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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

When Natasha Steele came to Japan from her native Australia earlier this year to teach English, she was looking forward to immersing herself in a foreign culture while earning a little money on the ...

Brianna Elyse Martinez was recently selected to participate in the Japan Exchange and Teaching program. On July 23, Martinez departed for Japan from Atlanta's Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport.

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 ...

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 ...