Tong started his career in Kyoto Japan after graduating from NUS in 2009. In Japan, Tong co-founded We Are One Japan, a non-profit social networking & international community in Kyoto. He is also a founding member of PechaKucha Night Osaka, Future Shorts screening organizer of West Japan, and a volunteer member of TEDxKyoto 2013. In 2015, he Tong embarked on Red Dot Cinema with the vision to tell the world about stories of Asia through short films.