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<strong>Japan</strong> <strong>Society</strong><br />
Annual Report 2011–12
<strong>Japan</strong> <strong>Society</strong> Board of Directors<br />
Kazushi Ambe<br />
Senior Vice President, Human Resources<br />
Sony Corporation of America<br />
Shin Aoyama<br />
Vice President & Coordinating Officer<br />
Toyota Motor North America, Inc.<br />
Steve Bernstein<br />
Former Chief Executive Officer<br />
Oppenheimer Investments Asia Ltd.<br />
Jonathan E. Colby<br />
Managing Director<br />
The Carlyle Group<br />
Gerald L. Curtis<br />
Burgess Professor of Political Science<br />
Columbia University<br />
Richard A. Drucker<br />
Partner<br />
Davis Polk & Wardwell<br />
Robert E. Fallon*<br />
President & CEO<br />
Phosplatin Therapeutics<br />
Atsuko Toko Fish<br />
Trustee<br />
Fish Family Foundation<br />
Jacob A. Frenkel<br />
Chairman<br />
JPMorgan Chase International<br />
Carol Gluck*<br />
George Sansom Professor of History<br />
Columbia University<br />
Maurice R. Greenberg<br />
Chairman & CEO<br />
C.V. Starr & Co., Inc.<br />
Shigeyuki Hiroki**<br />
Ambassador & Consul General<br />
of <strong>Japan</strong> in New York<br />
Consulate General of <strong>Japan</strong><br />
Yosuke Honjo<br />
President & CEO<br />
ITO EN (North America) INC.<br />
Nobuhiko Ikura<br />
President & CEO<br />
Nippon Steel U.S.A., Inc.<br />
Naoya Iwashita<br />
President & CEO<br />
Marubeni America Corporation<br />
Jon C. Iwata<br />
Senior Vice President,<br />
Marketing & Communications<br />
IBM Corporation<br />
Merit E. Janow<br />
Professor, International Economic<br />
Law & International Affairs<br />
Director, Program in International<br />
Finance & Economic Policy<br />
Columbia University<br />
Takashi Kano<br />
President & CEO<br />
Sumitomo Corporation of America<br />
Robert A. Karr<br />
Principal<br />
Joho Capital, LLC<br />
Frederick H. Katayama<br />
Anchor<br />
Thomson Reuters<br />
Mitsuhiko Kawai<br />
President & CEO<br />
Mitsui & Co. (U.S.A.), Inc.<br />
Jonathan B. Kindred<br />
President & CEO<br />
Morgan Stanley <strong>Japan</strong> Holdings<br />
Co., Ltd.<br />
Christopher J. LaFleur<br />
President<br />
LM Associates<br />
Richard S. Lanier<br />
President<br />
Asian Cultural Council<br />
Alan S. MacDonald*<br />
Chief Client Officer<br />
Vice Chairman<br />
Citibank, N.A.<br />
Jun Makihara<br />
Chairman<br />
Neoteny Co., Ltd.<br />
Deryck C. Maughan*<br />
Partner<br />
Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co.<br />
Satoru Murase<br />
Partner<br />
Bingham McCutchen Murase<br />
Toby S. Myerson<br />
Partner<br />
Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton &<br />
Garrison LLP<br />
Seiei Ono*<br />
Vice Chairman, <strong>Japan</strong> <strong>Society</strong><br />
President & CEO<br />
Mitsubishi Corporation (Americas)<br />
Masaaki Osumi<br />
Chairman & CEO<br />
Toshiba America Inc.<br />
Wilbur L. Ross, Jr.*<br />
Chairman, <strong>Japan</strong> <strong>Society</strong><br />
Chairman & CEO<br />
WL Ross & Co. LLC<br />
Motoatsu Sakurai<br />
President<br />
<strong>Japan</strong> <strong>Society</strong><br />
(Ex officio)<br />
Barry Salzberg<br />
Chief Executive Officer<br />
Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Limited<br />
Timothy Schilt<br />
Partner<br />
Berens Capital Management, LLC<br />
Masako H. Shinn*<br />
Partner<br />
Graphis Inc.<br />
Joshua N. Solomon Ed. D.<br />
Principal<br />
New York City Department<br />
of Education<br />
Howard Stringer<br />
Chairman of the Board<br />
Sony Corporation<br />
Gary M. Talarico*<br />
President & CEO<br />
Gordon Brothers Group<br />
Masaaki Tanaka<br />
Senior Managing Executive Officer &<br />
CEO for the Americas<br />
The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, Ltd.<br />
Yoshio Urata<br />
Chairman & CEO<br />
Daiwa Capital Markets America<br />
Holdings Inc.<br />
Chris Wachenheim<br />
Portfolio Manager<br />
Greenhaven Associates, Inc.<br />
Shinya Wako<br />
Managing Executive Officer &<br />
Head of the Americas<br />
Mizuho Corporate Bank, Ltd.<br />
Nicholas C. Walsh<br />
Vice Chairman & Chief<br />
Distribution Officer<br />
Chartis<br />
Eiichi Yonekura<br />
President & CEO<br />
ITOCHU International Inc.<br />
Atsushi Yoshikawa<br />
President & CEO<br />
Nomura Holding America Inc.<br />
Secretary<br />
Susan J. Onuma<br />
Partner, Co-Chair-Asia Practice Group<br />
Kelley Drye & Warren LLP<br />
Life Directors<br />
Henry A. McKinnell, Jr.<br />
Chairman<br />
Accordia Global Health Foundation<br />
Former Chairman of the Board & CEO<br />
Pfizer Inc<br />
Jiro Murase<br />
Managing Partner<br />
Bingham McCutchen Murase<br />
Peter G. Peterson<br />
Founder & Chairman<br />
Peter G. Peterson Foundation<br />
Chairman Emeritus & Co-Founder<br />
The Blackstone Group<br />
Michael I. Sovern<br />
President Emeritus and<br />
Chancellor Kent Professor of Law<br />
Columbia University<br />
Paul A. Volcker<br />
Former Chairman of the Board<br />
of Governors<br />
Federal Reserve System<br />
Honory Patrons<br />
H.E. Ichiro Fujisaki<br />
Ambassador of <strong>Japan</strong> to the<br />
United States of America<br />
H.E. Shigeyuki Hiroki<br />
Ambassador and Consul General<br />
of <strong>Japan</strong> in New York<br />
H.E. Tsuneo Nishida<br />
Ambassador, Permanent<br />
Representative of <strong>Japan</strong> to<br />
the United Nations<br />
Honorary Directors<br />
Mary Griggs Burke<br />
Tatsuro Goto<br />
William W. Scranton<br />
* Denotes member of the Executive Committee ** Denotes Honorary Director —As of July 2, 2012
<strong>Japan</strong> <strong>Society</strong> is the<br />
leading U.S. organization<br />
committed to deepening<br />
mutual understanding<br />
between the United States<br />
and <strong>Japan</strong> in a global<br />
context. Now in its second<br />
century, the <strong>Society</strong> serves<br />
audiences across the<br />
United States and abroad<br />
through innovative<br />
programs in arts and<br />
culture, public policy,<br />
business, language<br />
and education.
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President’s Message<br />
Dear Friends and Supporters:<br />
When you read the words “expertly executed at every level with passion, talent and<br />
discipline,” what comes to mind? These words—quoted from nytheatre.com’s review<br />
of Satoshi Miyagi’s reimagining of Euripides’ Medea, the opening event in the 2011–12<br />
Performing Arts season—speak to <strong>Japan</strong> <strong>Society</strong> as a whole: expertly executed<br />
programs, produced with passion, talent and discipline. I’d like to invite you to share<br />
some of the triumphs, challenges and milestones that took place during <strong>Japan</strong> <strong>Society</strong>’s<br />
2011–12 fiscal year.<br />
Using digital media to extend the <strong>Society</strong>’s impact on youth, we launched Going Global,<br />
a social network connecting K–12 students in the U.S., <strong>Japan</strong> and Pakistan. This coming<br />
year, Going Global implements the <strong>Japan</strong> <strong>Society</strong> Junior Fellow Program, a two-way<br />
exchange for high school students that will foster rising potential leaders in <strong>Japan</strong>, the<br />
U.S. and elsewhere.<br />
We were honored that on September 22, His Excellency Yoshihiko Noda, the Prime<br />
Minister of <strong>Japan</strong>, and Mrs. Noda, hosted a special reception at <strong>Japan</strong> <strong>Society</strong>, organized<br />
by the Permanent Mission of <strong>Japan</strong> to the United Nations. In October, over 160<br />
guests gathered in Tokyo at Hotel Okura to meet <strong>Japan</strong> <strong>Society</strong> Chairman Wilbur L.<br />
Ross, Jr. and honor Professor Donald L. Keene as he received a Lifetime Achievement<br />
Award from <strong>Japan</strong> <strong>Society</strong>.<br />
Our sixth annual JAPAN CUTS festival featured eight special guests and 39 films, most<br />
American premieres. Nearly 6,000 moviegoers feasted on what twitchfilm.com called<br />
“a cool slice of cinematic pie.”<br />
It was the 40th anniversary of <strong>Japan</strong> <strong>Society</strong>’s building, which was landmarked this<br />
past year and is now New York City’s youngest landmark. Our building was also one<br />
of 40 selected from over 500 New York City landmarks to compete for a “Partners<br />
in Preservation restoration” grant.<br />
Front cover: Tada Chinami. Dōtonbori A kafe nite (At Café A in<br />
Dōtonbori). Hanging scroll, ink, gold, and pigment on silk, late<br />
1920s. 38.7 µ 30 cm (15N µ 11AC/af in.). Photo courtesy of the<br />
Levenson Collection. Exhibited in Deco <strong>Japan</strong>: Shaping Art and<br />
Culture, 1920–1945 (<strong>Japan</strong> <strong>Society</strong> Gallery, March 16–June 12,<br />
2012). Exhibition organized and circulated by Art Services<br />
International, Alexandria, VA.<br />
Back cover: Wall*Flowers Installation in the Sky Room, part of<br />
Sakura—Spring Renews, Beauty Blooms, a six-week-long series of<br />
programs presented in association with The <strong>Japan</strong> Foundation<br />
in celebration of the New York and Washington, DC centennial<br />
anniversary of the gift of cherry trees from <strong>Japan</strong>.<br />
Page 1: Shodo brushes. Photo © Shia Levitt. Page 2 (top to bottom):<br />
Wall*Flowers Installation. Photo © <strong>Japan</strong> <strong>Society</strong>. Children at<br />
Hinamatsuri (Girls’ Day). Photo © George Hirose. Swordplay after<br />
the screening of Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai. Photo © Ayumi<br />
Sakamoto. Guests enjoy the annual sake tasting. Photo © George<br />
Hirose. Audience at JAPAN CUTS 2012. Photo © George Hirose.<br />
Through our <strong>Japan</strong> Earthquake Relief Fund, we continue to distribute grants to aid<br />
reconstruction in <strong>Japan</strong> in the aftermath of 2011’s earthquake and tsunami. As of<br />
July 9, 2012, total allocations of $9.4 million have been distributed to organizations<br />
directly serving people affected by the great East <strong>Japan</strong> Earthquake.<br />
Dr. Miwako Tezuka, a New York City-based curator specializing in contemporary<br />
<strong>Japan</strong>ese art, joins us as the new Director of <strong>Japan</strong> <strong>Society</strong> Gallery. She succeeds Joe<br />
Earle, who retired in September after leading the Gallery for five years. Joe’s spring 2011<br />
exhibition, Bye Bye Kitty!!! Between Heaven and Hell in Contemporary <strong>Japan</strong>ese Art, was<br />
awarded Best Show in a Non-Profit Gallery or Space by the American Chapter of the<br />
International Association of Art Critics (AICA) in April 2012.<br />
<strong>Japan</strong> <strong>Society</strong> exceeded its 2012 Annual Dinner fundraising goal, raising a total of<br />
$1.5 million. Through the generosity of all our funders and supporters we continue to<br />
be able to present programs dedicated to deepening mutual understanding between<br />
the United States and <strong>Japan</strong>. Thank you.<br />
Motoatsu Sakurai<br />
President, <strong>Japan</strong> <strong>Society</strong><br />
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<strong>Japan</strong> Earthquake Relief Fund<br />
<strong>Japan</strong> <strong>Society</strong> gratefully acknowledges those who generously contributed to the <strong>Japan</strong><br />
Earthquake Relief Fund to aid the victims of the Great East <strong>Japan</strong> Earthquake. The<br />
total value of donations to the fund has grown to $12.98 million from $10.48 million.<br />
The <strong>Society</strong> has allocated a total of $9.4 million to 27 organizations representing 34<br />
grants working on the frontlines of recovery in Tohoku. Grant recipients’ areas of focus<br />
include fostering local entrepreneurship, economic revitalization, mental healthcare<br />
and child welfare.<br />
The <strong>Society</strong> premiered a short video at its 2012 Annual Dinner highlighting work of<br />
three of the <strong>Japan</strong> Earthquake Relief Fund grant recipients. The video can be found<br />
online at www.japansociety.org/earthquake.<br />
The <strong>Japan</strong> Earthquake Relief Fund was launched on March 12, 2011. <strong>Japan</strong>’s recovery is<br />
expected to take five years or more. <strong>Japan</strong> <strong>Society</strong> is working to gauge the long-term<br />
needs of those affected by the disaster with the goal of supporting organizations that<br />
will contribute to longer term recovery and reconstruction. For more information and a<br />
list of major donors, please visit www.japansociety.org/earthquake.<br />
