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【JET Plaza】

Current and former JET participants are featured in the "JET Plaza" section of the monthly CLAIR Forum magazine. Here you are able to read articles about their activities and experiences on the JET Programme. Please take a look.

 

January 2012 Current JET Articlepdf

Zhixiong Yan (in Chinese)

 

January 2012 JET Alumnus Articlepdf

Michael Green: The MEF and JET Programmes in U.S.-Japan Relations (in English)

 

December 2011 Current JET Articlepdf

Mei Li (in Chinese)

 

December 2011 JET Alumnus Articlepdf

Interview with Matthew Fuller (in English)

 

November 2011 Current JET Articlepdf

Madeline Horne: Family Net: Building Bridges Between the Japanese and JET Communities in Fukui (in English)

 

 

November 2011 JET Alumnus Articlepdf

Nicky Furniss: Touching Tohoku (in English)

 

October 2011pdf

Hannah Eastham: Mind...Wandering... (in English)

 

September 2011pdf

Jean Yu (in Korean)

Interview with Susan Iwamoto (in English)

 

August 2011pdf

Kathryn Oi: Ganbappe! On Track to Normalcy (in English)

Gene Lyu: A Fukushima ALT (in English)

 

July 2011pdf

Munkhbayar Bayanbat (in Mongolian)

Vanessa Villalobos: Seeds of Inspiration Grow from the JET Programme (in English)

 

June 2011pdf

Jason Shon: A New Perspective on JET (in English)

Helen Auer: Special Needs, Special Hearts (in English)

 

May 2011pdf

Alex Blamberg: Coordinating Internationally (in English)

Diane Poon: Open Mindedness (in English)

 

April 2011pdf

Luke Happle: Challenges, Conferences and Coordinating: Being a CIR So Far (in English)

Jacqueline Toulson: Baggage (in English)

 

March 2011pdf

Maiko Carole Gobbi: Ma precieuse experience a Gifu (in French)

Hal Edmonson: The Koya (in English)

 

February 2011pdf

Christine Wegner: I Love This Game (in English)

Christopher-Michael Daeley: Spinning Memories (in English)

 

January 2011pdf

Claire Dawn-Marie Gittens: International Me (in English)

Joshua Teperman: Gachapin's Secret Identity (in English)

 

December 2010pdf

Jessica Harvey - The Kimono Journey (in English)

Melissa Mayer: My Path is the Wandered Path (in English)

 

November 2010pdf

Jarrad Morgan: Internationalisation.... One Kick At A Time (in English)

Perry Pollard: Crossing Barriers (in English)

 

October 2010pdf

Chiara Davis Fuller: The Gift of Learning (in English)

Ana Akemi Furukawa: Encontros, intercambios e aprendizados mutuos 〜 construindo lembrancas do JET Programme (in Portuguese)

 

 

September 2010pdf

Emily McBride: The Never-ending Story Part 1 (in English)

Simon Daly: A Series of Fortunate Events (in English)

 

August 2010pdf

Hamie Kaoru Tsuchida Sakuma: Aprendendo e vivendo experiencias valiosas no Japao (in Portuguese)

 

Levi Brunner: Islanders' Treasure (in English)

 

July 2010pdf

Serene W. Yip: The First Step Towards Internationalisation (in English)

James Smyth: My Hometown (in English)

 

June 2010pdf

Christopher McCabe: Experiencing Living History on the Job! (in English)

Tiffany-Lee Dyer: Three Arrows (in English)

 

May 2010pdf

Erica Nakanishi-Stanis: Exceeded Expectations (in English)

Mia Reiko Braverman: Ichigoichie (in English)

 

April 2010pdf

James Split : A Promise to My Teenage Self (in English)

Jacinta McKenzie: A Boy's Kimono of the Field (in English)

 

March 2010pdf

Anna Livinskaya: Ц ЕННЫЙ ОПЫТ (in Russian)

Seiji Ishiguro: Be Water my Friend (in English)

 

February 2010pdf

Patrick Costello: Do You Really Understand Japan? (in English)

Joshua Brown: A Hot Day in August (in English)

