What’s New
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
First Cohort of the TOMODACHI – U.S. Embassy Go for Gold Sports Leadership Program Returns from the U.S. Trip
On March 13, ten Japanese university students selected to participate in the first round of the TOMODACHI – U.S. Embassy Go for Gold Sports Leadership Program returned from their training in the U.S. and gave their final presentations in Tokyo....more
Inouye Scholars Immersed Themselves in Life in Japan
On February 28, the TOMODACHI KAKEHASHI Inouye Scholars Program held a final presentation in Akihabara, Tokyo, with Northeastern State University in Oklahoma, which partnered with Tokai University in Hokkaido. As this was the program’s final ev...more
Apply Now! TOMODACHI Summer SoftBank Leadership Program 2.0
Please see the Japanese page for detailed recruitment information. The TOMODACHI Summer SoftBank Leadership Program 2.0 -Building Resilient Communities for Future- is a program designed for 18 high school and university students who were living in Iw...more
