Speaker: Matthew Niemi, JET Program Coordinator, Consulate General of Japan in Seattle

The JET Program is an opportunity for college graduates to work in Japan as Assistant Language Teachers or Coordinators for International Relations. Participants are employed by either private or public elementary schools, junior high and senior high schools, or local government offices. Come learn more about the program from Matthew Niemi, a JET alumni who worked as a Coordinator of International Relations at the Yamagata Prefectural Government Office from 2005-2007 on the program. He has over 12 years of experience living and working in Japan and has been coordinating the JET program since last year for the Consulate General of Japan in Seattle.

A Mansfield Center Brown Bag Lecture