![<div class="at-above-post-arch-page addthis_tool" data-url="https://jetaany.org/2010/07/13/jq-magazine%e2%80%99s-julyaugust-issue-out-now%e2%80%8f/"></div>JQ knows you’re going to see Scott Pilgrim vs. the World, the summer’s coolest comic book movie, so why not get to know the the guy who started it all, cartoonist Bryan Lee O’Malley? Their new “Hot Button” issue features an exclusive interview with Bryan, a recap of the new Samurai in New York museum exhibition, and the return of the JETAANY Society Page, plus more! Click here to view. Additional contents below. Thanks to JQ Editor Justin Tedaldi (Kobe-shi CIR, 2001-02) for another sugoi issue. Contact Justin if you’d like to write a story or share photos for the next issue. CONTENTS Page 3……..From the Editor, Japan Local Government Center Executive Director Page 4……..Nippon News Blotter / Welcome Suzuki-san Page 5……..JETAANY Society […]<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings above via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Advanced Settings below via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons above via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons below via filter on get_the_excerpt --><div class="at-below-post-arch-page addthis_tool" data-url="https://jetaany.org/2010/07/13/jq-magazine%e2%80%99s-julyaugust-issue-out-now%e2%80%8f/"></div><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on get_the_excerpt -->](https://jetaany.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/JQ-July-Aug-2010-Cover-FINAL-500p-115x115.jpg "JQ Magazine’s July/August Issue Out Now!")
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- JQ Magazine: Book Review — New from Tuttle (Summer 2018)
Archive for July, 2010
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Photos from New JET Farewell Reception
Posted on July 29, 2010 | No CommentsAmbassador Nishimiya’s Residence July 23, 2010 More photos -
Check out this article in the Washington Post (free registration required to view the entire article) about the future of the JET Program. The article mentions our very own JetWit.com creator and member of the Board of Directors, Steven Horowitz, as well as photos of Vice-President Monica Yuki, and US Country Representative Shree Kurlekar! Unfortunately, according to the article, the future does not seem to bode well for the future of the JET Programme. Said Motoyuki Okuda, head of the budget review panel examining JET, “our opinion has been issued, so (JET) will probably shrink.” It was his view that JET exists to maintain “amakudari” (a plush place where senior bureaucrats are sent to retire.) Read it for yourself and […]" title="JETAANY in the Washington Post" />
JETAANY in the Washington Post
Posted on July 29, 2010 | No Comments
Check out this article in the Washington Post (free registration required to view the entire article) about the future of the JET Program. The article mentions our very own JetWit.com creator and member of the Board of Directors, Steven Horowitz, as well as photos of Vice-President Monica Yuki, and US Country Representative Shree Kurlekar! Unfortunately, according to the article, the future does not seem to bode well for the future of the JET Programme. Said Motoyuki Okuda, head of the budget review panel examining JET, “our opinion has been issued, so (JET) will probably shrink.” It was his view that JET exists to maintain “amakudari” (a plush place where senior bureaucrats are sent to retire.) Read it for yourself and […]