Total funds raised:<br />
$12,980,918.08<br />
Total funds allocated:<br />
$9.4 million<br />
Largest single gift:<br />
$1,000,000<br />
Total number of donations:<br />
23,237<br />
—As of August 14, 2012<br />
Collaborating organizations for One Year Later programming included Consortium for <strong>Japan</strong> Relief;<br />
Consulate General of <strong>Japan</strong> in New York; HappyDoll.org; JP GIRLS NYC; <strong>Japan</strong>ese Chamber of Commerce<br />
and Industry of New York, Inc. (JCCI); <strong>Japan</strong>ese American Association of New York; The Nippon Club Inc.;<br />
TOMODACHI; and U.S.-<strong>Japan</strong> Council. The Memory: Things We Should Never Forget exhibition was made<br />
possible through the generous cooperation of Nikkei Inc. Exhibitions at <strong>Japan</strong> <strong>Society</strong> were made possible<br />
in part by the Lila Wallace-Reader’s Digest Endowment Fund and the Friends of the Gallery. The corporate<br />
luncheon “One Year Later: Recovery & Resilience in <strong>Japan</strong>” was part of a series titled <strong>Japan</strong>: Turning<br />
Crisis into Opportunity, sponsored by Nomura. Corporate programs were generously supported by <strong>Japan</strong><br />
<strong>Society</strong> Global Leaders & Corporate Partners. Global Leaders: Citi; Deloitte; Mizuho Financial Group;<br />
United Airlines. Corporate Partner: WL Ross & CO. LLC. One Year Later: A Day of Reflection programs were<br />
made possible, in part, by The Norinchukin Bank. Education Programs were made possible by generous<br />
funding from The Freeman Foundation. Additional support was provided by The Norinchukin Foundation,<br />
Inc., Chris A. Wachenheim, Joshua N. Solomon, Jon T. Hutcheson, and Joshua S. Levine and Nozomi Terao.<br />
Student and Family Programs were supported, in part, by public funds from the New York City Department<br />
of Cultural Affairs, in partnership with the City Council. The screening of Can You See Our Lights? was<br />
co-presented with The <strong>Japan</strong> Foundation. The collaborating institution for The Tsunami and the Cherry<br />
Blossom was REACT to FILM. <strong>Japan</strong> <strong>Society</strong>’s 2011–2012 Film Programs were generously supported by the<br />
Lila Wallace-Reader’s Digest Endowment Fund. Additional support was provided by The Globus Family,<br />
Kenneth A. Cowin, David S. Howe, Omar Al-Farisi, Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey Catanzaro, Dr. Tatsuji Namba,<br />
Randall I. Stempler, and the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew<br />
Cuomo and the New York State Legislature. <strong>Japan</strong> <strong>Society</strong>’s new projection screen was made possible by<br />
The Globus Family and Kenneth A. Cowin. “SHINSAI: The Conversation” was presented in cooperation<br />
with The <strong>Japan</strong> Foundation. Lecture Programs at <strong>Japan</strong> <strong>Society</strong> were generously sponsored by Toyota<br />
Motor North America, Inc. <strong>Japan</strong> Airlines was the exclusive <strong>Japan</strong>ese Airlines sponsor of Lecture<br />
Programs at <strong>Japan</strong> <strong>Society</strong>. United Airlines was the exclusive U.S. Airlines sponsor of Lecture Programs<br />
at <strong>Japan</strong> <strong>Society</strong>. Additional support was provided by Chris A. Wachenheim and the Sandy Heck Lecture<br />
Fund. “Tohoku Post 3.11” and “Envisioning Tohoku’s Future” were presented as part of the U.S.-<strong>Japan</strong><br />
Innovators Network and co-organized by the Corporate Program. The U.S.-<strong>Japan</strong> Innovators Network was<br />
made possible, in part, by Mr. and Mrs. Jonathan D. Twombly, Ms. Hiroko Onoyama and <strong>Japan</strong> <strong>Society</strong>’s<br />
endowment for policy projects. International transportation was supported by United Airlines and All<br />
Nippon Airways Co., Ltd. The webinar “Teaching about March 11 & <strong>Japan</strong>’s Recovery” was co-sponsored<br />
with The Five College Center for East Asian Studies.<br />
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Page 4, left to right: In partnership with <strong>Japan</strong>ese Medical <strong>Society</strong> of<br />
America, Fukushima Medical University opened “Mental Health Clinic<br />
Nagomi” in Fukushima Prefecture, one of the first community-based mental<br />
health clinics in operation after 3/11. Photo courtesy Mental Health Clinic<br />
Nagomi. <strong>Japan</strong> Primary Care Association dispatched a multidisciplinary<br />
group of doctors, part of the Primary Care for All Team (PCAT), to a special<br />
evacuation center for those needing specialized care in Ishinomaki. Photo<br />
courtesy <strong>Japan</strong> Primary Care Association. This page, top to bottom: BEYOND<br />
Tomorrow Leadership Academy Spring Program 2012 for high school and<br />
college students from Tohoku. ArchiAid supports the local government in<br />
Shichigama to reconstruct an educational facility by organizing an open<br />
architectural competition. Photo courtesy ArchiAid. Ambassador Shigeyuki<br />
Hiroki, Consul General of <strong>Japan</strong> in New York, asks for a moment of silence<br />
before the screening of Can You See Our Lights? on the one-year anniversary<br />
of 3/11. Photo © George Hirose. Visitors at the exhibition Memory: Things<br />
We Should Never Forget, 47 photos taken in the Tohoku region of <strong>Japan</strong> by<br />
the Photo Department of Nikkei Inc. in the immediate aftermath of 3/11 and<br />
during the ongoing recovery. Photo © George Hirose.<br />
One Year Later:<br />
Commemorating the One-Year<br />
Anniversary of the Great East <strong>Japan</strong><br />
Earthquake & Tsunami<br />
On March 11, 2011, <strong>Japan</strong>’s Tohoku coastal region was devastated by a 9.0 magnitude<br />
earthquake and tsunami. The months after these disasters brought to the forefront<br />
incredible stories of resilience and generosity as <strong>Japan</strong> quickly began recovery efforts.<br />
In March of 2012, <strong>Japan</strong> <strong>Society</strong> presented a series of programs and events around the<br />
one-year anniversary of the disasters, commemorating the victims and examining the<br />
progress of <strong>Japan</strong>’s recovery and prospects for the future.<br />
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j-cation 2012 Sakura<br />
j-cation 2012 Sakura, <strong>Japan</strong> <strong>Society</strong>’s third annual 12-hour open house festival on<br />
April 14, 2012, was the culmination of the special spring program series Sakura—<br />
Spring Renews, Beauty Blooms. j-cationers and their families celebrated spring in New<br />
York City with a blossom-filled sampler of <strong>Japan</strong> <strong>Society</strong> activities, including You’re on<br />
Standby! A <strong>Japan</strong>ese Game Show, a screening of the sakura-themed Killing in Yoshiwara<br />
A.K.A. Heroes of the Red-Light District, the Yozakura Nights concert with Alex York and<br />
The Suzan, educational offerings such as origami flower-making, shodo and <strong>Japan</strong>ese<br />
language workshops, and kamishibai storytelling and traditional <strong>Japan</strong>ese games for<br />
kids, not to mention relaxing over drinks, snacks and entertainment, including karaoke,<br />
in the Hana-mi Lounge.<br />
j-cation was generously supported by Kikkoman Corporation, Mitsubishi<br />
International Corporation, and Sir Howard Stringer. Additional support was<br />
provided by Toyota Motor North America, Inc., Chartis, Alan S. MacDonald,<br />
Megu, Jun Makihara and Megumi Oka, Satoru and Hiroko Murase, Toby S.<br />
Myerson, Nippon Steel U.S.A., Inc., Motoatsu and Nobuko Sakurai, and<br />
Jonathan B. Kindred. Game show grand prize was courtesy of United Airlines.<br />
Gifts were provided by DAIKIN and Miya Company. Sweets for the free tasting<br />
were provided by Minamoto Kitchoan Co., Inc. Special thanks to our<br />
many volunteers, including those from OrigamiUSA and kamishibai storytellers<br />
Ai Nakajima and Fumiko Nishino.<br />
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Clockwise from page 6, top left: j-cation 2012 Sakura kick-off<br />
with the New York Suwa Taiko Association. Photo © George<br />
Hirose. Koto performance in the Hana-mi Lounge with<br />
Masayo Ishigure and Chris Vancil. Photo © George Hirose.<br />
Contestants in You’re on Standby! A <strong>Japan</strong>ese Game Show toss<br />
giant balloons to the audience during a competition to win a<br />
free round trip ticket to <strong>Japan</strong>. Photo © George Hirose. Lucky<br />
ticket holders wait for the free screening of the original 1954<br />
<strong>Japan</strong>ese version of Godzilla at Partners in Preservation Open<br />
House Weekend. Photo © Ann Niehoff/<strong>Japan</strong> <strong>Society</strong>. <strong>Japan</strong><br />
<strong>Society</strong> President Motoatsu Sakurai outside The Metropolitan<br />
Museum of Art, site of the 2012 Partners in Preservation press<br />
launch. Photo © Shannon Jowett/<strong>Japan</strong> <strong>Society</strong>. Pop-rocker<br />
Alex York at the Yozakura Nights concert. Photo © Ayumi<br />
Sakamoto. Making paper flowers at “Origami in Full Bloom.”<br />
Photo © George Hirose.<br />
Partners in Preservation<br />
Open House Weekend<br />
<strong>Japan</strong> <strong>Society</strong> was selected as one of 40 New York City landmarks for the 2012<br />
Partners in Preservation program, sponsored by American Express and the National<br />
Trust for Historic Preservation, which awarded $3 million to preserve the city’s historic<br />
buildings, icons and landmarks as part of the program. On May 5 and 6, 2012, the<br />
<strong>Society</strong> welcomed more than 1,500 visitors to its Partners in Preservation Open House<br />
Weekend, featuring free gallery admission and tours, movie screenings, a manga<br />
workshop, <strong>Japan</strong>ese language and shodo classes, and lots of fun for everyone.
Special Events<br />
annual dinner<br />
<strong>Japan</strong> <strong>Society</strong>’s 2012 Annual Dinner, held at the Waldorf-Astoria on June 7, brought<br />
together 730 guests for the <strong>Society</strong>’s major fundraising event. David Rubenstein,<br />
Co-Founder and Co-CEO of The Carlyle Group, delivered the keynote speech and<br />
later sat down for a brief interview with Gillian Tett, Master of Ceremonies and US<br />
Managing Editor of Financial Times. After dinner the documentary video Report from<br />
Tohoku was screened, followed by a performance by American enka singer JERO. The<br />
evening concluded with the presentation of the 2012 <strong>Japan</strong> <strong>Society</strong> Award to artist<br />
Hiroshi Sugimoto and Carlos Ghosn, President & CEO of Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.
Clockwise from page 8, bottom: Carlos Ghosn, President<br />
& CEO, Nissan Motor Co., Ltd., accepts the 2012 <strong>Japan</strong><br />
<strong>Society</strong> Award from <strong>Japan</strong> <strong>Society</strong> Chairman Wilbur L.<br />
Ross, Jr. Photo © Alan Klein. 2012 Annual Dinner guests of<br />
honor, from left to right: singer JERO; H.E. Ichiro Fujisaki,<br />
Ambassador of <strong>Japan</strong> to the United States; Motoatsu<br />
Sakurai, President, <strong>Japan</strong> <strong>Society</strong>; Gillian Tett, US Managing<br />
Editor, Financial Times; David Rubenstein, Co-Founder<br />
and Co-CEO, The Carlyle Group; artist Hiroshi Sugimoto;<br />
and Wilbur L. Ross, Jr., Chairman, <strong>Japan</strong> <strong>Society</strong>. Photo<br />
© Alan Klein. American enka singer JERO entertains the<br />
Annual Dinner crowd. Photo © Alan Klein. H.E. Yoshihiko<br />
Noda (second from right), Prime Minister of <strong>Japan</strong>, and<br />
Mrs. Noda (center, left) welcome dignitaries to a special<br />
reception at <strong>Japan</strong> <strong>Society</strong>. Pictured with H.E. Tsuneo<br />
Nishida (left), Ambassador and Permanent Representative<br />
of <strong>Japan</strong> to the United Nations, and Mrs. Nishida. Photo<br />
© Alan Klein. Chef Masato Shimizu and assistant prepare<br />
a special sushi tasting menu following the invitation-only<br />
advance screening of the documentary Jiro Dreams of<br />
Sushi. Photo © George Hirose. <strong>Japan</strong> <strong>Society</strong> Lifetime<br />
Achievement Award recipient Professor Donald L. Keene<br />
at a special reception held in his honor at Hotel Okura in<br />
Tokyo, with H.E. Motohisa Furukawa, Minister for National<br />
Policy and Minister of State for Special Missions. Photo ©<br />
Tokyo Photo Imaging.
