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November 2011 Issue of AJET Connect November 2011 image via shutterstock.com October Photo Contest Winner Welcome to Connect The monthly e-zine produced for JETs, by JETs, featuring the best inside news and articles from all over Japan. We are currently looking for writers, editors, photographers, and artists who want to create con- tent for this national publication! November, 2011 02 The Prez We need YOU, the JET community, to get involved. 04 JET Effect Send us your short stories, news articles, photographs, comics… whatever it is that you do best…to [email protected]. 08 Life After JET We’re waiting to see what you’ve got! 12 Culture Corner Make your voice heard! 24 AJET Volunteer - Japan 30 AJET Volunteer 38 Travel AJET Connect Workplace 52 Cooking Safety Advisory System 60 Workplace Tips 68 Haiku NSFW4 70 Fashion and Beauty SEVERE RISK OF TRAUMA 74 The Art of Manliness CANNOT EVER BE UN-SEEN 84 Women Abroad 88 Japanese Study Tips NSFW3 96 Sports MAY SURPRISE OR OFFEND EVEN 102 In my View SEASONED INTERNET VETERANS 108 Photo Contest NSFW2 AS PORNOGRAPHIC AS ANY OF THOSE RIDICULOUS EVONY ADS NSFW1 SOME PAGES NOT SAFE FOR PEOPLE WITH SCREENS SEEN BY COWORKERS Signup for AJET Connect Not signed up to receive SFW AJET Connect, then you PROBABLY HARMLESS, SAFE FOR PEOPLE 50+ YEARS OLD can signup HERE! CEO Matthew Cook PR/MEDIA Cailin Arena ART DIRECTOR Rob Maxwell EDITORIAL Sarah Blenkhorn CONTRIBUTING EDITORS Cailin Arena (News) Annabella Massey (Fashion & Beauty) Amelia Hagen (Travel) Simon Daly (Food) .. (Entertainment) Adam Chludzinski (Sports) Lisa Cross & Sarah Blenkhorn (Events) Bryan Darr & Sarah Blenkhorn (Education) Sarah Blenkhorn (Culture) Simon Bender (Short Stories) Miriam Rollason (Volunteering) ADVERTISING Amelia Hagen & Miriam Rollason ADMINISTRATION/ACCOUNTING Mark Noizumi IT Kevin Mitchell for JETs, by JETs Harry Stoneley www.ajet.net [email protected] Secluded Shinto shrine, near Kaiyo-cho, sourthern Tokushima prefecture, Shikoku. 1 Greetings across the country, can help to nity to see other cultures, we further our internationalization will have empowered them to JETs! efforts on a grassroots level. By touch the lives of those around Matthew Cook assisting with large-scale inter- them with that same experi- nationalisation initiatives like this, ence. In the end, our impact as It’s been another exciting month we can increase the impact we JETs can amount to much, much in the world of the JET Pro- have on our students’ lives expo- more than we ever imagined. gramme. Not only was there a nentially. We might not be able conference for the JET Alumni to give each and every student In the coming months, AJET will Association International in the money to live, travel, and begin distributing information Tokyo and a collaborative volun- study abroad, but we can surely about a variety of ways that JETs teering trip with Paul Yoo’s Vol- show them the means by which can assist their students who unteer Akita and JET Alumni in that can become possible. have chosen to pursue study- Tohoku (all to be spotlighted in ing abroad in a foreign country. next month’s issue of Connect), In Osaka, we’ve slated a time for If you would like more informa- but the JET Programme received a representative from Education tion about initiatives like this, or a mention by United States Sec- USA to address JETs ,and our access to materials and speak- retary of State Hillary Clinton, in Japanese colleagues, at our ALT ers for your contracting organiza- her address at the U.S./Japan Skills Development Workshops tions, please email us at educa- Council Annual conference. (Formerly know as Mid-Year [email protected] Conference). This is so that we After highlighting how important can all be aware of the opportu- For now, though, enjoy the leaf- the ties between America and nities available to our students. changing and the cooler weather, Japan are, she turned her focus There has also been a collabo- and I’ll connect with you again toward the issue of the future ration with the U.S. Embassy to next month! of education in Japan. Citing bring in the best of speakers for the 50% drop in the number of our fellow JETs. Matthew Cook young Japanese students study- AJET Chair ing abroad in the past 14 years, Learn more about [email protected] Secretary Clinton stated her con- Education USA at: cern toward the future of its ties http://educationusa. with Japan. state.gov/ You can read or watch You may be saying to yourself, her entire speech here: “I’m not American, why should www.state.gov/secretary/ I get involved with Education rm/2011/10/175151.htm USA?” That’s a fair enough question. Here’s