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1. Number of JET participants in 2014, listed by position and country (As of 1 July, 2014). COUNTRY ALT CIR SEA TOTAL

United States 2,364 93 2,457

United Kingdom 366 17 383

Australia 296 19 315

New Zealand 242 13 255

Canada 478 17 495

Ireland 81 5 86

France 4 14 18

Germany 2 13 15

China 9 64 1 74

Korea 2 58 8 68

Russia 2 9 11

Brazil 13 13

Peru 1 1

Spain 1 1

Italy 3 3

South Africa 93 93

Argentina 1 1

Belgium 1 1

Finland 2 1 3

Mongolia 3 3

Indonesia 2 2

Switzerland 1 1 2

Philippines 3 1 4

Netherlands 2 2 4

Hungary 1 1

Singapore 42 7 49

Jamaica 80 80

Thailand 1 1

Malaysia 1 1

Barbados 7 7

Saint Lucia 1 1

Trinidad and Tobago 15 15

Ghana 1 1

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Kenya 1 1

Antigua and Barbuda 1 1

Latvia 1 1

Fiji 3 3

Tonga 1 1

Samoa 1 1

Palau 1 1

Vietnam 2 2

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 1 1

TOTAL 4,101 364 11 4,476

2. Number of 2014 JET participants listed by Prefecture/Designated City (As of 1 July, 2014). Pref./Desig.City ALT CIR SEA TOTAL Pref./Desig.City ALT CIR SEA TOTAL

Hokkaido 216 21 237 49 5 54

Aomori 119 16 135 78 7 85

Iwate 17 3 20 Kagawa 35 6 41

Miyagi 47 4 51 Ehime 101 5 106

Akita 103 11 114 Kochi 84 16 100

Yamagata 73 5 2 80 105 8 113

Fukushima 132 4 136 41 6 47

Ibaraki 40 4 44 171 14 5 190

Tochigi 27 4 31 95 3 98

Gunma 117 3 120 Oita 75 6 81

Saitama 80 5 85 64 13 77

Chiba 51 3 54 114 16 130

Tokyo 105 105 Okinawa 82 6 88

Kanagawa 3 1 4 City 36 6 42

Niigata 87 8 95 City 65 2 67

Toyama 79 9 88 City 1 1

Ishikawa 96 18 114 Kawasaki City 1 1

Fukui 88 3 91 City 1 1

Yamanashi 52 4 56 City 46 46

Nagano 65 5 70 City 2 2

Gifu 59 8 67 City 111 3 114

Shizuoka 101 4 105 City 2 2

Aichi 8 5 13 City 12 4 16

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Mie 103 6 109 Fukuoka City 4 4

Shiga 82 5 87 City 1 1

Kyoto 83 7 90 City 4 4

Osaka 47 47 City 16 16

Hyogo 217 7 224 City 2 2

Nara 51 5 56 City 1 5 6

Wakayama 44 2 4 50 City 24 3 27

Tottori 62 8 70 City 2 2

Shimane 58 20 78 Sagamihara City 1 1

Okayama 52 1 53 Kumamoto City 27 4 31

Hiroshima 99 3 102 TOTAL 4,101 364 11 4,476

3. Extracurricular activities “Class activities” or “homeroom,” “pupil council activities” or “student council activities,” “club activities” (only in elementary schools), “school events.”

4. Language instruction Language instruction of local residents refers to foreign language lessons and foreign culture classes for local resident children and/or adults.

5. Teaching of Foreign Languages In the case of English-speaking countries (United States, United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand, Canada, Ireland, South Africa, Singapore, Jamaica, Barbados, Trinidad and Tobago, etc.) it is English, for France it is French, for Germany it is German, for China it is Chinese, for Korea it is Korean, and for other non-English speaking countries it is English or the principal language spoken in that country.

6. Tax exemption JET Programme participants exempt from taxes in based on a tax treaty between Japan and the participant’s home country are not necessarily exempt from tax obligations in their home countries. It is the responsibility of individual participants to clarify such obligations prior to their departure for Japan. Each participant is responsible for the payment of any obligatory home country taxes.

7. Designated Cities These are cities designated by the government with populations of 500,000 people or more. At present, there are twenty designated cities which consist of: Sapporo, Sendai, Niigata, Saitama, Chiba, Yokohama, Kawasaki, Sagamihara, Shizuoka, Hamamatsu, Nagoya, Kyoto,

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Osaka, Sakai, Kobe, Okayama, Hiroshima, Kita-Kyushu, Fukuoka and Kumamoto.

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