Japanese Government Scholarship |
Jet
Programme | Asian Youth Fellowship | Global Youth Exchange
2007 Global Youth Exchange Program - Sponsored by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan |
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(Recruitment for 2007 is already
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| Objectives of the Program |
The Global Youth Exchange (GYE) Program was initiated in 1994 by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in order to provide the young people around the globe with an opportunity to exchange their views on global issues from cross-cultural and cross-linguistic perspectives.
In an effort to promote international mutual understanding, the GYE program invites to Japan promising youths around the globe who will assume great responsibilities in the 21 st century, and organizes lectures and sessions for exchange of views on a global topic among the participants. The Program also intends to promote the participants' understanding of Japan by arranged visits to various cities in Japan as well as by exchanges with the Japanese people.
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Application form.doc |
Application Guideline |
Global Theme of This Year
Youth Culture in the past, today and in the future
~Searching influences given by youth culture ~
Youth culture has always been attracting attention as a trendsetter in the society. It could have an influence on a society as a whole. Japan 's youth culture is no exception. Furthermore, Japan 's pop culture such as comics, designs, and fashions, etc. has recently been getting popularity even outside Japan.
This year GYE Program will provide a place for youths from all over the world to search possible influences given by youth culture under the theme of “Youth Culture in the past, today and in the future”. |
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Self-assessment Medical Report |
Sub-theme 1: Youth Visual Culture (from Hitchcock to Hayao Miyazaki ) |
• Visual cultures from films to installation art, TV drama, animated cartoon (from Hitchcock to Hayao Miyazaki) are various and bear the important part of youth culture. Japan 's comics and animated cartoon are now popular around the world. How does/can youth visual culture have an influence to the world?
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Sub-theme 2: Youth Music (from Beatles to J-POP)
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• The youth have been setting trend in music, such as Rock, Pop, Bossa Nova, Reggae, Salsa, etc. Japan 's pop music (J-POP) is also popular especially in Asia . How does/can the youth music have an influence to the world?
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Sub-theme 3: Youth Lifestyle (from Coco Chanel to MUJI) |
• How does/can youth lifestyle culture, such as food culture including fast-food lead by worldwide restaurant or café chains, youth fashion with originality, and industrial design, have an influence to the world?
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Invited Youth
(1) Professions and expertise of the participants (27 youths including 3 participants from Japan )
Researchers, activists (event promoters, cultural institution managers, journalists, students in cultural history, art history, contemporary culture etc. (officials of governmental organizations are not eligible)
(2) Invited countries/areas (25 countries/areas including Japan )
In order for the participants to develop an active and balanced discussion based upon concrete experiences or illustrations from each country/area, the GYE 2007 invites youths from the following countries/areas:
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Australia, Brazil, China, Cuba, France, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Mexico, Philippines, Qatar, Russia, Senegal, Singapore, Spain, Sweden, Tunisia, Turkey, Ukraine, United Kingdom, United States, Uzbekistan, Vietnam |
*Only one person from each country/area is invited, except for Japan .
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Sample Schedule of GYE 2007
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Itinerary |
Stay |
Aug 27 (Mon) |
Arrival in Tokyo |
Tokyo |
28 (Tue) |
Opening Ceremony, Orientation, Visits <Tokyo> |
Tokyo |
29 (Wed) |
Visits <Tokyo>, Lecture |
Tokyo/Kyoto |
30 (Thurs) |
Visits <Kyoto>, Japanese Traditional Culture Experience |
Kyoto |
31 (Fri) |
Visits <Kyoto>, Lecture |
Kyoto/Fukuoka |
Sept 1 (Sat) |
Visits <Fukuoka>, Home Stay |
Fukuoka |
2 (Sun) |
Home Stay |
Fukuoka |
3 (Mon) |
Visits <Fukuoka>, Lecture |
Fukuoka |
4 (Tue) |
Lecture & Working Sessions |
Fukuoka |
5 (Wed) |
Working Sessions |
Fukuoka |
6 (Thu) |
Working Sessions |
Fukuoka/Tokyo |
7 (Fri) |
Visits <Tokyo>, Farewell Reception |
Tokyo |
8 (Sat) |
Public Symposium |
Tokyo |
9 (Sun) |
Free Time |
Tokyo |
10 (Mon) |
Departure from Tokyo |
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9. NOTIFICATION OF SELECTION AND DISQUALIFICATION
A. Notification of Selection
Those candidates, who successfully pass both the first and
second stages of the application process, will become
participants only after their respective embassy or
consulate has endorsed them, consulted with related
agencies, and for whom a Contracting Organization is
decided. Notification of acceptance as a participant along
with the name of the designated Contracting Organization
will be sent from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, via the
embassy or consulate to the candidate from
May 2007
onwards. A Notice of Appointment, the Terms and Conditions
of employment, and other materials such as pamphlets about
the local area will be sent directly from the Contracting
Organization to the participant.
