2012 ANNUAL REPORT 2012 ANNUAL REPORT
Japan America Society of Chicago 20 N. Clark Street Suite 750 Chicago, IL 60602 Phone: 312.263.3049 Fax: 312.263.6120
www.jaschicago.org
JASC-12007_2012AnnualReport_111512.indd 1-2 11/19/12 1:25 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 member-only events. The Society also has a Young Professionals Committee that organizes various evening lectures and social outings throughout the year for members in their twenties and thirties. In addition, the Society offers more than six levels of Japanese and English language courses. For membership information and other inquiries, visit www.jaschicago.org or contact the Society office.
Cover: Photo & design provided by Movéo Integrated Branding Photo: Imperial Palace in Tokyo, Japan with reflection of the Chicago skyline
JASC-12007_2012AnnualReport_111512.indd 3-4 11/19/12 1:25 PM LETTER FROM THE HONORARY CHAIRMAN LETTER FROM THE CHAIRMAN
September 4, 2012 November 5, 2012
Dear Friends: Dear Society Members,
It is with much sadness that Kaoriko and I say farewell to all of you. I will leave Chicago shortly for a new assignment in Tokyo. While the responsibilities of my new post are quite exciting, I will miss Chicago and my many friends at the Japan America Society of Chicago. This past year, our 81st anniversary year, was another year of progress for the Society. And while we recognize the many challenges in the When I arrived here last October, I was deeply touched by the very warm welcome from the Society. This city felt like home, thanks to your economy, we are cautiously optimistic for this coming year. friendship. My stay here has been much too short, but I am delighted that so much has been achieved for Japan in Chicago. With your advice and support, I was able to carry out my work. You have my sincerest appreciation. Our programs enjoyed another excellent year. With more than 40 programs and events covering business, public affairs, culture, education and the social side, our members engaged us in a most robust fashion. From Ambassador Rust M. Deming on the impact of March 11 on U.S.-Japan It has been a tremendous pleasure to work closely with all of you. The Society plays a most important role bringing Japan and Chicago together. relations and the challenges ahead, to Masaaki Kanno discussing forecasts for the economies of Japan and the United States in 2013, to our I am deeply impressed that it promotes such a strong network of people who are involved in business and cultural exchange between Japan always popular Annual Sake Tasting, we strived to further our mission of friendship and understanding between Japan and the United States. and the U.S. I know the Society will continue to achieve great success in the years to come. I was also quite pleased by our continued membership growth, adding companies such as Nippon Sharyo USA, Inc., Baker & McKenzie LLP I wish to thank the Honorable Michael Moskow, Chairman of the JASC, Senator Adllai Stevenson, Chairman Emeritus, President J.D. Bindenagel, and PNC Bank, among many other wonderful companies and individuals. We are here to serve the public and our members as they are our former President Edward Grant, Executive Vice President Robert Karr, Executive Director Mitsukuni Baba, as well as the officers and members, for lifeblood. I thank all our members, new and continuing, corporate and individual, for your support. your dedication and friendship. I continue to be quite pleased with the development of our board, and greatly appreciate all of their many contributions to the Society. We Kaoriko and I will always cherish our time in Chicago, and our close relationship with JASC. You have our very best wishes for the future. continue to enjoy excellent classes of incoming board members; terrific individuals, great talents and highly engaged with Japan and the Society. I thank all of our directors and governors for their service.
We remain committed to providing both our membership and the public at large with a wide variety of quality programs and events. Our With heartfelt regards, financial affairs are in order. With a dedicated and energized board, loyal members, and the continuing key support of the Consulate General of Japan at Chicago and others, we are pleased to embark on the Society’s new year.
Thank all of you for your support of the Society. The Society’s future is bright and I look forward to working with you. Okamura Yoshifumi Consul General of Japan at Chicago
Sincerely,
Michael H. Moskow Chairman
JASC-12007_2012AnnualReport_111512.indd 5-6 11/19/12 1:25 PM LETTER FROM THE PRESIDENT
September 30, 2012
Dear Society Members,
As the new Japan America Society of Chicago President, I am pleased to report to you on the progress of your Society as we complete our 81st Thank you again to all that have supported us so well. I am very excited about our new year. We very much look forward to working with you anniversary celebration year. I thank you and friends of the Society for the great support this past year. The purpose of the Japan America and serving you going forward. Society of Chicago is to create and promote friendship and understanding between Japan and the United States. Throughout the year, business, public affairs, social, educational and cultural programming contribute to greater Japanese-American understanding and friendship. Your support of the Society furthers our important mission. Sincerely, Two key, essential elements of our success are membership and development. Numerous member companies and individual members have
provided direct financial support to our Society this past year, including many as event or program sponsors or contributors. We thank each one of you. We also depend upon our individual and corporate members and thank you all so much. In recognition of this support, we dedicate the The Honorable J.D. Bindenagel back of this annual report to list our annual program underwriters, sponsors of individual programs, corporate members and donors. I invite President you to please note the organizations and individuals that have supported our Society. Their support, along with others, is so vital to our Society and we thank them deeply.
Of course, programming is the core of our activities in pursuit of our mission. Once again, we had a year of exciting and interesting programs, events and classes. Some of the speakers and programs that are representative of the full year’s slate include Ambassador Rust Deming, Johns Hopkins University Adjunct Professor in Japan Studies, whose keynote speech at the annual meeting was on, “The Impact of March 11 on U.S.-Japan Relations and the Challenges Ahead,” and Masaaki Kanno, Managing Director & Head of Economic Research at J.P. Morgan (Japan), who spoke on, "Japan and the U.S. Economic Forecast for 2013," which included his insights on the innovation revolution that is changing the economies of Japan and the U.S. These are just some examples of our many great programs from this past year. Please do see the wide range of programs listed in the back of this annual report.
Programming, membership and development continue to be the cornerstones and the engines of our Society and give us the stability of the these three legs of the stool. We congratulate and thank these three committees, and all that contributed to their successes, for their great efforts and results on behalf of the Society.
I 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 at Chicago, JETRO, the Japan Chamber of Commerce and Industry in Chicago, and the Chicago Council on Global Affairs, among others, are great partners to the Society. On behalf of our members, I can assure these key partners that we will be mutually supportive and cooperative and assist them wherever we can.
Finally, we have great Directors and Governors and an exceptional staff. I am particularly grateful to The Honorable Michael Moskow, our Chairman, The Honorable Yoshifumi Okamura, Consul General of Japan at Chicago, our Honorary Chairman and to Senator Adlai Stevenson, our Chairman Emeritus. Their wisdom and counsel is invaluable. We will miss Yoshifumi Okamura, but thank him for his service to the Society and wish him well in his new role. I would also like to thank my counterparts Takeo Aoyama and Bob Karr who currently serve as Executive Vice Presidents. Both Takeo and Bob provide distinguished and valued service to the Society. I thank them and all of our Directors, Officers and Governors for their great service, efforts and results in advancing our purpose. I would like to give special thanks to the committee co-chairs who also give generously of their time and talents to the Society.
Our staff Mitsukuni Baba, Executive Director, Erika Kono and Satoko Ogi, quietly go about their work, producing great programs and services for our members, day in and day out. I personally thank them for their devotion and skill.
While our Society continues to achieve our mission, we still face many challenges. To maintain our steady financial footing and continue our robust programming, we have much hard work ahead of us. The worldwide economic crisis caused many to struggle and presented with uncertainties for the future. I am confident with the strong support we have that we will continue on the path to success that we are on at the Society. Nevertheless, we will have to continue to deliver excellent programs and great member value in a financially careful fashion. We intend to do that. At the same time, I ask for your continuing input, participation and support. With that, we look forward to a highly productive year, providing great value to you, our members.
