2017 ANNUAL REPORT
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JAS-17003_2017-Annual-Report_171114-FINAL.indd 2 11/14/17 3:40 PM Our mission is to create and promote Japanese and American friendships. We do this through business, social, educational and cultural activities. We are the only organization in Chicago that touches all of these areas in American and Japanese relationships.
The Japan America Society of Chicago is a nonprofit association made up of individuals and corporations interested in United States-Japan business, cultural, political and social relations. Founded in 1930 to foster mutual goodwill and friendship between the people of Japan and the United States, the Society enjoys a total membership of over 150 American and Japanese corporations and over 600 individuals throughout Chicagoland and the Midwest. The Society sponsors over 50 public affairs and cultural programs annually, including business luncheons, evening lectures, cultural events and social/networking opportunities. All members receive discounts on program registration and invitations to special members-only events. The Society also has a Young Professionals Committee that organizes various evening lectures and social outings throughout the year for members in their 20s and 30s. In addition, the Society offers over six levels of Japanese and English language courses. For membership information and other inquiries, visit www.jaschicago.org or contact the Society office.
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November 2017
Dear friends,
Since I assumed my post here in February, the Japan America Society of Chicago has demonstrated its continuous commitment through a series of high-profile activities. You brought speakers such as Glen Fukushima of the Center for American Progress to give us further insight into U.S.- Japan relations. The NAJAS/KKC Business Speaker Series featured standout lecturers including Kazuo Sako, president and CEO of TOTO Americas Holdings & TOTO USA, Inc. At the 87th Anniversary Celebration Dinner, which was attended by Governor Bruce Rauner, guests heard a keynote address by Nobel laureate Dr. Ei-ichi Negishi of Purdue University. And in September, you welcomed Tagajo High School students to Chicago for a special cultural exchange with students from Lane Tech College Prep High School as part of the TOMODACHI Initiative. It was an invaluable experience for these young people, who are the future of U.S.-Japan relations.
These events and others throughout the year have contributed to the furthering of our two-way friendship at every level: grassroots, business and so on. The Society’s excellent programming could not be accomplished without the direction of President David Johnson and Executive Vice Presidents Ken Hennessy, Katsuya Inubushi and Akira Koyasu. I also wish to applaud the tireless efforts of Chairman Emeritus Senator Adlai Stevenson, Chairman Michael Moskow, the officers and board members, and Mitsukuni Baba and his staff. You have my heartiest thanks.
This December 1st marks the 120th anniversary of the Consulate here in Chicago, and of our Chicago-Japan partnership. Using this opportunity, let’s build upon our strong foundation and collaborate, innovate and achieve even more in the next year.
Sincerely,
Naoki Ito Consul-General of Japan in Chicago
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November 2017
Dear Society members,
I am delighted to report another year of important progress by the Japan America Society of Chicago. Your Society continued its tradition of outstanding programs, while building its membership rolls and broadening its financial support, all in support of its mission of promoting friendship and understanding between Japan and the United States.
The Society’s members and directors enthusiastically participated in over 40 programs this year, covering issues in business, public affairs, culture and education. With wide-ranging topics from the Asian Security Environment to the recovery in Tohoku to the ever-popular sake tasting, our programs and events were well received and supported.
We are pleased to report continued strong membership and recognize that our corporate and individual members are essential to our success. We are thankful for the generosity of our many company sponsors and were pleased to welcome a number of new sponsors this past year. The board of directors is strongly committed to our mission, and I am deeply appreciative of their many contributions to the Society. Each new class of incoming board members adds vigor to the Society, and we continue to attract excellent individuals who generously share their time and talents with the Society.
We remain committed to providing our members and the public at large with a wide variety of quality programs and events. With a dedicated and energized board, sound finances, loyal members, an excellent staff and the continuous support of the Consulate-General of Japan in Chicago as well as others, we are pleased to embark on the coming year with great optimism.
Thank you to our members for your generous support and to our directors and governors for your valuable service. The Society’s future is bright, and I look forward to working with all of you in the year ahead.
Sincerely,
Michael H. Moskow Chairman
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November 2017
Dear Society members,
Congratulations to all members of the Japan America Society of Chicago (JASC) for another outstanding year. The year ending June 30, 2017 was our 86th year in existence, reminding us of our rich history covering many decades of service to our members. We thank you and all the friends of the Society for the incredible support we received again this past year. The purpose of the Japan America Society of Chicago is to promote friendship and understanding between Japan and the United States. Throughout the year, our business, public affairs, social, educational and cultural programming contributes to Japanese-American understanding and friendship. Your support of the Society furthers that important mission.
Programming is at the core of our activities in pursuit of our mission. Once again, we had a year of exciting and interesting programs, events and classes. Of the many programs, here are a few to note: Glen Fukushima, senior fellow, Center for American Progress, former deputy assistant U.S. trade representative for Japan and China, and former president, American Chamber of Commerce in Japan, discussed the Trump administration and U.S.-Japan Relations. Ichiro Sone of JETRO Chicago and Miyagi Prefecture representatives presented a Tohoku update titled "What is Being Done to Build a Positive Future." We held our third annual Illinois Japan Bowl at North Central College, where students demonstrated their knowledge of Japan. Kazuo Sako, president and CEO of TOTO USA, spoke on the subject of "Japanese Products in American Homes — TOTO’s Corporate Strategy in the U.S." Hiroyuki Ishige, chairman of JETRO, Keith Williams, CEO of Underwriters Laboratories and other distinguished speakers held a symposium on the Asia Pacific Economic Integration and the Role of the United States & Japan, co-sponsored with JETRO, Illinois Chamber of Commerce and JASC. We also held many Young Professionals Committee events, including wine tastings, movie nights and networking events. Of special note this year was the TOMODACHI Exchange Program, in which a group of high school students from Tagajo High School in Japan visited Chicago, stayed with JASC member families and attended a series of educational activities including a visit to Lane Tech College Prep High School. We were also honored to have Governor Bruce Rauner attend our annual anniversary celebratory dinner, at which board member and Nobel prize winner Ei-Ichi Negishi presented his personal history. For more information, a complete listing of this past year’s programs is included later in this annual report.
In addition to programs, the two other elements essential to our success are membership and development. Numerous member companies and individual members have provided direct financial support to our Society this past year, including many as event or program sponsors or annual sponsors. We thank each one of you. We also depend upon our individual and corporate members and thank you all so much. In recognition of this important support, we have listed our annual program underwriters, sponsors of individual programs, corporate members and donors in this report. We invite you to please note the organizations and individuals that have supported our Society. Their support is vital to our Society, and we are deeply grateful to them.
We also wish to specially recognize and thank some of the organizations that we work with continuously to develop, publicize and deliver our programming and other services to our members. The Consulate-General of Japan in Chicago, the Japan External Trade Organization, the Japanese Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Chicago, the Chicago Council on Global Affairs, and others are great partners to the Society. On behalf of our members, we can assure these key partners that we will strive to be supportive and cooperative, and assist them wherever we can.
It is important to acknowledge that we have an outstanding group of directors and governors who set the direction for the Society. Many of our directors are active on committees and volunteer much of their valuable time to support our mission. We are particularly grateful to The Honorable Michael Moskow, our chairman, to The Honorable Naoki Ito, Consul-General of Japan in Chicago and our honorary chairman, and to Senator Adlai Stevenson, our chairman emeritus. Their wisdom and counsel are invaluable.
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And finally, the underlying key to our success comes from the efforts of our Japan America Society staff. Mitsukuni Baba, our executive director, has been with us since 2008; Erika Kono, director of logistics and administration, has been with us since 1997; and our most recent addition, Yuki Weisner, joined us in February 2016. This group quietly goes about their work, delivering great programs and service for our members, day in and day out. I personally want to thank them for their passion, talent and hard work.
We are very enthusiastic about the year ahead and our opportunity to continuously improve the quality and relevance of programming that we bring to our members. We welcome your ideas and suggestions as well as your support, both in your attendance and participation as well as in your financial contributions. The Society’s financial status continues to be very stable, but we do not have a significant endowment or reserve fund to draw upon — so we depend on you, our members, to continue your generous support of our Society. Our goal is to continue to deliver excellent programs and great member value in a financially responsible manner. With your help, we intend to achieve that goal, and we look forward to a highly productive and meaningful year.
Thank you again to all who have supported us so well. I am very excited about our future and very much look forward to working with you and serving you in the year ahead.