Corporate Program<br />
The Corporate Program hosts unique public and private programs and<br />
networking opportunities for the international business and policy community<br />
on the people and issues that define U.S.-<strong>Japan</strong> relations in a global context.<br />
We were honored to host Nissan CEO Carlos Ghosn, who discussed<br />
how to drive change through a myriad of business challenges and not<br />
only survive but thrive. Other highlights of 2011–12 include a lecture by<br />
Navy Admiral Patrick M. Walsh on Operation Tomodachi, a talk by S&P<br />
President Douglas Peterson on challenges and opportunities for credit<br />
rating agencies, a speech by His Excellency Mr. Tsuneo Nishida on<br />
<strong>Japan</strong> and the United Nations, and a panel discussion on recovery<br />
and resilience in <strong>Japan</strong> after the March 11 earthquake.<br />
Clockwise from far left: Douglas Peterson (right), President,<br />
Standard & Poor’s Ratings Agency with Atsushi Yoshikawa (left),<br />
President & CEO, Nomura Holding America Inc. Photo © Ken<br />
Levinson. Wendy Cutler (right), Assistant U.S. Trade Representative<br />
for <strong>Japan</strong>, Korea and APEC Affairs, with Merit E. Janow,<br />
Professor, Columbia University School of International and Public<br />
Affairs and Columbia Law School; Director, <strong>Japan</strong> <strong>Society</strong>. Photo<br />
© Ken Levinson. Navy Admiral Patrick M. Walsh (center, right),<br />
Commander of the U.S. Pacific Fleet, with The Honorable John<br />
Roos (center, left), Ambassador Extraodinary and Plenipotentiary<br />
of the United States of America to <strong>Japan</strong>, Wilbur Ross<br />
(right), Chairman & CEO, WL Ross & Co., LLC; Chairman, <strong>Japan</strong><br />
<strong>Society</strong>, and Motoatsu Sakurai (left), President, <strong>Japan</strong> <strong>Society</strong>.<br />
Photo © Ken Levinson.<br />
<strong>Japan</strong> <strong>Society</strong> wishes to thank the following corporations<br />
for their generous support of the Corporate Program:<br />
Global Leaders:<br />
Citi<br />
Deloitte<br />
Mizuho Financial Group<br />
United Airlines<br />
Corporate Partner:<br />
WL Ross & Co. LLC<br />
Additional support was provided by:<br />
Epstein Becker & Green, P.C.<br />
Littler Mendelson, P.C.<br />
Nomura Holding America, Inc.<br />
Program co-organizers were:<br />
The Korea <strong>Society</strong><br />
McKinsey & Company<br />
The Women’s Bond Club<br />
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U.S. -<strong>Japan</strong> Innovators Network<br />
U.S.-<strong>Japan</strong> Innovators Network is a multidisciplinary network of emerging<br />
and established innovative leaders committed to creating a better world by<br />
connecting people and ideas through network-building exchanges, private<br />
retreats, public forums and long-term projects.<br />
Relationships built through the<br />
U.S.-<strong>Japan</strong> Innovators Network have<br />
enabled <strong>Japan</strong> <strong>Society</strong> to deepen and<br />
strengthen ties between <strong>Japan</strong>ese<br />
committed to the recovery of Tohoku<br />
and Americans.<br />
Top to bottom: Participants in the invitation-only<br />
roundtable discussion One Year Later: Envisioning<br />
Tohoku’s Future: Ideas, Inspiration, Collaboration: (left<br />
to right) Laura Winthrop Abbot, Executive Director,<br />
TOMODACHI; Satoru Murase, Partner, Bingham<br />
McCutchen Murase and Director, <strong>Japan</strong> <strong>Society</strong>;<br />
Atsuko Fish, Trustee, Fish Family Foundation and<br />
Director, <strong>Japan</strong> <strong>Society</strong>. Photo © Owen Rojek/<br />
<strong>Japan</strong> <strong>Society</strong>. Speakers at the public forum One<br />
Year Later: Tohoku Post 3.11: What’s Happening Now:<br />
(left to right) Haruo Miyagi, Founder, ETIC; Keiko<br />
Kiyama, Secretary General, JEN; and Hitoshi Abe,<br />
Co-Founder, ArchiAid and Chair, Department of<br />
Architecture and Urban Design, UCLA. Ken Belson,<br />
Reporter, The New York Times, moderating. Photo<br />
© Owen Rojek/<strong>Japan</strong> <strong>Society</strong>. A 15-minute video,<br />
Report from Tohoku, April 2012, which premiered at<br />
<strong>Japan</strong> <strong>Society</strong>’s Annual Dinner on June 7, highlights<br />
the work of three organizations supported by<br />
<strong>Japan</strong> <strong>Society</strong>’s <strong>Japan</strong> Earthquake Relief Fund.<br />
www.japansociety.org/earthquake<br />
The U.S. -<strong>Japan</strong> Innovators Network was made possible, in part,<br />
by Mr. and Mrs. Jonathan D. Twombly, Ms. Hiroko Onoyama<br />
and <strong>Japan</strong> <strong>Society</strong>’s endowment for policy projects. International<br />
transportation was supported by United Airlines and All<br />
Nippon Airways Co., Ltd.<br />
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<strong>Japan</strong> <strong>Society</strong> Gallery<br />
<strong>Japan</strong> <strong>Society</strong> Gallery is among the premier institutions in the U.S. for the<br />
exhibition of <strong>Japan</strong>ese art, presenting major exhibitions each spring and fall.<br />
“What is striking about almost<br />
everything in the show is how<br />
seamlessly East and West and old<br />
and new are wed. An uninformed<br />
visitor could be forgiven for believing<br />
that the <strong>Japan</strong>ese invented Art<br />
Deco. And, in a way, that viewer<br />
would not be wrong.”<br />
—The New York Times, on Deco <strong>Japan</strong>: Shaping Art<br />
and Culture, 1920–1945<br />
Clockwise from top left: Fiber Futures: <strong>Japan</strong>’s Textile Pioneers<br />
(September 16–December 18, 2011). Hitomi Nagai, Birth<br />
(detail), 2011. Cotton; waffle weave. Photo: Mareo Suemasa.<br />
Deco <strong>Japan</strong>: Shaping Art and Culture, 1920–1945 (March 16–<br />
June 12, 2012). Neya Chūryoku (1897–1987), Table Clock<br />
with Design of a Rabbit Pounding Rice Cakes on the Moon.<br />
Cast bronze and other metals; wood base, 1920s–30s.<br />
Photograph courtesy of The Levenson Collection. Deco<br />
<strong>Japan</strong>. Hisamaro (dates unknown); Publisher: Hakubi<br />
Shuppansha; Printer: Kishimoto Fukutarō Nihonbashi kara<br />
(From Nihonbashi), from series Hakubi chōtokusen gakufu<br />
(Hakubi’s Extra Special Sheet Music). Songbook cover;<br />
color lithograph, inks on paper. Photograph courtesy of The<br />
Levenson Collection. Fiber Futures. Kyōko Ibe, Requiem, 2011.<br />
Installation photo by Richard Goodbody.<br />
Fiber Futures: <strong>Japan</strong>’s Textile Pioneers was organized by <strong>Japan</strong> <strong>Society</strong><br />
and International Textile Network <strong>Japan</strong> in collaboration with Tama Art<br />
University Museum.<br />
Deco <strong>Japan</strong>: Shaping Art and Culture, 1920–1945 was drawn from The<br />
Levenson Collection and was organized and circulated by Art Services<br />
International, Alexandria, Virginia. The exhibition curator was Kendall H.<br />
Brown, Professor of Art, California State University, Long Beach.<br />
Support was provided by The Chisholm Foundation. His Excellency<br />
Mr. Ichiro Fujisaki, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of <strong>Japan</strong><br />
to the United States of America, was Honorary Patron of the exhibition.<br />
Contributors to <strong>Japan</strong> <strong>Society</strong>’s 2011–2012 exhibitions were the E. Rhodes<br />
& Leona B. Carpenter Foundation; Chris A. Wachenheim; The Coby<br />
Foundation, Ltd.; the National Endowment for the Arts; the New York State<br />
Council on the Arts with support of Governor Andrew Cuomo and the New<br />
York State Legislature; Furthermore: a program of the J.M. Kaplan Fund;<br />
Jean S. and Frederic A. Sharf; Friends of Fiber Art International; Henry and<br />
Gilda Buchbinder Family; Kenneth A. Cowin; the New York City Department<br />
of Cultural Affairs, in partnership with the City Council; Martha J. Fleischman;<br />
Marjorie G. Neuwirth; Kathleen and Martin Feldstein, The <strong>Japan</strong> Foundation,<br />
the Nomura Foundation, and Nikkei Inc.<br />
Media sponsorship was provided by WNYC. Transportation assistance was<br />
provided by <strong>Japan</strong> Airlines.<br />
Exhibitions at <strong>Japan</strong> <strong>Society</strong> were made possible in part by the Lila<br />
Wallace-Reader’s Digest Endowment Fund and the Friends of the Gallery.<br />
Arts & Culture Lecture Programs were supported by the Lila Wallace-<br />
Reader’s Digest Endowment Fund, <strong>Japan</strong> Airlines and United Airlines.<br />
Additional support was provided by Chris A. Wachenheim, and the Sandy<br />
Heck Lecture Fund.<br />
Education Programs were made possible by generous funding from The<br />
Freeman Foundation. Generous support for Education Programs in 2011–<br />
2012 was provided by United Airlines. Additional support was provided<br />
by The Norinchukin Foundation, Inc., Chris A. Wachenheim, Joshua N.<br />
Solomon, Jon T. Hutcheson, Joshua S. Levine and Nozomi Terao, the Milton<br />
and Sally Avery Arts Foundation, Inc., and the New York City Department<br />
of Cultural Affairs, in partnership with the City Council.<br />
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Performing Arts Program<br />
Performing Arts Program introduces performers from <strong>Japan</strong>’s contemporary<br />
and traditional music, dance and theater scenes and commissions non-<strong>Japan</strong>ese<br />
performing artists to create work on themes relating to <strong>Japan</strong>. Many distinguished<br />
artists have performed in the <strong>Society</strong>’s 262-seat theater and on <strong>Society</strong>-produced<br />
North American tours.<br />
“...picturesque, eloquent and remarkable.”<br />
—The New York Times on Kabuki Dance<br />
Top to bottom: chelfitsch Theater Company members in Toshiki<br />
Okada’s Hot Pepper, Air Conditioner, and the Farewell Speech. Photo<br />
© Julie Lemberger. Bando Kotoji in Sanbaso as part of Kabuki Dance.<br />
Photo © Julie Lemberger. Kota Yamazaki/Fluid hug-hug dancers<br />
in Kota Yamazaki’s (glowing). Photo © Julie Lemberger. Otomo<br />
Yoshihide and Christian Marclay in Turntable Duo. Photo ©<br />
Ayumi Sakamoto.<br />
Major support for <strong>Japan</strong> <strong>Society</strong> 2011–2012 Performing Arts Programs was<br />
provided by the Lila Wallace-Reader’s Digest Endowment Fund and the Endowment<br />
for the Performing Arts, established with leadership gifts from the Doris<br />
Duke Charitable Foundation, The Globus Family, Kyocera Corporation, The Starr<br />
Foundation and Toyota Motor Corporation. MetLife Foundation was a Corporate<br />
Partner of <strong>Japan</strong> <strong>Society</strong>’s 2011–2012 Performing Arts season. <strong>Japan</strong> <strong>Society</strong> was<br />
also grateful to the following individuals, foundations, and government agencies<br />
for their generous support: Dr. John K. Gillespie; The Fan Fox and Leslie R. Samuels<br />
Foundation, Inc.; Dr. and Mrs. Carl F. Taeusch II; Mr. Norton Belknap; Mr. Terry<br />
Brykczynski and Ms. Andrea Miller; Ms. Hiroko Onoyama; Howard and Sarah<br />
Solomon; Mr. Alex York; Paula S. Lawrence; and an anonymous donor. New York<br />
City Department of Cultural Affairs, in partnership with the City Council, and the<br />
New York State Council on the Arts with support of Governor Andrew Cuomo and<br />
the New York State Legislature. Transportation assistance was provided by All<br />
Nippon Airways Co., Ltd. MetLife Meet-the-Artists Reception support was provided<br />
by MetLife Foundation.<br />
Funders, sponsors, grant programs, project partners and various assistance<br />
provided for programs in the 2011–2012 Performing Arts season include: the<br />
Agency for Cultural Affairs, Government of <strong>Japan</strong> in fiscal 2011, the University of<br />
Illinois through the IJPAN project supported by The <strong>Japan</strong> Foundation, The <strong>Japan</strong><br />
Foundation through the Performing Arts JAPAN program, The Asahi Shimbun<br />
Foundation, Yamaguchi Center for Arts and Media (YCAM), YCAM InterLab,<br />
HANEDA EXCEL HOTEL TOKYU, Performa 11, the Tokyo Culture Creation Project,<br />
NODA• MAP, Tokyo, British Airways, The Public Theater’s Under The Radar<br />
Festival, the Tokyo Metropolitan Government, The Saison Foundation, Steep Slope<br />
Studio, The <strong>Japan</strong> Foundation, EMPAC (The Curtis R. Priem Experimental Media<br />
and Performing Arts Center), the New England Foundation for the Arts’ National<br />
Dance Project, with lead funding from the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation<br />