JASC-12007_2012AnnualReport_111512.indd 7-8 11/19/12 1:25 PM OFFICERS & DIRECTORS 2012-13
Chairman David Baeckelandt Ryutaro Furukawa Janice Katz Joseph McCluskey Yuji Oka The Honorable Michael H. Moskow Director, Sales and Marketing Senior Vice President Associate Curator of Japanese Art Vice President, International Operations Vice President & Regional Manager Vice Chairman & Senior Fellow on the Global Segall, Bryant & Hamill J.P. Morgan Chase Bank, N.A. Art Institute of Chicago W.W. Grainger, Inc. Japan Airlines Co., Ltd. Economy The Chicago Council on Global Affairs David L. Barcus Marcia E. Goodman Niamh King Bart M. McMillan Hiroko Osaka Vice President, Operations Partner Vice President, Programs Partner BlueCiel LLC Chairman Emeritus Sunstar Americas, Inc. Mayer Brown LLP The Chicago Council on Global Affairs Baker & McKenzie LLP The Honorable Adlai E. Stevenson Thomas F. O'Toole Chairman Jack D. Beem Edward A. Grant Shunichiro Kishioka Greg Merkley SVP & Chief Marketing Officer SC&M Investment Management Corp. Baker & McKenzie LLP (Retired) Arthur Andersen LLP (Retired) Chairman Manager, Case Writing United Airlines Mileage Plus Holdings I.T.A., Inc. Kellogg School of Management President Nigel Blakeway Amy M. Harris Peggy Parfenoff The Honorable J.D. Bindenagel Chairman, President & CEO Membership Tomoko Kizawa Mark Miller Executive Director Special Advisor to the President for Omron Management Center of America The Economic Club of Chicago Partner President World Chicago International and Global Chicago Affairs Deloitte & Touche LLP Cornerstone Environmental, Health & Safety, DePaul University Benita Boettner Masashi Hisamoto Inc. Brad Perlstein Treasurer & Secretary to the Board Jody E. Kurtzhalts Vice President, Human Resources Executive Vice Presidents Wendy Breuder Toyota Technological Institute at Chicago Yaskawa Electric America, Inc. (Retired) Dana E. Morrison Komatsu America Corp. Takeo Aoyama Managing Director, Corporate & Investment President Executive Vice President & General Manager Banking for the Americas Walter Hladko Sang-yul Lee Genieco, Inc. Emily Reynolds Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal U.S.A., Inc. The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, Ltd. Imperial Hotel Tokyo/Osaka (Retired) Partner Senior Vice President, Strategic Business Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP Robert Murphy Units Robert W. Karr, Jr. Patrick Canavan Eileen Hubbell Managing Partner Xerox Corporation Principal Founder Harumi Lory Movéo Integrated Branding Masuda Funai Eifert & Mitchell, Ltd. Canavan Consulting LLC Kenji Iijima Lecturer Jamie Rhee Senior Vice President & General Manager East Asian Languages & Civilizations Kazunobu Narita Chief Procurement Officer Secretary Robert A. Center Sumitomo Corporation of America The University of Chicago General Manager City of Chicago John Bukacek Mitsui & Co. (USA), Inc. President Sam Cremin David D. Johnson Phyllis I. Lyons David M. Roden Japanese Business Legal & Technical Managing Director Executive Vice President, Treasurer & CFO Associate Prof. African & Asian Languages Timothy Newlin Vice President & Group Manager Translation and Interpretation Services Green Tree Products Molex Inc. Northwestern University Vice President, Foreign Multinational Fifth Third Bank Banking Treasurer Drew Edwards Ken G Kabira Calvin Manshio J.P. Morgan Chase Bank, NA Howard J. Romanek Yasushi Kubo Vice President Group Manager of Membership, Service Attorney Illinois State University Partner-Audit Advisory Research, Inc. Activities & Communications The Manshio Law Firm, P.C. Yoko Noge Dean PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP Lions Clubs International Correspondent Hironori Sawada Mark W. Finn Hirokazu Maruta Nikkei Chicago Bureau Deputy Consul General Executive Director Clinical Associate Professor of Accounting Yuji Kajikawa General Manager Consulate General of Japan at Chicago Mitsukuni Baba and International Business President & CEO The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, Ltd. Hiroyuki Nukui Japan America Society of Chicago Kellogg School of Management Mitsubishi Electric Automation, Inc. Vice President August W. Schaefer Accounting and Information Management James A. McClung Nippon Life Insurance Company of America SVP & Public Safety Officer Directors Northwestern University Steven L. Katz Chairman and CEO Underwriters Laboratories Inc. Rita R. Athas Principal Lismore International Inc. Ryuji Ohno President William L. Florida Masuda Funai Eifert & Mitchell, Ltd. VP & General Manager Dan Seals World Business Chicago Vice President All Nippon Airways Co., Ltd. Assistant Director Advisory Research, Inc. Illinois Department of Commerce & Economic Opportunity
JASC-12007_2012AnnualReport_111512.indd 9-10 11/19/12 1:25 PM OFFICERS & DIRECTORS 2012-13 (CONTINUED)
Patrick P. Shannon Shawn Y. Valukas John Bukacek Chief Financial Officer Account Vice President President United Healthcare of Illinois, Inc. UBS Financial Services, Inc. Japanese Business Legal & Technical Translation and Interpretation Services Yoshio Shibazaki Kumiko Watanabe Senior Tax Manager Japan Business Group US National Leader Arthur I. Cyr Plante & Moran PLLC Grant Thornton A.W. and Mary Margaret Clausen Distinguished Professor, Political Economy & World Business Kazuo Shimizu Ritsuko Okuno Welch Director, Clausen Center for World Business President & COO Vice President, Intl. Finance Carthage College Kikkoman Foods, Inc. Fifth Third Bank
Clyde Dickey Tatsuhiro Shindo Michael P. Whelan Chief Executive Director Partner Ralph Fujimoto JETRO Chicago Ernst & Young LLP
Masataka Harashima Shane Stiles Mari Yamamoto Regnier President & CEO President Partner E-Hay International Corp. gate39MEDIA Barnes & Thornburg LLP
William A. Streff, Jr. Hisashi Yamamoto Lyric Hughes Hale Partner Arthur Holly Compton Distinguished Kirkland & Ellis LLP Professor Shunichiro Kishioka Department of Chemistry Chairman Kenzo Sugimoto The University of Chicago I.T.A., Inc. General Manager NYK Line (North America) Inc. Masao Yoshida Jody E. Kurtzhalts President & CEO Yaskawa Electric America, Inc. (Retired) UNITED STATES 2012 CENSUS Yasuyuki Sugiura Astellas US LLC ASIAN POPULATION SURGE: President & CEO James A. McClung General Manager, Chicago Branch Board of Governors Chairman and CEO EFFECTS AND OPPORTUNITIES Mitsubishi International Corporation Jack D. Beem (Retired) Lismore International Inc. (Chairman) Mary Sutherland Thomas P. McMenamin Dan L. Boho Principal Bridget Sweeney Attorney Masuda Funai Eifert & Mitchell, Ltd. Director, Business Operations Hinshaw & Culbertson The Boeing Company Adlai E. Stevenson Thomas J. Boodell, Jr. Chairman Kentaro Tsuchiya Partner SC&M Investment Management Corp. Deputy General Manager Boodell & Domanskis LLC Mizuho Corporate Bank, Ltd. Thomas Studney Clyde O. Bowles, Jr. Senior Executive Officer Mike M. Tsuruga Of Counsel Sunstar SA Stephen Laue, Information Specialist, US Census Bureau; President Harrison & Held LLP Hiroaki Sato, Senior Research Fellow, JETRO New York; Bob Kumaki, President, Ronin Group and Tony Shu, President, Pacific Advisory Service, Inc. Josie Tomes Chicago Chinatown Chamber of Commerce February 16, 2012