Sincerely,
David D. Johnson President
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Honorary Chairman Directors Robert Corder The Honorable Naoki Ito Matthew Abbott Vice President, Attraction & Development Consul-General of Japan in Chicago Director, Government and Diplomatic Battle Creek Unlimited Consulate-General of Japan in Chicago Programs The Chicago Council on Global Affairs Sam Cremin Chairman Director of Marketing & Product The Honorable Michael H. Moskow Toshiya Abe Management Vice Chairman & Senior Fellow on the Vice President, Midwest Region & General Litetronics International, Inc. Global Economy Manager, Chicago Branch The Chicago Council on Global Affairs Nippon Express U.S.A., Inc. Drew Edwards CEO Chairman Emeritus David Alexander Usonian Investments LLC The Honorable Adlai E. Stevenson Principal Chairman Masuda Funai Eifert & Mitchell, Ltd. William L. Florida SC&M Investment Management Corp. Vice President David J. Anderson Advisory Research, Inc. President Family Founding Member David D. Johnson Anderson Japanese Gardens Ryutaro Furukawa Molex Inc. (Retired) Executive Director, Global Corporate Bank David L. Barcus JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. Executive Vice Presidents Vice President, Operations Ken Hennessy Sunstar Americas, Inc. Steven P. Gan President Katsuya Inubushi Jack D. Beem Stellar Risk Management Services, Inc. Senior Vice President & General Manager Baker & McKenzie LLP (Retired) Sumitomo Corporation of Americas Marie Gaudette Nigel Blakeway Executive Director Akira “Kevin” Koyasu Chairman, President & CEO Midwest U.S.-Japan Association President & CEO Omron Management Center of America, Inc. Nippon Sharyo U.S.A., Inc. Travis George Benita Boettner Chief Financial Officer Secretary Global Lead, Commercial Strategy Omega 3 Molex John Bukacek Nuseed President Marcia E. Goodman Japanese Business Legal & Technical Erik T. Brejla Partner Translation and Interpretation Services Assistant Deputy Director, Regional Mayer Brown LLP Economic Development
Treasurer Illinois Department of Commerce Edward A. Grant Yasushi Kubo Arthur Andersen LLP (Retired) Partner-Audit Wendy Breuder PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP General Manager, U.S. Corporate Banking Troy Hammond MUFG Union Bank, N.A. President Executive Director North Central College Mitsukuni Baba Robert A. Center Executive Director EY (Retired) Amy M. Harris Japan America Society of Chicago Director of Membership & Accounts The Economic Club of Chicago
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Akihiko Hasegawa Tomoko Kizawa Greg Merkley Head of Asian Corporate Banking (Midwest) Partner Associate Director, Kellogg Case Publishing MUFG Union Bank, N.A. Deloitte Kellogg School of Management
Walter Hladko Bernard Koh Mark Miller Regional Manager Executive Director Multinational Corporations President Imperial Hotel Tokyo/Osaka JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. Cornerstone Environmental, Health & Safety, Inc. Kathryn Ibata Arens Stephen M. Kozik Professor & Director, Global Asian Studies Director, Strategic Projects Dana E. Morrison DePaul University Omron Management Center of America, Inc. President Genieco, Inc. Ralph Inforzato Jody E. Kurtzhalts Chief Executive Director Yaskawa Electric America, Inc. (Retired) Robert Murphy JETRO Chicago Managing Partner Noriyasu Kuwahara Movéo Ken G. Kabira Senior Vice President & Head of Planning & Administration Dr. Yusuke Nakamura, M.D., Ph.D Ryo Kamisaku Astellas US LLC Professor of Medicine and Surgery, Section of Hematology/Oncology & Managing Director Deputy Director, Center for Mizuho Bank, Ltd. Sang-yul Lee Personalized Therapeutics Partner The University of Chicago Robert W. Karr, Jr. K&L Gates LLP General Manager, Ei-ichi Negishi, Ph.D. Global Operations and General Counsel Harumi Lory Herbert C. Brown Blommer Chocolate Company Senior Lecturer Distinguished Professor of Chemistry East Asian Languages & Civilizations Purdue University Janice Katz The University of Chicago Associate Curator of Japanese Art Shuei Nishizawa Dr. Phyllis I. Lyons Art Institute of Chicago Director Associate Professor Emerita Japan Airlines Co., Ltd. Toshio Kawai African & Asian Languages Northwestern University President & CEO Yoko Noge Dean Mitsubishi Electric Automation, Inc. Co-Bureau Chief Jeff Malehorn Nikkei America Inc. Niamh King President & CEO World Business Chicago Vice President, Programs and Chrissy Novak Strategic Content Secretary of the Institute The Chicago Council on Global Affairs James A. McClung Toyota Technological Institute at Chicago Chairman & CEO Shinichiro Kishioka Lismore International Inc. Tomoyuki Osaki President VP & General Manager ITA, Inc. Joseph McCluskey All Nippon Airways Co., Ltd. President E&R Industrial
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Peggy Parfenoff William A. Streff, Jr. Mari Yamamoto Regnier President Partner Partner World Chicago Kirkland & Ellis LLP Barnes & Thornburg LLP
Bradley William Perlstein Bridget Sweeney Board of Governors Vice President, Human Resources Director, Business Operations Jack D. Beem Komatsu America Corp. The Boeing Company Chairman
Jamie Rhee Chie Tanaka Thomas J. Boodell, Jr. Chief Procurement Officer Managing Director, Tax Attorney at Law City of Chicago KPMG LLP Boodell & Domanskis LLC
David M. Roden Kenji Tanaka Clyde O. Bowles, Jr. Managing Director, Intl. Corporate Banking Deputy Consul General Of Counsel Fifth Third Bank Consulate-General of Japan in Chicago Harrison & Held LLP
Howard J. Romanek Shingo Tsuchiya John Bukacek Illinois State University (Retired) President President Futaba North America Engineering & Japanese Business Legal & Technical August W. Schaefer Marketing Corp. Translation and Interpretation Services Underwriters Laboratories, Inc. (Retired) Shawn Y. Valukas Arthur I. Cyr Julie Schotanus First Vice President A.W. and Mary Margaret Clausen HR Business Partner UBS Financial Services, Inc. Distinguished Professor, Political Economy & World Business Aviva Investors Americas Promod Vohra Director, Clausen Center for World Business Carthage College Dan Seals Chief HR and Talent Strategy Officer MPA Health Analytics ACS Group Clyde Dickey Arthur Andersen LLP (Retired) Takashi Sekino Ion Warner EVP & General Manager Vice President, Marketing & Investor Ralph Fujimoto Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal U.S.A., Inc. Relations The Manitowoc Company EY (Retired) David M. Serwer Edward A. Grant Partner Kumiko Watanabe Arthur Andersen LLP (Retired) Baker & McKenzie LLP Japan Business Group National Leader Grant Thornton LLP Lyric Hughes Hale Yoshio Shibazaki President Senior Tax Manager Michael P. Whelan EconVue, LLC Plante & Moran, PLLC Partner EY Shunichiro Kishioka Kazuo Shimizu ITA, Inc. (Retired) President & CEO Grant Whitney Kikkoman Foods, Inc. Vice President, Network Planning-Domestic United Airlines Jody E. Kurtzhalts Yaskawa Electric America, Inc. (Retired)
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James A. McClung Chairman & CEO Lismore International Inc.
Thomas P. McMenamin President Masuda Funai Eifert & Mitchell, Ltd.
Howard J. Romanek Illinois State University (Retired)
The Honorable Adlai E. Stevenson Chairman SC&M Investment Management Corp.
Thomas Studney CEO SIVA Advisors
Josie Tomes
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December 8, 2016
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Program Committee August Schaefer, Underwriters Laboratories, Inc. (Retired) (Chair)
Membership Committee Marcia Goodman, Mayer Brown LLP (Co-Chair) Ken Hennessy, (Co-Chair)
Development Committee David D. Johnson, Molex (Retired) (Co-Chair) Bill Streff, Kirkland & Ellis LLP (Co-Chair)
Nominating Committee Jody E. Kurtzhalts, Yaskawa Electric America, Inc. (Retired) (Co-Chair) James A. McClung, Lismore International Inc. (Co-Chair)
Finance Committee Drew Edwards, Usonian Investments LLC (Co-Chair) Yoshio Shibazaki, Plante & Moran PLLC (Co-Chair)
Education Committee Kumiko Watanabe, Grant Thornton (Chair)
Young Professionals Committee Genea Tafesse, Northern Lights Direct (Chair)
Executive Committee John Bukacek, Japanese Business Legal & Technical Translation and Interpretation Services (Secretary) Drew Edwards, Usonian Investments LLC (Co-Chair, Finance Committee) Marcia Goodman, Mayer Brown LLP (Co-Chair, Membership Committee) Edward A. Grant, Arthur Andersen LLP (Retired) Ken Hennessy, (Executive Vice President & Co-Chair, Membership Committee) Katsuya Inubushi, Sumitomo Corporation of Americas (Executive Vice President) David D. Johnson, Molex (Retired) (President) Akira “Kevin” Koyasu, Nippon Sharyo (Executive Vice President) Yasushi Kubo, PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (Treasurer) James A. McClung, Lismore International Inc. (Co-Chair, Nominating Committee) August Schaefer, Underwriters Laboratories, Inc. (Retired) (Chair, Program Committee) Yoshio Shibazaki, Plante & Moran PLLC (Co-Chair, Finance Committee)
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87th Anniversary Celebratory Dinner “Pursuit of My Dreams for Half-a-Century” Dr. Ei-ichi Negishi, Herbert C. Brown Distinguished Professor of Chemistry, Purdue University & recipient of the 2010 Nobel Prize in Chemistry (From Left to Right: The Honorable Michael H. Moskow, Chairman, Japan America Society of Chicago & Governor Bruce Rauner, Governor of Illinois) (Photo Credit: Robert Hartung) June 8, 2017
