• Elias, posing on a street in Japan, during his 2014 study abroad experience
    Across the Globe
    By American Councils Editorial Staff

    AC Insights: Identity Abroad

    "In Japanese, there is a word kikkake, which means 'the reason for starting something' or 'the story behind it.' It refers to a moment that defines your life in ways often unseen or unanticipated. Studying abroad was most certainly a kikkake in my career in international education, and it continues to impact how I think, how I view myself, and how I interact with others every single day."
  • Dr David Patton and Governor of Okayama Ryubata Ibaragi
    Across the Globe
    By American Councils Editorial Staff

    American Councils Joins International Symposium at Okayama University

    American Councils was proud to participate in an international symposium at Okayama University, a Critical Language Scholarship (CLS) partner, to discuss the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and US-Japan relations as part of the university’s 70th-anniversary celebration. 
  • Michele Obama Meets TOMODACHI exchange students
    Across the Globe
    American Councils Editorial Staff

    TOMODACHI Alumna Meets Michele Obama at International Girls' Education Forum

    Describing her intensive, two-week high school exchange experience to Washington, DC as "life-changing," Itsuko has stayed connected to US-Japan relations since returning to Tokyo. She was recently invited to a forum for female students hosted by the First Lady of Japan Akie Abe to announce US-Japan cooperation in an international initiative for girls' education.

  • Across the Globe
    American Councils Editorial Staff

    TOMODACHI Exchange Connects Japanese and American High School Students

    This July, six Japanese students and an educator from Tokyo's Keio SFC High School traveled to Washington, D.C. for a two-week exchange, where they lived with host families, as part of the TOMODACHI US Japan Youth Exchange Program.