2016 ANNUAL REPORT Design provided by Movéo Cover Photo: Imperial Palace in Tokyo, Japan with reflection of the Chicago skyline 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 non-profit 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 over six levels of Japanese and English language courses. For membership information and other inquiries visit www.jaschicago.org or contact the Society office. LETTER FROM THE HONORARY CHAIRMAN
November 2016
Dear Friends,
With the end of the year just around the corner, we can reflect on the last 12 months. The Japan America Society of Chicago celebrated its 85th anniversary last year. In 2016, it has continued to look ahead. Its annual dinner in June featured Governor Bruce Rauner and former U.S. Ambassador to Japan John Thomas Schieffer. Its membership has increased steadily with its many events.
I am delighted that David Johnson is now leading the Society as its President, and I deeply appreciate the three Executive Vice Presidents, Ken Hennessy, Akira Koyasu and Tetsuya Terada. I applaud Chairman Emeritus Senator Adlai Stevenson, Chairman Michael Moskow, the officers and board members, as well as Mitsukuni Baba and his staff. Thank you all for your enthusiastic commitment, which I fully share.
Next year, let’s build upon the Society’s strong foundation. Let’s innovate even more for the future.
Sincerely,
Toshiyuki Iwado Consul-General of Japan in Chicago LETTER FROM THE CHAIRMAN
November 2016
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 and actively supported over 40 programs this year, covering issues in business, public affairs, culture and education. With wide ranging topics from Abenomics to the recovery in Tohoku to the ever popular Sake Tasting, our programs and events were well-received and supported. It is through these programs that we strive to further our mission of friendship between our two great countries.
We are also pleased to report continued strong membership and a number of new company sponsors. Our corporate and individual members are essential to our success. The board of directors is strongly committed to our mission, and I am deeply appreciative of their contributions to the Society. Each new class of incoming board members adds vigor to 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 Society’s New Year with great optimism.
Thank you to our members for your generous support and a particular thank you to our directors and governors for your service. The Society’s future is bright, and I look forward to working with you.
Sincerely,
Michael H. Moskow Chairman LETTER FROM THE PRESIDENT
November 2016
Dear Society Members,
Congratulations to all members of the Japan America Society of Chicago for another outstanding year! The year ending on June 30, 2016 was our 85th 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 great 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 greater 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. Ambassador Mitsuo Sakaba and Joseph M. Young, Director for Japanese Affairs at the U.S. State Department, both speaking on different evenings about the U.S.-Japan Relations, Ichiro Sone of JETRO Chicago and Akihiro Ohyama of IRIS USA Inc., updating us on the rebuilding progress five years after the Great East Japan Earthquake, our second annual Illinois Japan Bowl where students demonstrate their knowledge of Japan, an intimate piano concert by world renown pianist Ingrid Fuzjko Hemming, and many, many Young Professionals Committee events, are just a few examples of our many excellent programs. A complete listing of this past year’s programs is included later in this annual report. We were also honored to have Governor Bruce Rauner attend our annual Anniversary Celebratory Dinner at which Ambassador J. Thomas Schieffer spoke to us on The Case for Trade Between the United States and Japan.
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 so 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.
I think 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 Toshiyuki Iwado, Consul-General of Japan in Chicago, our honorary chairman and to Senator Adlai Stevenson, our chairman emeritus. Their wisdom and counsel is invaluable.
And finally, the underlying key to our success comes from the incredible 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 devotion and skill. LETTER FROM THE PRESIDENT (CONTINUED)
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 along with your support, both in your attendance and participation as well as through 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 look forward to a highly productive year, providing great value to our members.
Thank you again to all that have supported us so well. I am very excited about our new year and very much look forward to working with you and serving you going forward.
Sincerely,
David D. Johnson President OFFICERS & DIRECTORS 2016-17
Honorary Chairman Executive Director Sam Cremin The Honorable Toshiyuki Iwado Mitsukuni Baba Director of Marketing & Product Consul General of Japan in Chicago Executive Director Management Consulate-General of Japan in Chicago Japan America Society of Chicago Litetronics International, Inc.