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Young Professionals Committee “Bank of Japan’s Monetary Easing Policy Asia Pacific Economic Integration and the U.S. Compared with Japan’s Store and Abenomics” Role of the United States and Japan Operations: Date: 11/7/16 Date: 6/15/17 Uniqlo’s Experience Speaker: Dr. Sayuri Shirai, Professor, Keio Keynote Speakers: Hiroyuki Ishige, Date: 7/19/16 University and Former Board Member of the Chairman & CEO, JETRO and Keith Williams, Speaker: Tomomi Tanaka, General Manager, Bank of Japan President & CEO and Trustee, Underwriters Uniqlo Chicago Co-Organizer: Consulate-General of Japan Laboratories LLC in Chicago Panel Speakers: Vo Tri Thanh, Vice President “Corporate Governance Reform in Japan Young Professionals Committee & Senior Advisor, Central Institute for — A Progress Report” Economic Management of Vietnam, Zhang Date: 9/27/16 Bringing a Delightful Japanese Brand Jianping, Director General, Center for Speaker: Nicholas E. Benes, Representative to Chicago: How ROYCE’ Chocolate Regional Economic Cooperation, Institute Director, The Board Director Training Chicago Successfully Opened Their of West Asia and Africa, Chinese Academy Institute of Japan First Japanese Confectionary Pop-Up of International Trade and Economic Sponsors: Advisory Research, Inc., CDH, Boutique in Chicago Cooperation, MOFCOM, Akio Takahara, David D. Johnson, Molex Inc. and NDK Date: 1/24/17 Professor, Faculty of Law, University of Tokyo Venue Sponsor: JETRO Chicago Speakers: Hirman Ahmad, Managing and Travis George, Executive Vice President, Director, ROYCE’ Chocolate Illinois and Treasurer & Chief Financial Officer, Molex Board of Governors Dinner Sami Ari, Brand Strategist Co-Organizers: Japan America Society Recent Work on Competition in Asia of Chicago, JETRO Chicago and Illinois for Lead Status in Innovation and Japanese Products in American Homes: Chamber of Commerce Entrepreneurship in Biomedicine TOTO’s Corporate Strategy in the U.S. Supporting Organizations: Japanese Date: 10/11/16 Date: 5/25/17 Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Speaker: Kathryn Ibata-Arens, Professor Speakers: Kazuo Sako, President & CEO, Chicago, Consulate-General of Japan in and Director, Global Asian Studies, DePaul TOTO Americas Holdings & TOTO USA, Josina Chicago, Illinois Department of Commerce & University Morita, Metropolitan Water Reclamation Economic Opportunity and Intersect Illinois District Commissioner and Tobias Harris, Vice President, Japan, Teneo Intelligence Making It and Breaking It in Japan — This event is part of the NAJAS/KKC Business My True Story of Songs, Sin and Solitary Speaker Series sponsored by the National Presentation and Book Signing Association of Japan-America Societies and Date: 8/17/17 the Keizai Koho Center Speaker: Steve Gan, President, Stellar Risk Sponsor: William L. Florida Management Services
Consulate-General of Japan in Chicago Illinois Dept. of Commerce & Economic Opportunity
Illinois Chamber of Commerce Intersect Illinois David D. Johnson William L. Florida
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Welcome Reception for Hon. Naoki Ito, Consul-General of Japan in Chicago, Consulate-General of Japan in Chicago March 16, 2017
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Prefectural Governors and the Meaning Co-Organizers: Consulate-General of Bureau Chief, Financial Times of “Modern” Japanese Politics Japan in Chicago, Chicago Sister Cities Sponsor: Consulate-General of Japan Date: 8/25/16 International, Japanese Chamber of in Chicago Speaker: Luke Franks, Assistant Professor of Commerce & Industry of Chicago and Partner: Japan America Society of Chicago History, North Central College JETRO Chicago Sponsor: Howard Romanek Venue Sponsor: Japan Information Center “The Impact of the Trump Administration on the Security Environment in the Asia- Understanding How the United States Chicago Council on Global Affairs Pacific Region — Japan’s View” Elects a President The New Asian Security Landscape Date: 3/6/17 Date: 10/19/16 Date: 2/23/17 Speaker: Yoichi Kato, Senior Research Fellow, Speaker: Howard Romanek, Retired History Speakers: Dennis Blair, Chairman of the Rebuild Japan Initiative Foundation (RJIF) Professor, Illinois State University Board & Chief Executive Officer, Sasakawa Co-Organizer: Consulate-General of Japan in Peace Foundation USA, Patrick Cronin, Chicago Tohoku Update: What’s Being Done Senior Advisor & Senior Director, Asia-Pacific Sponsor: David D. Johnson to Build a Positive Future: First Hand Security Program, Center for a New American Insights on the Current Progress Security, Brad Glosserman, Executive The Trump Administration and Date: 2/21/17 Director, Pacific Forum, Center for Strategic U.S. — Japan Relations Speakers: Ichiro Sone, Chief Executive & International Studies, Toshimichi Nagaiwa, Date: 5/4/17 Director, JETRO Chicago, Yoshiyuki Takasago, Lieutenant General (Retired), Japan Air Self Speaker: Glen Fukushima, Senior Fellow, Director General, Commerce & Industry, Defense Force, Yoshiji Nogami, President, Center for American Progress, Former Miyagi Prefectural Government and Robert The Japan Institute of International Affairs, Deputy Assistant US Trade Representative Priddy, Engineering Lead, Atkins Nuclear and other participants. Moderated by Richard for Japan and China and Former President, Solutions US McGregor, Author, former Washington American Chamber of Commerce in Japan Venue Sponsor: Kirkland & Ellis LLP
Japanese Products in American Homes: The Trump Administration and U.S. — Beauty of Japan: From Obento to Gardens TOTO’s Corporate Strategy in the U.S. Japan Relations Japanese Dining Etiquette and Private Anderson (From Left to Right: Edward A. Grant, Former Glen Fukushima, Senior Fellow, Center for Japanese Gardens Tour President, Japan America Society of Chicago, American Progress, Former Deputy Assistant U.S. Kimiko Gunji, Professor Emeritus of Japanese Josina Morita, Metropolitan Water Reclamation Trade Representative for Japan and China and Arts and Culture in the School of Art & Design, District Commissioner, Tobias Harris, Vice President, Former President, American Chamber of Commerce University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and Japan, Teneo Intelligence and Kazuo Sako, in Japan founder of the new Japan House at University of President & CEO, TOTO Americas Holdings and (Photo Credit: Yoshiko Urayama, Chicago Shimpo) Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and Tim Gruner, TOTO USA) May 4, 2017 Curator, Anderson Japanese Gardens May 25, 2017 September 16, 2017
Consulate-General of Japan David D. Johnson in Chicago Howard Romanek
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Introduction to Chanoyu (Japanese Tea Ceremony) Usucha and the Hanging Scroll Date: 9/8/16 Date: 2/8/17 Speaker: Omar Francis, Instructor, Urasenke Tradition of Chanoyu Speaker: Omar Francis, Instructor, Urasenke Tradition of Chanoyu Venue Sponsor: Japanese Culture Center Co-Organizer: Japanese Culture Center
Shodo (Japanese Calligraphy) Workshop Sake Tasting and Seminar Date: 9/15/16 Date: 2/24/17 Speaker: Seiran Chiba, Japanese Calligrapher Speaker: Monica Samuels, National Sake Sales Manager, Venue Sponsor: Japanese Culture Center Vince Connections Hosted By: Consulate-General of Japan in Chicago, Japan Sake and Behind-the-Scenes Talk at the Art Institute of Chicago Shochu Makers Association, JETRO Chicago and Japan America Date: 9/22/16 Society of Chicago Speaker: Janice Katz, Roger L. Weston Associate Curator of Japanese Art, Art Institute of Chicago Kizuna 6: Resilience Date: 3/23/17 Aikido Presentation and Demo Speaker: Takuma Sato, Race Car Driver Date: 11/3/16 Co-organizers: Osaka Committee of Chicago Sister Cities Speaker: Kobayashi Shihan, 8th dan Aikikai International, Consulate-General of Japan in Chicago, JETRO Chicago Co-organizer: Japanese Culture Center and Japanese Chamber of Commerce & Industry of Chicago Venue Sponsor: Japan Information Center Newly Emerging Japanese Fashion Designers Date: 11/10/16 Painting the Essence of Flowers Workshop Speaker: Nena Ivon, Fashion Expert Date: 4/13/17 Venue Sponsor: K&L Gates LLP Speaker: Patricia Larkin Green, Sumi-e Artist Co-Organizer: Japanese Culture Center
2017 Illinois Japan Bowl 2017 Chicago-Tagajo TOMODACHI Exchange Program 2017 Chicago-Tagajo TOMODACHI Exchange Program (Photo Credit: Kaori Stearney) Farewell Reception Student Exchange at Lane Tech College Prep March 11, 2017 Students from Tagajo High School and High School The Honorable Naoki Ito, Consul-General of Japan Students from Tagajo High School and Lane Tech in Chicago, Consulate-General of Japan in Chicago College Prep High School September 3–9, 2017 September 3–9, 2017
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Taiko 101: A Japanese Drumming Workshop Beauty of Japan: From Obento to Gardens Date: 4/23/17 Japanese Dining Etiquette and Private Anderson Japanese Speaker: Ho-Etsu Taiko Gardens Tour Date: 9/16/17 Koicha and Sweets Speakers: Kimiko Gunji, Professor Emeritus of Japanese Arts and Date: 5/15/17 Culture in the School of Art & Design, University of Illinois at Urbana- Speaker: Omar Francis, Instructor, Urasenke Tradition of Chanoyu Champaign and founder of the new Japan House at University of Co-Organizer: Japanese Culture Center Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and Tim Gruner, Curator, Anderson Japanese Gardens Young Professionals Committee & JET Alumni Association Chicago Venue Sponsor: Anderson Japanese Gardens Japan Off the Beaten Path This event is made possible with support from the: Japanese Date: 6/15/17 Chamber of Commerce & Industry of Chicago Former JET panelists Co-Organizer: JET Alumni Association Chicago Japanese Tea Ceremony Demo Special thanks to the Consulate-General of Japan in Chicago and the Date: 9/28/17 Council of Local Authorities for International Relations (CLAIR) Speaker: Omar Francis, Instructor, Urasenke Tradition of Chanoyu Venue Sponsor: Japan Information Center Co-Organizer: Japanese Culture Center
Kimono Construction "Shinto: Catch the Whisper of Nature" Date: 8/10/17 Date: 11/2/17 Speakers: Cheri Santellano and Teri Noto, Owners, Speaker: Rev. Koichi Barrish, Head Priest, Tsubaki America Tangerine Mountain Imports & Designs Grand Shrine This event is made possible with support from the: Japanese Co-Organizer: Japanese Culture Center Chamber of Commerce & Industry of Chicago Japanese Tea Seminar Date: 11/16/17 Speaker: Oscar Brekell, Japan Tea Export Organization Hosted by: JETRO Chicago, Consulate-General of Japan in Chicago & Japan America Society of Chicago