and additional funding from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, Mid Atlantic<br />
Arts Foundation with support from the National Endowment for the Arts, Lower<br />
Manhattan Cultural Council, Abrons Art Center, Ecole des Sables, Mount Tremper<br />
Arts, Headlong Dance Theater, and United Airlines.<br />
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Film Program<br />
Film Program screens a diverse selection of <strong>Japan</strong> films, from classics<br />
to contemporary independent productions, including retrospectives of<br />
seminal directors, thematic series and special screenings of international,<br />
U.S. and NY premieres.<br />
JAPAN CUTS slices a cross section of fecund film culture...<br />
Ranging across all genres, between industrial and independent<br />
filmmaking and the poles of the highbrow-lowbrow spectrum, it’s<br />
less a winnowed-down selection than a potpourri representing a<br />
goodly chunk of <strong>Japan</strong>ese cinematic output.<br />
—The Village Voice on JAPAN CUTS 2012, the sixth annual New York festival of<br />
contemporary <strong>Japan</strong>ese cinema<br />
<strong>Japan</strong> <strong>Society</strong>’s 2011–2012 Film Programs were supported by<br />
the Lila Wallace-Reader’s Digest Endowment Fund.<br />
Additional support was generously provided by The <strong>Japan</strong><br />
Foundation, The Globus Family, Kenneth A. Cowin, UNIQLO<br />
USA, Sapporo U.S.A., Inc., Sony Electronics Inc., The Bank of<br />
Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, Ltd., David S. Howe, Omar Al-Farisi,<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey Catanzaro, Laurel Gonsalves, Dr. Tatsuji<br />
Namba, Randall I. Stempler, and the New York State Council<br />
on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew Cuomo<br />
and the New York State Legislature.<br />
Transportation was supported by <strong>Japan</strong> Airlines, the exclusive<br />
<strong>Japan</strong>ese Airlines sponsor of Film Programs at <strong>Japan</strong><br />
<strong>Society</strong>. Additional transportation was provided by United<br />
Airlines. Hotel accommodations were provided by The<br />
Kitano New York. Media sponsorship was provided by<br />
WNYC. <strong>Japan</strong> <strong>Society</strong>’s new projection screen was made<br />
possible by The Globus Family and Kenneth A. Cowin.<br />
Other institutional support was provided by HappyDoll, Inc.,<br />
Tokyo-Frost Valley YMCA Partnership, Korean Film Council<br />
Touring Program, REACT to FILM, and Bohemian Restaurant.<br />
Clockwise from left: At Films for Hope, a one-day special series of <strong>Japan</strong>-inspired<br />
animated short films: Enrico Casarosa (Director/Head of Story, Pixar Animation<br />
Studios), series curator Justin Leach (Senior Pipeline Engineer, Blue Sky Studios),<br />
Dai Sato (scriptwriter of Cowboy Bebop, Samurai Champloo, Tekken: Blood<br />
Vengeance); and Ryo Shimada (screenwriter). Photo © Joel Neville Anderson/<br />
<strong>Japan</strong> <strong>Society</strong>. Actor Koji Yakusho (The Woodsman and the Rain) received the<br />
CUT ABOVE Award for Excellence in Film at JAPAN CUTS 2012. Photo ©<br />
George Hirose. Actress Hyunri Lee at the reception following the U.S. premiere<br />
of KOTOKO, the opening film in the 2012 Globus Film Series Love Will Tear Us<br />
Apart. Photo © Ayumi Sakamoto. Actress Masami Nagasawa (right) and Samuel<br />
Jamier (left), Senior Program Officer, <strong>Japan</strong> <strong>Society</strong>, following the U.S. premiere<br />
screening of Love Strikes! at JAPAN CUTS 2012. Photo © Ayumi Sakamoto.<br />
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Lecture Program<br />
Lecture Program explores vital issues and trends in <strong>Japan</strong>ese culture, bringing<br />
together leading thinkers and practitioners to provide provocative discussions<br />
on diverse topics including social issues, design aesthetics, culinary arts and<br />
consumer culture.<br />
“I believe that inspiration—even if you set<br />
about with inspiration in mind—the outside<br />
world, the subject, will always deceive you, so<br />
you can’t plan that out. I always take such great<br />
joy in understanding what I will be inspired by<br />
that day and what I’ll see that day, so just the<br />
fact that I do not know that when I step outside<br />
gives me a lot of joy and excitement. Wherever<br />
the world affects my consciousness, that’s<br />
where I want to be.”<br />
—Photographer Daido Moriyama, at his lecture at <strong>Japan</strong> <strong>Society</strong><br />
in November 2011<br />
Lecture Programs at <strong>Japan</strong> <strong>Society</strong> were generously sponsored by Toyota Motor North<br />
America, Inc. <strong>Japan</strong> Airlines was the exclusive <strong>Japan</strong>ese Airline sponsor of Lecture<br />
Programs at <strong>Japan</strong> <strong>Society</strong>. United Airlines was the exclusive U.S. Airline sponsor<br />
of Lecture Programs at <strong>Japan</strong> <strong>Society</strong>. Additional support was provided by Chris A.<br />
Wachenheim and the Sandy Heck Lecture Fund.<br />
Additional program support was provided by Mitsubishi International Corporation,<br />
Mitsui & Co., (U.S.A.) Inc., Sumitomo Corporation of America, ITOCHU International<br />
Inc., Marubeni America Corporation, The <strong>Japan</strong> Foundation, and the <strong>Japan</strong> Sake<br />
Export Association. Hotel accommodations were provided by The Kitano New York.<br />
Clockwise from left: Rem Koolhaas, founder of OMA<br />
(The Office for Metropolitan Architecture), speaks<br />
about <strong>Japan</strong>’s Metabolism Movement, the first Asian<br />
avant-garde architectural movement, at “Rem Koolhaas<br />
on <strong>Japan</strong>’s Metabolism Movement.” Photo © George<br />
Hirose. Broadway playwright John Guare (The House of<br />
Blue Leaves) talks about how theater artists can help<br />
<strong>Japan</strong>’s recovery efforts from the Great East <strong>Japan</strong><br />
Earthquake at “SHINSAI: The Conversation—Theater<br />
Artists Respond to the Earthquake in <strong>Japan</strong>.” Photo ©<br />
George Hirose. Photographer Daido Moriyama (left)<br />
and Christopher Phillips, Curator, International Center<br />
of Photography, discuss Moriyama’s lifelong career as<br />
a photographer at “An Evening with Daido Moriyama.”<br />
Photo © George Hirose.<br />
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Education Program<br />
Education Program sparks interest in <strong>Japan</strong> through a suite of family, school<br />
and educators programs. Our interactive website, About <strong>Japan</strong>: a Teacher’s<br />
Resource, and social networking program for students, Going Global, provide<br />
educational tools and connect classrooms throughout the world.<br />
aboutjapan.japansociety.org www.goglobalsns.org<br />
Going Global, a social network connecting<br />
students through engaging and authentic<br />
projects, launched in fall 2011 with over<br />
540 users from 19 schools in the United<br />
States, <strong>Japan</strong> and Pakistan.<br />
Clockwise from top left: American educators meet elementary during Hinamatsuri (Girls’ Day):, part of the Annual Festivities<br />
school children in Wakayama as part of the 2011 Educators’ series. Photo © George Hirose. During “Contemporary <strong>Japan</strong>:<br />
Study Tour to <strong>Japan</strong>. Highlights included homestays, visits to Pop Culture, High Tech Culture, and 21st-Century Teaching<br />
pre-K–high school schools and tours of cultural sites. Photo © Skills,” K–12 educators learn about technology’s impact on<br />
Kazuko Minamoto/<strong>Japan</strong> <strong>Society</strong>. Children and families enjoy contemporary <strong>Japan</strong>ese culture, while exploring ways to use<br />
decorating ceremonial dolls (hina ningyo), learning festivalrelated<br />
social media and technology to engage all students in learning.<br />
song and dance, and making their own hina dolls<br />
Photo © Ayumi Sakamoto.<br />
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Education Programs were made possible by generous funding from<br />
The Freeman Foundation.<br />
Generous support for Education Programs was provided by United Airlines.<br />
Additional support was provided by The Norinchukin Foundation, Inc.,<br />
an anonymous family foundation, ITO EN (North America) INC., Chris A.<br />
Wachenheim, Joshua N. Solomon, Jon T. Hutcheson, and Joshua S. Levine<br />
and Nozomi Terao. About <strong>Japan</strong>: A Teacher’s Resource was generously<br />
funded, in part, by a three-year grant from the International Research<br />
and Studies (IRS) Program in the Office of Postsecondary Education, U.S.<br />
Department of Education (P017A10018). The Going Global project was<br />
made possible by generous grants from The <strong>Japan</strong> Foundation Center<br />
for Global Partnership, the United States-<strong>Japan</strong> Foundation, and Toshiba<br />
International Foundation. Student and Family Programs were supported by<br />
the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, in partnership with the<br />
City Council. The Art Carts for Fiber Futures and Deco <strong>Japan</strong> were supported<br />
by the Milton and Sally Avery Arts Foundation, Inc.
Toyota Language Center<br />
Toyota Language Center offers 12 comprehensive levels of <strong>Japan</strong>ese as well<br />
as specialized courses and workshops, including shodo (<strong>Japan</strong>ese calligraphy),<br />
three levels of English conversation (ESL) and a <strong>Japan</strong>ese language<br />
teacher training program.<br />
Clockwise from left: A shodo student learns technique hands-on from her<br />
instructor, Masako Inkyo. Photo © Shia Levitt. Students work together in<br />
their <strong>Japan</strong>ese class. Photo © Shia Levitt. Language Center instructor<br />
Mami Miyashita and her students. Photo © Shia Levitt.<br />
C.V. Starr Library contains approximately 14,000 volumes on <strong>Japan</strong> and<br />
U.S.-<strong>Japan</strong> relations, primarily in English. Use of the library is limited to <strong>Japan</strong><br />
<strong>Society</strong> members and Toyota Language Center students.<br />
Support for <strong>Japan</strong> <strong>Society</strong>’s Toyota Language Center was provided, in<br />
part, by Mr. Mark Goldfield and Ms. Mary E. Hatch, Mr. William Laurent,<br />
and Mr. Shinjiro Tsutsui.<br />
Did you know?<br />
Students in the Toyota Language Center’s<br />
<strong>Japan</strong>ese Teacher Training classes also<br />
assist the instructors with <strong>Japan</strong>ese<br />
classes, resulting in a very high student<br />
to teacher ratio!<br />
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We thank our<br />
diverse community<br />
of supporters<br />
and invite you<br />
to join us!<br />
Individual members<br />
benefit from free admission to our gallery, exclusive access to<br />
member events and special offers, and discounts on all films,<br />
lectures, classes and performances throughout the year.<br />
Circle of Friends members<br />
play an important role in supporting our vibrant and varied<br />
programming while receiving invitations to exclusive events,<br />
networking opportunities and access to artists, curators, scholars<br />
and other important figures in the U.S.-<strong>Japan</strong> relation scene.<br />
Legacy Circle members<br />
help secure the future of <strong>Japan</strong> <strong>Society</strong> by including us in their<br />
long-term and estate plans.<br />
Corporate members<br />
enjoy networking, knowledge-sharing and business development<br />
opportunities, as well as exclusive access to business and policy<br />
leaders, and unique benefits for employees.<br />
Corporate sponsors<br />
raise their brand awareness among blue-chip U.S. and <strong>Japan</strong>ese<br />
companies, and help shape the conversation between <strong>Japan</strong> and<br />
the United States in a global context.<br />
Foundation and<br />
government grants<br />
provide critical support for <strong>Japan</strong> <strong>Society</strong>’s programs.<br />
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Top to bottom: Line for<br />
the screening of Love<br />
Strikes!, JAPAN CUTS<br />
2012. Photo © Ayumi<br />
Sakamoto. Dancing<br />
the night away at the<br />
j-cation After Party.<br />
Photo © Ayumi<br />
Sakamoto. Trying out<br />
shodo at j-cation.<br />
Photo © Ayumi<br />
Sakamoto. Audience<br />
during the Q&A with<br />
actor Koji Yakusho<br />
(The Woodsman and<br />
the Rain, JAPAN CUTS<br />
2012). Photo © George<br />
Hirose. Opposite page:<br />
Fiber Futures: <strong>Japan</strong>’s<br />
Textile Pioneers opening<br />
reception. Photo ©<br />
Alan Klein.
