Introduction
JETAA USA is a grounds up organization, i.e. each of the chapters has full control over their organizations and while there are national and international levels to JETAA, final authority for any particular region lays within the chapter in that region.
US Organization
Chapter List
JETAA USA currently has 18 chapters as follows:
US based Consulates and Japanese Government Offices
These chapters are supported by two elements of the Japanese Government:
- The Japan Local Government Center (JLCG) is one of the overseas offices of CLAIR and is commonly referred to as CLAIR NY (http://www.jlgc.org/en/index.html). CLAIR’s main affiliation is with the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (MIC), although CLAIR is not technically a part of the ministry. CLAIR works with MIC, MOFA, and MEXT on JET Program implementation (and with MOFA on JETAA).
- The local Ministry of Foreign Affairs' (http://www.mofa.go.jp/) Japanese embassy/consulates/consular offices in:
City | Website URL |
Washington D.C. | http://www.us.emb-japan.go.jp/english/html/ |
Anchorage | http://www.anchorage.us.emb-japan.go.jp/ |
Atlanta | http://www.japanatlanta.org/ |
Boston | http://www.boston.us.emb-japan.go.jp/ |
Chicago | http://www.chicago.us.emb-japan.go.jp/ |
Denver | http://www.denver.us.emb-japan.go.jp/ |
Detroit | http://www.detroit.us.emb-japan.go.jp/ |
Hagatna | http://www.hagatna.us.emb-japan.go.jp/ |
Honolulu | http://www.honolulu.us.emb-japan.go.jp/ |
Houston | http://www.houston.us.emb-japan.go.jp/ |
Los Angeles | http://www.la.us.emb-japan.go.jp/ |
Nashville | http://www.nashville.us.emb-japan.go.jp/index.htm |
Miami | http://www.miami.us.emb-japan.go.jp/ |
New York | http://www.ny.us.emb-japan.go.jp/en/html/index.html |
Portland | http://www.portland.us.emb-japan.go.jp/en/index.html |
San Francisco | http://www.sf.us.emb-japan.go.jp/e_top.htm |
Seattle | http://www.seattle.us.emb-japan.go.jp/ |
History of JETAA
For an extensive organizational history of JETAA prepared by Matthew Gillam please refer to the following file. JETAA History.doc This file has information about the origins of the JET Alumni Association as well as the previous national and internation conferences that have been held until 2007.
Conferences
For information on JETAA conferences please go to the Conferences page.
Resources
For various JETAA resources and files please visit the Resources page.