 

January 2010pdf

Natalie Bell: A Two Way Street (in English)

Joseph Schott: Finding a Rythm (in English)

 

December 2009pdf

Sophie Bocklandt: De JET brug tussen Belgie en Japan (in Dutch)

Guadalupe Vargas: A Consequential Life (in English)

 

November 2009pdf

Justin Moy: Kindness Talks (in English)

Feng Xu: Endless Aspiration (in Chinese)

 

October 2009

Krystal Lynes: Confronting Challenges (in English)

Huiru Xie: A Home Away From Home (in English)

 

September 2009pdf

Remco Evert-jan Vrolijk: Kleine zaadjes van uitwisseling (in Dutch)

Geronimo Paras Brillo: Saving the Planet (in English)

 

August 2009pdf

April Orientation Report

Icy Jones: Smaller than a Flower (in English)

Omara Turner: My Journey Home (in English)

 

July 2009

Aurelien Baron: Tiens, si j'essayais? (in French)

Tara Arajs: A Perfect Fit (in English)

 

June 2009

Ryan Williams: Changes (in English)

Estie Shenderovich: A Special Place (in English)

 

May 2009

Marcos Castilho Barreto Yokoyama: Valorizando cada encontro... a (in Portuguese)

Viljami Nykanen: Oppia Ika Kaikki a (in Finnish)

 

April 2009

Michael Shiells: Great Things Come in Small Packages (in English)

Gloria Uchida: !Que bueno haya venido a Okinawa! (in Spanish)

 

March 2009

Joanne L'Estrange West: Things I Would Never Have Dreamt Of! (in English)

Vishal Ganessingh: Why Am I Naked? (in English)

 

February 2009

Natalie Leong: Treasured Memories of Aomori (in English)

Sara Williams: Jump! (in English)

 

January 2009

Patrick Wagner: Als CIR in Naruto (in German)

Ian Cheung: No Place like Home (in English)

 

December 2008

Hughar Hartzenberg: Living in the Heart of Japan (in English)
William McMichael: The Speaker Behind the Mask (in English)

 

 

November 2008pdf

Scott Maxwell: Equilibrium (in English)

Todd Ward: A Tale of Two Cities and One American (in English)

 

October 2008 pdf

Mathieu Bellier: Je ne comptais pourtant etudier qu'une seule annee... (in French)

Anna Ball: Shimanchu (in English)

 

September 2008 pdf

Daniel Smiley: Life on the Other Side of the Mountain (in English)

Helen Clark: The Experience of a Lifetime (in English)

 

August 2008 pdf

Michelle Alford: Still? (in English)

Molly Burgwinkle: My Japanese Cup of Tea (in English)

 

July 2008 pdf

Maria Cristina Utada: Una Coexistencia Multicultural mas alla de la Simple Internacionalizacion

                           -Un grafiti cante Modo de Intercambio Internacional- (in Spanish)

Aaron Smith: Being a JET in Yamaguchi: An Exploration (in English)

 

June 2008 pdf

Edja Bosque-Hamilton: Home Away From Home (in English)

Luke Wevers: My Japanese Mum (in English)

 

May 2008 pdf

Daniel Parsons: My Internationalization (in English)

Kyongmi Kang: Discovering the New Me (in Korean)

 

April 2008 pdf

Paulette L.Waltz: Island Life (in English)

Christian Yamato Tsuji: Bridging the Gap (in English)

 

March 2008 pdf

Raquel Pollan Moreno: !A Japon, por Supuesto! (in Spanish)

Pieter Austin Gardiner: From Ozu to FIFA 2010! (in English)

 

February 2008 pdf

Dinara Lipinskya: Daily Life Full of Surprises as a JET (in Russian)

Ian Fookes: What’s in the Nabe? (in English)

 

January 2008 pdf

Kevin Meek: A World of Islands (in English)

Nami Kasuya: Rediscovering Japan (in English)

 

December 2007 pdf

Chris Norman: Representing Myself (in English)

Shane Keown: Really It’s True, I’m Not Joking (in English)

 

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