JET Blogs

If your work laptop's internet is so slow that the Google homepage can't even load or many websites time out, but the computer itself isn't that slow, you might have a problem with the Proxy settings. Here is a fix for Windows 10 OS.

1. open computer sett…

For those of you just starting out or for those that didn't know about it, CLAIR sends out monthly emails with important information for JET participants. Here are a few examples of the topics covered:

• News Regarding the Coronavirus (COVID-19)
• Regist…

• 1 Hanko / Inkan
  • 1.1 HANKO VENDING MACHINES
  • 1.2 SPECIALTY SHOP
  • 1.3 LOCATIONS

If you don't already have one, you will most likely need a name stamp (hanko) made for school documents. As for creating a bank account and making contracts, it is becoming more and…

• 1 Phonology in the Classroom: Why should I learn it? How can I teach it?
  • 1.1 Key Terminology
    • 1.1.1 Phonology -
    • 1.1.2 The Phonetic alphabet -
    • 1.1.3 Phonemes -
  • 1.2 Phonology - "Sounds About Right"
    • 1.2.1 Why do Japanese students misunderstand native English? More i…

• 1 Social 
  • 1.1 Skills and Hobbies
  • 1.2 The ARE and FORM Strategies for Starting and Maintaining Conversations
  • 1.3 Social Life vs. Work Obligations
  • 1.4 Let’s Wrap Things Up

How to manage your social life in a new country 

This topic is controversial for me. Ther…

• 1 Finances 
  • 1.1 What You Will Need for Your Bank Account
  • 1.2 Credit and Debit Cards (Can You Get It and Where?)
    • 1.2.1 Other Alternatives
    • 1.2.2 Paying in Installments 
  • 1.3 Financial Advice (Every Bit of My Two Cents)
  • 1.4 Quality of Life via. Locations
  • 1.5 Amazon.co…

Cancelling Services: 1) Get your phone. 1) Find bill slips for each service. 2) Circle the number below "moving" (お引っ越し) 3) Circle the "customer number" (お客さま番語) 4) Put the phone down and search for an internet site.

If JLPT ever introduce a speaking…

The teachers around me are not bored, not yet. They are not even looking for things to do. Little tasks are left over from term-time, or thrown up by the small crowds of each club.

One teacher has been working through mounds of forms for our foreign …

An interruption since my last post, but not a bad one: I’ve been compiling advice on changing one’s visa status. That guide should be finished in the next few days.

My last full week at school X has arrived. I expect there won’t be a great deal to re…

• 1 Seishun 18 Kippu
• 2 Availability
• 3 My Experience
• 4 Trip Suggestions
• 5 More Information

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The Seishun 18 allows 5 days(doesn't have to be consecutive days either!) of UNLIMITED travel on Local and Rapid JR trains t…

If you`re like me and have been hoarding your spare change in Japan ( I`m talking about those 1 , 5 and 10 yens) then this post could be for you!

I must confess in Japans cash society my collection amassed over the course of a year, I was too lazy to…