JAPAN SOCIETY ANNUAL REPORT 2013–14

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JAPAN SOCIETY
ANNUAL REPORT 2013–14
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JAPANSOCIETY.ORG
JAPAN SOCIETY BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Kazushi Ambe
Merit E. Janow
Justin A. Rockefeller
S E C R E TA RY
Senior Vice President, Human Resources
Sony Corporation of America
Addepar.com
Rockefeller Brothers Fund
The ImPact
Susan J. Onuma
Vice President & Coordinating Officer
Toyota Motor North America, Inc.
Dean, School of International and
Public Affairs
Professor of Professional Practice,
International Economic Law &
International Affairs
Columbia University
Jonathan E. Colby
Masumi Kakinoki
Managing Director
The Carlyle Group
President & CEO
Marubeni America Corporation
Gerald L. Curtis
Robert A. Karr
Burgess Professor of Political Science
Columbia University
Principal
Joho Capital, LLC
President
Japan Society
(Ex officio)
Richard A. Drucker
Frederick H. Katayama
Barry Salzberg
Partner
Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP
Anchor
Thomson Reuters
Chief Executive Officer
Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Limited
Chairman
Accordia Global Health Foundation
Former Chairman of the Board & CEO
Pfizer Inc
Jiro Murase†
opening of the JAPAN CUTS 2014 film festival. Photo © George
& Mind.” Photo © George Hirose. Yasutoshi Nishimura, Senior
Shin Aoyama
Wilbur L. Ross, Jr.*
Chairman
Japan Society
Chairman & CEO
WL Ross & Co. LLC
Motoatsu Sakurai
Partner
Ingram Yuzek Gainen Carroll &
Bertolotti, LLP
L I F E D I R E C TO R S
Deryck C. Maughan
Senior Advisor
Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co.
Henry A. McKinnell, Jr.
Louis J. Forster
Jonathan B. Kindred
Timothy Schilt
Senior Partner
RiverWest Capital
President & CEO
Morgan Stanley Japan Holdings
Co., Ltd.
Partner
Berens Capital Management, LLC
Managing Partner
Bingham McCutchen Murase
Nicole Seligman
Peter G. Peterson
Jacob A. Frenkel
Chairman
JPMorgan Chase International
Sumio Kusaka**
Carol Gluck*
Ambassador & Consul General of
Japan in New York
Consulate General of Japan
George Sansom Professor of History
Columbia University
Richard S. Lanier
Maurice R. Greenberg
President
Asian Cultural Council
Chairman & CEO
C.V. Starr & Co., Inc.
Alan S. MacDonald*
Yasuyuki Harada
Chief Client Officer
Vice Chairman
Citibank, N.A.
President & CEO
ITOCHU International Inc.
Toshiya Hasegawa
Co-CEO
Nomura Holding America Inc.
Katsumi Hatao
President & Chief Executive Officer
MUFG Union Bank
Jun Makihara*
Chairman
Neoteny Co., Ltd.
Shinji Minobe
President & CEO
Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal
U.S.A., Inc.
President
Joshua N. Solomon Ed. D.
Principal
New York City Department
of Education
Hiroshi Suehiro
Managing Executive Officer &
Head of the Americas
Mizuho Bank, Limited
Yasuyuki Sugiura*
Vice Chairman
Japan Society
President & CEO
Mitsubishi Corporation (Americas)
luncheon guests. Photo © Alan Klein. Waiting on line for the
Hirose. Tasting reception at “Shojin Ryori: Zen Cuisine for Body
Vice-Minister for Economic and Fiscal Policy at the Cabinet
Office, Japan, is interviewed by press before the program
“Hitting the Mark? The Third Arrow in Sharper Focus.” Photo ©
Alan Klein. Costumed attendees at “Lolita Fashion: Costume or
Culture?” Photo © George Hirose. Shodo, Japanese calligraphy.
Photo © George Hirose.
Page 30, clockwise from top right: His Excellency Shinzo Abe,
Michael I. Sovern
the Prime Minister of Japan, at a special reception he hosted
President Emeritus and
Chancellor Kent Professor of Law
Columbia University
at Japan Society during the 68th session of the United Nations
Paul A. Volcker
Former Chairman of the
Board of Governors
Federal Reserve System
General Assembly. Photo © Alan Klein. Tomoyasu Hotei performing at the 2014 Japan Society Annual Dinner. Photo © Alan
Klein. Mariko Mori (b. 1967) Miracle, 2001. Eight Cibachrome
prints, diachronic glass, salt, and crystals; each element 27¼
inches. Collection of Mr. Chen Rong-Chuan. Photo Richard P.
Goodbody. Participants in the U.S.-Japan Leaders Exchange met
with John Nelson, Managing Partner of Wall Street Without
Walls (WSWW) in New York. Left to right: Lisa Fukuoka, U.S.-
H O N O R A RY PAT R O N S
H.E. Sumio Kusaka
Japan Leaders Exchange, Program Coordinator, ETIC; Yosuke
Komatsu, President, Hope for Tomorrow; Satoshi Ito, President,
Sanriku Hitotsunagi Nature School; Toru Hiji, President, Next
Cabinet IWATE & Board Member, Our Otsuchi Dream Plaza;
Member, Soma Haragama Morning Market Club; Chiemi Kamada, Board Member, Fukushima Cooperative Reconstruction
H.E. Kenichiro Sasae
Environmental Affairs Department, Tohoku Recovery Team,
Ambassador of Japan to the
United States of America
Mitsubishi Corporation. Photo © Japan Society/Betty Borden.
President & CEO
Sumitomo Corporation of Americas
Yosuke Honjo
Toby S. Myerson
Gary M. Talarico*
President & CEO
ITO EN (North America) INC.
Partner
Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton &
Garrison LLP
Managing Director
Cora Street Partners
Koichi Noda
Chairwoman & CEO
Daiwa Capital Markets America
Holdings Inc.
Masaaki Osumi
Photo © George Hirose; bottom, left to right—Corporate
Walls, Koji Yamauchi, Director, ETIC; Kazuhide Oshida, Board
Partner
Senior Vice President, Marketing &
Communications
IBM Corporation
Pages 2 and 3: top—Japan Society President Motoatsu Sakurai.
Ambassador, Permanent
Representative of Japan to
the United Nations
CEO of Global Consumer Insurance
AIG Property Casualty
Jon C. Iwata
© Japan Society/Kazuko Minamoto.
H.E. Motohide Yoshikawa
Kazuhiro Takeuchi
Executive Managing Director & CEO,
Americas Division
Sumitomo Mitsui Banking
Corporation
Page 1: Children’s taiko drumming session at Oshogatsu. Photo
President & CEO
Mitsui & Co. (U.S.A.), Inc.
Motomu Takahashi
Satoru Murase*
Director
MIT Media Lab
Julie Lemberger.
Japan in New York
Kevin Hogan
Joichi Ito
Founder & Chairman
Peter G. Peterson Foundation
Chairman Emeritus & Co-Founder
The Blackstone Group
Cover: Sliding screen from Basil Twist’s Dogugaeshi. Photo ©
Yuji Suzuki, Executive Managing Director & Secretary General,
Sanaburi Foundation; Kenichi Bamba, President, Bridge for Fukushima; John Nelson, Managing Partner, Wall Street Without
Center; Hiroto Kikuchi, Secretary General & Board Member,
Iwate NPO-NET Support; and observer Ryo Tateishi, CSR &
Her Excellency Tomomi Inada, Minister in charge of “Cool
Japan” Strategy. Photo © Alan Klein.
Keiko Tashiro*
Page 31, clockwise from top left: Buddhist priests from the
H O N O R A RY D I R E C TO R
Shingon and Tendai sects perform Ushio Torikai’s Sonbou no Toki
(Life in an Autumn) at St. Bartholomew’s Church. Photo © Julie
Tatsuro Goto
Lemberger. Seiji Sugeno, President of the Fukushima Organic
Chris Wachenheim
Agriculture Network (FOAN), checks the radiation level of
Co-President
Greenhaven Associates, Inc.
farmland. Photo © Japan Society/Fumiko Minamoto. Toyo Ito
at his lecture, “The Power of Architecture: Toyo Ito’s Thoughts
Post 3/11.” Photo © Japan Society/Owen Rojek. Shodo students
Chairman & CEO
Toshiba America, Inc.
at the Toyota Language Center. Photo © George Hirose.
Participants in the 2013 Educators’ Study Tour to Japan in front
Joseph R. Perella
of the Kabuki Theater in Tokyo. Photo © Japan Society/Kazuko
Founding Partner, Chairman & CEO
Perella Weinberg Partners
Minamoto. Actress Fumi Nikaido at the JAPAN CUTS 2014
opening night screening, Why Don’t You Play in Hell? Photo ©
Mike Nogami.
* Denotes member of the Executive Committee ** Denotes Honorary Director † Deceased August 5, 2014
—As of June 18, 2014
Printed in Canada.
JAPAN SOCIETY is the leading U.S. organization committed to deepening
mutual understanding between the United States and Japan in a global
context. Now in its second century, the Society serves audiences across
the United States and abroad through innovative programs in arts and
culture, public policy, business, language and education.
PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE
Dear Friends and Supporters,
In our 2013–14 season, Japan Society’s 107th year, we celebrated the 60th anniversary of the Society’s Performing Arts
Program. This special 60th anniversary season called Japan,
the U.S. & Beyond! presented numerous and wide ranging
U.S.-Japan collaborative works, including the re-staging of the most successful Japan Society commission, Dogugaeshi, created
by puppet artist Basil Twist and Japanese musician Yumiko
Tanaka; and the new 60th anniversary special commission
and world premiere of Alec Duffy’s original production of
Yukio Shiba’s play Our Planet, in English translation, with stunning motion graphics by Japanese artist Nobuyuki Hanabusa.
