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Ash: A Novel

by June Kushida

“Join the JET Programme and discover Japan,” advertises the Web site of the Japan Exchange and Teaching Program, www.mofa.go.jp/j_info/visit/jet/. Established in 1987, this government program, bringing recent college graduates from overseas to teach English in Japan, now boasts more than 30,000 past and present participants.

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Growing Up in Japan

by June Kushida

Retrospection and introspection are terms suggested by a high school senior in this excerpt from his final exam in Japanese Literature. Although writing about two specific stories, Kawabata Yasunari’s “Umbrella” and Murakami Haruki’s “On Seeing the 100% Perfect Girl One April Morning,” this student neatly defined a major challenge in teaching Japanese literature at the high school level. How do we interest students, who are accustomed to exciting plot and vivid characterization, in l...

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