Annual Report
2015—2016
Japan Society Board of Directors
Jonathan E. Colby
Managing Director
The Carlyle Group
Robert A. Karr
Principal
Joho Capital, LLC
Joseph R. Perella
Founding Partner, Chairman & CEO
Perella Weinberg Partners
Gary M. Talarico*
Managing Director
Cora Street Partners
Gerald L. Curtis
Burgess Professor of Political Science
Columbia University
Frederick H. Katayama
Anchor
Thomson Reuters
Punit Renjen
Chief Executive Officer
Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Limited
Chris Wachenheim
Co-President
Greenhaven Associates, Inc.
Richard A. Drucker
Partner
Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP
Jonathan B. Kindred
President & CEO
Morgan Stanley Japan
Holdings Co., Ltd.
Justin A. Rockefeller
Addepar.com
Rockefeller Brothers Fund
The ImPact
Tomofumi Yoshida
President & CEO
ITOCHU International Inc.
Richard S. Lanier
President
Asian Cultural Council
Wilbur L. Ross, Jr.*
Chairman
Japan Society
Chairman & Chief Strategy Officer
WL Ross & Co. LLC
Louis J. Forster*
General Partner
Green Visor Capital
Jacob A. Frenkel
Chairman
JPMorgan Chase International
Carol Gluck*
George Sansom Professor of History
Columbia University
Maurice R. Greenberg
Chairman & CEO
C.V. Starr & Co., Inc.
Akira Harashima
President & CEO
Tokio Marine North America, Inc.
Kevin T. Hogan
CEO of Global Consumer Insurance
AIG Property Casualty
Yosuke Honjo
President & CEO
ITO EN (North America) INC.
Ryota Isshiki
Group Vice President
& Coordinating Officer
Toyota Motor North America, Inc.
Joichi Ito
Director
MIT Media Lab
Jon C. Iwata
Senior Vice President, Marketing &
Communications
IBM Corporation
Merit E. Janow
Dean, School of International and
Public Affairs
Professor of Professional Practice,
International Economic Law &
International Affairs
Columbia University
Alan S. MacDonald*
Chief Client Officer
Vice Chairman
Citibank, N.A.
Jun Makihara
Chairman
Neoteny Co., Ltd.
Yukihiko Matsumura
President & CEO
Marubeni America Corporation
Kanetsugu Mike
Group Head for Global Business Group,
Regional Executive for the Americas
Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG)
Shinji Minobe
President & CEO
Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal
U.S.A., Inc.
Hidemoto Mizuhara
President & CEO
Mitsubishi Corporation (Americas)
Satoru Murase*
Partner
Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
Toby S. Myerson
Partner
Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton &
Garrison LLP
Toshikazu Nambu*
Vice Chairman
Japan Society
President & CEO
Sumitomo Corporation of Americas
Fumio Otani
Chairman & CEO
Toshiba America, Inc.
Motoatsu Sakurai
President
Japan Society
(Ex officio)
Takayuki Sawano
Chairman & CEO, Head of Americas
Daiwa Capital Markets America
Holdings Inc.
Timothy Schilt
Partner
Berens Capital Management, LLC
Nicole Seligman
Former President
Sony Corporation of America
David Snoddy
Founder & Managing Partner
Nezu Asia Capital Management
Joshua N. Solomon Ed. D.
Principal
New York City Department of
Education
Hiroshi Suehiro
Senior Managing Executive Officer
Mizuho Bank, Limited
Reiichiro Takahashi**
Ambassador & Consul General of Japan
in New York
Consulate General of Japan
Yasushi Takahashi
President & CEO
Mitsui & Co. (U.S.A.), Inc.
Tsutomu Takemura
Co-CEO
Nomura Holding America Inc.
SECRE TARY
Susan J. Onuma
Partner
Ingram Yuzek Gainen Carroll &
Bertolotti, LLP
LIFE DIREC TOR S
Deryck C. Maughan
Henry A. McKinnell, Jr.
Chairman
Accordia Global Health Foundation
Former Chairman of the Board & CEO
Pfizer Inc
Peter G. Peterson
Founder & Chairman
Peter G. Peterson Foundation
Chairman Emeritus & Co-Founder
The Blackstone Group
Michael I. Sovern
President Emeritus and Chancellor Kent
Professor of Law
Columbia University
Paul A. Volcker
Former Chairman of the Board of
Governors
Federal Reserve System
HONOR ARY PATRONS
H.E. Kenichiro Sasae
Ambassador of Japan to the United
States of America
H.E. Reiichiro Takahashi
Ambassador & Consul General of Japan
in New York
H.E. Koro Bessho
Ambassador, Permanent
Representative of Japan to the
United Nations
—As of June 1, 2016
*Denotes member of the
Executive Committee
**Denotes Honorary Director
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.