<strong>Japan</strong> <strong>Society</strong> Support FY 2012<br />
Operating Income<br />
Online Visitors, Fans & Followers<br />
36,847 30%<br />
Facebook Fans/Likes<br />
15%<br />
27%<br />
58%<br />
21,646 57%<br />
Twitter Followers<br />
5,323,919 109%<br />
YouTube Video Views<br />
8,524 views per day over the past year<br />
120,710 136%<br />
Page Views of <strong>Japan</strong> <strong>Society</strong>’s Blog<br />
Investment<br />
Earned<br />
Contributed<br />
81,000 16%<br />
Average visitors to website per month for 2012<br />
—As of July 31, 2012<br />
26%<br />
Sources of<br />
contributed<br />
Support<br />
56%<br />
18%<br />
Contact us!<br />
Foundations &<br />
Government<br />
Corporations<br />
Individuals<br />
For information on individual giving, contact<br />
Michiko Simanjuntak Grasso at (212) 715-1253 or<br />
mgrasso@japansociety.org.<br />
For information on corporate membership and<br />
sponsorship, contact Yoko Suzuki at (212) 715-1250<br />
or corp-membership@japansociety.org.<br />
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<strong>Japan</strong> <strong>Society</strong> Supporters*<br />
July 1, 2011–June 30, 2012<br />
$200,000 and above<br />
Blanchette Hooker Rockefeller Fund<br />
Citi<br />
Deloitte<br />
The Freeman Foundation<br />
The <strong>Japan</strong> Foundation<br />
Mr. Wilbur L. Ross, Jr.<br />
$100,000 and above<br />
All Nippon Airways Co., Ltd.<br />
The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, Ltd.<br />
<strong>Japan</strong> Airlines<br />
Mizuho Financial Group<br />
Toyota Motor North America, Inc.<br />
United Airlines<br />
U.S. Department of Education<br />
Anonymous Family Foundation<br />
Anonymous Foundation<br />
$50,000 and above<br />
Canon U.S.A., Inc.<br />
The Carlyle Group<br />
Chartis<br />
E. Rhodes and Leona B. Carpenter Foundation<br />
ITO EN (North America) INC.<br />
The <strong>Japan</strong> Foundation Center for Global Partnership<br />
JPMorgan Chase<br />
MetLife Foundation<br />
Mitsubishi Corporation (Americas)<br />
Mitsui & Co. (U.S.A.), Inc.<br />
New England Foundation for the Arts<br />
New York City Department of Cultural Affairs<br />
Paulson & Co., Inc.<br />
Sony Corporation of America<br />
The Starr Foundation<br />
Sumitomo Corporation of America<br />
Mr. Chris A. Wachenheim<br />
$25,000 and above<br />
Bank of America Merrill Lynch<br />
Bingham McCutchen Murase<br />
Bloomberg<br />
The Coby Foundation, Ltd.<br />
Daiwa Capital Markets America Holdings Inc.<br />
Debevoise & Plimpton LLP<br />
Dentsu Network<br />
Fujisankei Communications International, Inc.<br />
Gordon Brothers Group<br />
IBM Corporation<br />
ITOCHU International Inc.<br />
J.C. Flowers & Co. LLC<br />
Jun Makihara and Megumi Oka<br />
Marubeni America Corporation<br />
Morgan Stanley<br />
Mr. Toby S. Myerson<br />
New York State Council on the Arts<br />
Nippon Steel U.S.A., Inc.<br />
Nissan North America, Inc.<br />
Nomura America Foundation<br />
Nomura Holding America Inc.<br />
Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP<br />
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP<br />
*Gifts do not include<br />
contributions to <strong>Japan</strong><br />
<strong>Society</strong>’s <strong>Japan</strong> Earthquake<br />
Relief Fund. For a list of major<br />
supporters to the Relief Fund,<br />
visit www.japansociety.org/<br />
earthquake.<br />
20 <strong>Japan</strong> <strong>Society</strong> Annual Report 2011–12
Guests at a special reception in<br />
Tokyo (left to right): The Hon. Nobutaka<br />
Machimura, Member, House of Representatives;<br />
Takuma Hatano, Executive Vice<br />
President, Toyo Engineering Corporation;<br />
Wilbur L. Ross, Jr., Chairman, <strong>Japan</strong><br />
<strong>Society</strong>; Motoatsu Sakurai, President,<br />
<strong>Japan</strong> <strong>Society</strong>; Atsushi Saito, President &<br />
CEO, Tokyo Stock Exchange Group, Inc.;<br />
and Tony Miller, CEO, PAG Asia. Photo<br />
© Tokyo Photo Imaging. Opposite page:<br />
New Year’s celebration for <strong>Japan</strong> <strong>Society</strong><br />
patrons. Photo © Alan Klein.<br />
Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation<br />
Thomson Reuters<br />
Toshiba America, Inc.<br />
$15,000 and above<br />
Mr. Kenneth A. Cowin<br />
Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP<br />
The Estée Lauder Companies Inc.<br />
Mr. Robert E. Fallon<br />
The Globus Family<br />
Hitachi America, Ltd.<br />
Mr. Jonathan B. Kindred<br />
Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co.<br />
KPMG LLP<br />
Littler Mendelson, P.C.<br />
Sir Deryck Maughan<br />
Satoru and Hiroko Murase<br />
National Endowment for the Arts<br />
NYSE Euronext<br />
Ripplewood Holdings, L.L.C.<br />
Yoshiko and Tim Schilt<br />
Sojitz Corporation of America<br />
Sullivan & Cromwell LLP<br />
Gary Talarico and Linda Filardi<br />
Tiger Asia Management L.L.C.<br />
Tokio Marine Management, Inc.<br />
$10,000 and above<br />
American Express<br />
Mark Steven Barres<br />
Mr. Steven A. Bernstein<br />
The Blackstone Charitable Foundation<br />
Brother International Corporation<br />
Mr. Jonathan E. Colby<br />
Consulate General of <strong>Japan</strong> in New York<br />
Peggy and Dick Danziger<br />
Mr. Richard A. Drucker<br />
Epstein Becker & Green, P.C.<br />
The Fan Fox and Leslie R. Samuels Foundation, Inc.<br />
Ms. Atsuko Toko Fish<br />
Mr. Louis J. Forster<br />
Fox Rothschild LLP<br />
Gallery Koyanagi<br />
Dr. John K. Gillespie<br />
Goldman, Sachs & Co.<br />
Mr. Yosuke Honjo<br />
IHI INC.<br />
Indus Capital Partners, LLC<br />
Mr. Jon Iwata<br />
Sebastian and Mieko Izzard<br />
Kelley Drye & Warren LLP<br />
Kikkoman Corporation<br />
Konica Minolta Business Solutions U.S.A., Inc.<br />
Mr. Alan S. MacDonald<br />
The McGraw-Hill Companies<br />
Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation<br />
Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy LLP<br />
Joan B. Mirviss<br />
Mitsubishi UFJ Securities (USA), Inc.<br />
Mori Building Co., Ltd.<br />
The Norinchukin Foundation<br />
Panasonic Corporation of North America<br />
Pfizer Inc<br />
Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP<br />
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The Rockefeller Group<br />
Mr. Barry Salzberg<br />
Masako and Jim Shinn<br />
Sidley Austin LLP<br />
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP<br />
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher &<br />
Flom LLP<br />
Sir Howard Stringer<br />
Yasko Tashiro and Thierry Porté<br />
Time Warner Inc.<br />
Toshiba International Foundation<br />
Toyota Tsusho America, Inc.<br />
UNIQLO<br />
Jack and Susy Wadsworth<br />
Mary J. Wallach<br />
Xerox Corporation<br />
$5,000 and above<br />
Advantage Partners, LLP<br />
Aflac <strong>Japan</strong><br />
Mr. Ronald J. Anderson<br />
Aperture Foundation<br />
Aquiline Capital Partners LLC<br />
The Asahi Shimbun Foundation<br />
The Atlantic Philanthropies<br />
(USA) Inc.<br />
Bank of <strong>Japan</strong><br />
Walter and Marguerite Bopp<br />
Mr. Terry Brykczynski and<br />
Ms. Andrea L. Miller<br />
Bunge North America, Inc.<br />
Bettina Burr<br />
Barbara Bertozzi Castelli<br />
Catalyst Repository Systems<br />
The Challenger Foundation<br />
The Coca-Cola Company<br />
Dentsu America<br />
The Depository Trust & Clearing<br />
Corporation<br />
Duff & Phelps<br />
Eisai USA Foundation, Inc.<br />
Furthermore: a program of the<br />
J. M. Kaplan Fund<br />
Sanae Ishikawa & Richard Georgi<br />
JETRO New York<br />
Machiko Kashiwagi and<br />
Thomas Bingham<br />
Kokon, Inc.<br />
The Louis Berger Group, Inc.<br />
Ms. Karen McDonald<br />
McKinsey & Company<br />
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries<br />
America, Inc.<br />
Morrison & Foerster LLP<br />
Nikkei America, Inc.<br />
NTT America, Inc.<br />
NTT DOCOMO USA, INC.<br />
NYK Line (North America) Inc.<br />
The Honorable Peter G. Peterson<br />
Poten & Partners, Inc.<br />
Mr. David Rockefeller<br />
Rockefeller Financial<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Motoatsu Sakurai<br />
Sapporo U.S.A., Inc.<br />
David Solo<br />
Sompo <strong>Japan</strong> Insurance Company<br />
of America<br />
Sony Electronics, Inc.<br />
Starry Night Fund<br />
Subaru of America, Inc.<br />
Takeda America Holdings, Inc.<br />
TBS International, Inc.<br />
TOKYU HOTELS CO., LTD.<br />
Toray Industries (America), Inc.<br />
UBS Securities LLC<br />
Anonymous<br />
$2,500 and above<br />
Ajinomoto North America, Inc.<br />
Aozora Bank, Ltd.<br />
Asahi Shimbun America, Inc.<br />
Asian Century Quest Capital, LLC<br />
Becker, Glynn, Melamed &<br />
Muffly LLP<br />
Raphael and Jane Bernstein<br />
Brunswick Group LLC<br />
Henry and Gilda Buchbinder Family<br />
Calsonic Kansei North America Inc.<br />
Central <strong>Japan</strong> Railway Company<br />
COACH A Co.,Ltd.<br />
Daiichi Sankyo, Inc.<br />
Daikin U.S. Corporation<br />
Susan Dentzer<br />
Development Bank of <strong>Japan</strong>, Inc.<br />
DNP Corporation USA<br />
Joe Earle and Charlotte Knox<br />
Dance demonstration<br />
at the ¡Sake & Salsa!<br />
members appreciation<br />
event. Photo ©<br />
George Hirose.<br />
22 <strong>Japan</strong> <strong>Society</strong> Annual Report 2011–12
Chef and restaurateur<br />
David Bouley, President<br />
of Culinary Development<br />
at Union Square<br />
Hospitality Group<br />
Michael Romano, artist<br />
Nicole Bartelme and<br />
<strong>Japan</strong> <strong>Society</strong> President<br />
Motoatsu Sakurai at<br />
a screening of Jiro<br />
Dreams of Sushi. Photo<br />
© George Hirose.<br />
East <strong>Japan</strong> Railway Company<br />
Ernst & Young LLP<br />
Margot Paul Ernst<br />
Federal Reserve Bank of New York<br />
FedEx Services<br />
Frank Crystal & Co., Inc.<br />
