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JET STREAM

Japan Times
LIFE / Lifestyle / JET STREAM
Apr 26, 2002
Laughing all the way to English proficiency
"When Genki English visits our school, the kids simply love it," says Kimie Chu, an English teacher at Shin Tokorozawa preschool in Saitama Prefecture.
Japan Times
LIFE / Lifestyle / JET STREAM
Apr 12, 2002
The man who gave the JET program liftoff
The JET program marks its 15th anniversary this year. Today the country's largest teacher-exchange program, it all started from the simple dream of a young British banker called Nicolas Maclean.
LIFE / Lifestyle / JET STREAM
Mar 29, 2002
Temple tour that's a journey of the soul
It was Ryan Armstrong's dream to follow in the footsteps of the great Kobo Daishi, that is to complete the 1,200-km, 88-temple pilgrimage on Shikoku Island first made by the Buddhist saint 1,200 years ago.
Japan Times
LIFE / Lifestyle / JET STREAM
Mar 15, 2002
There ain't no mountains high enough
During Golden Week of 1999, 26-year-old Tom Fearnehough and six friends skied down Mount Fuji. A Japanese man had attempted the same feat the year before and plummeted 2,000 meters to his death. Fearnehough and his friends, however, were better prepared.
Japan Times
LIFE / Lifestyle / JET STREAM
Mar 1, 2002
A prizewinning talk from the heart
When Jason Hancock took the grand prize at the NHK-televised 42nd International Speech Contest last June, he surprised everyone -- not least of all himself. After a series of impeccable orations by the other finalists (on such topics as the Japanese political system and Japanese linguistics), Hancock first introduced himself, by his adopted Japanese name, Tsutomu Miyakoshi, then spent the next seven minutes regaling the audience with humorous anecdotes about the wonderful people he'd met here -- in less-than-perfect Japanese.
Japan Times
LIFE / Lifestyle / JET STREAM
Feb 15, 2002
Lifting weights and building character
When Feng Ming received the official letter inviting him to come to Japan, he was prepared to say no. It was 1999 and China, the undisputed powerhouse in the weightlifting world, was preparing for the 2000 Sydney Olympics. As a coach at Nanking Athletic University, Ming was training some of the country's finest young weightlifting hopefuls, and by leaving them then, he felt he'd not only be betraying his students, but also his country.
LIFE / Lifestyle / JET STREAM
Feb 8, 2002
Making a big difference in little places
Rachel Rawlings was surprised when she ran into two famous Japanese comedians in the parking lot outside her local village office. The popular television stars, Shofukutei Tsurube and Kazuki Enari, were astonished, too. Why was a young Australian woman living in a fishing village in Kochi Prefecture?
Japan Times
LIFE / Lifestyle / JET STREAM
Jan 18, 2002
Flexing bodies, opening minds
When 24-year-old Elena Davidenko, former gymnast of the Russian national team, returned to Moscow last summer after serving a 2 1/2-year stint as a sports exchange adviser in Akita City, she left a legacy of new ideas for her Japanese students.
Japan Times
LIFE / Lifestyle / JET STREAM
Jan 4, 2002
Archers learn to read the nuances of the wind
When marksman-archer Lim Han Soo arrived in Japan 3 1/2 years ago, his dream was to teach his Japanese students how to read the wind, but they were more interested in soccer and baseball.
LIFE / Lifestyle / JET STREAM
Dec 21, 2001
Seeking the broader picture
On a flight to Japan, the British writer Lesley Downer was surprised when her seat companion started berating her, mid-conversation. He was upset when he heard that she was writing a book on geisha. Better she write about the real Japan, rather than promote foreign stereotypes, the Japanese businessman told her.
LIFE / Lifestyle / JET STREAM
Dec 7, 2001
Taking centerstage without clamming up
On his first visit to Urato Junior High School a year and a half ago, David Goldberg was awestruck. He was glad that he had followed his predecessor's advice to take a camera along. On the early morning 30-minute ferry ride from Shiogama City in Miyagi Prefecture to the island of Nonoshima, Goldberg found himself snapping pictures, one after another.
LIFE / Lifestyle / JET STREAM
Nov 16, 2001
Coming to Japan with his eyes wide shut
Omar Karlin would be blind today if it weren't for that crazy, half-baked business scheme of his.
Japan Times
LIFE / Lifestyle / JET STREAM
Nov 2, 2001
Serbian tennis ace giving it his best shot
It was gunfire that Nikola Stula thought he heard the first night he arrived in Gifu.
