The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Japan Tourism Agency are inviting JET Alumni to participate in an Invitation Programme to Visit Disaster Stricken Areas in Tohoku.
Interested alumni must have worked for two or more years as a CIR or ALT in Iwate Prefecture, Miyagi Prefecture, Fukushima Prefecture or Sendai City.
The application deadline is July 11, 2011.
Please see the document below for more details. If you have any further questions, contact the nearest Embassy or Consulate General of Japan in your home country. JETAA Toronto members can contact the JET Desk at the Consulate General of Japan in Toronto.
INVITATION PROGRAMME OF JET ALUMNI
TO DISASTER STRICKEN AREAS IN TOHOKU:
1.
ORGANIZERS: Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Japan Tourism Agency
2.
CONDITIONS FOR PATICIPATION
(1)No limit of ages and sexes.
(2)To have a work experience for two years or more either as a
Coordinator for International Relations (CIR) or as an Assistant Language
Teacher (ALT) in local governments in Iwate Prefecture, Miyagi Prefecture,
Fukushima Prefecture or Sendai City.
(3) To be able to contact directly by themselves with a school and a local
government where they were assigned.
(4) To be accepted by the organization for which the participants worked
as a JET, and to be able to arrange with the organization some exchange
activities.
(5)To be able to travel without an escort from their arrival to their
departure from Japan.
(6) To send out the information such as their experiences of the stay in
Japan this time and their impressions from foreign visitors’ viewpoints by
various measures including contributions of articles to the mass media,
blogs, homepages, facebooks.
(7) To consent interviews by Japanese and foreign medias, in case they are
arranged during their stay
3.
PERIOD AND PLACE OF STAY
Participants will stay in Japan approximately for one week sometime
from July to September. They will stay in Tokyo for one night when they
arrive in or depart from Japan. And they will stay in their former working
place for three to four nights, having exchange activities with their former
colleagues, students and others and observing situations of reconstruction
in disaster stricken areas. They will stay in a neighboring tourist site for
one night. Overtime stay is not acceptable.
4.
EXPENSES
(1)
Expenses born by the Government of Japan are as follows;
a) International flight expenses (Y-class flight tickets are paid in kind.)
b) Travel expenses in Japan
– Flight expenses: Normal class flight tickets are paid in kind.
– Long distance travel expenses in Japan: Normal JR tickets are
provided.
– Short distance travel expenses: To be provided separately.
c) Stay and meal expenses
They are paid in kind, in principle at the limit of 15,000 yen per day
including a stay with two meals and a lunch cost. Lunch costs are paid
for actual expenses.
d) Insurance
Regular insurance is to be paid.
(2)
Participants must pay the following expenses:
– Travel expenses in their own country.
– Individual expenses, including telephones, faxes, room services,
laundries.
– Other costs caused by their early departure from Japan.
5.
APPLICATION PROCEDURE
Applicants must submit, by July 11, 2011, to the Japanese Embassy or
Consulates General located in their own country, the original and four copies of the following documents. These submitted documents are not to be
returned.
(1)“CONFIRMATION OF ACCEPTANCE” (annexed form), filled in by
their former working place.
(2) Curriculum vitae
(3) Health certificate
(4) Schedule plan of his/her stay
(5)Copy of a document certifying his/her nationality (passports, birth
certificates, etc)
6.
ARRANGEMENT OF FLIGHT TICKETS
Flight tickets and other arrangements will be provided to the
participants through travel agencies located in their own country.
7.
CANCELLATION OF PARTICIPATION
When the application documents of the participant contain false
statements or the organizers decide that the participant has committed an
inappropriate act as a participant, the participation may be cancelled even
after the selection.
8.
COURT JURISDICTION AND GOVERNING LAW
With regard to the operation of this Programme, the Tokyo District
Court has exclusive jurisdiction for all legal matters. The governing law will
be Japanese law.
Contact the Toronto JET Desk at:
Japan Information Centre
Consulate General of Japan in Toronto
Suite 110, 6 Garamond Court
Don Mills, ON M3C 1Z5
Tel (416) 363-5488 / Fax (416) 363-6074
access@japancg-toronto.org:
*Note: Although the application calls for submission of a Health Certificate, it is not required at the time of submission. It will be requested of the selected program participants before they depart for Japan.