🎌Have you ever wanted to live and work in Japan?🎌
Come talk 💬 to some people who've done it!
⭐️Every year, a diverse range of New Zealanders representing a variety of backgrounds, ages, interests, and cultures start a life-changing adventure in Japan-and next year that could include you!
⭐️With applications for the New Zealand JET Programme around the corner, you may have questions about what it's actually like to be sent off to live and teach in Japan for a year or more!
⭐️The JET Alumni Association of Wellington, in coordination with The Embassy of Japan, have organised a casual evening event for prospective applicants to ask those questions, and hear some stories to help you make a better decision about if the JET Programme is right for you.
Q&A event details
📅Date: 6th October 2025
⌚Time: 17:30 - 19:30
📍Location: Yoshi Sushi & Bento (Press Hall, Willis Street)
Doors open from 5:30, with Q&A starting from 6:00.
Enjoy free 🥢🍣🍤🍱🍙 courtesy of Yoshi Sushi & Bento.
(Drinks, including Japanese 🍻🍶will also be available for purchase).
So come along and bring your friends 🤗 to this great opportunity to meet a handful of the thousands of Kiwis who've taken part in this programme over the past 40 years
Anyone interested in applying is welcome to attend!
✈️What is the Japan Exchange Teaching (JET) Programme, you ask?
The JET Programme is an overseas employment opportunity to live and work in Japan for a year or more! You could soon head abroad on the adventure of a lifetime, and get paid for it!
Programme criteria includes the following-are you:
🇳🇿A New Zealand citizen?
👩🎓Already graduated?
🏫Or will have your Bachelor's Degree/Teaching Diploma conferred by early July 2026?
🌎Interested in international activities?
🇯🇵Interested in teaching English to young people and living in Japan?
💁♂️Positions available:
🧑🏫Assistant Language Teacher (ALT)
ALTs help the Japanese foreign language teachers in class and help prepare teaching materials and class activities. They may assist in English language clubs and other extra-curricular activities. Knowledge of Japanese is not required to be an ALT.
👩💼Coordinator for International Relations (CIR)
CIRs work in local government offices and are involved in international activities, which might include editing publications, translation work, advising on the planning and implementation of exchange programmes, and interpreting at international events. A functional knowledge of written and spoken Japanese is required to be a CIR.
ℹ️For more information about the New Zealand JET Programme, visit:
https://www.nz.emb-japan.go.jp/itpr_en/jet.html
https://www.facebook.com/JETProgrammeNZ/
We hope to see you there!
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