We were honored in late September with a visit from Prime
Minister Shinzo Abe, who hosted a reception at the Society for foreign dignitaries and special guests. In the arena of
economy, business and policy, guest speakers included
Bridgewater Associates Chairman and CIO Ray Dalio, former
Prime Minster Yoshihiko Noda, LINE Corporation CEO Akira
Morikawa, LIXIL CEO Yoshiaki Fujimori, Yasutoshi Nishimura,
Senior Vice-Minister for Economic and Fiscal Policy and
Tomomi Inada, Minister in charge of “Cool Japan” Strategy. NYU Economics Professor Nouriel Roubini shared his
thoughts on Abenomics and Federal Reserve policy, Harvard
Professor Joseph Nye examined progress in America’s “rebalance” toward Asia, and the Honorable Yoriko Kawaguchi,
former Foreign and Environment Minister of Japan, discussed
female empowerment and work-life balance in Japan and the
U.S with Morgan Stanley CFO Ruth Porat.
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The New York Times hailed the spring Gallery exhibition, Points
of Departure: Treasures of Japan from the Brooklyn Museum,
as “radically reorienting,” while works in the fall exhibition,
Rebirth: Recent Work by Mariko Mori, were praised as “radiant
abstractions” by the Financial Times. Our seventh annual
JAPAN CUTS festival, with 25 films and 4,700 attendees, received significant coverage from The New York Times and
The Wall Street Journal. A two-part film series paid tribute
to the late writer and critic Donald Richie, “the dean of art
critics in Japan” (TIME Magazine), who introduced Japanese
cinema to the West. Broader cultural events included a
Japanese craft beer tasting, a workshop on sake cocktails and
“Lolita Fashion: Costume or Culture,” a lecture and fashion
show exploring the Japanese subculture with official Kawaii
Ambassador Misako Aoki. Pritzker Prize-winning architect Toyo Ito spoke on on the third anniversary of 3/11 and multipleaward-winning architect Tadao Ando completed the season.
The TOMODACHI Japan Society Junior Fellows Student Exchange Program received five students from Japan in March
and took 10 U.S. students to Japan in June, developing leadership skills and networks for the future. Our Going Global
Social Networking Program increased participants in 2013
to more than 1,500 students from 29 schools in the U.S.,
Japan and Pakistan. With online registration now available,
the Toyota Language Center has broadened its offerings to
include the Nihongo Chat gatherings and a rodoku (vocalized
reading) course, among others.
Our U.S.-Japan Innovators Network organized two exchange
programs with leaders from Tohoku in November and
January. The second, in partnership with ETIC, is part of
an ongoing three-year training and networking project on
community and revitalization in Tohoku. In September, the
Japan Earthquake Relief Fund (JERF) team traveled to Iwate,
Miyagi and Fukushima prefectures to meet with 14 grantees
and observe their projects firsthand. In April, the Society
announced the latest round of grants from JERF, supporting
projects that promote community revitalization, business and
social entrepreneurship, children and the arts.
In February, the Society announced a $6 million grant to the
Odawara Art Foundation toward construction of a multi-arts
presenting complex along the coast of the city of Odawara
near Tokyo, giving the Society a more permanent collaborative base in Japan. This opportunity came through longtime
Japan Society supporter Hiroshi Sugimoto, founder of the
Odawara Art Foundation.
I’m pleased to share that our 2014 Annual Dinner grossed
over $1.4 million with strong attendance. Thank you. We
could not do continue what we do best without your generous support.
Motoatsu Sakurai
President, Japan Society
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2014 ANNUAL DINNER
Approximately 660 guests gathered for the Society’s annual fundraising gala on June 5, 2014, held at the Hilton New York. The keynote speech was delivered
by Douglas L. Peterson, President & CEO of McGraw Hill Financial, with Reuters
Television anchor Frederick H. Katayama serving as Master of Ceremonies.
Entertainment was provided by guitar legend Tomoyasu Hotei, supported by
Tony Grey on bass and Mino Cinelu on percussion. The evening concluded with
Gerald L. Curtis, Burgess Professor of Political Science at Columbia University,
presenting the 2014 Japan Society Award to Dr. George R. Packard, President of
the United States-Japan Foundation.
2014 JAPAN SOCIETY GALLERY
BENEFIT AUCTION
Opposite, clockwise from top left: Douglas L. Peterson, President & CEO of McGraw Hill Financial, delivers the keynote
speech. 2014 Annual Dinner at the Hilton New York Grand
Ballroom. Prof. Gerald Curtis (right) presents the 2014
Japan Society Award to Dr. George Packard, President of
the United States-Japan Foundation. Japan Society Board
member Justin Rockefeller meets the evening’s performer,
Tomoyasu Hotei. Keynote speaker Douglas L. Peterson
(center) with Japan Society President Motoatsu Sakurai
(left) and McGraw Hill Financial Chairman Harold W.
McGraw. All photos © Alan Klein.
Above, clockwise from top left: Guests view lots from the live
auction. Live auction conducted by Henry Howard-Sneyd
of Sotheby’s. Guests enjoy the reception before the auction
begins. A guest views one of the artworks up close. All photos © Alan Klein.
On March 20, during Asia Week, we hosted a festive evening in support of Japan
Society Gallery exhibitions and programming. Participants had the opportunity to bid
during live and silent auctions of classical and contemporary works. The live auction was conducted by Henry Howard-Sneyd, Sotheby’s Vice Chairman of Asian Art,
Americas. Guests were also invited to view the spring exhibition, Points of Departure:
Treasures of Japan from the Brooklyn Museum.
Special thanks go to members of the Auction Committee, as well as artwork donors
Cai Guo-Qiang, Robert and Joanne Fallon, Howard Greenberg Gallery, Masako Inkyo,
Toyo Ito, Kenro Izu, Joan B. Mirviss LTD, Cynthia Kam, Sebastian Masuda, Misa Shin
Gallery, Miyako Yoshinaga Gallery, Mizuma Art Gallery, Kohei Nawa, Yoko Ono, Seiko
Otsuji, Ronin Gallery NYC, SCAI THE BATHHOUSE, Tokyo, Scholten Japanese Art,
New York, Noriko Shinohara, Ushio Shinohara, Hiroshi Sugimoto, Taka Ishii Gallery,
three, Tokyo Gallery + BTAP, Allison Tolman/The Tolman Collection of Tokyo and a
Director’s Circle member.
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SPECIAL EVENTS
From top to bottom: H.E. Shinzo Abe, Prime Minister of
Japan, with Japan Society Chairman Wilbur L. Ross, Jr.
(center) and Japan Society President Motoatsu Sakurai
(right). Photo © Alan Klein. Artist Mariko Mori performs
her piece Oneness for a private audience. Photo © Japan
Society. Young professionals enjoy the Midsummer Matsuri
& Karaoke Party. Photo © Kenji Mori.
Opposite, top to bottom: Ikuko Kusaka, wife of H.E. Sumio
Kusaka, Ambassador & Consul General of Japan in New
York, chats with Douglas L. Peterson, President & CEO of
McGraw Hill Financial, and his wife Teresa. Photo © Alan
Klein. Japan Society staff, JET Alumni Association of New
York members and corporate volunteers team up for Japan
Day @ Central Park 2014. Photo © Japan Society. Society
patrons enjoy a traditional lion dance at the annual New
Year’s Celebration. Photo © Alan Klein.
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PERFORMING ARTS PROGRAM
CELEBRATES ITS 60TH!
PERFORMING ARTS PROGRAM
The Performing Arts Program introduces performers
from Japan’s contemporary and traditional music, dance and theater scenes and commissions performing artists from around the world to create works on
themes relating to Japan. Many distinguished artists
have performed in the Society’s 260-seat theater and
on Society-produced North American tours.
This season, Japan Society’s Performing Arts Program celebrated
its 60th anniversary. With the tagline Japan, the U.S. & Beyond!, the
Program offered numerous collaborative productions that brought
together among the most celebrated creative forces from around the
globe. In Japan, kanreki, or one’s 60th birthday, marks a special celebration of longevity and rebirth. The Program used this momentous
occasion to reflect on its past and set the stage for the future.
“All in all, you can’t help but get a little
dizzy, a little dazzled, a little giddy.”
—Infinite Body: Alec Duffy’s site-specific production of
Yukio Shiba’s Our Planet led audiences throughout Japan
Society’s landmarked building.
“. . .it’s a whole lot like a really great dream
you can’t wait to tell people about.”
Clockwise from far
right: Niwa Gekidan
Penino’s The Room
Nobody Knows ©
Clockwise from far right: Kazuo Ohno in My Mother
Julie Lemberger.
(1996) © Julie Lemberger. Zorn@60: John Zorn +
Project IX—Pleiades
Ryuichi Sakamoto (2014) © Japan Society. Yumiko
© Julie Lemberger.
Tanaka in Basil Twists’s Dogugaeshi © Julie Lem-
Actor Jenny Seastone
berger. Flyer for Japan Society’s first performing arts
Stern in Alec Duffy’s
presentation, A Festival of Japanese Theatre (1953).
Our Planet © Julie
—NY Theater Now: In its Japan Society-produced and
organized U.S. debut tour, Niwa Gekidan Penino played
23 performances of The Room Nobody Knows and led
9 ancillary programs throughout 5 U.S. cities (New York,
Seattle, Minneapolis, Philadelphia and Columbus).
Lemberger.
Support for Japan Society’s 2013–14 Performing Arts Season: Corporate Partner:
MetLife Foundation. Major Support: Doug and Teresa Peterson, Mr. Kenneth A.