LIFE / Lifestyle / JET STREAM
Oct 19, 2001
Home from home in surprising ways
When Christine Permatsari arrived in Okinawa this August, she found it to be not much different from home.
LIFE / Lifestyle / JET STREAM
Oct 5, 2001
The makings of a body beautiful
Although this sport is relatively new to Japan, bodybuilding is experiencing a growing popularity -- even among young women. This popularity is due, in part, to the presence of competitors like Fiona Millines.
LIFE / Lifestyle / JET STREAM
Sep 21, 2001
Riding tall in the classroom
When Tom Kodiak's grandfather offered him 2,200 head of cattle and a 17,000-hectare ranch in South Park, Colorado, he told his grandfather he'd think it over. It was his last year of college and Kodiak was afraid that if he went straight from school to managing a big cattle ranch he'd be stuck there for the rest of his life.
LIFE / Lifestyle / JET STREAM
Sep 7, 2001
Pedaling along the Silk Road
Justin Jeffrey and his wife, Miyuki, have set off on a journey of epic proportions. On bicycles laden with camping equipment and summer and winter clothes, they are traveling overland from Sapporo to London. Their journey is taking them through some of the most spectacular and challenging terrain in the world as they pedal through China, Tibet, India, the Middle East and Europe in their hopes of reaching London by Christmas next year.
LIFE / Lifestyle / JET STREAM
Aug 24, 2001
Brazilian scores with high school soccer
Akita Prefecture has traditionally been famous for its rice. But, in recent years, the quality of young soccer talent coming out of the area's high schools has caught the media spotlight.
LIFE / Lifestyle / JET STREAM
Aug 10, 2001
Getting a different perspective
Before coming to Japan, Jennifer Biggers had achieved some success as a musician in her native Texas. The world music enthusiast had composed and produced two tapes and a CD of original music.
LIFE / Lifestyle / JET STREAM
Jul 27, 2001
Hawaiian JETs sing a new island song
The song "Neba Neba Natto" may never make the Japanese music charts, but it is becoming a classic of a sort. The song, by Nikkei Aloha, has a laid-back Hawaiian tempo and humorous lyrics paying homage to natto (fermented soybeans).
Town to block view of Mount Fuji in response to overtourism
The town government of Fujikawaguchiko, Yamanashi Prefecture, decided to set up a 2.5-meter-high screen to prevent tourists from taking pictures of Mount Fuji looming behind a convenience store.
In Japan, regional revitalization fails to halt population decline
Sakiyama elementary school in Tamba, Hyogo Prefecture, in March .Over the past decade, the government has directed efforts toward policies designed to give young people incentives to base themselves in rural areas.
Number of homeless in Japan hits record low
Homeless people sleep on the street in Tokyo's Shinjuku Ward in August 2021.
Ukraine is far from doomed
When comparing Ukraine’s military situation in 2024 to Europe’s in 1941, Russia’s defeat seems entirely possible.
Japan wants you to spend more with ‘luxury tourism’
Performers play a traditional drum unique to Wajima, Ishikawa Prefecture, in the prefectural capital of Kanazawa on March 16 to mark the extension of the Hokuriku Shinkansen line to Tsuruga Station in Fukui Prefecture.
Tokyo's Koto Ward by-election a race unlike any other
Natsumi Sakai, the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan’s candidate and one of four female candidates running in the by-election, touts her experience as a cancer survivor and midwife as having prepared her to tackle issues that women currently face.
Japan wants you to spend more with ‘luxury tourism’
Performers play a traditional drum unique to Wajima, Ishikawa Prefecture, in the prefectural capital of Kanazawa on March 16 to mark the extension of the Hokuriku Shinkansen line to Tsuruga Station in Fukui Prefecture.
Casa del Cibo: A thriving jewel born from Tohoku’s harsh past
When chef Ryohei Ikemi moved to Hachinohe, Aomori Prefecture, and opened Casa del Cibo in 2011, it was the first proper Italian restaurant in the city.
Town to block view of Mount Fuji in response to overtourism
The town government of Fujikawaguchiko, Yamanashi Prefecture, decided to set up a 2.5-meter-high screen to prevent tourists from taking pictures of Mount Fuji looming behind a convenience store.
Top U.S. and China diplomats talk tough amid warnings of new ‘downward spiral’
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing on Friday

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