Our Partners
JETAA USA Chapter Partners
JETAA USA's Chapters are the backbone of the alumni network. They provide the services and connections - and the opportunities to get together and have fun - that make JETAA such a great resource. Among other activities, they partner with their local Japanese embassy or consulate, as well as sister state and sister city groups, Japan-America Societies, and other organizations to help strengthen and sustain relations between Japan and the US while enriching the lives of their members.
JETAA USA Partners
JETAA USA is the national volunteer umbrella organization supporting the 19 US Chapters and representing them on the Executive Committee of JETAA International.
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JETAA USA's primary partner in supporting the Chapters is its sister organization, the US Japan Exchange and Teaching Program Alumni Association (USJETAA) — a 501(c)(3) federal nonprofit organization, which provides grants, services, and other benefits to Chapters through collaborative working relationships.
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One of JETAA’s primary supporters at every level is the Council of Local Authorities for International Relations (CLAIR). CLAIR’s New York office (the Japan Local Government Center, or JLGC) is responsible for working with not only JETAA USA but also the alumni in Canada, Jamaica, and Trinidad and Tobago, and this has encouraged strong cooperative ties among the alumni in all four countries.
Beyond this, JETAA USA is a member of JETAA International (JETAA-I), and its three Country Representatives have seats on the JETAA-I Executive Committee. This allows JETAA USA to tap into the global alumni network and to contribute to growing and supporting the alumni community around the world in pursuit of shared objectives.
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We also work closely with the Association of Japan Exchange and Teaching (AJET) — a volunteer organization serving JETs currently on the Program.
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Please scroll down to learn more about our partners in detail.
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JETAA USA’s sister organization is USJETAA, a 501(c)(3) federal nonprofit organization providing support to the US alumni network at all levels, individual, Chapter, and national. As a legally-recognized nonprofit, USJETAA has the ability to solicit and accept grants and funding that JETAA USA, as an all-volunteer organization with no legal status, cannot. USJETAA also provides support to current JET Program participants, utilizing some of this funding, through a micro-grant program implemented in cooperation with the US Embassy in Tokyo.
JETAA USA is a member of JETAA International (JETAA-I). JETAA-I has worked since the 1990s, in different iterations, to serve and advance the worldwide alumni community. It currently has 18 member countries as well as some associate members working their way toward recognition as full Chapter members. JETAA-I technically serves all 75,000+ alumni around the world. While JETAA USA works mainly with CLAIR’s New York office, JETAA-I is the alumni’s primary interface with CLAIR Tokyo and the three Japanese government ministries overseeing the JET Program (the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science, and Technology (MEXT), the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA), and the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (MIC)).
AJET is the Association of Japan Exchange and Teaching, and it serves JETs currently on the Program. It is an independent nonprofit government relations organization that works with CLAIR and the three ministries responsible for the JET Program to represent current JETs, to address their issues, and to work with the government to manage and improve the Program.
The Japan Local Government Center, New York (JLGC), as CLAIR’s New York office, is a primary supporter of JETAA and the alumni in North America and the Caribbean. Since hosting the first JETAA conferences in the 1990s, JLGC, New York, has been deeply involved in working with the alumni to develop and strengthen the organizational capacity of their network in the region and around the world, as well as to promote the alumni as a resource for Japan and the many manifestations of its ties with the world, including sister city and state relationships, promotion of inbound tourism to and exports of local products from areas around Japan, and supporting youth and other exchanges.