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February 2012 Issue of AJET Connect image via shutterstock.com 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 content for this national publication! Jan/Feb, 2012 We need YOU, the JET community, to get involved. 02 The Prez Send us your short stories, news articles, photographs, comics… 06 JET Effect AJET whatever it is that you do best…to [email protected]. 10 Life After JET We’re waiting to see what you’ve got! 14 Culture Corner Make your voice heard! 30 AJET Volunteer 42 Travel needs you! AJET Connect Workplace 60 Food 68 Workplace Tips Safety Advisory System 82 Fashion and Beauty 88 The Art of Manliness NSFW4 96 Entertainment Want to help JETs and Looking to serve JETs in your immedi- SEVERE RISK OF TRAUMA 102 Photo Contest the JET Programme? ate area through social networking and CANNOT EVER BE UN-SEEN large-scale events coordination? Being a JET opens a door to life changing opportunities and experiences. If you’ve been AJET works very hard to create a community for NSFW3 helped by other JETs in the past and want to pay the 4,000 or so JETs living and working in Japan. MAY SURPRISE OR OFFEND EVEN it forward, if you want to see the JET Programme An integral part of this community is the AJET Block SEASONED INTERNET VETERANS become better than it is now, or, if you want to Representation system, which puts motivated and lend your voice on behalf of other JETs, we can inspired JETs in charge of connecting JETs both help you do just that. locally and nationally. This connection is key to the power we have to make positive change in our NSFW2 If you are looking for a way to give back, AJET is communities, and serve as future ambassadors AS PORNOGRAPHIC AS ANY OF looking for you. between Japan and our home countries. THOSE RIDICULOUS EVONY ADS Looking for a Professional Challenge? If you’ve been active in your prefecture making AJET provides a great opportunity for professional your area a more eventful place for JETs, we are NSFW1 development. As an association that works with looking for you! SOME PAGES NOT SAFE FOR PEOPLE businesses and other groups around the world, as WITH SCREENS SEEN BY COWORKERS Signup for well as maintaining and cultivating relationships Think you have what it takes? AJET Connect with government agencies in Japan and abroad, AJET gives JETs a unique chance to prove that they AJET elections for the 2012-2013 JET Not signed up for SFW AJET Connect? have what it takes to be successful in a variety of year are here! PROBABLY HARMLESS, SAFE business and corporate environments. Those wishing to run, should contact an Executive FOR PEOPLE 50+ YEARS OLD Then you can sign up HERE! Officer of AJET, or the holder of your desired AJET publishes a magazine read by thousands position, and submit a platform to our Election of people around the world, featuring dozens of Committee at [email protected] by February 24th, contributors from various different backgrounds. 2012. Elections for the 2012-2013 AJET National Whether you are looking for business networking Council will be held online from the beginning of CEO Matthew Cook PR/MEDIA Cailin Arena ART DIRECTOR Rob Maxwell opportunities, or to jump start a future career in March. EDITORIAL Sarah Blenkhorn CONTRIBUTING EDITORS Cailin Arena (News) education and gain a foothold in the world of ESL, Annabella Massey (Fashion & Beauty) Amelia Hagen (Travel) Simon Daly (Food) AJET’s domestic partnerships can put teaching For further information and the election rules Chris Barstow (Entertainment) Adam Chludzinski (Sports) Lisa Cross & Sarah resources in your hands that will make this please check our website: http://ajet.net/ajet- Blenkhorn (Events) ... (Education) Sarah Blenkhorn (Culture) ... (Short Stories) happen. elections-2012/ Melody Wong and Matthew Thompson (Volunteering) ADVERTISING Amelia Hagen, Miriam Rollason & Genba Bigby ADMINISTRATION/ACCOUNTING Mark Noizumi IT Kevin Mitchell for JETs, by JETs www.ajet.net [email protected] IV Jan/Feb 2012 December 2011 1 suggestions and recommendations put forth reminded just how important these meetings and by myself, Donny, and Adam Chludzinski (AJET our collaboration with the ministries are. Sometimes, Blcok 11 Representative) and interpreted by Donny we can see direct changes or start new endeavors Anderson. Those recommendations included ways right there in these meetings. Other times, this is that AJET could assist them by providing large just when a seed is planted. It’s important for us scale solutions to problems that are within a system as a council and future councils to remember that that’s dependent on local level administrators for even though we may not get the answer that JETs decisions how to