~High School Students Affected by the Great East Japan Earthquake Participate in a Leadership Program in California~ The TOMODACHI Initiative* (TOMODACHI) and the SoftBank Group Corp. (SoftBank Group) are pleased to announce that 100 Japanese high sc...more
Twelve Participants Chosen from the Three Disaster-Hit Tohoku Prefectures With the aim of fostering the next generation of leaders in Japan and the United States, the TOMODACHI Initiative (hereafter, “TOMODACHI”; U.S.-Japan Council President: ...more
– Currently Recruiting Women Aspiring to be Global Leaders – MetLife Japan has partnered with the U.S.-Japan Council since 2013 in support of the TOMODACHI MetLife Women’s Leadership Program, and has decided to extend its financial suppor...more
April 1, 2016—From April 8-10, 2016, the TOMODACHI Initiative which invests in the next generation of leaders in the U.S. and Japan, and Daiwa House Industry Co., Ltd . (hereafter “Daiwa House”) will hold the second TOMODACHI Daiwa House&helli...more
Five years after the Great East Japan Earthquake, support for next generation leaders from Tohoku continues March 4, 2016 — Five years after the Great East Japan Earthquake, the TOMODACHI Initiative (TOMODACHI) announced the renewal of support ...more
March 1, 2016 – The TOMODACHI Initiative (TOMODACHI), a public-private partnership between the U.S.-Japan Council and the U.S. Embassy in Tokyo that invests in the next generation of leaders in the U.S. and Japan, announced the renewal and continued ...more
Students from Fukushima Futaba Mirai Gakuen High School to Perform with the New York Philharmonic February 22, 2016 — Suntory Holdings Limited (Suntory) has partnered with the TOMODACHI Initiative, a public-private partnership between the U.S.-...more
~Japanese Tohoku High School Students Affected by the Great East Japan Earthquake Participate in a Workshop in California~ February 3, 2016 — The TOMODACHI Initiative (hereafter “TOMODACHI”) and SoftBank Group Corp. (hereafter “SBG”) are please...more