What’s New
Application Open for TOMODACHI Story Jam for Youth with Disabilities 2023
The application for the TOMODACHI Story Jam for Youth with Disabilities 2023 is open now. Japanese and American college students and young professionals with disabilities will learn digital storytelling and leadership during the 9-week online program...more
The 2023 TOMODACHI J&J Disaster Nursing Training Program students were selected
The ten 8th cohort students of the 2023 TOMODACHI J&J Disaster Nursing Training Program and two mentors were selected from many applicants. Participants were a diverse group, spanning the country from Tohoku, Kanto, Kansai, and Shikoku, with diff...more
TOMODACHI Boeing Keio SFC Entrepreneurship Seminar Activities
The TOMODACHI Boeing Keio SFC Entrepreneurship Seminar held a “Nishi no Kai” in Kyoto on April 30. The “Nishi no Kai” is an opportunity for face-to-face interaction and fieldwork with fellow participants in the seminar, which ...more
Announcing USJC Japan’s Next Executive Director – Masahiro (Mark) Ikeno
The U.S.-Japan Council (Japan) (Office: Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo; Representative Director, Suzanne Basalla) is happy to announce that Masahiro (Mark) Ikeno joined the U.S. Japan Council (Japan) on May 1 as the Tokyo-based Executive Director, succeeding Junk...more
TOMODACHI Sumitomo Corporation Scholarship Program 9th cohort East Coast Training
TOMODACHI Sumitomo Corporation Scholarship Program 9th cohort participants visited Washington D.C. and New York for their East Coast Training. The participants were divided into two groups: the first visited from March 13-17, and the second was from ...more
TOMODACHI-STEM Women’s Leadership and Research Program Final Presentation
On March 27, TOMODACHI-STEM Women’s Leadership and Research Program’s female university students majoring in Science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) at Japanese universities presented the results of a five-week research i...more
Applications Open for the TOMODACHI J&J Disaster Nursing Program 2023
Recruitment is now open for Japanese nursing students for the TOMODACHI J&J Disaster Nursing Program 2023! TOMODACHI J&J Disaster Nursing Training Program 2023 is now accepting participants and mentors! This program aims to contribute to stre...more
TOMODACHI Toshizo Watanabe Leadership Program Accepting applications from the next generation of leaders
The U.S.-Japan Council-Japan (Representative Director, Suzanne Basalla), TOMODACHI Initiative started accepting applications today for the TOMODACHI Toshizo Watanabe Leadership Program 2023, a training program for high school students from all over J...more
