government","category-networking","category-jet-roi"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pkZ7m-679","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23507","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=23507"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23507\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23523,"href":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23507\/revisions\/23523"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23507"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23507"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23507"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}