actually implement it’s ideas. want right then and there, sometimes the effects of these conversations and exchanges of opinions Afterward, Cailin Arena (AJET Director of Public come to fruition in the long run. Relations) facilitated a discussion with the ministries regarding the “AJET General Activities” report In the grand scheme of things, the five organizations which was again presented by Donny Anderson. who work together to coordinate the success of This report was a detailed breakdown of all the the JET Programme all have different roles in JET changes to our organizational structure since July. for different reasons. However, it is important to The purpose of this was to make AJET’s operations remember that proper collaboration results in one easy to understand for the ministries who support of the largest international exchange initiatives in us, and reach out to them for financial and logistical the world that has, and continues to, touch the assistance and advice. lives of millions both in and outside Japan. Considering that AJET functions on a 100% I’ve lef t that meeting with a rejuvenated spirit carried independent basis (with no government budget), through good tidings of spirit and celebration of the あけましておめでとうございます! constantly getting better, and more effective in its we rely on support from the Programme’s holidays and new year! This January, as I start the purpose. coordinators in many ways. Ultimately, each last 6 months of my 5 year JET career, I’m sure Glad to see you all back here, perservering through organization was reminded of our common goals, that this will be the most important and best yet! I winter in Japan! First, AJET surveys JETs online, based on the and AJET was promised new support as well as hope you’ll join us and we get ready to make 2012 issues that JETs tell us are important to them. We the continuation of existing assistance. the year that won’t be forgotten, and starts a new Last year was arguably the biggest year in the JET take the data collected from those surveys and use chapter in the JET Programme History! Programme’s history. I personally was grateful to it to write research reports. After sending those The next morning, Erica Nakanishi-Stanis (AJET be a part of it, and honored to serve you all during to the ministries, we meet for two days with the Block 4 Representative and CIR/PA) gave a Connect with you next month, it. We saw the 25th anniversary of JET itself in the ministries to discuss the results, ask questions, give summary in Japanese on the “Peer Review of same year that Japan was struck with disasters suggestions and share opinions about what we’re the PA System” report. Erica highlighted the four Matthew Cook of historic proportion. With great determination, doing and where we’d all like the JET Programme themes of the report, which were selection of PAs, this country and we, as officially invited guests, to go in the future. how they are trained, how they view their roles, and stood strong in our dedication and determination their roles during to recovery. This December, we discussed how Prefectural the aftermath of Advisors (PAs)view their roles and experiences with the 3/11 disasters. I’d like to personally thank all of you across the the system as PAs, how English education is being Following the country for the variety of projects, events, and implemented and taught in elementary schools, summary, Erica fundraising that you contributed to Japan in the and updated them on AJET’s work, activities and and Denise aftermath of the March 11th disasters. It was accomplishments this year. Schlickbernd (AJET admirable, selfless, and made me proud to be your CIR Representative) colleague! This whole process is entirely fueled by JETs facilitated a dialogue responses and views across this country. Because with the ministries As you may already know, AJET wrapped up 2011 of that, I believe that AJET owes it to all of you regarding their with its bi-annual opinion exchange with CLAIR, to really convey what happened there, and let you findings. As Erica MoFA, MEXT and MIC on December 12th and know why these discussions were important. and Denise are both 13th. If you’re not familiar with how these meetings PA’s, they were work, I’ll give you a quick run-down. On the first afternoon, Donny Anderson (AJET able to bring a very Translator) presented an excellent summary and comprehensive and These meetings are very important to the successful powerpoint, in Japanese, on our report, “Foreign analytical approach administration of JET as a program. It’s also an Language Activities at the Elementary School to this report and official platform for AJET to gather the opinions Level”.
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