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 fifth 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
President’s Message
Japan, among other enriching programming for educators and students.
Dear Friends and Supporters,
The Toyota Language Center reached record Japanese class enrollment for
three consecutive semesters this year, surpassing 500 students each at about
We continually strive to increase the visibility of Japan Society not only in
a 17 percent increase from two years prior. New courses included popular
the United States, but also in Japan, deepening the impact of our institutional
JLPT preparation classes, as well as J-drama and manga courses. Our monthly
mission. To commemorate the fifth anniversary of the Great East Japan
conversation events (Nihongo Chat) began to incorporate cultural components,
Earthquake, we co-organized two conferences in Tokyo that focused on disaster
featuring a guest demonstration of emoji art in October and, through a grant from
recovery and a vision for the future of Tohoku. We also expanded earthquake
The Japan Foundation, a series of J-Culture events beginning with kimono-no-
relief efforts to Kumamoto.
kitsuke in May.
Our 2016 Annual Dinner attracted 620 guests and raised over $1.33 million.
Innovators Network completed its three-year U.S.-Japan Leaders Exchange with
Highlights included Japan Society Chairman Wilbur Ross’ fireside chat with Bank
participants from Tohoku, New Orleans, LA, Wilmington, OH, Detroit, MI and New
of America Chairman & CEO Brian Moynihan and actor George Takei’s heartfelt
York, NY. This collaboration resulted in four new data projects by participants in
acceptance of the Japan Society Award.
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
The 2015-16 Performing Arts season welcomed a robust lineup of distinguished
engage high school social entrepreneurs.
artists, including Living National Treasure Mansaku Nomura in a traditional
kyogen program with his son, Mansai. For the North American tour of Toshiki
Our programs and events continue to expand in scope, attendance and media
Okada’s God Bless Baseball , a consortium of co-presenters was organized that
acclaim. As always, I thank you for your ongoing support and hope to see you at
included five leading U.S. performing arts presenters from across the country.
future Japan Society events.
Motoatsu Sakurai
President, Japan Society
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Special Events
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 fifth annual Midsummer Matsuri & Karaoke
Party. Photo © Lily Kesselman. Kyogen actor Mansai Nomura (left) 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.
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2016 Annual Dinner
Approximately 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-andcoming 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.
Clockwise, from top to bottom : Brian Moynihan, Chairman & CEO of Bank of America (right), in
dialogue with Japan Society Chairman Wilbur L. Ross, Jr. (left). 2016 Annual Dinner at the Hilton
New York Grand Ballroom. Guests of honor, left 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 (left) receives
the 2016 Japan Society Award from Frederick H. Katayama. Photos © Daphne Youree.
Business & Policy
The 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.
Japan Society wishes to thank the following corporations for
their generous support of the Business & Policy Program:
GLOBAL LE ADERS:
CORPOR ATE PARTNERS:
Citi
Deloitte
United Airlines
Mizuho Financial Group
Toyota Motor North America, Inc.
WL Ross & Co. LLC
Clockwise, from top right : The Hon. Haruhiko Kuroda (right), Governor, Bank of Japan. Photo ©
Alan Klein. Jonathan Alter (left), Correspondent, MSNBC, Meena Bose (center), Executive Dean,
Hofstra University’s Peter S. Kalikow School of Government, Public Policy, and International Affairs
and Gloria Riviera (right), Correspondent, ABC News . Photo © Daphne Youree. Toyoo Gyohten
(left), President of the Institute for International Monetary Affairs; Former Japanese Vice-Minister
of Finance for International Affairs, 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.
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Japan Society Gallery
Japan Society Gallery is among the premier institutions in the U.S. for the exhibition of
Japanese art, presenting major exhibitions each spring and fall. 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.
“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”
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.
Performing Arts
The Performing Arts Program introduces performers from Japan’s contemporary
and traditional music, dance and theater scenes and commissions nonJapanese 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.
“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
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.
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Film
Japan 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.
“Pound-for-pound one of the most consistently rewarding film festivals
on the planet, JAPAN CUTS grows more vital with every passing year.”
— Indiewire
Clockwise from top left : 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.
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.
“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
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 Abramović, 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.
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Education & Family
The 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 left : 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, Clifton 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 Pacific War.” Photo © Kaoru Komi.
Toyota Language Center
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.
Clockwise from top left : 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.
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Innovators Network
The 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.
“Is Tohoku an innovation lab for solving
some of society’s most pressing challenges?”
— Haruo Miyagi, Founder, ETIC.
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, left to right: Betty Borden, Director, Innovators Network,
Japan Society; Clifford 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, left 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 Staff 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 (left), 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 (left), 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.
