Call for Participants — JET Alumni Study

Are you a former JET Program ALT? Did you teach English in Japan through the JET Program? Are you 18 or older?

If yes, you're invited to participate in a research study at Arizona State University! We're exploring the experiences of former JET Program Assistant Language Teachers.

What's involved: A 45-minute audio-recorded Zoom interview about your JET experience. Participation is voluntary.

Interested? Complete a brief eligibility form: https://forms.gle/RqnwPn8F2q6hXXzk9

Questions? Contact us at hkuroiwa@asu.edu or p.torres@asu.edu 

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Employment Opportunity at the Consulate-General of Japan in Chicago

The Consulate-General of Japan in Chicago's Japan Information Center is hiring multiple part-time, remote JET Program Interview Assistants for the upcoming 2026 JET Program interview season.

For more information, please refer to the position posting here:

https://www.chicago.us.emb-japan.go.jp/files/100939658.pdf

Join us for our next Book Club meeting on Wednesday, December 16th!

Our book club highlights voices and stories with a solid connection to Japan. For our next meeting, we chose "Kakigori Summer" by Emily Itami. A tale of three sisters divided by distance and circumstance. Ambitious Rei works in finance in London; Kiki is the single mother of a young son working in a retirement home in Tokyo, and Ai, the youngest, is a peripatetic Japanese music idol. When disgraced J-pop idol Ai seeks refuge in her family’s sleepy coastal town, she reunites with her half-sisters Rei and Kiki for one fragile summer of shaved-ice afternoons and salt-kissed breezes. As the three women share stories beneath the cicadas’ hum, long-buried truths about their mother’s death surface gently, like ripples on the tide. Warm, witty, and deeply moving, this tender tale of sisterhood, belonging, and second chances feels like a cool spoonful of melon syrup on the hottest day—simple, sweet, and impossible to put down.

Be sure to pick up a copy of the book and join us for an evening of casual discussion in a virtual space via Zoom! Registrations are limited, so grab a spot while you can!

Sign up here!

This event is for JET alumni, JASC YPC members and friends.

Questions? Contact Joe at networking@jetaachicago.com