Cowin, Dr. John K. Gillespie, The Fan Fox and Leslie R. Samuels Foundation, Inc., the
New York State Council on the Arts with support of Governor Andrew Cuomo and the
Japan Society would like to thank the following corporations for their special gifts for the Performing
Funders, sponsors, grant programs, project partners, and various assistance
New York State Legislature, an anonymous donor, and New York City Department
Arts Program’s 2013–14 60th Anniversary Season: Dentsu Network, Mitsubishi Corporation (Americas),
provided for programs in the 2013-14 Performing Arts season include: The Japan
of Cultural Affairs, in partnership with the City Council. Additional Support: Dr. and
Sumitomo Corporation of America, Toyota Motor North America, Inc., Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ,
Foundation through the Performing Arts JAPAN Program, the Agency for Cultural
Mrs. Carl F. Taeusch II; Mr. Richard Royce; Sarah Billinghurst Solomon and Howard
Canon U.S.A., Inc., Citi, ITOCHU International Inc., Marubeni America Corporation, Mitsubishi Heavy
Affairs, Government of Japan in the fiscal year 2013, Arts Council Tokyo, The
Solomon; Ms. Hiroko Onoyama; Ms. Kumiko Yoshii; Mr. Terry Brykczynski and
Industries America, Inc., Mitsui & Co. (U.S.A.), Inc., Mizuho Bank, Limited & Mizuho Securities USA Inc.,
Japan Foundation, The Saison Foundation, Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation with
Ms. Andrea Miller; Mr. Norton Belknap; The Globus Family; Geoffrey Paul Gordon
Nomura Holding America Inc., ORIX USA Corporation, Sojitz Corporation of America, Sumitomo Mitsui
support from the National Endowment for the Arts, The Jim Henson Foundation,
and Nicole A. Gordon; Dr. Stephen J. and Mrs. Michiko Levine; Mr. James C. Nolan
Banking Corporation, WL Ross & Co. LLC, Daiwa Capital Markets America Holdings Inc., IHI INC., Kaneka
Asian Cultural Council, The Globus Family, the Nomura Foundation, and The
(deceased); Mr. Michael Romano; Mr. Alex York and Paula S. Lawrence. Endowment:
Americas Holding, Inc., Kawasaki Heavy Industries (USA), Inc., and Tokio Marine Management, Inc.
Asahi Shimbun Foundation.
Lila Wallace-Reader’s Digest Endowment Fund, and the Endowment for the Performing
Arts, established with leadership gifts from the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation,
The Globus Family, Kyocera Corporation, The Starr Foundation and Toyota Motor
Corporation. In-kind Support: Transportation assistance was provided by All Nippon
Airways Co., Ltd. Yamaha was the official piano provider of Japan Society.
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CORPORATE PROGRAM
JAPAN SOCIETY GALLERY
The Corporate Program hosts unique public and private programs for the
international business and policy community, which promote reciprocal
exchange and deep engagement on issues that define U.S.-Japan Relations
within a global context. The 29 programs in 2013–2014 featured topics ranging from innovative corporate strategies and Abenomics to Womenomics
and IT security policy.
Japan Society Gallery is among the premier institutions in the U.S. for the
exhibition of Japanese art, presenting major exhibitions each spring and fall
along with a summer artist residency program. Rebirth: Recent Work by Mariko
Mori was organized by Japan Society. Points of Departure: Treasures of Japan from
the Brooklyn Museum was organized by Japan Society in collaboration with the
Brooklyn Museum. Both exhibitions were curated by Miwako Tezuka, Director,
Japan Society Gallery. Cyoko Tamai was the 2014 Artist-in-Residence.
“One of the most compelling and unusual
exhibitions to open in New York this
autumn. . .”
—Studio International
Contributors to Japan Society’s 2012–2013 exhibitions were Chris A.
Wachenheim, the E. Rhodes and Leona B. Carpenter Foundation, the W.L.S.
Spencer Foundation, Harold and Ruth Newman, The Japan Foundation, Mori
Building Co., Ltd., Barrisol and Barrisol USA, the New York City Department
of Cultural Affairs, in partnership with the City Council, Shiraishi Masami,
Lucio and Joan Noto, Thierry and Yasko Porté, Jack and Susy Wadsworth,
Charlotte Feng Ford, Mika Seki, SHISEIDO CO., LTD, the New York State
Council on the Arts, with the support of Governor Andrew Cuomo and the
New York State Legislature, Raphael and Jane Bernstein, Sebastian and Miki
Izzard, Alan and Leslie Beller, Joan B. Mirviss, The Alvin Friedman-Kien and
Japan Society wishes to thank the following corporations for their generous
Ryo Toyonaga Foundation, Willard G. Clark, Amy G. Poster, George and
support of the Corporate Program:
Roberta Mann, the J.C.C. Fund of the Japanese Chamber of Commerce and
Global Leaders:
Industry of New York, and an anonymous donor. Japan Society would like to
Citi
thank Lucio A. Noto for his generosity in making Mariko Mori’s performance
Deloitte
of Oneness at Japan Society possible.
United Airlines
Media sponsorship was provided by WNYC. Transportation assistance was
Corporate Partners:
provided by Japan Airlines. Additional support was provided by Zumtobel
Mizuho Financial Group
Lighting, Inc.
Exhibitions at Japan Society were made possible in part by the Lila Wallace-
WL Ross & Co. LLC
Reader’s Digest Endowment Fund and the Friends of the Gallery.
Additional support was provided by:
Arts & Culture Lecture Programs were made possible by funding from the Lila
Epstein Becker & Green, P.C., Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer US LLP, GHIT Fund,
Wallace-Reader’s Digest Endowment Fund. Japan Airlines was the exclusive
The Government of Japan, JETRO New York, Nikkei America, Inc., Seiwajyuku
Japanese Airlines sponsor of Lecture Programs at Japan Society. United
New York.
Airlines was the exclusive U.S. Airlines sponsor of Lecture Programs at Japan
Program co-organizers and outreach partners were:
Society. Additional support was provided by Chris A. Wachenhiem and the
Center on Japanese Economy and Business at Columbia Business School (CJEB),
Sandy Heck Lecture Fund.
The Consulate General of Japan in New York, Japan Exchange Group, The National
Education Programs were made possible by generous funding from The
Committee on American Foreign Policy, Japan National Tourist Organization, The
Freeman Foundation. Additional support was provided by The Norin-
New York Academy of Sciences, The United Nations Association of New York,
chukin Foundation, Inc., Chris A. Wachenheim, Joshua N. Solomon, Jon T.
U.S.-Japan Council.
Hutcheson, Joshua S. Levine and Nozomi Terao. Student and Family Programs
Japan Society would also like to thank Yoko Makino for her generous support of
were supported by public funds from the New York City Department of
the Corporate Program.
Cultural Affairs, in partnership with the City Council. The Art Cart for Points
of Departure: Treasures of Japan from the Brooklyn Museum was supported by
the Milton and Sally Avery Arts Foundation, Inc.
Top: From top: Mariko Mori (b. 1967) Transcircle 1.1, 2004. Stone, Corian, LED,
Real-time control system; 132W inches diam., each stone 43W µ 22N µ 13K
Clockwise from top left: The Honorable Yoriko Kawaguchi (left), Professor, Meiji
inches. Courtesy of The Mori Art Museum, Tokyo; Mariko Mori Flatstone,
Institute for Global Affairs, former Member of the House of Councilors, former
2006. Ceramic stones and acrylic vase; 192 µ 124 µ 3K inches. Courtesy of
Minister for Foreign Affairs and former Minister of the Environment, Japan; Ruth
SCAI THE BATHHOUSE, Tokyo and Sean Kelly, New York. Photo Richard P.
Porat (right), Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, Morgan Stanley;
and Carol Gluck, George Sansom Professor of History, Columbia University.
Photo © Alan Klein. Larry Meyer, CEO, UNIQLO USA. Photo © Alan Klein. Takeshi
Niinami (right), Chairman of the Board, LAWSON, Inc. with John Bussey (left),
Assistant Managing Editor and Executive Business Editor, The Wall Street Journal.
Photo © Alan Klein. Ray Dalio, Chairman & Chief Investment Officer, Bridgewater
Associates. Photo © Alan Klein.
“a radically reorienting show at Japan Society Gallery. . .”
—The New York Times
Goodbody. Bottom: Installation view of Points of Departure: Treasures of Japan
from the Brooklyn Museum. The North section of the exhibition was dedicated
to over 20 rarely exhibited artifacts created by Ainu people that revealed their
unique artistic style and technical finesse. Photo Richard P. Goodbody.
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FILM PROGRAM
LECTURE PROGRAM
The Film Program screens a diverse selection of Japanese films, from classics to contemporary independent productions, including retrospectives of seminal directors, thematic series and special screenings of international, U.S. and NY premieres.
The Lecture Program introduces vital issues and trends in Japanese
culture, inviting leading pioneers and professionals to engage with and explore diverse topics including Japanese art, cuisine, and innovation and technology. Lecture events are hosted in a variety of formats; audiences interact with speakers during
intimate events, view onstage presentations, and meet lecturers
during post-event receptions.
Clockwise from top left: The late writer Donald Richie, who
introduced Japanese cinema to the West, was honored in
a two-part film series. Photo © Koichi Mori. Actors Tanroh
Ishida and Hiroyuki Sanada at a reception following a
members-only sneak preview screening of The Railway Man.
Photo © George Hirose. Actor Kazuki Kitamura receives the
CUT ABOVE Award for Excellence in Film at JAPAN CUTS
2014. Photo © George Hirose. JAPAN CUTS 2014 curator Joel
Neville Anderson and director Tetsuichiro Tsuta on stage for
a Q&A after the closing night screening of The Tale of Iya.
Photo © Japan Society.
Japan Society’s 2013–2014 Film Programs were
generously supported by the Lila Wallace-Reader’s
Digest Endowment Fund.
Additional season support was provided by The Japan
Foundation, Dr. John K. Gillespie, UNIQLO, Sapporo U.S.A.
Inc., The Globus Family, Kenneth A. Cowin, Sony Electronics
Inc., Mr. and Mrs. Omar H. Al-Farisi, Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey
Catanzaro, Laurel Gonsalves, David S. Howe, James Read
Levy, Geoff Matters, and Dr. Tatsuji Namba.
Transportation was supported by Japan Airlines, the
exclusive Japanese airlines sponsor of Film Programs
at Japan Society. Additional transportation was
supported by United Airlines.
“This year’s eighth annual JAPAN CUTS. . . carries on the event’s
Lecture Programs at Japan Society were generously
Clockwise from top left: Architect Tadao Ando signs a book
tradition of highlighting a broad and revealing cross-section of
sponsored by Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ. Japan Airlines
following his lecture “Tadao Ando: The Dream Lies within
was the exclusive Japanese Airlines sponsor of Lecture
Art.” Photo © George Hirose. Sake samurai instructor Chris
Programs at Japan Society. United Airlines was the exclusive
Johnson and participants at “The Art of Sake Cocktails”
U.S. Airlines sponsor of Lecture Programs at Japan Society.
workshop. Photo © Yuki Naito. Kawaii Ambassador Misako
contemporary Japanese cinema.”
