Young South African graduates are invited to apply for the opportunity to join Japan Exchange and Teaching (Jet) Programme, ...

Pursuing a career as an English teacher is one of the fastest ways to live and work in Japan—provided you meet the requirements. However, the drawbacks to this convenience are the industry’s ...

For as long as she can remember Roz Scoular ’13 has loved spending time with children. At Calvin, Scoular learned about the Japan Exchange and Teaching (JET) Programme from her Calvin professor ...

Teaching English is a popular and relatively easy way for English speakers to move to Japan and many other countries. However, not just any native English speaker is qualified to teach English. Japan ...

A study by a global organization shows that elementary and junior high school teachers in Japan work the longest hours in the ...

BOONSBORO, Md. (AP) -- Ayako Shiga knows how difficult it can be to learn a foreign language. When she was growing up in Tokyo, she failed her first semester of English in middle school. During a ...

Rachel Tjaden of Jordan is teaching in Japan during a disastrous earthquake and tsunami, she has stayed there for the aftermath. Tjaden writes about her experiences ...

Japan's Education Minister Hakubun Shimomura speaks during a news conference in Tokyo in this photo taken by Kyodo January 28, 2014. REUTERS/Kyodo By Elaine Lies TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan said on ...