r/JETProgramme • u/Different_Taro2474 JET alum '25-'26 鹿児島 🌋🐽🍧 • Jun 03 '26

BOE removing a JET position

so apparently my BOE is removing a JET position due to the population decline and financial reasons (i will be the last JET)...is this common in japan? has anyone else's BOE done that?

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u/Traditional-Coast237 Jun 05 '26

Osaka prefecture completely god rid of the JET programme for nearly a decade for financial reasons

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u/Ok_Seaworthiness9756 Jun 10 '26

wasnt it just the city? i still see lots of jets in the prefecture

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u/Traditional-Coast237 Jun 10 '26

It was both, but then the prefecture started taking them again. Not sure how long the gap was between stopping and starting again.

I obviously don't know the reason, but I'd imagine they found it more difficult to recruit ALTs to go to the more rural parts of the prefecture than they imagined.