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Japan America Society of Chicago
20 N. Clark Street
Suite 750
Chicago, IL 60602
Phone: 312.263.3049
Fax: 312.263.6120
www.jaschicago.org
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Our mission is to create
and promote Japanese and
American friendships.
We do this through business,
social, educational and
cultural activities. We are
the only organization in
Chicago that touches all of
these areas in American and
Japanese relationships.
The Japan America Society of Chicago is a nonprofit association made up of individuals and corporations interested in United States-Japan
business, cultural, political and social relations. Founded in 1930 to foster mutual goodwill and friendship between the people of Japan
and the United States, the Society enjoys a total membership of over 150 American and Japanese corporations and over 600 individuals
throughout Chicagoland and the Midwest. The Society sponsors over 50 public affairs and cultural programs annually, including business
luncheons, evening lectures, cultural events and social/networking opportunities. All members receive discounts on program registration and
invitations to special member-only events. The Society also has a Young Professionals Committee that organizes various evening lectures and
social outings throughout the year for members in their twenties and thirties. In addition, the Society offers more than six levels of Japanese
and English language courses. For membership information and other inquiries, visit www.jaschicago.org or contact the Society office.
Design provided by Movéo Integrated Branding
Cover Photo: Imperial Palace in Tokyo, Japan with reflection of the Chicago skyline
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L E T T E R
F R O M
T H E
H O N O R A R Y
C H A I R M A N
L E T T E R
F R O M
T H E
C H A I R M A N
November, 2013
November 5, 2013
Dear friends,
Dear Society Members,
Before my arrival in Chicago last January, I heard so much about the Japan America Society of Chicago and its tremendous contribution to our
friendship. I've now seen firsthand that it's all that and more.
I am happy to report that The Japan America Society of Chicago presented outstanding programs, increased membership and deepened our
relationship with the national Japan America Societies in 2012. JASC was well-represented at the Japan-U.S. Midwest Conference in Tokyo,
where I served as U.S. Honorary Conference Chairman.
I am most impressed by your wide variety of programs — from business presentations to cultural exchange and even Japanese language
classes. Thanks to the Society and the shared purpose and commitment of it's members, Japan and Chicago now enjoy a very special
partnership.
This year, as in past years, the Society stands front and center in bringing us together. I would like to deeply thank Chairman Emeritus Adlai
Stevenson, Chairman Michael Moskow, President J.D. Bindenagel, Executive Vice Presidents Robert Karr and Kenji Iijima, Executive Director
Mitsukunj Baba, as well as the other officers and members. With your tireless dedication, Japan and Chicago continue to become closer.
We see this in many ways. Osaka and Chicago are now celebrating 40 wonderful years as sister cities. The Tokyo·Chicago commute is more
convenient than ever with many morning and late afternoon flights. The 2020 Tokyo Olympics will shine a bright spotlight on Japan that will
encourage more Chicagoans to visit.
The outlook for our partnership is bright. Abenomics is already strengthening Japan's economy, and the Trans-Pacific Partnership, which is now
being negotiated, will boost trade. Both of these will pave the way for Japan and Chicago to do even more business.
I'm enthusiastic about the Japan America Society of Chicago and the many great things it will achieve this next year. I will continue to support
you and cooperate with you in every way possible. 2013 was a great year for Japan and Chicago. Together, let's make 2014 even better.
The Society’s members and directors enthusiastically participated in and actively supported over 40 programs this year, covering issues
in business, public affairs, culture and education. Tom Ricketts, Owner of The Chicago Cubs, gave a dynamic presentation at our Member
Reception; Tatsuhiro Shindo, Chief Executive Director of the Japan External Trade Organization (JETRO) updated us on the pace of economic
and social recovery from the Great East Japan Earthquake; and our popular Annual Sake Tasting provided a casual environment for members to
socialize. Through these programs, we strive to further our mission of friendship and understanding between Japan and the United States.
We are pleased to report continued membership growth and a number of new company sponsors. Our corporate and individual members are
essential to our success. The board of directors is strongly committed to our mission, and I am deeply appreciative of their contributions to the
Society. Each new class of incoming board members adds vigor to JASC, and we continue to recruit excellent individuals who generously share
their time and talents with the Society.
We remain committed to providing both our members and the public at large with a wide variety of quality programs and events. With a
dedicated and energized board, sound finances, loyal members, and the continuous support of the Consulate General of Japan at Chicago as
well as others, we are pleased to embark on the Society’s new year.
Thank you to our members for your continuous support, and a particular thank you to our directors and governors for your service. The
Society’s future is bright, and I look forward to working with you.
Sincerely,
Sincerely,
Masaharu Yoshida
Consul General of Japan
Michael H. Moskow
Chairman
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L E T T E R
F R O M
T H E
P R E S I D E N T
November, 2013
Dear Society Members,
As Japan America Society of Chicago President, I am pleased to report to you on the progress of your Society as we start our 83rd anniversary
year. I thank you and friends of the Society for the great support this past year. The purpose of the Japan America Society of Chicago is to
create and promote friendship and understanding between Japan and the United States. Throughout the year, business, public affairs, social,
educational and cultural programming contribute to greater Japanese-American understanding and friendship. Your support of the Society
furthers our important mission.
Two key, essential elements of our success are membership and development. Numerous member companies and individual members have
provided direct financial support to our Society this past year, including many as event or program sponsors or contributors. We thank each one
of you. We also depend upon our individual and corporate members and thank you all so much. In recognition of this support, we dedicate the
back of this annual report to our annual program underwriters, sponsors of individual programs, corporate members and donors. I invite you to
please note the organizations and individuals that have supported our Society. Their support, along with others, is so vital to our Society and we
deeply appreciate our supporters.
Of course programming is the core of our activities in pursuit of our mission. Once again, we had a year of exciting and interesting programs,
events and classes. Some of the speakers and programs that are representative of the full year’s slate include Yasokichi Konishiki, former
sumo wrestler, who gave a telling account of his life as a world renowned competitor, and Osamu Nagata, Managing Officer, Toyota Motor
Manufacturing (Japan) who gave a presentation on Toyota America’s deep roots and extended future. These are just a few examples of our many
outstanding programs from this past year, which are listed in the back of this annual report.
Programming, membership and development continue to be the cornerstones and the engines of our Society, and are the three legs of the
Society’s stability. We congratulate and thank these three committee members for their great efforts that contributed so much to the success of
the Society.
I also wish to especially recognize and thank some of the organizations that we work with continuously to develop, publicize and deliver our
programming and other services to our members. The Consulate General of Japan at Chicago, JETRO, the Japanese Chamber of Commerce and
Industry in Chicago, and the Chicago Council on Global Affairs, among the great partners to the Society. On behalf of our members, I can assure
these key partners that we will be mutually supportive and cooperative and assist them wherever we can.
I would also like to thank my counterparts Kenji Iijima and Bob Karr who currently serve as Executive Vice Presidents. Both Kenji and Bob provide
distinguished and valued service to the Society. I thank them and all of our Directors, Officers and Governors for their dedicated service and
outstanding efforts in advancing our mission. I would like to give special thanks to the committee co-chairs who also give generously of their
time and talents to the Society.