JASC-12007_2012AnnualReport_111512.indd 11-12 11/19/12 1:25 PM COMMITTEE CHAIRS 2012-13
Program Committee August Schaefer, Underwriters Laboratories, Inc. (Co-Chair) Mari Yamamoto Regnier, Barnes & Thornburg LLP (Co-Chair)
Membership Committee Marcia Goodman, Mayer Brown LLP (Co-Chair) Mike Tsuruga, Pacific Advisory Service, Inc. (Co-Chair)
Development Committee Robert W. Karr, Jr., Masuda Funai Eifert & Mitchell, Ltd. (Co-Chair) Kumiko Watanabe, Grant Thornton (Co-Chair)
Finance Committee Drew Edwards, Advisory Research, Inc. (Co-Chair) Yoshio Shibazaki, Plante & Moran PLLC (Co-Chair)
Nominating Committee Jody E. Kurtzhalts, Yaskawa Electric America, Inc. (Retired) (Co-Chair) James A. McClung, Lismore International Inc. (Co-Chair)
Young Professionals Committee Sami Ari, BCV (Co-Chair) Austin Gilkeson, Japan Information Center (Co-Chair) Genea Tafesse (Co-Chair)
Executive Committee Takeo Aoyama, Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal U.S.A., Inc. (Executive Vice President) Hon. J.D. Bindenagel, DePaul University (President) John Bukacek, Japanese Business Legal & Technical Translation and Interpretation Services (Secretary) Drew Edwards, Advisory Research, Inc. (Co-Chair, Finance Committee) Marcia Goodman, Mayer Brown LLP (Co-Chair, Membership Committee) Robert W. Karr, Jr., Masuda Funai Eifert & Mitchell, Ltd. (Co-Chair, Development Committee & Executive Vice President) Shunichiro Kishioka, I.T.A., Inc. Yasushi Kubo, PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (Treasurer) Jody E. Kurtzhalts, Yaskawa Electric America, Inc. (Retired) (Co-Chair, Nominating Committee) James A. McClung, Lismore International Inc. (Co-Chair, Nominating Committee) August Schaefer, Underwriters Laboratories, Inc. (Co-Chair, Program Committee) Yoshio Shibazaki, Plante & Moran PLLC (Co-Chair, Finance Committee) Mike Tsuruga, Pacific Advisory Service, Inc. (Co-Chair, Membership Committee) Kumiko Watanabe, Grant Thornton (Co-Chair, Development Committee) 25th Annual Holiday Fundraiser & Bonenkai Mari Yamamoto Regnier, Barnes & Thornburg LLP (Co-Chair, Program Committee) “Transition Metal Catalysis for Saving Our Society in the 21st Century” Dr. Ei-ichi Negishi, Herbert C. Brown Distinguished Professor of Chemistry, Purdue University and recipient of the 2010 Nobel Prize in Chemistry December 15, 2011
JASC-12007_2012AnnualReport_111512.indd 13-14 11/19/12 1:25 PM 19th Annual Sake Tasting June 21, 2012
Building New U.S.-Japan Relationships: How People and Communities are Shaping the Future Irene Hirano, President, The U.S.-Japan Council June 7, 2012 EVENTS 2012-2013
The Japan-U.S. Security Alliance Today: Is it Stronger Post March 11 Earthquake/Tsunami? Dr. James Auer, Director for Center for U.S.-Japan Studies, Vanderbilt Institute for Public Policy September 6, 2012
82nd Anniversary Celebratory Dinner The Impact of March 11 on U.S.-Japan Relations and the Challenges Ahead Ambassador Rust M. Deming, Adjunct Professor of Japan Studies, Johns Hopkins University and Former Director of the Offi ce of Japanese Aff airs June 14, 2012
Challenges and Future Academic and Career Opportunities for a Bilingual Generation Ikebana Workshop Shingo Satsutani, College of DuPage; Natsuki Piazza, North DuPage Special Education Cooperative; December 2, 2011 Fudehito Niwa, The US-Japan Education Exchange Council and Naoto Takayanagi, Pasona June 2, 2012
JASC-12007_2012AnnualReport_111512.indd 15-16 11/19/12 1:25 PM BUSINESS EVENTS Public Affairs Events
“Japan Road to Recovery — Challenges and Opportunities” Crisis Management: Toyota’s Response to Building New U.S.-Japan Relationships: How People and The Japan-U.S. Security Alliance Today: Is it Stronger Date: 7/6/11 Market and Media Challenges Communities are Shaping the Future Post March 11 Earthquake/Tsunami? Speaker: Hideki Asari, Embassy of Japan; Tatsuhiro Shindo, JETRO Date: 11/10/11 Date: 6/7/12 Date: 9/6/12 Chicago & Kathryn Ibata Arens, DePaul University Speaker: Dr. James B. Wood, President, Wood Communications Group Speaker: Irene Hirano, President, The U.S.-Japan Council Speaker: Dr. James Auer, Director for Center for U.S.-Japan Studies, Corporate Sponsor: RSM McGladrey Corporate Sponsor: Japanese Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Vanderbilt Institute for Public Policy The Japanese Economy after the Earthquake and Tsunami: Its Chicago Corporate Sponsors: Anonymous Donor and Japanese Chamber of Impact and the Road to Recovery United States 2012 Census Asian Population Surge: Commerce and Industry of Chicago エコノミスト 伊藤元重氏に伺う Effects and Opportunities 82nd Anniversary Celebratory Dinner 東日本大震災後の経済的影響と復興政策 Date: 2/16/12 The Impact of March 11 on U.S.-Japan Relations and Board of Governors Annual Dinner Date: 8/23/11 Speakers: Stephen Laue, Information Specialist, US Census Bureau; the Challenges Ahead The Seven Mysteries of Japan and a New Mystery Out of Chicago Speaker: Dr. Motoshige Itoh, Professor, Graduate School of Economics Hiroaki Sato, Senior Research Fellow, JETRO New York; Tony Shu, Date: 6/14/12 Date: 10/26/12 and Faculty of Economics, The University of Tokyo President, Chicago Chinatown Chamber of Commerce and Bob Speaker: Ambassador Rust M. Deming, Adjunct Professor of Japan Speaker: The Honorable Tetsundo Iwakuni, Former Chairman, Corporate Sponsor: Howard Romanek, Illinois State University Kumaki, President, Ronin Group Studies, Johns Hopkins University and Former Director of the Office of President and CEO of Merrill Lynch Japan, Former Member of the Japanese Affairs In cooperation with: The Consulate General of Japan at Chicago House of Representatives of Japan, Former Vice President, Democratic Japan and U.S. Economy Forecast in 2013 Corporate Sponsors: Cornerstone Environmental Health and Safety, Inc.; Party of Japan and Former Mayor of Izumo City Supporting organization: JETRO Chicago Date: 9/4/12 Mitsubishi International Corporation; Mizuho Corporate Bank, Ltd. Corporate Sponsors: Mizuho Corporate Bank, Ltd. & Sunstar Americas, and United Inc. Board of Governors Annual Dinner Speaker: Masaaki Kanno, Managing Director and Head of Economic Research, J.P. Morgan Japan “Financial Derivatives in Japan” Corporate Sponsors: Anonymous Donor, Howard Romanek, Illinois Date: 9/27/11 State University and J.P. Morgan Chase Bank, N.A. Speaker: Leo Melamed, Former Chairman of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange and Chairman Emeritus of the CME Group, Inc. Corporate Sponsor: DePaul University
Building Towards a Sustainable Energy Policy for the Future Date: 11/4/11 Speaker: Dr. Hideaki Takabe, Professor, Osaka University Co-Sponsor: Chicagoland Chamber of Commerce, City of Osaka Chicago Office & JETRO Chicago Corporate Sponsor: Orion Energy Systems Supporting Organization: Osaka University San Francisco Center for Education & Research
