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Alumni Meet with Ambassador William F. Hagerty at the 13th U.S.-Japan Council Business Advisory Board Meeting
March 14th 2018, four alumni from different programs attended an exclusive meeting with special guest U.S. Ambassador to Japan William F. Hagerty and Kathy Matsui, Chair of the U.S-Japan Council (Japan) Board of Councilors and Vice-Chair of Goldman S...more
TOMODACHI Award Winners Travel to Silicon Valley to Present Their Business Plans
From March 26th to 29th, 2018 the winning four teams of the TOMODACHI Social Entrepreneurship Award from the Campus Venture Grand Prix Competition 2017 traveled to Silicon Valley for a study tour. The winning startups included a soccer training platf...more
Ten female university students successfully complete TOMODACHI-STEM@Rice University Program in Houston and Washington, D.C. after six-week research and internship program
The ten women of the TOMODACHI-STEM @ Rice University Program visited Washington, D.C. at the end of March for the last week of their six-week program. Prior to their visit to Washington, D.C., the participants spent five weeks in Houston…...more
Students learn various leadership styles through TOMODACHI Sumitomo Scholars Spring Leadership Training program
From March 25 to 30, five TOMODACHI Sumitomo Corporation Scholarship Program Scholars visited Washington, D.C. as part of their Spring Leadership Training program. (To view the Winter Leadership Training program, click here.) The program spans across...more
The sixth TOMODACHI Daiwa House Student Leadership Conference convened in Los Angeles, participants learn how to become global leaders of tomorrow
From April 5 to 8, forty-one students (sixteen Japanese and twenty-five American) from across the West Coast convened in Los Angeles, California...more
TOMODACHI MetLife Women’s Leadership Program Mentees Meet with Influential Women Leaders in Washington, D.C. and New York City
From March 21 – 29, 2018, 50 mentees who are part of the TOMODACHI MetLife Women’s Leadership Program participated in...more
Applications Open for the TOMODACHI-Microsoft iLEAP Social Innovation and Leadership Program 2018
The TOMODACHI-Microsoft iLEAP Social Innovation and Leadership program 2018 is a five-month leadership program designed to foster next-generation leaders who are strongly motivated to make a positive difference to Japan, the United States, and the wo...more
Regional Leaders and Mentors Attend the TOMODACHI Alumni Regional Framework’s Inaugural Orientation
On March 10 and 11, 2018, the inaugural orientation for TOMODACHI Alumni Regional Framework took place at Wilson Learning Worldwide office in Tokyo. The TOMODACHI Alumni Regional Framework leaders represent seven major regions in Japan and aim to str...more
