On November 24, 2018, the “TOMO Tour in Aizu” event themed around “food” was hosted in Kitakata City by the Fukushima Team, representing the TOMODACHI Alumni Regional Framework Tohoku-Hokkaido Region’s Theme Event. Around twenty people, including TOMODACHI alumni and other guests, joined the tour.
The event was planned and organized by Regional Leader Daichi Seino, and stemmed from the Welcome Event held in May. At the Welcome Event, participants voiced, “Fukushima’s food has overcome its reputational damage, and has charm that is different from that of other regions.”  By conducting a tour themed around “food,” the tour aimed to connect professionals and students, and to showcase attractions related to food from Fukushima. Read More>>

Applications are now open to TOMODACHI alumni from the Tohoku region to apply for the TOMODACHI Generation Global Leadership Academy 2019 that will be held in Tokyo March 7-10, 2019.

Applicants: 36 TOMODACHI Alumni (30 high school and 6 university student leaders) from Tohoku who participated in a TOMODACHI Program
Application Deadline: February 3, 2019 (Sun) at 23:59 Japan Standard Time

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The TOMODACHI Sumitomo Corporation Scholarship Program 2019 is open to undergraduate students who will take part in exchange study abroad programs in the United States at Japanese partner universities. The program includes an Award Ceremony and Orientation where participants will come together to discuss their ambitions for their time abroad and their future goals, and a leadership training program in New York and Washington D.C., hosted by Sumitomo Corporation of America, as well as the TOMODACHI Alumni Leadership Program. By interacting with various leaders in the field of U.S.-Japan relations, the program aims to foster leaders who will contribute to both the bilateral relationship, and the world as a whole.

For more information and to apply: click here

The TOMODACHI J&J Disaster Nursing Training Program aims for the participants to help strengthen disaster nursing in Japan overall, by sharing what they learned with each of their respective regions. Through the approximately six months of training, participants are expected to acquire the skills and knowledge to respond to disasters and emergency situations, and play an active role in their respective regions as future leaders in the field of disaster nursing.
This program was launched in 2015, open to nursing students from Iwate, Miyagi and Fukushima Prefectures. Starting from 2019, participation will not be limited to nursing students only from the Tohoku region, but will be open to nursing students from all over Japan.

Deadline: March 10, 2019 at 23:59 Japan Standard Time
For more information and to apply: click here.

This intensive four month disability leadership and advocacy training takes place in Boston, Massachusetts. The goal of the program is to train young Japanese people with disabilities to become leaders of the next generation.

In this program, trainees set individual training goals in their field of interest based on disability-related questions or issues. The trainees engage in an individualized internship with a disability-focused government or community organization as part of the project.

Applications Deadline: March 10, 2019
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Applications Now Open for the TOMODACHI Honda Global Leadership Program !

High school students with Japanese nationality from all over Japan are eligible to apply. During this year’s program, selected students will have the opportunity to travel for approximately two weeks to Torrance, California and Marysville, Ohio, where Honda’s headquarters in the United States and manufacturing base are located. Through exposure to American society and culture through interactions with local high school students and homestays, the Japanese students and the Americans they meet will deepen their mutual understanding of one another. 
 
Application Deadline:
March 20, 2019 (Mail applications)
March 22, 2019 (Online applications)
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TOMODACHI-UNIQLO Fellowship is a scholarship program managed by the U.S.-Japan Council TOMODACHI Initiative. This scholarship program supports those who aspire to be globally-oriented business executives or fashion designers in the future as they study abroad at graduate design schools in the United States. 

Eligible applicants are those with Japanese nationality who have been accepted to either the Fashion Institute of Technology (FIT), State University of New York, or Parsons The New School for Design, School of Fashion (Parsons). The scholarship provides up to $90,000 for FIT, and up to $150,000 for Parsons.

Application guidelines are available through each school, and please apply directly to the respective school.
For more details and inquiries, please click here.

The Toshizo Watanabe Study Abroad Scholarship Program provides financial assistance to undergraduates/graduate students for a semester or year-long study abroad program in either the United States or Japan. The scholarship will support up to the full cost of attendance to the study abroad program of the applicant’s choice. The scholarship program grants awards to recipients in amounts determined by financial need and other qualifications.

Deadline: February 17, 2019 23:59 Eastern Standard Time
For more information and to apply: click here.