Howard Romanek, Illinois State University
The Consulate General of Japan at Chicago Anonymous Donor Anonymous Donor
JASC-12007_2012AnnualReport_111512.indd 17-18 11/19/12 1:25 PM CULTURAL events Educational Events
Kamishibai (Japanese Story Telling) The Chicago Council on Global Affairs & HBO Documentary Films YPC Exploring Wine Series: California Wines and Food Tour of the Art Institute of Chicago in Japanese Language 紙芝居 Tsunami and the Cherry Blossom Screening Date: 7/8/11 シカゴ日米協会主催 Date: 8/2/11 Date: 7/11/12 シカゴ美術館・日本語解説付ツアー Co-Sponsors: Japanese American Service Committee and Tampopo-kai History of Chicago Tour in Japanese Language Date: 2/9/12 Ho Etsu Taiko シカゴ歴史博物館・日本語解説ツアー Speaker: Hiroko Saito, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago A Vexing Problem: The Long Tradition of Copies and Forgeries in Celebrating 15 Years of Ho Etsu Taiko Date: 7/18/11 Japanese and East Asian Art Date: 7/28/12 Speakers: Hiroko Saito, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago & Tour of the Museum of Contemporary Art in Japanese Language 日本及び東アジア美術の模造品と贋作問題 Co-Sponsors: Japan America Society of Chicago, Midwest Buddhist Howard Romanek, Illinois State University シカゴ日米協会主催 シカゴ現代美術館・日本語解説付ツアー Date: 10/27/11 Temple; The University of Chicago and JSA Date: 5/22/12 Speaker: Patricia Graham, Ph.D., Certified Appraiser and Consultant YPC Exploring Wine Series: South Africa Speaker: Hiroko Saito, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago Corporate Sponsor: Masuda Funai Kizuna: Japan Earthquake/Tsunami Photo Exhibit Date: 8/26/11 Date: 9/15/12-9/30/12 Challenges and Future Academic and Career Opportunities for a Chicago Sister Cities International Co-Sponsors: Cook Memorial Library District & The Consulate General Tour of the Japanese Kimono, 1915-1940: From Tradition to Ready- Bilingual Generation of Japan at Chicago バイリンガルの子供の教育、進学、就職を考えるシンポジウム Kizuna: The Bonds of Emotion to-Wear exhibit at the Art Institute of Chicago Japan Earthquake Photo Exhibition Associated Seminar Date: 9/15/11 Date: 6/2/12 Encounter with Japan: An Adventure in Love Japan: Road to Recovery-Challenges and Opportunities Speaker: Odile Joassin, Assistant Curator, The Department of Textiles, Speakers: Shingo Satsutani, College of DuPage; Natsuki Piazza, North Date: 3/15/12 Presentation-Book Signing-Q&A The Art Institute of Chicago DuPage Special Education Cooperative; Fudehito Niwa, The US-Japan Education Exchange Council and Naoto Takayanagi, Pasona Speaker: Tatsuhiro Shindo, Chief Executive Director, JETRO Chicago Date: 11/7/12 Co-Sponsor: Japanese Chamber of Commerce & Industry of Chicago Cooperating Organizations: Barnes & Thornburg LLP; Chicago Board Co-Sponsors: Japanese American Service Committee Ikebana Workshop Corporate Sponsors: Barnes & Thornburg LLP, Mitsubishi Electric Options Exchange; Chicago Loop Alliance; Chicago Photography Date: 12/2/11 Automation, Inc., Mizuho Corporate Bank, Ltd. and Omron. Collective; City of Osaka, Chicago Office; Consulate General of Japan Instructor: Kazuko Ernst, President, The Chicago Chapter of Ohara at Chicago; Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago; Grant Thornton LLP; School of Ikebana Japan Society Inc. (New York); Japanese Chamber of Commerce and History Tour of Chicago in Japanese Language Co-Sponsor: Japanese American Service Committee Industry of Chicago; JETRO Chicago; Loyola University School of シカゴ歴史博物館・日本語解説付ツアー Communication; Masuda, Funai, Eifert & Mitchell, Ltd. and Office of Date: 8/29/12 Tour of the Art Institute of Chicago in Japanese Language the Governor of Illinois Speakers: Hiroko Saito, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago & シカゴ日米協会主催 Howard Romanek, Illinois State University シカゴ美術館・日本語解説付ツアー Date: 2/2/12 Understanding How the United States Elects a President Speaker: Hiroko Saito, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago アメリカ大統領選挙の仕組み Date: 11/1/12 Speaker: Howard Romanek, Illinois State University Corporate Sponsor: Barnes & Thornburg LLP
Midwest Buddhist Temple Chicago Photography Chicago Sister Cities Office of the Collective International Governor of Illinois JSA The Consulate General of Japan Society Inc. Cook Memorial Chicago Board Japan at Chicago (New York) Public Library District Options Exchange Grant Thornton LLP Federal Reserve Bank Loyola University Chicago Loop Alliance of Chicago School of Communication The University of Chicago
JASC-12007_2012AnnualReport_111512.indd 19-20 11/19/12 1:25 PM Social events CORPORATE MEMBER LISTING
YPC Chicago Fire vs. Colorado Rapids Professional Soccer Game City Meishi Business Card Exchange Corporate Platinum Member Nippon Express U.S.A., Inc. OKAYA (U.S.A) Inc Date: 8/27/11 シカゴ日米協会YPC名刺交換会 Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. Nippon Life Insurance Company of America Olympia Fields Country Club Date: 5/31/12 Nippon Sharyo USA Inc. Plante & Moran Japanese Earthquake and Tsunami Relief Corporate Gold Member Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal U.S.A., Inc. Ray Law International, P.C. White Sox vs. Minnesota Twins 19th Annual Sake Tasting Sunstar Americas, Inc. NYK Line (North America) Inc. Sussex Enterprises, Inc. Date: 8/30/11 シカゴ日米協会 第19回 酒テイスティング United Airlines Mileage Plus Holdings Okabe Co., Inc. The Chicago Council on Global Affairs Date: 6/21/12 Omron Management Center of America, Inc. The Economic Club of Chicago YPC Lunch and Presentation at Belly Shack Corporate Sponsor: Japan Airlines Corporate Silver Member PNC Bank Tokio Marine Management, Inc. Date: 9/18/11 Astellas US LLC Segal McCambridge Singer & Mahoney, Ltd. Tomoegawa (U.S.A.) Inc. Speaker: Bill Kim, Chef and Owner, Belly Shack Japan Earthquake and Tsunami Relief Baker & McKenzie LLP Sumitomo Corporation of America Toyota Tsusho America, Inc. Chicago White Sox vs. Texas Rangers Barnes & Thornburg LLP The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, Ltd. World Business Chicago 38th Annual Golf Tournament Date: 7/5/12 Deloitte & Touche LLP The Boeing Company World Chicago Date: 10/9/11 Ernst & Young LLP U.S. Tsubaki, Inc. Yaskawa Electric America, Inc. Corporate Sponsors: Asahi Beer, Sam Cremin & GolfSmith Chicago Fire vs. Vancouver Whitecaps Professional Men’s Soccer Game IRIS USA, Inc. Underwriters Laboratories Inc. ZS Associates, Inc. Welcome Reception for Date: 7/14/12 Kirkland & Ellis LLP W.W Grainger, Inc. The Honorable & Mrs.Yoshifumi Okamura KPMG LLP Corporate Supporter Member Consul General of Japan at Chicago Suburban Meishi Business Card Exchange Masuda Funai Eifert & Mitchell, Ltd. Corporate Member Aioi Nissay Dowa Insurance Company of America Date: 10/18/11 シカゴ日米協会YPC名刺交換会 Mayer Brown LLP Aon Risk Services, Inc. Amano Enzyme U.S.A. Co., Ltd. Co-Sponsors: Japanese Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Date: 7/26/12 Molex Incorporated Bates Carey Nicolaides, LLP Battle Creek Unlimited, Inc. Chicago and Chicago Japanese American Council PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP Blank is the New Black Boodell & Domanskis, LLC 39th Annual Golf Tournament TDK Corporation of America City of Chicago City of Osaka, Chicago Office YPC Haunted House Outing Date: 8/19/12 United Healthcare of Illinois, Inc. Clausen Miller, P.C. Cole & Associates Date: 10/22/11 Corporate Sponsors: Asahi Beer, Eddie Merlot’s, Xerox Corporation Consulate General of Japan at Chicago David Hale Global Economics Golfsmith and Top Golf Corbett, Duncan & Hubly P.C. Fall Sake Tasting Development Bank of Japan Inc. Corporate Bronze Member Envisionit Media シカゴ日米協会 秋の酒テイスティング Japan Earthquake and Tsunami Relief Dynamesh, Inc. All Nippon Airways Co., Ltd. Freeborn & Peters LLP Date: 11/2/11 Chicago White Sox vs. Seattle Mariners E-Hay International Corp. ARK Technologies, Inc. gate39MEDIA Corporate Sponsor: Japan Airlines Date: 8/25/12 Figaro USA, INC. Barack Ferrazzano Kirschbaum & Nagelberg G2 Builders LLC Goda Advertising Citibank, N.A. Graycor 25th Annual Holiday Fundraiser & Bonenkai National Pro Fastpitch Championship Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern Cornerstone Environmental, Health & Safety, Green Tree Products University “Transition Metal Catalysis for Saving Our Society Women’s Professional Softball Inc. in the 21st Century” Date: 8/26/12 Illinois Department of Commerce & Economic Mark Goodman & Associates, Inc. Fifth Third Bank Opportunity Date: 12/15/11 Mitsubishi Motors North America, Inc. Genieco, Inc. Immigration Law Associates, P.C. Speaker: Dr. Ei-ichi Negishi, Herbert C. Brown Distinguished Professor Young Professionals Committee of Chicago Sushi Rolling Miyanaga America Corporation of Chemistry, Purdue University and recipient of the 2010 Nobel Prize Grant Thornton ITA Inc. Date: 9/28/12 Nikkei America Inc. in Chemistry Japan Airlines Co., Ltd. Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP Nisshin Holding, Inc. Japanese Business Legal & Technical Kikkoman Foods, Inc. YPC Network Dinner at Midtown Bar Translation and Interpretation Services Nisshin Steel USA, LLC JETAA Chicago Cubs vs. LA Dodgers Game Kintetsu World Express (USA) Inc. Date: 10/9/12 JETRO Chicago Pacific Advisory Service, Inc. Date: 5/6/12 Kitamura Machinery of U.S.A., Inc. Co-Sponsors: Japanese American Service Committee and JET Alumni J.P. Morgan Chase Bank, N.A. Personalized Medicine Research Inc. Co-Sponsors: Young Professionals Committee of the Japan America Association Komori America Corporation JPower USA Development Company, Ltd. Stephen Rankin Associates Society of Chicago and the Japanese American Service Committee Kubota Engine America Corporation KDDI America, Inc. Sumitomo Electric Carbide, Inc. 26th Annual Holiday Fundraiser & Bonenkai Marsh USA, Inc. Seasonal. Simple. Delicious. Komatsu America Corp. Sumitomo Life Insurance Agency of America, Date: 12/13/12 MBL (USA) Corporation Inc. Experience the Allure at Lure Izakaya Pub Marubeni America Corporation Meiji Corporation Taiyo Yuden (U.S.A..), Inc. Date: 5/10/12 MB Real Estate Mitsubishi International Corporation The Green Teaist LLC MC Machinery Systems, Inc. Moritani America, Inc. The Manshio Law Firm, P.C. McDonald's Corporation Movéo Integrated Branding Third Generation Financial LLC Mitsubishi Electric Automation, Inc. NIPPONKOA MANAGEMENT CORPORATION Toyota Technological Institute at Chicago Mitsubishi Heavy Industries America, Inc. Nissan Forklift Corporation Uni-Con, Inc. Mitsui & Co. (U.S.A.), Inc. Okamura Corporation, Chicago Branch Woodbridge International Mizuho Corporate Bank, Ltd. Chicago Japanese American Council
Sam Cremin
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CORPORATE DONORS Very special recognition, honor and gratitude is due to the Society’s 82nd Annual Program Sponsors & Underwriters. $5,000-9,999 $1,000-$4,999 $500-$999 $100-$249 They are listed below. These fine member organizations have stepped forward and up as sponsors for our entire 82nd Program Year. It is as a result of their generosity and belief in our mission and programming that the Society is able to Astellas USA Foundation Cornerstone Environmental, Health Barnes & Thornburg LLP Amano Enzyme USA Co., Ltd. & Safety, Inc. continue to provide the robust and vital programs that our members value highly and have come to expect. We thank Masuda Funai Eifert & Mitchell, Ltd. J.P. Morgan Chase Bank, N.A. IRIS USA, Inc. Kikkoman Foods Foundation, Inc. each of these companies and individuals very deeply for their support and faith in our programming and in our purpose. Mitsubishi International Corp. Kubota Engine America Corp. Nippon Express Foundation, Inc. Michael & Suzanne Moskow Molex, Inc. Philanthropic Fund Nippon Sharyo USA, Inc. Toyo Seikan Kaisha, Ltd. Piper Jaffray/Advisory Research Orion Energy Systems Mitsubishi Electric Automation, Inc. Joyce Chelberg Mizuho Corporate Bank, Ltd. Sumitomo Corp. of America $0-$99 Moritani America, Inc. Komori America Silverman/Sutherland Family $250-$499 Miyanaga America Corporation Foundation Cole & Associates DePaul University Dynamesh Inc. Omron Management Center of America, Inc. CULTURAL ACHIEVEMENT & SCHOLARSHIP Sunstar Americas, Inc. United Airlines cultural achieVeMent aWards 2003: Dr. Shozo Sato, Kabuki Master 2009: Dr. Janice a. Katz, The Art Institute of Chicago INDIVIDUAL DONORS 2006: Lee Gurga, American Haiku author 2010: Tatsu Aoki, Asian aRts Improv Midwest 2007: John R. Anderson, Anderson Gardens 2011: Fujima Shunojo, Japanese Classical Dancer $5,000-9,999 $250-$499 $100-$249 $0-$99 2008: Lucien Stryk, Translator and Writer of Zen poetry 2012: Kimiko Gunji, Japan House, University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana Joyce Chelberg Sayuri Anderson Jack D. Beem Kazuko Ernst Benita Boettner Natalie Eifert Ralph Fujimoto recent school oF the art institute oF chicago scholarship aWard recipients $1,000-$4,999 Robert A. Center William L. Florida Tom Graham Edward A. Grant Clyde & Rebecca Dickey Tsuneo Hachiuma Kenichiro Koizumi 2006: Reina Williams 2010: Michael Chlebowski Robert C. Hudson, Jr. Marion Friebus-Flaman David Hale & Lyric Hughes Hale Jean Kono-Nisino 2007: Adam Janusz 2011: Cheryl-Ann Fakes Marion Ishii Niamh King Gladys F. Jones Phyllis I. Lyons 2008: Kathleen Lynee Kutsche 2012: Emma Bottari Kimiko Nakamura Shunichiro Kishioka Ken Kabira Calvin Manshio 2009: Elgin Bokari T. Smith Keith Williams Yasuhiko Kamada Hisashi Miyazaki $500-$999 Ken Yoshitani Shigeru Mori Tetsue Ole naMBu aWards Anonymous William Nurre Masaki Sato 2012: New Trier Winnetka 2012: Adlai E. Stevenson High School S. Celine Bendy Junji Ogiuchi Kenzo Sugimoto (Illinois Science Olympiad First Place Overall, High School Division) (Illinois Science Olympiad Second Place Overall, High School Division) Howard Romanek Daniel Peterson Kenneth L. Tornheim Nambu Award Committee: Hisashi Yamamoto Solvig & Harry Robertson The Honorable Adlai E. Stevenson Komatsu America Corp. Mitsubishi International Corp. Machiko Sullivan Mitsubishi Electric Automation, Inc. Nippon Steel U.S.A., Inc. Peter Wilczak Mitsubishi Engine North America, Inc. I.T.A., Inc.
