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Building Bridges: Japan’s Kakehashi Initiative Toward the Future

  • US and Japanese college students during a 2014 TOMODACHI Inouye Scholar program (as part of the Kakehashi Project). (Photo courtesy of Loyola Marymount University TOMODACHI Inouye Scholars, also part of the Kakehashi Project)

    US and Japanese college students during a 2014 TOMODACHI Inouye Scholar program (as part of the Kakehashi Project). (Photo courtesy of Loyola Marymount University TOMODACHI Inouye Scholars, also part of the Kakehashi Project)

  • As part of the Kakehashi Project, Prime Minister and Mrs. Abe (standing, at center) meet with past participants of various exchanges from the Los Angeles area.

    As part of the Kakehashi Project, Prime Minister and Mrs. Abe (standing, at center) meet with past participants of various exchanges from the Los Angeles area.

  • Mrs. Abe visits one of San Francisco Unified School District’s two Japanese bilingual, bicultural programs at the Rosa Parks Elementary School in Japantown. (Courtesy of the Consulate General of Japan in San Francisco, H. Morikawa.)

    Mrs. Abe visits one of San Francisco Unified School District’s two Japanese bilingual, bicultural programs at the Rosa Parks Elementary School in Japantown. (Courtesy of the Consulate General of Japan in San Francisco, H. Morikawa.)

  • Mrs. Abe meets with JET Program alumni in the Washington DC area. (Photo courtesy of Embassy of Japan.)

    Mrs. Abe meets with JET Program alumni in the Washington DC area. (Photo courtesy of Embassy of Japan.)

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