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TOMODACHI Women’s Empowerment Program – Opportunities for Youth

Empowering the Next Generation of Women Leaders in Japan. The TOMODACHI Women’s Empowerment Program is now accepting functions for its 2025–2026 cohort. This prestigious six-month management initiative is designed to empower younger Japanese ladies to step into management roles, problem systemic gender gaps, and contribute to significant societal change. By fostering connections between rising leaders and skilled professionals, this system creates a vibrant neighborhood of ladies dedicated to advancing gender equality in Japan and past.

Application Deadline: 2 July 2025 (11:59 PM JST)

Program Overview

The TOMODACHI Women’s Empowerment Program is a management program designed to handle the urgent gender hole in Japanese society. In the 2024 World Economic Forum’s Gender Gap Index, Japan ranked 118th out of 146 nations, with deeply rooted unconscious biases and societal stereotypes persevering with to hinder ladies’s participation and development.

Over a six-month interval, this system will have interaction feminine Japanese undergraduate college students (from freshmen to seniors) from throughout Japan. The program pairs college students with mid-profession skilled mentors. Through a hybrid method that mixes digital mentorship classes and in-particular person U.S. coaching, individuals will acquire first-hand inspirations and publicity to greatest practices.

Targeting aspiring younger technology leaders in Japan, this system is designed to develop the next management abilities, enabling individuals to thrive and lead within the international neighborhood.

Core Leadership Skills Developed:

Participants will profit from a spread of management improvement classes, mentorship experiences, and worldwide publicity to profitable ladies-led initiatives and networks.

Who Can Apply

Mentee Eligibility (Students)

Female Japanese residents or everlasting residents
Undergraduate college students (1st to 4th yr) enrolled in a Japanese college
Proficient in English (studying, writing, and talking)

Able to attend and decide to all program actions
Interested in ladies’s management, networking, and social affect

Mentor Eligibility (Professional Women)

Female professionals with a minimal of 9 years of expertise

Background in any business or sector (enterprise, academia, authorities, non-revenue)
Experience working or finding out overseas is extremely inspired
Committed to mentoring the subsequent technology of leaders

Fluent in English and out there to attend all digital classes

Program Timeline (Tentative)

Mentees are required to attend all packages.
Mentors are required to attend digital management classes.*

*Time requirement for mentors is;

One 1-hour orientation and 4 3-hour classes throughout weekday (6:00 pm-9:00 pm, JST) from September 2025 by way of January 2026
Minimum of 1-hour one-on-one mentorship session between the management classes

Virtual Sessions (Mentors & Mentees)

Mentor Orientation: September 16 (Tues) 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm
Mentee Orientation: September 17 (Wed) 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm
Session One: October 8 (Wed) 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Session One Mentorship Period: October 9 – 28
Session Two: November 4 (Tues) 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Session Two Mentorship Period: November 5 – 24

Session Three: December 2 (Tues) 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Session Three Mentorship Period: December 3 – 22
US Training Orientation and Session Four: January 13 (Tues) 5:00 pm – 9:00 pm

Session Four Mentorship Period: January 14 – February 2

In-person Training (Mentees)

Training in Tokyo: February 9 (Mon)

US coaching in New York: February 10 (Tues) –18 (Wed)
Report Out Session in Tokyo: February 19 (Thurs) or 20 (Fri)

Online Mentoring Session (Mentees / Mentors)

Final Mentoring Session: February 19 – 28

Program Participation Fees

For Mentors:

Expenses to be borne by this system:
- Training payment for the digital management coaching

Expenses to be borne by individuals:
- Communication prices for taking part within the digital management coaching

For Mentees:

How to Apply

Application Deadline:

Wednesday, July 2, 2025, at 11:59 PM (JST)

Application Details

Number of Participants: Approximately 10 mentees (college college students) and 10 mentors (mid-profession professionals)
Selection Schedule:
- [Mentees (University Students)]
  - Application Deadline: Wednesday, July 2, 2025 at 11:59 PM (JST)
  - Online Interviews*: Friday, July 18 and Saturday, July 19
    *Only for candidates who go the doc screening
  - Notification of Final Selection Results: Week of August 4, 2025
- [Mentors]
  - Application Deadline: Wednesday, July 2, 2025 at 11:59 PM (JST)
  - Notification of Final Selection Results: Week of August 4, 2025
    *Online interviews for mentors will not be scheduled; nevertheless, this system workplace might attain out to you immediately.

Application Links:

Interview Schedule:

Mentees: Online interviews on July 18–19 (for shortlisted candidates)
Mentors: No interviews required, however this system workplace might contact candidates

Final Selection Notification:

Week of August 4, 2025

Why Join TOMODACHI?

Whether you’re a college scholar getting ready to steer or an expert prepared to offer again by way of mentorship, this program gives a transformative expertise that extends far past its six-month period. By constructing lasting networks and galvanizing cross-generational collaboration, the TOMODACHI Women’s Empowerment Program contributes to a extra inclusive and equitable Japan—one future chief at a time.

Contact

For inquiries, please e-mail: tomodachiwe@usjapancouncil.org
(No telephone inquiries please.)

For extra particulars, go to the TOMODACHI Initiative website.

For extra alternatives, please go to Opportunities For Youth.