Chairman Directors Drew Edwards The Honorable Michael H. Moskow Matthew Abbott Managing Director Vice Chairman & Senior Fellow on the Director, Government and Diplomatic Advisory Research, Inc. Global Economy Programs The Chicago Council on Global Affairs The Chicago Council on Global Affairs William L. Florida Vice President Chairman Emeritus David Alexander Advisory Research, Inc. The Honorable Adlai E. Stevenson Principal Chairman Masuda Funai Eifert & Mitchell, Ltd. Ryutaro Furukawa SC&M Investment Management Corp. Executive Director, Global Corporate Bank David J. Anderson JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. President Family Founding Member David D. Johnson Anderson Japanese Gardens Steven P. Gan Molex Inc. (Retired) President David L. Barcus Stellar Risk Management Services, Inc. Executive Vice Presidents Vice President, Operations Ken Hennessy Sunstar Americas, Inc. Marie Gaudette Advisor Executive Director NDK Jack D. Beem Midwest U.S.-Japan Association
Akira “Kevin” Koyasu Benita Boettner Marcia E. Goodman President & CEO Global Lead, Commercial Strategy Omega 3 Partner Nippon Sharyo U.S.A., Inc. Nuseed Mayer Brown LLP
Tetsuya Terada Erik T. Brejla Edward A. Grant Vice President & General Manager Head of Strategic Partnerships Arthur Andersen LLP (Retired) (Midwest Region) Office of Trade and Investment Nippon Express USA, Inc. Illinois Department of Commerce & Troy Hammond Economic Opportunity President Secretary North Central College John Bukacek Wendy Breuder President General Manager, U.S. Corporate Banking Amy M. Harris Japanese Business Legal & Technical MUFG Union Bank, N.A. Director of Membership & Accounts Translation and Interpretation Services The Economic Club of Chicago Robert A. Center Treasurer Walter Hladko Yasushi Kubo Robert Corder Imperial Hotel Tokyo/Osaka Partner-Audit Project Coordinator, Business Development PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP JETRO Chicago Kathryn Ibata Arens Professor & Director, Global Asian Studies DePaul University OFFICERS & DIRECTORS 2016-17 (CONTINUED)
Katsuya Inubushi Jody E. Kurtzhalts Robert Murphy Senior Vice President & General Manager Yaskawa Electric America, Inc. (Retired) Managing Partner Sumitomo Corporation of America Movéo Noriyasu Kuwahara Ken G. Kabira Senior Vice President & Dr. Yusuke Nakamura, M.D., Ph.D Chief Strategy Officer Head of Planning & Administration Professor of Medicine and Surgery, Edlong Dairy Technologies Astellas US LLC Section of Hematology/Oncology & Deputy Director, Center for Personalized Therapeutics Robert W. Karr, Jr. Sang-yul Lee The University of Chicago Director & General Manager, Partner Global Business Development K&L Gates LLP Blommer Chocolate Company Hideki Nakashiro Harumi Lory Head of Asian Corporate Banking (Midwest) Janice Katz Senior Lecturer MUFG Union Bank, N.A. Associate Curator of Japanese Art East Asian Languages & Civilizations Art Institute of Chicago The University of Chicago Ei-ichi Negishi, Ph.D. Herbert C. Brown Distinguished Professor of Chemistry Toshio Kawai Dr. Phyllis I. Lyons Purdue University President & CEO Associate Prof. African & Asian Languages Mitsubishi Electric Automation, Inc. Northwestern University Shuei Nishizawa Director Niamh King Jeff Malehorn Japan Airlines Co., Ltd. Vice President, Programs & President & CEO Strategic Content World Business Chicago Yoko Noge Dean The Chicago Council on Global Affairs Correspondent James A. McClung Nikkei America Inc. Shunichiro Kishioka Chairman & CEO Chairman Lismore International Inc. Chrissy Novak I.T.A., Inc. Secretary of the Institute Joseph McCluskey Toyota Technological Institute at Chicago Shinichiro Kishioka President Bart M. McMillan Tomoyuki Osaki I.T.A., Inc. Principal VP & General Manager Baker & McKenzie LLP All Nippon Airways Co., Ltd. Tomoko Kizawa Partner Greg Merkley Peggy Parfenoff Deloitte Associate Director, Kellogg Case Publishing President Kellogg School of Management World Chicago Bernard Koh Executive Director Multinational Corporations Mark Miller Bradley William Perlstein JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. President Vice President, Human Resources Cornerstone Environmental Komatsu America Corp. Stephen M. Kozik Health & Safety, Inc. Director, Strategic Projects Jamie Rhee Omron Management Center of America, Inc. Dana E. Morrison Chief Procurement Officer President City of Chicago Genieco, Inc. OFFICERS & DIRECTORS 2016-17 (CONTINUED)
