Residence Card Renewal

If you wish to stay beyond a 3rd year in Japan (whether on the JET Programme or not), you will need to renew your residence card before it expires. To do so, please follow these steps: Print out and fill out the forms from the Immigration Services Agency of Japan website http://www.immi-moj.go.jp/english/tetuduki/kanri/shyorui/03.html *** Please note …

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Being a PoC in Japan: Dominic

"Where are you from? India, right?" "Oh, no, I'm actually Australian." "Oh, really!" I've had this conversation many times since I moved to Japan. Meeting someone for the first time, it's natural that they'd be curious. One look at my face, and it's obvious I'm not Japanese. Where am I from, then... India? Sometimes they …

Being a PoC in Japan: Rachelle

I’m Rachelle Moscova from Newark, New Jersey. I’m 28 years old and I live in Nagasaki Prefecture, in Unzen, a city known for its array of welcoming hot springs and its eponymous active volcano which greets me every day like a friendly neighbor. I’m a third-year high school Assistant Language Teacher here on the JET …

Being a PoC in Japan: Shenike

Wah gwaan! (A greeting used by my home country). I’m Shenike Wilson and I’m a first year ALT living in Saza, Nagasaki. I’m from that little island where people are always irie and our seasons are named after fruits because it’s always summer in the paradise of Jamaica. I remembered telling my mom that I …

Being a PoC in Japan: Ignacio

My name is Ignacio Jimeno, and I am a first year High School ALT based in Hirado Island. Miami is an interesting place to grow up. Fifty odd years ago, it was graced with the presence of a huge migration of Hispanic culture that helped define the city, and for better or worse, the people …

Being a PoC in Japan: Patrick

Hello, my name is Patrick, and I’m a first year ALT from the San Francisco Bay Area in California. I’m currently residing in Minamishimabara as a junior high school ALT. I am an American with Filipino and Chinese ethnicity. Being Asian American in Japan is the equivalent of hiding in plain sight. In fact, as …

Being a PoC in Japan: Diana

Hey everyone! I’m Diana Reyes and I’m a third year ALT from California. I live in Sasebo, Nagasaki. As a first generation immigrant from Mexico, I thought I would be prepared to face the homogeneous society of Japan. With years of being “the outsider” back in the US and growing up in a country where …

Being a PoC in Japan: J.R.

What up! My name is J.R. and I am a first year ALT in Nagasaki Prefecture. I’m living on Ojika Island and being here is a truly special experience. I love the access to beaches every direction I go and being able to immerse myself into a semi-conservative, close knit community has given me a …

Being a PoC in Japan: Mamta

Call to Order Not a ‘Person of Colour’ Not ‘Japanese’ Not labelled to please – your ascription of my identity. Tap on my skin (do you?) to layer on diversity Use me (then); don’t loot me Liberate us both! Seize! This Opportunity! But I digress… Not Singaporean, apparently – I’m not Chinese, you see ‘Basically …

Being a PoC in Japan: Rennique

Hi there! My name is Rennique Thomas, a first year JET in Omura City. “The land of wood and water” is often used to describe the land of my birth, Jamaica, which has produced legends the likes of Bob Marley and Usain Bolt. The Caribbean region where I am from has often been said to …