Successful applicants receive a one-year term of appointment with a contracting organisation in Japan. Recruitment and selection of participants is conducted by the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs through its embassies and consulates overseas. Individuals interested in becoming JET participants should contact the Japanese Embassy or Consulate in their country of citizenship. In addition to conducting regular recruitment activities using posters, pamphlets, and the internet, overseas embassies and consulates hold information sessions at venues such as colleges, universities, and career centres during the active recruitment period this period may vary slightly depending on the participating country and arrival period in Japan.
Interested applicants should be aware that the application process for the JET Programme is demanding and spans multiple months. Applicants are advised to give serious consideration as to whether they are prepared to commit to living and working in Japan for at least one year.
The recruitment, application, and selection process for new JET participants is conducted by the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs via its embassies and consulates in participating countries. Although CLAIR is not directly involved in the selection of participants, we provide the following general schedule of the application process. As dates vary by country, please contact the Japanese Embassy or Consulate in your country of citizenship for further information. Your references should be sent together with your application.
We will NOT accept hand-written references or references written by a relative, a personal friend or friend of the family. You are advised that referees, specifically academic referees, can take a great deal of time to prepare, sometimes 2 or even 3 months. It is your responsibility to ensure that references arrive at the Embassy by the deadline date. Please note that the JET Programme cannot provide further guidance regarding the choice of references apart from the information on this website.
It is up to the applicants themselves to choose appropriate referees. Every year we receive a large number of e-mails asking for advice regarding choice of referees — this is something that we cannot provide. In the case that company policy restricts a referee from using headed paper, this must be stated within the reference. If your referee has recently left the workplace at which they supervised you for example your academic referee has started working at a different university , they should use the headed paper at their current workplace if this is available.
This should be explained within the reference. Proof of enrolment and academic transcripts for postgraduate courses are not strictly necessary but are welcome as further supporting documentation.
The document must be an original , on official university stationary and signed by a person with authority to give such information. You can obtain this document from your university registrar, school secretary and sometimes your personal tutor. We recommend you allow at least 1 month to obtain this as it may take some time for your university registrar or department secretary to prepare and authenticate the document.
Alternatively, some universities allow students to access their course results online. A print-out of these course modules and results will be acceptable, ONLY if it has been authenticated by a university official , with a signature and university stamp. If you are both eligible for and strongly interested in the JET Programme, you can apply together.
Please bear in mind though that we cannot guarantee that you and your partner will be placed in the same area if successful, and it is very unlikely that you will be living together if you are not married. However, it is our experience that married couples are generally placed together if both are successful candidates. If you are applying with a friend, please put down their details on the application form. You will also need to state whether or not you would be happy if your request to be placed together cannot be met.
Placement requests cannot be guaranteed. Please ensure that your friend writes down your name on their application form, otherwise your request will not be recorded.
Once confirmation of acceptance from successful candidates has been received, the Council of Local Authorities for International Relations CLAIR considers the requests of both contracting organisations and participants. This committee makes the final decisions regarding participant placements.
If there is a certain area in which you would like to be placed, we urge you to undertake some research on this area and give reasons to support your request. All requests are considered, but due to the varying needs of each contracting organisation it is difficult to satisfy every participant.
Please remember that the JET Programme cannot guarantee to meet any placement requests. Please note that if you do not have any specific placement preferences, you are welcome to leave this section of the application form blank. This will in no way hinder your chances of selection for the JET Programme.
All participants on the JET Programme have a support network of other JETs available as well as other structures to help them settle into life in Japan. When applying to the JET Programme, you should expect to be offered a unique experience outside of the main tourist regions in an area that may not be well-known to you initially.
Any placement requests made after handing in your application form will not be considered. Big cities such as Tokyo, Osaka and Kyoto are very popular and so your chances of being placed in one of these three places are minimal.
One of the principal aims of the Programme is to encourage grass-roots internationalisation and such cities are already very international, therefore they have little need for JET Programme participants. Please note that a very small number of participants are placed in the Tokyo region, and these participants are placed far from Tokyo City itself. Moreover, there are many big and interesting cities in Japan aside from Tokyo, Osaka and Kyoto and it is well worth doing a little bit of research on the country to learn some more about the many diverse and fascinating cities Japan has to offer.
Also, please consider that the cost of living in big cities will be higher. Another issue you may like to consider is climate.
Northern Honshu and Hokkaido tend to have long winters and these areas are great for skiing and other winter sports, however it is worth bearing in mind that central heating in Japan is not common. Southern Japan enjoys a much milder climate though the heat and humidity of summer spans several months. You MUST declare any and all consultations with a medical practitioner regarding emotional or mental concerns at any time in your life irrespective of their severity.
Failing to do so can result in disqualification. Disclosing medical information may also aid in placing accepted participants. I have lived in Japan before. It is possible, but highly unlikely that you will be placed in the same area or in a nearby location. New JET Programme participants are placed after careful consideration of both their requests and the needs of the contracting organisation employer. I am applying to the programme with my spouse. Will we be placed in the same location?
If you and your spouse are selected as successful candidates for the JET Programme, efforts will be made to place you in the same or neighbouring contracting organisations. However, please be aware that this is not possible in every case. I would rather not be placed in an isolated area. What are my chances of being placed in a big city? The goal of the JET Programme is to enhance internationalisation in local communities in Japan and there is a relatively low demand for JET Programme participants from urban local authorities.
For this reason, few JET Programme participants are placed in large cities. The majority of JET Programme participants are placed in small to medium sized cities or in small towns or villages. I applied to the JET Programme before but was not accepted. Can I apply again? Yes, you can re-apply the following year, but you will have to complete and submit the entire application packet again with new copies of all necessary supporting documents. I participated on the JET Programme before.
Former JET Programme participants can re-apply but only under the following conditions: 1. You have not participated in the JET Programme in the last three years and; 2. You were a JET Programme participant for less than five years in total. All new participants will arrive in Japan on a designated arrival date. Can I reschedule my interview? Please contact the Embassy or Consulate General of Japan through which you applied. However, as a rule, interviews will only be held during the scheduled interview period.
Due to the large number of interviews conducted, individual schedules cannot be accommodated. If accepted, can I defer participation for one year?
No, you may not. Successful candidates must begin their term on the programme on the designated date. Is it possible to participate in the JET Programme for less than a year? No, JET Programme participants must agree to the terms and conditions of their contracting organisation, which stipulate a one-year period of appointment. If you cannot fulfil this requirement, you are not able to apply for the programme.
You must attend your interview in your home country. There is a limit to the number of JET Programme participants from each country, and each country has its own unique method for selecting successful candidates. If you do not attend the interview, you will be disqualified. What's New. Application process. Search for:. MENU Skip menu. What is JET? What is the JET Programme? Why is it called an exchange programme? Firstly, each participant in the JET Programme brings their culture to a local community in Japan, helping it gain personal contact with peoples of other countries.
Secondly, each JET Programme participant will learn a great deal about Japan, its language, culture and people. It is expected that JET Programme participants will share what they learned with their family and friends upon returning home.
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