On December 2, 2017, Regional Leaders from the Kansai region organized a career event called “TOMO Café” as part of the TOMODACHI Alumni Regional Framework theme event. 16 people, including TOMODACHI alumni, participated in this career event, which was designed…
On October 24, 2017, Regional Leaders from the Kyushu Region organized a ryugaku (study abroad) informational event focused on sharing their experiences from the TOMODACHI programs, furthering interest in study abroad, and to promote the importance of gaining an international…
On September 18, 2017, Regional Leaders from the Tohoku-Hokkaido Region Team 1 hosted a TOMODACHI Booth at the Sendai Chikyu (World) Festa 2017 in Sendai, as part of the TOMODACHI Alumni Leadership Program. The event showcased different themes from each region.…
On October 1, 2017, the TOMODACHI Alumni Regional Framework Kanto Region Team 1 held an event titled, “Enah (pronounced eenah) English,” in Yokohama as part of a TOMODACHI Alumni Regional Framework theme event. Theme events enable each TOMODACHI Alumni Regional…
As part of the TOMODACHI Alumni Regional Framework, the Regional Welcome Events kicked off across Japan last month aimed at connecting and re-connecting TOMODACHI alumni in the region with one another, but also to welcome in new alumni into the…
For this interview, we talked with Aika May Talavera, an alumnus of the 2019-2020 TOMODACHI MetLife Women’s Leadership Program, and is our current TOMODACHI Senior Alumni Intern. Aika is also part of the TOMODACHI Alumni Regional Framework that aims to…
January 31st was the first regional gathering for TOMODACHI Alumni in the new year, and was organized by Felix Garcia, Regional Representative of the New England Region. He brought together 13 TOMODACHI alumni from eight programs and eight cities, and…
On October 27th, 2022, the Next Generation Summit 2022 took place for the first time in a hybrid style under the theme of “the Next Age of Leadership” in Tokyo. Over 100 participants gathered both in-person and virtually, including TOMODACHI alumni,…
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…