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Annual Report2015—2016
Jonathan E. ColbyManaging Director
The Carlyle Group
Gerald L . CurtisBurgess Professor of Political Science
Columbia University
Richard A. DruckerPartner
Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP
Louis J. Forster*General Partner
Green Visor Capital
Jacob A. FrenkelChairman
JPMorgan Chase International
Carol Gluck*George Sansom Professor of History
Columbia University
Maurice R. GreenbergChairman & CEO
C.V. Starr & Co., Inc.
Akira HarashimaPresident & CEO
Tokio Marine North America, Inc.
Kevin T. Hogan CEO of Global Consumer Insurance
AIG Property Casualty
Yosuke HonjoPresident & CEO
ITO EN (North America) INC.
Ryota IsshikiGroup Vice President
& Coordinating Officer
Toyota Motor North America, Inc.
Joichi ItoDirector
MIT Media Lab
Jon C. IwataSenior Vice President, Marketing &
Communications
IBM Corporation
Merit E. JanowDean, School of International and
Public Affairs
Professor of Professional Practice,
International Economic Law &
International Affairs
Columbia University
Robert A. KarrPrincipal
Joho Capital, LLC
Frederick H. KatayamaAnchor
Thomson Reuters
Jonathan B. KindredPresident & CEO
Morgan Stanley Japan
Holdings Co., Ltd.
Richard S. LanierPresident
Asian Cultural Council
Alan S. MacDonald*Chief Client Officer
Vice Chairman
Citibank, N.A.
Jun MakiharaChairman
Neoteny Co., Ltd.
Yukihiko MatsumuraPresident & CEO
Marubeni America Corporation
Kanetsugu MikeGroup Head for Global Business Group,
Regional Executive for the Americas
Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG)
Shinji MinobePresident & CEO
Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal
U.S.A ., Inc.
Hidemoto MizuharaPresident & CEO
Mitsubishi Corporation (Americas)
Satoru Murase*Partner
Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
Toby S. MyersonPartner
Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton &
Garrison LLP
Toshikazu Nambu*Vice Chairman
Japan Society
President & CEO
Sumitomo Corporation of Americas
Fumio OtaniChairman & CEO
Toshiba America, Inc.
Joseph R. Perella Founding Partner, Chairman & CEO
Perella Weinberg Partners
Punit Renjen Chief Executive Officer
Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Limited
Justin A. RockefellerAddepar.com
Rockefeller Brothers Fund
The ImPact
Wilbur L . Ross, Jr.*Chairman
Japan Society
Chairman & Chief Strategy Officer
WL Ross & Co. LLC
Motoatsu SakuraiPresident
Japan Society
(Ex officio)
Takayuki SawanoChairman & CEO, Head of Americas
Daiwa Capital Markets America
Holdings Inc.
Timothy SchiltPartner
Berens Capital Management, LLC
Nicole SeligmanFormer President
Sony Corporation of America
David SnoddyFounder & Managing Partner
Nezu Asia Capital Management
Joshua N. Solomon Ed. D.Principal
New York City Department of
Education
Hiroshi SuehiroSenior Managing Executive Officer
Mizuho Bank, Limited
Reiichiro Takahashi**Ambassador & Consul General of Japan
in New York
Consulate General of Japan
Yasushi TakahashiPresident & CEO
Mitsui & Co. (U.S.A .), Inc.
Tsutomu TakemuraCo-CEO
Nomura Holding America Inc.
Gary M. Talarico*Managing Director
Cora Street Partners
Chris WachenheimCo-President
Greenhaven Associates, Inc.
Tomofumi YoshidaPresident & CEO
ITOCHU International Inc.
SECR E TARY
Susan J. OnumaPartner
Ingram Yuzek Gainen Carroll &
Bertolotti, LLP
L IFE DIR EC TO R S
Deryck C. Maughan
Henry A. McKinnell, Jr.Chairman
Accordia Global Health Foundation
Former Chairman of the Board & CEO
Pfizer Inc
Peter G. PetersonFounder & Chairman
Peter G. Peterson Foundation
Chairman Emeritus & Co-Founder
The Blackstone Group
Michael I. SovernPresident Emeritus and Chancellor Kent
Professor of Law
Columbia University
Paul A. VolckerFormer Chairman of the Board of
Governors
Federal Reserve System
H O N O R ARY PAT RO NS
H.E. Kenichiro SasaeAmbassador of Japan to the United
States of America
H.E. Reiichiro TakahashiAmbassador & Consul General of Japan
in New York
H.E. Koro BesshoAmbassador, Permanent
Representative of Japan to the
United Nations
—As of June 1, 2016
*Denotes member of the
Executive Committee
**Denotes Honorary Director
Japan Society Board of Directors
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.
Dear Friends and Supporters,
We continually strive to increase the visibility of Japan Society not only in
the United States, but also in Japan, deepening the impact of our institutional
mission. To commemorate the fif th anniversary of the Great East Japan
Earthquake, we co-organized two conferences in Tokyo that focused on disaster
recovery and a vision for the future of Tohoku. We also expanded earthquake
relief efforts to Kumamoto.
Our 2016 Annual Dinner attracted 620 guests and raised over $1.33 million.
Highlights included Japan Society Chairman Wilbur Ross’ f ireside chat with Bank
of America Chairman & CEO Brian Moynihan and actor George Takei’s heartfelt
acceptance of the Japan Society Award.
The 2015-16 Performing Arts season welcomed a robust lineup of distinguished
artists, including Living National Treasure Mansaku Nomura in a traditional
kyogen program with his son, Mansai. For the North American tour of Toshiki
Okada’s God Bless Baseball, a consortium of co-presenters was organized that
included five leading U.S. performing arts presenters from across the country.
The Mary Livingston Griggs and Mary Griggs Burke Foundation awarded Japan
Society Gallery a $2 million grant, followed by an additional gift of $2.5 million in
fall 2016. Both grants will be used to establish the Mary Griggs Burke Endowment
Fund for exhibition development as well as public and educational programming
for audiences of all ages. In fall 2015, Japan Society Gallery showcased For a New
World to Come: Experiments in Japanese Art and Photography, 1968-1979, which
Ken Johnson of The New York Times called “ fascinating and illuminating.” The
spring exhibition, In the Wake: Japanese Photographers Respond to 3/11, opened
on the fif th anniversary of the Great East Japan Earthquake.
Film programming significantly increased this past year with 66 screenings
and events. The 10th anniversary of the JAPAN CUTS film festival had an
unprecedented lineup of guest filmmakers and stars —Lily Franky and Atsuko
Maeda, among others—with 29 feature films and dozens of shorts, almost all
screening in NYC for the first time.
The Business & Policy Program hosted 27 corporate lectures and events,
welcoming high-level officials from Bank of Japan, including Governor Haruhiko
Kuroda and Deputy Governor Hiroshi Nakaso, who talked about Japan’s economy
under quantitative and qualitative monetary easing. Women on the Rise, a new
series, focused on the advancement of women in the public and private sectors.
The Talks+ Program held 19 diverse lectures and hands-on workshops, receiving
mentions in major media including C-SPAN, The New York Times, InStyle
Magazine, The New Yorker and Architectural Digest. Among the notable guests
were actor George Takei, kabuki star Ebizo Ichikawa XI and architect Sou
Fujimoto. One of the most exciting accomplishments was the Okinawa series,
co-organized with Okinawa Prefectural Government.
In the 20th anniversary year of the Education & Family Program, 10 U.S. students
were selected to travel to Japan, and 10 Japanese students traveled to New York,
to participate in the Japan Society Junior Fellows Leadership Program. They
met with leading professionals, including former Senator John “Jay” Rockefeller
IV, stayed with a host family, visited historical sites and completed a research
project. Ten U.S. educators traveled on the three-week Educators’ Study Tour to
Japan, among other enriching programming for educators and students.
The Toyota Language Center reached record Japanese class enrollment for
three consecutive semesters this year, surpassing 500 students each at about
a 17 percent increase from two years prior. New courses included popular
JLPT preparation classes, as well as J-drama and manga courses. Our monthly
conversation events (Nihongo Chat) began to incorporate cultural components,
featuring a guest demonstration of emoji art in October and, through a grant from
The Japan Foundation, a series of J-Culture events beginning with kimono-no-
kitsuke in May.
Innovators Network completed its three-year U.S.-Japan Leaders Exchange with
participants from Tohoku, New Orleans, LA, Wilmington, OH, Detroit, MI and New
York, NY. This collaboration resulted in four new data projects by participants in
Sendai and Onagawa in Miyagi Prefecture, and in Iitate and Namie in Fukushima
Prefecture, and a new program started by a participant from Soma, Fukushima to
engage high school social entrepreneurs.
