Students
JFIT and GPS
For students, JFIT is the extracurricular hub that combines different constituencies interested in contemporary Japan with GPS’s Japan Focus program. The center helps students connect classroom learning with research opportunities, Japan-based internships, and conversations with industry leaders, executives, scholars, and policymakers. JFIT faculty provide pathways to build the knowledge, networks, and professional direction for careers in Japan and with Japan.
Prospective and Current Students
Alumni and Careers
GPS has a phenomenally successful alumni base related to Japan, both stateside and in Japan. The successes of so many of our alumni reflect the value of combining rigorous international affairs training with deep Japan expertise. Our graduates represent many different career paths, from joining the Foreign Service to research at institutions that shape U.S.-Japan relations and of course leading companies, consulting and accounting firms, and financial institutions in Tokyo and around the world. Their careers show that studying Japan at GPS is not only about understanding one country, but about learning how Japan connects to larger questions of diplomacy, economic security, innovation, trade, governance and global strategy.
With more than 450 Japan Focus alumni, Japan enjoys one of the strongest alumni networks at GPS. Its Tokyo Alumni Club is also one of the school’s largest, giving students a lasting professional community in Japan after graduation. It is also very active, with summer events, end-of-year get-togethers and informal pathways for networking, job-searching, and fun.
Learn more about the Tokyo Alumni Club and connect with the GPS alumni community in Japan.