INTERNS 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 Special thanks to our student interns for 2011-2012. We greatly appreciate all of their hard work and contributions to the Society. their support: ongoing support: Arrie Dembowski, Loyola University Komal Patel, Loyola University Audited financial statements will be made available Japanese Chamber of Commerce Blank is the New Black Marija Ferber, Beloit College Anna Pesut, Purdue University & Industry of Chicago to members upon request. Corbett, Duncan & Hubly P.C. Megumi Kagawa, DePaul University/Kansai Gaidai University Paulina Ptaszek, Loyola University JETRO Chicago Gate39MEDIA The Japan America Society of Chicago would like to thank Kaloyan Kaloyanov, Loyola University Hitomi Sasaki, Kobe College The Chicago Council on Movéo Integrated Branding for their design of this annual report. Global Affairs Holiday Inn Express Arlington Lucretia Keenan, Loyola University Marta Schneider, Knox College Heights The support of Movéo is greatly appreciated. Regina Kim, Loyola University Ryota Sugamori, DePaul University/Kansai Gaidai University The Consulate General of Japan at Chicago Masuda, Funai, Eifert & Mitchell, Alma Lleshanaku, Loyola University Miki Takahashi, Kobe College Ltd. Jennifer Lopez, Swathmore College Kenji Tran, DePaul University Movéo Integrated Branding Yu Maeda, DePaul University/Kansai Gaidai University Chiaki Ueda, Lake Forest College PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP Byron Ovalle, Loyola University Cameron Wooley, Loyola University Beena Patel, DePaul University
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CHAIRMEN OF THE JAPAN AMERICA SOCIETY OF CHICAGO: 1993-1995: Clyde Dickey, Partner and Director of International 1969: Mr. Kayoshi Togasaki, President of Rotary International Business, Arthur Anderson & Co. 1988-2003: Adlai Stevenson, Chairman, SC&M Investment 1971: Mr. Shiro Kashiwa, Assistant Attorney General of the United States Management Corp. 1972: Mr. Oliver Statler, Author-lecturer 1996: Dennis Britton, EVP and Editor, Chicago Sun-Times 1974: Robert S. Ingersoll, Deputy Secretary of State, US Department of State 2004-2005: Keikichi Honda, Chairman, NCR Japan & 1975: Robert S. Ingersoll, Former Ambassador of US to Japan, Deputy Secretary of State, US Department of State Glenn Tilton, Chairman & CEO, United Airlines 1996-1999: Clyde O. Bowles, Jr., President, Burditt, Bowles & Radzius, Chtd.; Principal, Bowles, Keating, Hering, 1976: Frank Gibney, “1776-1868: Two Revolutions and their Descendents” Matuszewich & Fiordalisi; Rooks Pitts 2006-2007: Glenn Tilton, Chairman & CEO, United Airlines 1977: The Honorable James D. Hodgso`n, Former US Ambassador to Japan 1978: His Excellency Fumihiko Togo, Japanese Ambassador to US 2000-2005: Thomas McMenamin, Vice President, Principal, 2008-Present: Michael H. Moskow, Vice Chairman & Masuda, Funai, Eifert & Mitchell, Ltd. 1979: The Honorable James R. Thompson, Governor of the State of Illinois Senior Fellow on the Global Economy, 1980: Yoshio Okawara, Ambassador of Japan to the United States The Chicago Council on Global Aff airs 2006-2007: John A. Challenger, President, Challenger, Gray & 1981: Ambassador Robert S. Ingersoll, recipient of The First Class Order of the Rising Sun Christmas, Inc. 1982: The Honorable Michio Mizoguchi PRESIDENTS OF THE JAPAN AMERICA SOCIETY OF CHICAGO: 1983: The Honorable Charles H. Percy 1930-1937: Charles H. Chandler, Professor, University of Chicago 2007-2008: Edward A. Grant (Principal, Arthur Andersen LLP), Sam Cremin (Director of Marketing Communications, 1984: Honorable Moriyuki Motono Molex, Inc.) and 1937-1939: Russell Tyson 1985: Professor Ezra F. Vogel, Harvard University Shunichiro Kishioka (Chairman, I.T.A., Inc.) 1986: Mr. James D. Robinson III, Chairman and CEO, American Express Co. 1939-1962: John H. Weddell 1987: Akio Morita, Chairman and CEO of Sony Corporation 2008-2012: Edward A. Grant, Principal, Arthur Andersen LLP 1988: Mr. Stephen Wolf of UAL Corporation United Airlines, “Important Role of Corporate Citizenship in Enhancing and Stabilizing US-Japan 1962-1963: Raymond J. Graham 2012: The Honorable J.D. Bindenagel, Special Advisor to the Bilateral Relations” President for International and Global Chicago Aff airs, 1989: Mr. Scott E. Pardee, Chairman of Yamaichi International (America) Inc 1963-1964: Galen E. Russell, former pastor of DePaul University 1990: Mr. Toshiaki Ogasawara, Chairman and Publisher of the Japan Times, Japan’s leading English language daily, “The United States and Japan: the Tokyo Union Church The Relationship in the Nineties” HONORARY LIFETIME MEMBERSHIP RECIPIENTS: 1964-1966: Lafeton Whitney, Executive Director of the 1991: Honorable Takako Doi, Member of the Diet, Chairperson, Social Democratic Party of Japan, “Japan’s Role in the International Community” Wiebolt Foundation; General in US Air Force; June 4, 2009 1992: Takashi Oka, Senior Correspondent, Christian Science Monitor, “Japan and the United States: Non-military Power in the post-Cold War Era” Savings, Promotions, Harris Trust and Savings Bank Dr. Kazuo Kawasaki, Design Director, Doctor of Medical Science, 1993: Ambassador of Japan to UN, the Honorable Yoshio Hatano, “Japan in the New United Nations” Professor of Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka University & 1994: Dr. Koji Taira, Professor of Economics and Industrial Relations at the University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana, “Will the Rising Sun Set?” 1966-1973: Harry A. Olsen, Partner, Arthur Andersen & Co. Professor Emeritus at Nagoya City University 1995: Ambassador Nicholas Platt, President, The Asia Society, “The United States and Japan in Asia” 1973-1975: A. Robert Abboud, Chairman, The First National Bank April 14, 2010 1996: Mr. Noboru Hatakeyama, President of JETRO, “Friendly Advice to America from an Old Friend” of Chicago; President, Occidental Petroleum Corp. Beate Sirota Gordon Worked at General MacArthur’s headquarters on 1997: Honorable Yoshio Okawara former Ambassador of Japan to US (1981-1985), “The Changing Context of US-Japan Relations” a team charged with writing a new constitution for Japan 1998: His Excellency Kunihiko Saito, Ambassador of Japan to the United States, “The Status of US-Japan Relations” 1975: Russell Baker, Senior Partner, Baker & McKenzie 1999: Honorable Akiko Yamanaka, Member of Japanese Diet, “The Role of Women in Japanese Society” September 16, 2010 2000: Honorable Shunji Yanai, Ambassador of Japan to the US. 1975-1977: James H. Ingersoll, Vice President, External Aff airs, Dr. Yoichiro Nambu, The Harry Platt Judson Professor Emeritus, The Borg-Warner Corporation University of