Our programs and events continue to expand in scope, attendance and media
acclaim. As always, I thank you for your ongoing support and hope to see you at
future Japan Society events.
Motoatsu Sakurai
President, Japan Society
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Clockwise, from top left: A guest at the opening night reception for In the Wake: Japanese
Photographers Respond to 3/ 11 ties a wish onto Yoko Ono’s Wish Tree installation. Photo © Lily
Kesselman. Kabuki star Ebizo Ichikawa XI addresses guests at a private reception following his
sold-out public lecture. Photo © Daphne Youree. Yoshiharu Ishikawa, President, Stripe Corporation;
Motoatsu Sakurai, President, Japan Society; Yoshiko Mori, Chairperson, Mori Art Museum; and Yukie
Kamiya, Director, Japan Society Gallery, at a reception introducing Okayama Art Summit 2016. Photo
© Daphne Youree. Young professionals sing out at the f if th annual Midsummer Matsuri & Karaoke
Party. Photo © Lily Kesselman. Kyogen actor Mansai Nomura (lef t) with Miki Orihara, Principal
Dancer, Martha Graham Dance Company, and actor Tanroh Ishida. Photo © Yoko Suzuki, Japan Society.
Facing page, clockwise, from top: Guests visit the gallery at the Provoke! Black-and-White Party
celebrating the exhibition For a New World to Come: Experiments in Japanese Art and Photography,
1968-1979. Photo © Lily Kesselman. H.E. Yoshifumi Okamura, Ambassador Extraordinary and
Plenipotentiary and Deputy Permanent Representative of Japan to the United Nations (holding bottle),
discusses wine with Kenzo Tsujimoto, Chairman & Representative Director of Capcom and Owner
of Kenzo Estate (at head of table). Photo © Daphne Youree. Society patrons enjoy a traditional lion
dance at the annual New Year’s Celebration. Photo © Daphne Youree. Professor Donald Keene at a
reception held in his honor. Photo © Itsuro Umemoto, Jiji Press New York. The Hon. Paul A . Volcker,
Japan Society Life Director, greets H.E. Shinzo Abe, Prime Minister of Japan, at a special reception
held during the United Nations General Assembly. Photo © Daphne Youree.
Special Events
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Clockwise, from top to bottom: Brian Moynihan, Chairman & CEO of Bank of America (right), in
dialogue with Japan Society Chairman Wilbur L . Ross, Jr. (lef t). 2016 Annual Dinner at the Hilton
New York Grand Ballroom. Guests of honor, lef t to right: Japan Society Award presenter Frederick H.
Katayama; keynote speaker Brian Moynihan; Japan Society Chairman Wilbur L . Ross, Jr. and Hilary
Geary Ross; Japan Society Award recipient George Takei and Brad Takei; Nobuko Sakurai; performer
Rei; and Japan Society President Motoatsu Sakurai. Rei performs. Actor George Takei (lef t) receives
the 2016 Japan Society Award from Frederick H. Katayama. Photos © Daphne Youree.
2016 Annual DinnerApproximately 620 guests gathered on June 1 at the Hilton New York for the
Society’s annual fundraising gala. Bank of America Chairman & CEO Brian
Moynihan engaged in a keynote dialogue with Japan Society Chairman Wilbur L.
Ross, Jr. Bestselling author Dan Pink served as Master of Ceremonies and up-and-
coming guitarist and singer/songwriter Rei provided entertainment. The evening
concluded with Japan Society Board Member Frederick H. Katayama presenting
the 2016 Japan Society Award to legendary actor George Takei.
Business & PolicyThe Business & Policy 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 27 programs in 2015-16 featured topics such as Japan’s economy
under quantitative and qualitative monetary easing and Abenomics, as well as
the launch of Women on the Rise, a new series providing enriching content on the
advancement of women in the public and private sectors.
Clockwise, from top right: The Hon. Haruhiko Kuroda (right), Governor, Bank of Japan. Photo ©
Alan Klein. Jonathan Alter (lef t), Correspondent, MSNBC, Meena Bose (center), Executive Dean,
Hofstra University’s Peter S . Kalikow School of Government, Public Policy, and International Af fairs
and Gloria Riviera (right), Correspondent, ABC News. Photo © Daphne Youree. Toyoo Gyohten
(lef t), President of the Institute for International Monetary Affairs; Former Japanese Vice-Minister
of Finance for International Af fairs , and Paul A . Volcker (right), former Chairman of the Board of
Governors, Federal Reserve System. Photo © Alan Klein. Dr. Shuji Nakamura (right), Nobel prize
laureate and Professor, University of California, Santa Barbara and Jun Makihara, Member of the
Board of Directors, Japan Society. Photo © Alan Klein. Ian Bremmer, President, Eurasia Group. Photo
© Daphne Youree.
Japan Society wishes to thank the following corporations for their generous support of the Business & Policy Program:
GLOBAL LE ADER S:
Citi Deloitte United Airlines
CORP OR ATE PARTNER S:
Mizuho Financial Group Toyota Motor North America, Inc. WL Ross & Co. LLC
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Japan Society GalleryJapan Society Gallery is among the premier institutions in the U.S. for the exhibition of
Japanese art, presenting major exhibitions each spring and fall. For a New World to Come:
Experiments in Japanese Art and Photography, 1968-1979 was organized by the Museum
of Fine Arts, Houston. It was co-presented in New York City with the Grey Art Gallery, New
York University. In the Wake: Japanese Photographers Respond to 3/11 was organized by the
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.
From top to bottom: Takashi Arai (b. 1978), April 26, 2011 , Onahama, Iwaki City, Fukushima Prefecture from
the series Mirrors in Our Nights, 2011 . Daguerreotype. © Takashi Arai / Courtesy of PGl. Lost and Found,
photographs salvaged from the tsunami debris . Courtesy of the Lost and Found Project, exhibited in In
the Wake: Japanese Photographers Respond to 3/ 11 . Photo © Lily Kesselman. For a New World to Come:
Experiments in Japanese Art and Photography, 1968-1979, installation shot. Photo Richard Goodbody.
Toshio Matsumoto (b. 1932), For the Damaged Right Eye, 1968. Triple 16mm film (transferred to DVD),
color, 12 min. 9 sec. Matsumoto Toshio. © Toshio Matsumoto / Photo: PJMIA.
“Exceptionally interesting and informative.... you see memes and trends—including the assimilation of photography
into contemporary art—that would continue to resonate in ensuing decades around the world even up to today.”
—Ken Johnson, The New York Times
“Inventive... powerful... impressive... a model of intelligent memorializing.”
—NPR’s “Morning Edition”
Performing ArtsThe Performing Arts Program introduces performers from Japan’s contemporary
and traditional music, dance and theater scenes and commissions non-
Japanese performing artists 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.
Clockwise, from top left: Japan Society’s fall Okinawan Vibes series began with an exquisite
performance of music and dance from Okinawa’s folk and popular repertoire, showcasing 14 dancers and
instrumentalists , all alumni and faculty members of the prestigious Okinawa Prefectural University of Arts .
Photo © Julie Lemberger. Choreographer Shuji Onodera’s Spectator, a multimedia dance piece performed
by both professional dancers and participants from workshops led by Onodera at a school for the Deaf in
Tokyo. Photo © Julie Lemberger. The sister duo known as Charan-Po-Rantan made their New York debut
in a sold-out pre-Halloween concert/party event. Photo © Ayumi Sakamoto. Celebrated playwright/
director Toshiki Okada’s newest piece God Bless Baseball, addressing U.S. , Japan and Korean relations
through the lens of baseball , was presented in New York as part of The Public Theater’s Under the Radar
Festival. Photo © Julie Lemberger. In its North American debut, Otomo Yoshihide’s unit FEN (Far East
Network), comprising Ryu Hankil (Korea), Yan Jun (China) and Yuen Chee Wai (Singapore), performed two
improvisatory sets, one in the Society’s foyer/bamboo garden and the second in the auditorium. Photo ©
George Hirose.
“A rare and exquisite program showcasing the performing arts of Japan’s southwestern islands.”
—The New York Times about Traditional Dance from Okinawa
with Live Music
“...amusing and often visually arresting..."
—The New York Times about God Bless Baseball
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FilmJapan Society’s Film Program screens a diverse selection of classic and
contemporary Japanese cinema throughout the year—including retrospectives of
seminal directors, thematic series and special screenings of international, U.S.
and NY premieres—and organizes JAPAN CUTS: Festival of New Japanese Film,
the largest festival of its kind in North America.
