Our Photo of the Month for September comes from Anne Hooghart (Shiga, 1989-1990) who returned to her beloved JET furusato!

We are hosting a virtual JET Info Session on Thursday evening, September 24, 2026. Join us to learn more about this life-changing opportunity or spread the word to anyone you know considering JET!

Come join us for our next Japanese coaching session!

As a teenager, Markesia Square started to become deeply enamored with a certain form of pop culture. “In high school, when I was thinking about what I wanted to do with my future, I started to think about what gave me joy,” Square said.

Join Table for Two and Japan America Society of Alabama for the next edition of Ouchigohan on September 20th! We’ll be making an Otsukimi themed menu of meatballs, okura pickles and mitarashi dango!

Emily Frank (Hokkaido, 2002–2008) will lead our 2026 Q4 Career Coaching cohort with the theme Career Clarity Reset: Start Where You Are. Who you are matters in your career path and the only one who gets to define your success is you. This workshop series will be especially helpful for recently returned JETs, although Emily has extensive experience working with JETs in all phases of their career journey.

Coming home from JET is harder than departing on JET. Join fellow JETs on September 14, 2026 for an honest, interactive session about what you're carrying back, what you left behind and who you are on this side of the JET experience. You are not alone.

Join us on Friday, September 11 at 8:00 PM ET to read a passage titled ふきのとう (Fukinotou, the edible flower of the giant butterbur plant) by French literature scholar and essayist Naoko Kasama from her award winning collection 山影の町から (From the Town in the Shadow of the Mountain).