David M. Roden Shawn Y. Valukas Arthur I. Cyr Vice President & Group Manager Account Vice President A.W. and Mary Margaret Clausen Fifth Third Bank UBS Financial Services, Inc. Distinguished Professor, Political Economy & World Business Howard J. Romanek Promod Vohra Director, Clausen Center for World Business Illinois State University (Retired) Chief HR and Talent Strategy Officer Carthage College ACS Group Shinichi Sanui Clyde Dickey Deputy General Manager Ion Warner Mizuho Bank, Ltd. Vice President, Marketing & Investor Ralph Fujimoto Relations August W. Schaefer The Manitowoc Company Edward A. Grant Underwriters Laboratories (Retired) Arthur Andersen LLP (Retired) Kumiko Watanabe Julie Schotanus Japan Business Group National Leader Lyric Hughes Hale Grant Thornton LLP Editor in Chief Dan Seals Econvue, Inc. MPA Health Analytics Michael P. Whelan Partner Shunichiro Kishioka Takashi Sekino EY Chairman EVP & General Manager I.T.A., Inc. Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal U.S.A., Inc. Mari Yamamoto Regnier Partner Jody E. Kurtzhalts Yoshio Shibazaki Barnes & Thornburg LLP Yaskawa Electric America, Inc. (Retired) Senior Tax Manager Plante & Moran Keiko Yanai James A. McClung Deputy Consul General Chairman & CEO Kazuo Shimizu Consulate-General of Japan in Chicago Lismore International Inc. President & CEO Kikkoman Foods, Inc. Board of Governors Thomas P. McMenamin Jack D. Beem Principal Ichiro Sone Chairman Masuda Funai Eifert & Mitchell, Ltd. Chief Executive Director JETRO Chicago Thomas J. Boodell, Jr. Howard J. Romanek Attorney at Law Illinois State University (Retired) William A. Streff, Jr. Boodell & Domanskis LLC Partner The Honorable Adlai E. Stevenson Kirkland & Ellis LLP Clyde O. Bowles, Jr. Chairman Of Counsel SC&M Investment Management Corp. Bridget Sweeney Harrison & Held LLP Director, Business Operations Thomas Studney The Boeing Company John Bukacek President Josie Tomes Chie Tanaka Japanese Business Legal & Technical Managing Director, Tax Translation and Interpretation Services KPMG LLP 29TH ANNUAL HOLIDAY FUNDRAISER & BONENKAI
December 10, 2015 COMMITTEE CHAIRS 2016-17
Program Committee August Schaefer, Underwriters Laboratories, Inc. (Retired) (Chair)
Membership Committee Marcia Goodman, Mayer Brown LLP (Co-Chair) Ken Hennessy, President, NDK (Co-Chair)
Development Committee David 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, Advisory Research, Inc. (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, Advisory Research, Inc. (Co-Chair, Finance Committee) Marcia Goodman, Mayer Brown LLP (Co-Chair, Membership Committee) Edward A. Grant, Arthur Andersen LLP (Retired) Ken Hennessy, NDK (Executive Vice President & Co-Chair, Membership Committee) David D. Johnson, Molex (Retired) (President) Shunichiro Kishioka, I.T.A., Inc. 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) Tetsuya Terada, Nippon Express USA, Inc. (Executive Vice President) EVENTS 2015-2016
86th Anniversary Celebratory Dinner Recipient of the Adlai E. Stevenson Lifetime Service & Achievement Award (From Right to Left: Kimiko Nakamura, Japanese Language Instructor, Japan America Society of Chicago and The Honorable Toshiyuki Iwado, Consul-General of Japan in Chicago, Consulate-General of Japan in Chicago) June 9, 2016 BUSINESS EVENTS
“The Business Climate in Asia and Japan-U.S. Relations” Member Reception Date: 9/11/15 Date: 6/20/16 Speakers: Chris Wilkens, Deputy General Manager, BTMU’s Global Speaker: Jerry Reinsdorf, Owner, Chicago Bulls and Chicago White Sox Corporate Banking Division & Head of Global Subsidiary Banking Co-Organizer: Consulate-General of Japan in Chicago (Tokyo, Japan) and Dr. William R. Farrell, Adjunct Professor, Naval War College & Former Chairman & CEO, Dynamic Strategies Asia, LC Young Professionals Committee This event is part of the NAJAS/KKC Business Speaker Series sponsored U.S. Compared with Japan’s Store Operations: by the National Association of Japan-America Societies and the Uniqlo’s Experience Keizai Koho Center Date: 7/19/16 Speaker: Tomomi Tanaka, General Manager, Uniqlo Chicago Social Science Research Council (SSRC) & Japan America Society of Chicago “Corporate Governance Reform in Japan — a Progress Report” Breakfast Meeting Date: 9/27/16 Date: 1/28/16 Speaker: Nicholas E. Benes, Representative Director, The Board Director Training Institute of Japan Trains, Planes and Automobiles: Current and Future Trends in Sponsors: Advisory Research, Inc., CDH, David D. Johnson, Molex Inc. the Transportation Industry in Japan and the U.S. and NDK Date: 3/23/16 Venue Sponsor: JETRO Chicago Speakers: Koki Konishi, Managing Officer & Chief