One of the formal ways to teach English in Japan is to sign up to the Japan English Teacher (JET) program. I've had a bunch of email from people asking how does one get on the program, so I did some digging and came up with the following. First of all, the JET program is run by each local government in Japan, although it's administered by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, through the CLAIR organization, plus the Ministries of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT), and the Ministry of Public Management, Home Affairs, Posts and Telecommunications. The purpose of the program is...