Clockwise from top lef t: JAPAN CUTS 2016 audience watches a video introduction by director Sion Sono
before the New York premiere screening of Love & Peace. Photo © Japan Society/Mike Nogami. Actor
Lily Franky receives the CUT ABOVE Award for Outstanding Performance in Film at JAPAN CUTS 2016.
Photo © George Hirose. Filmmaker Nobuhiko Obayashi attends a post-screening party of House during his
retrospective. Photo © Ayumi Sakamoto. JAPAN CUTS 2016 programmer Joel Neville Anderson moderates
a post-screening Q&A for the North American premiere of The Actor with director Satoko Yokohama.
Photo © Japan Society/Mike Nogami.
“Pound-for-pound one of the most consistently rewarding film festivals on the planet, JAPAN CUTS grows more vital with every passing year.”
—Indiewire
Talks+Talks+ 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. Events are hosted in a
variety of formats; audiences interact with speakers during intimate lectures,
view onstage presentations and meet speakers during post-event receptions.
Top to bottom: Architect Sou Fujimoto signs a book for a guest after his talk , “Sou Fujimoto’s
Designs: Rethinking Boundaries.” Photo © Daphne Youree. Bestselling author Marie Kondo (right)
discusses her life-changing home organizing method with New York Times Style columnist Molly
Young. Photo © Daphne Youree. “Country of Dreams: Art Festival as Social Change,” a discussion
with world-renowned artists Marina Abramovic, Cai Guo-Qiang and Emilia Kabakov, and Asian art
specialist Midori Yamamura, with Japan Society Gallery Director Yukie Kamiya moderating. Photo ©
Daphne Youree. Guests enjoy Okinawan specialties at Explore Okinawa: Art, Culture & Cuisine from
the Ryukyu Islands. Photo © George Hirose.
“Country of Dreams was an academic treat for anyone with a moderate to severe obsession with contemporary art-stars. Couple
that with bringing public art projects to picturesque rural areas and the perfect evening of intellectual titillation ensued.”
—Stephanie Black, ArtZealous.com
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Education & FamilyThe Education & Family Program sparks interest in Japan through a suite of programs
including the Japan Society Junior Fellows Leadership Program as well as family, school
and educator programs. Our interactive website, About Japan: A Teacher’s Resource, and
the social networking site for students, Going Global, provide educational tools to connect
classrooms throughout the world.
aboutjapan.japansociety.org
“The Junior Fellows Program has given me the opportunity to better myself and grow in many areas. Throughout the program,
I have matured as a person and have wrestled with the ideas of independence and responsibility. My understanding of Japan
has deepened and so has my love for the country... I will never see the world in the same way.”
— Andrea Romero, 2015 U.S. Junior Fellow, Belleville, NJ
“This was a once in a lifetime opportunity. Thank you for selecting me for the 2015 Japan Society Tour. I will take what
I’ve learned from our trip together with me to every class I teach, for years and years to come.” — Emily Scibilia, 2015 Educators’ Study Tour Participant, International
High School of Health Sciences, Elmhurst, New York
Clockwise from top lef t: Charan-Po-Rantan performs at the second annual fall Obake Family Day.
Photo © George Hirose. U.S . Junior Fellows pose in front of the torii gates in Kyoto, Japan. Photo
© Japan Society/ Yumi Nagasawa. Families practice karate at Folklore Family Day. Photo © Ayumi
Sakamoto. Masahiro and Yuji Sasaki, Clif ton Truman Daniel, eldest grandson of President Harry
Truman, and Navy veteran Fred Mitchell discuss reconciliation and their own experiences with WWII
at “Stories from the Pacif ic War.” Photo © Kaoru Komi.
Toyota Language Center
Clockwise from top lef t: Shodo is one of the Society’s many popular courses; open level classes
accommodate students at all levels , from beginner to advanced. Photo © George Hirose. Japanese
language students share a moment in the classroom. Photo © Alan Klein. Language Center instructor
Kazue Kurahara teaches a class in the C .V. Starr Library. Photo © Alan Klein. Nihongo Chat is a
informal event that lets students practice Japanese and English conversation together in a social
setting. Photo © Japan Society.
The Toyota Language Center offers 13 comprehensive levels of Japanese with
specialized courses (including JLPT preparation, Kanji, Business, Conversation,
J-Drama, Anime and Manga), workshops and intensives, totaling approximately
216 classes each year. Other courses include shodo (Japanese calligraphy),
English conversation (ESL) and a Japanese-language teacher training program.
Additional programs include conversation exchange events, free trial Japanese
lessons and offsite corporate group lessons.
The C.V. Starr Library contains approximately 14,000 volumes on Japan and
U.S.-Japan relations, primarily in English. Use of the library is limited to Japan
Society members and Toyota Language Center students.
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Innovators NetworkThe Innovators Network makes real world impact through thoughtful examination
of key issues, new ideas and emerging social trends in the U.S., Japan and around
the world. It facilitates unique opportunities for leaders to share knowledge and
insight, and to catalyze positive social change. This year, projects focused on
accelerating recovery in Tohoku.
Top to bottom: Kana Sambe, President, Glowing Cloud, at a one-day boot camp with Propeller: A Force
for Social Innovation as part of the U.S.-Japan Leaders Exchange. Photo courtesy of ETIC . Japan Society
Fellows Reunion on May 20, 2016. Front row, lef t to right: Betty Borden, Director, Innovators Network,
Japan Society; Clif ford Chanin, Vice President for Education and Public Programs, National September
11 Memorial & Museum; David Shenk, writer; Susan Dentzer, President & Chief Executive Officer, The
Network for Excellence in Health Innovation; Margaret McKeown, Circuit Judge, Ninth Circuit Court of
Appeals; Donna Shalala, President, The Clinton Foundation; Phoebe Eaton, writer; Peter Edelman, Carmack
Waterhouse Professor of Law and Public Policy & Faculty Director, Center on Poverty and Inequality,
Georgetown University Law Center; Ruri Kawashima, Tokyo Representative, Japan Society; and Motoatsu
Sakurai, President, Japan Society. Back row, lef t to right: Jay Parker, Distinguished Professor and
Department Chair, College of International Security Affairs , National Defense University; Karen DeWitt,
Executive Communications Manager/Presidential Speechwriter, American Bar Association; Jonathan
Rauch, Senior Fellow, Brookings Institution & Contributing Editor, National Journal and The Atlantic;
Hirohito Ohno, Senior Staf f Writer, Asahi Shimbun; Vicki Saporta, President & CEO, National Abortion
Federation; Charles Lane, Opinion Writer, The Washington Post; Walter Shapiro, Columnist, Roll Call ,
Lecturer, Political Science, Yale University, and Fellow, Brennan Center for Justice, NYU School of Law;
Gregg Suhler, Founder, Dynamic Predictables; Alice Tepper Marlin, Founder & President Emerita, Social
Accountability International; Robert Boynton, Assistant Professor & Director, Literary Reportage, NYU
School of Journalism; Miriam Horn, Special Projects, Environmental Defense Fund; Mary Lassen, Managing
Director, Center for Community Change; Elizabeth Sturcken, Managing Director, California Corporate
Partnerships, Environmental Defense Fund; and Rosanne Haggerty, President & CEO, Community
Solutions. Photo © Daphne Youree. Robert S . Boynton (lef t), author of The Invitation-Only Zone: The
True Story of North Korea’s Abduction Project and Suki Kim (right), author of Without You, There Is No
Us: My Time with the Sons of North Korea’s Elite at “A Trip into the Twilight Zone: North Korea.” Photo
© Ayumi Sakamoto. Koji Yamauchi (lef t), Managing Director, ETIC . and Yuji Suzuki (right), Executive
Managing Director & Secretary General, Sanaburi Foundation at THINK TOHOKU 2011-2021: The Regional
Revitalization Challenge in Tohoku, a symposium in Tokyo. Photo courtesy of ETIC .
“Is Tohoku an innovation lab for solving some of society’s most pressing challenges?”
— Haruo Miyagi, Founder, ETIC.
Japan Earthquake Relief FundAlthough more than five years have passed since the Great East Japan Earthquake struck
Tohoku, Japan Society continues to support recovery work in the region through the Japan
Earthquake Relief Fund. Two new grants were made, one to the Sanaburi Foundation in Sendai
to support a data project that will track recovery efforts in Tohoku and the other to ETIC. in
Tokyo for a series of events to commemorate the fif th anniversary of the Great East Japan
Earthquake. The fif th anniversary events served as an opportunity for organizations doing
work on the ground to reflect on their past achievements and to develop a vision for the future
as they move forward.
