Prospects for the Future of the US-Japan Science and Technology Relationship
Spring 2021
About the Author
Erik M. Jacobs taught English in Japan as an Assistant Language Teacher on the Japan Exchange Teaching (JET) Program from 2013 to 2016 in the coastal city of Kobe-shi, Hyogo Prefecture. After returning from Japan, Erik received an MA in Asian Studies from Georgetown University and has been involved in the U.S.-Japan relationship in various government roles. He served as the project manager for the ministerial level 14th Joint High-Level Committee Meeting on Science and Technology Cooperation Between the U.S. and Japan at the White House and also worked on two Vice Presidential visits to Japan in 2018. Erik holds a BA in Political Science from Temple University with a concentration in Japanese and was a study abroad student at Temple University, Japan Campus in Tokyo during the March 11, 2011, Great Tohoku Earthquake.
About JETs on Japan
The JETs on Japan Forum is a partnership between USJETAA and Sasakawa Peace Foundation USA (Sasakawa USA) that features selected articles of JET alumni perspectives on U.S.-Japan relations. The series aims to elevate the awareness and visibility of JET alumni working across diverse sectors and provides a platform for JET alumni to contribute to deeper understanding of U.S.-Japan relations from their fields. The articles will be posted on USJETAA’s website to serve as resource to the wider JET alumni and U.S.-Japan communities on how alumni of this exchange program are continuing to serve as informal ambassadors in U.S.-Japan relations.
Submissions are encouraged from mid-to-senior level professionals who are established in the current fields OR current/recent graduate degree students in both masters and doctoral programs.
