Community Hero Spotlight
This article originally featured in the September 2020 issue of Connect. Simon Yates (Osaka) WHAT ARE YOU DOING IN YOUR COMMUNITY? My name
Read moreThis article originally featured in the September 2020 issue of Connect. Simon Yates (Osaka) WHAT ARE YOU DOING IN YOUR COMMUNITY? My name
Read morePlease introduce yourself and where you’re from! My name is Laurence and I currently reside in Trinidad, one of the
Read moreRachel Geshay (Niigata) We all know that Japan is an island nation. There’s Kyushu and Honshu, Hokkaido and Shikoku; Okinawa
Read moreNatalie Hamilton (Oita, 2004-2007) It has been 11 years since my official last day as an ALT in Nakatsu City
Read moreEmily Masuda (Gifu) Hosting thirty-something JETs for Thanksgiving is something that Chisako Higashiya from Seki, Gifu, does with poise, generosity,
Read moreTrevor Slevin (Oita) Umi nu mii warain Nzoo yunugutu sun Kuri nnjun tuchi Chimu, ufuʻiichi This is a poem I
Read moreAlex Furukawa (Oita) Two of my American friends here in Oita prefecture received a grant from the American embassy to
Read moreCamilo A. Guerra-Tejo (Mihara) There is no question that disasters alter our lives. Homes and cherished personal items are destroyed,
Read moreAisha Bibi (Hiroshima) “Muslims are spied on in Japan”—this was the statement that I had read online when I searched
Read moreCallum Hull (Hiroshima) As many of you may know, on the 6th and 7th of July 2018, West Japan was
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