^Nakamura، David (6 أبريل 2003). "Fast Times at Asakita High". واشنطن بوست. مؤرشف من الأصل في 2019-01-13. I signed up for the Japanese Exchange and Teaching program – run by the Japanese government, which sponsors 6,000 foreign English teachers each year – primarily because I wanted to live in the homeland of my paternal grandfather