Top to bottom: Staf f members at Fukushima Organ-Dou in Tokyo, run by Fukushima Organic Agriculture
Network. Photo courtesy of Fukushima Organic Agriculture Network. On October 16, 2015, children from
Fukushima came to New York to express their gratitude for the support they received after the disaster in
March 2011. Left to right: Motoatsu Sakurai, President, Japan Society; Natsumi Suzuki, Division Director,
Supporting Union for Practical-use of Educational Resources; children who participated in the Fukushima
Kids Summer Camp; and Hirohiko Yoshida, Managing Director, Supporting Union for Practical-Use of
Educational Resources. Photo © George Hirose. The opening ceremony for a f ishermen’s workspace on the
Oshika Peninsula, Miyagi on February 24, 2016. Local f ishermen will use the workspace to process f ish and
seaweed into new products. Photo courtesy of Tumugiya.
Kumamoto
Total funds raised: $246,563
Total funds allocated: ---
Largest single gift: $50,000
Total number of donations: 433
Tohoku
Total funds raised: $14,087,284
Total funds allocated: $13.95 million
Largest single gift: $1 million
Total number of donations: 24,001
—As of June 30, 2016
In response to the 2016 Kumamoto Earthquake, Japan Society broadened the scope of the relief
fund to include support for the recovery of Kumamoto.
For more information on the Japan Earthquake Relief Fund and list of major supporters, visit
japansociety.org/earthquake.
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Japan Society Support • FY 2015-16
Online Visitors, Fans, Followers & Subscribers
280,004 Facebook fans/likes FACEBOOK .COM/JAPANSOCIET Y
66,405 Twitter followers
T WIT TER .COM/JAPANSOCIET Y
5,843,110 YouTube video views (in the past year)
25,929,129 lifetime views
38,338 new subscribers (in the past year)
YOUTUBE .COM/JAPANSOCIET YNYC
8,550 Instagram followers
INSTAGR AM .COM/JAPANSOCIET Y_ NYC
54,582 Average unique visitors to website per month
JAPANSOCIET Y.ORG —As of July 31, 2016
Operating IncomeSources of
Contributed Support
Foundation & Government
Corporations
Individuals
Investment
Earned
Contributed
Program Services
Supporting Services
Operating Expenses
26% 22% 20%
31%
58% 69%60%
14%
Clockwise, from top left: Japan Society President Motoatsu Sakurai accepts an award of appreciation on behalf of the Society from Japan Day @ Central Park President Eriyoshi Konno. Photo © Japan Society. Guests at a special gala reception following
A Night of Kyogen with Mansaku Nomura & Mansaku-no-Kai Kyogen Company. Photo © Japan Society. Left to right: Takeo Obayashi, Chairman, Obayashi Corporation; Motoatsu Sakurai, President, Japan Society; and Amb. Reiichiro Takahashi, Consul
General of Japan in New York, at a reception introducing Okayama Art Summit 2016. Photo © Daphne Youree. Guests enjoy the photo booth at the Provoke! Black-and-White Party. Photo © Japan Society.
We thank our diverse community of supporters and invite you to join us!
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.
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 relations scene.
help secure the future of Japan Society by including us in their long-term and estate plans.
enjoy networking, knowledge-sharing and business development opportunities, as well as exclusive access to business and policy leaders, and unique benefits for employees.
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.
provide critical support for Japan Society’s programs.
Individual members
Circle of Friends members
Legacy Circle members
Corporate members
Corporate sponsors
Foundation and government grants
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$250,000 and above
Citi
Mary Livingston Griggs & Mary
Griggs Burke Foundation
Mr. Wilbur L. Ross, Jr.
$100,000 and above
Deloitte
The Freeman Foundation
Mitsubishi Corporation (Americas)
Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group
(MUFG)
Mizuho Financial Group
The Starr Foundation
Toyota Motor North America, Inc.
United States-Japan Foundation
Chris A. Wachenheim
Anonymous Family Foundation
$50,000 and above
AIG
All Nippon Airways Co., Ltd.
Bank of America Merrill Lynch
Mr. Louis J. Forster
Government of Japan
ITO EN (North America) INC.
ITOCHU International Inc.
Japan Airlines
J-LOP+, funding from The Ministry of
Economy, Trade and Industry of Japan
JPMorgan Chase
Marubeni America Corporation
MetLife Foundation
Mitsubishi Corporation
Mitsui & Co. (U.S.A.), Inc.
New York City Department of
Cultural Affairs
P.K. Ranney Fund
Sony Corporation of America
Sumitomo Corporation of Americas
Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation
United Airlines
U.S. Department of Education
Japan Society Supporters* July 1, 2015—June 30, 2016
$25,000 and above
Bridgewater Associates, LP
Canon U.S.A., Inc.
Consulate General of Japan in New York
Daiwa Capital Markets America Holdings Inc.
Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP
Delta Air Lines
Dentsu Aegis Network
The Ford Foundation
The Henry Luce Foundation, Inc.
Hitachi America, Ltd.
IBM Corporation
KPMG AZSA LLC
Major League Baseball Players Trust
Jun Makihara and Megumi Oka
MetLife
Morgan Stanley
Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
Nezu Asia Capital Management LLC
Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal U.S.A., Inc.
Nomura Holding America Inc.
Okinawa Prefectural Government
ORIX Americas Miyauchi Charitable Foundation
Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP
Paulson & Co., Inc.
Mr. Joseph R. Perella
S&P Global
Yoshiko and Tim Schilt
Sojitz Corporation of America
Tokio Marine Management, Inc.
Toshiba America, Inc.
UNIQLO USA, LLC
$15 ,000 and above
Bloomberg
Brother International Corporation
Crystal & Company
Debevoise & Plimpton LLP
The Estée Lauder Companies Inc.
IHI INC.
Kansai Osaka 21st Century Association
through the Japan World Exposition 1970
Commemorative Fund
Mr. Jonathan B. Kindred
KPMG LLP
Satoru and Hiroko Murase
Museum of Contemporary Art
Mr. Toby S. Myerson
New York State Council on the Arts
Doug and Teresa Peterson
The Rockefeller Group
Sullivan & Cromwell LLP
Gary M. Talarico and Linda W. Filardi
Toyota Tsusho America, Inc.
$10,000 and above
Archegos Capital Management, LP
Mark Steven Barres
Blackstone
Mr. Jonathan E. Colby
Peggy and Richard M. Danziger
Mr. Richard A. Drucker
The Fan Fox and Leslie R. Samuels
Foundation, Inc.
Mark Gallogly and Lise Strickler
The Globus Family
Google AdWords
Indus Capital Partners, LLC
Mr. Jon Iwata
The Japan Foundation, New York
Kikkoman Corporation
Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates PC
Kumon Centers of Manhattan
David Libertson/Ronin Gallery NYC
LIXIL Group Corporation
Mr. Alan S. MacDonald
Mayer Brown LLP
Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation
Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy LLP
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries America, Inc.
Mori Building Co., Ltd.
MUFG Securities Americas Inc.
National Endowment for the Arts
OKI-DO LTD
Panasonic Corporation of North America
PwC
Robert Mapplethorpe Foundation, Inc.
Mr. and Mrs. Motoatsu Sakurai
The Sasakawa Peace Foundation—through
the National Association of Japan-America
Societies, Inc.
Sidley Austin LLP
Mr. and Mrs. David Snoddy
Sompo America Insurance Services LLC
Sony Electronics, Inc.
Thomson Reuters
The Tokyo Club (General Incorporated
Association)
Wendy Obernauer Foundation
Xerox Corporation
Japan Society Supporters* July 1, 2015—June 30, 2016
*Gifts do not include contributions to Japan Society’s Japan Earthquake
Relief Fund. For a list of major supporters to the Relief Fund, visit
japansociety.org/earthquake.
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Facing: Japan Society Award recipient George Takei (lef t) with Japan Society Vice Chairman Toshikazu Nambu and Mrs. Nambu.
Photo © Daphne Youree. Guests enjoy a private wine tasting following a presentation by Kenzo Estate representatives. Photo
© Daphne Youree P. 20: Fans with kabuki star Ebizo Ichikawa XI at a private reception following his sold-out lecture. Photo ©
Daphne Youree. P. 21: Left to right: H.E. Yoshifumi Okamura, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary and Deputy Permanent
Representative of Japan to the United Nations; Mrs. Okamura; Ian Bremmer, President, Eurasia Group; and Robert Rosenkranz, Chief
Executive Officer, Delphi Financial Group, at a private reception prior to Mr. Bremmer's talk . Photo © Daphne Youree. Left to right:
Tetsuya Sakamoto, General Manager for the Americas, Bank of Japan; Hiroshi Suehiro, Senior Managing Executive Officer, Mizuho
Bank, Limited; The Hon. Haruhiko Kuroda, Governor, Bank of Japan; Toshiya Hasegawa, Co-CEO, Nomura Holding America Inc. ; and
Keiko Tashiro, Chairwoman & CEO, Daiwa Capital Markets America Inc. , following a talk by Gov. Kuroda. Photo © Alan Klein.