Consulate-General of Japan in Chicago Japan Sake & Shochu Makers Association
Osaka Committee of Chicago Sister Cities
Council of Local Authorities for International Relations (CLAIR)
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Tour of the Art Institute of Chicago in Japanese Tour of the Art Institute of Chicago in Japanese Date: 7/28/16 Date: 8/24/17 Speaker: Hiroko Saito, School of the Art Institute of Chicago Speaker: Hiroko Saito, School of the Art Institute of Chicago
Tour of the Art Institute of Chicago in Japanese 2017 Chicago-Tagajo TOMODACHI Exchange Program Date: 8/4/16 Date: 9/3/17-9/9/17 Speaker: Hiroko Saito, School of the Art Institute of Chicago This program was made possible with grant support from TOMODACHI/NAJAS 2017 Illinois Japan Bowl Sponsors: Robert A. Center, Joyce Chelberg, Deloitte, Japan Airlines & Date: 3/11/17 Kirkland & Ellis LLP Sponsors: Grant Thornton LLP, JET Alumni Association Chicago, Supporters: CHOOSE Chicago, Comfort Inn Arlington Heights, Lane Joyce Chelberg and Omron Tech College Prep, Molex, Omron, Hiroko Saito, Shoreline Siteseeing & This event is made possible with support from the: Japanese University of Chicago Chamber of Commerce & Industry of Chicago Venue Sponsor: North Central College Tour of the Art Institute of Chicago in Japanese A corporate supporter of the Illinois Japan Bowl and the sponsor of Date: 9/21/17 the winning team’s accommodations and registration to the National Speaker: Hiroko Saito, School of the Art Institute of Chicago Bowl in Washington, DC: Mazda Foundation In cooperation with the Consulate-General of Japan in Chicago History of Chicago Tour in English and Japanese Special thanks to Risa Kamio and the Japan America Society of Date: 10/3/17 Washington D.C. Speakers: Howard Romanek, History Department, Illinois State Special thanks to Temple University Japan Campus for funding of University (retired) and Hiroko Saito, School of the Art Institute Illinois Japan Bowl T-shirts of Chicago Special thanks to Seiun Baba for the T-shirt design Sponsor: Sumitomo Corporation of Americas Special thanks to Japan America Society of Southern California
Seiun Baba
Joyce Chelberg
Robert A. Center
CHOOSE Chicago
Consulate-General of Japan in Chicago
Japan America Society of Southern California
Japan America Society of Washington DC
Risa Kamio
Lane Tech College Prep High School
Hiroko Saito
Shoreline Siteseeing
University of Chicago
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Young Professionals Committee Young Professionals Committee Young Professionals Committee & AAAYA Batsu Chicago Movie Outing to see “Miss Hokusai” Speed Networking Event Date: 7/8/16 Date: 10/26/16 Date: 4/4/17 Co-Organizer: AAAYA Young Professionals Committee 30th Annual Holiday Fundraiser Millennium Park Summer Music Outing and Bonenkai Young Professionals Committee featuring Heritage Blues Orchestra Date: 12/8/16 Eiko and Koma Art Institute Performance Date: 7/21/16 Date: 4/20/17 Young Professionals Committee Young Professionals Committee Young Professionals Committee Asian Pop-Up Cinema Opening Night Japanese Craft Beer Tasting Movie Outing, “Survival Family” Northwestern University Tanka Date: 7/22/16 Date: 3/1/17 Discussion/Reading and Poet Nagata Speaker: Daniel Morales, Japan Expert and Kazuhiro Outing Beer Otaku Welcome Reception for Hon. Naoki Ito, Date: 4/21/17 Consul-General of Japan in Chicago, In cooperation with the Consulate-General Young Professionals Committee Consulate-General of Japan of Japan in Chicago Millennium Park in Chicago Summer Film Series — Grease Date: 3/16/17 87th Anniversary Celebratory Dinner Date: 8/9/16 Co-organizers: Japanese Chamber of “Pursuit of My Dreams for Commerce and Industry of Chicago and Half-a-Century” Young Professionals Committee Chicago Japanese American Council Date: 6/8/17 Meet and Greet with Kumiko Watanabe Speaker: Dr. Ei-ichi Negishi, Herbert C. Young Professionals Committee Date: 8/19/16 Brown Distinguished Professor of Chemistry, Speaker: Kumiko Watanabe, Japan Business Lunch Social at Smoque Purdue University and recipient of the 2010 Group National Leader, Grant Thornton LLP Date: 3/25/17 Nobel Prize in Chemistry Sponsors: MUFG Union Bank, N.A. and Young Professionals Committee Japanese Culture Center Apocalypse Howard J. Romanek Kizuki Ramen Social Nausicaa and Ghost in the Shell Young Professionals Committee Date: 8/31/16 Date: 4/1/17 Speaker: Kevin Yu, Co-Owner, Kizuki Speaker: Elizabeth Lillehoj, Department ASL Tour of Takashi Murakami at the of History of Art & Architecture, DePaul Museum of Contemporary Art University Young Professionals Committee Date: 6/20/17 Hosted by: The Japanese Culture Center Meet and Greet with Ken Hennessy Co-Sponsors: The DePaul University Date: 10/21/16 Japanese Studies Program and Japan Speaker: Ken Hennessy, President, NDK America Society of Chicago
Howard J. Romanek AAAYA Consulate-General of Japan in Chicago DePaul University Japanese Studies Program
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Young Professionals Committee Young Professionals Committee of Chicago La La Land Showing at Millennium Park Rooftop Social at Bernie’s Date: 7/18/17 Date: 9/13/17
Young Professionals Committee of Chicago Young Professionals Committee of Chicago Meet and Greet with Steve Kozik Rooftop Social at Aire Date: 7/27/17 Date: 9/27/17 Speaker: Steve Kozik, Director, Strategic Projects, Omron Management Center of Young Professionals Committee of Chicago America, Inc. Chicago International Film Festival Outing “Blade of the Immortal” Chicago Fire vs. New England Revolution Date: 10/22/17 Men’s Professional Soccer Game Date: 8/5/17 31st Annual Holiday Fundraiser Meet and Greet with Daigo Kobayashi, New and Bonenkai England Revolution Date: 12/14/17
Chicago Red Stars vs. Seattle Reign Women’s Professional Soccer Game Date: 8/16/17 Meet and Greet with Rumi Utsugi, Seattle Reign, Nahomi Kawasumi, Seattle Reign and Yuki Nagasato, Chicago Red Stars
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87th Anniversary Celebratory Dinner “Pursuit of My Dreams for Half-a-Century” Dr. Ei-ichi Negishi, Herbert C. Brown Distinguished Professor of Chemistry, Purdue University & Recipient of the 2010 Nobel Prize in Chemistry (From Left to Right: The Honorable Adlai E. Stevenson, Chairman Emeritus, Japan America Society of Chicago & Governor Bruce Rauner, Governor of Illinois) (Photo Credit: Robert Hartung) June 8, 2017
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Corporate Platinum Members Mitsubishi Electric Automation, Inc. Moritani America, Inc. Grant Thornton LLP Mitsui & Co. (U.S.A.), Inc. Movéo Molex Mizuho Bank, Ltd. North Central College Takeda Pharmaceuticals International, Inc. MUFG Union Bank, N.A. Northern Illinois University, College of Engineering Nippon Express USA, Inc. Okabe Co., Inc. Corporate Gold Members Nippon Life Insurance Company of America OKAYA (U.S.A.) Inc Kirkland & Ellis LLP Nippon Sharyo USA Inc. Pascal Engineering Inc. Omron Management Center of America, Inc. Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal U.S.A., Inc. Plante & Moran, PLLC United Airlines Segal McCambridge Singer & Mahoney, Ltd. Ray Law International, P.C. Sidley Austin LLP Riken of America, Inc. Corporate Silver Members SURFACETEC Robert W. Baird & Co. All Nippon Airways Co., Ltd. The Boeing Company The Chicago Council on Global Affairs Astellas US LLC TOTO USA The Economic Club of Chicago Baker & McKenzie LLP U.S. Tsubaki, Inc. Tomoegawa (U.S.A.) Inc. Barnes & Thornburg LLP Toyota Tsusho America, Inc. Beam Suntory Inc. Corporate Members Transagra International Inc. Deloitte ACS Group World Business Chicago EY Aqua-Aerobic Systems/Metawater USA World Chicago Futaba North America Engineering and Atterro Marketing Corporation CDH P.C. Corporate Supporter Members KPMG LLP Chicagoland Commercial Real Estate, Inc. Amano Enzyme U.S.A. Co., Ltd. Masuda Funai Eifert & Mitchell, Ltd. City of Chicago AnimeCon.org Mayer Brown LLP Comfort Inn Arlington Heights Arnie Yusim Leasing, Inc. PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP Consulate-General of Japan in Chicago Automation Control Panel Solutions Inc. Sumitomo Corporation of Americas Courtyard Chicago Glenview/Northbrook Blommer Chocolate Company Sunstar Americas, Inc. ECHO Incorporated Cole & Associates TDK Corporation of America EOS Accountants LLP Development Bank of Japan Inc. The Langham, Chicago GC America Inc. EconVue, LLC GP Ventures, Ltd. Figaro USA, Inc. Corporate Bronze Members iJET International, Inc. Goda & Associates, Inc. Ajinomoto Heartland, Inc. Illinois Department of Commerce ITIM Japan Anderson Japanese Gardens ITA, Inc. ITOCHU Automobile America Inc. ARK Technologies, Inc. Japan Airlines Co., Ltd. Japanese Culture Center Asahi Kasei Bioprocess America, Inc. J-POWER USA Development Co., Ltd. Mark Goodman & Associates, Inc. Bank of America Merrill Lynch Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP Mitsubishi Corporation (Americas) Barack Ferrazzano Kirschbaum & Nagelberg Kikkoman Foods, Inc. Miyanaga America Corporation Battle Creek Unlimited Kintetsu Intl. Travel Consultants Company Cornerstone Environmental, Health & Safety, USA, Inc. Nikkei America Inc. Inc. Kitamura Machinery of U.S.A., Inc. Nisshin Steel USA, LLC Fifth Third Bank Komori America Corporation Pacific Advisory Service Genieco, Inc. Kubota Engine America Corporation PharmStat HARTING Inc. of North America Lions Clubs International Foundation Pursanova Ltd., Inc. IRIS USA, Inc. Litetronics International, Inc. RSR Partners Japanese Business Legal & Technical Mandell Menkes LLC Sumitomo Electric Carbide, Inc. Translation and Interpretation Services Marsh USA, Inc. Taiyo Yuden (U.S.A.), Inc. JETRO Chicago MBL (USA) Corporation Toyota Technological Institute at Chicago JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. MC Machinery Systems, Inc. UACJ North America, Inc. K&L Gates LLP Meiji Corporation Yaskawa Electric America, Inc. KDDI America, Inc. Mitsubishi Heavy Industries America, Inc. Komatsu America Corp.