Officer, Technical Administration Group, Toyota Motor Corporation; Hiroyuki Idei, Board of Governors Dinner Executive Vice President, Nippon Sharyo U.S.A., Inc.; David Yamada, Recent Work on Competition in Asia for Lead Status in Manager Engineering & Marketing Support, Nippon Sharyo Innovation and Entrepreneurship in Biomedicine U.S.A., Inc. & Grant Crampton, Chief of Staff, IT Infrastructure, The Date: 10/11/16 Boeing Company Speaker: Kathryn Ibata-Arens, Professor and Director, Global Asian Corporate Sponsors: Deloitte, Masuda Funai Eifert & Mitchell, Ltd., Studies, DePaul University Nippon Sharyo U.S.A., Inc., Mayer Brown LLP & ITOCHU Automobile America, Inc. Bank of Japan’s Monetary Easing Policy and Abenomics Date: 11/7/16 This event is part of the NAJAS/KKC Business Speaker Series sponsored Speaker: Dr. Sayuri Shirai, Professor, Keio University and Former Board by the National Association of Japan-America Societies and the Keizai Member of the Bank of Japan Koho Center Co-Organizer: Consulate-General of Japan in Chicago
Consulate-General of Japan in Chicago David D. Johnson BUSINESS EVENTS
Member Reception Jerry Reinsdorf, Owner, Chicago Bulls and Chicago White Sox June 20, 2016 PUBLIC AFFAIRS EVENTS
“Walk in U.S., Talk on Japan” Board of Governors Dinner 86th Anniversary Celebratory Dinner U.S.-Japan Relations Evening Program “Abe’s Japan: Change and Continuity” “The Case for Trade Between the Date: 9/18/15 Date: 9/30/15 United States and Japan” Speakers: Ambassador Mitsuo Sakaba, Speaker: Dr. Arthur I. Cyr, A.W. & Mary Date: 6/9/16 Former Ambassador of Japan to Vietnam Margaret Clausen Distinguished Professor, Speaker: Ambassador J. Thomas Schieffer, and the Kingdom of Belgium and Keiji Political Economy and World Business, Ambassador to Japan (2005-2009) Shigeoka, Former President, Carthage College Sponsors: Joyce Chelberg, James A. McClung Itochu Petroleum Co. U.S.A. & the National Association of Japan-America Co-Organizer: Consulate-General of Japan Creating a New Tohoku: Societies in Chicago Firsthand Observations on its Recovery This project is part of the “Walk in U.S., Talk and an Update on the Economy-Insights Prefectural Governors and the Meaning on Japan” program on the Fifth Anniversary of the Great of “Modern” Japanese Politics East Japan Earthquake Date: 8/25/16 The State Department Perspective on Date: 3/9/16 Speaker: Luke Franks, Assistant Professor of U.S.-Japan Relations Speakers: Ichiro Sone, Chief Executive History, North Central College Date: 9/25/15 Director, JETRO Chicago & Akihiro Ohyama, Sponsor: Howard Romanek Speaker: Joseph M. Young, Director for Chairman & CEO, IRIS USA Inc. Japanese Affairs, U.S.-Department of State Co-Organizers: Consulate-General of Understanding How the United States Venue Sponsor: Masuda Funai Eifert & Japan in Chicago, Chicago Sister Cities Elects a President Mitchell, Ltd. International, Japanese Chamber of Date: 10/19/16 Commerce and Industry of Chicago & JETRO Speaker: Howard Romanek, Retired History Chicago Professor, Illinois State University Venue Sponsor: Grant Thornton LLP
"Walk in U.S., Talk on Japan" 86th Anniversary Celebratory Dinner Creating a New Tohoku: Firsthand Observations U.S.-Japan Relations Evening Program “The Case for Trade Between the on its Recovery and an Update on the Economy- September 18, 2015 United States and Japan” Insights on the Fifth Anniversary of the Great East Ambassador J. Thomas Schieffer, Ambassador Japan Earthquake to Japan (2005-2009) March 9, 2016 June 9, 2016
Consulate-General of Japan in Chicago
Howard Romanek Joyce Chelberg James A. McClung CULTURAL EVENTS
Sugar Islands: Finding Okinawa in Hawai’i — 2016 Illinois Japan Bowl The Art of Laura Kina and Emily Hanako Momohara Date: 3/19/16 Date: 7/8/15 Venue Sponsor: North Central College Speakers: Laura Kina, Professor of Art, Media & Design, Sponsors: Omron, Joyce Chelberg, Temple University & Mazda DePaul University and Emily Hanako Momohara, Artist Foundation Co-Organizer: Japanese American Service Committee Supported By: Japanese Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Chicago “Each Feather, It Fell From Skin:” The Story Behind In cooperation with the Consulate-General of Japan in Chicago the Japanese Fable, “The Crane Wife” Date: 8/4/15 Japan Information Center & Consulate-General of Japan in Chicago Speaker: June Sawyers, Author & Editor 30th Annual Japanese Language Speech Contest Corporate Sponsor: Plante & Moran PLLC Date: 3/26/16 Organizers: Japanese Chamber of Commerce & Industry of Chicago, Northwestern University Asian American Studies Program Japan America Society of Chicago & Chicago Sister Cities International U.S.-Japan Relations: 70 Years and Beyond Program Osaka Committee Date: 11/21/15 Supported By: Consulate-General of Japan in Chicago, Chicago Ingrid Fuzjko Hemming 85th Anniversary Piano Concert Japanese American Historical Society, Japan America Society of Date: 3/28/16 Chicago, Japanese Chamber of Commerce & Industry of Chicago, Performer: Fuzjko Hemming, Pianist Chicago Japanese American Council, Japanese American National Supported By: Japanese Chamber of Commerce and Industry Museum, DePaul Global Asian Studies Program & UIC Asian American of Chicago Studies Program
