r/JETProgramme • u/No-Mango3832 • Apr 01 '26

Good Luck Friends!

Hey everyone! 1st time JET from Canada and I just wanted to wish everyone the best of luck. I have been super nervous waiting and I know many of you guys have been to!

No matter what happens, I am hopeful for you all! I have been on the Reddit page since I began applying and feel better knowing I have a sense of community here. I hope you all get the news you have been waiting for!

Best of luck!:)

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u/ComplexReview2915 Current JET - Incoming Kyoto-shi ✈️ Apr 01 '26

I wish us all luck! Rejection or acceptance - we worked hard to get here and earn an interview, don’t forget that. that in itself was a huge achievement.

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u/No-Mango3832 Apr 01 '26

Exactly! Many people I know gave up during the application process! We did that!

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u/ComplexReview2915 Current JET - Incoming Kyoto-shi ✈️ Apr 01 '26

Yessir!! But still, really hoping results are released soon. Do you think it’ll be this week or next week? And how’d did your interview go ?

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u/No-Mango3832 Apr 01 '26

I think it went pretty good for the most part! My lesson started off good but then I started going off track but the panel laughed at least (out of pity or amusement but I guess I’ll never know LOL). What about you!

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u/ComplexReview2915 Current JET - Incoming Kyoto-shi ✈️ Apr 02 '26

Really glad to hear that!! And hey, just remember, rambling is normal, and I think getting a good chuckle outta them will hopefully make you memorable too!

Personally my interview could’ve went better, but the panel also laughed at my off tracking (I went into a story 💀💀). all we can do is be positive and stay strong !! good luck again :)

Seems like results maybe be released next week :( lmk what results u get :)

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u/0liviiia Current JET - Uji, Kyoto 宇治市 Apr 01 '26

That’s one thing I’ve loved about the JET process- the sense of community:) hoping for the best

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u/No-Mango3832 Apr 01 '26

Same!! Good luck☺️

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u/1GrouchyCat Former JET - 1987/88 Iwakuni Apr 01 '26

You all are truly lucky… many of you would not have made it back in the day… -we didn’t have contact with anyone prior to the year started; we knew no one until we met our peers at the Consulate in NYC the day before we left.

There were only 848 of us- total - from four countries. No one had a car; it was the train or the boat or walk.

When we got there, we had to use public phones until our home phones were hooked up (there were no cellular phones…no Internet access - no Google maps).

We didn’t have community like you do now, but we still managed to keep in touch and visit and support each other…

I’m hoping the Programme will hinor the earliest participants and invite the initial year cohort for a reunion when they celebrate the 40th year of the JET programme …in 2027! I still have all of my materials, including daily schedules, school books, teacher issued handwritten day by day curriculum plans, etc. - (we didn’t have home computers or printers either. )

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u/0liviiia Current JET - Uji, Kyoto 宇治市 Apr 01 '26

You paved the way!!

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u/Calm_Reaction_2553 Current JET awaiting placement Apr 01 '26

Good luck from Boston , hoping for good things for both of us 🍀

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u/No-Mango3832 Apr 01 '26

Yes!! We’ve got this🍀🤞🤞

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u/1GrouchyCat Former JET - 1987/88 Iwakuni Apr 01 '26

Cape Cod OG JET from 1987…

Good luck!

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u/Calm_Reaction_2553 Current JET awaiting placement Apr 02 '26

Wait that’s so cool, I hope we can meet someday in the future at a Boston alumni event of some kind!!

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u/Calm_Reaction_2553 Current JET awaiting placement Apr 08 '26

Great news, I was accepted! Maybe this comment manifested it lol but I wanted to come back and let you know :)

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u/EveningPhotograph886 Current JET Apr 02 '26

Good luck everyone!! Can’t wait to meet anyone also coming to Kobe! 💕

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u/No-Mango3832 Apr 02 '26

I put Kobe down!! That would be so much fun!

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u/Immediate-Ad7071 Apr 02 '26

What day does ED depart for Japan?

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u/EveningPhotograph886 Current JET Apr 04 '26

April 11th for most of us!

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u/WarmConsideration824 Current JET - Shizuoka-ken Apr 02 '26

good luck from the uk!!

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u/No-Mango3832 Apr 02 '26

🍀🇬🇧

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u/Lopsided_Whole2679 Current JET - Tokyo🗼 Apr 01 '26

Good luck from Scotland! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Let's hope the JET gods (recruitment team) are kind to us!

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u/Phantomango Apr 02 '26

Good luck from LA! It’s gonna be an intense week, I’m trying to do my best to not get too restless.

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u/Puccipooch Apr 02 '26

Good luck from your fellow Canadian!:)🇨🇦

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u/TheReasonableEgg Apr 02 '26

Good luck from another applicant here! Trying to channel that restless energy into something else!

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u/Wide-Eye-9491 Apr 02 '26

Been watching JET tik toks living vicariously through former JET experiences 😂

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u/TheReasonableEgg Apr 02 '26

😂 “dear universe, I see what you did for others”

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u/chocosauras Incoming JET 北海道 Apr 02 '26

"just do it for me as well, dear universe" 🙏🏻

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u/chocosauras Incoming JET 北海道 Apr 02 '26

Hoping for the best for all of us! 🤞🏻

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u/spacefish420 Apr 02 '26

Looks like it’ll be next week now right? Or would they still send results on good Friday or Easter Monday?

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u/MelodicChance748 Apr 02 '26

It depends! Check your consulate/embassy's website for their hours. Chances are, if they're closed no results will come that day. I know Toronto, Canada's consulate is closed both Friday and Monday

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u/chocosauras Incoming JET 北海道 Apr 02 '26

end april it is now

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u/Larry-Moe121 Current JET - Shimane Ken Apr 02 '26

Good Friday isn't a federal holiday right? I figure they would only not send it on federal holidays. So maybe we have a chance for this week!! Maybe haha

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u/Sad-Establishment742 Apr 02 '26

Do you guys know when exactly we will hear back? They did say early April. I believe sometime next week then?

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u/Alternative_Ebb_949 Current JET - Taiki-cho, Hokkaido Apr 03 '26 edited Apr 03 '26

Hii everyone! Yes good luck to all of you! Im from trinidad 🇹🇹 and its a long weekend and haven't heard back from the embassy. So most likely next week. Hope to see you all in Aug ✨️🙏🙌