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CORPORATE DONORS $5,000–$9,999 $1,000–$4,999 $500–$999 $250–$499 EY Barnes & Thornburg LLP Advisory Research, Inc./Piper Jaffray The David and Colleen Anderson Charitable Foundation ITA, Inc.-Shunichiro Kishioka Genieco, Inc. Cornerstone Environmental, Health & Safety, Inc. CDH, P.C. Molex Kikkoman Foods Foundation, Inc. Deloitte NDK Movéo KPMG LLP Grant Thornton LLP MUFG Union Bank, N.A. Meiji Corporation JET Alumni Association Chicago $100–$249 Plante Moran PLLC Mitsubishi Electric Automation, Inc. Nippon Sharyo U.S.A., Inc. Arnie Yusim Leasing, Inc. Mizuho Bank, Ltd. Hamilton Partners Okaya (U.S.A.), Inc. IRIS USA, Inc. Omron Management Center of America, Inc. Nippon Express Foundation, Inc. Steinmetz College Prep (Japanese Language Book Donation) $0–$99 Sumitomo Corporation of Americas Cole & Associates, Inc. The Boeing Company
INDIVIDUAL DONORS $15,000–$19,999 $500–$999 $100–$249 $0–$99 Kimiko Nakamura Robert A. Center Daniel Brown John Burr Robert Corder M/M Clyde Dickey Roberto Gonzalez $5,000–$9,999 Keith E. Williams M/M Ralph Fujimoto Thomas M. Graham Joyce Chelberg Tsuneo Hachiuma Dr. Gladys F. Jones Edward A. Grant $250–$499 Luis Larrea Shoya Tanaka David D. Johnson Sayuri Anderson Joseph McCluskey Lauren Worth Jack D. Beem Thomas P. McMenamin & Dr. Catherine Walshe $1,000–$4,999 Jessica Lane, Dawn Takagi & LuLaRoe Dr. John R. Stuermer Benita Boettner Niamh King Howard Romanek August W. Schaefer Daniel J. Seals & Miyako Hasegawa Joann R. Tomes Ion Warner Keiko Yanai
Venue Sponsors: Reception Sponsors: Special Thanks To: Anderson Japanese Gardens JETRO Chicago Council of Local Authorities for Robert Hartung, for taking International Relations JASC photos Comfort Inn Arlington Heights Kirkland & Ellis LLP JET Alumni Association Chicago Japan Information Center K&L Gates LLP JETRO Chicago Japanese Culture Center North Central College Kirkland & Ellis LLP K&L Gates LLP
The Japan America Society The Japan America Society of of Chicago would like to thank Chicago would like to thank the below organizations for the below companies for their their support: ongoing support: Audited financial statements will be made available Japanese Chamber of Commerce CDH, P.C. to members upon request. & Industry of Chicago Comfort Inn Arlington Heights The Japan America Society of Chicago would like to thank Movéo JETRO Chicago Kevin Greene for its design of this annual report. The Chicago Council on Masuda, Funai, Eifert & Mitchell, Ltd. Global Affairs The support of Movéo is greatly appreciated. Movéo Integrated Branding The Consulate-General of Japan in Chicago PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
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Very special recognition, honor and gratitude are due to the Society’s 87th annual program sponsors and underwriters. They are listed below. These fine member organizations have stepped forward and up as sponsors for our entire 87th program year. It is as a result of their generosity and belief in our mission and programming that the Society is able to continue to provide the robust and vital programs that our members value highly and have come to expect. We thank each of these companies and individuals very deeply for their support and faith in our programming and in our purpose.
Joyce Chelberg David D. Johnson
Edward A. Grant
LEGACY SOCIETY
PLANNING YOUR ESTATE AND SUPPORTING THE JAPAN AMERICA SOCIETY OF CHICAGO In increasing numbers, members and friends of the Society are creating legacies with us through planned gifts made during their lifetimes and through their estates. Gift planning integrates charitable giving into a donor’s overall financial, tax and estate planning to maximize benefits for both the donor and the Society. Examples of planned gifts include bequests, life- income gifts, gifts of real estate and gifts of retirement plan assets. The Society has been named in a number of planned gifts, and this will provide crucial support toward the future health and well being of the Society.
Anonymous Jack D. Beem William L. Florida Edward A. Grant
AWARDS
THE ORDER OF THE SACRED TREASURE AND THE ORDER OF THE RISING SUN AWARDS The Japan America Society of Chicago would like to congratulate the below Society members who have received the prestigious the Order of the Sacred Treasure and the Order of the Rising Sun awards from the Japanese government:
1981 Fall: Thomas Masuda 2003 Fall: Clyde O. Bowles, Jr. The Order of the Sacred Treasure, Gold Rays with Rosette The Order of the Rising Sun, Gold Rays with Neck Ribbon 1987 Fall: Takeo Sugano 2005 Fall: Akiko Sugano The Order of the Sacred Treasure, Gold and Silver Rays The Order of the Rising Sun, Silver Rays 1993 Fall: Ralph Fujimoto 2010 Spring: Clyde Dickey The Order of the Sacred Treasure, Gold Rays with Rosette The Order of the Rising Sun, Gold Rays with Rosette 1994 Fall: The Honorable Adlai Stevenson 2010 Fall: Shunichiro Kishioka The Order of the Sacred Treasure, Gold and Silver Star The Order of the Rising Sun, Gold and Silver Rays 1997 Fall: Richard P. Soter 2014 Spring: Governor James R. Thompson The Order of the Sacred Treasure, Gold Rays with Neck Ribbon The Order of the Rising Sun, Gold and Silver Star 2001 Spring: Masaru Funai The Order of the Sacred Treasure, Gold Rays with Rosette 2015 Fall: Edward A. Grant The Order of the Rising Sun, Gold Rays with Rosette 2002 Spring: Jack Beem The Order of the Sacred Treasure, Gold Rays with Rosette
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FOREIGN MINISTER AWARD RECIPIENTS 2010: Japan America Society of Chicago 2015: Foreign Minister’s Commendations in Honor of the 70th Anniversary of the End of the War: Mitsukuni Baba, Executive Director, Japan America 2014: Yoko Noge Dean, Board of Directors, Japan America Society of Chicago Society of Chicago
CONSUL-GENERAL OF JAPAN IN CHICAGO COMMENDATION RECIPIENTS 2016: Kimiko Nakamura, Japanese Language Instructor, 2017: Erika V. Kono, Director of Administration & Logistics, Japan America Society of Chicago Japan America Society of Chicago
ADLAI E. STEVENSON LIFETIME SERVICE AND ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS June 2015: Joyce Chelberg June 2015: The Honorable Adlai E. Stevenson June 2017: Shunichiro Kishioka
June 2015: Ralph Fujimoto June 2016: Kimiko Nakamura
CULTURAL ACHIEVEMENT & SCHOLARSHIP
CULTURAL ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS 2003: Dr. Shozo Sato, Kabuki Master 2012: Kimiko Gunji, Japan House, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
2006: Lee Gurga, American Haiku Author 2013: Joyce Sosho Kubose, Urasenke Tradition of Chado the Way of Tea
2007: John R. Anderson, Anderson Gardens 2014: Yoko Schmadeke, Oak Park River Forest High School
2008: Lucien Stryk, Translator and Writer of Zen Poetry 2015: Ivan Watters, Yasukunai Bonsai
2009: Dr. Janice A. Katz, The Art Institute of Chicago 2016: Charles O. Harris, Ikenobo Ikebana Society
2010: Tatsu Aoki, Asian aRts Improv Midwest 2017: Omar Francis, Urasenke Chicago Association of Chado Urasenke Takokai
2011: Fujima Shunojo, Japanese Classical Dancer
RECENT SCHOOL OF THE ART INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO SCHOLARSHIP AWARD RECIPIENTS 2006: Reina Williams 2009: Elgin Bokari T. Smith 2012: Emma Bottari 2015: Jessica Barrett Sattell
2007: Adam Janusz 2010: Michael Chlebowski 2013: Gan Kanji Uyeda 2016: Keith Spencer
2008: Kathleen Lynee Kutsche 2011: Cheryl-Ann Fakes 2014: Monica Moki Tantoco 2017: Rebecca Nakaba
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NAMBU AWARDS 2012: New Trier Winnetka 2015: Adlai E. Stevenson High School (Illinois Science Olympiad First Place Overall, High School Division) (Illinois Science Olympiad 1st Place-Scrambler [Group AA])
2012: Adlai E. Stevenson High School 2015: Farmington Central High School (Illinois Science Olympiad Second Place Overall, High School Division) (Illinois Science Olympiad 1st Place-Scrambler [Group A])
2013: Niles North High School 2016: New Trier High School (Illinois Science Olympiad First Place Category Gravity Vehicle) (Illinois Science Olympiad Bridge Building [Group AA])
2013: Rockford Auburn High School 2016: Rockford Christian High School (Illinois Science Olympiad First Place Category Problem Solving) (Illinois Science Olympiad 1st Place-Bridge Building [Group A])
2014: Loyola Academy 2017: Adlai E. Stevenson High School (Illinois Science Olympiad First Place MAGLEV) (Illinois Science Olympiad 1st Place Remote Sensing [Group AA])
2014: Harry D. Jacobs High School 2017: Beacon Academy (Illinois Science Olympiad Second Place Circuit Lab) (Illinois Science Olympiad 1st Place Remote Sensing [Group A])
Charter Committee Members: Regular Committee Members: ITA, Inc. Mitsubishi Turbocharger & Engine Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Meiji Corporation Komatsu America Corp. America, Inc. Metal U.S.A., Inc. Mitsubishi Electric Automation, Inc. Molex Omron Management Center Nippon Sharyo U.S.A., Inc. of America, Inc. Okaya (U.S.A.), Inc.