The Ludwig Family Foundation and
The Honorable Eugene A. Ludwig and
Dr. Carol Ludwig
Ms. Yoko Makino
Ms. Suzanne Marquard and
Mr. James R. Breckenridge
Mitsui Fudosan America, Inc.
Mitsui Sumitomo Marine Management
(U.S.A.), Inc.
Morrison & Foerster LLP
Nikkei America, Inc.
Nikko Asset Management Americas, Inc.
Nikon Inc.
The Norinchukin Foundation
NTT America, Inc.
NYK Line (North America) Inc.
Ogilvy & Mather
Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP
Thierry Porté and Yasko Tashiro
Amy and Robert Poster
Poten & Partners, Inc.
Sapporo U.S.A., Inc.
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP
Dr. Joshua N. Solomon
Starry Night Fund
Subaru of America, Inc.
Suntory International Corp.
Dean Jeanette C. Takamura
Tata Consultancy Services
William K. Tomita
Toray Industries (America), Inc.
Jack and Susy Wadsworth
The Yasui Fund
Eri and Jeffrey Zavattero
$2, 500 and above
Aozora Bank, Ltd.
Asahi Shimbun America, Inc.
Asian Century Quest Capital, LLC
Becker, Glynn, Muffly, Chassin & Hosinski LLP
Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP
Brunswick Group LLC
Caxton Associates LP
Central Japan Railway Company
COACH A Co., Ltd.
Daiichi Sankyo, Inc.
Daikin U.S. Corporation
Mrs. Jane B. DeBevoise
Development Bank of Japan, Inc.
DNP Corporation USA
East Japan Railway Company
Ernst & Young LLP
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP
Fuji Industries Corporation
FUJIFILM Holdings America Corporation
Japan Society Supporters* (continued) July 1, 2015—June 30, 2016
$5,000 and above
Advantage Partners, Inc.
Aircastle Advisor LLC
Mr. and Mrs. Ronald and Maria Anderson
Asian Cultural Council
The Atlantic Philanthropies (USA) Inc.
Bank of Japan
Benihana of Tokyo LLC
Carter, DeLuca, Farrell & Schmidt, LLP
The Cheka Fund at The Miami Foundation
Colonial Consulting, LLC
Crow Holdings Capital
Nachiketa Das
Duff & Phelps
Epstein Becker & Green, P.C.
FUJIFILM North America Corporation
Fujisankei Communications International, Inc.
Brendan and Jenifer Garvey
Mark F. Goldfield and Mary E. Hatch
Laurel Gonsalves
Mr. Geoffrey Hoefer
JETRO New York
Kawasaki Heavy Industries (USA), Inc.
Kennedy Wilson
Konica Minolta Business Solutions U.S.A., Inc.
Kyowa Hakko U.S.A., Inc.
Mr. James Read Levy
Littler Mendelson, P.C.
Ms. Tomoko Hamada-Dougan
Honda North America, Inc.
Mr. Durant A. Hunter
Mr. Jon Hutcheson
Japan Bank for International Cooperation
Japan Local Government Center
J.C.C. Fund of the Japanese Chamber of
Commerce and Industry
JFE Steel America, Inc.
Jiji Press America, Ltd.
J. One Corporation
JTB USA, Inc.
Kajima U.S.A. Inc.
Kaneka Americas Holding, Inc.
Kikkoman Sales USA, Inc.
Kobe Steel USA Inc.
Kodansha USA, Inc.
Kyodo News America, Inc.
Dr. Stephen and Mrs. Michiko Levine
Karen L. McDonald
Meiji Yasuda America Incorporated
MetPlan Inc.
Milton and Sally Avery Arts Foundation
Minamoto Kitchoan
Mitsubishi Chemical Holdings America, Inc.
Mitsubishi Gas Chemical America, Inc.
Mitsubishi UFJ Trust and Banking Corporation
NHK CosmoMedia America, Inc.
NHK General Bureau for America
Nippon Express USA, Inc.
Nippon Life Group
The Norinchukin Bank
Okabe & Yampolsky Translations, LLC
Hiroko Onoyama
Orient Corporation of America
Permanent Mission of Japan to the
United Nations
Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP
Portland Japanese Garden
Protiviti Inc.
Errol M. Rudman and Nana Onishi
The Saison Foundation
Shiseido Cosmetics America
Sarah Billinghurst Solomon and
Howard Solomon
Mr. Alan M. Suhonen
Sumitomo Chemical America, Inc.
Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Bank, Limited
Dr. and Mrs. Carl F. Taeusch II
TAK Development, Inc.
Kiyoka Tanaka
TBS International, Inc.
Teijin Holdings USA, Inc.
Teikoku Databank America, Inc.
TOKYU HOTELS CO., LTD. New York Office
Toppan Printing Company America, Inc.
Toray Plastics (America), Inc.
TOTO Americas Holdings, Inc.
TV Asahi America, Inc.
United Building Maintenance Corporation
Wacoal America, Inc.
Windels Marx Lane & Mittendorf, LLP
Katsura Yamaguchi
The Yomiuri Shimbun
$2,000 and above
Dr. and Mrs. Frederick Baekeland
Barbara Bertozzi Castelli
Mr. and Mrs. Randall Chafetz
Ms. Pilar Conde and Dr. Alfonso Lledo-Perez
James and Beatrice Del Favero
Jennifer Gordon and Richard Shanley
David S. Howe
Mr. and Mrs. Joichi Ito
Merit E. Janow
Machiko Kashiwagi and Thomas Bingham
Mr. and Mrs. Leighton R. Longhi
Mr. Masazumi Nakayama
Marjorie Neuwirth
Nomura Research Institute America, Inc.
Kevin and Jane Quinn
Fredric T. Schneider
Ms. Matsuko Shibuya
Mr. Michael W. Sonnenfeldt
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Japan Society Supporters* (continued) July 1, 2015—June 30, 2016
Toshiko Mori
Etsuko O. Morris
Dr. Tatsuji Namba
Mr. Toshikazu Nambu
Mr. Hiro Nozaki
Hugh Patrick
Mrs. Edith K. Payne
Ms. Laura Pintchik
Quatt Associates Inc.
David and Susan Rockefeller
Mr. David Rockefeller
Indre and Justin Rockefeller
Ms. Sascha Rockefeller
Michael Romano
Paul and Yoshiko Sheard
Mr. Toshiaki Taguchi
Nora and David Tezanos
TIC Restaurant Group
Tokyo Metropolitan Government
Mr. Shinjiro Tsutsui
Westmont Associates, Inc.
Mrs. Judith Wood
Dian Woodner
Yomitime Inc.
Alex York
Ms. Kumiko Yoshii
Anonymous (5)
$500 and above
Aether Investment Partners
Ms. Diana Altman
The ARTS Council of the Southern Finger Lakes
Jacqueline Avant
Mr. Stephen D. Bloom
Mr. Geoffrey C. Carpenter
Ms. Amy E. Cherry-Abitbol
Condon, O’Meara, McGinty & Donnelly LLP
Mrs. Kate Cordsen
Mr. John A. Crawford
Professor Gerald L. Curtis
Dr. Raymond Daddazio and
Ms. Sawako Yamaguchi
Mr. Hideo Dan
Mrs. Fran Dibner
The Dilenschneider Group, Inc.
Abigail and Rick Elbaum c/o EBA Foundation
Mr. Andrew Fein
Mr. Stephen Gomes
Mr. Steven Mark Greenberg
Marc and Susan Hamaker
James and Yasuko Harris
Dr. Kimberly Heller
Taryn Higashi and Ivan Zimmerman
Robert Glenn Hubbard
Ingram Yuzek Gainen Carroll & Bertolotti, LLP
Mr. Mac Jeffery
Dr. Bic Kanayjorn
Mr. William G. Karl
Mr. Jeffery Kayl
Mr. Shohei Koide
Ms. Sarah Kreitman
Mr. Yasuhisa Kumada
Ms. Paula S. Lawrence
Mr. Matthew Lentz
Mr. Ken Lindley
Ms. Janine Luke
Mr. Francis O. McInerney
Dr. and Mrs. Robert A. Myers
Mr. and Mrs. Stephen E. Myers
Mr. Andy Nahas
Paragon Relocation
Howard and Cindy Rachofsky
Mr. Eugene E. Reilly
Mr. Michael N. Reynnells
Patricia E. Saigo, MD
Mrs. Susan S. Savitsky
Dr. Ling Yu Shih
Mr. Masaki Shirota
Ms. Jennifer T. Smith
Mr. Leonard I. Solondz
Robert Sutherland
Mr. Yukio Takeda
Mr. Junji Takegami
Mr. Lawrence Temlock
Urasenke Foundation New York Branch
Ms. Sal Werner
Anonymous
Mr. Michael I. Sovern
Ms. Keiko Tashiro
Mr. Ryoichi Ueda
Roger L. Weston
The William Talbott Hillman Foundation, Inc.
