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Application Open: TOMODACHI-Dow Women’s STEM Leadership and Research Program 2026
TOMODACHI-Dow Women’s STEM Leadership and Research Program offers a five-week internship experience tailored to a diverse cohort of 10 female students majoring in STEM in Japan. Our primary goal of this program is to further diminish the gender gap i...more
Recruitment Open for the TOMODACHI Women’s Empowerment Program 2025
The TOMODACHI Women’s Empowerment Program is a leadership program designed to address the pressing gender gap in Japanese society. In the 2024 World Economic Forum’s Gender Gap Index, Japan ranked 118th out of 146 countries, with deeply rooted ...more
TOMODACHI-Dow Women’s STEM Leadership and Research Program Concludes with Final Presentation
On March 27, 2025, the final presentation of the TOMODACHI-Dow Women’s STEM Leadership and Research Program was held in Tokyo. Approximately 20 people, including program participants and stakeholders, attended the event. Representing the participants...more
Exciting Update: Breakout Session Now Official for the TOMODACHI Next Generation Summit 2025
Registration for the TOMODACHI Next Generation Summit (NGS) has been officially open, and we want YOU to be there! What’s NGS? It’s the biggest TOMODACHI alumni event of the year — a chance to reconnect, meet new people, learn, get…...more
Alumni Program: TOMODACHI GLA 2.0 – Application Open
The TOMODACHI Generation Global Leadership Academy 2.0 will be held under the theme of “What does GLOCAL Leadership mean to you?” The program will take place on September 27–28 and December 23–24, 2025, in Onagawa, Miyagi Prefecture, and Tokyo. Part&...more
TOMODACHI Sumitomo Corporation Scholarship Program 11th Cohort Completed East Coast Training
From March 3 to 8, 2025, ten students of the 11th cohort of the TOMODACHI Sumitomo Corporation Scholarship Program participated in the East Coast Training program held in New York and Washington, D.C. The students gathered in New York…...more
TOMODACHI Summer SoftBank Leadership Program 2.0: Program Report
The program reports and web pages from 2012 to 2024, created by the Center for Cities + Schools (CC+S) at the University of California, can be viewed here. The report created by the SoftBank Group can be viewed here....more
TOMODACHI Tanaka Sangyo Agricultural Exchange Initiative: Climate and Food System Awareness Program: In-person session held in Texas
From March 8 to 15, 2025, the in-person U.S. training of the “TOMODACHI Tanaka Sangyo Agricultural Exchange Initiative: Climate and Food System Awareness Program” was conducted in the state of Texas. Eighteen students selected from universities in N...more
