The JET Program Office will accept letters of recommendation in either English or Japanese. The online application portal will accept Japanese characters in the body of the text-box for inputting the recommendation. The JET Program Office will not accept letters of recommendation in any language other than English or Japanese.
No. At no time should any JET applicant view the letters of recommendation themself. If your reference writer cannot provide you with the letter as the instructions state (i.e. they are experiencing technical difficulties with uploading their letter to the online portal) and instead wishes to send it directly to the JET Program Office, please
No. The online reference portal only allows for two requests to reference writers. If you request a letter and there is no response from the reference writer, the reference writer declines the request, or you want to change the person from whom you are requesting a letter, you can manage these issues in the online
Letters of reference must be submitted via the JET Application Portal. We will not accept letters submitted via any other method. If your reference writer is having difficulties with the portal, please have them contact us at jetprogram@ws.mofa.go.jp.
No. Applicants should provide contact information for their reference writers in the online portal. The portal will send an email to the reference writer which will allow the reference writers to securely log in and provide confidential letters of recommendation. At no time should any applicant view the letters of recommendation themself. If your reference