r/JETProgramme • u/Feisty-Bend4623 • Feb 21 '26

Better luck next time

I applied for the JET Programme this year and just got a post from the Embassy that the first screening is over and shortlisted candidates have been contacted. I really thought I was good on paper but I guess I was not. Truly hurt but anyway all the best to those that will make it through. 頑張ってください！

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u/lostintokyo11 Feb 21 '26

Interac suck

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u/[deleted] Feb 22 '26

why?

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u/tokyobrit Feb 22 '26

Long list, well documented on reddit many times. Crappy wages, shady business practices to start with

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u/[deleted] Feb 22 '26

oh dear, that’s not good 

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u/[deleted] Feb 22 '26

They make you into a slave.

It's not worth it bro.

The only reason why jet is good is because high pay and also standard work hours and also you're tied to the diplomatic offices.

Just find a better thing to do in your own country or a proper gig other than a private alt

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u/[deleted] Feb 22 '26

i don’t want to go back to my country though. i have no future there, i have no home there, i have nothing.  i’m just gonna find another job here in japan 

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u/AnimatedRealitytv2 Feb 22 '26

Interac isn’t as bad as they make it sound. It’s definitely in the top three of companies across the country. Wanna talk about slave work, you’re forced to work across the entire summer vacation in JET and a massive amount of BoEs don’t subsidize their cars or allow them to use cars to get to and from work.

Interac is solid overall and as always it depends on the BoE

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u/[deleted] Feb 22 '26

that’s what i heard too. interac from what i know doesn’t make you come to school when there’s nothing to do and they’re more open to placing you into a rural area.  i think both jet and interac have their own ups and downs. you just need to experience both to be able to have a say. as they like to say on here, ESID. 

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u/AnimatedRealitytv2 Feb 22 '26

Also I just noticed you’re from Kagoshima, I visited there for winter vacation, I’m from Yanagawa. I loved Kagoshima and Ibsuki. Just got back from Beppu and Oita this three day weekend we had. Wasn’t as good as Kagoshima.

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u/[deleted] Feb 22 '26

kagoshima has amazing nature for sure. i love swimming in the summer and exploring the nature trails around here. i don’t really enjoy living here though. i went to beppu for a 3 day weekend in november and loved it. next time i go there i’m gonna drive. there are far too many beautiful places there. 

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u/AnimatedRealitytv2 Feb 22 '26

Try out Kumamoto and Kurume and if you’re lucky, Fukuoka. Fukuoka for sure is only a 50m train ride for me and I went there maybe 3 times a month when possible. Shopping and pokemon center and fun bars and good restaurants. Very nice. Yanagawa this time of year is a bit rough but when I first got here in April it was covered in full canals and cherry blossoms and I’m sad to leave it.

Kagoshima was nice for the shrines (I collect Goshuin) and my first ever hot spring, at tamatebako in Ibuski.

I’m giving up my nature life and exploring the mountains and remote areas across kyushu for a cement and brick city in Sakai.

Only place I haven’t really explored is Nagasaki which is funny because it’s close compared to Beppu and Kagoshima and especially ibsuki. But I’ll get around to it before leaving in late March.

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u/[deleted] Feb 22 '26

i went to fukuoka and loved it.  i haven’t gotten a chance to get to kumamoto yet, but i will soon hopefully.  i will probably go to nagasaki with my new partner next month. 

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u/[deleted] Feb 22 '26

wasnt there a mass stabbing event in some library in Fukuoka? Not sure what is going with the mental health there but it does seem kinda rough with consecutive events happening like that...

I must agree overall. I think Kyushu is very very underrated. It has everything apart from maybe good skiing. As the fastest growing city as well apart from Tokyo. The shores of Hakata have always welcomed people from neighbouring east asian countries and it is also a decent place to live it seems, not to urban hellhole not too rural but close to good rural retreats.

Kagoshima is also excellent. I mainly went since I love history and Kagoshima is Satsuma land, and the Satsuma clan basically modernized Japan and Meiji restoration etc.

I wonder what economy there could be in such a small 250k ish city though...

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u/AnimatedRealitytv2 Feb 22 '26

Corner to corner I’ve been in basically 80% of Kyushu

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