As part of our partnership with the Japan Society Boston, we will be sharing excerpts of interviews with JET alumni on our social media and blog! Our second interview is with former JET Abigail MacBain who was placed in Aomori. We will work our way down Japan and share interviews with participants from all 47 prefectures!
Episode 2: Aomori
Interview with Abigail ...READ MORE »
Gift-Giving as Relationship Building between the U.S. and Japan
Mary J. Eberhardinger, PhD
Department of Communication at Central Washington University
Hyogo, 2008-2010
This article will demonstrate the significance of the role of gift-giving in the omiyage industry in Japan. The role of gifts in the omiyage industry will be situated and argued as an extension of U.S.–Japan grassroots public diplomacy. The article will also ...READ MORE »
As part of our partnership with the Japan Society Boston, we will be sharing excerpts of interviews with JET alums on our social media and blog! In recognition of the Massachusetts-Hokkaido sister-state relationship, our first interview is with a former JET who was placed in Hokkaido. We will work our way down Japan and share interviews with participants from ...READ MORE »
By Bahia Simons-Lane and Jessica Record Transitions: Opportunities Forum & Networking Expo 2020 September 20th-26th 2020 Location: Zoom Meetings & Webinar Website: www.http://transitions.pnwjetaa.org/ Event Summary Transitions: Opportunities Forum & Networking Expo is the annual career and networking event organized by the Pacific Northwest JET Alumni Association (PNWJETAA). This year, the event was co-hosted by the U.S. JET Programme Alumni Association (USJETAA) to expand Transitions beyond ...READ MORE »
Official First Look of My Invisible Compass (2021) My Invincible Compass (2021) is a 5-year documentary following the journeys of Tomoya and other abused, abandoned and neglected children living in institutional care around Japan. Movie made by Matt Miller (Gunma, 2006-2009). Link to video New JET Streams Spring and Summer 2020 JET Streams ...READ MORE »
Every Monday at 12 pm PT - JETAASC Water Cooler Monday WFH blues got you down? Not being productive anyway? Just need a place to eat lunch? Take a break at the JETAASC Water Cooler! This is a casual drop-in type hang out where you can say hi, stick around for some lunchtime conversation, or just tune in to some ambient social interaction ...READ MORE »
U.S.-Japan Technology Policy Coordination: Balancing Technonationalism With a Globalized World James L. Schoff (Kanagawa, 1988-1999), a senior fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace's Asia Program, recently published a paper on technonationalist competition with a focus on ways the U.S. and Japan can coordinate. Read the paper here. Course: How Race and Ethnicity Shape American Life Registration is open for Mya Fisher's ...READ MORE »
USJETAA Partners with the Sasakawa Peace Foundation USA (Sasakawa USA) to administer a Chapter Grant program for JET alumni chapters. Sasakawa USA provides the funding and support to the JETAA chapter in conjunction with USJETAA. USJETAA and Sasakawa USA mentor JET alumni associations and through the process of conceptualizing and executing their projects alongside them help chapters learn best ...READ MORE »
The California Sister Cities Youth Leadership Summit will be held online on Saturday, February 6, 2021. The Sister Cities International Southern California Chapter, Koyamada International Foundation (KIF) USA, and the U.S. Japan Exchange & Teaching Programme Alumni Association would like to invite U.S. JET Program Alumni to serve as volunteers for this nonprofit online event that will be moderated by ...READ MORE »
Samantha Corpuz
President, Pacific Northwest JET Alumni Association
Gunma Prefecture, 2012–2016
The Pacific Northwest JET Alumni Association (PNWJETAA) was thrilled to welcome Executive Director of USJETAA Bahia Simons-Lane (Gunma, 2005-2007) to Seattle in early March. During these early days on the cusp of the pandemic, we had no idea that the world would change so much, or that the Leadership Program would ...READ MORE »
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