{"id":42445,"date":"2018-01-25T10:29:01","date_gmt":"2018-01-25T14:29:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/?p=42445"},"modified":"2018-01-25T10:29:01","modified_gmt":"2018-01-25T14:29:01","slug":"justins-japan-jet-programme-alumni-gala-celebrates-30-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/2018\/01\/25\/justins-japan-jet-programme-alumni-gala-celebrates-30-years\/","title":{"rendered":"Justin’s Japan: JET Programme Alumni Gala Celebrates 30 Years"},"content":{"rendered":"
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By<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/em>JQ\u00a0<\/em>magazine<\/em><\/a><\/strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/em>editor<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/em>Justin Tedaldi<\/a><\/em><\/strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/em>(<\/em><\/strong>CIR<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/em>Kobe-shi<\/a>, 2001-02) <\/em><\/strong>for<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/em>Shukan NY Seikatsu<\/a>. <\/em><\/strong>Justin<\/em><\/strong> has<\/em><\/strong> written<\/em><\/strong> about<\/em><\/strong> Japanese<\/em><\/strong> arts<\/em><\/strong> and<\/em><\/strong> entertainment<\/em><\/strong> for<\/em><\/strong> JETAA<\/em><\/strong> since<\/em><\/strong> 2005. <\/em><\/strong>For<\/em><\/strong> more<\/em><\/strong> of<\/em><\/strong> his<\/em><\/strong> articles<\/em><\/strong>,<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/em>click here<\/a>.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Since forming in 1987, the Japan Exchange and Teaching Programme (JET) has become one of the world\u2019s largest international exchange programs, with nearly 65,000 people from 65 countries selected to promote English language learning and teaching in Japan. To commemorate its first three decades, the JET Alumni Association of New York (JETAANY) is hosting an equally ambitious event.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe main purpose of the JETAANY Gala is to celebrate 30 years of the JET Programme and all we hope it will become,\u201d said JETAANY events chair Andy Shartzer. \u201cJET has helped the grassroots community abroad, and our alumni chapters explore how we can continue its message. Our goal is also to establish JETAANY as a greater presence in the U.S.-Japan community.\u201d<\/p>\n

The sold-out gala, which will be held at Brooklyn\u2019s Dumbo Loft on February 3rd, will feature multiple generations of JET participants and community members with ties to Japan, along with a taiko performance, an awards ceremony, and a prize drawing. Donations are from local companies and organizations including publisher Vertical, Inc., Kaoru Watanabe Taiko Center, and the venerable Japan Society of New York.<\/p>\n

\u201cSince its inception 30 years ago, the JET Programme has been a unique and outstanding facilitator of grassroots exchange between the U.S. and Japan,\u201d said JETAANY president Wendy Ikemoto. \u201cAs one of the largest and most active alumni chapters in the U.S., we’re honored by the overwhelming response received.\u201d<\/p>\n

According to Shartzer, JETAANY plans to host similar events in the future, and is delighted to form new partnerships. For sponsorship and donation proposals, email Wendy at president@jetaany.org<\/a>. For more information on JETAANY, visit http:\/\/jetaany.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

By\u00a0JQ\u00a0magazine\u00a0editor\u00a0Justin Tedaldi\u00a0(CIR\u00a0Kobe-shi, 2001-02) for\u00a0Shukan NY Seikatsu. Justin has written about Japanese arts and entertainment for JETAA since 2005. For more of his articles,\u00a0click here. Since forming in 1987, the Japan Exchange and Teaching Programme (JET) has become one of the world\u2019s largest international exchange programs, with nearly 65,000 people from 65 countries selected to promote […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"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":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[4,53,318,291,340,282],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-42445","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-articlejournalism","category-events","category-jets-in-the-news","category-jq-magazine","category-justins-japan","category-jet-roi"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pkZ7m-b2B","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42445","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\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=42445"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42445\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":42449,"href":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42445\/revisions\/42449"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=42445"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=42445"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=42445"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}