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30th April 2025

Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon: The Super Live is a high-energy 2.5D stage adaptation of the beloved Sailor Moon anime and manga series. In February 2025, the show made its London debut at HERE at Outernet, bringing the magic of the Sailor Guardians to the UK stage. JETAA [...]

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29th April 2025

The JET Programme was in its early days when I joined in 1988, first as an AET (now ALT) and then as a CIR in Nara. At the time, ALTs were known as "One Shots," visiting a different school each day and spending Fridays at the Board of Education arranging visits. Only six of us were posted to Nara in that first year, but th [...]

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28th April 2025

Drum Tao is an internationally acclaimed live Taiko drumming group known for their dynamic, creative, and visually stunning performances. In March 2025, Drum Tao came from their native Oita to London’s Sadler’s Wells Theatre for a one-of-a-kind event titled The Dream. Hirushan Thavaseel [...]

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21st April 2025

Vallebona is a London-based food business known for blending Japanese and Italian flavours in creative and unexpected ways. More than a restaurant, it’s also a community space that values the experiences of ex-JETs and aims to foster ongoing connections between Japan and the UK. We caught up with co-founder Naoko Vallebona to chat about her j [...]

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6th February 2025

Hannah Thomas, JETAA’s London Treasurer, reflects on her recent experience of sharing her Japanese journey with language students in London.  In January, I had the opportunity to attend the Languages For All [...]

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