The NorCal Region kicked off its 2022 event year with a virtual “magical” evening with Consul General Hiroshi Kawamura, who arrived in San Francisco in September. The program began with a magic… Read More
Being a part of this wonderful community was truly a life-changing experience for me. TOMODACHI and the U.S.-Japan Council (USJC) network has helped me grow so much and led me… Read More
Select photos of the TOMODACHI-STEM Women’s Leadership and Research cohort at Lehigh University, who were joined by USJC Development Manager Miki Sankary (ELP ’15) As part of the four-week TOMODACHI-STEM… Read More
On March 29, Founding Board Chairman Tom Iino convened the Legacy Council. The group welcomed the new class of members who had completed their full terms of Board service at… Read More
Pictured above: From left, Michimasa Naka (moderator), Mikio Sugihara, Shigeru Shiina, Nobuyoshi Yamasaki, Yasunari Tanaka (moderator). Pictured on the screen: Panelists Chloe Takahashi and Takeshi Homma. On March 19, 2022, the… Read More
Earlier this month, I had the privilege of spending time with the current Japanese American Leadership Delegation (JALD) class, which is the latest cohort of this Japan Ministry of Foreign… Read More
Image Credit: Evan Kodani On March 11 – 12, 2022, the 2020 Japanese American Leadership Delegation (JALD) met in Los Angeles in lieu of their scheduled trip to Japan. Despite… Read More
On March 3, the U.S.-Japan Council, Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Foundation (OIST Foundation) and the Pacific International Center for High Technology Research (PICHTR) held a reception as a follow-up discussion to… Read More
The USJC Shin-Issei group steering committee continued its conversation with the Tokyo-based Shinagawa Joshi Gakuin (Shinajo) junior and senior high school for girls. This session was requested by a group of… Read More
The ELP Kaiwa Series is an initiative launched recently to connect USJC’s emerging leaders with established leaders through meaningful conversations. The goal of these conversations is to foster the next… Read More