ILLINOIS JAPAN BOWL-WINNING TEAMS 2015 Level 3 First Place: New Trier High School 2017 Level 3 First Place: Northside College Prep High School 2017 Level 3 Second Place: University High School at UIUC 2016 Level 3 First Place: Whitney Young Magnet High School 2017 Level 3 Third Place: New Trier High School 2016 Level 3 Second Place: Northside College Prep High School 2017 Level 3 Third Place: University High School at UIUC 2016 Level 4 First Place: New Trier High School 2017 Level 4 First Place: Northside College Prep High School 2016 Level 4 Second Place: Glenbrook South High School 2017 Level 4 Second Place: Whitney Young Magnet High School 2017 Level 4 Third Place: Lane Tech College Prep High School
INTERNS
Special thanks to our student interns for 2016-2017. We greatly appreciate all of their hard work and contributions to the Society:
Bianca Bautista, University of Illinois at Chicago Kazuki Ogita, Loyola University Jessica Cano Morgan Penn, Loyola University Samuel Dunn, DePaul University Trina Pongco, Loyola University Elliot Fowlks, University of Illinois at Chicago Rowan Quinain, Loyola University Amina Hodzic, Bennington College Alexandra Rumbaugh, Ohio State University Patrick Hurd, Tulane University Micaela Sanders, Columbia College Mayumi Ishikawa, Roosevelt University Anthony Torres Hikaru Kawase, Kyoto Women’s University Chinatsu Tsuji, Loyola University Asako Kobayashi, Osaka University Christina Ulowetz, Bryn Mawr College Yuma Kuki, Kobe College Ryuno Umeda, Kansai Gaidai University Rachel Kullen, Loyola University Andrea Wilhelm, Macalester College Maasa Motoyama, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Koh Yamauchi, DePaul University Joshua Mueda, Loyola University Risako Yano, Kobe College Jonathan Myers, Georgetown University Mika Zattera, University of Southern California
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CHAIRMEN OF THE JAPAN AMERICA SOCIETY OF CHICAGO: 2008-2012: Edward A. Grant, Principal, Arthur Andersen LLP 1988-2003: The Honorable Adlai E. Stevenson, Chairman, 2012-2014: The Honorable J.D. Bindenagel, Special Advisor to the SC&M Investment Management Corp. President for International and Global Chicago Affairs, DePaul University 2004-2005: Keikichi Honda, Chairman, NCR Japan & Glenn Tilton, Chairman and CEO, United Airlines 2014-2015: Edward A. Grant, Principal, Arthur Andersen LLP (Retired) 2006-2007: Glenn Tilton, Chairman and CEO, United Airlines 2015-2016: Nigel C. Blakeway, Chairman, President & CEO, 2008-Present: The Honorable Michael H. Moskow, Vice Chairman & Omron Management Center of America, Inc. Senior Fellow on the Global Economy, David D. Johnson, Executive Vice President, The Chicago Council on Global Affairs Treasurer & CFO, Molex Akira “Kevin” Koyasu, President & CEO, PRESIDENTS OF THE JAPAN AMERICA SOCIETY OF CHICAGO: Nippon Sharyo USA, Inc. 1930-1937: Charles H. Chandler, Professor, University of Chicago 2016-Present: David D. Johnson, Executive Vice President, Treasurer & CFO, Molex (Retired) 1937-1939: Russell Tyson HONORARY LIFETIME MEMBERSHIP RECIPIENTS: 1939-1962: John H. Weddell June 4, 2009 1962-1963: Raymond J. Graham Dr. Kazuo Kawasaki, Design Director, Doctor of Medical Science, 1963-1964: Galen E. Russell, Former Pastor of the Tokyo Union Church Professor of Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka University & Professor Emeritus at Nagoya City University 1964-1966: Lafeton Whitney, Executive Director of the Wiebolt Foundation; General in US Air Force; April 14, 2010 Savings, Promotions, Harris Trust and Savings Bank Beate Sirota Gordon, worked at General MacArthur’s headquarters on a team charged with writing a new constitution for Japan 1966-1973: Harry A. Olsen, Partner, Arthur Andersen & Co. September 16, 2010 1973-1975: A. Robert Abboud, Chairman, The First National Bank Dr. Yoichiro Nambu, The Harry Platt Judson Professor Emeritus, The of Chicago; President, Occidental Petroleum Corp. University of Chicago & Recipient of the 2008 Nobel Prize in Physics 1975: Russell Baker, Senior Partner, Baker & McKenzie June 9, 2011 Ambassador Robert M. Orr, Executive Director, Asian Development Bank 1975-1977: James H. Ingersoll, Vice President, External Affairs, Borg-Warner Corporation September 27, 2011 Leo Melamed, Former Chairman of the Mercantile Exchange, and 1977-1979: Donald Eriksen, Senior Partner, Arthur Anderson & Co. Chairman Emeritus of the CME Group, Inc. 1979-1981: Alfred F. Miossi, Executive Vice President and December 15, 2011 Director of International Affairs, Continental Illinois Dr. Ei-Ichi Negishi, Herbert C. Brown Distinguished National Bank and Trust Company of Chicago Professor of Chemistry, Purdue University and Recipient of the 2010 Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1981-1984: Thomas H. Hague, Assistant to Chairman and Area Director-Asia, Borg-Warner Corporation June 14, 2012 Ambassador Rust M. Deming, Adjunct Professor, Japan Studies, 1984-1985: The Honorable Adlai E. Stevenson, SC&M Investment Johns Hopkins University and Former Director of the Office of Management Corp. Japanese Affairs 1985-1988: Thomas Coulter, CEO, Chicago Association of March 14, 2013 Commerce and Industry; Executive Vice President, Takeo Aoyama, EVP & General Manager, Nippon Steel & Lester B. Knight & Associates, Inc.; Director, Sumitomo Metal U.S.A., Inc. Chicago-Tokyo Bank June 13, 2013 1988-1992: Jack D. Beem, Partner, Baker & Mczie Kulapat Yantrasast, Architect, Co-founder and Principal, wHY Architecture 1993-1995: Clyde Dickey, Partner and Director of International Business, Arthur Anderson & Co. June 12, 2014 Dr. Yusuke Nakamura, Professor of Medicine, Section of 1996: Dennis Britton, EVP and Editor, Chicago Sun-Times Hematology/Oncology; Professor of Surgery & Deputy Director, Center for Personalized Therapeutics, The University of Chicago 1996-1999: Clyde O. Bowles, Jr., President, Burditt, Bowles & Radzius, Chtd.; Principal, Bowles, Keating, Hering, June 11, 2015 Matuszewich & Fiordalisi; Rooks Pitts Ambassador Ira Shapiro, Chairman of the Board-National Association of Japan America Societies, Former Clinton Administration Official at 2000-2005: Thomas McMenamin, Vice President, Principal, USTR: General Counsel, Ambassador and Chief Trade Negotiator with Masuda, Funai, Eifert & Mitchell, Ltd. Japan and Canada 2006-2007: John A. Challenger, President, Challenger, Gray & June 9, 2016 Christmas, Inc. Ambassador J. Thomas Schieffer, Ambassador to Japan (2005-2009) 2007-2008: Edward A. Grant (Principal, Arthur Andersen LLP), Sam Cremin (Director of Marketing Communications, Molex) Shunichiro Kishioka (Chairman, ITA, Inc.)
