Category Archives: PR
2011 JETAA International Meeting and JETAA USA Relief Fund featured on NHK
Thanks to JETAA Northern California for the heads up on the NHK news report featuring the 2011 JETAA International Conference held in late October 2011. The video link is no longer live, but it gave a brief overview of … Continue reading
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton talks about JET
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton lauded the JET Programme for its vital grassroots relationship building at the U.S.-Japan Council Annual Conference on October 7th, 2011. Clinton mentioned the JET alumni community’s role in raising money for earthquake/tsunami relief and cited … Continue reading
Homecoming & Charitable Activities: The Quiet Successes of the JET Program
In August the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, in cooperation with the Japan Tourism Agency introduced a “homecoming” program through which former participants of the JET Program who served in areas that have been affected by the Great East Japan Earthquake … Continue reading
JET Makes the News on NPR
Here are a few JET-related articles and radio piece written and produced in the past month by JET Alum Bluegrass Subchapter member Graham Shelby (ALT, Fukushima). Graham went to Nashville at the end of July to interview some of the … Continue reading