Chicago & Recipient of the 2008 Nobel Prize in Physics 2001: James Cantalupo, Vice Chairman and President of McDonald’s Corporation, “McDonald’s in Japan: Perspective on a Thirty Year Relationship” 2002: Honorable Ryozo Kato. Ambassador of Japan to the US, “Where did Japan go?” 1977-1979: Donald Eriksen, Senior Partner, Arthur Anderson & Co. June 9, 2011 2003: A special performance by Yukiko Ogura, Viola, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, and an instrumental medley by Yoko Noge & Jazz Me Blues Ambassador Robert M. Orr, Executive Director, 2004: Mutsuyoshi Nishimura, Ambassador of Japan to Mexico. Former Consul General of Japan at Chicago, “My Views on America” Asian Development Bank 1979-1981: Alfred F. Miossi, Executive Vice President and 2005: Guest chefs from United Airlines/Signature Room Director of International Aff airs, Continental Illinois National Bank and Trust Company of Chicago September 27, 2011 2006: Dr. Lee Gurga. award-winning haiku poet and former editor of Modern Haiku, the oldest and most respected journal of haiku and haiku Leo Melamed, Former Chairman of the Mercantile Exchange, and studies outside Japan. He is a past president of the Haiku Society of America. 1981-1984: Thomas H. Hague, Assistant to Chairman and Chairman Emeritus of the CME Group, Inc. 2007: David W. Grzelak, Chairman and CEO, Komatsu America Corp. “Komatsu: Managing a Japanese Company in North America” Area Director- Asia, Borg-Warner Corporation 2008: Michael R. Lufrano, Senior Vice President, Community Aff airs and General Counsel, Chicago Cubs. “The International Past Time: Traditions December 15, 2011 and Connections between Baseball, Japan and Wrigley Field. 1984-1985: Hon. Adlai E. Stevenson, SC&M Investment Dr. Ei-Ichi Negishi, Herbert C. Brown Distinguished 2009: Dr. Kazuo Kawasaki, Design Director, Doctor of Medical Science, Professor of Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka University, Professor Management Corp. Professor of Chemistry, Purdue University and Recipient of Emeritus at Nagoya City University. “Japanese Designs - From Eyeglasses to Artifi cial Organ Technology” the 2010 Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2010: Professor Theodore C. Bestor, Chair of the Department of Anthropology, Social Anthropology Program, Harvard University 1985-1988: Thomas Coulter, CEO, Chicago Association of Commerce and Industry; Executive Vice President, June 14, 2012 2011: Ambassador Robert M. Orr, U.S. Executive Director to the Asian Development Bank. “The U.S.-Japan Relationship at the Asian Lester B. Knight & Associates, Inc.; Director, Ambassador Rust M. Deming, Adjunct Professor, Japan Studies, Development Bank”. Chicago-Tokyo Bank Johns Hopkins University and Former Director of the Offi ce of 2012: Ambassador Rust M. Deming, Adjunct Professor, Japan Studies, Johns Hopkins University and Former Director of the Offi ce Japanese Aff airs of Japanese Aff airs 1988-1992: Jack D. Beem, Partner, Baker & McKenzie
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We thank the below donors for joining us in the continued effort to help support the people of $1,300 $695 Japan. All those affected by these events will remain foremost in our thoughts and prayers. Segal McCambridge Singer and Mahoney, Ltd. Kannitha Sith, Career Builder SRG & Healthcare Zone $1,291 $681.58 School of the Art Institute of Chicago & the Japan Relief Committee Sweet Endeavors/Chocolatines
To make a donation: www.jaschicago.org $1,108 $666 Shigeru Tsuji St. John’s Lutheran Church
100% of proceeds will go to The Japanese Red Cross $1,070 $600 Lake View High School Deerfield High School
The Japan America Society of Chicago is a 501(c)(3) organization. $1,000 $548.11 All contributions are tax-deductible to the extent permitted by law. American Foods Group Ryoko Miyamoto Thank you for your support! Arrowsight, Inc. Celine Bendy $500 Bill Buckner Employees of Mizuho Corporate Bank, Ltd. Chicago Branch Catelli Brothers Ryutaro Furukawa CFS North America Genieco, Inc. Joyce Chelberg Marcia Goodman & Hiroyoshi Noto Clemens Family Corporation Nate Hutcheson & Saskia Hofman Cryovac Div., Sealed Air Corporation David D. Johnson Ed Miniat, Inc. Kengo Kaji $228,114 as of September 30, 2012 FPL Food, LLC Sueko Kawamura Mr. & Mrs. Donald Hedberg Mr. & Mrs. Dan Lory We would like to acknowledge J.H. Routh Packing Company Mitsubishi International Corp. the donors that pledged $300+: Kayem Foods Belinda Morgan Kenosha Beef International Moritani America Kunzler and Company Thomas Patano $35,000 $3,000 Land O’ Frost Stephen Rankin Associates Chicago Bears Football Club, Inc. Sumitomo Corporation of America Foundation Marlen International David Boyce & Barbara Ricks MIDCO Inc. Tomoegawa (U.S.A.), Inc. $12,500 $2,887 Mr. & Mrs. Robert Nagle Trans American Medical, Inc. Barnes & Thornburg, LLP (Additional $12,500 donated to the Latin School of Chicago National Beef Packing Co., LLC William Westman Japan America Society of Indiana) Mr. & Mrs. Ralph Nozaki $2,697 Odom’s Tennessee Pride Sausage, Inc. $462 $11,456 Woodland School District #50 Plumrose USA Master Medical Supplies, Inc. Tatami Catering Rose Packing Company $2,000 Seaboard Foods $400 $10,240 Matthew Ambrogi Segall Bryant & Hamill Anonymous Human Thread Machiko Sullivan Shogun Japanese Steak House Herman & Elba Vela Alan Simon $400 $10,000 William A. Streff, Jr. St. Francis School District Jason Foods, Inc. $1,633 The Metropolitan Club Fund at The Chicago Community Trust Madison Metropolitan School District Mari Yamamoto Regnier $382 $9,848.40 American Meat Institute Expo Japan Relief Japonais Restaurant & Lounge $1,600 $970 Grissom Middle School U.S. Tsubaki Holdings, Inc. $358 $6,411.09 International Women Associates Sachi Nakamura Afternoon Green Tea Fundraiser $906 $1,500 Lindsay Peigh $350 $5,000 Phalanx Capital Management, LLC Kreizelman Burton & Associates, LLC Fresh Mark $753 LeaderTech Systems of Chicago, Inc. $1,491 Papillion La Vista School District $347 “U.S. Tsubaki Holyoke, MA Employees” District Bar $4,261.33 $730.78 Midwest Buddhist Temple $1,301 Oakton Community College Japan Club $335 John Spry Community School M&J Products and Las Caras Lindas of Chicago $4,142.50 $700 Chicago White Sox Dundee Crown High School, DC One Heart
