Press Releases
One Hundred Participants Selected for “TOMODACHI Summer 2017 SoftBank Leadership Program” at University of California, Berkeley ～High School Students Affected by the Great East Japan Earthquake Participate in a Leadership Program in California～
June 9, 2017 U.S.-Japan Council (Japan) TOMODACHI Initiative SoftBank Group Corp. One Hundred Participants Selected for “TOMODACHI Summer 2017 SoftBank Leadership Program” at University of California, Berkeley ～High School Students Affected by the Gr...more
The TOMODACHI Initiative and Honda Conduct “2017 TOMODACHI Honda Cultural Exchange Program” — 20 High School Students from Fukushima, Japan Participated in the Rose Parade —
January 13, 2017 – The TOMODACHI Initiative and Honda Motor Co., Ltd. (“Honda”) held the “TOMODACHI Honda Cultural Exchange Program 2017“, a two-week long cultural exchange program in Los Angeles, California from December 26, 2016 t...more
Three Young Japanese Leaders with Disabilities Selected for the TOMODACHI Disability Leadership Program in America – Working Toward a Community of Independence and Mutual Cooperation –
As a continued effort to cultivate the next generation of leaders, the TOMODACHI Initiative, a public-private partnership between the U.S.-Japan Council and the U.S. Embassy in Tokyo, is initiating the TOMODACHI Disability Leadership Program in Ameri...more
TOMODACHI Toshiba Science & Technology Leadership Academy Brings Together Students and Teachers from Japan and the United States
Toshiba Corporation (TOKYO: 6502, Toshiba) and the TOMODACHI Initiative (TOMODACHI), a public-private partnership between the U.S.-Japan Council and the U.S. Embassy in Tokyo, announced that the TOMODACHI Toshiba Science & Technology Leadership A...more
2016 Scholars Selected for the “TOMODACHI Suntory Music Scholarship Fund”
Suntory partnered with TOMODACHI to establish this scholarship fund in 2013. For three years starting in 2014, the program provides scholarships to Japanese students for three music schools in the United States, with preference given to students from...more
Microsoft Japan partners with the TOMODACHI Initiative and Launches a Program that Invests in Next Generation Global Leaders
Microsoft Japan Co., Ltd. (Microsoft Japan) announced the launch of a new partnership with the TOMODACHI Initiative (TOMODACHI), a public-private partnership led by the U.S.-Japan Council and U.S. Embassy in Tokyo that invests in the next generation ...more
Morgan Stanley Renews “Building the TOMODACHI Generation” Program as Sole Sponsor
~ ‘Morgan Stanley Ambassadors Program’ to Invite University Students with High Aspirations ~ TOKYO, July 11, 2016 –Morgan Stanley Japan Holdings Co., Ltd. announced today that it has become the sole sponsor of “Building the TOMODACHI Generation”, a l...more
“2017 TOMODACHI Honda Cultural Exchange Program” Sends High School Students from Fukushima to Los Angeles for a Cultural Exchange
July 1, 2016 – The TOMODACHI Initiative and Honda Motor Co., Ltd. (“Honda”) are pleased to announce the third year of the “TOMODACHI Honda Cultural Exchange Program” in which high school students from Fukushima prefecture travel to California f...more