Our staff Mitsukuni Baba, Executive Director and Erika Kono, quietly go about their work, delivering great programs and service for our
members, day in and day out. I personally thank them for their devotion and skill.
While our Society continues to achieve our mission, we still face many challenges. To maintain our steady financial footing and continue our
robust programming, we have much hard work ahead of us. The worldwide economic crisis caused many to struggle and presented us with
uncertainties for the future. I am confident with the strong support we have that we will continue on the path to success that we are on at the
Society. Nevertheless, we will have to continue to deliver excellent programs and great member value in a financially careful fashion. We intend
to do that. At the same time, I ask for your continuing input, participation and support. With that, we look forward to a highly productive year,
providing great value to you, our members.
Thank you again to all that have supported us so well. I am very excited about our new year. We very much look forward to working with you
and serving you going forward.
Sincerely,
The Honorable J.D. Bindenagel
President
Finally, we have great Directors and Governors, and an exceptional staff. I am particularly grateful to The Honorable Michael Moskow, our
Chairman, to The Honorable Masaharu Yoshida, Consul General of Japan at Chicago, our Honorary Chairman and to Senator Adlai Stevenson,
our Chairman Emeritus. Their wisdom and counsel is invaluable.
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O F F I C E R S
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D I R E C T O R S
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Honorary Chairman
Directors
Marcia E. Goodman
Toshio Kawai
Bart M. McMillan
Brad Perlstein
The Honorable Masaharu Yoshida
David Baeckelandt
Partner
President & CEO
Partner
Vice President, Human Resources
Consul General of Japan at Chicago
Managing Director, Institutional Sales &
Client Services
Mayer Brown LLP
Mitsubishi Electric Automation, Inc.
Baker & McKenzie LLP
Komatsu America Corp.
O’Shaughnessy Asset Management
Edward A. Grant
Niamh King
Greg Merkley
Jamie Rhee
Arthur Andersen LLP, Retired
Vice President, Programs
Manager, Case Writing
Chief Procurement Officer
The Chicago Council on Global Affairs
Kellogg School of Management
City of Chicago
Consulate General of Japan at Chicago
Chairman
The Honorable Michael H. Moskow
David L. Barcus
Vice Chairman & Senior Fellow on the
Global Economy
Vice President, Operations
Amy M. Harris
Sunstar Americas, Inc.
Membership
Shunichiro Kishioka
Mark Miller
David M. Roden
The Economic Club of Chicago
Chairman
President
Vice President & Group Manager
I.T.A., Inc.
Cornerstone Environmental,
Health & Safety, Inc.
Fifth Third Bank
Jack D. Beem
Chairman Emeritus
Baker & McKenzie LLP (Retired)
The Honorable Adlai E. Stevenson
Ichiro Hidaka
VP & General Manager
Chairman
Nigel Blakeway
SC&M Investment Management Corp.
Chairman, President & CEO
Omron Management Center of America
President
The Honorable J.D. Bindenagel
Benita Boettner
Strategy XXI Partners
Principal
Lismore International Inc.
Executive Vice Presidents
All Nippon Airways Co., Ltd.
Partner
Tsudoi Miyoshi
Deloitte & Touche LLP
Head of Chief Medical & Science Office
Takeda Pharmaceuticals International, Inc.
Masashi Hisamoto
Treasurer & Secretary to the Board
Jody E. Kurtzhalts
Toyota Technological Institute at Chicago
Yaskawa Electric America, Inc., Retired
Walter Hladko
Sang-yul Lee
Imperial Hotel Tokyo/Osaka (Retired)
Partner
Wendy Breuder
Senior Vice President & General Manager
Managing Director, Corporate & Investment
Banking for the Americas
Yoshiro Hori
EVP & General Manager
Harumi Lory
The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, Ltd.
Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal U.S.A., Inc.
Lecturer
Robert A. Center
David D. Johnson
Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP
Masuda Funai Eifert & Mitchell, Ltd.
Sam Cremin
Secretary
Managing Director
John Bukacek
Green Tree Products & Technologies
President
Japanese Business Legal & Technical
Translation and Interpretation Services
Dan Seals
Assistant Director
Phyllis I. Lyons
JPMorgan Chase Bank, NA
Illinois Department of Commerce &
Economic Opportunity
Northwestern University
Shuei Nishizawa
Yoshio Shibazaki
Director
Senior Tax Manager
Japan Airlines Co., Ltd.
Plante & Moran PLLC
Yoko Noge Dean
Kazuo Shimizu
Steven L. Katz
Correspondent
President & CEO
Nikkei Chicago Bureau
Kikkoman Foods, Inc.
Hiroko Osaka
Ichiro Sone
Hiroko Osaka & Co.
Chief Executive Director
Executive Vice President, Treasurer & CFO
Molex Inc.
Associate Prof. African & Asian Languages
Ken G Kabira
General Manager
Yasushi Kubo
William L. Florida
Principal
James A. McClung
Partner-Audit
Vice President
Chairman and CEO
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
Advisory Research, Inc.
Janice Katz
JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.
Underwriters Laboratories Inc.
Vice President, Foreign Multinational
Banking
Advisory Research, Inc.
Executive Director
SVP & Public Safety Officer
Robert Murphy
Timothy Newlin
Hirokazu Maruta
Senior Vice President
August W. Schaefer
The University of Chicago
Lions Clubs International
Mitsukuni Baba
Genieco, Inc.
East Asian Languages & Civilizations
Vice President
Ryutaro Furukawa
Mizuho Corporate Bank, Ltd.
Julie Schotanus
Group Manager of Membership, Service
Activities & Communications
Executive Director
Deputy General Manager
Dana E. Morrison
Managing Partner
Drew Edwards
Treasurer
Shinichi Sanui
Movéo Integrated Branding
Robert W. Karr, Jr.
Principal
Illinois State University
President
Kenji Iijima
Sumitomo Corporation of America
Howard J. Romanek
Tomoko Kizawa
Associate Curator of Japanese Art
Art Institute of Chicago
Joseph McCluskey
Vice President, International Operations
W.W Grainger, Inc.
JETRO Chicago
Peggy Parfenoff
Executive Director
World Chicago
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O F F I C E R S
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D I R E C T O R S
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( C O N T I N U E D )
Clyde Dickey
William A. Streff, Jr.
Michael P. Whelan
Partner
Partner
Kirkland & Ellis LLP
Ernst & Young LLP
Ralph Fujimoto
Yasuyuki Sugiura
Mari Yamamoto Regnier
Masataka Harashima
President & CEO
Partner
President & CEO
General Manager, Chicago Branch
Barnes & Thornburg LLP
E-Hay International Corp.
Keiko Yanai
Lyric Hughes Hale
Deputy Consul General
Editor in Chief
Econvue, Inc.
Director, Business Operations
Masao Yoshida
Shunichiro Kishioka
The Boeing Company
President & CEO
Chairman
Astellas US LLC
I.T.A., Inc.
Board of Governors
Jody E. Kurtzhalts
Jack D. Beem (Retired)
Yaskawa Electric America, Inc., Retired
Mitsubishi Corporation (Americas)
Mary Sutherland
Bridget Sweeney
Mike M. Tsuruga
Genieco, Inc.
Shawn Y. Valukas
(Chairman)
James A. McClung
Account Vice President
UBS Financial Services, Inc.
