TOMODACHI Japan-U.S. Exchange Program Paves Way for Intl Researcher to Assist Tohoku Fisheries

Bryson Torgovitsky, 26, is an American PhD candidate in marine biology at Tohoku University. The TOMODACHI program, which he participated in twice during high school — in 2017 and 2018 — paved the way for him to become what he is now: an international researcher. He hopes to assist local fisheries in Tohoku, which was once devasted by the Great East Japan Earthquake, and which he visited for the TOMODACHI program a decade ago.