This is a collection of articles that touch on or focus on JET. The most recent articles are listed in the sidebar.
If you know of an article that is not listed here, or if one of the below links no longer works, please inform us at us2.jetaausa [at] gmail [dot] com
2015
- Former JET participant receives $5,000 scholarship at ASHA conference, Illinois State (01.21.15)
2014
- The making of ‘Tohoku Tomo’ and the 113 Project, Japan Today (08.10.14)
- Outgoing JET Program English teachers designated “honorary ambassadors”, Kyodo News (07.26.14)
- Notable Gifts: Taylor Anderson’s legacy lives on after Tsunami, Richmond Times Dispatch (04.19.14)
- Japan marks 3rd anniversary of tsunami disasters, ABC 7 Chicago (03.11.14)
- Clarify your role, prepare before a disaster strikes, Japan Times (03.09.14)
- How J.C. Restoration’s Cruz grew parents business into success, Daily Herald Business Ledger (03.03.14)
- Hometown U: New Japanese culture center commemorates UAA tsunami victim, Anchorage Daily News (02.22.14)
- Disaster prep to be 2020 focus: Matsuzoe, Japan Times (02.20.14)
- Japanese firms mostly unaware of benefits of hiring from JET ranks: poll, Japan Times (01.27.14)
2013
- Kennedy in Japan tsunami zone, highlights U.S. ties, Mainichi Shimbun (11.25.13)
- Tokyo education board to send English teachers to study abroad, Mainichi Shimbun (11.25.13)
- U.S. envoy Kennedy makes 1st visit to disaster-hit northeast Japan, Kyodo News (11.25.13)
- U.S. JET teacher features in 3/11 film, Japan Times (09.09.13)
- Calhoun native chosen to teach in Japan, Calhoun Times (07.28.13)
- Montbello high school drumline is headed to Takayama, Denver’s sister city in Japan, Denver Westword (06.05.13)
- Nine students to march aboard new direct flight from Denver to Tokyo, The Denver Post (06.01.13)
- Teacher scoops major award, Travistock Times Gazette, (06.23.13)
- Former AJET Chair Matthew Cook Announced as Senior Staff of Osaka Prefectural BoE’s New English Education Reform Team, Yomiuri Shimbun Online (05.22.13)
- Osaka Education Superintendent launches reform to improve English proficiency training, Osaka Nippon News Network (05.21.13)
- What’s for lunch? In Japanese schools, it’s always healthy, CBS News (05.18.13)
- Teaching Awards 2013 winner – South West is Crispin Chambers at Tavistock College, Pearson Teaching Awards, (05.17.13)
- Japanese teacher reaches final in Teacher of the Year Award, Plymouth Herald (02.28.13)
2012
- “Live Your Dream: The Taylor Anderson Story”, MSN Sankei News (11.11.12)
- “Live Your Dream: The Taylor Anderson Story”, WRIC TV 8 (11.10.12)
- “Live Your Dream: The Taylor Anderson Story”, Japan Press Network 47 News (11.10.12)
- Taylor Anderson story premiers in Richmond, WTVR 8 (11.09.12)
- Taylor Anderson documentary draws thousands to Center Stage, WWBT NBC12 (11.09.12)
- JET Programme Bonds Japanese and American Hearts: Beyond the Tragedies of the Great East Japan Earthquake, Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Japan – Diplomatic Blue Book 2012 (10.2012)
- Siblings visit Iwate city where U.S. teacher perished in 2011 tsunami, Japan Times (07.20.12)
- How the JET Program changed me, Japan Today (07.18.12)
- JET Memorial Project: Montgomery Dickson Memorial, Japan Foundation Center for Global Partnership (07.11.12)
- Young Pioneers of the JET Age, Highlighting Japan, (07.2012)
- Picture of the day: Thank You, Japan Today (4.30.12)
- Tsunami Relief Heroes Honored at Opener, MLB.com (3.28.12)
- Fukushima Taiko Drummers Japan’s Newest Stateside Export CNN International (3.14.12)
- Filmmaker Pays Tribute to Tsunami Victim’s Life Richmond Times-Dispatch (3.13.12)
- Americans Honor Victim NHK World (3.12.12)
- Quake, tsunami a year ago refreshed Kentuckian’s memories of time in Japan, Lexington Herald-Leader (3.11.12)
- Hope Remains After Destruction, Telegram.com (3.11.12)
- Local Teacher Remembered One Year After Tsunami CBS News (3.11.12)
- After the Tohoku Earthquake: ‘I Gave Up My Family for Dead’ Huffington Post (3.11.12)
- American JETs Rally for Japan in Myriad Ways American View (Spring Edition, 2012)
- Japanese Food Fans Urged to Eat to Help Tsunami Recovery (JETAA Australia) Manningham Leader (3.9.2012)
- Two Large Scale English Teacher Exchange Programs Compared in Japan and Taiwan, OpEd News (1.23.2012)
- Students in Rikuzentakata Take the Eiken in Memory of Monty, English translation via JETAA USA (1.23.2012)
2011
- Randolph Macon College Receives Grant in Honor of Taylor Anderson ’08, Randolph Macon College (12.13.2011)
- Round table on attracting foreign students, Japan Times
- Graham Shelby: Remembering a Very Different Dec. 7th, Courier Journal (12.7.2011)
- The JET Program: Americans Lead in Participation for 25 Years, Japan Matters for America (12.1.2011)
- Mockridge returns to visit quake, tsunami-ravaged Japan, Los Gatos Weekly Times (11.28.2011)
- Japan shows world it is safe with help of JET teachers, Asahi Shimbun (11.29.2011)
- Study halls opened in honor of ‘Monty-sensei’, Yomiuri Shimbun (11.5.2011)
- Graham Shelby: More Than Just a News Event Courier Journal (5.27.2011)
- Comparison of Two Large Foreign English Teacher and Internationalization Projects in East Asia, OpEd News (4.25.2011)
- Japanese Exchange Students in Clarkston, WXYZ-TV/Detroit (03.21.2011)
2010
- Does Japan Still Need 23-year old Exchange Program?, Associated Press (7.29.2010)
- JET Program Allies, Alums Mount Petition Campaign, Examiner.com (7.16.2010)
- Hawaii Takes Action on Possible JET Program Cuts, Hawaii News Now (7.14.2010)
- 100 English Dreams – a JET project by Christiana Aretta, JETwit.com
