{"id":34081,"date":"2014-03-07T00:50:51","date_gmt":"2014-03-07T04:50:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/?p=34081"},"modified":"2014-03-07T00:50:51","modified_gmt":"2014-03-07T04:50:51","slug":"student-delegates-sought-for-upcoming-japan-america-student-conference-deadline-march-31","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/2014\/03\/07\/student-delegates-sought-for-upcoming-japan-america-student-conference-deadline-march-31\/","title":{"rendered":"Student Delegates Sought for Upcoming Japan-America Student Conference (Deadline March 31)"},"content":{"rendered":"

This isn’t for JET alums per se. But if you know anyone who might be interested, it’s a great way to help support the future of Japan-US relations. Please note the March 31 application deadline.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Thanks to AJET<\/strong> Chair Kay Makishi<\/strong> for pointing JASC<\/strong> Executive Director Yuuki Shinomiya<\/strong> towards JETwit.<\/em><\/p>\n

<\/em>\u00a0<\/em>Posted by\u00a0blogger<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0podcaster<\/a>\u00a0Jon Dao (Toyama<\/a>-ken, 2009-12)<\/strong>.\u00a0Click here<\/a>\u00a0to join the\u00a0JETwit Jobs Google Group<\/a>\u00a0and receive job listings even sooner by email.<\/em><\/p>\n

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Overview<\/strong>:<\/b><\/p>\n

The Japan-America Student Conference (JASC) is currently recruiting student delegates for the 66th Annual Conference, which will be held in the U.S. in August\u00a02014. This student-led exchange program, initiated in 1934 by university students concerned by the breakdown of bilateral relations prior to the Second World War, JASC has evolved into a leadership training program for both Japanese and American students.<\/p>\n

Our notable alumni list includes former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger<\/strong> and former Prime Minister of Japan Kiichi Miyazawa<\/strong>, This year’s conference theme is “Communicate and Connect: Pursuing Peace at the Crossroads of Culture” and will visit Des Moines, IA, San Francisco, CA,
\nNew York, NY, and Washington, D.C.<\/p>\n

Applications are currently being accepted on a rolling-admission basis until March 31st, 2014<\/strong>. You can learn more about the 66th JASC here: http:\/\/iscdc.org\/jasc\/2014\/<\/a>.\u200b<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This isn’t for JET alums per se. But if you know anyone who might be interested, it’s a great way to help support the future of Japan-US relations. Please note the March 31 application deadline. Thanks to AJET Chair Kay Makishi for pointing JASC Executive Director Yuuki Shinomiya towards JETwit. \u00a0Posted by\u00a0blogger\u00a0and\u00a0podcaster\u00a0Jon Dao (Toyama-ken, 2009-12).\u00a0Click […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":110,"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":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-34081","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-academic"],"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