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP<br />
Friends of Fiber Art International<br />
Fuji Industries Corporation<br />
Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.<br />
FUJIFILM Holdings America<br />
Corporation<br />
Fujitsu Limited<br />
Brendan and Jenifer Garvey<br />
Professor Carol Gluck<br />
Mark F. Goldfield and Mary E. Hatch<br />
Goshen Investments, L.L.C.<br />
Tomoko Hamada-Dougan<br />
Honda North America, Inc.<br />
J.C.C. Fund of the <strong>Japan</strong>ese<br />
Chamber of Commerce and<br />
Industry of New York<br />
Merit E. Janow<br />
<strong>Japan</strong> Bank for International<br />
Cooperation<br />
<strong>Japan</strong> Local Government Center<br />
JFE Steel America, Inc.<br />
Jiji Press America, Ltd.<br />
JTB Americas Ltd.<br />
Kajima U.S.A. Inc.<br />
Kaneka Americas Holding, Inc.<br />
Kawasaki Heavy Industries<br />
(USA), Inc.<br />
Kikkoman Sales USA, Inc.<br />
Kinokuniya Bookstores of<br />
America Co., Ltd.<br />
Kobe Steel USA Inc.<br />
Kodansha USA, Inc.<br />
Kyodo News America, Inc.<br />
Mary and Richard Lanier<br />
Stephen and Michiko Levine<br />
Meiji Yasuda America Incorporated<br />
MetPlan Inc.<br />
Milton and Sally Avery Arts<br />
Foundation<br />
Minamoto Kitchoan<br />
Mitsubishi Gas Chemical<br />
America, Inc.<br />
Mitsubishi UFJ Trust and<br />
Banking Corporation<br />
Mitsui Fudosan America, Inc.<br />
Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP<br />
NEC Corporation of America<br />
Marjorie Neuwirth<br />
NHK General Bureau for America<br />
Nippon Express USA, Inc.<br />
Nippon Life Group<br />
The Norinchukin Bank<br />
Okaya (U.S.A.), Inc.<br />
Mr. Seiei Ono<br />
Ms. Hiroko Onoyama<br />
Orient Corporation of America<br />
ORIX USA Corporation<br />
Protiviti Inc.<br />
Prudential Financial, Inc.<br />
R&R Consulting<br />
Ricoh Americas Corporation<br />
Saatchi & Saatchi<br />
Salans LLP<br />
SEIKO Corporation of America<br />
Shiseido Cosmetics America<br />
Dr. Joshua N. Solomon<br />
Mr. Michael I. Sovern<br />
Spencer Stuart<br />
Sumitomo Chemical America, Inc.<br />
Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Bank,<br />
Limited<br />
Suntory International Corp.<br />
Teijin Holdings USA, Inc.<br />
Teikoku Databank America, Inc.<br />
Toppan Printing Company<br />
America, Inc.<br />
TV Asahi America, Inc.<br />
The Honorable Paul A. Volcker<br />
Wacoal America, Inc.<br />
Katsura and Mayo Yamaguchi<br />
The Yomiuri Shimbun<br />
Alex York<br />
Anonymous<br />
$2,000 and above<br />
Dr. and Mrs. Frederick Baekeland<br />
The Capital Group Companies, Inc.<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey Catanzaro<br />
Pilar Conde and Alfonso Lledo-Perez<br />
Richard Fishbein and Estelle Bender<br />
Kurt A. Gitter M.D. and Alice Yelen<br />
Laurel Gonsalves<br />
Mr. Mitsuhiko Kawai<br />
Helen Lee-Warren and David Warren<br />
Dr. and Mrs. Robert W. Lyons<br />
Mika Gallery<br />
Ms. Wakako Ohara, Chief Executive of<br />
the Ohara School of Ikebana<br />
Shelly and Lester Richter<br />
Shelley and Donald Rubin<br />
Fredric T. Schneider<br />
Sarah and Howard Solomon<br />
23
Mr. Michael Sonnenfeldt<br />
Erik and Cornelia Thomsen<br />
Mr. Ryoichi Ueda<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Cor van den Heuvel<br />
Roger L. Weston<br />
Richard and Judith Wood<br />
Anonymous<br />
$1,000 and above<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Omar H. Al-Farisi<br />
Dr. and Mrs. Roy Ashikari<br />
Mr. Duncan Bagshaw and<br />
Ms. Lisa Freeman<br />
Mr. Douglas W. Barnert<br />
Mr. Norton Belknap<br />
Mr. Graeme Birchall<br />
Ms. Reiko Braun<br />
Mrs. Kiyoko Ohata Brown<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Randall Chafetz<br />
Mr. Allan Chasanoff<br />
Mr. David C. Chou<br />
Professor Gerald L. Curtis<br />
Carole Davenport<br />
Mr. Kim G. Davis<br />
DNP America, LLC<br />
Egon Zehnder International<br />
Mr. Fred Eychaner and Mr. Yang Guo<br />
Ms. Martha J. Fleischman<br />
Mr. Yoshihide Fujii<br />
Ms. June Omura Goldberg<br />
Ms. Susan Heck<br />
Dr. Kazuko Hillyer<br />
Mr. David S. Howe<br />
Johnson & Johnson<br />
Mr. Thomas S. Johnson<br />
Mr. Takashi Kano<br />
Mr. Frederick H. Katayama<br />
The Kitano New York<br />
Barbara Ann Klein<br />
Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates P.C.<br />
Mr. William Laurent<br />
Joshua S. Levine and Nozomi Terao<br />
Mr. Martin Lipton<br />
MEGU Restaurant<br />
Merck & Co., Inc.<br />
Mr. Francis W. Mettrick<br />
Etsuko O. Morris<br />
Dr. Tatsuji Namba<br />
Ms. Nobuko C. Narita<br />
Mr. Christopher Newhard<br />
Masumi & John O’Donnell<br />
Mr. Mark O’Friel<br />
Mr. Sumio Ohtsuji<br />
Susan J. Onuma, Esq.<br />
Torkel and Susan Patterson<br />
Mr. Steven J. Pattyn<br />
Mr. Michael Romano<br />
Errol M. Rudman and Nana Onishi<br />
Mr. Frederic A. Sharf<br />
Ms. Noriko Tabata<br />
Dr. and Mrs. Carl F. Taeusch II<br />
Harry Taylor and Motoko Sakurai<br />
Nora and David Tezanos<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Dean R. Thacker<br />
Mr. Shinjiro Tsutsui<br />
Hiroshi Tsuyuki and Yasuko Tsuyuki<br />
Mr. Tadao Uchida<br />
United States-<strong>Japan</strong> Foundation<br />
Mr. Roger L. Yaseen<br />
Mr. Eiichi Yonekura<br />
Anonymous<br />
$500 and above<br />
Jacqueline Avant<br />
Ms. Julie Azuma<br />
The Honorable Howard H. Baker, Jr.<br />
Beacon’s Closet<br />
Marc and Sara Benda<br />
Corinna Berthold<br />
Goldie and David Blanksteen<br />
Mr. Roberto Camacho<br />
Mrs. David Dibner<br />
Abigail and Rick Elbaum c/o<br />
EBA Foundation<br />
Kathleen and Martin Feldstein<br />
Mr. Magnus K. Ferguson<br />
Mr. Armando Franco<br />
Gerald R. Gilboe and Paulette V. Ricard<br />
Mr. Alexander Gorlin<br />
Ms. Jean Gross<br />
Marc and Susan Hamaker<br />
Jan Hashey Minagawa<br />
Taryn Higashi and Ivan Zimmerman<br />
C. Steven Horn<br />
Robert Glenn Hubbard<br />
Mr. Jon Hutcheson<br />
J. One Corporation<br />
Mr. Mark Jackson<br />
Mr. William G. Karl<br />
Jonguk Kim<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Kouba<br />
Ms. Paula S. Lawrence<br />
John Lipsky & Zsuzsanna Karasz<br />
Ms. Katherine E. Martin<br />
Dr. and Mrs. Robert A. Myers<br />
Ms. Yoko Myoi<br />
Mr. Naoto Nakagawa<br />
Joan and Junya Nakatsugawa<br />
Mr. Aaron M. Nieman<br />
Mrs. Eliot C. Nolen<br />
Mrs. Ina Norrito<br />
Mr. John S. Price<br />
Mr. Michael N. Reynnells<br />
Ms. Sascha Rockefeller<br />
Ms. Nancy S. Roskind<br />
Mr. Charles D. Saunders<br />
Ms. Matsuko Shibuya<br />
Robert Sutherland<br />
Mitsuru Tajima<br />
Mr. Raymond Taylor<br />
Mr. Grant Vingoe<br />
Mr. Christian A. von Hassel<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Bartholomew Voorsanger<br />
Ms. Roberta L. Wallach<br />
Dr. Helga Wall-Apelt<br />
Mr. Yasuhide Watanabe<br />
Mr. Daniel Wislocki<br />
George and Margaret Yonemura<br />
Anonymous (2)<br />
24 <strong>Japan</strong> <strong>Society</strong> Annual Report 2011–12
Circle of Friends<br />
John D. Rockefeller 3rd Circle<br />
Mark Steven Barres<br />
Mr. Kenneth A. Cowin<br />
Mr. Louis J. Forster<br />
Dr. John K. Gillespie<br />
The Globus Family<br />
Joan B. Mirviss<br />
Yasko Tashiro and Thierry Porté<br />
Mr. Chris A. Wachenheim<br />
Leadership Circle<br />
Mr. Ronald J. Anderson<br />
Walter and Margurite Bopp<br />
Mr. Terry Brykczynski and Ms. Andrea L. Miller<br />
Bettina Burr<br />
Barbara Bertozzi Castelli<br />
Ms. Anne Delaney<br />
Sebastian and Mieko Izzard<br />
Machiko Kashiwagi and Thomas Bingham<br />
Ms. Suzanne Marquard and<br />
Mr. James R. Breckenridge<br />
David Solo<br />
Jack and Susy Wadsworth<br />
Ms. Mary J. Wallach<br />
Benefactor Circle<br />
Diane and Arthur Abbey<br />
Dr. and Mrs. Frederick Baekeland<br />
Raphael and Jane Bernstein<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey Catanzaro<br />
Ms. Pilar Conde and Mr. Alfonso Lledo-Perez<br />
Joe Earle and Charlotte Knox<br />
Margot Paul Ernst<br />
Richard Fishbein and Estelle Bender<br />
Brendan and Jenifer Garvey<br />
Kurt A. Gitter M.D. and Alice Yelen<br />
Mark F. Goldfield and Mary E. Hatch<br />
Tomoko Hamada-Dougan<br />
Ms. Helen Lee-Warren and David Warren<br />
Joshua S. Levine and Nozomi Terao<br />
Stephen and Michiko Levine<br />
Dr. and Mrs. Robert W. Lyons<br />
Ms. Karen McDonald<br />
Klaus F. Naumann, Tokyo<br />
Marjorie Neuwirth<br />
Ms. Wakako Ohara, Chief Executive of the<br />
Ohara School of Ikebana<br />
Ms. Hiroko Onoyama<br />
Shelly and Lester Richter<br />
Shelley and Donald Rubin<br />
Mr. Fredric T. Schneider<br />
Sarah and Howard Solomon<br />
Guests enjoy a bento box lunch<br />
preceding the Corporate Program<br />
lecture by Douglas L. Peterson,<br />
President, Standard & Poor’s (right<br />
center). Photo © Ken Levinson.<br />
Page 27: Film Program supporter Steve<br />
Globus (far right) with actress Rinko<br />
Kikuchi and writer-director Tran Anh<br />
Hung (center) at a members-only<br />
screening of Norwegian Wood. Photo<br />
© <strong>Japan</strong> <strong>Society</strong>/Yoko Suzuki.<br />
25
Mr. Michael Sonnenfeldt<br />
Dr. and Mrs. Carl F. Taeusch II<br />
Erik and Cornelia Thomsen<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Cor van den Heuvel<br />
Mr. Roger L. Weston<br />
Dr. Richard J. Wood<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Katsura Yamaguchi<br />
Anonymous<br />
Patron Circle<br />
Ms. Hope Aldrich<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Omar H. Al-Farisi<br />
Dr. and Mrs. Roy Ashikari<br />
Mr. Douglas W. Barnert<br />
Mr. Norton Belknap<br />
Mr. Graeme Birchall<br />
Ms. Reiko Braun<br />
Mrs. Kiyoko O. Brown<br />
Mr. Allan Chasanoff<br />
Ms. Carole Davenport<br />
Mr. Kim G. Davis<br />
Susan Dentzer<br />
Mr. Fred Eychaner and Mr. Yang Guo<br />
Ms. June Omura Goldberg<br />
Laurel Gonsalves<br />
Mrs. Seiji Hatakeyama<br />
Ms. Susan Heck<br />
Dr. Kazuko Hillyer<br />