—The Village Voice
“Cinephiles will delight in this film series saluting late
author-critic Donald Richie. . .”
Additional support was provided by Chris A. Wachenheim
Aoki with guests at the post-event reception for “Lolita and the Sandy Heck Lecture Fund.
Fashion: Costume or Culture?” Photo © George Hirose.
Additional program support was provided by ITO EN (North
America) INC., Japan National Tourism Organization and
the Consulate General of Japan in New York, Kikkoman
“Drink, Cook, Eat: A Modern Take on the Love of Matcha”
Chef Candice Kuman gives an onstage demonstration. Photo © George Hirose.
Corporation, and the Japan Sake Export Association.
—Time Out New York
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EDUCATION PROGRAM
TOYOTA LANGUAGE CENTER
The Education Program sparks interest in Japan through a suite of programs including the TOMODACHI Japan Society Junior Fellows Student Leadership Program as well as family, school and educator programs. Our interactive website, About Japan: A Teacher’s Resource,
and social networking site for students, Going Global, provide educational tools and connect classrooms throughout the world.
The Toyota Language Center offers 13 comprehensive levels of Japanese
as well as kanji and specialized courses and workshops, totaling approximately 160 classes each year. Additional courses include shodo
(Japanese calligraphy), English conversation (ESL), rodoku (vocalized
reading) and a Japanese-language teacher training program.
aboutjapan.japansociety.org | goglobalsns.org
Japan and U.S.-Japan relations, primarily in English. Use of the library is
limited to Japan Society members and Toyota Language Center students. Visiting researchers are welcome to use the library on request.
The C.V. Starr Library contains approximately 14,000 volumes on
In “Rodoku: Vocalized Reading,”
one of the Language Center’s
new course offerings, newscaster
Chiyo Abe led native Japanese
speakers in learning to beautify
their spoken Japanese.
Each student who has participated in one of
Clockwise from top left: A father
Education Programs were made possible by generous funding from The
and son enjoy making a carp
Freeman Foundation. Additional support was provided by The Norinchukin
Japan Society’s Education and Family programs
streamer and samurai hats during
Foundation, Inc., Chris A. Wachenheim, Jon T. Hutcheson, Joshua S. Levine
has returned to the classroom invigorated,
the Children’s Day: Kodomo no Hi
and Nozomi Terao. The TOMODACHI Japan Society Junior Fellows Student
festival. Photo © George Hirose.
Exchange Program was supported by a generous grant from an anonymous
Clifton Truman Daniel and two
family foundation, Mr. Wilbur L. Ross, Jr., and ITO EN (North America)
atomic bomb survivors from
INC. Additional support was generously provided by an anonymous donor.
Hiroshima and Nagasaki speak of
This program was funded by TOMODACHI’s Fund for Exchanges through
their experiences and hopes for
generous contributions from Toyota Motor Corporation, Mitsubishi Corpora-
peace. Photo © Ayumi Sakamoto.
tion, and Hitachi, Ltd. Student and Family Programs were supported by the
Three Junior Fellows pose with
New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, in partnership with the City
their new friends during their
Council. About Japan: A Teacher’s Resource was generously funded, in part, by
leadership exchange trip to Japan.
a three-year grant from the International Research and Studies (IRS) Program
Photo © Japan Society/Yumiko
in the Office of Postsecondary Education, U.S. Department of Education
Nagasawa.
(P017A100018). The Going Global project was made possible by generous
excited and motivated to continue with their
studies of Japanese language and culture.
—Marie-Claire Chaudoir, New York City Museum School
grants from The Japan Foundation Center for Global Partnership, the Nissan
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Foundation, and Toshiba International Foundation.
Clockwise from left: Japanese language students and their instructor,
Support for Japan Society’s Toyota Language Center was provided,
Kazue Kurahara. Photo © George Hirose. Shodo instructor Masako
in part, by Mr. Tony T. Fujita, Mr. Mark F. Goldfield and Ms. Mary E.
Inkyo works with one of her students. Photo © George Hirose.
Hatch, and Mr. Shinjiro Tsutsui.
Japanese-language students and native Japanese speakers come
together to practice Japanese and English conversation at Nihongo
Chat, a new monthly Language Center event. Photo © Japan
Society/Lara Mones.
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JAPAN EARTHQUAKE RELIEF FUND
U.S.-JAPAN INNOVATORS NETWORK
The U.S.-Japan Innovators Network is a multidisciplinary network of emerging
and established innovative leaders committed to creating a better world by
connecting people and ideas through network-building exchanges, private
retreats, public forums and long-term projects.
Since its inception on March 12, 2011, Japan Society’s Japan Earthquake Relief Fund (JERF) has supported 64 projects that have been awarded to 43 organizations working on relief and long-
term recovery. Almost half of these organizations support community and economic revitalization
projects in all three of the most affected prefectures—Fukushima, Miyagi and Iwate. A dozen organizations work on projects to improve the lives
of children in the region and range from sending children in Fukushima Prefecture to summer camp
so they can play outdoors to educational support and leadership development. A handful of the organizations provide healthcare, with some emphasis on the delivery of mental health services and the rest were involved in providing immediate relief. Japan Society is grateful for the tens of thousands of
donations that have made it possible to assist the
people of Tohoku through these hardworking and
dedicated organizations. For more information on
the Japan Earthquake Relief Fund and a list of major
supporters, visit japansociety.org/earthquake.
Total funds raised:
$13,893,840
Total funds allocated:
$13,600,000
Largest single gift:
It’s been nine years since Katrina hit New Orleans,
The U.S.-Japan Leaders Exchange: Three-
Clockwise from top left: As part of the U.S.-Japan Leaders
Year Training & Networking Program
Exchange, participants met with Tim Williamson, Co-Founder
and what we see there today has given us insight into
for Leaders in Tohoku’s Recovery and
and CEO of Idea Village in New Orleans, to discuss ways to
what we might see in Tohoku in 2020. We have
Reconstruction was made possible by
nurture entrepreneurship. Left to right: Yuji Suzuki, Executive
The Japan Foundation Center for Global
Managing Director & Secretary General, Sanaburi Foundation;
Partnership, Mitsubishi Corporation, and
Tim Williamson, Idea Village; and Lisa Fukuoka, U.S.-Japan
the P.K. Ranney Fund.
Leaders Exchange, Program Coordinator, ETIC. Photo © Hiroto
returned home with new ideas about how we can make
a difference in Tohoku. The experience was extremely
stimulating, and exceeded my expectations.
—Yuji Suzuki, Executive Managing Director & Secretary General,
Sanaburi Foundation; Participant, U.S.-Japan Leaders Exchange:
Three-Year Training & Networking Program for Leaders in Tohoku’s
Recovery and Reconstruction
Leaders from Tohoku, Community &
Economic Revitalization was generously
supported by The Sasakawa Peace
Kikuchi. During a roundtable discussion at Japan Society,
Kazuko Yoshida, Manager, NPO Riku Café, explains the
$1,000,000
Total number of donations:
23,680
activities of the Riku café in Rikuzentakata, Iwate Prefecture,
which serves as a café and a hub for the community. Photo ©
From top to bottom: Kazuma Yonekura (left), Director, Nagomi Care Center
George Hirose. Rosanne Haggerty (left), President, Commu-
and Takako Ohkawa (right), Associate Professor, Fukushima Medical Univer-
The U.S.-Japan Innovators Network was
nity Solutions with “Leaders from Tohoku” participant Sayaka
sity. Nagomi Care Center in Soma, Fukushima Prefecture, provides mental
made possible, in part, by Mr. James
Watanabe (right), President, re:terra. Ms. Haggerty holds
health care services to the surrounding area, which was severely affected
Read Levy and Japan Society’s endow-
a hand cream made from camellia oil produced in Tohoku.
not only by the earthquake and tsunami but also the nuclear power plant
ment for policy projects. International
Photo © Japan Society/Fumiko Miyamoto. Participants from
accident. Photo © Japan Society/Fumiko Miyamoto. A communal space for
transportation was supported by United
the “Leaders from Tohoku: Community & Economic Revitaliza-
the community “Home-for-All for Fishermen” in Kamaishi, Iwate Prefecture,
Airlines and All Nippon Airways Co., Ltd.
tion” program visit the 9/11 Tribute Center. Left to right:
was built by KISYN, a group formed by leading Japanese architects Kengo
retired fire chief Brenda Berkman; Tomonori Honda, Director,
Kuma, Toyo Ito, Kazuyo Sejima, Riken Yamamoto and Hiroshi Naito. Photo ©
MAKOTO; Sayaka Watanabe, President, re:terra; Gentaro Yui,
Japan Society/Betty Borden. Noboru Saito (left), Executive Director, FOAN
Co-Founder, Sweet Treat 311; and Naoko Seki, Member, Fuku-
with farmer Seiji Sugeno (right), President, Fukushima Organic Agricul-
shima Organic Agricultural Network. Photo © Japan Society/
ture Network (FOAN). FOAN is a network of organic farmers, agricultural
Fumiko Miyamoto.
scientists, consumers and wholesalers in Fukushima Prefecture that works
Foundation.
on decontamination of local farmland and implements programs to improve
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farming in Fukushima. Photo © Japan Society/Betty Borden.
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JAPAN SOCIETY SUPPORT
FY 2013–14
OPERATING INCOME
Earned
17%
Online Visitors, Fans & Followers
42,500
Contributed
We thank our diverse community of
supporters and invite you to join us!
10%
110,172
Facebook fans/likes
Investment
73%
Twitter followers
4,943,061
YouTube video views
44,990 views per day over the past year
213,055
SOURCES OF
CONTRIBUTED SUPPORT
6%
Page views of Japan Society’s blog
Foundations &
Government
Corporations
Individuals
36,805
30%
Average unique visitors to website per month for 2013
—As of July 31, 2014
64%
CORPORATE MEMBERS
OPERATING EXPENSES
20%
Program Services
INDIVIDUAL MEMBERS
Supporting Services
benefit from free admission to our gallery, exclusive access to member events and special offers, and discounts
on all films, lectures, classes and performances throughout
the year.