Japan Earthquake Relief Fund
Although more than five years have passed since the Great East Japan Earthquake struck
In response to the 2016 Kumamoto Earthquake, Japan Society broadened the scope of the relief
Tohoku, Japan Society continues to support recovery work in the region through the Japan
fund to include support for the recovery of Kumamoto.
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 fifth anniversary of the Great East Japan
For more information on the Japan Earthquake Relief Fund and list of major supporters, visit
japansociety.org/earthquake.
Earthquake. The fifth 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.
Kumamoto
Total funds raised:
Total funds allocated:
Largest single gift:
Total number of donations: $246,563
--$50,000
433
Tohoku
Total funds raised:
Total funds allocated:
Largest single gift:
Total number of donations: $14,087,284
$13.95 million
$1 million
24,001
—As of June 30, 2016
Top to bottom : Staff 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 fishermen’s workspace on the
Oshika Peninsula, Miyagi on February 24, 2016. Local fishermen will use the workspace to process fish and
seaweed into new products. Photo courtesy of Tumugiya.
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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
TWIT 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 Income
26%
Sources of
Contributed Support
22%
20%
60%
14%
Investment
Earned
Contributed
Operating Expenses
58%
31%
69%
Foundation &
Government
Program
Services
Corporations
Supporting
Services
Individuals
We thank our diverse community of supporters and invite you to join us!
Individual members
Circle of Friends members
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.
Legacy Circle members
help secure the future of Japan Society by including us in their long-term and estate plans.
Corporate members
enjoy networking, knowledge-sharing and business development opportunities, as well as
exclusive access to business and policy leaders, and unique benefits for employees.
Corporate sponsors
raise their brand awareness among blue-chip U.S. and Japanese companies, and help
shape the conversation between Japan and the United States in a global context.
Foundation and
government grants
provide critical support for Japan Society’s programs.
Clockwise, from top 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.
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Japan Society Supporters* $250,000 and above
Citi
Mary Livingston Griggs & Mary
Griggs Burke Foundation
Mr. Wilbur L. Ross, Jr.
$100,000 and above
$50,000 and above
Deloitte
AIG
The Freeman Foundation
All Nippon Airways Co., Ltd.
Mitsubishi Corporation (Americas)
Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group
(MUFG)
Bank of America Merrill Lynch
Mr. Louis J. Forster
Government of Japan
ITO EN (North America) INC.
Mizuho Financial Group
ITOCHU International Inc.
The Starr Foundation
Japan Airlines
Toyota Motor North America, Inc.
J-LOP+, funding from The Ministry of
United States-Japan Foundation
Economy, Trade and Industry of Japan
Chris A. Wachenheim
JPMorgan Chase
Anonymous Family Foundation
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
July 1, 2015—June 30, 2016
$25,000 and above
$15,000 and above
$10,000 and above
Bridgewater Associates, LP
Bloomberg
Archegos Capital Management, LP
Canon U.S.A., Inc.
Brother International Corporation
Mark Steven Barres
Consulate General of Japan in New York
Crystal & Company
Blackstone
Daiwa Capital Markets America Holdings Inc.
Debevoise & Plimpton LLP
Mr. Jonathan E. Colby
The Estée Lauder Companies Inc.
Peggy and Richard M. Danziger
IHI INC.
Mr. Richard A. Drucker
Kansai Osaka 21st Century Association
The Fan Fox and Leslie R. Samuels
Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP
Delta Air Lines
Dentsu Aegis Network
The Ford Foundation
The Henry Luce Foundation, Inc.
Hitachi America, Ltd.
through the Japan World Exposition 1970
Commemorative Fund
Foundation, Inc.
Mark Gallogly and Lise Strickler
Mr. Jonathan B. Kindred
The Globus Family
KPMG LLP
Google AdWords
IBM Corporation
Satoru and Hiroko Murase
Indus Capital Partners, LLC
KPMG AZSA LLC
Museum of Contemporary Art
Mr. Jon Iwata
Major League Baseball Players Trust
Mr. Toby S. Myerson
The Japan Foundation, New York
Jun Makihara and Megumi Oka
New York State Council on the Arts
Kikkoman Corporation
MetLife
Doug and Teresa Peterson
Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates PC
Morgan Stanley
The Rockefeller Group
Kumon Centers of Manhattan
Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
Sullivan & Cromwell LLP
David Libertson/Ronin Gallery NYC
Nezu Asia Capital Management LLC
Gary M. Talarico and Linda W. Filardi
LIXIL Group Corporation
Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal U.S.A., Inc.
Toyota Tsusho America, Inc.
Mr. Alan S. MacDonald
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
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
S&P Global
OKI-DO LTD
Yoshiko and Tim Schilt
Panasonic Corporation of North America
Sojitz Corporation of America
PwC
Tokio Marine Management, Inc.