Young Professionals Committee 2016 Illinois Japan Bowl Behind-the-Scenes Talk at the Sawada Latte Art Demo, Presentation and Tasting Level Four First Prize Winning Team: Art Institute of Chicago by Hiroshi Sawada, Latte Artist New Trier High School Janice Katz, Roger L. Weston Associate Curator March 11, 2016 March 19, 2016 of Japanese Art, Art Institute of Chicago September 22, 2016
Chicago Sister Cities International Consulate-General of Japan in Chicago Program Osaka Committee
Chicago Japanese American Council Japanese American National Museum DePaul Global Asian Studies Program
UIC Asian American Studies Program Northwestern University Asian American Studies Program CULTURAL EVENTS
Shurikenjutsu and Me Shodo (Japanese Calligraphy) Workshop Date: 4/7/16 Date: 9/15/16 Speaker: Soke Otsuka Yasuyuki, Grandmaster of Meifu Shinkage Ryu Speaker: Seiran Chiba, Japanese Calligrapher (Japanese Star Throwing) Venue Sponsor: Japanese Culture Center Venue Sponsor: Japanese Culture Center Behind-the-Scenes Talk at the Art Institute of Chicago Past and Present: A Look into the Japanese American WW II Date: 9/22/16 Incarceration Experience Speaker: Janice Katz, Roger L. Weston Associate Curator of Japanese Date: 4/13/16 Art, Art Institute of Chicago Speakers: Ryan Yokota, Legacy Center Manager, Japanese American Service Committee & Jean Mishima, President, Chicago Japanese Aikido Presentation and Demo American Historical Society Date: 11/3/16 Co-Organizer: Japanese American Service Committee & Chicago Instructor: Kobayashi Shihan, 8th dan Aikikai Japanese American Historical Society Venue Sponsor: Japanese Culture Center of Chicago Venue Sponsor: Fifth Third Bank Newly Emerging Japanese Fashion Designers Introduction to Chanoyu (Japanese Tea Ceremony) Date: 11/10/16 Date: 9/8/16 Speaker: Nena Ivon, Fashion Expert Speaker: Omar Francis, Instructor, Urasenke Tradition of Chanoyu Venue Sponsor: K&L Gates LLP Venue Sponsor: Japanese Culture Center
Joyce Chelberg
EDUCATIONAL EVENTS
Tour of the Art Institute of Chicago in Japanese Tour of the Art Institute of Chicago in Japanese Date: 7/23/15 Date: 7/30/15 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 Tour of the Art Institute of Chicago in Japanese Date: 7/28/16 Date: 8/4/16 Speaker: Hiroko Saito, School of the Art Institute of Chicago Speaker: Hiroko Saito, School of the Art Institute of Chicago SOCIAL EVENTS
Young Professionals Committee Young Professionals Committee Young Professionals Committee Networking Social at Sumi Robata Bar Exploring Wine Series Millennium Park Summer Music Outing Date: 7/21/15 Date: 2/26/16 featuring Heritage Blues Orchestra Date: 7/21/16 Young Professionals Committee Young Professionals Committee International Film Festival screening Sawada Latte Art Demo, Presentation Young Professionals Committee of “The Clone Returns Home” and Tasting by Hiroshi Sawada, Latte Japanese Craft Beer Tasting Date: 8/5/15 Artist Date: 7/22/16 Date: 3/11/16 Speaker: Daniel Morales, Japan Expert & Beer Young Professionals Committee Otaku “Happy Hour” at Gyu-kaku Japanese BBQ Young Professionals Committee Date: 8/27/15 The Power and Pleasure of Tea Bowls Young Professionals Committee in Japan Lecture at the Art Institute of Millennium Park Summer Film Series- Young Professionals Committee Chicago Outing Grease Ramen Social & Tea Tasting Date: 3/31/16 Date: 8/9/16 at Strings Ramen Date: 10/1/15 Asian Pop-Up Cinema Young Professionals Committee Young Professionals Committee Meet and Greet with Kumiko Watanabe Young Professionals Committee ‘”I am a Monk” Asian Pop Cinema Chicago Date: 8/19/16 Exploring Wine Series Movie Screening & Drinks with the Speaker: Kumiko Watanabe, Japan Business Date: 10/30/15 Director Group National Leader, Grant Thornton LLP Date: 5/4/16 Young Professionals Committee Young Professionals Committee Networking Social at Momotaro Young Professionals Committee