This video, produced in support of the TOMODACHI Initiative by Major League Baseball, was shown at pre-game ceremonies for the MLB Opening Series in Tokyo, Japan on March 28-29, 2012....more
As part of efforts under the TOMODACHI Initiative, the U.S. women’s soccer team conducted a clinic in Sendai, Japan on March 27 for 50 young girls from the disaster-affected region of Tohoku. Fore more information, click here...more
Players from the Seattle Mariners and Oakland Athletics conducted a baseball clinic for young people in Ishinomaki on March 27, as part of the two games to be played in Tokyo between the two teams to open the 2012 MLB…...more
On the occasion of Major League Baseball’s opening games in Tokyo for the 2012 season, we present this video on the TOMODACHI Initiative and Baseball Hall of Famer Cal Ripken’s visit to Japan in November 2011....more
The 1st TAC-Keio SFC Entrepreneurship Seminar and Business Plan Competition was held on February 8-10, 2012 and focused on economic recovery in the Tohoku area....more
SOFTBANK CEO Masayoshi Son talks about his support for the TOMODACHI SOFTBANK Leadership Program, and how studying abroad in the United States changed his life and could do the same for students in the Tohoku region....more
Three-time GRAMMY Award winner will.i.am, music legend Neil Young, and Salesforce.com CEO Marc Benioff expressed their support for Japan and the TOMODACHI Initiative at an event in Tokyo. For more information, click here...more
Actor Tom Cruise showed his support for the people of Japan by meeting with residents of Fukushima Prefecture before a screening of his new movie “Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol” at the Roppongi Hills complex in downtown Tokyo....more
U.S. Major League Baseball Hall of Famer Cal Ripken, Jr. – nicknamed the “Iron Man” – conducted baseball clinics for children in Tokyo, Tohoku, and Kansai during his weeklong visit to Japan...more
