On June 30, 2022, TOMODACHI Alumni gathered in Boston for the first time under the TOMODACHI Alumni Regional Framework that expanded to the United States for the first time this year. Participants shared that they had been waiting for such…...more
On May 22, 2022, TOMODACHI Boeing Keio SFC Entrepreneurship Seminar Midterm report was held online. This year’s program started in December 2021; twenty-three (23) high school and university students participated. In order to delve deeper and build ...more
The 2021-2022 TOMODACHI MetLife Women’s Leadership Program (TMWLP) Annual Conference was held on May 21st and 22nd virtually. This two-day conference, Own Your Life, Design Your Future consisted of leadership workshops, amazing presentations, speeche...more
On July 1, 2022, TOMODACHI Sumitomo Corporation Scholarship Program held a debriefing for students returning from the United States and an award ceremony for the 9th cohort. The scholarship students and other participants gathered for face-to-face se...more
The U.S.-Japan Council and TOMODACHI Initiative are stunned and saddened by the news of the assassination of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. Mr. Abe worked tirelessly to strengthen the U.S.-Japan relationship. He was also a dear friend of the Counc...more
On May 27, 2022, the 27th U.S.-Japan Council Business Advisory Board (BAB) Meeting was held online. USJC welcomed keynote speaker Masayuki Sarumaru, Chairman of YKK Corporation, who delivered a presentation titled “YKK’s Philosophy Management.” Over ...more
On March 8th 2022, a virtual event for TOMODACHI KAKEHASHI Inouye Scholars Program 2022 participants from Howard University was held. This program is a youth exchange that provides American and Japanese university students an opportunity to learn abo...more
On April 15th 2022, the Kyushu TOMODACHI Alumni Gathering was hosted by TOMODACHI alumni and the U.S. Consulate in Fukuoka. It was the first time an in-person event took place since the beginning of the pandemic. The event was attended…...more
On March 27, 2022, the final debriefing session for the 2021 TOMODACHI J&J Disaster Nursing Training Program was held online. The six-month program concluded with the participation of approximately 60 people, including the eight nursing students ...more
TOMODACHI Story Jam for Youth with Disabilities is a 9-week digital storytelling and youth leadership program that brings together Japanese and American college students and young professionals with disabilities to collectively explore and identify a...more