CIRCLE OF FRIENDS MEMBERS
JAPANSOCIETY.ORG/SUPPORT
FACEBOOK.COM/JAPANSOCIETY
TWITTER.COM/JAPANSOCIETY
80%
play an important role in supporting our vibrant and varied
programming while receiving invitations to exclusive events,
networking opportunities and access to artists, curators,
scholars and other important figures in the U.S.-Japan relation scene.
enjoy networking, knowledge-sharing and business development
opportunities, as well as exclusive access to business and policy
leaders, and unique benefits for employees.
CORPORATE SPONSORS
raise their brand awareness among blue-chip U.S. and Japanese
companies, and help shape the conversation between Japan and
the United States in a global context.
FOUNDATION AND GOVERNMENT GRANTS
provide critical support for Japan Society's programs.
Clockwise from top right: Joseph Nye (center, left), Harvard University Distinguished Service Professor, Harvard Kennedy School with guests at the reception following his lecture. Photo © Alan Klein. New Year's party
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LEGACY CIRCLE MEMBERS
for Language Center students. Photo © Japan Society/Christy Jones. Audience at the lecture and tasting
help secure the future of Japan Society by including us in
their long-term and estate plans.
In and Around Kyoto (Rakuchū rakugai zu), circa 1616–24 (Edo period). Ink, color and gold leaf on paper; 130
program "The Delights of Craft Beer & Japanese Cuisine." Photo © George Hirose. Unknown Artist, Views
µ 68½ in. Brooklyn Museum, Gift of W.W. Hoffman, 54.144a-b, exhibited in Points of Departure: Treasures of
Japan from the Brooklyn Museum. Photo © Alan Klein.
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JAPAN SOCIETY SUPPORTERS* JULY 1, 2013–JUNE 30, 2014
The Freeman Foundation
Mr. Wilbur L. Ross, Jr.
Anonymous
Dentsu Aegis Network
Japan Airlines
The Japan Foundation
The Japan Foundation Center for Global Partnership
JPMorgan Chase
Major League Baseball Players Association
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP
Littler Mendelson, P.C.
Brendan and Jenifer Garvey
Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy LLP
Global Health Innovative Mitsui & Co. (U.S.A.), Inc.
Fujisankei Communications International, Inc.
Hitachi America, Ltd.
KPMG LLP
Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries America, Inc.
TOMODACHI Initiative's Fund for Exchanges,
generously supported by Toyota Motor Corporation,
Mori Building Co., Ltd.
Mitsubishi Corporation, and Hitachi, Ltd.
Harold and Ruth Newman
United Airlines
Nikko Asset Management Americas, Inc.
Nissan Foundation
$25,000 AND ABOVE
E. Rhodes and Leona B. Carpenter Foundation
Canon U.S.A., Inc.
Kikkoman Corporation
The Estée Lauder Companies Inc.
Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG)
All Nippon Airways Co., Ltd.
Epstein Becker & Green, P.C.
Mitsubishi Corporation
Delta Air Lines
AIG
Dr. Michael Jacobs
Debevoise & Plimpton LLP
$50,000 AND ABOVE
Eisai USA Foundation, Inc.
MetLife Foundation
Daiwa Capital Markets America Holdings Inc.
Anonymous Family Foundation
Indus Capital Partners, LLC
Deloitte
Chris A. Wachenheim
Duff & Phelps
MetLife
IHI INC.
Mr. Kenneth A. Cowin
Citi
The Starr Foundation
The W.L.S. Spencer Foundation
McGraw Hill Financial
Bank of America Merrill Lynch
Paulson & Co., Inc.
Mrs. Jane B. DeBevoise
$15,000 AND ABOVE
$100,000 AND ABOVE
Mizuho Financial Group
Dr. John K. Gillespie
New York City Department of Cultural Affairs
$200,000 AND ABOVE
U.S. Department of Education
Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP
The Rockefeller Group
Sullivan & Cromwell LLP
Gary M. Talarico and Linda W. Filardi
IBM Corporation
J.C. Flowers & Co. LLC
Mitchell and Joleen Julis
The Ludwig Family Foundation, Inc.
H. Katayama, Anchor,
Morgan Stanley
Thomson Reuters; Douglas
New York State Council on the Arts
CEO, McGraw Hill Financial;
Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal U.S.A., Inc.
dent, United States-Japan
L. Peterson, President &
Dr. George Packard, Presi-
Nomura America Foundation
Foundation; Wilbur L. Ross,
ORIX USA Corporation
guitar legend Tomoyasu
P.K. Ranney Fund
Sakurai, President, Japan
Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP
PwC
Jr., Chairman, Japan Society;
Hotei; and Motoatsu
Society, at the Japan Society
2014 Annual Dinner. Photo
© Alan Klein.
The Sasakawa Peace Foundation
*Gifts do not include contri-
Thomson Reuters
Japan Earthquake Relief
Sebastian and Miki Izzard
North America
Doug and Teresa Peterson
Sidley Austin LLP
Japanese Cultural Association of the
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP
Starry Night Fund
Kaneka Americas Holding, Inc.
Mr. and Mrs. Michael Stewart
Kawasaki Heavy Industries (USA), Inc.
Dr. Kazuko Tatsumura-Hillyer
Konica Minolta Business Solutions
UNIQLO
U.S.A., Inc.
Xerox Corporation
Mr. James Read Levy
Anonymous
Ms. Suzanne Marquard and Mr. James R. Breckenridge
Aflac Japan
Anonymous
Aircastle Advisor LLC
Mr. and Mrs. Ronald J. Anderson
Raphael and Jane Bernstein
JETRO New York
The Jim Henson Foundation
Eri and Jeffrey Zavattero
Mark Steven Barres
Capital District, Inc.
David Solo
Advantage Partners, LLP
A.T. Kearney
of Commerce and Industry
Japanese Art Society of America
Jack and Susy Wadsworth
$10,000 AND ABOVE
J.C.C. Fund of the Japanese Chamber
Pfizer Inc
$5,000 AND ABOVE
Bank of Japan
Carter, Deluca, Farrell & Schmidt, LLP
Sir Deryck Maughan
Karen L. McDonald
Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation
Mitsui Fudosan America, Inc.
Mitsui Sumitomo Marine Management
(U.S.A.), Inc.
Morrison & Foerster LLP
Nikkei America, Inc.
The Blackstone Charitable Foundation
Bloomberg
Brother International Corporation
Bunge Limited
Barbara Bertozzi Castelli
butions to Japan Society's
Fund. For a list of major
supporters to the Relief
Fund, visit japansociety.org/
earthquake.
Crystal & Company
Peggy and Dick Danziger
Ernst & Young LLP
The Fan Fox and Leslie R. Samuels
Foundation, Inc.
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Panasonic Corporation of Consulate General of Japan in New York
Sojitz Corporation of America
Tokio Marine Management, Inc.
The Globus Family
Toyota Tsusho America, Inc.
Far left, left to right: Frederick
Technology Fund
NTT DOCOMO USA, INC.
Toshiba International Foundation
Mr. Louis J. Forster
Jun Makihara and Megumi Oka
Mitsubishi UFJ Securities (USA), Inc.
Guests enjoy the bento box lunch before a Corporate Program lecture. Photo © Alan Klein.
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Nomura Foundation
Mr. Tony T. Fujita
Prudential Financial, Inc.
Nicole Seligman, Presi-
The Norinchukin Foundation
Fujitsu Limited
Mr. and Mrs. Kevin A. Quinn
of America, meets
Lucio and Joan Noto
Mark F. Goldfield and Mary E. Hatch
Ricoh Americas Holdings, Inc.
NTT America, Inc.
Laurel Gonsalves
Mr. David Rockefeller
private reception with
NYK Line (North America) Inc.
Honda North America, Inc.
Mr. Richard Royce
other special guests.
Ms. Hiroko Onoyama
Mr. Jon Hutcheson
Errol M. Rudman and Nana Onishi
Thierry and Yasko Porté
Merit E. Janow
SEIKO Corporation of America
Poten & Partners, Inc.
Japan Bank for International Shionogi Inc.
Rockefeller & Co.
Cooperation
dent, Sony Corporation
H.E. Shinzo Abe, Prime
Minister of Japan, at a
First Lady Akie Abe and
Photo © Alan Klein.
Shiseido Cosmetics America
The Saison Foundation
Japan Local Government Center
Sarah and Howard Solomon
Mr. and Mrs. Motoatsu Sakurai
JFE Steel America, Inc.
Mr. Michael I. Sovern
Sapporo U.S.A., Inc.
Jiji Press America, Ltd.
Sumitomo Chemical America, Inc.
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP
JTB USA, Inc.
Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Bank, Limited
Sompo Japan Nipponkoa America
Kajima U.S.A. Inc.
Suntory USA Inc.
Milton and Sally Avery Arts Foundation
Ms. Kashiyo Enokido
Mr. and Mrs. Y. Nozoe
Esther Simon Charitable Trust
Dr. and Mrs. Iwao Ojima
Subaru of America, Inc.
Kelley Drye & Warren LLP
Dr. and Mrs. Carl F. Taeusch II
Joan B. Mirviss
Takeda America Holdings, Inc.
Kikkoman Sales USA, Inc.
Mr. Harry Taylor and Miyeko Murase
Mr. Fred Eychaner and Mr. Daniel Whittaker
Mrs. Seiko Otsuji
Tata Consultancy Services
Kinokuniya Bookstores of Marjorie Neuwirth
Mr. Robert E. Fallon
Torkel and Susan Patterson
Mr. Petch Osathanugrah
Ms. June Omura Goldberg
Pamela Perlman
Shelly and Lester Richter
Geoffrey Paul Gordon and Nicole A. Gordon
Amy G. Poster
Shelley and Donald Rubin
Mr. Howard Greenberg
David and Susan Rockefeller
Ms. Matsuko Shibuya
Lesley Nan Haberman
Indre and Justin Rockefeller
Mr. Ryoichi Ueda
Mr. Axel Kramer and Ms. Patricia Hallstein
Ms. Sascha Rockefeller
Anonymous (2)
Mr. Jeffrey L. Hayman
Michael Romano
United States-Japan Foundation
America Co., Ltd.
