Tag: JET Programme

  • Episode 7: The Bottom Line is Respect

    David Caprara is an award-winning multimedia journalist based in Japan. His documentary work has ranged from covering Nepali honey hunters in Himalayan foothills, to reconstruction efforts after the 2011 Tohoku disaster, to uncovering the mysteries of a WWII B-29 crash on a Buddhist holy mountain. He first came to live in Nara in 2012 as…

  • Episode 2: Embracing Our Own Differences

    Grace Kim was born in the U.S. to Korean parents. She spent most of her childhood in Japan but also grew up in Korea and the U.S. From 2015 to 2016, Grace lived in Okayama Prefecture, serving as a Coordinator for International Relations (CIR) for the JET Programme. She is now based in Northern Virginia…