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$310 Graziella Cabrera Mr. & Mrs. Albert Fischer Marni Hougham Beard Papa’s Chicago Richard Campbell Mr. & Mrs. Richard Fleming Don Huff Mr. & Mrs. Gregory Campbell Sherri Fowler Patrick Hughes $300 Sharon Cannon Liz Frankenbach Theresa Hush Jeanne Cohen Sadie Castro Susan Fraser Natsuko Imamura Cindy Fluxgold Robert Center Kenneth Freed Kayo Imamura Marion Friebus-Flaman Green Tree Products & Technologies, LLC Challenger, Gray & Christmas, Inc. Friends of Walter Burnett, Jr. Yuri Ingham Steven G. Hashimoto Ying-Chang Chen Michiru Fujie Wesley Inouye Shunichiro Kishioka Chicago Federation of Musicians Ryutaro Furukawa Osamu Ishimura Lida Kreidich Kermin Chok Kanako Furusho Hitomi Isomura Sandy Park Bill Christensen Diance Gaede Makio Iwashima Nancy L. Cleburn gate39MEDIA Diane Jackson We Would like to acknoWledge Denise Collins David Geilen Rimond Jamou the BeloW donors: Kendon Conrad David Ghaussy Paul Johnson Sonia Cooke Lisa Gillette David D. Johnson Donna L. Adler Agnes Cooper Kimberlee Goldsmith Veronica Johnston Dubravka Aleksic John Coxworth Aki Goto Steven Juzwik Beth Allen Sam Cremin Mary Grand Kazuyo Kambara Sayuri Anderson Shane Crone Edward A. Grant Daisuke Kanamatsu Joyce Anderson Kikuko Cross Mr. & Mrs. Robert Green Sachiko Kano Anonymous John Cursio Kevin Greene Sachi Kato Mariana Aranenta Arthur Cyr Yoshie Greene Julie Kaufman & Elizabeth Wright Gen Asano Diane Dahlberg Debra Grieco Susan Kavicky Ashland Cold Storage Company Masayuki Daikuhara Chrise Griese Yu Kawaguchi Charles Ashley Robert & Julie Daly Nancy Groves Shigeru Kawai Mr. & Mrs. Mitsukuni Baba Alice Dan Preeti Gupta Satoru Kawasaki Marilyn Backe Tatjana Dankovic Daisaku Gutama Walter Keats Meggan Banheim Florencio De Avila Mr. & Mrs. Robert Guttman Tara Keogh Charlene O. Baizer Nilo F. Del Rosario Gwen Knapp Center for Lupus and Immunology Research Yoko Kippley Bank of America Yuko DeVito at the University of Chicago (On behalf of Azusa Tanaka , for Toshihiro Kiryo Phyllis Barnum Donna DeVito family and friends of Japan from Gwen Knapp Center for Lupus Stephan F. Kistler William Baumgarten William & Jane Dewey and Immunology Research at the University of Chicago) Eileen Kleinick Jack Beem Diamond Lake Elementary School Janis Hackman Michiko Kobayashi Margaret Behling Diamond Lake Elementary School Student Council Junghyun Hahn Noriko Koda Naomi Berkove Paisly DiBianca Richard & Nancy Hamman Kuni Koda & Satoko Ogi Jan & Jeff Berkson Mr. & Mrs. Clyde Dickey Diane Handelsman Aritsugu Finch-Koinuma Keiko Bessho Christa Donner Samuel Hanson Katsumasa Komoda Best Friends Raymond Donner Samantha Haring Mari Konishi Carmen Bodino Patrick D’Onofrio Debra Harless Erika Kono & Hiro Kawakami Benita Boettner Edward Dougal & Keiko Ishikawa Shennan Harris Roberta Kono Meg Bonello Rosalie Carol Drechnik Barbara J. Hart Jeane Kono-Nisino Mr. & Mrs. Clyde O. Bowles, Jr. Sarah Duda Philipp Heck Yoshiko Kono John Braden Katharina Dunigan Nicholas Hefele Yoko Kono Margaret W. Brennan Judith A. Dyke Steven Heikkila Taka Kosaka Tim Bridgman Brian Eagles Cynthia Herrera Lindstrom Bill Koutsis Keith Bringe Betty Edgecombe Mark Heymans Charles Kralovec Walter Budzielek Doris K. Endo Kelly Jo Highland Tom & Melinda Kujawski Carrie Buell Kazuko Ernst Brian Hirami Yoshihiro Kumagai Annette Buford Julia Evanoff Tamie Hobart Barbara Kurokawa John Bukacek Jaggen Farewell & Vanessa Navarro Bob Hodge Donna LaBarbara Christine Bultinck Carol Faye Ryan Hoel Connie Larson Anderton Burke Bo Feng Young Hong Carol Lee Marilyn Byrnes Fifth Third Bank International Finance Team Laura Horwith Mun Fei Lee Susan Kumagai Fink Sachiko Hotoda Sang-Yul Lee
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Jun Leng Neal Nordling Chris Crosby-Schmidt Mark Vajaranant Bob Long Bill Nordstrom Richard Schoen Nancy Van Sickle Maria Lopez Rita Oaks Mark Scott Lindsay Van Sickle Goran Lukic Mary O’Connell Risa Sekiguchi CJ VanSickle Phyllis Lyons Jun Okubo Erica Seltzer Koren T. Vanzo-Sinsuk Maurice R. Lyons Takemasa Okugawa Susan Shay Frances Vera William MacFadden Jean Okumura Ben Shearer Vernon Area Public Library Staff Norma Magnuson Robert O’Malley Mary Shek (in memory of Nellie Kono and Florence Yamada) Lori Vose Joanne Mai Tokoyo Omori Tom Shimko Risa Vuillemot Ann C. Mallow Omron Foundation, Inc. Mary Shimoda Kaoru Wada Virginia Malter Mika Osada Tatsuhiro Shindo Peggy Wald Jose & Ana Manglano Tsuneyoshi Otake Kaye Shinozaki Margot Wang Hector Marino Lois Oyama Lapekas Sharon Slettehaugh Robert & Ellen Watt Gil Marquez Seiji Oyasu Wyatt L. Smith, D.D.S. Michael Wei Marquese Martin-Hayes Kirtikumar Patel Christina Smith Janice Wenndt Yimer Martinez Nadine Peacock Olivia Smith Ron & Kaori Werneth Michael Massarelli Greg Peterson Robin Stahl Doug Whitesell Etsuko Matsubara Piano4te Inc. Erin Starzyk Panlalit Wisuththathip Jenny Matsui Steve Pickett Jack Stefanowicz W Chicago Lakeshore Chieko Matsumoto Mark Pollack Julie Steinberg Marton Scott Woelber Tamar Mayer Aleksander Popivoda Katherine Stetson Russell & Katherine Wortley Jerry Mayeroff Kathryn Powell Lizbeth J. Stevens Kristine Wright Eric Mechels Daxa Purohit Hon. Adlai Stevenson Stanislaw Wroblewski Elvis Melendez Thomas Radtke Carrie Storrs Yea-Huey Wu John McCarthy Gerard Ras Emiko Sugiura Yoko Yamamoto Mary McCarthy Jennifer Recker Yuko Sugiyama Take Yamamoto Mr. & Mrs. James & Jean McClung Gail Reich M. Sullivan Ellen Yamauchi Coleen McDonnell Kathy Reilly Sachi Suzuki Raymie Yamauchi Anthony McGuire (In honor of Sadie McGuire’s 3rd birthday) Neil Rengel Christine Swanson Nahoko Yarbrough Thomas P. McMenamin Carol Rettker Linda Swift Nancy Yasutake Mid-USA Falun Dafa Association Jo Ann Rice Shigeru & Mieko Tagawa Ting-Chun Yeh Hiroshi Minawa Janet Riley Taiko Legacy Sian Mei Yeoh Akiko Mitsunaga Wesley Rizal Lisa Takata Mr. & Mrs. Manabu Yoshiike Hiroyuki Miyauchi Richard J. Robertson Kathy Takeguchi Javed Younis M. Morgan Joseph Rodriguez Esther Takeshita Dennis & Akiko Yukimoto Glenn Morimoto Anna Roeser Mary Aiko Taketoshi Hailing Zhang Yasuhiro Morino Kayoko Rohan George Taketoshi Steven Zimmerman Jeylan Mortimer Lynn Romain Janet Talbert Janet Zitzer Carol Mossey Howard Romanek Brian Taylor Paul Zollar Mary Mouw Rose Hill Alliance Church Anju Teal Mark Zolno Shiori Konda Muhammad Jean L. Rosen Patricia Teefy Naoko Muramatsu Brian Rous Kei Terada S.J. Murray Susan Russo Wendolyn Tetlow Mari Nakajima Kerry F. Ryan G’Anne Thomas Nobu Nakajima Ruth Keenan Ryan Leeah Thomas Nancy Nakamoto Syed Saad Ahmed Tsutomu Togashi Mio Nakamura Hiroko Saito Joanne Kiyoko Tohei Kimiko Nakamura Molly Sakamoto Kazuko Tonaki Carol Nakamura Genoveva Salmon Linda Torres Aiko Nakane Marlene Saltzberg Alexandra Torres Kathryn Nettleman Norman Sandfield Kenneth Traisman Yasuhiro Nishikawa Michael Savina Tsukasa Taiko Asako Nishimura Sebastian Savovic Mr. & Mrs. Mike and Kanae Tsuruga Special thanks to J.P. Morgan Chase Bank for their support Michael Nolan Denise Schallert Andrew Urda in waiving transfer fees and additional charges.
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