Ms. Motoko Sakurai
TBS International, Inc.
Warburg Pincus LLC
Kobe Steel USA Inc.
Teijin Holdings USA, Inc.
Anonymous
Kodansha USA, Inc.
Teikoku Databank America, Inc.
Kyodo News America, Inc.
TOKYU HOTELS CO., LTD.
Mary and Richard Lanier
Toppan Printing Company America, Inc.
Dr. Stephen and Mrs. Michiko Levine
Toray Industries (America), Inc.
Yumi Higashi-Ho and Philip Ho
Fredric T. Schneider
Meiji Yasuda America Incorporated
TOTO Americas Holdings, Inc.
$1,000 AND ABOVE
Mr. Bill Hodges
Paul and Yoshiko Sheard
MetPlan Inc.
TV Asahi America, Inc.
Ms. Hope Aldrich
C. Steven Horn
SHISEIDO Co., Ltd.
Mika Gallery
Wacoal America, Inc.
Mr. and Mrs. Omar H. Al-Farisi
Ingram Yuzek Gainen Carroll & Mr. Michael W. Sonnenfeldt
WASEDA USA
The Alvin Friedman-Kien and $2,500 AND ABOVE
Aozora Bank, Ltd.
Asahi Shimbun America, Inc.
Asian Century Quest Capital, LLC
Becker, Glynn, Muffly, Chassin &
Hosinski LLP
Mr. and Mrs. Alan L. Beller
Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP
Brunswick Group LLC
Mr. Terry Brykczynski and Ms. Andrea L. Miller
Central Japan Railway Company
Chateaux Software
COACH A Co.,Ltd.
Daiichi Sankyo, Inc.
Daikin U.S. Corporation
Development Bank of Japan, Inc.
DNP Corporation USA
East Japan Railway Company
Charlotte Feng Ford
Fuji Industries Corporation
Mitsubishi Chemical Holdings
America, Inc.
Mitsubishi Gas Chemical America, Inc.
Mitsubishi UFJ Trust and Banking
Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
NHK General Bureau for America
Nippon Express USA, Inc.
Nippon Life Group
The Norinchukin Bank
Okabe & Yampolsky Translations, LLC
Orient Corporation of America
Permanent Mission of Japan to the
United Nations
Protiviti Inc.
Dr. and Mrs. Kenichi Takeshita
Ms. Sumiko Ito and Mr. Donald Allison
Nora and David Tezanos
Mr. Douglas W. Barnert
J. One Corporation
Ms. Allison Tolman
Mr. Norton Belknap
Machiko Kashiwagi and Thomas Bingham
Mr. Shinjiro Tsutsui
$2,000 AND ABOVE
Mr. Graeme Birchall
Mr. Sean Kelly
Hiroshi Tsuyuki and Yasuko Tsuyuki
The Asahi Shimbun Foundation
Ms. Reiko Braun
Younghee Kim-Wait
Mr. and Mrs. Tadao Uchida
Dr. and Mrs. Frederick Baekeland
Mr. Charles R. Broderick III
Barbara Ann Klein
Mr. Takao Uchida
Beatrice Lei Chang
Mrs. Kiyoko Ohata Brown
Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates P.C.
Ms. Yuka Uebayashi
Pilar Conde and Alfonso Lledo-Perez
Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey Catanzaro
Mr. Martin Lipton
Marie-Helene B. Weill
Mr. James Del Favero
Mr. David C. Chou
Dr. Dennis Y. Loh
Ms. Ayako Weissman
Richard Fishbein† and Estelle Bender
Mr. Willard G. Clark
Ms. Katherine E. Martin
Dian Woodner
Professor Carol Gluck
Daiei Trading Co., Inc.
Mr. Geoff Matters
Mr. Satoru Yamashita
Mr. David S. Howe
Carole Davenport
Etsuko O. Morris
Alex York
Mr. Durant A. Hunter
Mr. Kim G. Davis
Mr. Koji Nakao
Anonymous (2)
Mr. Thomas S. Johnson
DNP America, LLC
Mr. Masazumi Nakayama
Mr. and Mrs. Leighton R. Longhi
Employees of Investment Banking Division
Dr. Tatsuji Namba
$500 AND ABOVE
Mr. Aaron M. Nieman
The Argus Fund
The Yomiuri Shimbun
Ms. Kumiko Yoshii
for the Americas, Bank of TokyoMitsubishi UFJ
Dean Jeanette C. Takamura
Sanae Ishikawa and Richard Georgi
FUJIFILM Holdings America Corporation
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Bertolotti, LLP
Dr. and Mrs. Roy Ashikari
Windels Marx Lane & Mittendorf, LLP
Corporation
MoloLamken LLP
Ryo Toyonaga Foundation
† Deceased
Jacqueline Avant
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Guests at the 2014
Japan Society In Memoriam
CIRCLE OF FRIENDS
S E TS U A SA KU R A , acclaimed set designer
JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER 3RD AND
DIRECTOR'S CIRCLES
Annual Dinner, left to
right: Nancy McGraw;
Harold W. McGraw,
Chairman of McGraw
for theater and film
Hill Financial; Kathryn
S. Wylde, President &
CEO, Partnership for
New York City; Wilbur
L. Ross, Jr., Chairman,
Japan Society; and Hilary Geary Ross.
T H E H ON . H OWA R D H . BA KER , J R .,
26th U.S. Ambassador to Japan (2001–2005);
Dr. and Mrs. Robert W. Lyons
Nachiketa Das
Karen L. McDonald
Mika Gallery
family and supporter of Japan Society and its
Michael Jacobs
Joan B. Mirviss
Film Program
Mr. Eugene Avila
Mr. Brett Littman
Mr. Stephen D. Bloom
Ms. Janine Luke
S U SA N H EC K , generous donor to the
Mr. James E. Brumm
Mr. Francis O. McInerney
Sandy Heck Lecture Endowment Fund
Mr. Geoff C. Carpenter
Mr. Willard Morgan
The Dilenschneider Group, Inc.
Ms. Toshiko Mori
Ms. Josephine K. Eke
Mr. and Mrs. Stephen E. Myers
Abigail and Rick Elbaum Mr. Andy Nahas
Mr. Hugh Cosman
Mr. Jon Hutcheson
JA N E G LOB U S , member of the Globus
Ms. Mariko O. Gordon and Mr. Durant A. Hunter
Mark Steven Barres
Exchange participant
Friend of Japan Society Gallery
Gerald R. Gilboe and Paulette V. Ricard
Mr. David S. Howe
Japan Society U.S.-Japan Parliamentary
R I C H A R D M . F I S H B E I N , longstanding
Mr. Frank Gallipoli
Laurel Gonsalves
c/o EBA Foundation
Mark F. Goldfield and Mary E. Hatch
JOA N M ON DA LE , wife of former
Vice President and U.S. Ambassador to Japan
Walter Mondale and patron of the arts
Dr. Stephen and Mrs. Michiko Levine
Dr. Miyeko Murase
Marjorie Neuwirth
David T. Libertson/Ronin Gallery NYC
Ms. Hiroko Onoyama
Masako and Jim Shinn
David Solo
Dr. Kazuko Tatsumura-Hillyer
Mr. Richard Royce
Chris A. Wachenheim
Fredric T. Schneider
Joan and Junya Nakatsugawa
JI RO M U R A S E , Managing Partner, Bingham
National Association of Japan-America
McCutchen Murase; Japan Society Board
member (1978–2005) and Life Director
Anonymous
YOS H I YE M U R A S E , wife of Jiro Murase and
LEADERSHIP CIRCLE
Mr. Michael Sonnenfeldt
Mr. Ronald J. Anderson
Societies, Inc.
Ms. Laura Pintchik
Mr. and Mrs. Eugene E. Reilly
longtime supporter of Japan Society
Ms. Matsuko Shibuya
Howard and Sarah Solomon
Mr. Steven Greenberg
Mr. Michael N. Reynnells
Marc and Susan Hamaker
Patricia E. Saigo, MD
S H I JU RO OG ATA , former Deputy Governor
Brendan and Jenifer Garvey
David Teiger
Mr. James Harris
Mr. Charles D. Saunders
for International Relations, The Bank of Japan;
The Globus Family
Roger L. Weston
Taryn Higashi and Ivan Zimmerman
Dr. Mitsugu Shimmyo
Japan Society Board member (1974-1977)
Robert Glenn Hubbard
Robert Sutherland
Urasenke Chanoyu Center
JOH N M . ROS E N F I E LD , revered art
Ms. Suzanne Marquard and Mr. Mark Jackson
Zsuzsanna Karasz and John Lipsky
Mr. Grant Vingoe
Jonguk Kim
Dr. Nghia Vu
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Kouba
Ms. Tsubura Wilson
Dr. Yuichiro Kuwama
Mr. Daniel Wislocki
T H E H ON . WI LLI A M W. SC RAN TON ,
Ms. Paula S. Lawrence
George Yonemura
former Governor of Pennsylvania and former
Mrs. Helen Little
Anonymous (2)
U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations;
historian and Professor Emeritus of East Asian
Mr. James R. Breckenridge
Art at Harvard; Japan Society Board member
Ms. Allison Tolman
(1977–1999)
Anonymous
Honorary Director of Japan Society
BENEFACTOR CIRCLE
Alan and Leslie Beller
Mr. Terry Brykczynski and S E I JI TS U TS U M I , Founder and President of
The Saison Foundation; noted businessman,
poet/novelist, and philanthropist
Ms. Andrea L. Miller
Pilar Conde and Alfonso Lledo-Perez
Mr. James Del Favero
H OZ A N YA M A M OTO, contemporary
Richard Fishbein and Estelle Bender
shakuhachi pioneer
Charlotte Feng Ford
Artist Mariko Mori (in white) with Peggy Danziger (left), Babette Cohen (center right) and Richard Danziger (right).
We also mourn the loss of other friends and
supporters of Japan Society. Their generosity
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and friendship will always be remembered.
