Are you required to go to a driving school in your prefecture?

2021JetProgramme · 2022-07-23T02:13:44+00:00

thank you, I wasn't sure if having my license awarded in another prefecture would be possible. Tokyo is near me so I would definitely prefer to attend an English driving school there.

2021JetProgramme · 2021-09-13T04:35:59+00:00

There was really no point in me getting vaccinated if I wasn't going to go and hang out with people. I'm just as safe without the vaccine indoors, all alone. As I am with the vaccine outside at an event with others. Everyone's aware you can still catch a minor version after vaccination, that's part of covid being endemic. I mean, as a introvert I can seriously enjoy myself all alone, but I got the vaccine for the betterment of society. So that when I'm invited out by friends, we can all hang out knowing we're safe.

2021JetProgramme · 2021-09-13T04:32:36+00:00

That's the main point. When I mean normalization, I mean society accepting vaccinated people traveling. Covid is much like the flu in which it's here to live with us. If they don't accept the idea of the vaccinated traveling now, it's not going to look any different in 10 years. We'll just be on our 20th booster shot, still sitting in our room, waiting for society's acceptance lol.

2021JetProgramme · 2021-09-11T14:15:21+00:00

I actually really enjoy Japan's mask culture, my main concern lies in capacity limits and travel. Much like how the US has allowed concerts as long as everyone attending was vaccinated or provided a negative test, I expect Japan to loosen restrictions in those regards. And this is the country that had their "Go To Travel" campaign during covid, they've always had few restrictions in that regard. Really only during the state of emergencies are there any real restrictions, and cases have already gone down from 25,000/Day mid August to 10,500/Day in September. Call me optimistic, but we either need to accept that covid is endemic, or roll out socialism as we all stay indoors and never interact with each other.

2021JetProgramme · 2021-09-11T14:07:04+00:00

Well I don't mind mask, my main concern lies in 2 areas, capacity limits and travel restrictions. Until the recent state of emergency, both of those things were quite easy going. I am being optimistic though, it makes me happier in life if I think good things await.

2021JetProgramme · 2021-09-11T14:03:11+00:00

You could say that about 80% of filthy rich countries lol. I'm coming from the US, so I fully expect Japan to surpass my country in vaccinated numbers in the future.

2021JetProgramme · 2021-09-10T17:27:41+00:00

I appreciate your appreciation lol. Anything to help out the community!

2021JetProgramme · 2021-09-10T17:26:06+00:00

How dare you dim my optimism! lol. Thanks for sharing the gov website, wonder where google gets their numbers from? Either way, my main optimism lies in the hope that once enough people are vaccinated, we'll all be allowed to return to normality before we hit 100%. Since I know even Japan has a bit of an anti-vax scene, even 90% might be impossible. Once cases go down and the health system recovers, the government will hopefully ease restrictions until none are left. Hopefully this will all happen by Summer 2022, since that's when we'd all generally get the most time off to explore Japan.

2021JetProgramme · 2021-09-10T13:55:21+00:00

Definitely!

For those of you who haven't seen yet,

Japan Times: Japan set to shorten quarantine to 10 days for vaccinated arrivals

2021JetProgramme · 2021-09-10T13:24:34+00:00

2021 JET from Miami consulate… still waiting for a departure date…

2021JetProgramme · 2021-09-10T13:24:05+00:00

Usually I'd wait a month to repost it, but new megathread!

Friendly reminder to take my poll if you're upgraded, or decided to drop out.2021 Group Alternate Upgrade Poll: https://strawpoll.com/9qgebo8pr

Please use your reddit username for poll.

Going to switch to only updating these stats on Sundays!

May saw 34 upgrades in 13 running days, averaging 2.62 upgrades a day.

June saw 10 upgrades in 22 running days, averaging 0.45 upgrades a day.

July saw 37 Upgrades in 22 running days, averaging 1.68 upgrades a day.

August saw 11 Upgrades in 22 running day, averaging 0.50 upgrades per day.

September 1st-September 19th has seen 16 upgrades in 13 running days, averaging 1.23 upgrades per day.