Kizuki Ramen Social Date: 11/5/15 Yakitori Boogytori Social Date: 8/31/16 Date: 5/5/16 Speaker: Kevin Yu, Co-Owner, Kizuki 29th Annual Holiday Fundraiser & Bonenkai Young Professionals Committee Young Professionals Committee Date: 12/10/15 Yakitori Boogytori Social Meet and Greet with Ken Hennessy Date: 5/26/16 Date: 10/21/16 Young Professionals Committee & Speaker: Ken Hennessy, President, NDK ET Alumni Association Young Professionals Committee KOVAL Whiskey Tour, Tasting & Meet and Greet with Dave Johnson Young Professionals Committee Discussion Date: 6/17/16 Movie Outing to see “Miss Hokusai” Date: 1/21/16 Speaker: David D. Johnson, Co-President, Co-Organizers: KOVAL & JET Alumni Date: 10/26/16 Japan America Society of Chicago & Retired Association EVP, Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer, 30th Annual Holiday Fundraiser & Molex Inc. Young Professionals Committee & Bonenkai JET Alumni Association Date: 12/8/16 Young Professionals Committee Downtown Business Card Exchange Batsu Chicago Social Date: 7/8/16 Date: 2/17/16 Co-Organizer: JET Alumni Association 86TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATORY DINNER
86th Anniversary Celebratory Dinner (From Right to Left Front: The Honorable Michael H. Moskow, Chairman, Japan America Society of Chicago and Governor Bruce Rauner, Governor of Illinois) June 9, 2016 CORPORATE MEMBER LISTING
Corporate Platinum Member K&L Gates LLP Meiji Corporation Molex, Inc. Komatsu America Corp. Moritani America, Inc. Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. Marubeni America Corporation Movéo Mitsubishi Electric Automation, Inc. North Central College Corporate Gold Member Mitsubishi Heavy Industries America, Inc. Northern Illinois University, College of Engineering Futaba North America Engineering & Mitsui & Co. (U.S.A.), Inc. Okabe Co., Inc. Marketing Corp. Mizuho Bank, Ltd. OKAYA (U.S.A) Inc Kirkland & Ellis LLP MUFG Union Bank, N.A. Pascal Engineering Inc. Omron Management Center of America, Inc. Nippon Express USA, Inc. Plante & Moran, PLLC United Airlines Mileage Plus Holdings Nippon Life Insurance Company of America Ray Law International, P.C. Nippon Sharyo USA Inc. Riken of America, Inc. Corporate Silver Member Segal McCambridge Singer & Mahoney, Ltd. Robert W. Baird & Co. All Nippon Airways Co., Ltd. Sidley Austin LLP RSM US LLP Astellas US LLC SURFACETEC The Chicago Council on Global Affairs Baker & McKenzie LLP The Boeing Company The Economic Club of Chicago Barnes & Thornburg LLP U.S. Tsubaki, Inc. Beam Suntory Inc. The Langham, Chicago Deloitte Tomoegawa (U.S.A.) Inc. Corporate Member EY Toyota Tsusho America, Inc. Aqua-Aerobic Systems/ Metawater USA Grant Thornton LLP World Business Chicago Blank is the New Black KPMG LLP World Chicago CDH P.C. Masuda Funai Eifert & Mitchell, Ltd. Chicagoland Commercial Real Estate, Inc. Mayer Brown LLP Corporate Supporter Member City of Chicago NDK Aioi Nissay Dowa Insurance Company of Consulate-General of Japan in Chicago America Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal U.S.A., Inc. Courtyard Chicago Glenview/Northbrook Amano Enzyme U.S.A. Co., Ltd. PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP ECHO Incorporated Arnie Yusim Leasing, Inc. Sumitomo Corporation of Americas EOS Accountants LLP Cole & Associates Sunstar Americas, Inc. GC America, Inc. Development Bank of Japan Inc. TDK Corporation of America GP Ventures, Ltd. Econvue, Inc. iJET International, Inc. Figaro USA, INC. Corporate Bronze Member Illinois Dept. of Commerce & Economic Goda & Associates, Inc. Ajinomoto Heartland, Inc. Opportunity 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, Inc. Kintetsu Intl. Travel Consultants Company Nikkei America Inc. USA, Inc. Cornerstone Environmental, Health & Safety, Nisshin Steel USA, LLC Inc. Kintetsu World Express (USA) Inc. Pacific Advisory Service Fifth Third Bank Kitamura Machinery of U.S.A., Inc. PharmStat Genieco, Inc. Komori America Corporation Pursanova Ltd., Inc. HARTING Inc. of North America Kubota Engine America Corporation RSR Partners IRIS USA, Inc. Lions Clubs International Foundation Sumitomo Electric Carbide, Inc. Japanese Business Legal & Technical Litetronics International, Inc. Translation and Interpretation Services Sumitomo Warehouse (U.S.A.), Inc. Mandell Menkes LLC JETRO Chicago Taiyo Yuden (U.S.A..), Inc. Marsh USA, Inc. JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. Toyota Technological Institute at Chicago MBL (USA) Corporation KDDI America, Inc. Yaskawa Electric America, Inc. MC Machinery Systems, Inc.