Mr. David S. Howe<br />
Mr. Jon Hutcheson<br />
Mr. Thomas S. Johnson<br />
Barbara Ann Klein<br />
Mr. William Laurent<br />
Mr. Martin Lipton<br />
Dr. John Loomis<br />
Ms. Cassandra Lozano and Mr. Mason Rader<br />
Mr. Francis W. Mettrick<br />
Etsuko O. Morris<br />
Mrs. Yoshiye Murase<br />
Mr. Naoto Nakagawa<br />
Dr. Tatsuji Namba<br />
Ms. Nobuko C. Narita<br />
Mr. Christopher Newhard<br />
Mr. James C. Nolan<br />
Mr. Mark O’Friel<br />
Mr. Steven J. Pattyn<br />
Mr. Michael Romano<br />
Mr. Errol M. Rudman and Nana Onishi<br />
Mr. Frederic A. Sharf<br />
Her Imperial Highness Princess Takamado<br />
Nora and David Tezanos<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Dean R. Thacker<br />
Hiroshi Tsuyuki and Yasuko Tsuyuki<br />
Mr. and Ms. Tadao Uchida<br />
Ms. Yuko Yamagishi<br />
Anonymous<br />
Friends of <strong>Japan</strong> <strong>Society</strong> Gallery<br />
Honorary Chair<br />
Her Imperial Highness Princess Takamado<br />
Co-Chairs<br />
Margot Paul Ernst<br />
Masako Shinn<br />
John D. Rockefeller 3rd Circle<br />
Joan B. Mirviss<br />
Yasko Tashiro and Thierry Porté<br />
Mr. Chris A. Wachenheim<br />
Leadership Circle<br />
Walter and Margurite Bopp<br />
Bettina Burr<br />
Barbara Bertozzi Castelli<br />
Sebastian and Mieko Izzard<br />
Machiko Kashiwagi and Thomas Bingham<br />
David Solo<br />
Jack and Susy Wadsworth<br />
26 <strong>Japan</strong> <strong>Society</strong> Annual Report 2011–12
Benefactor and Patron Circle<br />
Diane and Arthur Abbey<br />
Dr. and Mrs. Frederick Baekeland<br />
Raphael and Jane Bernstein<br />
Ms. Pilar Conde and Mr. Alfonso Lledo-Perez<br />
Joe Earle and Charlotte Knox<br />
Margot Paul Ernst<br />
Richard Fishbein and Estelle Bender<br />
Kurt A. Gitter M.D. and Alice Yelen<br />
Ms. Helen Lee-Warren<br />
Stephen and Michiko Levine<br />
Dr. and Mrs. Robert W. Lyons<br />
Klaus F. Naumann, Tokyo<br />
Marjorie Neuwirth<br />
Ms. Wakako Ohara, Chief Executive of the<br />
Ohara School of Ikebana<br />
Ms. Hiroko Onoyama<br />
Shelly and Lester Richter<br />
Shelley and Donald Rubin<br />
Mr. Fredric T. Schneider<br />
Howard and Sarah Solomon<br />
Mr. Michael Sonnenfeldt<br />
Dr. and Mrs. Carl F. Taeusch II<br />
Erik and Cornelia Thomsen<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Cor van den Heuvel<br />
Mr. Roger L. Weston<br />
Dr. Richard J. Wood<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Katsura Yamaguchi<br />
Anonymous<br />
Friends of Film<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Omar H. Al-Farisi<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey Catanzaro<br />
Mr. Kenneth A. Cowin<br />
The Globus Family<br />
Mr. David S. Howe<br />
Laurel Gonsalves<br />
Dr. Tatsuji Namba<br />
Friends of Performing Arts<br />
Mr. Terry Brykczynski and Ms. Andrea L. Miller<br />
Mr. Norton Belknap<br />
Dr. John K. Gillespie<br />
Paula S. Lawrence<br />
Mr. James C. Nolan<br />
Ms. Hiroko Onoyama<br />
Howard and Sarah Solomon<br />
Dr. and Mrs. Carl F. Taeusch II<br />
Alex York<br />
Friends of Children and<br />
Youth Programs<br />
Mr. Jon Hutcheson<br />
Joshua S. Levine and Nozomi Terao<br />
Dr. Joshua N. Solomon<br />
Major support of <strong>Japan</strong> <strong>Society</strong> in celebration of the 40th<br />
anniversary of its 333 East 47th Street home was provided<br />
by The Starr Foundation.<br />
Additional generous funding was provided by Satoru and<br />
Hiroko Murase; Coca-Cola (<strong>Japan</strong>) Company, Limited;<br />
The Challenger Foundation; Machiko Kashiwagi and Thomas<br />
Bingham; David Rockefeller; Susan Dentzer; Roger L. Yaseen;<br />
Ronald and Maria Anderson; Stephen and Michiko Levine;<br />
Noriko Tabata; and Shinjiro Tsutsui.<br />
27
<strong>Japan</strong> <strong>Society</strong>, Inc. Statement of Activities<br />
Year ended June 30, 2012 (with summarized totals for year ended June 30, 2011)<br />
Support and revenue<br />
unrestricted<br />
operating<br />
unrestricted<br />
Board<br />
Designated<br />
unrestricted<br />
total<br />
temporarily<br />
Restricted<br />
permanently<br />
restricted<br />
Contributions, grants and membership<br />
$2,428,163<br />
—<br />
$2,428,163<br />
$5,459,469<br />
$1,675<br />
Revenues from functions and activities<br />
1,599,758<br />
—<br />
1,599,758<br />
1,732<br />
—<br />
Allocated investment income<br />
2,833,985<br />
—<br />
2,833,985<br />
9,352<br />
—<br />
Special events, net of direct expenses<br />
1,230,928<br />
—<br />
1,230,928<br />
—<br />
—<br />
Net assets released from restrictions<br />
6,088,318<br />
—<br />
6,088,318<br />
(6,088,318)<br />
—<br />
Total support and revenue<br />
14,181,152<br />
—<br />
14,181,152<br />
(617,765)<br />
1,675<br />
Operating expenses<br />
Program services<br />
Lectures<br />
123,734<br />
—<br />
123,734<br />
—<br />
—<br />
Corporate<br />
312,623<br />
—<br />
312,623<br />
—<br />
—<br />
Policy<br />
132,737<br />
—<br />
132,737<br />
—<br />
—<br />
Membership<br />
216,192<br />
—<br />
216,192<br />
—<br />
—<br />
Film center<br />
384,536<br />
—<br />
384,536<br />
—<br />
—<br />
Performing arts<br />
2,234,906<br />
—<br />
2,234,906<br />
—<br />
—<br />
Gallery<br />
1,772,569<br />
—<br />
1,772,569<br />
—<br />
—<br />
Digital media<br />
893,097<br />
—<br />
893,097<br />
—<br />
—<br />
Language education<br />
777,158<br />
—<br />
777,158<br />
—<br />
—<br />
Educational outreach<br />
577,982<br />
—<br />
577,982<br />
—<br />
—<br />
<strong>Japan</strong> Earthquake Relief Fund<br />
3,746,748<br />
—<br />
3,746,748<br />
—<br />
—<br />
Total program services<br />
11,172,282<br />
—<br />
11,172,282<br />
—<br />
—<br />
Supporting services<br />
General<br />
2,428,499<br />
—<br />
2,428,499<br />
—<br />
—<br />
Development<br />
938,002<br />
—<br />
938,002<br />
—<br />
—<br />
<strong>Japan</strong> Earthquake Relief Fund<br />
—<br />
—<br />
—<br />
—<br />
—<br />
Total supporting services<br />
3,366,501<br />
—<br />
3,366,501<br />
—<br />
—<br />
Total expenses<br />
14,538,783<br />
—<br />
14,538,783<br />
—<br />
—<br />
Excess (deficiency) of revenue<br />
over expenses from operations<br />
(357,631)<br />
—<br />
(357,631)<br />
(617,765)<br />
1,675<br />
Non-operating income<br />
Total investment return, net of<br />
allocation to operations<br />
(959,973)<br />
(1,755,293)<br />
(2,715,266)<br />
—<br />
—<br />
Increase (decrease) in net assets<br />
(1,317,604)<br />
(1,755,293)<br />
(3,072,897)<br />
(617,765)<br />
1,675<br />
Net assets, beginning of the year<br />
8,184,968<br />
11,203,626<br />
19,388,594<br />
14,017,585<br />
42,698,345<br />
Net assets, end of year<br />
$6,867,364<br />
$9,448,333<br />
$16,315,697<br />
$13,399,820<br />
$42,700,020<br />
28 <strong>Japan</strong> <strong>Society</strong> Annual Report 2011–12
<strong>Japan</strong> <strong>Society</strong>, Inc.<br />
Statement of Financial Position<br />
total 2012<br />
$7,889,307<br />
1,601,490<br />
2,843,337<br />
1,230,928<br />
—<br />
13,565,062<br />
total 2011<br />
$17,234,680<br />
1,523,409<br />
2,695,148<br />
1,272,644<br />
—<br />
22,725,881<br />
Assets<br />
Cash and cash equivalents<br />
Cash designated for <strong>Japan</strong> Earthquake Relief Fund<br />
Investments, at fair value<br />
Contributions and grants receivable<br />
Other receivables and assets<br />
Land, building and equipment, net<br />
Total assets<br />
june 30, 2012<br />
$1,962,751<br />
8,817,552<br />
55,005,814<br />
397,620<br />
563,955<br />
6,473,256<br />
$73,220,948<br />
june 30, 2011<br />
$2,648,494<br />
9,169,297<br />
57,352,385<br />
459,062<br />
325,779<br />
6,964,508<br />
$76,919,525<br />
Liabilities and Net Assets<br />
123,734<br />
312,623<br />
132,737<br />
216,192<br />
384,536<br />
2,234,906<br />
1,772,569<br />
893,097<br />
777,158<br />
577,982<br />
3,746,748<br />
11,172,282<br />
122,775<br />
327,818<br />
312,421<br />
165,732<br />
326,603<br />
2,706,041<br />
2,022,266<br />
840,006<br />
790,925<br />
524,713<br />
724,265<br />
8,863,565<br />
Liabilities<br />
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities<br />
Deferred membership revenue<br />
Total liabilities<br />
Net assets<br />
Unrestricted<br />
Operating<br />
Board-designated<br />
Total unrestricted<br />
Temporarily restricted<br />
Permanently restricted<br />
Total net assets<br />
Total liabilities and net assets<br />
$538,013<br />
267,398<br />
805,411<br />
6,867,364<br />
9,448,333<br />
16, 315,697<br />
13,399,820<br />
42,700,020<br />
72,415,537<br />
$73,220,948<br />
$534,058<br />
280,943<br />
815,001<br />
8,184,968<br />
11,203,626<br />
19,388,594<br />
14,017,585<br />
42,698,345<br />
76,104,524<br />
$76,919,525<br />
2,428,499<br />
938,002<br />
—<br />
3,336,501<br />
14,538,783<br />
(973,721)<br />
2,511,817<br />
872,242<br />
65,893<br />
3,449,952<br />
12,313,517<br />
10,412,364<br />
(2,715,266)<br />
3,540,176<br />
(3,688,987)<br />
76,104,524<br />
13,952,540<br />
62,151,984<br />
$72,415,537<br />
$76,104,524<br />
29
ジャ パ ン ・ ソ サ エ ティー( JS)について<br />
JSは、1907 年 ( 明 治 40 年 )にニューヨークに 設 立 された 米 国 の 民 間 非 営 利 団 体 (NPO)です。 個 人 、<br />
法 人 、 財 団 からの 支 援 ・ 協 力 のもと、 全 米 随 一 の 規 模 を 誇 る 日 米 交 流 団 体 として 幅 広 い 活 動 を 展 開 し<br />
ています。 創 立 当 初 からの 願 いである 両 国 間 の 協 調 と 友 好 関 係 の 構 築 ・ 発 展 は、100 年 以 上 を 経 た<br />
現 在 も 変 わることなく、 全 ての 事 業 における 基 本 理 念 として 掲 げられています。<br />
今 日 、JSの 活 動 範 囲 は、 政 治 ・ 経 済 、 芸 術 ・ 文 化 、 日 本 語 指 導 ・ 教 育 など 多 彩 な 分 野 に 及 びます。 政 財 界<br />
のリーダー、 第 一 線 のアーティスト、 学 者 、 教 育 関 係 者 など 様 々な 方 々を 迎 えて 年 間 100を 超 えるプ<br />
ログラムを 主 催 。 時 事 問 題 や 芸 術 ・ 文 化 をテーマにグローバルな 視 点 からの 日 本 理 解 を 広 くアメリ<br />
カの 人 々に 促 すと 同 時 に、 日 米 関 係 を 深 く 考 察 する 機 会 を 提 供 しています。<br />
国 連 本 部 近 くに 位 置 するJSのビルは、 建 築 家 ・ 吉 村 順 三 の 設 計 により1971 年 に 完 成 しました。ニュー<br />
ヨーク 初 の 現 代 日 本 建 築 である 館 内 には、 竹 林 と 池 を 配 する 屋 内 庭 園 、262 席 を 擁 する 劇 場 、アー<br />