Anonymous
$1 ,000 and above
Ms. Hope Aldrich and Mr. Michael B. Jeffers
Mr. and Mrs. Omar H. Al-Farisi
AllianceBernstein L.P.
Mr. Norton Belknap
BentOn
Mr. Graeme Birchall
Ms. Reiko Braun
Mrs. Kiyoko Ohata Brown
Mr. M. David Carley and Ms. Gail Howell-Carley
Mr. David C. Chou
Daiei Trading Co., Inc.
Judy and Kim Davis
Mrs. Anne Noel Jones Dawson
Esther Simon Charitable Trust
Mr. George Gallagher
Dr. John K. Gillespie
Professor Carol Gluck
June Omura Goldberg
Mr. and Mrs. Eric Grannan
Wendy and Leeds Gulick
Mr. Yasuyuki Harada
Mr. Akira Harashima
Ms. Tracey Hecht
Ms. Sumiko Ito and Mr. Donald Allison
Ms. Noriko Iwase
Japan Foundation Los Angeles
Mr. Masumi Kakinoki
Mr. Frederick H. Katayama
Barbara Ann Klein
Konica Minolta Medical Imaging USA, Inc.
Dr. Yuichiro Kuwama
John Lipsky and Zsuzsanna Karasz
Nancy Matsumoto and Grant Vingoe
Geoff Matters
Mr. Fergus McCaffrey
Mrs. Monika McLennan
Japan Society Supporters* (continued) July 1, 2015—June 30, 2016
In MemoriamProfessor James R. Brandon, the leading scholar
specializing in kabuki; former member of Japan
Society’s Performing Arts Advisory Committee.
Willard G. Clark, world-renowned Japanese art
collector and founder of Clark Center for Japanese Art
and Culture; longtime Friend of the Gallery.
Professor Sylvan Barnet, along with his partner
William Barto, amassed one of the finest collections
of Zen calligraphy; longtime member of Japan Society.
Robin Chandler Duke, diplomat, co-founder of the
United States-Japan Foundation, and longtime friend
of Japan Society.
Kan Hosho, Living National Treasure noh actor (waki
role); performed at Japan Society several times and
participated in Society-produced U.S. tours.
Koichi Kato, former Chief Cabinet Secretary and
former member of Japan’s House of Representatives;
member and delegation leader of Japan Society’s
Parliamentary Exchange Program in the 1980s.
Yukio Ninagawa, internationally renowned theater
director; his production of Macbeth at BAM in 2002
was presented in association with Japan Society.
We also mourn the loss of other friends and
supporters of Japan Society. Their generosity and
friendship will always be remembered.
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John D. Rockefeller 3rd CircleMark Steven BarresPeggy and Richard M. Danziger (G)David Libertson/Ronin Gallery NYC (G)William K. Tomita (G)Dr. Kazuko Tatsumura-HillyerChris A. Wachenheim (G)Jack and Susy Wadsworth
Leadership CircleMr. and Mrs. Ronald and Maria AndersonRaphael and Jane Bernstein (G)The Cheka Fund at The Miami FoundationNachiketa Das (G) Starry Night Fund Brendan and Jenifer GarveyThe Globus Family (F)Mark F. Goldfield and Mary E. HatchMs. Suzanne Marquard and Mr. James R. BreckenridgeAmy and Robert Poster (G)Dean Jeanette C. Takamura (PA)
Benefactor CircleDr. and Mrs. Frederick Baekeland (G)Barbara Bertozzi Castelli (G)Mr. and Mrs. Randall ChafetzMr. Alan ChasanoffMs. Pilar Conde and Dr. Alfonso Lledo-Perez (G)Laurel GonsalvesJennifer Gordon and Richard ShanleyMs. Tomoko Hamada-Dougan (EF)David S. Howe and Ms. Charlene WangMs. Sumiko Ito and Mr. Donald AllisonSebastian and Miki Izzard (G)Machiko Kashiwagi and Thomas Bingham (G)Dr. Stephen and Mrs. Michiko Levine (G)Mr. and Mrs. Leighton R. Longhi (G)Dr. and Mrs. Robert W. Lyons (G)
Karen L. McDonaldMarjorie Neuwirth (G)Hiroko OnoyamaKevin and Jane Quinn (G)Shelley and Donald Rubin (G)Errol M. Rudman and Nana OnishiFredric T. Schneider (G)Ms. Matsuko ShibuyaSarah Billinghurst Solomon and Howard Solomon (PA)Mr. Michael W. Sonnenfeldt (G)Dr. and Mrs. Carl F. Taeusch II (PA)Roger L. Weston (G)Katsura Yamaguchi (G)
Patron CircleMs. Hope Aldrich and Mr. Michael B. JeffersMr. and Mrs. Omar H. Al-Farisi (F)Dr. and Mrs. Roy AshikariMr. Norton Belknap (PA)Mr. Graeme BirchallMs. Reiko BraunMr. Charles R. Broderick IIIMrs. Kiyoko Ohata BrownJim and Yuko Brumm Mr. David C. ChouCarole DavenportJudy and Kim DavisFred EychanerMr. John R. DossMr. George Gallagher Dr. John K. Gillespie (PA)June Omura GoldbergWendy and Leeds Gulick Mr. Axel Kramer and Ms. Patricia HallsteinMs. Katya HansenMr. Jeffrey L. HaymanMs. Tracey Hecht and Mr. David Smilow Mr. Geoffrey Hoefer Mr. Durant A. Hunter Mika Jeffers
Barbara Ann KleinMr. Martin LiptonDr. Dennis Y. LohDr. John LoomisMr. Charles O. Lucas Nancy Matsumoto and Grant Vingoe Geoff Matters (F)Mrs. Monika McLennanToshiko MoriEtsuko O. MorrisMr. Masazumi NakayamaDr. Tatsuji Namba (F)Mr. and Mrs. Y. NozoeMrs. Edith K. PayneMr. Joseph R. PerellaPamela PerlmanMs. Laura Pintchik David and Susan RockefellerMs. Sascha RockefellerMichael Romano (PA)Mr. and Mrs. Charles D. SaundersPaul and Yoshiko SheardNora and David TezanosErik and Cornelia ThomsenMs. Allison TolmanHiroshi Tsuyuki and Yasuko TsuyukiMr. and Mrs. Tadao UchidaDian WoodnerMs. Kumiko YoshiiAnonymous
(EF) Friends of Education and Family
(F) Friends of Film
(G) Friends of Gallery
(PA) Friends of Performing Arts
Circle of Friends
Business & PolicyJapan Society wishes to thank the following corporations for their
generous support of the Business & Policy Program:
Global Leaders: Citi
Deloitte
United Airlines
Corporate Partners: Mizuho Financial Group
Toyota Motor North America, Inc.
WL Ross & Co. LLC
Additional support was provided by: All Nippon Airways Co., Ltd.; Daiwa
Capital Markets Americas Holdings Inc.; The Government of Japan;
Hitachi America, Ltd.; JETRO New York; Nikkei America, Inc.; Orrick,
Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP; The Sasakawa Peace Foundation through The
National Association of Japan-America Societies, Inc.; and the Tokyo
Metropolitan Government.
Program co-organizers and outreach partners were: The Consulate
General of Japan in New York; The Korea Society; and The National
Committee on American Foreign Policy.
Japan Society GalleryFor a New World to Come: Experiments in Japanese Art and
Photography, 1968-1979 was organized by Museum of Fine Arts,
Houston, and co-presented in New York City with Grey Art Gallery, New
York University. Support for the exhibition was generously provided by
Chris A. Wachenheim, The Robert Mapplethorpe Foundation, FUJIFILM
North America Corporation, Nikon Inc., the New York City Department of
Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council, Howard and Cindy
Rachofsky, and the William Talbott Hillman Foundation. Transportation
assistance was provided by Japan Airlines.