CASH DONORS 2015-16
CORPORATE DONORS $5,000–$9,999 $1,000–$4,999 $500–$999 $250–$499 Advisory Research, Inc./Piper Jaffray The Boeing Company Deloitte Advisory Research, Inc. Friends of Kikkoman Foods Foundation Inc. Genieco, Inc. CDH, P.C. Anderson Japanese Gardens KPMG LLP Mayer Brown LLP ITOCHU Automobile America Inc. Masuda Funai Eifert & Mitchell, Ltd. Mitsubishi Electric Automation, Inc. Okaya U.S.A., Inc. Moritani America, Inc. Molex, Inc. Mizuho Bank, Ltd. Omron Management Center of Nippon Express Foundation, Inc. Movéo America, Inc. NDK MUFG Union Bank, N.A. Nippon Sharyo USA, Inc. $100–$249 Plante & Moran PLLC Hamilton Partners Takeda Pharmaceuticals International, Inc. Kitamura Machinery U.S.A., Inc. TOBI International Co.
INDIVIDUAL DONORS $5,000–$9,999 $500–$999 $100–$249 $0–$99 Joyce Chelberg Benita Boettner Sayuri Anderson Ken G. Kabira Edward A. Grant The Honorable Toshiyuki Iwado Daniel Brown Jeane Kono-Nisino David D. Johnson Shunichiro Kishioka Yuko DeVito Amy Neeno Kimiko Nakamura Mr. & Mrs. Clyde Dickey John Stuermer $250–$499 Natalie Eifert $1,000–$4,999 Jack Beem Tom Graham Mr. & Mrs. Ralph Fujimoto Robert C. Hudson, Jr. Tsuneo Hachiuma Fuzjko Hemming Mr. & Mrs. James A. McClung Harumi Lory Michael & Suzanne Moskow August Schaefer Howard Romanek Daniel J. Seals Chie Tanaka The Honorable Adlai E. Stevenson Ion Warner Joann R. Tomes Mari Yamamoto Regnier Keiko Yanai Ken Yoshitani
Venue Sponsors: K&L Gates LLP Reception Sponsors: Special Thanks To: Fifth Third Bank Masuda Funai Eifert & Mitchell, Ltd. Fifth Third Bank Robert Hartung for taking JASC photos Grant Thornton LLP North Central College Grant Thornton LLP Japanese Culture Center Plante & Moran PLLC Masuda Funai Eifert & Mitchell, Ltd. JETRO Chicago
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 Blank is the New Black to members upon request. & Industry of Chicago CDH, P.C. The Japan America Society of Chicago would like to thank Movéo JETRO Chicago Comfort Inn 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. Mayer Brown LLP The Consulate-General of Japan in Chicago Movéo PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP ANNUAL PROGRAM SPONSORS & UNDERWRITERS
Very special recognition, honor and gratitude is due to the Society’s 86th Annual Program Sponsors & Underwriters. They are listed below. These fine member organizations have stepped forward and up as sponsors for our entire 86th 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
Friends of
Edward A. Grant
CULTURAL ACHIEVEMENT & SCHOLARSHIP
CULTURAL ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS 2003: Dr. Shozo Sato, Kabuki Master 2011: Fujima Shunojo, Japanese Classical Dancer
2006: Lee Gurga, American Haiku author 2012: Kimiko Gunji, Japan House, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
2007: John R. Anderson, Anderson Gardens 2013: Joyce Sosho Kubose, Urasenke Tradition of Chado the Way of Tea
2008: Lucien Stryk, Translator and Writer of Zen poetry 2014: Yoko Schmadeke, Oak Park River Forest High School
2009: Dr. Janice a. Katz, The Art Institute of Chicago 2015: Ivan Watters, Yasukunai Bonsai
2010: Tatsu Aoki, Asian aRts Improv Midwest 2016: Charles O. Harris, Ikenobo Ikebana Society
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: T he 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: R ichard P. Soter 2014 Spring: G overnor 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: M asaru Funai 2015 Fall: E dward A. Grant The Order of the Sacred Treasure, Gold Rays with Rosette The Order of the Rising Sun, Gold Rays with Rosette
2002 Spring: Jack Beem The Order of the Sacred Treasure, Gold Rays with Rosette CULTURAL ACHIEVEMENT & SCHOLARSHIP
ADLAI E. STEVENSON LIFETIME SERVICE AND ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS June 2015: Joyce Chelberg June 2016: Kimiko Nakamura
June 2015: Ralph Fujimoto
June 2015: The Honorable Adlai E. Stevenson
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