Robert Mapplethorpe Foundation, Inc.
Toshiba America, Inc.
Mr. and Mrs. Motoatsu Sakurai
UNIQLO USA, LLC
The Sasakawa Peace Foundation—through
the National Association of Japan-America
Societies, Inc.
Facing: Japan Society Award recipient George Takei (left) 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.
Sidley Austin LLP
Mr. and Mrs. David Snoddy
Sompo America Insurance Services LLC
Sony Electronics, Inc.
Thomson Reuters
The Tokyo Club (General Incorporated
Association)
*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.
Wendy Obernauer Foundation
Xerox Corporation
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Japan Society Supporters* (continued)
$5,000 and above
The Ludwig Family Foundation and
Dean Jeanette C. Takamura
Advantage Partners, Inc.
The Honorable Eugene A. Ludwig and
Tata Consultancy Services
Aircastle Advisor LLC
Dr. Carol Ludwig
William K. Tomita
Mr. and Mrs. Ronald and Maria Anderson
Ms. Yoko Makino
Toray Industries (America), Inc.
Asian Cultural Council
Ms. Suzanne Marquard and
Jack and Susy Wadsworth
The Atlantic Philanthropies (USA) Inc.
Mr. James R. Breckenridge
Bank of Japan
Mitsui Fudosan America, Inc.
Benihana of Tokyo LLC
Mitsui Sumitomo Marine Management
Carter, DeLuca, Farrell & Schmidt, LLP
(U.S.A.), Inc.
The Cheka Fund at The Miami Foundation
Morrison & Foerster LLP
Colonial Consulting, LLC
Nikkei America, Inc.
Crow Holdings Capital
Nikko Asset Management Americas, Inc.
Nachiketa Das
Nikon Inc.
Duff & Phelps
The Norinchukin Foundation
Epstein Becker & Green, P.C.
NTT America, Inc.
FUJIFILM North America Corporation
NYK Line (North America) Inc.
Fujisankei Communications International, Inc.
Ogilvy & Mather
Brendan and Jenifer Garvey
Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP
Mark F. Goldfield and Mary E. Hatch
Thierry Porté and Yasko Tashiro
Laurel Gonsalves
Amy and Robert Poster
Mr. Geoffrey Hoefer
Poten & Partners, Inc.
JETRO New York
Sapporo U.S.A., Inc.
Kawasaki Heavy Industries (USA), Inc.
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP
Kennedy Wilson
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP
Konica Minolta Business Solutions U.S.A., Inc.
Dr. Joshua N. Solomon
Kyowa Hakko U.S.A., Inc.
Starry Night Fund
Mr. James Read Levy
Subaru of America, Inc.
Littler Mendelson, P.C.
Suntory International Corp.
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
July 1, 2015—June 30, 2016
Ms. Tomoko Hamada-Dougan
NHK General Bureau for America
Toray Plastics (America), Inc.
Honda North America, Inc.
Nippon Express USA, Inc.
TOTO Americas Holdings, Inc.
Mr. Durant A. Hunter
Nippon Life Group
TV Asahi America, Inc.
Mr. Jon Hutcheson
The Norinchukin Bank
United Building Maintenance Corporation
Japan Bank for International Cooperation
Okabe & Yampolsky Translations, LLC
Wacoal America, Inc.
Japan Local Government Center
Hiroko Onoyama
Windels Marx Lane & Mittendorf, LLP
J.C.C. Fund of the Japanese Chamber of
Orient Corporation of America
Katsura Yamaguchi
Permanent Mission of Japan to the
The Yomiuri Shimbun
Commerce and Industry
JFE Steel America, Inc.
United Nations
Jiji Press America, Ltd.
Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP
J. One Corporation
Portland Japanese Garden
JTB USA, Inc.
Protiviti Inc.
Kajima U.S.A. Inc.
Errol M. Rudman and Nana Onishi
Kaneka Americas Holding, Inc.
The Saison Foundation
Kikkoman Sales USA, Inc.
Shiseido Cosmetics America
Kobe Steel USA Inc.
Sarah Billinghurst Solomon and
Kodansha USA, Inc.
Howard Solomon
Kyodo News America, Inc.
Mr. Alan M. Suhonen
Dr. Stephen and Mrs. Michiko Levine
Sumitomo Chemical America, Inc.
Karen L. McDonald
Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Bank, Limited
Meiji Yasuda America Incorporated
Dr. and Mrs. Carl F. Taeusch II
MetPlan Inc.
TAK Development, Inc.
Milton and Sally Avery Arts Foundation
Kiyoka Tanaka
Minamoto Kitchoan
TBS International, Inc.