In the Wake: Japanese Photographers Respond to 3/11 was organized by
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Support for the exhibition was generously
provided by Chris A. Wachenheim, Mr. Wilbur L. Ross, Jr., the Henry
Luce Foundation, The Tokyo Club (General Incorporated Association),
ITOCHU International Inc., Marubeni America Corporation, Mitsubishi
Corporation (Americas), Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG),
Sumitomo Corporation of Americas, ITO EN (North America) INC.,
Mizuho Bank, Ltd., SMBC, Sojitz Corporation of America, TOYOTA, Louis
J. Forster, Thierry Porté and Yasko Tashiro, The Japan Foundation, New
York, Brother International Corporation, Canon U.S.A., Inc., Hitachi
America, Ltd., IHI INC., Mitsubishi Heavy Industries America, Inc.,
Mitsui Fudosan America, Inc., Rockefeller Group International Inc.,
Sompo America Insurance Services LLC, Tokio Marine Management,
Inc., UNIQLO USA, LLC, Kawasaki Heavy Industries (USA), Inc., Morgan
Stanley, Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal U.S.A. Inc., Mrs. Jane B.
DeBevoise, Noriko Iwase, Yasuhisa Kumada, and Kiyoka Tanaka.
Exhibitions at Japan Society were made possible in part by the Lila
Wallace-Reader’s Digest Endowment Fund and Friends of the Gallery.
Arts & Culture Lecture Programs were made possible by funding from
the Lila Wallace-Reader’s Digest Endowment Fund. Additional support
was provided by Chris A. Wachenheim and the Sandy Heck Lecture Fund.
The Art Carts for For a New World to Come: Experiments in Japanese Art
and Photography, 1968-1979 and In the Wake: Japanese Photographers
Respond to 3/11 were supported by the Milton and Sally Avery Arts
Foundation.
Performing ArtsMetLife was lead sponsor of Japan Society’s 2015-16 Performing Arts
season. Major support was provided by ORIX Americas Miyauchi
Charitable Foundation, Doug and Teresa Peterson, 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 New York State
Legislature, an anonymous donor, and New York City Department of
Cultural Affairs, in partnership with the City Council. Additional support
was provided by Dean Jeanette C. Takamura, Dr. and Mrs. Carl F. Taeusch
II, Sarah Billinghurst Solomon and Howard Solomon, Nachiketa Das, Mr.
Alan M. Suhonen, Michael Romano, Alex York, Mr. Norton Belknap, Dr.
John K. Gillespie, Ms. Paula S. Lawrence, Dr. Stephen and Mrs. Michiko
Levine, Hiroko Onoyama, and Pamela Perlman. Endowment support:
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. MetLife Meet-
the-Artists Reception support was provided by MetLife Foundation.
Funders, sponsors, grant programs, project partners, and various
assistance provided for programs in the 2015-16 Performing Arts
season include: Yokohama Noh Theater (Yokohama Arts Foundation),
Okinawa Prefecture, Okinawa Prefectural Foundation for Cultural
Promotion (Program for Okinawan culture in fiscal year 2015) with the
assistance of Okinawa Prefectural University of Arts and Theater Create
Co., Ltd., Dr. Stephen and Mrs. Michiko Levine, United Airlines, J-LOP,
Japan Society Funders • FY 2015-16
Education & FamilyEducation Programs in FY15-16 were made possible by generous funding
from The Freeman Foundation.
Additional support was provided by an anonymous family foundation,
Mr. Wilbur L. Ross, Jr., the United States-Japan Foundation, ITO EN
(North America) INC., Chris A. Wachenheim, the Wendy Obernauer
Foundation, Kumon Centers of Manhattan, International Shinto
Foundation, The Norinchukin Foundation, Inc., TOMODACHI’s Fund
for Exchanges through generous contributions from Toyota Motor
Corporation, Mitsubishi Corporation, and Hitachi, Ltd., the Jiro Murase
Memorial Fund, Ms. Tomoko Hamada-Dougan, the New York Department
of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council, Toray Industries
(America), Inc., Toray Plastics (America), Inc., Yomitime, the Yoshiye
Murase Memorial Fund, James and Beatrice Del Favero, Jon T.
Hutcheson, J-LOP through funding from The Ministry of Economy, Trade
and Industry of Japan, and BentOn.
Toyota Language CenterSupport for Japan Society’s Toyota Language Center was provided, in
part, by Mark F. Goldfield and Mary E. Hatch, Mr. Christopher Hong,
William K. Tomita, Mr. Shinjiro Tsutsui, and Dr. Bic Kanayjorn.
The Nihongo Chat + J-Culture series was generously supported by The
Japan Foundation, Los Angeles.
Innovators NetworkTHINK TOHOKU 2011-2021: Looking Back 5 Years and Looking Forward 5
Years was made possible, in part, by Mitsubishi Corporation and KPMG
AZSA LLC.
The U.S.-Japan Leaders Exchange: Three-Year Training & Networking
Program for Leaders in Tohoku’s Recovery and Reconstruction was
made possible by The Japan Foundation Center for Global Partnership,
Mitsubishi Corporation, Major League Baseball Players Trust, and United
Airlines.
Innovators Network was made possible, in part, by James Read Levy,
Hiroko Onoyama, and Japan Society’s endowment for policy projects.
International transportation was assisted in part by United Airlines and
All Nippon Airways Co., Ltd
Program co-organizers include ETIC., Japan Center for International
Exchange, Sanaburi Foundation, and Supporting Union for Practical-Use
of Educational Resources.
funding from The Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry of Japan,
Sapporo U.S.A., Inc., Yomitime, OWL SPOT, Toshima Performing Arts
Center, the Agency for Cultural Affairs, Government of Japan in the
fiscal year 2015, Tokyo Metropolitan Government, Arts Council Tokyo,
and Kansai Osaka 21st Century Association through the Japan World
Exposition 1970 Commemorative Fund, Dr. and Mrs. Carl F. Taeusch II,
The Japan Foundation through the Performing Arts JAPAN Program,
the Asian Cultural Council, the National Endowment for the Arts, the
ArtsCONNECT program of Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation with support
from the National Endowment for the Arts, The Public Theater's Under
the Radar Festival 2016, the Center Theatre Group with support from the
Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, The Saison Foundation, and Doug and
Teresa Peterson.
FilmJapan Society’s 2015-16 film programs were generously supported by the
Lila Wallace-Reader’s Digest Endowment Fund.
Additional support was provided by J-LOP, funding from The Ministry of
Economy, Trade and Industry of Japan, UNIQLO USA, LLC, and Sapporo
U.S.A., Inc., The Globus Family, The Japan Foundation, New York, Mr. and
Mrs. Omar H. Al-Farisi, Nachiketa Das, Laurel Gonsalves, David S. Howe,
James Read Levy, Geoff Matters, and Dr. Tatsuji Namba.
Transportation was generously supported by Japan Airlines, the
exclusive Japanese airline sponsor of Film Programs at Japan Society.
Additional transportation was supported by United Airlines.
In-kind suport was provided by Sony Electronics Inc.
Talks+Talks+ programs at Japan Society were generously sponsored by
Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG).
Additional support was provided by Chris A. Wachenheim, the Sandy
Heck Lecture Fund, Dr. Yuichiro Kuwama, Hiroko Onoyama, the
Okinawa Perfectural Government, the Omomuki Foundation, Kikkoman
Corporation, the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI)
of Japan, Ms. Yoko Makino, the Portland Japanese Garden, Midori
Yamamura, Fordham University, The Japan Foundation, New York, and
Japan Sake Export Association.
Japan Airlines was the exclusive Japanese airline sponsor of Talks+ at
Japan Society. United Airlines was the exclusive U.S. airline sponsor of
Talks+ at Japan Society.
