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A {{nihongo|'''Coordinator for International Relations'''|国際交流員|Kokusai Kōryūin}}, or '''CIR''', is a partipant on the ] residing and working in ]. Although responsibilities for a CIR vary according to his or her contracting organization, the majority of a CIR's time is spent organizing and assisting various projects related to adjusting Japanese society to an increasingly multilingual, multicultural, and international world. Many of these project include but are not limited to: international exchange programs, primary and secondary school visits, language classes, cooking classes, cultural lectures, as well as translating and interpreting. CIRs are employed throughout Japan at international exchange associations, prefectural offices, city halls, town halls, village halls, and boards of education.
In ], a {{nihongo|'''Coordinator for International Relations'''|国際交流員|Kokusai Kōryūin}}, or '''CIR''', is a participant on the ] residing and working in the country. Although responsibilities for a CIR vary according to their contracting organization, the majority of a CIR's time is spent organizing and assisting various projects related to adjusting Japanese society to an increasingly multilingual, multicultural, and international world. Many of these projects include but are not limited to: international exchange programmes, primary and secondary school visits, language classes, cooking classes, cultural lectures, as well as translating and interpreting. CIRs are employed throughout Japan at international exchange associations, prefectural offices, city halls, town halls, village halls, and boards of education.


JET is administered by CLAIR (Council of Local Authorities for International Relations) and funded by ] (Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science, and Technology). JET is administered by ] (CLAIR) and funded by ] (MEXT).


==Number of CIRs== ==Statistics==
As of July 1, 2014, there were 364 CIRs, accounting for approximately 8.2% of the 4,465 JET Programme participants.

As of July 1st, 2006, there are 431 CIRs which account for approximately 8% of the 5,488 ] participants. The number of CIRs in each prefecture and designated city is as follows{{ref|1}}:


{| border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="5" align="center" {| border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="5" align="center"
! Prefecture/Designated City ! Prefecture/Designated City
! Number of CIRs ! Number of CIRs (2014)
|- |-
| Hokkaido | ]
| 8 | 21
|- |-
| Aomori | ]
| 20 | 16
|- |-
| Iwate | ]
| 3
|-
| ]
| 4 | 4
|- |-
| ]
| Miyagi
| 7 | 11
|- |-
| ]
| Akita
| 10
|-
| Yamagata
| 5 | 5
|- |-
| Fukushima | ]
| 5 | 4
|- |-
| Ibaraki | ]
| 4 | 4
|- |-
| Tochigi | ]
| 6 | 4
|- |-
| Gunma | ]
| 2 | 3
|- |-
| Saitama | ]
| 8 | 5
|- |-
| Chiba | ]
| 3 | 3
|- |-
| Tokyo | ]
| 0 | 0
|- |-
| Kanagawa | ]
| 1 | 1
|- |-
| Niigata | ]
| 11 | 8
|- |-
| Toyama | ]
| 12 | 9
|- |-
| Ishikawa | ]
| 21 | 17
|- |-
| Fukui | ]
| 4 | 3
|- |-
| ]
| Yamagata
| 4 | 4
|- |-
| Nagano | ]
| 13
|-
| Gifu
| 17
|-
| Shizuoka
| 5 | 5
|- |-
| ]
| Aichi
| 8 | 8
|- |-
| ]
| Mie
| 9 | 4
|- |-
| ]
| Shiga
| 6 | 5
|- |-
| ]
| Kyoto
| 6 | 6
|- |-
| ]
| Osaka
| 1 | 5
|- |-
| ]
| Hyogo
| 7 | 7
|- |-
| ]
| Nara
| 5 | 0
|- |-
| ]
| Wakayama
| 4 | 7
|- |-
| ]
| Tottori
| 17 | 5
|- |-
| ]
| Shimane
| 30 | 2
|- |-
| ]
| Okayama
| 4 | 8
|- |-
| ]
| Hiroshima
| 6 | 20
|- |-
| ]
| Yamaguchi
| 4 | 1
|- |-
| ]
| Tokushima
| 6 | 3
|- |-
| ]
| Kagawa
| 6 | 5
|- |-
| ]
| Ehime
| 7 | 7
|- |-
| ]
| Kochi
| 17 | 6
|- |-
| ]
| Fukuoka
| 5 | 5
|- |-
| ]
| Saga
| 6 | 16
|- |-
| ]
| Nagasaki
| 13 | 8
|- |-
| ]
| Kumamoto
| 6 | 6
|- |-
| ]
| Oita
| 12 | 14
|- |-
| ]
| Miyazaki
| 18 | 3
|- |-
| ]
| Kagoshima
| 14 | 6
|- |-
| ]
| Okinawa
| 11 | 13
|- |-
| ]
| Sapporo City
| 5 | 16
|- |-
| ]
| Sendai City
| 2 | 6
|-
| ]
| 6
|- |-
| ]
| Yokohama City
| 2 | 2
|- |-
| ]
| Kawasaki City
| 1 | 1
|- |-
| ]
| Nagoya City
| 1 | 1
|- |-
| Kyoto City | ]
| 1
|-
| ]
| 0 | 0
|- |-
| Osaka City | ]
| 5 | 2
|-
| ]
| 3
|- |-
| Kobe City | ]
| 2 | 2
|- |-
| Hiroshima City | ]
| 4 | 4
|- |-
| Kitakyushu City | ]
| 3 | 4
|- |-
| Fukuoka City | ]
| 5 | 1
|- |-
| Chiba City | ]
| 2 | 0
|- |-
| Saitama City | ]
| 0 | 0
|- |-
| Shizuoka City | ]
| 2
|-
| ]
| 5
|-
| ]
| 3
|-
| ]
| 0 | 0
|- |-
| Sakai City | ]
| 1 | 1
|- |-
| ]
|}
| 4
|-
|}<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.jetprogramme.org/documents/stats/2014_jet_stats_e.pdf |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2013-12-18 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141113152913/http://www.jetprogramme.org/documents/stats/2014_jet_stats_e.pdf |archivedate=2014-11-13 }}</ref>