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Richard and Judith Wood
Etsuko O. Morris
LEADERSHIP CIRCLE
Katsura and Mayo Yamaguchi
Mr. Koji Nakao
The Globus Family
Anonymous (2)
Mr. Masazumi Nakayama
FRIENDS OF CHILDREN AND
YOUTH PROGRAMS
Mr. Billy Hodges
Ms. Allison Tolman
Mr. Jon Hutcheson
Anonymous
Joshua S. Levine and Nozomi Terao
Dr. Tatsuji Namba
PATRON CIRCLE
Mr. Aaron M. Nieman
Ms. Hope Aldrich
Pamela Perlman
Dr. and Mrs. Roy Ashikari
Amy G. Poster
Mr. Douglas W. Barnert
David and Susan Rockefeller
Mr. Norton Belknap
Ms. Sascha Rockefeller
Chris A. Wachenheim
BENEFACTOR AND PATRON CIRCLE
Ms. Pilar Conde and Mr. Alfonso Lledo-Perez
Mr. Graeme Birchall
Mr. Michael Romano
Ms. Reiko Braun
Mr. Errol M. Rudman
Carole Davenport
Mr. Charles R. Broderick, III
Paul and Yoshiko Sheard
Margot Paul Ernst
Mrs. Kiyoko O. Brown
Dean Jeanette C. Takamura
Richard Fishbein† and Estelle Bender
Dr. and Mrs. Kenichi Takeshita
Charlotte Feng Ford
Mr. and Mrs. Randall Chafetz
Harry Taylor and Motoko Sakurai
Mr. David S. Howe
Mr. Allan Chasanoff
Nora and David Tezanos
Mr. David C. Chou
Hiroshi Tsuyuki and Yasuko Tsuyuki
Mr. Sean Kelly
Willard G. Clark
Mr. and Ms. Tadao Uchida
Dr. Stephen J. and Mrs. Michiko Levine
Ms. Carole Davenport
Ms. Yuka Uebayashi
Mr. Kim G. Davis
Marie-Helene B. Weill
Ms. Kashiyo Enokido
Dian Woodner
Margot Paul Ernst
Alex York
Mr. Fred Eychaner and Mr. Yang Guo
Ms. Kumiko Yoshii
Ms. June Omura Goldberg
Dr. Jennifer Gordon
Lesley Nan Haberman
FRIENDS OF JAPAN SOCIETY GALLERY
Dr. and Mrs. Robert W. Lyons
Joan B. Mirviss
Dr. Miyeko Murase
Mr. Koji Nakao
Marjorie Neuwirth
Mr. Billy Hodges
JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER 3RD AND
DIRECTOR'S CIRCLES
C. Steven Horn
Mr. Jeffrey L. Hayman
Ms. Sumiko Ito and Mr. Donald Allison
Mr. Thomas S. Johnson
Mr. Sean Kelly
Mr. Fredric T. Schneider
Mr. Michael Sonnenfeldt
Mr. David Kiehl
Nachiketa Das
Barbara Ann Klein
Michael Jacobs
Mr. Axel Kramer and Ms. Patricia Hallstein
Katsura and Mayo Yamaguchi
Mr. Martin Lipton
David T. Libertson/Ronin Gallery NYC
Anonymous (2)
Mr. Dennis Y. Loh
Dr. John Loomis
Nancy Matsumoto and Grant Vingoe
Mr. Geoff Matters
Mr. Hunter McDonald
Chris A. Wachenheim
Mrs. Monika McLennan
Mr. Francis W. Mettrick
Joan B. Mirviss
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Mr. Roger L. Weston
Dr. Richard J. Wood
Masako and Jim Shinn
David Solo
Anonymous
Anonymous
FRIENDS OF FILM
The Globus Family
Laurel Gonsalves
Mr. David S. Howe
James Read Levy
Mr. Geoff Matters
Dr. Tatsuji Namba
FRIENDS OF PERFORMING ARTS
Mr. Norton Belknap
The Globus Family
Paula S. Lawrence
Dr. Stephen J. and Mrs. Michiko Levine
Ms. Hiroko Onoyama
Ms. Pamela Perlman
Doug and Teresa Peterson
Mr. Michael Romano
Mr. Richard Royce
Howard and Sarah Solomon
Alex York
Ms. Kumiko Yoshii
† Deceased
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Japan Society, Inc. Statement of Activities
Year ended June 30, 2014 (with summarized totals for year ended June 30, 2013)
Japan Society, Inc.
Statement of Financial Position
un restricted
ope rating
u nrestricted
Boa rd
Designated
u nrestricted
total
tempo ra rily
Restricted
p e r m ane ntly
r e str i cte d
total 2 014
total 2 013
Contributions, grants and membership
$2,431,325
—
$2,431,325
$6,003,747
—
$8,435,072
$8,079,106
Revenues from functions and activities
1,608,861
—
1,608,861
—
—
1,608,861
1,402,174
Cash designated for Japan Earthquake Relief Fund
Allocated investment return
2,782,388
—
2,782,388
—
—
2,782,388
2,628,005
Investments, at fair value
7,978
—
7,978
—
—
7,978
40,764
Special events, net of direct expenses
1,205,157
—
1,205,157
—
—
1,205,157
1,394,606
Net assets released from restrictions
11,418,521
—
11,418,521
(11,418,521)
—
—
—
Total support and revenue
19,454,230
—
19,454,230
(5,414,774)
—
14,039,456
13,544,655
S upp o rt an d r e ve n u e
Operating investment return (loss)
Assets
Cash and cash equivalents
Contributions and grants receivable
Other receivables and assets
Land, building and equipment, net
Total assets
Operati n g e xp e n s e s
Liabilities and Net Assets
Program services
Liabilities
Lectures
205,874
—
205,874
—
—
205,874
110,349
Accounts payable and accrued expenses
Corporate
379,515
—
379,515
—
—
379,515
365,183
Deferred membership revenue
Policy
209,802
—
209,802
—
—
209,802
224,327
Total liabilities
Membership
227,622
—
227,622
—
—
227,622
217,069
Net assets
270,261
—
270,261
—
—
270,261
412,489
Performing arts
7,309,750
—
7,309,750
—
—
7,309,750
1,503,610
Gallery
Film center
1,907,331
—
1,907,331
—
—
1,907,331
2,052,789
Digital media
918,794
—
918,794
—
—
918,794
912,229
Language education
796,166
—
796,166
—
—
796,166
812,464
Educational outreach
585,426
—
585,426
—
—
585,426
694,499
Japan Earthquake Relief Fund
Total program services
3,434,876
—
3,434,876
—
—
3,434,876
3,405,123
16,245,417
—
16,245,417
—
—
16,245,417
10,710,131
2,442,578
—
2,442,578
—
—
2,442,578
2,306,452
783,868
—
783,868
—
—
783,868
827,895
j un e 3 0, 2 01 4
j un e 3 0, 2 01 3
$3,400,234
$1,965,309
3,015,704
6,171,424
63,159,477
60,290,470
123,462
311,722
734,016
618,164
5,460,733
5,960,278
$75,893,626
$75,317,367
$726,879
$504,518
317,319
285,375
1,044,198
789,893
8,125,427
6,996,199
Unrestricted
Operating
Board-designated
10,435,592
9,519,459
18,561,019
16,515,658
Temporarily restricted
13,583,188
15,306,595
Permanently restricted
42,705,221
42,705,221
Total unrestricted
Total net assets
Total liabilities and net assets
74,849,428
74,527,474
$75,893,626
$75,317,367
Supporting services
General
Development
3,226,446
—
3,226,446
—
—
3,226,446
3,134,347
19,471,863
—
19,471,863
—
—
19,471,863
13,844,478
(17,633)
—
(17,633)
(5,414,774)
—
(5,432,407)
(299,823)
Total investment return, net of allocation to operations
1,146,861
916,133
2,062,994
3,691,367
—
5,754,361
2,411,760
Increase (decrease) in net assets
1,129,228
916,133
2,045,361
(1,723,407)
—
321,954
2,111,937
Net assets, beginning of the year
6,996,199
9,519,459
16,515,658
15,306,595
42,705,221
74,527,474
72,415,537
$8,125,427
$10,435,592
$18,561,019
$13,583,188
$42,705,221
$74,849,428
$74,527,474
Total supporting services
Total expenses
Excess (deficiency) of revenue over expenses
from operations before non-operating revenue
Non-operating revenue
Net assets, end of year
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Japan Society Annual Report 2013–14
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JAPAN SOCIETY STAFF
E X EC U T I V E
Motoatsu Sakurai
President
Eileen Del Rosario
Executive Assistant
LAN G UAG E C EN T ER &
LI BRARY
Amiee Wilder
Tomoyo Kamimura
Brian J. Kniffen
Director, Language Center & Library
Aya Wilson
Language Center Assistant, p/t
Butler, p/t
Welcome Desk Assistant, p/t
John Oursler
Yuko Aizawa
Betty Borden
Reiko Akai
Director, Policy Projects
Instructor
Fumiko Miyamoto
Tomoko Hamada
Program Officer, Policy Projects
Instructor
Tomoko Okuno
Instructor
Ann Niehoff
Masako Inkyo
Director, Foundation & Government Relations
Program Officer,
Corporate Program
Tomomi Sekiya
Program Officer,
Lecture Program
Robert Burgos
Program Assistant
Corporate Program
Keiko Hammer
Instructor
Kazue Kurahara
Instructor
Katherine Major
Instructor
Mami Miyashita
E D U CAT I O N
Jeffrey Miller
Director, Education & Family Programs
Kazuko Minamoto
Deputy Director, Education & Family Programs
Yumi Nagasawa
Education Associate
Instructor
Mari Nakamura
Insructor
Mami Nakanishi
Instructor
Kazuko Nakazawa
Instructor
Toshiko Omori
Instructor
Owen Rojek
Education Associate
FILM
Kazu Watanabe
Program Associate
G ALLE RY
Miwako Tezuka
Director of Gallery
PERFORMI N G ARTS
Yoko Shioya
Artistic Director
Cory Campbell
Gallery Associate
Marc Soto
DEV ELO PMENT &
EXTERNA L RELATIO NS
Shane Williams-Ness
Vice President, External Relations
Yoko Suzuki
Director, Corporate Giving
Michiko Grasso
Director, Individual Giving
Christy Jones
Director, Special Events
Mie Igarashi
Senior Development Officer, p/t
Claudette Karabey
Development Officer
Director, Human Resources
Manuel Martinez
Payroll Manager
INFO RMATIO N TECHNO LO GY
Larry Kong
Director, Info Technology, Building &
House Operations
Robert Hardy
LAN Administrator, p/t
Angela Salisbury
Database Administrator
MA INTENA NCE
Jeff Nemeth
