What are the best opportunities for students interested in traveling, working, or studying in Japan?
Ambassador Schieffer: Cristina, there are a lot of programs, scholarships and internships that can get you to Japan for travel, work or study. Check out these opportunities: State Department internships: For more information see http://www.careers.state.gov/, under “Students”. For Student Exchanges, see http://www.exchanges.state.gov/education/educationusa/usstudents.htm Also, the government of Japan has the “Japan Exchange and Teaching (JET) Programme.” See http://www.jetprogramme.org/, which offers young American college graduates the opportunity to live and teach English in Japan. Deborah in Japan writes: I teach English. It seems many high school students who consider studying abroad or going on a “home stay” feel that the United States is too dangerous to visit. Their parents would prefer they go to Australia or England. Is anything being done to work on this perception of our country? Ambassador Schieffer: Deborah, I know that there are a lot of people abroad who think that it is
