News & Updates
Finding Her own Path - JET alum celebrates Mountain Day
JET alum Sarah Wada (Niigata 2017-2020) reminisces on her time hiking the mountains of Japan and explains how she began the hiking group Niigata Hikers.
JETAA-sphere Podcast: Eirene Tran Donohue
In the newest episode of the JETAA-sphere Podcast, USJETAA’s Jessyca Livingston talks with JET alumna and Hollywood screenwriter Eirene Tran Donohue (Nagasaki 2002-04) about her recent #1 Netflix movie, A Tourist’s Guide to Love
JSB Meets JET Alumni: Patty Blas (Shizuoka 1997-2000)
June’s superstar is Patty Blas who stepped into the JET Program right after university and has never looked back.
Interview: Ciara Jacques - Miyagi (2021 - 2022)
Being exposed to so many exciting cross-cultural programs, reading the stories of other former JETs, hearing the Japan journeys of our podcast interviewees – all of it inspired me to explore my own connection with Japan in a much bigger way.
Interview: Ryan Hata - Tottori (2014 - 2017)
I commuted about an hour by train from Tottori City to an even smaller town. . .
Interview: Carlton Fischer - Okinawa (2015 - 2019)
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 15 were from Japan. . .