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Community Hero Spotlight

September 30, 2020October 15, 2020 Web Editor COVID-19, News

This article originally featured in the September 2020 issue of Connect. Simon Yates (Osaka) WHAT ARE YOU DOING IN YOUR COMMUNITY? My name

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Alumni Spotlight: Laurence Innis (Sasebo, Nagasaki)

April 1, 2020March 10, 2020 Web Editor Nagasaki, Sasebo City

Please introduce yourself and where you’re from! My name is Laurence and I currently reside in Trinidad, one of the

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The Island No One Knows

June 2, 2019May 31, 2019 Web Editor Japan, JET Programme, Niigata, sado island

Rachel Geshay (Niigata) We all know that Japan is an island nation. There’s Kyushu and Honshu, Hokkaido and Shikoku; Okinawa

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10 Years After JET – A Return to the Furusato

March 26, 2019 Web Editor after JET, JET, JET Programme, Kyushu, Oita, post-JET

Natalie Hamilton (Oita, 2004-2007) It has been 11 years since my official last day as an ALT in Nakatsu City

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Chisako Higashiya and Her Annual JET-Family Thanksgiving

November 28, 2018 Web Editor Gifu, JET Programme, Thanksgiving

Emily Masuda (Gifu) Hosting thirty-something JETs for Thanksgiving is something that Chisako Higashiya from Seki, Gifu, does with poise, generosity,

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Uchinaaguchi: Writing Songs in an Endangered Language

October 21, 2018November 28, 2018 Web Editor music, Okinawa, Uchinaaguchi

Trevor Slevin (Oita) Umi nu mii warain Nzoo yunugutu sun Kuri nnjun tuchi Chimu, ufuʻiichi This is a poem I

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Being Half-Japanese

October 14, 2018October 11, 2018 Web Editor Culture, hafu, half-Asian, half-Japanese, multiracial

Alex Furukawa (Oita) Two of my American friends here in Oita prefecture received a grant from the American embassy to

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Community and Travel Community Spotlight Health & Nutrition Lifestyle Special Issue 

Everyday life after a disaster

August 31, 2018October 11, 2018 Web Editor disaster, flooding, preparation, tsunami, typhoon

Camilo A. Guerra-Tejo (Mihara) There is no question that disasters alter our lives.  Homes and cherished personal items are destroyed,

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Life as a Muslim in Japan

August 16, 2018October 11, 2018 Web Editor Experience, Islam, Japan, Muslim, Racism

Aisha Bibi (Hiroshima) “Muslims are spied on in Japan”—this was the statement that I had read online when I searched

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Donations and Volunteering for West Japan Floods

July 24, 2018March 24, 2020 Web Editor 2018, chugoku, floods, hiroshima, Japan, okayama, volunteer, yamaguchi

Callum Hull (Hiroshima) As many of you may know, on the 6th and 7th of July 2018, West Japan was

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Connect magazine is a publication created entirely by the English-speaking community in Japan, and sponsored by National AJET. Whether you’re currently on the JET Programme, an alumni, or just a wonderful person living in Japan, Connect magazine strives to bring you engaging content about what the ex-pat community is doing, loving, and thinking about every single month.

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