==External links== ==References==
{{reflist}}

* (July 1, 2014) Pages 6–8
* : the official website for CIRs all over Japan
* : the Association for Japan Exchange and Teaching
* : the official JET Programme website


==Further reading== ==Further reading==
* David L. McConnell, ''Importing Diversity: Inside Japan's JET Program'' (2000)
* ], ''Learning to Bow: An American Teacher in a Japanese School'' (1991), later published as ''Learning to Bow: Inside the Heart of Japan'' (2004)


==External links==
*David L. McConnell, ''Importing Diversity: Inside Japan's JET Program'' (2000)
* – the official website for CIRs all over Japan (defunct as of April 1, 2015)
*], ''Learning to Bow: An American Teacher in a Japanese School'' (1991), later published as ''Learning to Bow: Inside the Heart of Japan''
* – the Association for Japan Exchange and Teaching


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==References==
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In Japan, a Coordinator for International Relations (国際交流員, Kokusai Kōryūin), or CIR, is a participant on the JET Programme residing and working in the country. Although responsibilities for a CIR vary according to their contracting organization, the majority of a CIR's time is spent organizing and assisting various projects related to adjusting Japanese society to an increasingly multilingual, multicultural, and international world. Many of these projects include but are not limited to: international exchange programmes, primary and secondary school visits, language classes, cooking classes, cultural lectures, as well as translating and interpreting. CIRs are employed throughout Japan at international exchange associations, prefectural offices, city halls, town halls, village halls, and boards of education.

JET is administered by Council of Local Authorities for International Relations (CLAIR) and funded by Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT).

Statistics

As of July 1, 2014, there were 364 CIRs, accounting for approximately 8.2% of the 4,465 JET Programme participants.

Prefecture/Designated City Number of CIRs (2014)
Hokkaido 21
Aomori 16
Iwate 3
Miyagi 4
Akita 11
Yamagata 5
Fukushima 4
Ibaraki 4
Tochigi 4
Gunma 3
Saitama 5
Chiba 3
Tokyo 0
Kanagawa 1
Niigata 8
Toyama 9
Ishikawa 17
Fukui 3
Yamanashi 4
Nagano 5
Gifu 8
Shizuoka 4
Aichi 5
Mie 6
Shiga 5
Kyoto Prefecture 7
Osaka 0
Hyogo 7
Nara 5
Wakayama 2
Tottori 8
Shimane 20
Okayama 1
Hiroshima 3
Yamaguchi 5
Tokushima 7
Kagawa 6
Ehime 5
Kochi 16
Fukuoka 8
Saga 6
Nagasaki 14
Kumamoto 3
Oita 6
Miyazaki 13
Kagoshima 16
Okinawa 6
Sapporo 6
Sendai 2
Yokohama 1
Kawasaki 1
Nagoya City 1
Kyoto 0
Osaka City 2
Kobe 3
Hiroshima City 2
Kitakyushu City 4
Fukuoka City 4
Chiba City 1
Saitama City 0
Shizuoka City 0
Sakai City 2
Niigata City 5
Hamamatsu City 3
Okayama City 0
Sagamihara City 1
Kumamoto City 4

References

  1. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-11-13. Retrieved 2013-12-18.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

Further reading

  • David L. McConnell, Importing Diversity: Inside Japan's JET Program (2000)
  • Bruce Feiler, Learning to Bow: An American Teacher in a Japanese School (1991), later published as Learning to Bow: Inside the Heart of Japan (2004)

External links

  • CIR Homepage – the official website for CIRs all over Japan (defunct as of April 1, 2015)
  • National AJET – the Association for Japan Exchange and Teaching
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