{"id":48144,"date":"2022-01-20T11:47:45","date_gmt":"2022-01-20T15:47:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/?p=48144"},"modified":"2022-01-20T12:41:11","modified_gmt":"2022-01-20T16:41:11","slug":"us-japan-communitycalling-on-japan-to-open-to-foreign-students-and-scholars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/2022\/01\/20\/us-japan-communitycalling-on-japan-to-open-to-foreign-students-and-scholars\/","title":{"rendered":"US-Japan community:&#8221;Calling on Japan to open to foreign students and scholars&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/img.kyodonews.net\/english\/public\/images\/posts\/9e7aa6b4536a5e2c622385509f6bf3d7\/photo_l.jpg\" alt=\"Japan PM Kishida gets Biden's &quot;strong&quot; commitment on Senkaku defense\" width=\"319\" height=\"191\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>In advance of Prime Minister Fumio Kishida&#8217;s Friday virtual meeting with President Joe Biden, the US-Japan community has issued a letter to the government of Japan urging it to relax its border restrictions in order to allow foreign students and scholars as well as family members abroad to enter Japan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nichibeiconnect.com\/u-s-japan-community-comes-together-to-express-concerns-to-goverment-of-japan\/\" class=\"aioseop-link\">Link to just the letter on Nichibeiconnect.com<\/a> (&#8220;US-Japan Community Urges Government of Japan to Relax Border Closure&#8221;)<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gopetition.com\/petitions\/calling-on-japan-to-open-to-foreign-students-and-scholars.html\" class=\"aioseop-link\">Link to the letter and additional commentary on GoPetition.com <\/a>(&#8220;Calling on Japan to open to foreign students and scholars&#8221;)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>&#8220;Members of the US-Japan Network for the Future initiated this petition to call on the Japanese government to expand the range of foreign visitors allowed to enter Japan subject to vaccine, testing, and quarantine requirements. The petition will be delivered to representatives of the Japanese government in Washington, DC, and in Tokyo. We encourage Japan scholars, experts, and others involved in student exchange, regardless of nationality, to sign the petition.&#8221;<\/p><cite>https:\/\/www.gopetition.com\/petitions\/calling-on-japan-to-open-to-foreign-students-and-scholars.html <\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>Over 100 scholars, educators, policy practitioners, and bridge builders of the US-Japan community have signed the letter, <strong>a number of whom are JET alumni:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.jusfc.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/Paige-Cottingham-Streater-sm.jpg\" alt=\"Paige Cottingham-Streater | JUSFC\" width=\"69\" height=\"104\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Paige Cottingham Streater<\/strong>, Executive Director, Japan-U.S. Friendship Commission <em>(Also co-founder and Board Chair of US JETAA, and one of the original founders of the JET Alumni Association back in 1988!)<\/em><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pbs.twimg.com\/profile_images\/829550205804621824\/wKO5M7Rt_400x400.jpg\" alt=\"Jim Gannon (@JimGGannon) \/ Twitter\" width=\"97\" height=\"97\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>James Gannon<\/strong>, Senior Fellow, Japan Center for International Exchange (JCIE\/USA) <em>(Also Vice-Director of US JETAA and a member of the JETAA USA Board of Advisors)<\/em><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/theasiagroup.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Mike.jpg\" alt=\"The Asia Group | Michael Green - The Asia Group\" width=\"104\" height=\"104\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Michael Green<\/strong>, Director of Asian Studies and Chair in Modern and Contemporary Japanese Politics and Foreign Policy, Georgetown University; Senior Vice President for Asia and Japan Chair, Center for Strategic and International Studies <em>(Michael was a Monbusho English Fellow (MEF) which was like the beta version of the JET Program.)<\/em><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pbs.twimg.com\/media\/DhMOnJdU0AAr-FV.jpg\" alt=\"Drake University on Twitter: &quot;Associate Professor of Political Science Mary  McCarthy was in South Korea in June as part of the Bridging the Divide  program. Attendees met with Korean policymakers, politicians, academics,\" width=\"137\" height=\"103\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Mary M. McCarthy<\/strong>, Professor of Politics and International Relations, Department of Political Science, Drake University<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.geneseo.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/faculty-images\/Rao_0.JPG\" alt=\"Anand Rao | SUNY Geneseo\" width=\"102\" height=\"102\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Anand Rao<\/strong>, Assistant Professor of Political Science &amp; International Relations, State University of New York at Geneseo<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/fsi-live.s3.us-west-1.amazonaws.com\/s3fs-public\/staff\/3865\/Ben_Self.JPG\" alt=\"FSI | Shorenstein APARC - Benjamin Self\" width=\"74\" height=\"99\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Benjamin Self<\/strong>, Vice President, The Maureen and Mike Mansfield Foundation<\/li><li><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Note<\/span>: There may be other JET alumni among the signatories. If you identify one, you can email jetwit@jetwit.com.<\/em><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/culcon.jusfc.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Len-Shoppa.jpg\" alt=\"Leonard J. Schoppa, Jr. \u00b7 Conference on Cultural and Educational  Interchange (CULCON)\" width=\"71\" height=\"89\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Leonard Schoppa<\/strong>, Professor, Department of Politics, University of Virginia; Senior Advisor, US-Japan Network for the Future<\/li><li><strong>Ryan Shaffer<\/strong>, President of Japan-America Society of Washington DC<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/rijs.fas.harvard.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/2021-11\/Whitelaw_Gavin019_small.png\" alt=\"GAVIN H. WHITELAW | Reischauer Institute of Japanese Studies\" width=\"76\" height=\"114\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Gavin Whitelaw<\/strong>, Executive Director of the Edwin O. Reischauer Institute of Japanese Studies, Harvard University<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.wixstatic.com\/media\/e788c5_8b18860db841432f9b94677d8ec011b5~mv2.jpg\/v1\/fill\/w_1000,h_667,al_c,q_90,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01\/e788c5_8b18860db841432f9b94677d8ec011b5~mv2.jpg\" alt=\"Bahia Simons-Lane - Numata, Gunma (2005-2007)\" width=\"193\" height=\"128\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Bahia Simons-Lane<\/strong>, Director, US JETAA and former President of JETAA Florida<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In advance of Prime Minister Fumio Kishida&#8217;s Friday virtual meeting with President Joe Biden, the US-Japan community has issued a letter to the government of Japan urging it to relax its border restrictions in order to allow foreign students and scholars as well as family members abroad to enter Japan. 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