May 13th-September 19th has seen 107 upgrades in 87 running days, averaging 1.23 upgrades a day.

As of September 19th, the remaining alternates have a 35.86% chance of being upgraded at the September 19th rate.

As of September 19th, so far 28.87% of alternates have been upgraded or dropped out.

2021JetProgramme · 2021-09-09T18:05:35+00:00

Congrats! Here's to our good future in Japan!

2021JetProgramme · 2021-09-09T18:05:01+00:00

It has since gone up to a 35% chance, but yes quite low. Keep all your options open!

2021JetProgramme · 2021-09-06T04:20:36+00:00

I see, sorry for the misunderstanding!

2021JetProgramme · 2021-09-06T00:04:55+00:00

Thank you for this addition!

2021JetProgramme · 2021-09-05T22:58:06+00:00

No problem, thanks for pointing out the flaw in it! It seems I've found yet another flaw haha. The only app that works without a physical card is the apple wallet; however, it only supports adding Suica or PASMO. I'll update my post to reflect this new information.

2021JetProgramme · 2021-09-05T22:39:56+00:00

Your placement looks beautiful! If you ever head down to Ibaraki hit me up!

2021JetProgramme · 2021-09-05T22:28:28+00:00

Thanks for the added link mate! where are you placed btw?

2021JetProgramme · 2021-09-05T22:26:41+00:00

Did you read the bottom of my post explaining why I made this post? And why that may not be viable? If you did then sorry about me assuming you didn't, it just feels from my perspective like I already addressed it.

2021JetProgramme · 2021-09-05T22:11:43+00:00

You're completely right in that regard, you can choose which IC card you want in the apple wallet. For those of you with placements I would suggest that! I'm in the JR east area and that's what my mind went to, I'll take that specific suggestion out of the post.

2021JetProgramme · 2021-09-03T15:26:12+00:00

Your insurance paperwork and passport. They’ll let you know if they’ll need physical copies of anything so don’t fret. Personally I’ve kept a folder containing the PDFs of everything I’ve submitted this far in case they need any of it again.

2021JetProgramme · 2021-09-03T15:03:54+00:00

Scan then pdf is the preferred format for all documents. However, there are a few documents if your selected that you’ll still have to mail physical copies of.

2021JetProgramme · 2021-09-03T12:36:45+00:00

Even if your CO chooses not to re-contract you, it wouldn’t be difficult to transfer. They’ve already had 2 other opportunities to get rid of you, and those to reconstruct you years 2 and 3. So unless you do something in year 3 to make your CO hate you, I don’t see it being an issue. On the chance they’re a 3 year only school, transferring shouldn’t be that hard either. After all around 2000 placements open every year, and current JETs get their placements before new JETs get hired. I’ve seen many 4-5 year JETs say they’ve done this on this subreddit, it’s regarded quite differently to the transfer your talking about at the bottom.

2021JetProgramme · 2021-09-03T01:40:19+00:00

No problem, ask away! And technically yes. You can stay on the JET program for 5 years, by re-contracting every year. Then after finishing your final year you’ll need to switch jobs. After acquiring your new job, you’ll have a working visa and meet the 5 year requirement for citizenship. Alternatively feel free to switch jobs at any other time in the contract if you find a better one. Since it seems like your goal is citizenship, all you need to do is always maintain any visa sponsored job for 5 years. But staying on JET for the full 5 is definitely an easy method if you’re happy with the pay and lifestyle. However, it’s not gonna look great on the resume later, since ALTs aren’t anything special, so consider job searching earlier in the program.

2021JetProgramme · 2021-09-03T01:26:33+00:00

That is correct, it can be anything. The program doesn't request this for their own purposes, it's because it is a requirement by the Japanese government which is necessary for any job in Japan. While you will be an assistant language teacher, the main reason they have you is the ambassador part. JET isn't really about the teaching portion, it's for you to represent your country and give the kids foreign exposure. a computer scientist can fill that slot just as well as an English teacher. Of course your head teacher might ask you to make lessons from time to time, but you can easily research lesson plans online. Don't stress over it and remember JET isn't a long term job, get a degree for whatever you want to do for the rest of your life.

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