What’s New
Speak Up & Stand Out — Win a Trip to Hawaii with TOMO Voice!
Have you ever stood out — and experienced how a “Derukui” network can bring positive transformation? The TOMO Voice Speech Contest is back at the TOMODACHI Next Generation Summit 2025, and this year’s theme is: 🌱 “My Derukui Network” 🌱&h...more
TOMODACHI Kibou for Maui Program Welcomes High School Students from Hawaii in Tohoku
From March 16th to 22nd, 2025, the TOMODACHI Kibou for Maui Program was held, and 10 high school students from Lahaina, Islands of Maui, visited the Tohoku region, including Higashimatsushima-shi, Ishinomaki-shi, Onagawa-cho, and Matsushima, Miyagi P...more
Now Accepting Applications for the TOMODACHI Boeing Entrepreneurship Seminar 2025
The TOMODACHI Boeing Entrepreneurship Seminar 2025 is a program designed to equip the next generation of leaders—students from high schools, technical colleges, vocational schools, junior colleges, universities, and graduate schools—with skills in in...more
Registration for TOMODACHI Next Generation Summit 2025 Now Open – Early Bird Special Until May 1!
We are excited to announce that registration for the TOMODACHI Next Generation Summit 2025 is now open! This highly anticipated event will bring together passionate leaders from around the world to exchange ideas, create meaningful connections, and d...more
TOMODACHI-U.S. Embassy Go for Gold Leadership Program 2024 Final Presentation Held
On March 14, 2025, the “TOMODACHI – U.S. Embassy Go For Gold Sports Leadership Program,”its two-week U.S. training program, one week in Los Angeles and one week in New York, under a partnership with the U.S. Embassy in Japan, the…...more
Building Bridges: TOMODACHI KAKEHASHI Inouye Scholars Program 2025
From March 1st to 7th, 28 participants from Loyola Marymount University (LMU) and the Claremont Colleges consortium, including Pomona College, took part in the TOMODACHI KAKEHASHI Inouye Scholars Program. Launched in 2014, the program aims to foster ...more
Future STEM Leaders Participate in Research Internship: 2024-2025 TOMODACHI-Dow Women’s STEM Leadership and Research Program
On February 8, 2025, the U.S. training program for the TOMODACHI-Dow Women’s STEM Leadership and Research Program officially began. Ten Japanese female university students majoring in STEM fields participated in a five-week research internship at Ric...more
Application Open for the TOMODACHI MUFG Sustainable Entrepreneurship Program 2025
The TOMODACHI MUFG Sustainable Entrepreneurship Program is a program for high school students throughout Japan. Based on the idea that “entrepreneurship” and “leadership” are something that everyone can possess and demonstrate, through the curriculum...more