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Non-operating revenue
Total investment return (loss), net of allocation to operations
Increase (decrease) in net assets
Net assets, beginning of the year
Net assets, end of year
$2,567,253
1,558,394
2,874,410
73,434
1,125,886
3,312,057
11,511,434
226,633
451,324
357,796
208,739
369,221
1,259,935
1,509,136
897,182
836,940
778,103
1,193,558
8,088,567
2,612,924
943,090
3,556,014
11,644,581
(133,147)
(848,820)
(981,967)
7,504,281
$6,522,314
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
(717,942)
(717,942)
9,979,298
$9,261,356
$2,567,253
1,558,394
2,874,410
73,434
1,125,886
3,312,057
11,511,434
226,633
451,324
357,796
208,739
369,221
1,259,935
1,509,136
897,182
836,940
778,103
1,193,558
8,088,567
2,612,924
943,090
3,556,014
11,644,581
(133,147)
(1,566,762)
(1,699,909)
17,483,579
$15,783,670
$2,502,899
—
—
—
—
(3,312,057)
(809,158)
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
(809,158)
(2,776,886)
(3,586,044)
10,473,915
$6,887,871
$1,993,380
—
—
—
—
—
$1,993,380
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
$1,993,380
—
$1,993,380
42,705,221
$44,698,601
UNRESTRICTED BOARD
DESIGNATEDPERMANENTLY
RESTRICTEDTEMPORARILY
RESTRICTEDUNRESTRICTED
OPERATINGUNRESTRICTED
TOTAL
Japan Society, Inc. and Subsidiary Consolidated Statement of ActivitiesYear ended June 30, 2016 (with summarized totals for year ended June 30, 2015)
$7,063,532
1,558,394
2,874,410
73,434
1,125,886
—
12,695,656
226,633
451,324
357,796
208,739
369,221
1,259,935
1,509,136
897,182
836,940
778,103
1,193,558
8,088,567
2,612,924
943,090
3,556,014
11,644,581
1,051,075
(4,343,648)
(3,292,573)
70,662,715
$67,370,142
$4,657,335
1,525,819
2,725,776
(50,923)
1,299,481
—
10,157,488
194,581
482,855
252,611
249,253
290,018
1,291,675
1,601,538
917,916
813,697
781,585
1,546,184
8,421,913
2,393,880
912,062
3,305,942
11,727,855
(1,570,367)
(2,616,346)
(4,186,713)
74,849,428
$70,662,715
TOTAL 2015TOTAL 2016
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ASSETS
Cash and cash equivalents
Cash designated for Japan Earthquake Relief Fund
Investments, at fair value
Contributions and grants receivable
Other receivables and assets
Land, building and equipment, net
Total assets
LIABILITIES AND NET ASSETS
Liabilities
Accounts payable and accrued expenses
Deferred membership revenue
Total liabilities
Net assets
Unrestricted
Operating
Board-designated
Total unrestricted
Temporarily restricted
Permanently restricted
Total net assets
Total liabilities and net assets
$3,810,140
993,209
57,911,543
68,229
985,744
4,454,647
$68,223,512
$542,367
311,003
853,370
6,522,314
9,261,356
15,783,670
6,887,871
44,698,601
67,370,142
$68,223,512
$3,364,691
1,725,505
60,458,898
51,799
982,505
4,978,617
$ 71,562,015
$ 579,310
319,990
899,300
7,504,281
9,979,298
17,483,579
10,473,915
42,705,221
70,662,715
$71,562,015
Japan Society, Inc. and Subsidiary Statement of Financial Position
JUNE 30, 2015JUNE 30, 2016(consolidated)
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Executive
Motoatsu SakuraiPresident
Eileen Del RosarioExecutive Assistant
Business & Policy
Tomoko OkunoDeputy Director,Business & Policy Program
Yuka TeradaProgram OfficerBusiness & Policy Program
Education & Family
Jeffrey MillerDirector,Education & Family Programs
Kazuko MinamotoDeputy Director,Education & Family Programs
Yumi NagasawaSenior Education Officer
Owen RojekEducation Officer
Film
Aiko MasubuchiSenior Film Programmer
Kazu WatanabeFilm Programmer
Gallery
Yukie KamiyaDirector, Japan Society Gallery
Michael ChagnonCurator, Exhibition Interpretation
Rylan BuchholzExhibition Manager
Lia MontiGallery Associate
Innovators Network
Betty BordenDirector, Innovators Network
Fumiko MiyamotoSenior Program Officer,Innovators Network
Language Center & Library
Tomoyo KamimuraDirector, Language Center & Library
Dawn DaileyLanguage Center Assistant
Aya WilsonLanguage Center Associate, p/t
Yuko AizawaInstructor
Sanae AsaiInstructor
Keiko HammerInstructor
Yumiko KakutaniInstructor
Maureen KamataInstructor
Kazue KuraharaInstructor
Mami MiyashitaInstructor
Kyoko MorishimaInstructor
Mari NakamuraInstructor
Mami NakanishiInstructor
Kazuko NakazawaInstructor
Toshiko OmoriInstructor
Atsuko ShioInstructor
Shuichiro TakedaInstructor
Tsuyoshi TakemoriInstructor
Performing Arts
Yoko ShioyaArtistic Director
Futoshi MiyaiDeputy Director, Performing Arts
Lara MonesSenior Program Officer
Yukako YamazoeProgram Associate
Talks+
Tomomi SekiyaDeputy Director, Talks+
Anna CabassoProgram Associate, Talks+
House Activities & Rentals
Lydia GulickDirector, Program Operations
Carmen BenWelcome Desk Associate
Judson KniffenWelcome Desk Associate
Sharlene ThompsonWelcome Desk Associate
Development
Ann NiehoffDirector, Foundation & Government
Yoko SuzukiDirector, Corporate Giving
Kimberly WoodwardDirector, Individual Giving
Christy JonesDirector, Special Events
Mie IgarashiSenior Development Officer
Claudette KarabeyDevelopment Officer
Lana KitcherDevelopment Officer
Eri MitoDevelopment Assistant, p/t
Finance & Administration
Lisa BermudezVice President,Finance & Administration
Vinka CvenicSenior Accountant
Emran AliAccountant
Julia MoranManager, Administrative Services
Jennifer AldenAdministrative Assistant
Human Resources
Jane FentonDirector, Human Resources
Manuel MartinezPayroll Manager
Information Technology
Larry KongDirector, Info Technology, Building & House Operations
Daniel RichardsonDatabase Administrator
Robert HardyLAN Administrator, p/t
Maintenance
Jeff NemethDirector, Building Services
Manuel AlcazarPorter
Carlos EstradaPorter
Pedro FelixPorter
Ivan SanchezHandyman/AV Coordinator
Media & Marketing
Michele DebreceniDirector, Media & Marketing
Shannon JowettDirector, Communications
Nestor MartinezWeb Producer
Ben WarrenVideo and Creative Services Manager
Asako SugiyamaPress and Community Relations Officer
Cynthia SternauPublications Manager
Malena SeldinManager of Graphic Design and Production
Tokyo Office
Ruri KawashimaTokyo Representative
—As of Oct. 15, 2016
Japan Society Staff
Cover: Lieko Shiga (b. 1980), Rasen kaigan (Spiral Shore) 46
(detail) from the series Rasen kaigan (Spiral Shore), 2011.
Photograph, chromogenic print. Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.
Museum purchase with funds donated by Jerry Fielder and Daniel
Campbell, 2015.2950. © Lieko Shiga.
Page 1: Mansaku Nomura in A Night of Kyogen © Ayumi
Sakamoto.
Page 2: Motoatsu Sakurai © Daphne Youree.
Page 3: Clockwise from top right: Rodoku class presentation
© Japan Society • © Lily Kesselman • Folklore Family Day ©
Ayumi Sakamoto • Press and audience at a lecture by Bank of
Japan Governor Haruhiko Kuroda. Photo © Alan Klein • Japanese
Junior Fellows meet with former Senator John “Jay” Rockefeller
IV. Photo © Japan Society/Owen Rojek • Otomo Yoshihide at
a performance with FEN (Far East Network). Photo © George
Hirose • © Ayumi Sakamoto • © Lily Kesselman.
Page 24: © Lily Kesselman.
Page 30: Clockwise from top right: At the 2016 Japan Society
Annual Dinner (left to right) are keynote speaker Brian Moynihan,
Chairman & CEO, Bank of America; Japan Society Chairman
Wilbur L. Ross, Jr. ; Japan Society Award recipient George Takei;
and Japan Society President Motoatsu Sakurai. Photo © Daphne
Youree • His Excellency Shinzo Abe, Prime Minister of Japan,
Photo © Alan Klein • The Honorable Haruhiko Kuroda, Governor,
Bank of Japan. Photo © Alan Klein • Installation view of In the
Wake: Japanese Photographers Respond to 3/11, spring 2015
Japan Society Gallery exhibition. Photo by Richard Goodbody •
Phil Cooley, co-founder of Ponyride in Detroit, speaks at the Local
Innovators Forum 2016 in Tokyo. Photo courtesy of ETIC.
Page 31: Clockwise from top left: A Night of Kyogen with Mansaku
Nomura & Mansaku-no-Kai Kyogen Company. Photo © Ayumi
Sakamoto • Kabuki star Ebizo Ichikawa. Photo © Daphne Youree •
Actress Atsuko Maeda at the opening night of JAPAN CUTS 2016.
Photo © Ayumi Sakamoto • Japanese Junior Fellows with former
Senator John “Jay” Rockefeller IV at his residence in Washington,
DC. Photo © Japan Society/Owen Rojek • Language Center
instructor Kazue Kurahara (center) with two of her students.
Photo © Alan Klein.
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