Press Releases
Lawson and FamilyMart Create the TOMODACHI Combini Fund, Supporting the Rebuilding of Tohoku and Investing in the Next Generation of Leaders
November 9, 2015 — During the TOMODACHI Reception at the U.S.-Japan Council Annual Conference held November 9-10, the TOMODACHI Initiative*1 (TOMODACHI) (President, Irene Hirano Inouye) administered by the U.S.-Japan Council and invests in the ...more
The Next Generation of U.S. and Japan Leaders Gather for the 1 st “TOMODACHI Generation Summit” ～The Prudential Foundation Launches Inaugural Summit for TOMODACHI Alumni in Tokyo～
Tokyo, Japan, October 22, 2015 – The Prudential Foundation and the TOMODACHI Initiative are pleased to announce the inaugural “TOMODACHI Generation Summit” to be launched on November 8, 2015. Funded by The Prudential Foundation through a grant first ...more
2015 Scholars Selected for “TOMODACHI Suntory Music Scholarship Fund”
– Recruiting for 2016 Scholarship Begins Shortly – Suntory Holdings Limited (Suntory) has partnered with the TOMODACHI Initiative to award music scholarships via the “TOMODACHI Suntory Music Scholarship Fund” as part of Suntor...more
“2016 TOMODACHI Honda Cultural Exchange Program” Sends High School Students from Iwate to Los Angeles for a Cultural Exchange
July 14, 2015 — The TOMODACHI Initiative and Honda Motor Co., Ltd. (“Honda”) are pleased to announce the second year of the “TOMODACHI Honda Cultural Exchange Program” in which high school students from Iwate prefecture travel to California for...more
One Hundred Participants Selected for “TOMODACHI Summer 2015 SoftBank Leadership Program” at University of California, Berkeley
The TOMODACHI Initiative and SoftBank are pleased to announce that 100 Japanese high school participants have been selected to participate in the “TOMODACHI Summer 2015 SoftBank Leadership Program.” This program, fully funded by SoftBank, will send h...more
Johnson & Johnson Family of Companies in Japan, in collaboration with TOMODACHI Initiative, select Eight Tohoku participants for the inaugural year of the TOMODACHI J&J Disaster Nursing Training Program
Johnson & Johnson Family of Companies in Japan* (Headquarters.: Tokyo Chiyoda-ku, hereafter “Johnson & Johnson”) and The TOMODACHI Initiative are pleased to announce that the participants for the “TOMODACHI J&J Disaster Nursing Training P...more
Daiwa House Industry Co., Ltd. and the TOMODACHI Initiative Partner to Launch the “TOMODACHI Daiwa House Student Leadership Conference”
From April 10-12, 2015, the TOMODACHI Daiwa House Student Leadership Conference will hold it’s first conference with 30 university students from Japan and the United States in Silicon Valley, California. The focus of this conference is entrepreneur...more
