Country of origin Starting age 23 22 22 22 26 22 22 29 Programme BET BET MEF JET MEF MEF BET JET 1 2 1 2 2 JET 3 1 1/2 1 Years as a 3 participant Patrick Elaina Abigail Jackson Reina 1990’s UK USA UK New USA Zealand Starting age 26 23 22 25 22 Years on 2 2 1 2 3 JET Mark Jill Jacob Thomas Eunice Maurice Reina Lorna 2000’s (Same as 1990’s) UK UK USA USA UK USA USA Starting Age 24 22 23 22 20 28 35 24 Years on 5 3 1 5 3 5 3 1 JET Taylor Elle Simon Lorna Laura 2010’s (Same as 2000) UK USA Australia UK Starting age 23 22 23 29 23 Years on 4 2 On 2nd On 1st year On 1st year as returnee year JET JET The participants comprise 24 life history interviews. Refer to the graph above, the category of each programme is noted and introduced in the 1980s, and not individual’s in the preceding decades, because of the amalgamation of BET and MEFs in 1987. Thus, this decade is comprised of MEFs, BETs and JETs. A few of these participants have remained in Japan since that time. For the 2000s and 2010s decades, two participants, Reina and Lorna, have been on the programme twice. For that reason,
Country of origin Starting age 23 22 22 22 26 22 22 29 Programme Years as a participant BET 2 BET 1 MEF 2 JET 2 MEF 1 JET 3 MEF 3 BET 1 1/2 JET 1 1990’s Patrick UK Elaina USA Abigail UK Jackson New Zealand Reina USA Starting age 26 23 22 25 22 Years on JET 2 2 1 2 3 2000’s Mark UK Jill UK Jacob USA Thomas USA Eunice UK Maurice USA Reina (Same as 1990’s) Lorna USA Starting Age 24 22 23 22 20 28 35 24 Years on JET 5 3 1 5 3 5 3 1 2010’s Taylor UK Elle USA Simon Australia Lorna (Same as 2000) Laura UK Starting age 23 22 23 29 23 Years on JET 4 2 On 2nd year On 1st year as returnee JET On 1st year The participants comprise 24 life history interviews. Refer to the graph above, the category of each individual’s programme is noted and introduced in the 1980s, and not in the preceding decades, because of the amalgamation of BET and MEFs in 1987. Thus, this decade is comprised of MEFs, BETs and JETs. A few of these participants have remained in Japan since that time. For the 2000s and 2010s decades, two participants, Reina and Lorna, have been on the programme twice. For that reason,