Thomas J. Boodell, Jr.
Chairman and CEO
Attorney at Law
Kumiko Watanabe
Boodell & Domanskis LLC
Partner + Japan Business Group
US National Leader
Clyde O. Bowles, Jr.
Principal
Grant Thornton LLP
Of Counsel
Thomas P. McMenamin
2 6 T H A N N UA L H O L I D AY
F U N D R A I S E R & B O N E N K A I
Harrison & Held LLP
Ritsuko Okuno Welch
Adlai E. Stevenson
Vice President, Intl. Finance
John Bukacek
Chairman
Fifth Third Bank
President
SC&M Investment Management Corp.
Thomas Studney
Arthur I. Cyr
Josie Tomes
A.W. and Mary Margaret Clausen
Distinguished Professor, Political Economy &
World Business
Director, Clausen Center for World Business
Carthage College
December 13, 2012
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C O M M I T T E E
C H A I R S
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Program Committee
August Schaefer, Underwriters Laboratories, Inc. (Chair)
Membership Committee
Marcia Goodman, Mayer Brown LLP (Co-Chair)
Mike Tsuruga, Genieco Inc. (Co-Chair)
Development Committee
Robert W. Karr, Jr., Masuda Funai Eifert & Mitchell, Ltd. (Co-Chair)
Kumiko Watanabe, Grant Thornton (Co-Chair)
Finance Committee
Drew Edwards, Advisory Research, Inc. (Co-Chair)
Yoshio Shibazaki, Plante & Moran PLLC (Co-Chair)
Nominating Committee
Jody E. Kurtzhalts, Yaskawa Electric America, Inc. (Retired) (Co-Chair)
James A. McClung, Lismore International Inc. (Co-Chair)
Young Professionals Committee
Sami Ari, BCV (Co-Chair)
Austin Gilkeson, Japan Information Center (Co-Chair)
Genea Tafesse, Northern Lights Direct (Co-Chair)
Executive Committee
Hon. J.D. Bindenagel (President)
John Bukacek, Japanese Business Legal & Technical Translation and Interpretation Services (Secretary)
Drew Edwards, Advisory Research, Inc. (Co-Chair, Finance Committee)
Marcia Goodman, Mayer Brown LLP (Co-Chair, Membership Committee)
Kenji Iijima, Sumitomo Corporation of America (Executive Vice President)
Robert W. Karr, Jr., Masuda Funai Eifert & Mitchell, Ltd. (Co-Chair, Development Committee & Executive Vice President)
Shunichiro Kishioka, I.T.A., Inc.
Yasushi Kubo, PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (Treasurer)
Jody E. Kurtzhalts, Yaskawa Electric America, Inc. (Retired) (Co-Chair, Nominating Committee)
James A. McClung, Lismore International Inc. (Co-Chair, Nominating Committee)
August Schaefer, Underwriters Laboratories, Inc. (Chair, Program Committee)
Yoshio Shibazaki, Plante & Moran PLLC (Co-Chair, Finance Committee)
Mike Tsuruga, Genieco Inc. (Co-Chair, Membership Committee)
Kumiko Watanabe, Grant Thornton (Co-Chair, Development Committee)
Kakehashi Project: The Bridge for Tomorrow
November 5, 2013
11/21/13 2:11 PM
“The TOMODACHI Generation: Investing in the NEXT
Generation of U.S.-Japan Relations”
Suzanne I. Basalla, Former Senior Advisor
to Ambassador Roos, U.S. Embassy Tokyo &
Executive Vice President, U.S.-Japan Council
October 11, 2013
“Japan and U.S. Economic Forecast for 2013”
Masaaki Kanno, Managing Director & Head of
Economic Research J.P. Morgan (Japan)
September 4, 2012
E V E N T S
2 0 1 3 - 2 0 1 4
Konishiki’s World: Life Before, During and After Sumo
From Hawaii to Japan...
Yasokichi Konishiki, Former Sumo Wrestler
June 6, 2013
Manjiro, The Boy with the Heart of a Samurai
Presentation-Book Signing-Q&A
Margi Preus, Author
October 16, 2013
Toyota in America: Deep Roots, Extended Future
Osamu Nagata, Managing Officer, Toyota Motor
Corporation (Japan)
December 5, 2012
Japan Student Network Forum
A Look Into the Future: Global Chicago, Global Me
April 9, 2013
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B U S I N E S S
E V E N T S
Japan and U.S. Economic Business Forecast for 2013
Electric Vehicles: The Oregon Success Story
83rd Anniversary Celebratory Dinner
Date: 9/4/12
Date: 3/12/13
Speaker: Masaaki Kanno, Managing Director and Head of Economic
Research, JPMorgan Japan
Speaker: Charlie Allcock, Director Business Development & Business
Customers Group, Portland General Electric
“Learning from the Past to Create Japan’s Future in
Jackson Park, Chicago”
Corporate Sponsors: Anonymous Donor, Howard Romanek, Illinois
State University and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.
Corporate Sponsor: Japanese Chamber of Commerce & Industry
of Chicago
Speaker: Kulapat Yantrasast, Architect, Cofounder & Principal, wHY
Architecture
Toyota in America: Deep Roots, Extended Future
Optimize Your Social Presence How to Optimize Your Social
Profiles for Better Search Results from Companies and Recruiters
Taking the “A” Train: Tokyo to Chicago Two Train Commuting
Systems, Two Cities
From Surgeon to Basic Scientist: From Basic Science to Clinical
Science
Date: 4/30/13
A列車で行こう　東京からシカゴ？」
Date: 10/24/13
Speaker: Mike Santoro, President, Walker Sands & Sami Ari, Social
Media Strategist
～電車通勤二都物語～
Corporate Sponsor: Grant Thornton LLP
Speakers: Michael Fisch, University of Chicago & Dan Gornstein,
Nippon Sharyo Engineering & Marketing
Speaker: Dr. Yusuke Nakamura, Professor of Medicine, Section of
Hematology/Oncology; Professor of Surgery & Deputy Director,
Center for Personalized Therapeutics, The University of Chicago
Date: 12/5/12
Speaker: Osamu Nagata, Managing Officer, Toyota Motor
Corporation (Japan)
Corporate Sponsors: Masuda, Funai, Eifert & Mitchell, Ltd.,
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, Voelker Litigation Group
Membership Reception
Tour of Underwriters Laboratories
Date: 2/7/13
Date: 5/1/13
Speaker: Tom Ricketts, Owner, Chicago Cubs & Crane Kenney,
President, Chicago Cubs
Speaker: John Drengenberg, Manager, Consumer Affairs
Host: The Consulate General of Japan at Chicago
Corporate Sponsor: Underwriters Laboratories
Date: 6/13/13
Date: 6/19/13
Vera Bradley: Bringing Color to Japan
Date: 10/17/13
Speaker: Sachin Shah, Senior Director of Strategic Initiatives, Vera
Bradley
Co-Sponsor: JET Alumni Association
Corporate Sponsor: Mayer Brown LLP
Corporate Sponsors: Nippon Sharyo USA Inc., Sumitomo Corporation
of America, Woodbridge International & Yamato Holding Corporation
Osaka City Government
Discover Osaka Business Seminar and Networking Reception
Date: 10/15/13
Co-Organized By: Consulate General of Japan at Chicago, The Osaka
Committee of Chicago Sister Cities International
Supported By: JETRO Chicago, Japanese Chamber of Commerce
& Industry of Chicago, Japan America Society of Chicago and
Chicagoland Chamber of Commerce
Howard Romanek,
The Consulate General of
Japan at Chicago
Anonymous Donor
Yamato Holding Corporation
Osaka City Government
The Osaka Committee
of Chicago Sister Cities
International
Woodbridge International
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P U B L I C
A F F A I R S
The Japan-U.S. Security Alliance Today:
Is it Stronger Post‑March 11 Earthquake/
Tsunami?