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1969: Mr. Kayoshi Togasaki, President of Rotary International 2002: The Honorable Ryozo Kato, Ambassador of Japan to the US, 1971: Mr. Shiro Kashiwa, Assistant Attorney General of the United States “Where Did Japan Go?” 1972: Mr. Oliver Statler, Author-lecturer 2003: A Special Performance by Yukiko Ogura, Viola, Chicago Symphony 1974: Robert S. Ingersoll, Deputy Secretary of State, US Department Orchestra, and an Instrumental Medley by Yoko Noge & Jazz of State Me Blues 1975: Robert S. Ingersoll, Former Ambassador of US to Japan, Deputy 2004: Mutsuyoshi Nishimura, Ambassador of Japan to Mexico, former Secretary of State, US Department of State Consul General of Japan at Chicago, “My Views on America” 1976: Frank Gibney, “1776-1868: Two Revolutions and Their Descendents” 2005: Guest Chefs from United Airlines/Signature Room 1977: The Honorable James D. Hodgson, Former US Ambassador to Japan 2006: Dr. Lee Gurga, award-winning haiku poet and former editor of Modern Haiku, the oldest and most respected journal of haiku and 1978: His Excellency Fumihiko Togo, Japanese Ambassador to US haiku studies outside Japan. He is a past president of the Haiku 1979: The Honorable James R. Thompson, Governor of the State of Illinois Society of America. 1980: Yoshio Okawara, Ambassador of Japan to the United States 2007: David W. Grzelak, Chairman and CEO, Komatsu America Corp. 1981: Ambassador Robert S. Ingersoll, Recipient of The First Class Order of “Komatsu: Managing a Japanese Company in North America” the Rising Sun 2008: Michael R. Lufrano, Senior Vice President, Community Affairs and 1982: The Honorable Michio Mizoguchi General Counsel, Chicago Cubs. “The International Past Time: 1983: The Honorable Charles H. Percy Traditions and Connections Between Baseball, Japan and 1984: Honorable Moriyuki Motono Wrigley Field." 1985: Professor Ezra F. Vogel, Harvard University 2009: Dr. Kazuo Kawasaki, Design Director, Doctor of Medical Science, 1986: Mr. James D. Robinson III, Chairman and CEO, American Express Co. Professor of Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka University, Professor Emeritus at Nagoya City University. “Japanese Designs - 1987: Akio Morita, Chairman and CEO of Sony Corporation From Eyeglasses to Artificial Organ Technology” 1988: Mr. Stephen Wolf of UAL Corporation United Airlines, “Important 2010: Professor Theodore C. Bestor, Chair of the Department of Role of Corporate Citizenship in Enhancing and Stabilizing US- Anthropology, Social Anthropology Program, Harvard University Japan Bilateral Relations” 2011: Ambassador Robert M. Orr, U.S. Executive Director to the Asian 1989: Mr. Scott E. Pardee, Chairman of Yamaichi International Development Bank, “The U.S.-Japan Relationship at the Asian (America) Inc. Development Bank” 1990: Mr. Toshiaki Ogasawara, Chairman and Publisher of the Japan 2012: Ambassador Rust M. Deming, Adjunct Professor, Japan Studies, Times, Japan’s Leading English Language Daily, “The United States Johns Hopkins University and Former Director of the Office and Japan: The Relationship in the Nineties” of Japanese Affairs, “The Impact of March 11 on U.S.-Japan Relations 1991: The Honorable Takako Doi, Member of the Diet, Chairperson, and the Challenges Ahead” Social Democratic Party of Japan, “Japan’s Role in the 2013: Kulapat Yantrasast, Architect, Co-founder and Principal, International Community” wHY Architecture, “Learning from the Past to Create Japan’s Future 1992: Takashi Oka, Senior Correspondent, Christian Science Monitor, in Jackson Park, Chicago” “Japan and the United States: Non-Military Power in the Post-Cold 2014: Dr. Yusuke Nakamura, Professor of Medicine, Section of War Era” Hematology/Oncology; Professor of Surgery & Deputy Director, 1993: The Honorable Yoshio Hatano, Ambassador of Japan to UN, “Japan Center for Personalized Therapeutics, The University of Chicago, in the New United Nations” “Hope to Fight Against Cancer: Why I Moved to Chicago 1994: Dr. Koji Taira, Professor of Economics and Industrial Relations at From Japan” the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, “Will the Rising 2015: Ambassador Ira Shapiro, Chairman of the Board-National Sun Set?” Association of Japan America Societies, Former Clinton 1995: Ambassador Nicholas Platt, President, The Asia Society, Administration official at USTR: General Counsel, Ambassador “The United States and Japan in Asia” and Chief trade negotiator with Japan and Canada, 1996: Mr. Noboru Hatakeyama, President of JETRO, “Friendly Advice to “The TTP Agreement: A Defining Moment in U.S.-Japan Relations America from an Old Friend” and American Politics” 1997: Honorable Yoshio Okawara Former Ambassador of Japan to US 2016: Ambassador J. Thomas Schieffer, Ambassador to Japan (2005-2009), (1981-1985), “The Changing Context of US-Japan Relations” “The Case for Trade Between the United States and Japan” 1998: His Excellency Kunihiko Saito, Ambassador of Japan to the United 2017: Dr. Ei-ichi Negishi, Herbert C. Brown Distinguished Professor of States, “The Status of US-Japan Relations” Chemistry, Purdue University and recipient of the Nobel Prize 1999: The Honorable Akiko Yamanaka, Member of Japanese Diet, in Chemistry, “Pursuit of my Dreams for Half-a-Century” “The Role of Women in Japanese Society” 2000: The Honorable Shunji Yanai, Ambassador of Japan to the US 2001: James Cantalupo, Vice Chairman and President of McDonald’s Corporation, “McDonald’s in Japan: Perspective on a Thirty Year Relationship”
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We thank the below donors for joining us in the continued effort to help support the people of Japan. All those affected by these events will remain foremost in our thoughts and prayers.
To make a donation: www.jaschicago.org
100% of proceeds will go to the Japanese Red Cross
The Japan America Society of Chicago is a 501(c)(3) organization. All contributions are tax-deductible to the extent permitted by law. Thank you for your support!
$232,425 AS OF MARCH 21, 2017
WE WOULD LIKE TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE DONORS THAT PLEDGED $300+:
$35,000 $2,697 $1,000 Chicago Bears Football Club, Inc. Woodland School District #50 American Foods Group Arrowsight, Inc. $12,500 $2,000 Celine Bendy Barnes & Thornburg, LLP (Additional Matthew Ambrogi Bill Buckner $12,500 donated to the Japan America Investment Technology Group Catelli Brothers Society of Indiana) Machiko Sullivan CFS North America Herman & Elba Vela Joyce Chelberg $11,456 Clemens Family Corporation Tatami Catering $1,633 Cryovac Div., Sealed Air Corporation Madison Metropolitan School District Ed Miniat, Inc. $10,240 FPL Food, LLC Human Thread $1,600 Mr. & Mrs. Donald Hedberg Grissom Middle School Hyatt Corporation (Kumamoto) $10,000 International Women Associates J.H. Routh Packing Company Jason Foods Inc. Kayem Foods $1,500 Kenosha Beef International $9,848.40 Phalanx Capital Management LLC Kunzler and Company Japonais Restaurant & Lounge Land O’ Frost $1,491 Marlen International $6,411.09 U.S. Tsubaki Holyoke, MA Employees MIDCO Inc. Afternoon Green Tea Fundraiser Mr. & Mrs. Robert Nagle $1,301 National Beef Packing Co., LLC $5,000 John Spry Community School Nippon Sharyo Manufacturing LLC Fresh Mark Mr. & Mrs. Ralph Nozaki LeaderTech Systems of Chicago, Inc. $1,300 Odom’s Tennessee Pride Sausage, Inc. Segal McCambridge Singer and Plumrose USA $4,692.50 Mahoney, Ltd. Rose Packing Company Chicago White Sox Seaboard Foods $1,291 Segall Bryant & Hamill $4,261.33 School of the Art Institute of Chicago & Shogun Japanese Steak House Midwest Buddhist Temple the Japan Relief Committee Alan Simon William A. Streff, Jr. $3,000 $1,108 The Metropolitan Club Fund at Sumitomo Corporation Shigeru Tsuji The Chicago Community Trust of America Foundation Mari Yamamoto Regnier $1,070 $2,887 Lake View High School $970 Latin School of Chicago U.S. Tsubaki Holdings, Inc.