ト・ギャラリー、 語 学 センター、 図 書 室 、 会 議 室 などを 備 えています。<br />
沿 革<br />
1907 年 ( 明 治 40 年 )5 月 19 日 、 日 露 戦 争 の 将 軍 ・<br />
黒 木 為 楨 大 将 と 伊 集 院 五 郎 提 督 の 訪 米 を 記 念 し<br />
て 日 米 各 界 の 名 士 がニューヨークに 集 い、その 午<br />
餐 会 の 席 でJSの 設 立 が 宣 言 されました。 日 米 両<br />
国 の 著 名 な 実 業 家 や 篤 志 家 で 構 成 された 創 立 メ<br />
ンバー 達 は、その 後 第 2 次 世 界 大 戦 勃 発 までの 長<br />
年 、 日 米 関 係 の 促 進 に 寄 与 するという 進 路 形 成 に<br />
貢 献 し、JSの 礎 を 築 きあげました。 第 2 次 世 界 大<br />
戦 中 の 不 幸 な 中 断 はありましたが、 戦 後 JSは 徐<br />
々に 活 動 を 再 開 。1952 年 から78 年 までの 間 には<br />
ジョン・D・ロックフェラ ー 3 世 という 強 力 な 指 導 者<br />
を 迎 え、 規 模 ・ 活 動 内 容 共 に 大 きく 発 展 し 今 日 に 至<br />
っています。<br />
政 治 ・ビジネス 関 連 事 業<br />
日 米 の 政 財 界 より 著 名 人 を 招 聘 して 会 議 、 講 演 会 、パネル・ディスカッションを 開 催 。<br />
国 際 ビジネスや 政 策 に 携 わる 人 々、ならび 国 際 的 な 課 題 に 関 心 を 寄 せる 人 々を 対 象 に、<br />
日 本 ・アジア・ 米 国 における 諸 問 題 をグローバルな 視 点 から 考 察 することを 目 的 として<br />
います。<br />
日 米 イノベーターズ・ネットワーク<br />
様 々な 分 野 で 変 革 を 目 指 す 日 米 両 国 の 実 践 家 や 若 手 のリーダーたちをつなぎ、 対 話 を<br />
促 し、 今 日 的 な 社 会 問 題 の 解 決 に 恊 働 で 取 り 組 む 機 会 を 提 供 するプログラム。 会 議 合<br />
宿 、 公 開 講 座 、 討 論 会 を 設 け、 長 期 的 な 意 見 交 換 を 支 援 することで、 次 世 代 への 建 設 的<br />
な 提 言 を 目 指 します。<br />
展 覧 会<br />
日 本 の 伝 統 美 術 ・ 工 芸 から 現 代 美 術 に 至 るまで、JS 館 内 ギャラリーにて 年 2 回 の 展 覧 会<br />
を 企 画 ・ 開 催 。 日 本 、アジア、 欧 米 各 地 の 美 術 館 や 政 府 機 関 、あるいは 著 名 なコレクター<br />
などと 連 携 して 作 り 上 げる 美 術 展 は、 出 展 作 品 の 水 準 の 高 さや 企 画 の 視 点 の 斬 新 さに<br />
30 <strong>Japan</strong> <strong>Society</strong> Annual Report 2011–12<br />
おいて 米 国 有 数 の 実 績 を 誇 ります。
舞 台 公 演<br />
現 代 の 演 劇 、 音 楽 、ダンスから 古 典 芸 能 まで、 第 一 線 の 日 本 の 舞 台 作 品 を 米 国 に 招 聘 。JS 館 内 262 席<br />
の 劇 場 で 年 間 を 通 じて 主 催 上 演 し、また 北 米 ツアーをプロデュースします。 日 本 の 若 手 演 出 家 ・ 振 付<br />
家 には 国 際 的 キャリアへの 登 竜 門 として、また 米 国 のアーティストに 対 しては 日 本 をテーマにした 新<br />
作 委 嘱 の 機 関 として、 日 米 双 方 の 舞 台 芸 術 界 に 比 類 の 無 い 貢 献 をしています。<br />
映 画<br />
著 名 な 映 画 はもとより、 米 国 未 公 開 作 品 や 実 験 映 画 、ドキュメンタリーやアニメなど、 様 々な 切 り 口 で<br />
日 本 映 画 の 全 容 を 紹 介 。 通 常 の 上 映 施 設 とは 一 線 を 画 した 長 年 の 実 績 によって、 米 国 における 日 本<br />
映 画 上 映 の 中 核 的 存 在 として 広 く 知 られています。また 日 本 から 監 督 や 俳 優 を 招 聘 することで、 作 り<br />
手 と 米 国 の 観 客 との 対 話 づくりにも 力 を 注 いでいます。<br />
講 演<br />
デザイン、 食 、 文 芸 、ポップ・カルチャー、テクノロジー、 伝 統 工 芸 等 の 文 化 一 般 から 教 育 や 環 境 などの<br />
社 会 問 題 に 至 るまで、 幅 広 いテーマを 取 り 上 げて 米 国 の 人 々に 日 本 の 多 様 な 面 を 紹 介 するプログラ<br />
ム。 著 名 人 や 識 者 ・ 専 門 家 を 多 数 招 いてのシンポジウムから、デモンストレーションや 試 食 を 交 えた 講<br />
演 会 まで、テーマに 応 じた 様 々な 形 態 で 開 催 しています。<br />
教 育<br />
米 国 の 初 ・ 中 等 教 育 者 を 対 象 にした 日 本 研 修 旅 行 やセミナー、<br />
ソーシャルネットワーキング(SNS)を 活 用 した 学 生 間 の 国 際 交 流<br />
などを 通 じて 日 本 文 化 学 習 への 関 心 を 高 めることを 目 的 にして<br />
います。 教 育 者 向 けのウェブサイト(aboutjapan.japansociety.<br />
org)では、 日 本 に 関 する 英 語 の 教 材 情 報 を 提 供 。 児 童 向 けのファ<br />
ミリー・プログラムでは、 日 本 の 年 中 行 事 を 参 加 型 のイベントにし<br />
て 開 催 しています。<br />
トヨタ 語 学 センター<br />
米 国 最 大 規 模 の 日 本 語 教 育 機 関 として、 受 講 者 の 能 力 にあわせ<br />
た12 段 階 の 日 本 語 教 室 をはじめ、 漢 字 やビジネス 経 済 などの 専<br />
門 性 を 持 たせたクラスも 完 備 。 年 間 計 34の 講 座 を 提 供 していま<br />
す。また 書 道 クラス、 日 本 語 教 師 養 成 講 座 、 英 語 会 話 等 の 講 座 も<br />
運 営 しています。<br />
CVスター 図 書 館<br />
英 語 の 書 籍 を 中 心 に、 日 本 および 日 米 関 係 についての 書 物 約 1 万<br />
4000 冊 を 所 蔵 しています。 図 書 館 の 利 用 者 をJS 会 員 とトヨタ 語<br />
学 センター 受 講 者 の 方 々に 限 ることで、きめ 細 かいサービスと 静<br />
かな 環 境 を 提 供 しています。<br />
31
<strong>Japan</strong> <strong>Society</strong> Staff<br />
Executive<br />
Motoatsu Sakurai<br />
President<br />
Eileen Del Rosario<br />
Executive Assistant<br />
Corporate, Policy &<br />
Lecture Programs<br />
Betty Borden<br />
Director, Policy Projects<br />
Fumiko Miyamoto<br />
Program Officer, Policy Projects<br />
& Film<br />
Tomoko Okuno<br />
Program Officer<br />
Ryohei Yamamoto<br />
Program Officer<br />
Owen Rojek<br />
Program Assistant<br />
Education<br />
Robert A. Fish<br />
Director, Education &<br />
Family Programs<br />
Kazuko Minamoto<br />
Deputy Director, Education &<br />
Family Programs<br />
Ariana Moir<br />
Education Associate<br />
Film<br />
Samuel Jamier<br />
Senior Film Program Officer<br />
Gallery<br />
Joe Earle<br />
Vice President & Director of Gallery<br />
Suzanne De Vegh<br />
Program Officer<br />
Cory Campbell<br />
Gallery Associate<br />
Language Center & Library<br />
Reiko Sassa<br />
Director, Language Center & Library<br />
Sonoko Kawahara<br />
Language Center Assistant, p/t<br />
Yuko Aizawa<br />
Instructor<br />
Reiko Akai<br />
Instructor<br />
Tomoyo Fontein<br />
Instructor<br />
Keiko Hammer<br />
Instructor<br />
Masako Inkyo<br />
Instructor<br />
Mami Lyons<br />
Instructor<br />
Katherine Major<br />
Instructor<br />
Kazuko Nakazawa<br />
Instructor<br />
Mami Sheehy<br />
Instructor<br />
Performing Arts<br />
Yoko Shioya<br />
Artistic Director<br />
Futoshi Miyai<br />
Deputy Director, Performing Arts<br />
Lara Mones<br />
Program Officer<br />
House Activities & Rentals<br />
Janet Fu<br />
Director, Program Operations<br />
Jordan Cael<br />
Butler, p/t<br />
Roger Rucker<br />
Butler, p/t<br />
Kristin Valentine<br />
Butler, p/t<br />
Ellen Dougherty<br />
Welcome Desk Assistant, p/t<br />
Development & External<br />
Relations<br />
Daniel A. Rosenblum<br />
Vice President, External Relations<br />
Ann Niehoff<br />
Director, Foundation &<br />
Government Relations<br />
Yoko Suzuki<br />
Director, Corporate Giving<br />
Michiko Simanjuntak<br />
Grasso<br />
Director, Individual Giving<br />
Christy Jones<br />
Director, Special Events<br />
Mie Igarashi<br />
Senior Corporate Development<br />
Officer, p/t<br />
Allison Barlow<br />
Development Associate<br />
Claudette Karabey<br />
Development Associate<br />
Maria Oda<br />
Development Associate, p/t<br />
Joel Neville Anderson<br />
Development Assistant<br />
Alma Jennings<br />
Development Assistant<br />
Finance & Administration<br />
Lisa Bermudez<br />
Vice President, Finance &<br />
Administration<br />
Vinka Cvenic<br />
Senior Accountant<br />
Julia Moran<br />
Manager, Administrative Services<br />
Jennifer Alden<br />
Administrative Assistant<br />
Human Resources<br />
Jane Fenton<br />
Director, Human Resources<br />
Manuel Martinez<br />
Payroll Manager<br />
Information Technology<br />
Larry Kong<br />
Director, Info Technology, Building &<br />
House Operations<br />
Robert Hardy<br />
LAN Administrator, p/t<br />
Katie Skelly<br />
Database Administrator<br />
Maintenance<br />
Jeff Nemeth<br />
Director, Building Services<br />
Manuel Alcazar<br />
Porter<br />
Carlos Estrada<br />
Porter<br />
Brian Marin<br />
Porter<br />
Ivan Sanchez<br />
Handyman/AV Coordinator<br />
Media & Marketing<br />
Asif Iqbal<br />
Director, Media & Marketing<br />
Shannon Jowett<br />
Director, Communications<br />
Kuniko Shiobara<br />
Press and Community<br />
Relations Officer<br />
Peter Sebeckis<br />
Web Producer<br />
Ben Warren<br />
Video Producer<br />
Cynthia Sternau<br />
Publications Manager<br />
Christine Knorr<br />
Manager of Graphic Design<br />
and Production<br />
Tokyo Office<br />
Ruri Kawashima<br />
Tokyo Representative<br />
Brian J. Kniffen<br />
Welcome Desk Assistant, p/t<br />
32 <strong>Japan</strong> <strong>Society</strong> Annual Report 2011–12<br />
—As of June 30, 2012
<strong>Japan</strong> <strong>Society</strong> Board Committees<br />
executive committee<br />
Wilbur L. Ross, Jr.<br />
Chair<br />
Robert E. Fallon<br />
Carol Gluck<br />
Alan S. MacDonald<br />
Deryck C. Maughan<br />
Seiei Ono<br />
Masako Shinn<br />
Gary M. Talarico<br />
nominating & corporate<br />
governance committee<br />
Alan S. MacDonald<br />
Chair<br />
Robert E. Fallon<br />
Merit E. Janow<br />
Richard S. Lanier<br />
Jun Makihara<br />
Toby S. Myerson<br />
Eiichi Yonekura<br />
audit committee<br />
Satoru Murase<br />
Chair<br />
Richard A. Drucker<br />
Nobuhiko Ikura<br />
Naoya Iwashita<br />
program committee<br />
Masako H. Shinn<br />
Chair<br />
Kazushi Ambe<br />
development committee<br />
Deryck C. Maughan<br />
Chair<br />
Toby S. Myerson<br />
Barry Salzberg<br />
Masako H. Shinn<br />
Masaaki Tanaka<br />
Nicholas C. Walsh<br />
ex-officio members<br />
to all committees<br />
finance committee<br />
Shin Aoyama<br />
Wilbur L. Ross, Jr.<br />
Robert E. Fallon<br />
Chair<br />
Carol Gluck<br />
Takashi Kano<br />
Jun Makihara<br />
Seiei Ono<br />
Timothy Schilt<br />
Atsushi Yoshikawa<br />
Steve Bernstein<br />
Gerald l. Curtis<br />
Atsuko Toko Fish<br />
Yosuke Honjo<br />
Merit E. Janow<br />
Robert A. Karr<br />
Frederick H. Katayama<br />
Christopher J. LaFleur<br />
Motoatsu Sakurai<br />
investment committee<br />
Gary M. Talarico<br />
Chair<br />
Satoru Murase<br />
Joshua N. Solomon<br />
Jonathan E. Colby<br />
Mitsuhiko Kawai<br />
Jonathan B. Kindred<br />
Shinya Wako<br />
Page 30, clockwise from top right: The New York Suwa Taiko Association opens j-cation<br />
2012 Sakura © George Hirose; Haruo Miyagi (left), Founder, ETIC and Keiko Kiyama,<br />
Secretary General, JEN at the public forum “One Year Later: Tohoku Post 3.11” © <strong>Japan</strong><br />
<strong>Society</strong>/Owen Rojek; Artist Unknown, Publisher: Shingen Gakufu Shuppansha, Printer:<br />
Gakuyūsha Mon Pari, Pari kōshinkyoku (Mon Paris, Paris March) from series Fukusaki<br />
Ryōsuke hāmonika gakufu (Sheet Music for Harmonica by Fukusaki Ryōsuke), Songbook<br />
cover, color lithograph, inks on paper, 1928, photograph courtesy of The Levenson<br />
Collection; Carlos Ghosn, President & CEO, Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. © Ken Levinson;<br />
H.E. Yoshihiko Noda, Prime Minister of <strong>Japan</strong> © Alan Klein.<br />
Page 31, clockwise from top right: Tokyo Metropolitan Theatre/Soho Theatre, London/<br />
NODA•MAP: THE BEE © Julie Lemberger; Dr. Ei-ichi Negishi, Herbert C. Brown<br />
Distinguished Professor of Organic Chemistry, Purdue University and 2010 Nobel Prize<br />
laureate; shodo instructor Masako Inkyo © Shia Levitt; HappyDolls for Tohoku © George<br />
Hirose; actor Koji Yakusho at JAPAN CUTS 2012 © George Hirose.<br />
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