{"id":87549,"date":"2026-03-23T10:45:16","date_gmt":"2026-03-23T01:45:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/top\/en\/?p=87549"},"modified":"2026-03-23T11:58:06","modified_gmt":"2026-03-23T02:58:06","slug":"introducing-our-international-alumni-network-the-beijing-tomonkai","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/top\/en\/news\/87549","title":{"rendered":"Introducing Our International Alumni Network: The Beijing Tomonkai"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wasedaalumni.jp\/e\/tomonkai\/beijing\"><strong>The\u00a0Beijing\u00a0Tomonkai<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Established in the 1980s, the\u00a0Beijing\u00a0<em>Tomonkai <\/em>continues to hold gatherings every two months. It\u2019s a strong example of a Waseda alumni group actively fostering community overseas through their shared ties to the University. The group was recently featured in <em>Waseda Gakuho<\/em>, a bimonthly magazine published by the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wasedaalumni.jp\/e\/#s\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Waseda University Alumni Association<\/a> (WUAA). For the English version featuring comments from the chairperson, vice chairperson, and members, along with details about the Beijing <em>Tomonkai<\/em>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wasedaalumni.jp\/e\/tomonkai\/beijing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">visit the WUAA website here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/top\/en\/assets\/uploads\/2025\/10\/shutterstock_1106780153-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-86081\" src=\"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/top\/en\/assets\/uploads\/2025\/10\/shutterstock_1106780153-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/top\/en\/assets\/uploads\/2025\/10\/shutterstock_1106780153-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/top\/en\/assets\/uploads\/2025\/10\/shutterstock_1106780153-610x407.jpg 610w, https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/top\/en\/assets\/uploads\/2025\/10\/shutterstock_1106780153-2000x1333.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/top\/en\/assets\/uploads\/2025\/10\/shutterstock_1106780153-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/top\/en\/assets\/uploads\/2025\/10\/shutterstock_1106780153-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/top\/en\/assets\/uploads\/2025\/10\/shutterstock_1106780153-2048x1365.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Waseda\u00a0University deeply values our alumni as\u00a0important members\u00a0of the\u00a0Waseda\u00a0community, and we are known for having produced many changemakers throughout our history, including eight prime ministers and many leaders in business, science and technology, literature, sports, and film. As we approach our 150th\u00a0anniversary in 2032,\u00a0Waseda\u00a0is re-connecting with our alumni and sharing with them news of the exciting new projects we have on the horizon through\u00a0Waseda\u2019s\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/inst\/vision150\/en\">Vision 150<\/a>, our strategic plan to establish\u00a0Waseda\u00a0University as a leading global university by 2032 and beyond.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>To do this, we are working closely with the WUAA. Established in 1885, the WUAA is a vast organization of alumni that supports the\u00a0University and current students, helps alumni stay in touch, and builds strong connections with more than 600,000\u00a0Waseda\u00a0alumni in Japan and around the globe. There are currently around 70 overseas \u201c<em>Tomonkai<\/em>\u201d or alumni organizations who welcome both new members and visitors!\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The\u00a0Beijing\u00a0Tomonkai\u00a0 Established in the 1980s, the\u00a0Beijing\u00a0Tomonkai continues to hold gatherings every two mo [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":87552,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[81,117],"tags":[45,114,376,383],"class_list":["post-87549","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-topic","tag-alumni-en","tag-asia-en","tag-international","tag-intl-tomonkai"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/top\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87549","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/top\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/top\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/top\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/top\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=87549"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/top\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87549\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":87563,"href":"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/top\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87549\/revisions\/87563"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/top\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/87552"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/top\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=87549"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/top\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=87549"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/top\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=87549"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}