2024 Annual Report
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News & Media
TOMODACHI Amway Japan Foundation Tohoku Future Leader Program 2025
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
Welcome to Our New Members! (April 2025)
We are pleased to welcome the following new members to the Council (joined in April 2025): Hawaii Japan New York & Vicinity Northern CA & Nevada Southeast Southern CA & Southwest… 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-person U.S. training portion of the program in… 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 returned from an inspirational and action-packed visit to Japan from February… 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 training program in New York and Washington,… 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 in the TOMODACHI KAKEHASHI Inouye Scholars Program. 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 as part of the TOMODACHI –… 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 plus TOMODACHI Sumitomo Scholars and Watanabe Scholars… Read More