JETs on Japan Forum – Issue 6
Posted by Bahia Simons-Lane
Finding a Niche in Japan Research: JET Program Participants and Alumni
Jeanne Beck
PhD student in Applied Linguistics and Technology, Iowa State University
Nagano, 2008-2011
Japan Exchange and Teaching (JET) Program Assistant Language Teachers (ALTs) and alumni are valuable sources of knowledge on workplace relations in Japanese schools. Despite the long history and large number of participants and alumni of the JET Program, limited ...READ MORE »
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Preserving Traditional Japanese Agriculture in a Modern-Day Global Context
Lillian Rowlatt
Co-founder Kokoro Care Packages
Niigata, 2003-2005
Japan’s agriculture industry faces challenges from a shrinking and aging farming population, an overwhelming presence of small-scale farms, and inefficient structural and political issues. Yet against this backdrop, an opportunity arises for Japan to preserve and support its agricultural communities by increasing the awareness of its traditional ...
Why Japanese Boards of Directors Should be Held to Gender Diversity Standards of the West
Tracy Gopal
Founder, Third Arrow Strategies LLC
Shiga, 1992-1993
Mounting research indicates that gender diversity on boards is correlated with superior financial performance and governance oversight. Gender diversity fosters innovation, improved risk oversight, and a greater focus on workforce diversity issues. As board gender diversity has become a global issue, ...
Prospects for the Future of the U.S.-Japan Science and Technology Relationship
Erik Jacobs
Hyogo, 2013-2016
This article demonstrates the significance of U.S.-Japan collaboration across the space, science, and technology sectors. It offers an overview of U.S.-Japan science and technology (S&T) relations over the years, showing how the relationship has grown from its formalization in 1988 to include policy coordination on issues like research ...
Dispelling Three Myths about the U.S.-Japan Security Alliance
D'Mitri A. Farthing Jr.
MS Candidate, Global Technology and Development, Arizona State University
Kochi, 2018-current
The year 2020 marked the sixtieth anniversary of the U.S.-Japan Security Treaty, which the United States government itself recognizes as the “cornerstone of U.S. security interests in Asia and fundamental to regional stability and prosperity” (Bureau of East Asian and Pacific ...
On January 15, 2021, USJETAA selected 19 Microgrant recipients for the 2020-2021 Microgrant Initiative program for American JETs. The Microgrant Initiative program funded by the U.S. Embassy Tokyo, provides small grants to U.S. assistant language teachers and coordinators of international relations working in Japan on the JET Programme to introduce American culture and English language to students and the local ...
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USJETAA launched the fourth year of the Microgrant Initiative for American JETs last October. USJETAA partnered with the U.S. Embassy in Tokyo to award 22 microgrants (grants of small amounts of funding) to current American JET Program(me) teachers to support projects in Japanese schools and local communities. This year was the largest number of applications with a total of 39 ...
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