News & Events

Featured
Japanese Reading Group: January 2026
Japanese Reading Group: January 2026

Join us on January 9 at 7:00 PM ET for our first reading of 2026! We will be reading Diary of a Boy’s New Year by Ogawa Mimei, a well known writer of children’s stories and fairy tales.

Career Coaching Collective: The AI Career Advantage 
Career Coaching Collective: The AI Career Advantage 

Our newest professional development program!

Japanese Language Coaching: January 23, 2026
Japanese Language Coaching: January 23, 2026

Boost Your Nihongo for 2026!

December’s Ouchigohan: Christmas Cake & Karaage
December’s Ouchigohan: Christmas Cake & Karaage

Join us for a special holiday session of Ouchigohan on Sunday, December 21 at 5:00 PM ET.

Revitalizing Rural Communities: What the United States and Japan Can Learn from One Another
Revitalizing Rural Communities: What the United States and Japan Can Learn from One Another

Samantha Sodetz (Kagoshima, 2018-2019)

Rural communities in both Japan and the United States have much to learn from one another as they seek to address rural depopulation. In a globalized world where many people, especially young people, are driven to metropolitan areas in pursuit of economic advancement—think, Osaka, Tokyo, and Fukuoka in Japan and coastal cities like New York and Los Angeles in the United States—often-neglected rural communities in both countries are facing cascading problems.

JETs on Japan: December, 2025

Japan Society of Boston Meets Jennifer Sherman (Mie, 2012-2016)
Japan Society of Boston Meets Jennifer Sherman (Mie, 2012-2016)

This December, Japan Society of Boston featured Jennifer Sherman (Mie, 2012-2016), in their JSB meets JET Alumni series.

Cara Lam: From Rural Japan to the World State with Team USA Dragon Boat
Cara Lam: From Rural Japan to the World State with Team USA Dragon Boat

Cara Lam's journey into the JET Program and Japan was inspired by her multicultural upbringings and her undeniable passion for adventure. She credits the JET Program for transforming her sense of adventure into purpose. Representing the United States at the Dragon Boat World Championships in the summer of 2025 in Germany and reconnecting with her former students in Japan, Cara's adventures are still going strong, even after Japan. 

American University’s School of International Service: Info Session
American University’s School of International Service: Info Session

American University is hosting a virtual info session on Friday, December 5, 2025⁠ at 8:00 PM ET.

Japanese Reading Group: December 2025
Japanese Reading Group: December 2025

Join us on December 5 at 7PM ET to read another essay by Itsuki Hiroyuki from his collection 捨てない生き方 (Living Without Throwing Things Away).

After JET: Turning Your Professional Page
After JET: Turning Your Professional Page

Join us for a session with JET alumni who now recruit for Japanese companies, sharing how they’ve built on their JET experience and found their next path on December 11, 2025.

Looking for a particular article? Search past content.

Become a member to receive our monthly newsletter featuring the latest news, upcoming events, and professional development opportunities.

Membership & Newsletter

Follow Us!

Daruma are a traditional way to set intentions and stay focused. As you'll recall, when you make a wish or set a goal, you paint Daruma’s left eye (the right side when you’re facing it). Once your goal is achieved, you paint in the right
From the team at USJETAA, we wish you a wonderful holiday season ✨⁠ ⁠ We hope you enjoy these last few days of the year. There are many more exciting programs and events coming in 2026!⁠ ⁠ Happy Holidays! ☃️⁠ ⁠ #USJETAA #JETProgram #JETAlum
Did you hear? The 2025 kanji of the year was announced as 熊 "kuma", meaning bear.⁠ ⁠ If you keep up with Japanese news, you know that "kuma" has been in the news a lot recently, due to the increase in bear sightings and incidents
📖 Start the new year by challenging your Japanese reading skills!⁠ Join our January Japanese Reading Group as we read ある少年の正月の日記 (Diary of a Boy’s New Year) by Ogawa Mimei, a beloved writer of children’s stories and fairy tales.⁠ ⁠ With
New Episode of Shushoku Café from our friends at QUICK USA & Ikigai Connections! ⁠ ⁠ Episode 18 takes you to 🌴 Southern California, offering an inside look at what it’s really like to live and work in one of the most diverse and dyn
🚀 NEW!! Career Coaching Collective: The AI Career Advantage⁠ ⁠ Ready to level up your job search in 2026? USJETAA is launching a three-part workshop series for JETs, by JETs, led by career coach and JET alum Tsehay Wright (Nagano, 2015–2017).⁠
JETs!!! We need your vote TODAY! With 45,000 JET alumni, let's crowd source some luck! If USJETAA gets enough votes, we could win $1,000 💰️ to support our organization and community through 🎁AccuRadio's Season of Sharing campaign.⁠ ⁠ So, here's wha

Sponsors and Donors