If you don't believe in destiny, then you should join the JET Program.

Through my years on JET and in my alumni life after, I have heard countless stories of chance meetings, coincidental connections, and life changing opportunities. Perhaps this isn't destiny- perhaps it is community in action.

Valerie, like many of us, stepped into her small JET town where she often heard students muttering “I can’t read this!” “This is Japan, I don’t know why we’re learning English.” But what she was able to create with a microgrant from USJETAA was nothing less than a reading revolution in her community of students. Want the full JET ALT warm fuzzies? Read her story!

Boost your Japanese skills with guidance from our language coaching experts! Join us on the evening of Friday, April 24th in the US or the morning of Saturday, April 25th in Japan to work on your ペラペラ！

Spring is right around the corner, and what better way to celebrate the season than with a reading about cherry blossoms? Join us on Friday, April 10 at 8:00 PM ET. 🌸

For the second installment of our Career Coaching Series, Kristy Ishii (Gunma, 2016-2018) will lead Define Your Career Direction, a workshop designed to help turn a nonlinear path into a more strategic next step, grounded in clarity, market awareness, and decisive action.

Get ready to stir, whisk, and taste your way through MISO MADNESS on Saturday, March 21 at 5:30PM ET!

USJETAA is excited to announce the addition of GLOBIS University to our University Partnerships.

Connor McKenzie (Hyogo, 2016-2019)

Regional competition and strategic decision-making in the Indo-Pacific are increasingly unfolding in murky domains, often described with terms such as gray-zone. State and nonstate actors rely on these ambiguous tactics and strategies to exploit and coerce targets without engaging in direct physical conflict, evoking the gray-zone between war and peace.

JETs on Japan: March, 2026