Director, Building Services
Manuel Alcazar
Porter
Carlos Estrada
Porter
Brian Marin
Porter
Ivan Sanchez
Handyman/AV Coordinator
Maria Oda
Development Associate, p/t
Lana Kitcher
Development Associate, Individual Giving
Lydia Gulick
MEDIA & MA RK ETING
Asif Iqbal
Director, Media & Marketing
Shannon Jowett
Development Associate
Director, Communications
Micah Fukazawa
Katie Skelly
Development Assistant
Web Producer
Ben Warren
Futoshi Miyai
FINA NCE &
A DMINISTRATIO N
Video Producer
Program Officer
Lisa Bermudez
Press and Community Relations Officer
Eishin Yoshida
Vice President, Finance & Administration
Deputy Director, Performing Arts
Lara Mones
Program Assistant, p/t
Masako Shiba
Gallery Officer
Jane Fenton
CORPOR AT E , P O L I CY &
LECT U R E P RO G R A M S
Instructor
HU MA N RESO U RCES
Vinka Cvenic
Senior Accountant
H OUSE ACT I VI T I ES &
REN TALS
Janet Fu
Director, Program Operations
Jordan Cael
Butler, p/t
Jose Rios
Accountant
Julia Moran
Kuniko Shiobara
Cynthia Sternau
Publications Manager
Christine Knorr
Manager of Graphic Design and Production
Manager, Administrative Services
TO KYO O FFICE
Jennifer Alden
Ruri Kawashima
Administrative Assistant
Tokyo Representative
JAPAN SOCIETY BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Kazushi Ambe
Merit E. Janow
Justin A. Rockefeller
S E C R E TA RY
Senior Vice President, Human Resources
Addepar.com
Rockefeller Brothers Fund
The ImPact
Susan J. Onuma
Vice President & Coordinating Officer
Dean, School of International and
Public Affairs
Professor of Professional Practice,
International Economic Law &
International Affairs
Columbia University
Jonathan E. Colby
Masumi Kakinoki
Managing Director
The Carlyle Group
President & CEO
Gerald L. Curtis
Robert A. Karr
Burgess Professor of Political Science
Columbia University
Principal
Joho Capital, LLC
President
Japan Society
(Ex officio)
Richard A. Drucker
Frederick H. Katayama
Barry Salzberg
Partner
Anchor
Thomson Reuters
Chief Executive Officer
Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Limited
Chairman
Accordia Global Health Foundation
Former Chairman of the Board & CEO
Pfizer Inc
Jiro Murase†
opening of the JAPAN CUTS 2014 film festival. Photo © George
& Mind.” Photo © George Hirose. Yasutoshi Nishimura, Senior
Shin Aoyama
Wilbur L. Ross, Jr.*
Chairman
Japan Society
Chairman & CEO
WL Ross & Co. LLC
Motoatsu Sakurai
Partner
Ingram Yuzek Gainen Carroll &
Bertolotti, LLP
L I F E D I R E C TO R S
Deryck C. Maughan
Senior Advisor
Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co.
Henry A. McKinnell, Jr.
Louis J. Forster
Jonathan B. Kindred
Timothy Schilt
Senior Partner
RiverWest Capital
President & CEO
Morgan Stanley Japan Holdings
Co., Ltd.
Partner
Berens Capital Management, LLC
Managing Partner
Nicole Seligman
Peter G. Peterson
Jacob A. Frenkel
Chairman
JPMorgan Chase International
Sumio Kusaka**
Carol Gluck*
Japan in New York
George Sansom Professor of History
Columbia University
Richard S. Lanier
Maurice R. Greenberg
President
Chairman & CEO
C.V. Starr & Co., Inc.
Alan S. MacDonald*
Yasuyuki Harada
Chief Client Officer
Vice Chairman
Citibank, N.A.
President & CEO
Toshiya Hasegawa
Co-CEO
Katsumi Hatao
President & Chief Executive Officer
MUFG Union Bank
Jun Makihara*
Chairman
Neoteny Co., Ltd.
Shinji Minobe
President & CEO
Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal
U.S.A., Inc.
President
Joshua N. Solomon Ed. D.
Principal
New York City Department
of Education
Hiroshi Suehiro
Managing Executive Officer &
Head of the Americas
Mizuho Bank, Limited
Yasuyuki Sugiura*
Vice Chairman
Japan Society
President & CEO
luncheon guests. Photo © Alan Klein. Waiting on line for the
Hirose. Tasting reception at “Shojin Ryori: Zen Cuisine for Body
Vice-Minister for Economic and Fiscal Policy at the Cabinet
Office, Japan, is interviewed by press before the program
“Hitting the Mark? The Third Arrow in Sharper Focus.” Photo ©
Alan Klein. Costumed attendees at “Lolita Fashion: Costume or
Culture?” Photo © George Hirose. Shodo, Japanese calligraphy.
Page 30, clockwise from top right: His Excellency Shinzo Abe,
Michael I. Sovern
the Prime Minister of Japan, at a special reception he hosted
President Emeritus and
Chancellor Kent Professor of Law
Columbia University
at Japan Society during the 68th session of the United Nations
Paul A. Volcker
Former Chairman of the
Board of Governors
Federal Reserve System
General Assembly. Photo © Alan Klein. Tomoyasu Hotei performing at the 2014 Japan Society Annual Dinner. Photo © Alan
Klein. Mariko Mori (b. 1967) Miracle, 2001. Eight Cibachrome
prints, diachronic glass, salt, and crystals; each element 27¼
inches. Collection of Mr. Chen Rong-Chuan. Photo Richard P.
Goodbody. Participants in the U.S.-Japan Leaders Exchange met
with John Nelson, Managing Partner of Wall Street Without
Walls (WSWW) in New York. Left to right: Lisa Fukuoka, U.S.-
H O N O R A RY PAT R O N S
H.E. Sumio Kusaka
Japan Leaders Exchange, Program Coordinator, ETIC; Yosuke
Komatsu, President, Hope for Tomorrow; Satoshi Ito, President,
Sanriku Hitotsunagi Nature School; Toru Hiji, President, Next
Cabinet IWATE & Board Member, Our Otsuchi Dream Plaza;
Member, Soma Haragama Morning Market Club; Chiemi Kamada, Board Member, Fukushima Cooperative Reconstruction
H.E. Kenichiro Sasae
Environmental Affairs Department, Tohoku Recovery Team,
Ambassador of Japan to the
United States of America
Mitsubishi Corporation. Photo © Japan Society/Betty Borden.
President & CEO
Yosuke Honjo
Toby S. Myerson
Gary M. Talarico*
President & CEO
Partner
Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton &
Garrison LLP
Managing Director
Cora Street Partners
Koichi Noda
Chairwoman & CEO
Daiwa Capital Markets America
Holdings Inc.
Masaaki Osumi
Photo © George Hirose; bottom, left to right—Corporate
Walls, Koji Yamauchi, Director, ETIC; Kazuhide Oshida, Board
Partner
Senior Vice President, Marketing &
Communications
IBM Corporation
Pages 2 and 3: top—Japan Society President Motoatsu Sakurai.
Ambassador, Permanent
Representative of Japan to
the United Nations
CEO of Global Consumer Insurance
AIG Property Casualty
Jon C. Iwata
© Japan Society/Kazuko Minamoto.
H.E. Motohide Yoshikawa
Kazuhiro Takeuchi
Executive Managing Director & CEO,
Americas Division
Sumitomo Mitsui Banking
Corporation
Page 1: Children’s taiko drumming session at Oshogatsu. Photo
President & CEO
Mitsui & Co. (U.S.A.), Inc.
Motomu Takahashi
Satoru Murase*
Director
MIT Media Lab
Julie Lemberger.
Japan in New York
Kevin Hogan
Joichi Ito
Founder & Chairman
Peter G. Peterson Foundation
Chairman Emeritus & Co-Founder
The Blackstone Group
Cover: Sliding screen from Basil Twist’s Dogugaeshi. Photo ©
Yuji Suzuki, Executive Managing Director & Secretary General,
Sanaburi Foundation; Kenichi Bamba, President, Bridge for Fukushima; John Nelson, Managing Partner, Wall Street Without
Center; Hiroto Kikuchi, Secretary General & Board Member,
Iwate NPO-NET Support; and observer Ryo Tateishi, CSR &
Her Excellency Tomomi Inada, Minister in charge of “Cool
Japan” Strategy. Photo © Alan Klein.
Keiko Tashiro*
Page 31, clockwise from top left: Buddhist priests from the
H O N O R A RY D I R E C TO R
Shingon and Tendai sects perform Ushio Torikai’s Sonbou no Toki
(Life in an Autumn) at St. Bartholomew’s Church. Photo © Julie
Tatsuro Goto
Lemberger. Seiji Sugeno, President of the Fukushima Organic
Chris Wachenheim
Agriculture Network (FOAN), checks the radiation level of
Co-President
Greenhaven Associates, Inc.
farmland. Photo © Japan Society/Fumiko Minamoto. Toyo Ito
at his lecture, “The Power of Architecture: Toyo Ito’s Thoughts
Post 3/11.” Photo © Japan Society/Owen Rojek. Shodo students
Chairman & CEO
at the Toyota Language Center. Photo © George Hirose.
Participants in the 2013 Educators’ Study Tour to Japan in front
Joseph R. Perella
of the Kabuki Theater in Tokyo. Photo © Japan Society/Kazuko
Founding Partner, Chairman & CEO
Perella Weinberg Partners
Minamoto. Actress Fumi Nikaido at the JAPAN CUTS 2014
opening night screening, Why Don’t You Play in Hell? Photo ©
Mike Nogami.
* Denotes member of the Executive Committee ** Denotes Honorary Director † Deceased August 5, 2014
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