{"id":31780,"date":"2013-09-03T22:18:14","date_gmt":"2013-09-04T02:18:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/?p=31780"},"modified":"2013-09-03T22:18:14","modified_gmt":"2013-09-04T02:18:14","slug":"jetwit-mentioned-in-japan-times-article-jet-alumni-advocates-for-japan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/2013\/09\/03\/jetwit-mentioned-in-japan-times-article-jet-alumni-advocates-for-japan\/","title":{"rendered":"JETwit mentioned in Japan Times article “JET Alumni: Advocates for Japan”"},"content":{"rendered":"

A great Return On JET-vestment article that ran today in the Japan Times:<\/em><\/p>\n

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JET alumni: Advocates for Japan<\/a><\/h2>\n

Program lauded for continuing to bear cultural fruit, friendships<\/h4>\n<\/hgroup>\n

BY\u00a0AYAKO MIE<\/a><\/h5>\n

STAFF WRITER<\/p>\n

Here’s the full article: \u00a0http:\/\/www.japantimes.co.jp\/news\/2013\/09\/03\/national\/jet-alumni-advocates-for-japan\/#.UiaU_GRATv0<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Here’s the quote:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Steven Horowitz, who was a JET in Aichi Prefecture from 1992 to 1994, likened his former colleagues to a global expat community of around 60,000 people in terms of their shared affection for Japan. \u201cI think it is going to pay . . . dividends for years and years to come,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

To consolidate the alumni network, Horowitz runs JETwit.com<\/strong><\/a>, a website that accumulates information about alumni and Japan-related jobs.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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A great Return On JET-vestment article that ran today in the Japan Times: JET alumni: Advocates for Japan Program lauded for continuing to bear cultural fruit, friendships BY\u00a0AYAKO MIE STAFF WRITER Here’s the full article: \u00a0http:\/\/www.japantimes.co.jp\/news\/2013\/09\/03\/national\/jet-alumni-advocates-for-japan\/#.UiaU_GRATv0 Here’s the quote: Steven Horowitz, who was a JET in Aichi Prefecture from 1992 to 1994, likened his former […]<\/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":[4,318,304,282],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-31780","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-articlejournalism","category-jets-in-the-news","category-notable-jet-alums","category-jet-roi"],"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