Roles of the Ministries, Contracting Organizations, and CLAIR

Ministry of Foreign Affairs: Involved in the application and selection processes and pre-departure orientations via the embassies and consulates of Japan. Further information on the Ministry of Foreign Affairs can be found at www.mofa.go.jp/.

Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science, and Technology: Involved in the ALT aspects of post-arrival orientations and mid-year training seminars, counseling, and advice concerning participants' duties as ALTs. www.mext.go.jp/english/.

Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications: Receives placement requests from the local authorities; determines participant numbers per prefecture; provides main revenue for the program to the local authorities. www.soumu.go.jp/english/.

Council of Local Authorities for International Relations: Involved in participant placement, post-arrival orientations, training, counseling, JET publications, and other related matters. Further information on CLAIR can be found at www.clair.or.jp/ or www.jetprogramme.org/.

Contracting Organizations: Contracting organizations administered by various local authorities receive the participants assigned to them, and carry out international activities and language instruction. In 2008, nearly 1100 contracting organizations hosted participants in the program.