On April 17, the Shin-Issei Affinity Group focused its quarterly networking event on alumni of the Emerging Leaders Program (ELP) with shin-issei backgrounds. Moderated by Steering Committee member Yuko… Read More
U.S.-Japan Council Midwest Region 2025 Q1 Newsletter… Read More
To view a digital version of our 2024 Annual Report, please click here. Read More
From March 25 to April 3, 2025, 15 selected next-generation leaders from high schools in Kesennuma City, Miyagi Prefecture, participated in the U.S. training portion of the 2025 TOMODACHI Amway… Read More
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, LLC Tomoko Valdez (Honolulu, HI)General Manager at… Read More
From March 8 to March 15, 2025, the TOMODACHI Tanaka Sangyo Agricultural Exchange Initiative: Climate and Food System Awareness Program held its in-person U.S. training portion of the program in… Read More
Recap written by Hanako Wakatsuki-Chong and Ann Teranishi, JALD ’25 members. The 2025 Japanese American Leadership Delegation (JALD) recently returned from an inspirational and action-packed visit to Japan from February… Read More
From March 3 to 8, ten students of the eleventh cohort of the TOMODACHI Sumitomo Corporation Scholarship Program participated in the East Coast training program in New York and Washington,… Read More
From March 1 to 7, 28 participants from Loyola Marymount University (LMU) and the Claremont Colleges consortium, including Pomona College, took part in the TOMODACHI KAKEHASHI Inouye Scholars Program. Read More