Welcome to Our New Members! (April 2025)
We are pleased to welcome the following new members to the Council (joined in April 2025): Hawaii Meli James(Honolulu, HI)Co-Founder, Mana Up Hawaii,… Read More
U.S.-Japan Council Newsletter (March 27, 2025)
TOMODACHI Tanaka Sangyo Agricultural Exchange Initiative Climate and Food System Awareness Program concludes in-person U.S. Training in Texas
From March 8 to March 15, 2025, the TOMODACHI Tanaka Sangyo Agricultural Exchange Initiative: Climate and Food System Awareness Program held its in-pe… Read More
Japanese American Leadership Delegation ’25 Visits Japan
Recap written by Hanako Wakatsuki-Chong and Ann Teranishi, JALD ’25 members. The 2025 Japanese American Leadership Delegation (JALD) recently re… Read More
Eleventh TOMODACHI Sumitomo Corporation Scholarship Program Cohort Completes East Coast Training
From March 3 to 8, ten students of the eleventh cohort of the TOMODACHI Sumitomo Corporation Scholarship Program participated in the East Coast traini… Read More
Building Bridges: TOMODACHI KAKEHASHI Inouye Scholars Program 2025
From March 1 to 7, 28 participants from Loyola Marymount University (LMU) and the Claremont Colleges consortium, including Pomona College, took part i… Read More
TOMODACHI – U.S. Embassy Go for Gold Sports Leadership Program 2024 – 2025
Los Angeles On March 3rd, 2025, the ten remarkable student delegates from Japan celebrated their conclusion of one-week U.S. Study Tour in Los Angeles… Read More
2025 Southeast Region Annual Gathering
From February 28 to March 2, the Southeast Region held its annual gathering in Jacksonville, Florida, bringing together USJC members and their family… Read More
U.S.-Japan Council Launches “Kibou (Hope) for Los Angeles” — A Cross-Cultural Youth Leadership Initiative Supported by the LA Dodgers and U.S.-Japan Foundation
Photo from Kibou for Maui. Los Angeles, CA – The U.S.-Japan Council (USJC), in partnership with the Los Angeles Dodgers and the U.S.-Japan Found… Read More
USJC Statement on the Removal of Information Documenting Historic Contributions of the 100th/442nd
Image from Brittanica The U.S.-Japan Council is deeply saddened by the recent removal of information documenting the historic contributions of the 100… Read More