Date: 9/6/12
Speaker: Dr. James Auer, Director for Center
for U.S.-Japan Studies, Vanderbilt Institute for
Public Policy
Corporate Sponsors: Anonymous Donor
and Japanese Chamber of Commerce and
Industry of Chicago
Board of Governors Annual Dinner
The Seven Mysteries of Japan and a New
Mystery Out of Chicago
Date: 10/26/12
Speaker: The Honorable Tetsundo Iwakuni,
Former Chairman, President and CEO of
Merrill Lynch Japan, Former Member of the
House of Representatives of Japan, Former
Vice President, Democratic Party of Japan
and Former Mayor of Izumo City
Corporate Sponsors: Mizuho Corporate Bank,
Ltd. & Sunstar Americas, Inc.
Understanding How the United States
Elects a President
アメリカ大統領選挙の仕組み
Date: 11/1/12
Speaker: Howard Romanek, Illinois State
University
Corporate Sponsor: Barnes & Thornburg LLP
C U L T U R A L
E V E N T S
The Japan External Trade Organization, The
Chicago Council on Global Affairs and The
A Symposium on Asia-Pacific Integration
and the Role of the United States and
Japan
Date: 5/15/13
The Honorable Adlai E. Stevenson, Chairman,
SC&M Investment Management Corp.;
The Honorable Masaharu Yoshida, Consul
General of Japan, Consulate General of
Japan at Chicago; Daniel Goff, Deputy
Director, Office of Trade & Investment, Illinois
Department of Commerce & Economic
Opportunity; Hiroyuki Ishige, Chairman &
CEO, Japan External Trade Organization;
Hank Lim, Senior Research Fellow, Singapore
Institute of International Affairs; Zhang
Jianping, Director, Dept. of International
Economic Cooperation, Institute for
International Economic Research, National
Development and Reform Commission of
China; Shujiro Urata, Professor, Graduate
School of Asia-Pacific Studies, Waseda
University; William Noglows, Chairman,
President and CEO, Cabot Microelectronics;
Edward Grant, Past President, Japan America
Society of Chicago & Niamh King, VP,
Programs, The Chicago Council on Global
Affairs
An Overview of the Rising Territorial
Crisis Between China and Japan: A
Geographical Perspective
Date: 9/26/13
Speaker: Richard Edmonds, Visiting
Professor, Geographical Studies Program,
Corporate Sponsors: Barnes & Thornburg LLP
& Howard Romanek, Illinois State University
“The TOMODACHI Generation: Investing
in the NEXT Generation of U.S.Japan Relations”?
Date: 10/11/13
Speaker: Suzanne I. Basalla, Former
Senior Advisor to Ambassador Roos, U.S.
Embassy Tokyo & Executive Vice President,
U.S.‑Japan Council
Corporate Sponsor: Kirkland & Ellis LLP
Kakehashi Project-The Bridge
for Tomorrow
Date: 11/5/13
Speakers: Students from (Hokkaido) Obihiro
Hakuyo High School, (Fukushima) Iwaki
Sogoo High School and (Fukushima) Iwaki
Middle School
Program Coordinators: The Laurasian
Institute, Fulbright Japan &
Japan Foundation
E V E N T S
Tsunami and the Cherry Blossom Screening
Practicing Democracy: Camera Clubs in Early Twentieth
Century Japan
Date: 7/11/12
Date: 2/27/13
Co-Sponsor: Japan America Society of Chicago
Speaker: Kerry Ross, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, History Dept., DePaul
University
Ho Etsu Taiko
Corporate Sponsor: Barnes & Thornburg LLP
The Chicago Council on Global Affairs & HBO Documentary Films
Celebrating 15 Years of Ho Etsu Taiko
Date: 7/28/12
The Principled Politician: The Story of Ralph Carr
Co-Sponsors: Japan America Society of Chicago, Midwest Buddhist
Temple, The University of Chicago and JSA
Date: 2/28/13
Speaker: Adam Schrager, Author
Kizuna: Japan Earthquake/Tsunami Photo Exhibit
Corporate Sponsor: Plante & Moran PLLC
Date: 9/15/12-9/30/12
Co-Sponsor: Japanese American Service Committee
Co-Sponsors: Cook Memorial Library District & The Consulate General
of Japan at Chicago
Kizuna 2: The Bonds of Emotion Japanese Earthquake Photo
Exhibition Associated Seminar
“Japan in Perspective: An Update on the Pace of Economic and
Social Recovery from The Great East Japan Earthquake”
Encounter with Japan: An Adventure in Love
Date: 3/13/13
Date: 11/7/12
Speaker: Susan Katz Saitoh, Author
Co-Sponsor: Japanese American Service Committee
Speakers: Tatsuhiro Shindo, Chief Executive Director, Japan External
Trade Organization & Greg Burns, Editorial Board Member, Chicago
Tribune
Co-Organizers: Japan America Society of Chicago, Chicago Sister
Cities International & The Consulate General of Japan at Chicago
Cooperating Organizations: Asian Improv Arts Midwest, Tsukasa
Taiko, Barnes & Thornburg LLP, Calumet Photographic, Chicago Kalbi,
Chicago Photography Collective, City of Chicago Mayor’s Office,
City of Osaka, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, Grant Thornton LLP,
Hana to Yoko Florist, Hekiun Oda, Japanese Chamber of Commerce
and Industry of Chicago, JETRO (Japan External Trade Organization)
Chicago, Lakeview Art Supply, Loyola University Chicago School of
Communication, Masuda, Funai, Eifert & Mitchell Ltd., Matsutani
America, Inc., Mayumi Lake, Mizuho Corporate Bank, Ltd., M Square
Inc., Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal USA, Inc., OMRON & State of
Illinois Governors’ Office
Abenomics: Japan's New Sunrise?
Date: 6/6/13
Speaker: His Excellency Kenichiro Sasae,
Ambassador of Japan to the United States
Sponsor: Molex, Inc.
Partners: Chicago Sister Cities International,
Japan America Society of Chicago, JETRO
Chicago & United States of America
Department of Commerce
Anonymous Donor
Chicago Sister
Cities International
United States of America
Department of Commerce
Howard Romanek,
Midwest Buddhist Temple
Asian Improv Arts Midwest
Tsukasa Taiko
JSA
Cook Memorial
Library District
The Consulate General of
Japan at Chicago
Chicago Sister
Cities International
Calumet Photographic
Chicago Kalbi
Federal Reserve Bank
of Chicago
Hana to Yoko Florist
Mayumi Lake
M Square Inc.
