Importing Diversity

The inside story of the Japan Exchange and Teaching Program, a massive government program to bring young foreigners into Japan to teach in the schools. The program has been called the "reverse Peace Corps" and indeed, with a $400 million annual budget and 5,000 new participants per year, it dwarfs both the Peace Corps and the Fulbright program.

Preface

ix

Acknowledgments

xiii

List of Acronyms

xvii

Japan's Image Problem: Culture, History, and Global Integration

1

(29)

The Solution: Top-Down ``Grassroots Internationalization''

30

(34)

The Start-Up Years: The ``Crash Program'' Nearly Crashes

64

(51)

Managing Diversity: The View From A Prefectural Board of Education

115

(51)

Beyond the Stereotypes: The Jet Program in Local Schools

166

(62)

The Learning Curve: Jetting into the New Millennium

228

(40)

Final Thoughts

268

(15)

Epilogue: Mirror on Multiculturalism in the United States

277

(6)

Notes

283

(26)

Bibliography

309

(8)

Index

317

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