{"id":35467,"date":"2014-06-30T22:04:27","date_gmt":"2014-07-01T02:04:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/?p=35467"},"modified":"2014-06-30T22:04:27","modified_gmt":"2014-07-01T02:04:27","slug":"lets-talk-japan-episode-23-2014-embassy-of-japan-jet-program-pre-departure-orientation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/2014\/06\/30\/lets-talk-japan-episode-23-2014-embassy-of-japan-jet-program-pre-departure-orientation\/","title":{"rendered":"Let’s Talk Japan, Episode 23 – 2014 Embassy of Japan JET Program Pre-Departure Orientation"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Let’s Talk Japan<\/a> is a monthly, interview format podcast covering a wide range of Japan-related topics. Host Nick Harling (Mie-ken, 2001-03) lived in Japan from 2001 until 2005, including two great years as a JET Program participant in Mie-Ken. He practices law in Washington, D.C., and lives with his wife who patiently listens to him talk about Japan . . . a lot.<\/em><\/p>\n

A few weeks ago, I was invited to a pre-departure orientation for new JET Program participants, organized by the JET Program Office at the Embassy of Japan.<\/p>\n

The orientation covered a wide range of topics, and I am very grateful to the Japanese Embassy for allowing me to record the event and use the audio on the podcast. The presenters were all JET Program alumni, who shared their first-hand experiences and advice with the new JETs on a wide range of topics.<\/p>\n

In this episode<\/a>, I have included three particularly useful presentations; including: (1) Things To Do Before You Leave; (2) Life in Japan; and (3) Life as an Assistant Language Teacher. These are just a few of the topics covered at the orientation, and I hope to share more of them with you in a future episode. \u00a0If you know of someone considering the JET Program or moving to Japan, there’s a lot of useful information in this episode.<\/p>\n

Enjoy,<\/p>\n

Nick\"small<\/a><\/p>\n

If you have not already done so, be sure to follow the podcast on Twitter @letstalkjapan<\/a> and leave a positive rating\/review in iTunes.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

  Let’s Talk Japan is a monthly, interview format podcast covering a wide range of Japan-related topics. Host Nick Harling (Mie-ken, 2001-03) lived in Japan from 2001 until 2005, including two great years as a JET Program participant in Mie-Ken. He practices law in Washington, D.C., and lives with his wife who patiently listens to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":106,"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":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[37,1216],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-35467","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-audio","category-life-as-a-jet"],"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