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JET Program |
Overview
The Japan Exchange and Teaching Program seeks to enhance internationalization in Japan by promoting mutual understanding between Japan and other nations. The program aims to enhance foreign language education in Japan, and to promote international exchange at the local level through fostering ties between Japanese youth and foreign youth.
The objectives of the program are being achieved by offering college/university graduates with the opportunity to serve in local government organizations as well as in public and private junior and senior high schools.
The program is conducted by the local governments of Japan in cooperation with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Ministry of Education, the Ministry of Home Affairs and the Council of Local Authorities for International Relations (CLAIR). This program is renewed on an annual basis.
As the JET Program has achieved an excellent reputation over the last 20+ years, it is of great importance that this high level of respectability be maintained. Participants are invited to Japan as representatives of their home countries. Therefore, they are expected to be responsible in all of their activities, especially those concerning the promotion of mutual understanding between nations. Therefore, it is desirable that applicants are adaptable and have a positive interest in Japan