Hekiun Oda
Nippon Steel & Sumitomo
Metal USA, Inc.
Chicago Photography
Collective
Ho Etsu Taiko
OMRON
Lakeview Art Supply
City of Chicago
Mayor’s Office
Loyola University Chicago
School of Communication
State of Illinois
Governors’ Office
City of Osaka
Matsutani America, Inc.
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S O C I A L
E V E N T S
Japan Earthquake and Tsunami Relief
Chicago White Sox vs. Texas Rangers
Date: 7/5/12
So Can You by Mituyo Ohira
Konishiki’s World: Life Before, During and After Sumo
Presentation and Q&A
Date: 6/6/13
Date: 3/28/13
Speaker: Yasokichi Konishiki, Former Sumo Wrestler
Speaker: John Brennan, Linguist & Translator
Corporate Sponsors: Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP, Sumitomo
Corporation of America & Voelker Litigation Group
Corporate Sponsor: Plante & Moran PLLC
Main Stage and Back Stage: A Perspective from the Winner of the
Chicago Symphony Orchestra’s First International Sir Georg Solti
Conducting Competition
History and Trends of American and Japanese Beauty
Date: 4/22/13
Corporate Sponsor: Mayer Brown LLP
Speakers: Janice Katz, Roger L. Westin Associate Curator of Japanese
Art, Art Institute of Chicago & Gwen O’Hanlon, Vice President of Retail
and Ecommerce, Pola Orbis/H20 Plus
The Consulate General of Japan at Chicago & The Japan America
Society of Chicago
Young Professionals Committee Shomei Tomatsu Photo Lecture at
the Art Institute of Chicago and Lunch
Japanese Tradition: Kimono Lecture & Demonstration
Date: 9/21/13
Speaker: Sean (Shoichi) Kubota, Conductor
日米美の変遷と歴史～ファッションとコスメ～
Date: 8/29/13
Date: 5/8/13
Speakers: Kimiko Gunji, Associate Professor Emeritus & Former
Director of Japan House at the University of Illinois at UrbanaChampaign & Toshie Kasada, Lecturer, Hakubi Kyoto School
Manjiro, the Boy with the Heart of a Samurai
Young Professionals Committee Chicago
Fire vs. Vancouver Whitecaps Professional
Men’s Soccer Game
Date: 7/14/12
Suburban Meishi Business Card Exchange
シカゴ日米協会YPC名刺交換会
Date: 7/26/12
39th Annual Golf Tournament
Date: 8/19/12
Corporate Sponsors: Asahi Beer, Eddie
Merlot’s, Golfsmith and Top Golf
Young Professionals Committee Network
Dinner at Midtown Bar
Date: 10/9/12
Co-Sponsors: JA Connect a Japanese
American Service Committee Organization
and JET Alumni Association
Young Professionals Committee Wine
Social
Date: 11/2/12
26th Annual Holiday Fundraiser &
Bonenkai
Date: 12/13/12
Akita Sake Tasting
Date: 1/29/13
Japan Earthquake and Tsunami Relief
Chicago White Sox vs. Seattle Mariners
Date: 8/25/12
National Pro Fastpitch Championship
Women’s Professional Softball
Date: 8/26/12
Young Professionals Committee Sushi
Rolling
Date: 9/28/12
Date: 10/16/13
Speaker: Margi Preus, Author
Corporate Sponsor: National Association of Japan-America Societies
Networking Dinner at La Tasca
Date: 1/31/13
Co-Sponsors: JA Connect a Japanese
American Service Committee Organization
and JET Alumni Association
Welcome Reception for The Honorable
Masaharu Yoshida & Mrs. Yoshida,
Date: 2/19/13
Co-Sponsors: Chicago Japanese American
Council & Japanese Chamber of Commerce
& Industry of Chicago
Japan Student Network Forum
A Look into the Future: Global Chicago,
Global Me
Date: 4/9/13
Speaker: David D. Johnson, Executive Vice
President, Treasurer & CFO, Molex, Inc.
Corporate Sponsors: Astellas USA
Foundation, Japanese Chamber of
Commerce & Industry of Chicago &
Joyce Chelberg
20th Annual Sake Tasting
Date: 5/14/13
Japan Earthquake & Tsunami Relief
Chicago White Sox vs. Braves
Date: 7/20/13
Japan Earthquake & Tsunami Relief
Chicago White Sox vs. Yankees
Date: 8/7/13
Young Professionals Committee of
Chicago Chicago Fire vs. Montreal Impact
Professional Men’s Soccer Game
Date: 8/10/13
27th Annual Holiday Fundraiser &
Bonenkai
Date: 12/12/13
Chicago Japanese
American Council
Joyce Chelberg
E D U C A T I O N A L
E V E N T S
History of Chicago Tour in
Japanese Language
シカゴ歴史博物館・日本語解説付ツアー
Date: 8/29/12
Speakers: Hiroko Saito, The School of the
Art Institute of Chicago & Howard Romanek,
Museum of Science & Industry Tour
in Japanese Language
シカゴ科学産業博物館・日本語解説付ツ
アー
Date: 11/18/12
Speaker: Hiroko Saito, The School of the Art
Institute of Chicago
Tour of the Art Institute of Chicago in
Japanese
シカゴ美術館・日本語解説付ツアー
シカゴ案内の知識を備えたい方、家族
より深く絵画を楽しみたい方へ
Date: 1/31/13
Speaker: Hiroko Saito, School of the Art
Tour of the Art Institute of Chicago
Picasso Exhibit in Japanese
シカゴ日米協会主催
シカゴ美術館・ピカソ展日本語解説付ツ
アー
Date: 5/2/13
History Tour of Chicago in
Japanese Language
シカゴ歴史博物館・日本語解説付ツアー
Date: 10/3/13
Speakers: Hiroko Saito, School of the Art
Institute of Chicago & Howard Romanek,
Museum of Science & Industry Tour in
Japanese Language
シカゴ科学産業博物館・日本語解説付ツ
アー
Date: 11/17/13
11/21/13 2:11 PM
C O R P O R A T E
M E M B E R
L I S T I N G
Corporate Platinum Member
NDK
OKAYA (U.S.A) Inc
Takeda Pharmaceuticals International, Inc.
Nippon Express U.S.A., Inc.
Olympia Fields Country Club
Nippon Life Benefits
Plante & Moran, PLLC
Corporate Gold Member
Nippon Sharyo USA Inc.
Ray Law International, P.C.
Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal U.S.A., Inc.
Robert W. Baird & Co.
United Airlines Mileage Plus Holdings
PNC Bank
Segal McCambridge Singer & Mahoney, Ltd.
The Economic Club of Chicago
Corporate Silver Member
Sidley Austin LLP
Tomoegawa (U.S.A.) Inc.
Astellas US LLC
Toyota Tsusho America, Inc.
Baker & McKenzie LLP
World Business Chicago
Barnes & Thornburg LLP
The Boeing Company
World Chicago
Deloitte & Touche LLP
U.S. Tsubaki, Inc.
Ernst & Young LLP
Underwriters Laboratories Inc.
Corporate Supporter Member
Kirkland & Ellis LLP
W.W. Grainger, Inc.