Mitsubishi Chemical Holdings America, Inc.
Teijin Holdings USA, Inc.
Mitsubishi Gas Chemical America, Inc.
Teikoku Databank America, Inc.
Mitsubishi UFJ Trust and Banking Corporation
TOKYU HOTELS CO., LTD. New York Office
NHK CosmoMedia America, Inc.
Toppan Printing Company America, Inc.
$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
Mr. Michael I. Sovern
Toshiko Mori
The Dilenschneider Group, Inc.
Ms. Keiko Tashiro
Etsuko O. Morris
Abigail and Rick Elbaum c/o EBA Foundation
Mr. Ryoichi Ueda
Dr. Tatsuji Namba
Mr. Andrew Fein
Roger L. Weston
Mr. Toshikazu Nambu
Mr. Stephen Gomes
The William Talbott Hillman Foundation, Inc.
Mr. Hiro Nozaki
Mr. Steven Mark Greenberg
Anonymous
Hugh Patrick
Marc and Susan Hamaker
Mrs. Edith K. Payne
James and Yasuko Harris
Ms. Laura Pintchik
Dr. Kimberly Heller
Quatt Associates Inc.
Taryn Higashi and Ivan Zimmerman
David and Susan Rockefeller
Robert Glenn Hubbard
Mr. David Rockefeller
Ingram Yuzek Gainen Carroll & Bertolotti, LLP
Indre and Justin Rockefeller
Mr. Mac Jeffery
Ms. Sascha Rockefeller
Dr. Bic Kanayjorn
Michael Romano
Mr. William G. Karl
Paul and Yoshiko Sheard
Mr. Jeffery Kayl
Mr. Toshiaki Taguchi
Mr. Shohei Koide
Nora and David Tezanos
Ms. Sarah Kreitman
TIC Restaurant Group
Mr. Yasuhisa Kumada
Tokyo Metropolitan Government
Ms. Paula S. Lawrence
Mr. Shinjiro Tsutsui
Mr. Matthew Lentz
Westmont Associates, Inc.
Mr. Ken Lindley
Mrs. Judith Wood
Ms. Janine Luke
Dian Woodner
Mr. Francis O. McInerney
Yomitime Inc.
Dr. and Mrs. Robert A. Myers
Alex York
Mr. and Mrs. Stephen E. Myers
Ms. Kumiko Yoshii
Mr. Andy Nahas
Anonymous (5)
Paragon Relocation
$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
$500 and above
Mr. Akira Harashima
Aether Investment Partners
Ms. Tracey Hecht
Ms. Diana Altman
Ms. Sumiko Ito and Mr. Donald Allison
The ARTS Council of the Southern Finger Lakes
Ms. Noriko Iwase
Jacqueline Avant
Japan Foundation Los Angeles
Mr. Stephen D. Bloom
Mr. Masumi Kakinoki
Mr. Geoffrey C. Carpenter
Mr. Frederick H. Katayama
Ms. Amy E. Cherry-Abitbol
Barbara Ann Klein
Condon, O’Meara, McGinty & Donnelly LLP
Konica Minolta Medical Imaging USA, Inc.
Mrs. Kate Cordsen
Dr. Yuichiro Kuwama
Mr. John A. Crawford
John Lipsky and Zsuzsanna Karasz
Professor Gerald L. Curtis
Nancy Matsumoto and Grant Vingoe
Dr. Raymond Daddazio and
Geoff Matters
Ms. Sawako Yamaguchi
Mr. Fergus McCaffrey
Mr. Hideo Dan
Mrs. Monika McLennan
Mrs. Fran Dibner
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
In Memoriam
Professor 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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Circle of Friends
John D. Rockefeller 3rd Circle
Mark Steven Barres
Peggy and Richard M. Danziger (G)
David Libertson/Ronin Gallery NYC (G)
William K. Tomita (G)
Dr. Kazuko Tatsumura-Hillyer
Chris A. Wachenheim (G)
Jack and Susy Wadsworth
Leadership Circle
Mr. and Mrs. Ronald and
Maria Anderson
Raphael and Jane Bernstein (G)
The Cheka Fund at
The Miami Foundation
Nachiketa Das (G)
Starry Night Fund
Brendan and Jenifer Garvey
The Globus Family (F)
Mark F. Goldfield and Mary E. Hatch
Ms. Suzanne Marquard and
Mr. James R. Breckenridge
Amy and Robert Poster (G)
Dean Jeanette C. Takamura (PA)
Benefactor Circle
Dr. and Mrs. Frederick Baekeland (G)
Barbara Bertozzi Castelli (G)
Mr. and Mrs. Randall Chafetz
Mr. Alan Chasanoff
Ms. Pilar Conde and
Dr. Alfonso Lledo-Perez (G)
Laurel Gonsalves
Jennifer Gordon and Richard Shanley
Ms. Tomoko Hamada-Dougan (EF)
David S. Howe and Ms. Charlene Wang
Ms. Sumiko Ito and Mr. Donald Allison
Sebastian 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. McDonald
Marjorie Neuwirth (G)
Hiroko Onoyama
Kevin and Jane Quinn (G)
Shelley and Donald Rubin (G)
Errol M. Rudman and Nana Onishi
Fredric T. Schneider (G)
Ms. Matsuko Shibuya
Sarah 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 Circle
Ms. Hope Aldrich and
Mr. Michael B. Jeffers
Mr. and Mrs. Omar H. Al-Farisi (F)