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American Meat Institute Mr. & Mrs. Clyde O. Bowles, Jr. $906 Expo Japan Relief John Braden Lindsay Peigh Margaret W. Brennan $358 Tim Bridgman Sachi Nakamura $838.78 Keith Bringe Oakton Community College Japan Club $350 Walter Budzielek $753 Kreizelman Burton & Associates LLC Carrie Buell Papillion La Vista School District Shunichiro Kishioka Annette Buford John Bukacek $700 $347 Christine Bultinck Dundee Crown High School, DC One District Bar Anderton Burke Heart Marilyn Byrnes $335 Graziella Cabrera $695 M&J Products and Las Caras Richard Campbell Lindas of Chicago Kannitha Sith, Career Builder SRG & Mr. & Mrs. Gregory Campbell Healthcare Zone $310 Sharon Cannon $681.58 Beard Papa’s Chicago Sadie Castro Sweet Endeavors/Chocolatines Robert Center $300 Challenger, Gray & Christmas, Inc. $666 Jeanne Cohen Ying-Chang Chen St. John’s Lutheran Church Cindy Fluxgold Chicago Federation of Musicians Marion Friebus-Flaman Kermin Chok $630 Green Tree Products & Technologies LLC Bill Christensen Steven G. Hashimoto Yuko DeVito Nancy L. Cleburn Lida Kreidich Sandy Park Denise Collins $600 Kendon Conrad Deerfield High School WE WOULD LIKE TO Sonia Cooke $548.11 ACKNOWLEDGE Agnes Cooper John Coxworth Ryoko Miyamoto THE BELOW DONORS: Sam Cremin Donna L. Adler $500 Shane Crone Employees of Mizuho Corporate Bank, Dubravka Aleksic Kikuko Cross Ltd. Chicago Branch Beth Allen John Cursio Ryutaro Furukawa Dwayne Allen Arthur Cyr Genieco, Inc. Sayuri Anderson Diane Dahlberg Marcia Goodman & Hiroyoshi Noto Joyce Anderson Masayuki Daikuhara Nate Hutcheson & Saskia Hofman Anonymous Robert & Julie Daly David D. Johnson Mariana Aranenta Kengo Kaji Alice Dan Gen Asano Tatjana Dankovic Sueko Kawamura Ashland Cold Storage Company Mr. & Mrs. Dan Lory Florencio De Avila Charles Ashley Mitsubishi International Corp. Nilo F. Del Rosario Belinda Morgan Mr. & Mrs. Mitsukuni Baba Donna DeVito Moritani America Marilyn Backe William & Jane Dewey Thomas Patano Meggan Banheim Diamond Lake Elementary School Stephen Rankin Associates Charlene O. Baizer Diamond Lake Elementary School David Boyce & Barbara Ricks Bank of America Student Council Tomoegawa (U.S.A.), Inc. Phyllis Barnum Paisly DiBianca Trans American Medical Inc. William Baumgarten Mr. & Mrs. Clyde Dickey William Westman Jack Beem Christa Donner Margaret Behling Raymond Donner $462 Naomi Berkove Master Medical Supplies Inc. Patrick D’Onofrio Jan & Jeff Berkson Edward Dougal & Keiko Ishikawa $400 Keiko Bessho Rosalie Carol Drechnik Anonymous Best Friends Sarah Duda St. Francis School District Carmen Bodino Katharina Dunigan Benita Boettner Judith A. Dyke $382 Meg Bonello Brian Eagles
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Betty Edgecombe Barbara J. Hart Yoko Kono Doris K. Endo Philipp Heck Taka Kosaka Mr. & Mrs. Ron Erlewine Nicholas Hefele Bill Koutsis Kazuko Ernst Steven Heikkila Charles Kralovec Julia Evanoff Cynthia Herrera Lindstrom Rutger Kuijper Jaggen Farewell & Vanessa Navarro Mark Heymans Tom & Melinda Kujawski Carol Faye Kelly Jo Highland Yoshihiro Kumagai Bo Feng Brian Hirami Barbara Kurokawa Fifth Third Bank Tamie Hobart Donna LaBarbara International Finance Team Bob Hodge Connie Larson Susan Kumagai Fink Ryan Hoel Carol Lee Mr. & Mrs. Albert Fischer Young Hong Mun Fei Lee Mr. & Mrs. Richard Fleming Laura Horwith Sang-Yul Lee Sherri Fowler Sachiko Hotoda Jun Leng Liz Frankenbach Marni Hougham Bob Long Susan Fraser Don Huff Maria Lopez Kenneth Freed Patrick Hughes Goran Lukic Friends of Walter Burnett, Jr. Theresa Hush Phyllis Lyons Michiru Fujie Natsuko Imamura Maurice R. Lyons Ryutaro Furukawa Kayo Imamura William MacFadden Kanako Furusho Yuri Ingham Norma Magnuson Diance Gaede Wesley Inouye Joanne Mai gate39MEDIA Osamu Ishimura Ann C. Mallow David Geilen Hitomi Isomura Virginia Malter George and Kimiko Yuzawa Legacy Fund Makio Iwashima Jose & Ana Manglano in honor of Dr. Yusuke Nakamura Diane Jackson Hector Marino David Ghaussy Rimond Jamou Gil Marquez Austin Gilkeson Paul Johnson Marquese Martin-Hayes Lisa Gillette David D. Johnson Yimer Martinez Kimberlee Goldsmith Veronica Johnston Michael Massarelli Roberto Gonzalez Steven Juzwik Etsuko Matsubara Aki Goto Kazuyo Kambara Jenny Matsui Mary Grand Daisuke Kanamatsu Chieko Matsumoto Edward A. Grant Sachiko Kano Tamar Mayer Mr. & Mrs. Robert Green Sachi Kato Jerry Mayeroff Kevin Greene Julie Kaufman & Elizabeth Wright Eric Mechels Yoshie Greene Susan Kavicky Elvis Melendez Debra Grieco Yu Kawaguchi John McCarthy Chrise Griese Shigeru Kawai Mary McCarthy Nancy Groves Satoru Kawasaki Mr. & Mrs. James & Jean McClung Preeti Gupta Walter Keats Coleen McDonnell Daisaku Gutama Tara Keogh Anthony McGuire (In honor of Sadie Diana Gutierrez Yoko Kippley McGuire’s 3rd birthday) Mr. & Mrs. Robert Guttman Toshihiro Kiryo Thomas P. McMenamin Gwen Knapp Center for Lupus and Stephan F. Kistler Mid-USA Falun Dafa Association Immunology Research at the University Hiroshi Minawa of Chicago (On behalf of Azusa Tanaka, Eileen Kleinick for family and friends of Japan from Gwen Michiko Kobayashi Akiko Mitsunaga Knapp Center for Lupus and Immunology Noriko Koda Hiroyuki Miyauchi Research at the University of Chicago) Kuni Koda & Satoko Ogi M. Morgan Janis Hackman Aritsugu Finch-Koinuma Glenn Morimoto Junghyun Hahn Katsumasa Komoda Yasuhiro Morino Richard & Nancy Hamman Mari Konishi Jeylan Mortimer Diane Handelsman Yasokichi Konishiki Carol Mossey Samuel Hanson Erika Kono & Hiro Kawakami Mary Mouw Samantha Haring Roberta Kono Shiori Konda Muhammad Debra Harless Jeane Kono-Nisino Naoko Muramatsu Shennan Harris Yoshiko Kono S.J. Murray
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Mari Nakajima Misumi Sadler (Kumamoto Fund) Joanne Kiyoko Tohei Nobu Nakajima Hiroko Saito Kazuko Tonaki Nancy Nakamoto Molly Sakamoto Linda Torres Mio Nakamura Genoveva Salmon Alexandra Torres Kimiko Nakamura Marlene Saltzberg Nozomi Toyokawa Carol Nakamura Norman Sandfield Kenneth Traisman Aiko Nakane Michael Savina Tsukasa Taiko Kathryn Nettleman Sebastian Savovic Mr. & Mrs. Mike and Kanae Tsuruga Yasuhiro Nishikawa Denise Schallert Andrew Urda Asako Nishimura (Tohoku & Kumamoto) Chris Crosby-Schmidt Mark Vajaranant Michael Nolan Richard Schoen Nancy Van Sickle Neal Nordling Mark Scott Lindsay Van Sickle Bill Nordstrom Risa Sekiguchi CJ Van Sickle Rita Oaks Erica Seltzer Koren T. Vanzo-Sinsuk Mary O’Connell Susan Shay Frances Vera Jun Okubo Ben Shearer Vernon Area Public Library Staff Takemasa Okugawa Mary Shek (in memory of Nellie Kono Lori Vose Jean Okumura and Florence Yamada) Risa Vuillemot Robert O’Malley Tom Shimko Kaoru Wada Tokoyo Omori Mary Shimoda Peggy Wald Omron Foundation, Inc. Tatsuhiro Shindo Margot Wang Mika Osada Kaye Shinozaki Robert & Ellen Watt Tsuneyoshi Otake Dianne Siekmann Michael Wei Lois Oyama Lapekas Sharon Slettehaugh Janice Wenndt Seiji Oyasu Wyatt L. Smith, D.D.S. Ron & Kaori Werneth Kirtikumar Patel Christina Smith Doug Whitesell Nadine Peacock Olivia Smith Panlalit Wisuththathip Greg Peterson Robin Stahl W. Chicago Lakeshore Piano4te Inc. Erin Starzyk Scott Woelber Steve Pickett Jack Stefanowicz Russell & Katherine Wortley Mark Pollack Julie Steinberg Marton Kristine Wright Aleksander Popivoda Katherine Stetson Stanislaw Wroblewski Kathryn Powell Lizbeth J. Stevens Yea-Huey Wu Daxa Purohit The Honorable Adlai Stevenson Yoko Yamamoto Thomas Radtke Carrie Storrs Take Yamamoto Gerard Ras Emiko Sugiura Ellen Yamauchi Jennifer Recker Yuko Sugiyama Raymie Yamauchi Gail Reich M. Sullivan Nahoko Yarbrough Kathy Reilly Sachi Suzuki Nancy Yasutake Neil Rengel Christine Swanson Ting-Chun Yeh Carol Rettker Linda Swift Sian Mei Yeoh Jo Ann Rice Shigeru & Mieko Tagawa Mr. & Mrs. Manabu Yoshiike Janet Riley Taiko Legacy Mayumi Yoshikawa Wesley Rizal Lisa Takata Javed Younis Richard J. Robertson Kathy Takeguchi Your Health First Distribution Joseph Rodriguez Esther Takeshita Dennis & Akiko Yukimoto Anna Roeser Mary Aiko Taketoshi Hailing Zhang Kayoko Rohan George Taketoshi Steven Zimmerman Lynn Romain Janet Talbert Janet Zitzer Howard Romanek Brian Taylor Paul Zollar Rose Hill Alliance Church Anju Teal Mark Zolno Jean L. Rosen Patricia Teefy Brian Rous Kei Terada Susan Russo Wendolyn Tetlow Special thanks to JPMorgan Chase Bank Kerry F. Ryan G’Anne Thomas for their support in waiving transfer fees Ruth Keenan Ryan Leeah Thomas and additional charges. Syed Saad Ahmed Tsutomu Togashi
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