Aioi Nissay Dowa Insurance Company of
America
KPMG LLP
Masuda, Funai, Eifert & Mitchell, Ltd.
Corporate Member
Mayer Brown LLP
Aon Risk Services, Inc.
Molex Incorporated
Bates Carey Nicolaides, LLP
Omron Management Center of America, Inc.
Blank is the New Black
City of Chicago
TDK Corporation of America
Clausen Miller, P.C.
8 3 R D A N N I V E R S A R Y
C E L E B R ATO R Y D I N N E R
Corporate Bronze Member
Corbett Duncan & Hubly P.C.
All Nippon Airways Co., Ltd.
ECHO Incorporated
ARK Technologies, Inc.
Envisionit Media
Asahi Kaisei Bioprocess, Inc.
gate39MEDIA
Barack Ferrazzano Kirschbaum & Nagelberg
Graycor
Cornerstone Environmental,
Health & Safety, Inc.
Green Tree Products & Technologies
Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP
Illinois Department of Commerce &
Economic Opportunity
Fifth Third Bank
ITA Inc.
Genieco, Inc.
Japan Airlines Co., Ltd.
Grant Thornton LLP
Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP
IRIS USA, Inc.
Kikkoman Foods, Inc.
Kintetsu World Express (USA) Inc.
JETRO Chicago
JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.
JPower USA Development Company, Ltd.
KDDI America, Inc.
Marubeni America Corporation
McDonald's Corporation
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries America, Inc.
Mitsui & Co. (U.S.A.), Inc.
Mizuho Corporate Bank, Ltd.
Kitamura Machinery of U.S.A., Inc.
Komori America Corporation
Amano Enzyme U.S.A. Co., Ltd.
Cole & Associates
David Hale Global Economics, Inc.
Development Bank of Japan Inc.
E-Hay International Corp.
Figaro USA, INC.
Goda Advertising
Imageon Consulting, Inc.
Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern
University
Mark Goodman & Associates, Inc.
MITSUBISHI MATERIALS U.S.A. CORPORATION
Mitsubishi Motors North America, Inc.
Miyanaga America Corporation
Nikkei America Inc.
Nisshin Holding, Inc.
Nisshin Steel USA, LLC
Pacific Advisory Service, Inc. DBA Nadeshiko,
LLC
Perala Law Office
Sumitomo Electric Carbide, Inc.
Kubota Engine America Corporation
Sumitomo Life Insurance Agency of America,
Inc.
Marsh USA, Inc.
Taiyo Yuden (U.S.A..), Inc.
MBL (USA) Corporation
The Green Teaist LLC
MC Machinery Systems, Inc.
The Manshio Law Firm, P.C.
Meiji Corporation
Third Generation Financial LLC
Moritani America, Inc.
Toyota Technological Institute at Chicago
Moveo Integrated Branding
Nipponkoa Management Corporation
Yamada Chiropractic, P.C.
Okabe Co., Inc.
Yaskawa Electric America, Inc.
Okamura Corporation, Chicago Branch
“Learning from the Past to Create Japan’s Future in Jackson Park, Chicago”
Featuring Kulapat Yantrasast, Architect, Co-founder & Principal, wHY Architecture
June 13, 2013
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C A S H
D O N O R S
2 0 1 2 - 1 3
A N N U A L
CORPORATE DONORS
$5,000-9,999
$1,000-$4,999
$500-$999
Mitsubishi Materials U.S.A. Corp.
Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, Ltd.
Cole & Associates
J.P. Morgan Chase Bank
Nippon Express U.S.A., Inc.
Kikkoman Foods Foundation, Inc.
Kubota Engine America Corporation
Noritake Co., Inc.
Molex, Inc.
Michael & Suzanne Moskow
Philanthropic Fund
Moritani America, Inc.
Piper Jaffray/Advisory Research, Inc.
S P O N S O R S
&
U N D E R W R I T E R S
Very special recognition, honor and gratitude is due to the Society’s 83rd Annual Program Sponsors & Underwriters. They are
listed below. These fine member organizations have stepped forward and up as sponsors for our entire 83rd Program Year.
It is as a result of their generosity and belief in our mission and programming that the Society is able to continue to provide
the robust and vital programs that our members value highly and have come to expect. We thank each of these companies
and individuals very deeply for their support and faith in our programming and in our purpose.
Mizuho Bank Ltd.
Silverman/Sutherland
Family Foundation
Nippon Sharyo U.S.A., Inc.
Yamato Kogyo America, Inc.
Voelker Litigation Group
P R O G R A M
$250-$499
Corbett Duncan & Hubly P.C.
H.D. Hudson
Manufacturing Company
$100-$249
Joyce Chelberg
Hamilton Partners
Kitamura Machinery U.S.A., Inc.
$0-$99
Miyanaga America Corporation
C U L T U R A L
KIE/Kintetsu International
A C H I E V E M E N T
&
S C H O L A R S H I P
CULTURAL ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS
INDIVIDUAL DONORS
2003: Dr. Shozo Sato, Kabuki Master
2010: Tatsu Aoki, Asian aRts Improv Midwest
2006: Lee Gurga, American Haiku author
2011: Fujima Shunojo, Japanese Classical Dancer
$10,000+
$500-$999
$100-$249
$0-$99
2007: John R. Anderson, Anderson Gardens
2012: Kimiko Gunji, Japan House, University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana
Joyce Chelberg
Warren L. Batts
Sayuri Anderson
Diana E. Guiterrez
2008: Lucien Stryk, Translator and Writer of Zen poetry
2013: Joyce Sosho Kubose, Urasenke Tradition of Chado the Way of Tea
R.C. Hudson, Jr.
Benita Boettner
Yasuhiko Kamada
2009: Dr. Janice a. Katz, The Art Institute of Chicago
Howard Romanek
Robert Center
Thomas P. McMenamin
Dr. Arthur I. Cyr
Khairy Tourk
$1,000-$4,999
Marion Ishii
Shunichiro Kishioka
$250-$499
Ralph Fujimoto
Kimiko Nakamura
Mr. & Mrs. Clyde & Rebecca Dickey
Ken G Kabira
Joshua Jones
Michael Knapek
James A. McClung
Yasokichi Konishiki
Mary Sutherland
Alexander Lourie
Shigeru Mori
Joann R. Tomes
Ken Yoshitani
RECENT SCHOOL OF THE ART INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO SCHOLARSHIP AWARD RECIPIENTS
2006: Reina Williams
2008: Kathleen Lynee Kutsche
2010: Michael Chlebowski
2012: Emma Bottari
2007: Adam Janusz
2009: Elgin Bokari T. Smith
2011: Cheryl-Ann Fakes
2013: Gan Kanji Uyeda
NAMBU AWARDS
2012: New Trier Winnetka
(Illinois Science Olympiad First Place Overall, High School Division)
2013: Niles North High School
(Illinois Science Olympiad First Place Category Gravity Vehicle)
2012: A
dlai E. Stevenson High School
(Illinois Science Olympiad Second Place Overall, High School Division)
2013: Rockford Auburn High School
(Illinois Science Olympiad First Place Category Problem Solving)
Charter Committee Members:
Mitsubishi Engine North America, Inc.
I.T.A., Inc.
Molex, Inc.
