Leadership

The TOMODACHI Initiative promotes programs that help the next generation of young leaders gain the skills and expertise necessary to guide them towards success and help them make a positive difference in their communities, for their countries, and for the entire world.

Through these programs, participants develop leadership skills that can be used throughout their lives, regardless of their profession. They will also learn to work and thrive in an entrepreneurial environment, creating new ideas and enterprises that spur economic growth and social progress.

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Featured Programs

Strategic Partner Programs

TOMODACHI Amway Japan Foundation Tohoku Future Leader Program
This program provides opportunities for high school students from the Tohoku region to develop leadership skills to become next generation leaders, and to revitalize the Tohoku region through tourism.

Building the TOMODACHI Generation: Morgan Stanley Ambassadors Program
This intensive, two-week program is designed for Japanese and American students with an interest in leadership training, cross-cultural exchange, and entrepreneurial approaches to addressing social challenges.

TOMODACHI Boeing Entrepreneurship Seminar
This program provides high school and university students with the opportunity to learn about and cultivate skills related to entrepreneurship. Through this program, paricipants learn avout “entrepreneurship” from entrepreneurs and industry experts from both Japan and the U.S.

TOMODACHI-Dow Women’s STEM Leadership and Research Program
Hosted by Rice University in Texas, this program is a five-week research internship for 10 Japanese female undergraduate students majoring in science and engineering.

TOMODACHI MUFG Sustainable Entrepreneurship Program
This program provides twenty outstanding young American and Japanese professionals from the business and government sectors to participate in a unique delegation exchange that broadens their perspectives in their professional fields.

 

TOMODACHI Tanaka Sangyo Agricultural Exchange Initiative: Climate and Food System Awareness Program
This program is is a leadership development program, designed to address the pressing global challenges of climate change and its intertwined relationship with agriculture.

TOMODACHI Toshizo Watanabe Leadership Program
This program for high school students aims to promote understanding between Japan and the U.S. and to develop the next generation of Japanese and U.S. leaders with globally applicable skills.

General Fund Programs

TOMODACHI Story Jam for Youth with Disabilities
This program is an online initiative spanning approximately eight weeks, where participants learn about storytelling and leadership. Japanese and American university students and young professionals with disabilities explore their own experiences through storytelling techniques, engaging with fellow program participants.

TOMODACHI Kibou for Maui Program
This program is designed for high school students affected by the wildfires in Maui, Hawaii. They will visit the Tohoku region, recovering from the Great East Japan Earthquake. Through various experiences, they will learn about leadership mindset, historical understanding, insights into recovery efforts, and sustainable initiatives.