Dr. and Mrs. Roy Ashikari
Mr. Norton Belknap (PA)
Mr. Graeme Birchall
Ms. Reiko Braun
Mr. Charles R. Broderick III
Mrs. Kiyoko Ohata Brown
Jim and Yuko Brumm
Mr. David C. Chou
Carole Davenport
Judy and Kim Davis
Fred Eychaner
Mr. John R. Doss
Mr. George Gallagher
Dr. John K. Gillespie (PA)
June Omura Goldberg
Wendy and Leeds Gulick
Mr. Axel Kramer and
Ms. Patricia Hallstein
Ms. Katya Hansen
Mr. Jeffrey L. Hayman
Ms. Tracey Hecht and Mr. David Smilow
Mr. Geoffrey Hoefer
Mr. Durant A. Hunter
Mika Jeffers
Barbara Ann Klein
Mr. Martin Lipton
Dr. Dennis Y. Loh
Dr. John Loomis
Mr. Charles O. Lucas
Nancy Matsumoto and Grant Vingoe
Geoff Matters (F)
Mrs. Monika McLennan
Toshiko Mori
Etsuko O. Morris
Mr. Masazumi Nakayama
Dr. Tatsuji Namba (F)
Mr. and Mrs. Y. Nozoe
Mrs. Edith K. Payne
Mr. Joseph R. Perella
Pamela Perlman
Ms. Laura Pintchik
David and Susan Rockefeller
Ms. Sascha Rockefeller
Michael Romano (PA)
Mr. and Mrs. Charles D. Saunders
Paul and Yoshiko Sheard
Nora and David Tezanos
Erik and Cornelia Thomsen
Ms. Allison Tolman
Hiroshi Tsuyuki and Yasuko Tsuyuki
Mr. and Mrs. Tadao Uchida
Dian Woodner
Ms. Kumiko Yoshii
Anonymous
(EF) Friends of Education and Family
(F) Friends of Film
(G) Friends of Gallery
(PA) Friends of Performing Arts
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Japan Society Funders • FY 2015-16
Business & Policy
Japan 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.
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 Arts
MetLife 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
Japan Society Gallery
For 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.
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,
In the Wake: Japanese Photographers Respond to 3/11 was organized by
The Starr Foundation, and Toyota Motor Corporation. In-kind support:
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Support for the exhibition was generously
Transportation assistance was provided by All Nippon Airways Co., Ltd.
provided by Chris A. Wachenheim, Mr. Wilbur L. Ross, Jr., the Henry
Yamaha was the official piano provider of Japan Society. MetLife Meet-
Luce Foundation, The Tokyo Club (General Incorporated Association),
the-Artists Reception support was provided by MetLife Foundation.
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.,
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,
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,
Education & Family
Education Programs in FY15-16 were made possible by generous funding
from The Freeman Foundation.
and Kansai Osaka 21st Century Association through the Japan World
Additional support was provided by an anonymous family foundation,
Exposition 1970 Commemorative Fund, Dr. and Mrs. Carl F. Taeusch II,
Mr. Wilbur L. Ross, Jr., the United States-Japan Foundation, ITO EN
The Japan Foundation through the Performing Arts JAPAN Program,
(North America) INC., Chris A. Wachenheim, the Wendy Obernauer
the Asian Cultural Council, the National Endowment for the Arts, the
Foundation, Kumon Centers of Manhattan, International Shinto
ArtsCONNECT program of Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation with support
Foundation, The Norinchukin Foundation, Inc., TOMODACHI’s Fund
from the National Endowment for the Arts, The Public Theater's Under
for Exchanges through generous contributions from Toyota Motor
the Radar Festival 2016, the Center Theatre Group with support from the
Corporation, Mitsubishi Corporation, and Hitachi, Ltd., the Jiro Murase
Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, The Saison Foundation, and Doug and
Memorial Fund, Ms. Tomoko Hamada-Dougan, the New York Department
Teresa Peterson.
of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council, Toray Industries
(America), Inc., Toray Plastics (America), Inc., Yomitime, the Yoshiye
Film
Japan 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.
