Terms and Conditions

The terms and conditions of service will be determined by the contracting organization which employs the participant. Though the terms and conditions are generally as follows, they may differ by contracting organization.

E. Transportation to and from Japan

(1) Getting to Japan

Participants must arrive in Japan on July 29 or August 5, 2012 on a flight out of one of the designated departure cities (see Table 2 ). Your contracting organization will provide air tickets from the airport designated in your home country to Narita International Airport. Transportation to the designated airport in the participant’s home country will be the responsibility of the participant, while transportation from Narita Airport to the orientation site and host institution will be borne by the contracting organization. In the case that a participant withdraws his/her intent to participate in the program or is found ineligible after receipt of placement, he/she may be responsible for any cancellation fees.

If selected to interview, all U.S. applicants must interview in the U.S. at their own expense.  However, those residing in Japan prior to the start of the program are permitted to join Tokyo Orientation without first returning to the U.S.. In principle, this is limited to participants whose status of residence can be changed from within Japan. For those participants, transportation costs from the designated airport or railway station to the orientation site will be borne by the contracting organization. However, expenses incurred from the participant’s home to the designated airport or train station will be paid by the participant. Participants living within 100 kilometers of Tokyo will be responsible for all costs incurred while traveling to the orientation site. JETs residing within Japan must join the orientation in Tokyo on July 29, 2012.

From the orientation site, participants who will be in the same jurisdictional group will travel together to their respective contracting organizations. These costs will be the responsibility of the contracting organizations therefore, traveling separately is not allowed.

Participants may bring their spouses and/or children to Japan at their own expense after informing their contracting organizations. However, it is recommended that participants have their spouses and/or children arrive after they themselves arrive in Japan and find suitable housing. (Only a legal spouse is eligible for a dependent’s visa. A fiancée or person of equivalent status is ineligible.)

(2) Costs for Returning Home
As a general rule, all participants not seeking further assignment with their contracting organization or a third party in Japan after the conclusion of their one-year appintment will have their return ticket for a designated flight paid for if they depart from Japan and return to the designated airport in their home country within one month of completing their appointment.  Participants residing in Japan prior to the start of the program may also be eligible for their return airfare to a designated international airport in their home country by meeting the conditions above.

(3) Return of Travel Expenses
Participants who break the terms and conditions of their appointments without justifiable grounds, (for example, failing to complete the full duration of their appointments) or are disqualified from the program due to inappropriate behavior (either prior to departure for Japan or committed in Japan) must bear the full cost of returning home. Such participants must also reimburse the contracting organization for the cost of travel to Japan, and may be subject to other reasonable actions or redresses.