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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
TOMODACHI Boeing Entrepreneurship Seminar Final Presentation Held
The 14th TOMODACHI Boeing Entrepreneurship Seminar, which began in September 2024, was a five-month program that provided high school and university students selected from across Japan the opportunity to learn about entrepreneurship, primarily throug...more
TOMODACHI × Okinawa Food Culture: Let’s Cook Kubuirichi & Yushi Dofu Together!
Hello TOMODACHI Alumni! We’re excited to invite you to a regional cooking workshop where we’ll explore Okinawa’s food culture and food loss together. In collaboration with “Okaraokara” (led by Anju, a fellow alumna), we’ll cook Kubuirichi using Okina...more
TOMODACHI Regional Framework: Kansai Region Alumni Event
Kansai region had a networking event with Hawaiian lunch on April 12th. On a beautiful spring day, 8 alumni enjoyed connecting with each other and discussing future event plans in our community. We also had a special guest Shotaro…...more
