Chisato Kawamura, 17, lost her father, her home and many of her friends in Iwate, Japan, in the Japanese earthquake and tsunami of 2011. In the years since, she has watched students like herself accept help through scholarships and seen…...more
When US Secretary of State John Kerry visited Japan in April, the US Embassy in Tokyo made sure the Japanese public got plenty of face-time with him: he led a roundtable with young entrepreneurs and students, he gave a press…...more
MAY 31, 2013 TOKYO — Top business executives, government officials and non-profit leaders convened this week at the U.S.-Japan Council Japan Symposium focused on investing in the next generation of leaders from Japan and the United States. The sympos...more
Initiative offers shattered lives hope, inspiration, opportunities BY MAY MASANGKAY Three young women had simple aspirations before the 2011 earthquake and tsunami and nuclear crisis altered the landscape of the northeast and their lives on March 11....more
New York Yankees Website – Curtis Granderson, outfielder for the New York Yankees, is spending part of his off-season growing the game of baseball internationally as part of the MLB International Ambassador program...more
By John Boudreau, MercuryNews.com TOKYO – Just about everywhere he travels in this country, U.S. Ambassador John Roos is asked about the ingredients that make Silicon Valley, well, Silicon Valley. Roos, who as former CEO of the law firm Wilson...more
By Adam Westlake, Japan Daily Press – The Tomodachi Fund, established to help students recovering from the March 2011 disasters and support Japan–U.S. cultural exchanges, has just received 320 million yen (approx. $3.9 million) in donations fro...more
Japan Times/Chunichi Shimbun – Students at Aichi Gakuin University in Nisshin, Aichi Prefecture, have been striving to launch a business project that would support post-March 11 reconstruction efforts....more
