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TOMODACHI Women’s Leadership Program – Kansai
On November 12, 2013, the second session of the TOMODACHI Women’s Leadership Program – Kansai was held at the Osaka Innovation Hub in downtown Osaka....more
Fourteen TOMODACHI Generation Students Meet Former President Bill Clinton
On November 16, 2013, fourteen Japanese and American university students from the TOMODACHI generation met Former U.S. President Bill Clinton...more
Participants of the TOMODACHI US-Japan Exchange Program Arrive in Japan
On November 2, 2013, six American students from public schools in Washington D.C. arrived in Japan to participate in the second half of the TOMODACHI U.S.-Japan Youth Exchange Program....more
Young Americans Complete Their Tour with a Farewell Event in Tokyo
The Young Americans, a group of talented performing arts students from the U.S. that conducts workshops for young people in Japan,...more
NPO Leaders Complete Two-Week U.S. Study Tour Supported by J.P. Morgan
Ten community-based nonprofit leaders from Japan participated in a two-week study tour of Seattle, Washington and San Francisco, California to learn about civil society in the United States...more
Alumni from the TOMODACHI SoftBank Leadership Program Gather in Sendai
Approximately 90 TOMODACHI Summer SoftBank Leadership Program participants from Summer 2012 and 2013 gathered in Sendai, Miyagi for a full day of reflection, teambuilding, and social business plan development on November 17, 2013....more
TOMODACHI Women’s Leadership Program Expands to Osaka
This program, which the TOMODACHI Initiative manages together with support from U.S. Embassy Tokyo and Consulate General Osaka, launched its Osaka chapter on October 25....more
Japanese University Students Visit New York for a Marathon Exchange
In March 2013, Japanese collegiate women who were affected by the Great East Japan Earthquake and American collegiate women from New York met to participate in the Nagoya Women’s Marathon 2013 in a collaboration between TOMODACHI and NIKE. ...more
