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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.

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