Omron Management Center
of America, Inc.
Nippon Steel + Sumitomo
Metal U.S.A, Inc.
Regular Committee Members:
Meiji Corporation
Nippon Sharyo U.S.A., Inc.
I N T E R N S
The Japan America Society
of Chicago would like to thank
the below organizations for
their support:
The Japan America Society of
Chicago would like to thank
the below companies for their
ongoing support:
Japanese Chamber of Commerce
& Industry of Chicago
Blank is the New Black
JETRO Chicago
Gate39MEDIA
The Chicago Council on
Global Affairs
Holiday Inn Express
Arlington Heights
The Consulate General of Japan
at Chicago
Corbett, Duncan & Hubly P.C.
Moveo Integrated Branding
Special thanks to our student interns for 2012-2013. We greatly appreciate all of their hard work and contributions to the Society.
Audited financial statements will be made available
to members upon request.
The Japan America Society of Chicago would like to thank
Movéo Integrated Branding for their design of this annual report.
The support of Movéo is greatly appreciated.
Chelsea Bernard, Bennington College
Preston Boardman, Loyola University
Emily Boldingh, Northeastern University, Boston
Saira Chambers, DePaul University
Marija Ferber, Beloit College
Danielle Held, Loyola University
Kaloyan Kaloyanov, Loyola University
Regina Kim, Loyola University
Yu Maeda, Kansai Gaidai University
Mary Kostell, Loyola University
Mollie McElvain, Bennington College
Moe Okada, Kansai Gaidai University
Byron Ovalle, Loyola University
Sara Pope, DePaul University
Nikolina Povrzenic, Loyola University
Marta Schneider, Knox College
Kento Shukutani, Kansai Gaidai University
Miki Takahashi, Kobe College
Hitomi Takao, Kobe College
Kenji Tran, DePaul University
Chiaki Ueda, Lake Forest College
Maxwell Ulrich, Loyola University
Cameron Wooley, Loyola University
Mahira Zekotic, Loyola University
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C H A I R M E N
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P R E S I D E N T S
CHAIRMEN OF THE JAPAN AMERICA SOCIETY OF CHICAGO:
1988-2003: Adlai Stevenson, Chairman, SC&M Investment
Management Corp.
2004-2005: Keikichi Honda, Chairman, NCR Japan &
Glenn Tilton, Chairman & CEO, United Airlines
2006-2007: Glenn Tilton, Chairman & CEO, United Airlines
2008-Present: Michael H. Moskow, Vice Chairman &
Senior Fellow on the Global Economy,
PRESIDENTS OF THE JAPAN AMERICA SOCIETY OF CHICAGO:
1930-1937: Charles H. Chandler, Professor, University of Chicago
1937-1939: Russell Tyson
1939-1962: John H. Weddell
1962-1963: Raymond J. Graham
1963-1964: Galen E. Russell, former pastor of the Tokyo Union Church
1964-1966: Lafeton Whitney, Executive Director of the
Wiebolt Foundation; General in US Air Force;
Savings, Promotions, Harris Trust and Savings Bank
1966-1973: Harry A. Olsen, Partner, Arthur Andersen & Co.
1973-1975: A. Robert Abboud, Chairman, The First National Bank
of Chicago; President, Occidental Petroleum Corp.
1975: /
H O N O R A R Y
1996: L I F E T I M E
Dennis Britton, EVP and Editor, Chicago Sun-Times
1996-1999: Clyde O. Bowles, Jr., President, Burditt, Bowles &
Radzius, Chtd.; Principal, Bowles, Keating, Hering,
Matuszewich & Fiordalisi; Rooks Pitts
2000-2005: Thomas McMenamin, Vice President, Principal,
2006-2007: John A. Challenger, President, Challenger, Gray &
Christmas, Inc.
2007-2008: Edward A. Grant (Principal, Arthur Andersen LLP),
Sam Cremin (Director of Marketing Communications,
Molex, Inc.)
Shunichiro Kishioka (Chairman, I.T.A., Inc.)
2008-2012: Edward A. Grant, Principal, Arthur Andersen LLP
2012: The Honorable J.D. Bindenagel, Strategy XXI Partners
HONORARY LIFETIME MEMBERSHIP RECIPIENTS:
1977-1979: Donald Eriksen, Senior Partner, Arthur Anderson & Co.
1979-1981: Alfred F. Miossi, Executive Vice President and
Director of International Affairs, Continental Illinois
National Bank and Trust Company of Chicago
1981-1984: Thomas H. Hague, Assistant to Chairman and
Area Director- Asia, Borg-Warner Corporation
1984-1985: Hon. Adlai E. Stevenson, SC&M Investment
Management Corp.
1985-1988: Thomas Coulter, CEO, Chicago Association of
Commerce and Industry; Executive Vice President,
Lester B. Knight & Associates, Inc.; Director,
Chicago-Tokyo Bank
S P E A K E R S
1969: Mr. Kayoshi Togasaki, President of Rotary International
1971: Mr. Shiro Kashiwa, Assistant Attorney General of the
United States
1972: Mr. Oliver Statler, Author-lecturer
1974: Robert S. Ingersoll, Deputy Secretary of State, US Department
of State
2002: Honorable Ryozo Kato. Ambassador of Japan to the US, “Where
did Japan go?”
1977: The Honorable James D. Hodgso`n, Former US Ambassador
to Japan
2003: A special performance by Yukiko Ogura, Viola, Chicago
Symphony Orchestra, and an instrumental medley by Yoko
Noge & Jazz Me Blues
1978: His Excellency Fumihiko Togo, Japanese Ambassador to US
1979: The Honorable James R. Thompson, Governor of the State
of Illinois
1980: Yoshio Okawara, Ambassador of Japan to the United States
1981: Ambassador Robert S. Ingersoll, recipient of The First Class
Order of the Rising Sun
1982: The Honorable Michio Mizoguchi
1983: The Honorable Charles H. Percy
1987: Akio Morita, Chairman and CEO of Sony Corporation
September 27, 2011
Leo Melamed, Former Chairman of the Mercantile Exchange, and
Chairman Emeritus of the CME Group, Inc.
December 15, 2011
Dr. Ei-Ichi Negishi, Herbert C. Brown Distinguished
Professor of Chemistry, Purdue University and Recipient of
the 2010 Nobel Prize in Chemistry
June 14, 2012
Ambassador Rust M. Deming, Adjunct Professor, Japan Studies,
Johns Hopkins University and Former Director of the Office of
Japanese Affairs
June 13, 2013
Kulapat Yantrasast, Architect, Co-founder and Principal,
wHY Architecture
2000: Honorable Shunji Yanai, Ambassador of Japan to the US.
