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Apply Now: 2019 TOMODACHI Alumni Regional Leader
BECOME A TOMODACHI ALUMNI REGIONAL LEADER! The TOMODACHI Alumni Regional Framework is a platform to connect the over 6,700 TOMODACHI alumni across regions combined with a leadership development program that identifies and trains the rising stars com...more
TOMODACHI Alumni Regional Framework: Theme Event in Kanto Region(Team A)
On September 30, 2018, as part of the TOMODACHI Alumni Regional Framework, roughly 20 people participated in a them event, “TOMOtivated”-held in Tokyo by the Kanto Region Team. This event was planned to support alumni looking for addition...more
2018 TOMODACHI CIE Grassroots Summit: High School Students Form Nara Prefecture Attend the 28th Japan-American Grassroots Summit in Seattle and Washington
For eight days, from September 18 to 25, 2018, 15 students from Nara Unebi High School, along with three chaperones, joined the 28th Japan-America Grassroots Summit in Seattle and Washington, as part of the 2018 TOMODACHI CIE Grassroots Summit. Last&...more
Japanese and American Foster Youth Leaders Exchange and Learn Leadership in their Respective Countries
From the end of July to the end of September 2018, the TOMODACHI Foster Youth Leadership Program was held, providing a total of twelve youths (seven Americans and five Japanese) with the opportunity to travel to one another’s countries. Inspired&hell...more
TOMODACHI Summer 2018 Softbank Leadership Program Post-Program Seminar Held in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture
On October 14, 2018, more than 90 alumni of the “TOMODACHI Summer 2018 Softbank Leadership Program” participated in a Post-Program Seminar in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture. (High school students selected from Iwate, Miyagi, and Fukushima Prefecture...more
TOMODACHI-Mitsui & Co. Leadership Program: Japanese Delegates Experience “Innovation, Entrepreneurship and Leadership” in Boston and Washington, D.C.
From September 18 to 23, 2018, ten Japanese delegates traveled to Boston, Massachusetts and Washington,D.C. through the 2018 TOMODACHI-Mitsui & Co. Leadership Program. The first stop was Boston, America’s top ranked location for digital innovatio...more
Students from Fukushima Prefecture Present New Sightseeing Branding Ideas at the Final Presentation of the Sixth TOMODACHI Fukushima “KaoLINK” Program
On August 24, 2018, the sixth TOMODACHI Fukushima “KaoLINK” Program Final Presentation was held at the Australian Embassy in Japan, with students from Fukushima Prefecture presenting “Fukushima’s New Sightseeing Branding Ideas.” During the program, t...more
Japanese Students from Miyagi Prefecture Participate in 2018-2019 TOMODACHI Randolph Macon Research Exchange Program and share their Research on Disaster and Recovery
The 2018-2019 TOMODACHI Randolph Macon Research Exchange Program is a two-week research and cultural exchange program between Ishinomaki Senshu University (ISU) and Randolph-Macon College (R-MC) . This marks the second Taylor Anderson Memorial Fund R...more
