{"id":42150,"date":"2017-11-29T16:11:36","date_gmt":"2017-11-29T20:11:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/?p=42150"},"modified":"2017-11-29T16:17:53","modified_gmt":"2017-11-29T20:17:53","slug":"asia-on-air-celebrating-30-years-of-the-jet-program","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/2017\/11\/29\/asia-on-air-celebrating-30-years-of-the-jet-program\/","title":{"rendered":"Asia on Air: Celebrating 30 Years of the JET Program"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #000000\">The JET Program was founded in 1987 as a program that fostered ties between Japan and four other nations. Today, the program has evolved to include participants from more than 40 countries around the world, with activities ranging from English-teaching to sports exchanges.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000\">This episode of Asia on Air celebrates 30 years of the JET program by interviewing three former JETs: <\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><a href=\"https:\/\/spfusa.org\/staff\/joy-champaloux\/\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff\">Joy Champaloux<\/span><\/span><\/a><span style=\"color: #000000\">,<\/span><\/span> Associate Program Officer at Sasakawa USA and President of the JET Alumni Association of Washington, D.C.; <\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.worldaffairscouncils.org\/About\/index.cfm?PageID=7&amp;PersonID=1\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff\">Bill Clifford<\/span><\/a>, CEO and President of the World Affairs Councils of America and Non-resident Senior Fellow at the Foreign Policy Institute at the School of Advanced International Studies at Johns Hopkins University; and<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000\"><a href=\"http:\/\/mansfieldfdn.org\/about\/mansfield-foundation-staff-2\/\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff\">Hayley Aron<\/span><\/a>, Administrative and Program Assistant at the Maureen and Mike Mansfield Foundation. <\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000\">Listen in for host Brian Graf\u2019s discussion with our accomplished guests on their experiences in Japan as JETs and how these experiences have shaped their careers and encouraged them to support U.S.-Japan relations.<\/span><\/p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"100%\" height=\"166\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F352057646&width=false&height=false&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&visual=false&show_comments=false&color=false&show_user=false&show_reposts=false\"><\/iframe>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div align=\"left\">\n<div align=\"left\">\n<div style=\"text-align: center\" align=\"left\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><strong>Credits:<\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"color: #000000\">Host and Creator:<\/span><span style=\"color: #0000ff\">\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/spfusa.org\/staff\/brian-graf\/\">Brian Graf<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"color: #000000\">Guests:\u00a0Bill Clifford,\u00a0Hayley Aron<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000\">, and\u00a0Joy Champaloux<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"color: #000000\">Producer and Engineer: Graham Dietz<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"color: #000000\">Music by HitsLab and Moby Gratis<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><em><a href=\"http:\/\/r20.rs6.net\/tn.jsp?f=0013YM_lrvna00EOZibgc9G7Z_927B00HRstwrUgBsRqE8smeQ8HUxbwenktYV27UFzpbAwfQQpCr_cSptR8hVyEMRxAyTz4xQVr0HRr-kEo_wwVOPba9SWfiFblCb1GfNKSIQWb7pGqo8p0O9X3KacWZ55tJxwfYm8thE2QuLcW33iBK2E9OvNcJCNfPICEGsGrn3NrpfaoAg=&amp;c=qOG4jMgPyEcYJqiHhS4Y9eKLHc3sNSs5y3DYeI8hokATZkfnINKo8w==&amp;ch=z_RWM9YirftuDZTZMLJ8Z3zT4o_g0WbePPAgOh6bsWQXyPyUnmFGWg==\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff\">Asia on Air<\/span><\/a>\u00a0<span style=\"color: #000000\">is a new Sasakawa USA podcast committed to analysis of the latest news in U.S.-Asia relations. 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