All the short-list candidates must obtain and submit their
criminal record to the Japanese Embassy or Consulate General
where they were interviewed.
Certain types of crimes on the criminal record may
disqualify the candidates as indicated in B below.
If it becomes clear that there is some factor restricting a
short-list candidate's ability to fulfill the duties of the
job, and if a Contracting Organization cannot be found for
said applicant, placement will not be possible. If it is
determined that the factors which hindered the candidate's
ability to perform the duties of the job no longer exist,
the candidate will not be required to complete an
application form for the following year even if he or she
wishes to reapply.
B. Disqualification from the Programme
A short-list candidate or a participant may be disqualified
from the Programme without warning in the following
circumstances:
a)
The candidate or participant engages in conduct which
is considered to be unsuitable for a JET participant, or
there are reasonable grounds to believe that the participant
has engaged in such behavior.
b)
The candidate's or participant's application documents are
found to contain any false statements.
c)
The type(s) of crime(s) on the criminal record is not
suitable for participation in the JET Programme.
d)
The Reply Form is and the certificate of health
signed by examining physician are not submitted by the
deadline.
e)
Those with dual nationality with Japan do not renounce their
Japanese nationality before the submission of their reply
form.
f)
It becomes clear at a later date that the candidate
or participant does not meet the eligibility criteria due to
some reason attributable to the candidate him or herself.
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10. SCHEDULE FROM APPLICATION TO DEPARTURE
March 30,
2007 Application
deadline
First stage of screening process (written
applications)
 April
2007
Second stage of screening process (interviews)
Announcement of short-list candidates
and alternates
May 2007
Notification of selection and placement
July 2007
Pre-departure orientation, etc.
August 5, 2007 Arrival
in Japan and start of contract
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11. COURT JURISDICTION AND GOVERNING LAW
With regards to the recruitment and application procedure,
the Tokyo District Court will be used exclusively for all
legal matters. The governing law will be Japanese law.
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FOOTNOTES:
1. Roles of the ministries, CLAIR, and Contracting
Organizations
Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications:
Receives placement requests from the local authorities;
determines participant numbers per country; provides main
revenue for the Programme to the local authorities.
Ministry of Foreign Affairs: Involved in the
application and selection processes and pre-departure
orientations via the embassies and consulates of Japan.
http://www.mofa.go.jp/jet
Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and
Technology: Involved in the Assistant Language Teacher
(ALT) aspects of post-arrival orientations and mid-year
training seminars, as well as counseling, and giving advice
concerning participants' duties as ALTs.
CLAIR: Involved in participant placement,
post-arrival orientations, training, counseling, JET
publications and other related matters.
http://www.jetprogramme.org/
Contracting Organizations: Contracting Organizations,
administered by various organizational bodies, receive the
participants assigned to them, and carry out international
activities and language instruction. In 2006,
nearly
1,200
Contracting Organizations hosted participants in the
Programme.
2. Designated Cities
These are cities with populations of 500,000 or more which
are designated by a government ordinance. At present, there
are
fifteen
designated cities which consist of: Sapporo, Sendai,
Saitama, Chiba, Yokohama, Kawasaki, Shizuoka, Nagoya, Kyoto,
Osaka,
Sakai,
Kobe, Hiroshima, Kita-Kyushu, and Fukuoka.
3. Language instruction of local residents refers to foreign
language lessons and foreign culture classes for local
resident children and/or adults.
4. Students with common interests and motivations form a
club at school, whose activity is centered on conversation
in a foreign language.
5. In the case of English-speaking countries this is
English, for France it is French, for Germany and Austria it
is German, for China it is Chinese, for Korea it is Korean,
and for other non-English speaking countries it is English
and the principal language spoken in that country.
6. JET participants are not necessarily exempt from tax
obligations in their home countries. It is the
responsibility of individual JET participants to clarify
such obligations prior to their departure for Japan. Each
participant is responsible for the payment of any obligatory
home country taxes.
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Qualifications:
- Interested applicant must be
- Filipino citizen,
- under 35 years old,
- currently enrolled or a university or college graduate, who have completed the fundamental education of their country
- good proficiency in English
- willing to participate in all the programs stated above.
Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan will examine your application documents and select the participants for the GYE 2007. You will be informed of the results of the selection by the Japanese diplomatic missions in due time.
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All required documents must be submitted/sent to:
JAPAN INFORMATION AND CULTURAL CENTER (JICC)
EMBASSY OF JAPAN IN THE PHILIPPINES
2nd Floor, 2627 Roxas Boulevard , Pasay City 1300
on or before July 6, 2007 (Friday)
Late and online applications will not be accepted.
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