Although participants from English speaking nations make up the majority of participants on the JET Programme, most of them are in Japan as Assistant Language Teachers (ALTs). There are also many other participants, from both English speaking and non-English speaking countries who are Coordinators for International Relations (CIRs) and Sports Exchange Advisors (SEAs). This year we welcome participants from 41 countries around the world.
Country |
CIR | ALT | SEA | ALL |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Total Participants from All Countries |
384 | 4288 | 10 | 4682 |
United States |
109 | 2,571 | 1 | 2,681 |
United Kingdom |
12 | 428 | 0 | 440 |
Australia |
26 | 249 | 1 | 276 |
New Zealand |
14 | 194 | 0 | 208 |
Canada |
31 | 498 | 0 | 529 |
Ireland |
2 | 76 | 0 | 78 |
France |
9 | 9 | 0 | 18 |
Germany |
15 | 2 | 0 | 17 |
China |
63 | 10 | 2 | 75 |
Korea |
53 | 3 | 3 | 59 |
Russia |
8 | 1 | 0 | 9 |
Brazil |
17 | 0 | 0 | 17 |
Peru |
2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Portugal |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Spain |
2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Israel |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Italy |
5 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
South Africa |
0 | 99 | 0 | 99 |
Argentina |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Belgium |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Finland |
1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
Country (continued) |
CIR | ALT | SEA | ALL |
Mongolia |
2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Austria |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Indonesia |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Switzerland |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
India |
2 | 17 | 0 | 19 |
Philippines |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Netherlands |
2 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
Bulgaria | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Hungary |
0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
Singapore |
2 | 48 | 0 | 50 |
Jamaica |
0 | 46 | 0 | 46 |
Malaysia |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Barbados |
0 | 6 | 0 | 6 |
Luxembourg |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Trinidad & Tobago |
0 | 23 | 0 | 23 |
Slovenia |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Kenya |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Totals By Years on Programme |
CIR | ALT | SEA | ALL |
All Years |
384 | 4288 | 10 | 4682 |
1st Year (arrived '08) |
159 | 1854 | 1 | 2014 |
2nd Year (arrived '07) |
104 | 1352 | 3 | 1459 |
3rd Year (arrived '06) |
79 | 669 | 4 | 752 |
4th Year (arrived '05) |
28 | 258 | 2 | 288 |
5th Year (arrived '04) |
14 | 155 | 0 | 169 |
Detailed 2008 Statistics on JET Programme Participants（PDF)
>> Participants Totals by Countries 
>> Participant Totals by Host Prefecture/Designed City and Country
