Paige Cottingham-Streater Conferred Japan’s Order of the Rising Sun, Gold Rays with Neck Ribbon
Posted by Bahia Simons-Lane
USJETAA is delighted to announce Paige Cottingham-Streater, USJETAA Board Chair, is among the foreign recipients of the Government of Japan’s 2022 Spring Imperial Decorations. Ms. Cottingham-Streater will receive the Order of the Rising Sun, Gold Rays with Neck Ribbon in recognition of her longstanding contributions to the promotion of people-to-people exchanges and mutual understanding between Japan and the United States.
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We are excited to announce Bill Tsutsui as the Keynote Speaker at JET35. Bill is the President & CEO of Ottawa University in Ottawa, Kansas. He is an award-winning historian and author of Godzilla on My Mind: Fifty Years of the King of Monsters.
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The USJETAA Board of Directors is pleased to announce the Vice Chair of its board, Jim Gannon, will serve as USJETAA’s Interim Executive Director to help guide it through the transition to new leadership. Jim takes this role upon the departure of Executive Director Bahia Simons-Lane. Bahia held the role of Executive Director for four years and leaves the organization ...
Today marks eleven years since the Tohoku region of Japan was devastated by the Great East Japan Earthquake.
Every year on March 11th we remember those who lost their lives in the triple disaster. Our hearts go out to the loved ones of those lost, and the survivors who have been on the long road to recovery over the past eleven years.
Though ...
We look forward to seeing you at the JET35 Alumni Reunion! It will be held from May 20-22 in Seattle, Washington. All JET alumni and friends of JET are welcome!
More information and ticket sales will be available on 
Congratulations to USJETAA Vice Chair James Gannon (Ehime, 1992-1994) for receiving a commendation from the outgoing Consul-General of Japan in New York. The ceremony recognized his contributions to U.S.-Japan exchanges, philanthropic initiatives particularly after 3/11, and advancing U.S.-Japan dialogues on global health while leading 
JET プログラム後のキャリア形成：JET で培った異文化を橋渡しする能力とグローバルなキャリアとは (日本語）
Post JET-career talk: Using your JET experience of bridging cultures in a global career (Japanese)
2022年2月22日、米国東部標準時17:00－18:30
2022年2月23日、日本時間7:00－8:30
Event description:
本パネルディスカッションでは、JETプログラム参加者を中心に、日本での就労経験やそこで培った語学力を活かして、現在グローバルにご活躍される方々からお話を伺います。様々な業界・セクターから5名のパネリストにご参加頂き、日本での就労後にどの様にして日本と海外の橋渡しをするキャリアを築いてきたのか、日本での生活や語学習得のご経験、日本企業の海外ビジネスの現状等を中心に、率直な意見交換をして頂きます。本企画は、主に現役JET参加者及び卒業生の方々を対象に、将来のキャリア形成の参考にして頂くことを目的とし、USJETAA関連イベントとしても初めて全て日本語にて実施されるものです。
In Japanese, panelists will share their personal stories of continuing with a Japan-related career after JET and time in Japan, their perspectives of Japan business developments abroad, and how the experience of studying Japanese, working and living in Japan has enabled them ...
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