why: Secretary Clinton mentioned that How much has the JET Pro- the U.S. was “redoubling” it’s gramme helped you to see efforts toward connecting Japa- another culture and way of life? nese students to universities in How much do you value that America and doing “whatever it experience? How would you like takes” to reverse this trend. She to be able to CONNECT one of spoke directly about initiatives to your students to a similar oppor- mobilize JETs in Japan to make tunity to study and experience a Japanese students aware of the foreign culture that they might options they have to live, study, never have known they had a and learn abroad via Education chance to? USA. The more Japanese students I’ve personally been in contact that study abroad, the more that with United States embassy offi- they can share with their class- cials and Education USA about mates, friends, and families. By how AJET and you, the JETs giving our students an opportu- 2 3 Jet Effect image via shutterstock.com 5 son's gravestone, trying to find words as he glanced does she want the community of Funakoshi to be their ongoing activities, in the hopes that it will at what was left of his hometown: just a few stand- left behind. She hopes that the story of Funako- pressure their local government to accept a recon- ing houses amongst immense piles of rubble. shi will reach many across the globe, and that the struction plan. locals will be able to return to their village in the After listening to a few testimonies, observing near future. She also likes to quote her mother's What advice do you have for other people the beautiful landscape, and witnessing the fish- cousin, one of the fishermen, “Even though the who wish to do something similar? ermen’s positive spirit and relentless efforts, I ocean is responsible for giving us such a hard time, This may sound cliché, but make sure you are pas- decided to hop on board and make use of my docu- we’re still surviving thanks to its resources”… evok- sionate about your project. Without passion, you mentary media background to help share the story ing what many Japanese believe the ocean to be: a cannot achieve great results. of Funakoshi to the world. true blessing of nature. I have two passions in life: one is traveling and the I have recently launched a fund raising campaign Other JETs in Hiroshima-ken have offered me their other is documentary making. The JET program called Brighter Than Tomorrow, in support of the services to assist me during film shoots. In terms has allowed me to pursue both of these passions, local community of Funakoshi by assisting to pro- of monetary contributions, I am reaching out to and I am more than grateful for that. vide the local fishermen with much-needed fishing everyone I know, including my Japanese co-work- gear/equipment including storage space (refrigera- ers, my circle of friends in Japan, the JET commu- When starting a project, don’t worry so much about tors) and out-boat motors. The campaign also aims nity, as well as everyone else I know outside Japan. the end result… just follow your instincts! You can’t to inform the international community of the ongo- We are relying tremendously on word of mouth. always rely on other people to get things done in ing activities taking place in the village, in support life… you have to be the one that makes things hap- of a reconstruction plan that has yet to be approved What impact does your project have pen. Be a leader, and I promise you that others will Estelle Hebert by the local government. In doing so, I’m working on you and your community? follow in your footstep and give you the support you on a feature-length documentary telling the remark- So far, on a personal level, it’s been a life-chang- need if you are passionate, determined, and able to Tell us about yourself able journey of a small group of fishermen working ing experience. I’ve always tackled humanitarian adopt an empathetic and positive attitude. My name is Estelle Hebert and I’m a second year tirelessly to keep both their businesses and home- issues in my past documentary projects, yet this JET in Hiroshima City. Honestly speaking, before town alive despite having lost friends, family mem- is the first time I feel such a tremendous connec- Lastly, don’t be afraid to challenge yourself. Take coming to Japan, my knowledge of Japanese cul- bers and their livelihood in the tsunami. tion with those whom I'm documenting. I am feed- risks. If you believe in your project strong enough, ture and language was pretty much zero… I came ing off the amazing support from everyone in my the risks won’t matter to you.
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