Will Nelson
Aomori-ken 2017-2019
Introduction
Since the COVID-19 pandemic, Taiwan has increasingly drawn attention on the world stage. This is due not only to its role as a key flashpoint in the tense U.S.-China relationship, but also in part because of its outsized role in the global semiconductor manufacturing industry. However, the Western public has only slowly begun to realize the key role ...READ MORE »
The USJETAA board has announced that Jessyca Livingston will become the new executive director of the organization in January 2023. She takes the baton from Jim Gannon, who has served as interim director for 9 months after Bahia Simon-Lane’s four years at the helm.
Jessyca most recently worked at the Japan-America Society of Colorado, and she has a long history ...READ MORE »
Where were you in Japan as a JET and when?
I was placed in Minamisanriku in Miyagi prefecture, from 2021 to 2022. It’s a small town on Japan’s northeastern coast, about half an hour south of Kesennuma and an hour and a half from Sendai, Miyagi’s largest city.
What sparked your interest in applying for the JET program?
Mostly my time ...READ MORE »
Where were you in Japan as a JET and when?
I was an ALT in the least populated prefecture, Tottori from 2014-2017. I commuted about an hour by train from Tottori City to an even smaller town of Aoya and taught at Aoya Senior High School five days a week.
What sparked your interest in applying for the JET program?
I’m part ...READ MORE »
Where were you in Japan as a JET and when?
The JET Program sent me to Nakijin Village in Northern Okinawa from 2015-2019
What sparked your interest in applying for the JET program?
As a high schooler, I was very fortunate to attend a school where 1/4 of the students were studying abroad primarily from Asian countries. Of the 100 international students, about ...READ MORE »
Watch the video from the October 14 webinar hosted by JETAA USA & USJETAA with one of America’s leading Japan experts, Sheila Smith on the state of US-Japan partnership.
Speaker: Sheila A. Smith, Council on Foreign Relations
YouTube link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=no4jteCJBxg
Agenda (Friday, October 14, 2022, 5:00-6:00 pm EST)
Introduction by Adam Lisbon (JETAA USA Country Representative)
Dr. ...READ MORE »
The “Microgrant Initiative for Current JETs” provides $200-$1,000 for current JETs to organize projects in their classrooms and local communities that introduce American culture or help teach English. This is sponsored by USJETAA with funding from US Embassy Tokyo.
Application Deadline: November 15, 2022
Info Session: Sign up for the Nov. 2 (8:00-9:00 pm JST) Zoom webinarLearn more about ...READ MORE »
Jim Gannon (Imabari-shi, Ehime, 1992-1994)
Where were you in Japan as a JET and when?
I was an ALT in the port town of Imabari, in Ehime Prefecture, from 1992 to 1994. This entailed rotating among 11 junior high schools in the mountains and islands around Imabari. The island schools in particular were tiny, with maybe 20 to 30 students each. They were remote, ...READ MORE »
Where were you in Japan as a JET and when?
I lived in a town called Noto, Ishikawa. Noto is one large town merged by several smaller towns and villages across the southern part of the Noto peninsula. Although I taught across most of Noto in its many different towns, my apartment was specifically in Matsunami. Most of Noto is what ...READ MORE »
JETAADC panel organized with support from the 2019-2020 Chapter Grant Program
An info session was held on August 15 to learn how chapters can apply to the USJETAA/Sasakawa USA Chapter Grant Program.
Each year, these special grants (typically $1,000~$3,000) support initiatives that strengthen or highlight US-Japan relations. Chapter leaders from the 19 JETAA chapters in the ...READ MORE »
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