Life After JET

After JET

Featuring the lives, stories and careers from the global JET Programme alumni community. And usually, our stories begin with "This one time in Japan..." - our best, our silliest and our fondest. Share your story! Contact webmaster@jetaainternational.org

  1. The Fixer: Event Planning and Management

    09/07/2025

    The Fixer: Event Planning and Management

    I think my guest on this episode demonstrates the power of the JET connection and experience - getting into a career that allows him to travel the world and learn - specifically about the way business practices are done globally. Ryan Hata works in the event planning and project management space at Columbia Business School. As always, we don’t just talk about what he does as part of his job, but also expand into topics related to his work, like global business practices, and what innovation looks like in China and India. Note: This will the final episode for 2025. After JET will be taking a break. Thanks to everyone who has been supporting and listening to the podcast.

    40 min
  2. Education for Life: Adult Education and Literacy

    07/01/2025

    Education for Life: Adult Education and Literacy

    On JET, teaching can really immerse you in the local community - and many have also found their future career in education as a result. For my guest, it has lead to many opportunities- travel around the world and a way to do positive impacts on people’s lives. - Quebec City Reading Council has a website at http://www.qcrc.org/ - they also accept volunteer tutors. - Find them on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/quebeccityreadingcouncil Music for this episode is 'Pursuit of Life' by Kirk Osamayo, sourced from Free Music Archive under license type (CC BY).

    33 min
  3. Sky Dive: About Confidence and Chances

    04/30/2025

    Sky Dive: About Confidence and Chances

    Our post-JET lives can be interesting and varied, thanks to the many opportunities available and networks that we form. That's the theme of this episode but along the way, we meander in our discussion, talking about the good and bad of AI, innovation and how taking chances can lead to great things.

    34 min
  4. Revisting Tohoku: Present and Future

    02/27/2025

    Revisting Tohoku: Present and Future

    On this special anniversary episode of the Tohoku disaster, special guest William McMichael talks about the current state of Fukushima and Tohoku, 14 years on. Though challenges remain, the outlook is far from bleak, with the people of Tohoku determined to forge a future of sustainability - and hope. Footnotes - Hope Tourism: https://www.hopetourism.jp/en/ - if you want to contribute to Tohoku's rebuilding, consider this special tour and hear the stories beyond the news cycle.

    41 min
  5. Influencing Travel: Building Brand and Purpose

    02/10/2025

    Influencing Travel: Building Brand and Purpose

    Japan is a rich source for social-media-worthy pics - the history, culture, landscape, architecture, food and more. Unsurprisingly, some JETs have turned to building an online-based career. Few have been as successful as my guest who runs @yamatrips, a well-known Instagram account that showcases the road less travelled in Japan. If you've ever wondered how social media can be used in business, then you're in luck, as Tony Xia gives us his insights into online brand building - with a purpose. Footnotes - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/yamatrips/ - Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@yamatrips - Tony's article in JETStreams "Insights from a Japan Influencer": https://jetprogramme.org/en/jetstreams/summer2024/#elm-8

    41 min
  6. Making an Impact: Non-profit and Advocacy

    01/08/2025

    Making an Impact: Non-profit and Advocacy

    My guest has done many things - started a non-profit while on JET, changed Japanese law, graduated from Oxford with a PhD, did a TEDx talk - but (spoiler alert) confesses that much of it was unplanned. We talk about the how and why of the Japanese institutional care of children, and what it means to make meaningful impact and finding your path without sweating the small stuff. Footnotes - Dr Rivera King's Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/michael-rivera-king-dphil-fcmi-73088720/ - TEDx Tokyo: Against All Odds: https://youtu.be/vzW6vetckfM?si=wuyEomwxfu3rYYDE - The Japan Society in the UK: https://www.japansociety.org.uk/home

    40 min
  7. Making Headlines: The News Producer

    10/29/2024

    Making Headlines: The News Producer

    We live in a world of constant news cycle, from stations and social media alike. So how does the traditional news bureau survive in this world of constant (mis)information? Our guest Ryan Keeble (news producer and cameraman) is on the ground reporting from London. Footnotes: Check out Ryan’s work on Youtube on the channel Inside Kitchen London (@insidekitchen_LDN)

    50 min
  8. Let's Science: The Science Communicator

    09/24/2024

    Let's Science: The Science Communicator

    In this episode, I get to nerd out about science, dinosaurs and gross nature facts with my guest Cecily Arkell. We talk about the challenges and rewards of being a life-long science educator and communicator at one of the top art and cultural institutions in Australia - the Western Australian Museum Boola Bardip. A fact check correction: Cecily meant to say it was Barry Jones, not Gareth Evans who was an Australian politician with a science background.

    46 min
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Featuring the lives, stories and careers from the global JET Programme alumni community. And usually, our stories begin with "This one time in Japan..." - our best, our silliest and our fondest. Share your story! Contact webmaster@jetaainternational.org

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  • Creator
    After JET
  • Years Active
    2016 - 2025
  • Episodes
    52
  • Rating
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