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 Center
Support 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.
Additional transportation was supported by United Airlines.
In-kind suport was provided by Sony Electronics Inc.
Innovators Network
Talks+
Years was made possible, in part, by Mitsubishi Corporation and KPMG
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)
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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.
of Japan, Ms. Yoko Makino, the Portland Japanese Garden, Midori
Innovators Network was made possible, in part, by James Read Levy,
Yamamura, Fordham University, The Japan Foundation, New York, and
Hiroko Onoyama, and Japan Society’s endowment for policy projects.
Japan Sake Export Association.
International transportation was assisted in part by United Airlines and
Japan Airlines was the exclusive Japanese airline sponsor of Talks+ at
All Nippon Airways Co., Ltd
Japan Society. United Airlines was the exclusive U.S. airline sponsor of
Program co-organizers include ETIC., Japan Center for International
Talks+ at Japan Society.
Exchange, Sanaburi Foundation, and Supporting Union for Practical-Use
of Educational Resources.
27
Japan Society, Inc. and Subsidiary Consolidated Statement of Activities
Year ended June 30, 2016 (with summarized totals for year ended June 30, 2015)
UN RESTRICTED
OPE RATING
U NRESTRICTED
BOA RD
DESIGNATED
U NRESTRICTED
TOTA L
TEMPO RA RILY
RESTRICTED
P E R M ANE NTLY
R E STR I CTE D
Contributions, grants and membership
$2,567,253
—
$2,567,253
$2,502,899
$1,993,380
Revenues from functions and activities
1,558,394
—
1,558,394
—
—
Allocated investment return
2,874,410
—
2,874,410
—
—
73,434
—
73,434
—
—
Special events, net of direct expenses
1,125,886
—
1,125,886
—
—
Net assets released from restrictions
3,312,057
—
3,312,057
(3,312,057)
—
11,511,434
—
11,511,434
(809,158)
$1,993,380
Talks+
226,633
—
226,633
—
—
Business & Policy
451,324
—
451,324
—
—
Innovators Network
357,796
—
357,796
—
—
Membership
208,739
—
208,739
—
—
S UPP O RT AN D R E VE N U E
Operating investment return (loss)
Total support and revenue
OPERATI N G E XP E N S E S
Program services
369,221
—
369,221
—
—
Performing arts
1,259,935
—
1,259,935
—
—
Gallery
1,509,136
—
1,509,136
—
—
897,182
—
897,182
—
—
Language education
836,940
—
836,940
—
—
Educational outreach
778,103
—
778,103
—
—
Japan Earthquake Relief Fund
1,193,558
—
1,193,558
—
—
Total program services
8,088,567
—
8,088,567
—
—
2,612,924
—
2,612,924
—
—
943,090
—
943,090
—
—
Film center
Media & Marketing
Supporting services
General
Development
3,556,014
—
3,556,014
—
—
11,644,581
—
11,644,581
—
—
(133,147)
—
(133,147)
(809,158)
$1,993,380
Total investment return (loss), net of
allocation to operations
(848,820)
(717,942)
(1,566,762)
(2,776,886)
—
Increase (decrease) in net assets
(981,967)
(717,942)
(1,699,909)
(3,586,044)
$1,993,380
Net assets, beginning of the year
7,504,281
9,979,298
17,483,579
10,473,915
42,705,221
$6,522,314
$9,261,356
$15,783,670
$6,887,871
$44,698,601
Total supporting services
Total expenses
Excess (deficiency) of revenue over expenses
from operations before non-operating revenue
Non-operating revenue
Net assets, end of year
Japan Society, Inc. and Subsidiary
Statement of Financial Position
TOTA L 2 01 6
TOTAL 201 5
$7,063,532
$4,657,335
1,558,394
1,525,819
Cash designated for Japan Earthquake Relief Fund
2,874,410
2,725,776
Investments, at fair value
73,434
(50,923)
1,125,886
1,299,481
—
—
12,695,656
10,157,488
A SS E TS
Cash and cash equivalents
Contributions and grants receivable
Other receivables and assets
Land, building and equipment, net
Total assets
J U NE 30, 2016
J U NE 3 0, 2 015
$3,810,140
$3,364,691
993,209
1,725,505
57,911,543
60,458,898
68,229
51,799
( co n s o l idated)
985,744
982,505
4,454,647
4,978,617
$68,223,512
$ 71,562,015
$542,367
$ 579,310
311,003
319,990
853,370
899,300
6,522,314
7,504,281
L I A B I L I T I E S AND NE T ASSE TS
Liabilities
226,633
194,581