1976: Frank Gibney, “1776-1868: Two Revolutions and
their Descendents”
April 14, 2010 Beate Sirota Gordon Worked at General MacArthur’s headquarters on
a team charged with writing a new constitution for Japan
June 9, 2011
Ambassador Robert M. Orr, Executive Director, Asian Development Bank
1999: Honorable Akiko Yamanaka, Member of Japanese Diet, “The
Role of Women in Japanese Society”
1975: Robert S. Ingersoll, Former Ambassador of US to Japan, Deputy
Secretary of State, US Department of State
1984: Honorable Moriyuki Motono
September 16, 2010
Dr. Yoichiro Nambu, The Harry Platt Judson Professor Emeritus, The
University of Chicago & Recipient of the 2008 Nobel Prize in Physics
1998: His Excellency Kunihiko Saito, Ambassador of Japan to the
United States, “The Status of US-Japan Relations”
2001: James Cantalupo, Vice Chairman and President of McDonald’s
Corporation, “McDonald’s in Japan: Perspective on a Thirty
Year Relationship”
June 4, 2009
Dr. Kazuo Kawasaki, Design Director, Doctor of Medical Science,
Professor of Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka University &
Professor Emeritus at Nagoya City University
Russell Baker, Senior Partner, Baker & McKenzie
1975-1977: James H. Ingersoll, Vice President, External Affairs,
Borg-Warner Corporation
K E Y N O T E
1985: Professor Ezra F. Vogel, Harvard University
1986: Mr. James D. Robinson III, Chairman and CEO,
American Express Co.
1988: Mr. Stephen Wolf of UAL Corporation United Airlines,
“Important Role of Corporate Citizenship in Enhancing and
Stabilizing US-Japan Bilateral Relations”
1989: Mr. Scott E. Pardee, Chairman of Yamaichi International
(America) Inc.
1990: Mr. Toshiaki Ogasawara, Chairman and Publisher of the Japan
Times, Japan’s leading English language daily, “The United
States and Japan: The Relationship in the Nineties”
1991: Honorable Takako Doi, Member of the Diet, Chairperson,
Social Democratic Party of Japan, “Japan’s Role in the
International Community”
1992: Takashi Oka, Senior Correspondent, Christian Science Monitor,
“Japan and the United States: Non-military Power in the PostCold War Era”
1993: Ambassador of Japan to UN, the Honorable Yoshio Hatano,
“Japan in the New United Nations”
2004: Mutsuyoshi Nishimura, Ambassador of Japan to Mexico. Former
Consul General of Japan at Chicago, “My Views on America”
2005: Guest chefs from United Airlines/Signature Room
2006: Dr. Lee Gurga. award-winning haiku poet and former editor of
Modern Haiku, the oldest and most respected journal of haiku
and haiku studies outside Japan. He is a past president of the
Haiku Society of America.
2007: David W. Grzelak, Chairman and CEO, Komatsu America Corp.
“Komatsu: Managing a Japanese Company in North America”
2008: Michael R. Lufrano, Senior Vice President, Community Affairs
and General Counsel, Chicago Cubs. “The International Past
Time: Traditions and Connections between Baseball, Japan and
Wrigley Field.
2009: Dr. Kazuo Kawasaki, Design Director, Doctor of Medical Science,
Professor of Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka University,
Professor Emeritus at Nagoya City University. “Japanese Designs
- From Eyeglasses to Artificial Organ Technology”
2010: Professor Theodore C. Bestor, Chair of the Department
of Anthropology, Social Anthropology Program,
Harvard University
2011: Ambassador Robert M. Orr, U.S. Executive Director to the Asian
Development Bank. “The U.S.-Japan Relationship at the Asian
Development Bank”.
2012: Ambassador Rust M. Deming, Adjunct Professor, Japan Studies,
Johns Hopkins University and Former Director of the Office
of Japanese Affairs
2013: Kulapat Yantrasast, Architect, Co-founder and Principal,
wHY Architecture
1994: Dr. Koji Taira, Professor of Economics and Industrial Relations at
the University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana, “Will the Rising
Sun Set?”
1995: Ambassador Nicholas Platt, President, The Asia Society, “The
United States and Japan in Asia”
1996: Mr. Noboru Hatakeyama, President of JETRO, “Friendly Advice
to America from an Old Friend”
1997: Honorable Yoshio Okawara former Ambassador of Japan to US
(1981-1985), “The Changing Context of US-Japan Relations”
1988-1992: Jack D. Beem, Partner, Baker & McKenzie
1993-1995: Clyde Dickey, Partner and Director of International
Business, Arthur Anderson & Co.
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J A P A N
E A R T H Q U A K E / T S U N A M I
R E L I E F
F U N D
We thank the below donors for joining us in the continued effort to help support the people of
Japan. All those affected by these events will remain foremost in our thoughts and prayers.
To make a donation: www.jaschicago.org
100% of proceeds will go to The Japanese Red Cross
The Japan America Society of Chicago is a 501(c)(3) organization.
All contributions are tax-deductible to the extent permitted by law.
Thank you for your support!
$906
Lindsay Peigh
$358
Sachi Nakamura
$838.78
Oakton Community College Japan Club
$350
Kreizelman Burton & Associates LLC
Shunichiro Kishioka
$753
Papillion La Vista School District
$700
Dundee Crown High School, DC One
Heart
$695
Kannitha Sith, Career Builder SRG &
Healthcare Zone
$230,417 AS OF OCTOBER 24, 2013
$681.58
Sweet Endeavors/Chocolatines
WE WOULD LIKE TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE DONORS THAT PLEDGED $300+:
$666
St. John’s Lutheran Church
$35,000
Chicago Bears Football Club, Inc.
$2,697
Woodland School District #50
$12,500
Barnes & Thornburg, LLP (Additional
$12,500 donated to the Japan America
Society of Indiana)
$2,000
Matthew Ambrogi
Investment Technology Group
Machiko Sullivan
Herman & Elba Vela
$4,261.33
Midwest Buddhist Temple
$1,291
School of the Art Institute of Chicago &
the Japan Relief Committee
$3,000
Sumitomo Corporation
of America Foundation
$1,108
Shigeru Tsuji
$1,000
American Foods Group
Arrowsight, Inc.
Celine Bendy
Bill Buckner
Catelli Brothers
CFS North America
Joyce Chelberg
Clemens Family Corporation
Cryovac Div., Sealed Air Corporation
Ed Miniat, Inc.
FPL Food, LLC
Mr. & Mrs. Donald Hedberg
J.H. Routh Packing Company
Kayem Foods
Kenosha Beef International
Kunzler and Company
Land O’ Frost
Marlen International
MIDCO Inc.
Mr. & Mrs. Robert Nagle
National Beef Packing Co., LLC
Nippon Sharyo Manufacturing LLC
Mr. & Mrs. Ralph Nozaki
Odom’s Tennessee Pride Sausage, Inc.
Plumrose USA
Rose Packing Company
Seaboard Foods
Segall Bryant & Hamill
Shogun Japanese Steak House
Alan Simon
William A. Streff, Jr.
The Metropolitan Club Fund at
The Chicago Community Trust
Mari Yamamoto Regnier
$1,070
Lake View High School
$970
U.S. Tsubaki Holdings, Inc.
$11,456
Tatami Catering
$10,240
Human Thread
$10,000
Jason Foods Inc.
$9,848.40
Japonais Restaurant & Lounge
$6,411.09
Afternoon Green Tea Fundraiser
$5,000
Fresh Mark
LeaderTech Systems of Chicago, Inc.
$4,692.50
Chicago White Sox
$2,887
Latin School of Chicago
$1,633
Madison Metropolitan School District
$1,600
Grissom Middle School
International Women Associates
$1,500
Phalanx Capital Management LLC
$1,491
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