Voices
TOMODACHI Initiative Intern: Miyu Nagashima’s experience
Miyu Nagashima is studying at UC Berkeley, majoring in international relations and law, and currently working for TOMODACHI Initiative as an intern. She has experience participating in a program similar to TOMODACHI and volunteering in Cambodia. She ...more
Q&A with TOMODACHI Program Participants and TOMODACHI Alumni: Kellie Tokunaga
Kellie Tokunaga is the 2023-2024 TOMODACHI Alumni Regional Representative of the Kyushu Region. She is an alumna of the 2014 TOMODACHI KAKEHASHI Inouye Scholars Program and also an alumna of the 2018 TOMODACHI Daiwa House Student Leadership Conferen...more
Q&A with TOMODACHI Program Participants and TOMODACHI Alumni: Sora Shirota
Sora Shirota is an alumnus of the TOMODACHI Summer 2018 SoftBank Leadership Program. In order to explore the “importance of human connections”, he organized a “Tohoku Observation Tour” and got involved in the launch of the student organization CRENEC...more
Q&A with TOMODACHI Program Participants and TOMODACHI Alumni: Ayaka Ueda
Ayaka Ueda is an alumna of the TOMODACHI Toshizo Watanabe Leadership Program. She aspires to be a medical researcher and applied for this program to broaden her view and be a leader with a flexible mindset and various knowledge about…...more
TOMODACHI Initiative Intern: Mai OKADA gains from her experience
Mai Okada, a TOMODACHI Initiative intern from April 2022, has realized that if she acts and speaks up on her initiative rather than passively doing the work given to her, she could receive support and experience the joy of being…...more
Q&A with TOMODACHI Program Participants and TOMODACHI Alumni: Jennifer Butler
“Believing in a student’s potential is very important at an early stage”- A TOMODACHI Alumna shares her career journey and TOMODACHI experience. Jennifer Butler is a TOMODACHI alumna of the TOMODACHI-Mitsui & Co. Leadership Program 2014 and...more
Q&A with TOMODACHI Program Participants and TOMODACHI Alumni: Rimpei Takahashi
Rimpei Takahashi is an alumnus of the 2015 TOMODACHI St. Louis-Ishinomaki Grassroots Exchange Program. The program opened up his eyes to new opportunities and he actively engaged in various TOMODACHI alumni programs through the years. He currently wo...more
Q&A with TOMODACHI Program Participants and TOMODACHI Alumni: Teruki Akao
Teruki Akao is an alumnus of the Building the TOMODACHI Generation: Morgan Stanley Ambassadors Program in 2016. After graduating from Doshisha University in September 2016 with a Bachelor of Economics, he went to the Institute of Development Studies ...more