Accounts payable and accrued expenses
451,324
482,855
Deferred membership revenue
357,796
252,611
Total liabilities
208,739
249,253
Net assets
Unrestricted
369,221
290,018
1,259,935
1,291,675
1,509,136
1,601,538
897,182
917,916
836,940
813,697
778,103
781,585
1,193,558
1,546,184
Total net assets
8,088,567
8,421,913
Total liabilities and net assets
2,612,924
2,393,880
943,090
912,062
3,556,014
3,305,942
11,644,581
11,727,855
1,051,075
(1,570,367)
(4,343,648)
(2,616,346)
(3,292,573)
(4,186,713)
70,662,715
74,849,428
$67,370,142
$70,662,715
Operating
Board-designated
9,261,356
9,979,298
15,783,670
17,483,579
Temporarily restricted
6,887,871
10,473,915
Permanently restricted
44,698,601
42,705,221
Total unrestricted
67,370,142
70,662,715
$68,223,512
$71,562,015
29
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Japan Society Staff
Executive
Language Center & Library
Talks+
Human Resources
Motoatsu Sakurai
President
Tomoyo Kamimura
Director, Language Center &
Library
Tomomi Sekiya
Deputy Director, Talks+
Jane Fenton
Director, Human Resources
Anna Cabasso
Program Associate, Talks+
Manuel Martinez
Payroll Manager
House Activities & Rentals
Information Technology
Lydia Gulick
Director, Program Operations
Larry Kong
Director, Info Technology,
Building & House Operations
Eileen Del Rosario
Executive Assistant
Business & Policy
Tomoko Okuno
Deputy Director,
Business & Policy Program
Dawn Dailey
Language Center Assistant
Aya Wilson
Language Center Associate, p/t
Yuko Aizawa
Instructor
Yuka Terada
Program Officer
Business & Policy Program
Sanae Asai
Instructor
Education & Family
Yumiko Kakutani
Instructor
Jeffrey Miller
Director,
Education & Family Programs
Kazuko Minamoto
Deputy Director,
Education & Family Programs
Yumi Nagasawa
Senior Education Officer
Owen Rojek
Education Officer
Film
Aiko Masubuchi
Senior Film Programmer
Kazu Watanabe
Film Programmer
Gallery
Yukie Kamiya
Director, Japan Society Gallery
Michael Chagnon
Curator, Exhibition Interpretation
Rylan Buchholz
Exhibition Manager
Keiko Hammer
Instructor
Maureen Kamata
Instructor
Kazue Kurahara
Instructor
Mami Miyashita
Instructor
Kyoko Morishima
Instructor
Mari Nakamura
Instructor
Mami Nakanishi
Instructor
Kazuko Nakazawa
Instructor
Toshiko Omori
Instructor
Atsuko Shio
Instructor
Shuichiro Takeda
Instructor
Tsuyoshi Takemori
Instructor
Lia Monti
Gallery Associate
Performing Arts
Innovators Network
Futoshi Miyai
Deputy Director, Performing Arts
Betty Borden
Director, Innovators Network
Fumiko Miyamoto
Senior Program Officer,
Innovators Network
Yoko Shioya
Artistic Director
Lara Mones
Senior Program Officer
Yukako Yamazoe
Program Associate
Carmen Ben
Welcome Desk Associate
Judson Kniffen
Welcome Desk Associate
Sharlene Thompson
Welcome Desk Associate
Daniel Richardson
Database Administrator
Robert Hardy
LAN Administrator, p/t
Maintenance
Development
Ann Niehoff
Director, Foundation &
Government
Jeff Nemeth
Director, Building Services
Manuel Alcazar
Porter
Yoko Suzuki
Director, Corporate Giving
Carlos Estrada
Porter
Kimberly Woodward
Director, Individual Giving
Pedro Felix
Porter
Christy Jones
Director, Special Events
Ivan Sanchez
Handyman/AV Coordinator
Mie Igarashi
Senior Development Officer
Media & Marketing
Claudette Karabey
Development Officer
Michele Debreceni
Director, Media & Marketing
Lana Kitcher
Development Officer
Shannon Jowett
Director, Communications
Eri Mito
Development Assistant, p/t
Nestor Martinez
Web Producer
Finance & Administration
Ben Warren
Video and Creative Services
Manager
Lisa Bermudez
Vice President,
Finance & Administration
Vinka Cvenic
Senior Accountant
Emran Ali
Accountant
Julia Moran
Manager, Administrative Services
Jennifer Alden
Administrative Assistant
Asako Sugiyama
Press and Community Relations
Officer
Cynthia Sternau
Publications Manager
Malena Seldin
Manager of Graphic Design and
Production
Tokyo Office
Ruri Kawashima
Tokyo Representative
—As of Oct. 15, 2016
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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