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
NAMBU AWARDS 2012: New Trier Winnetka 2014: Harry D. Jacobs High School (Illinois Science Olympiad First Place Overall, High School Division) (Illinois Science Olympiad Second Place Circuit Lab)
2012: A dlai E. Stevenson High School 2015: Adlai E. Stevenson High School (Illinois Science Olympiad Second Place Overall, High School Division) (Illinois Science Olympiad 1st Place-Scrambler [Group AA])
2013: N iles North High School 2015: Farmington Central High School (Illinois Science Olympiad First Place Category Gravity Vehicle) (Illinois Science Olympiad 1st Place-Scrambler [Group A])
2013: R ockford Auburn High School 2016: New Trier High School (Illinois Science Olympiad First Place Category Problem Solving) (Illinois Science Olympiad Scrambler [Group AA])
2014: L oyola Academy 2016: Rockford Christian High School (Illinois Science Olympiad First Place MAGLEV) (Illinois Science Olympiad 1st Place-Scrambler (Group A)
Charter Committee Members: Mitsubishi Corporation (Americas) Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Regular Committee Members: I.T.A., Inc. Mitsubishi Engine North America, Inc. Metal U.S.A, Inc. Meiji Corporation Komatsu America Corp. Molex, Inc. Omron Management Center Mitsubishi Electric Automation, Inc. of America, Inc. Nippon Sharyo U.S.A., Inc.
INTERNS
Special thanks to our student interns for 2015-2016. We greatly appreciate all of their hard work and contributions to the Society:
Daniel Belback, Loyola University Hitomi Miyaoka, Kobe College Samuel Dunn, DePaul University James O’Brien, Loyola University Walter Martos Cram, Bennington College Trina Pongco, Loyola University Joseph Chang, Kendall College Rowan Quinain, Loyola University Kelsey Dunigan, Loyola University Emily Rosman, University of Illinois Champaign Urbana Elliot Fowlks, University of Illinois at Chicago Micaela Sanders, Columbia College Ben Gavin, Loyola University Shin Shibazaki, University of Illinois Champaign Urbana Ian Hill, DePaul University Alexandra Snyder, Loyola University Amina Hodzic, Bennington College Chinatsu Tsuji, Loyola University Mayumi Ishikawa, Roosevelt University Christina Ulowetz, Bryn Mawr College Hikaru Kawase, Kyoto Women’s University Ryuno Umeda, Kansai Gaidai University Asako Kobayashi, Osaka University Sayo Umeda, Kansai Gaidai University Yumi Koga, Yale University Koh Yamauchi, DePaul University Rachel Kullen, Loyola University Risako Yano, Kobe College Kelly Langeslay, Loyola University Jennifer Zamora, Kendall College Hannah Mattia, Loyola University Mika Zattera, University of Southern California CHAIRMEN / PRESIDENTS / HONORARY LIFETIME MEMBERSHIPS
CHAIRMEN OF THE JAPAN AMERICA SOCIETY OF CHICAGO: 2007-2008: Edward A. Grant (Principal, Arthur Andersen LLP), Sam Cremin (Director of Marketing Communications, 1988-2003: The Honorable Adlai E. Stevenson, Chairman, Molex, Inc.) SC&M Investment Management Corp. Shunichiro Kishioka (Chairman, I.T.A., Inc.) 2004-2005: Keikichi Honda, Chairman, NCR Japan & 2008-2012: Edward A. Grant, Principal, Arthur Andersen LLP Glenn Tilton, Chairman & CEO, United Airlines 2012: T he Honorable J.D. Bindenagel, Strategy XXI Partners 2006-2007: Glenn Tilton, Chairman & CEO, United Airlines 2014-2015: E dward A. Grant, Principal, 2008-Present: The Honorable Michael H. Moskow, Vice Chairman & Arthur Andersen LLP (Retired) Senior Fellow on the Global Economy, The Chicago Council on Global Affairs 2015-2016: N igel C. Blakeway, Chairman, President & CEO, Omron Management Center of America, Inc. PRESIDENTS OF THE JAPAN AMERICA SOCIETY OF CHICAGO: David D. Johnson, Executive Vice President, Treasurer & CFO, Molex, Inc. 1930-1937: Charles H. Chandler, Professor, University of Chicago Akira “Kevin” Koyasu, President & CEO, Nippon Sharyo USA, Inc. 1937-1939: Russell Tyson 2016-2017: Da vid D. Johnson, Executive Vice President, 1939-1962: John H. Weddell Treasurer & CFO, Molex Inc. (Retired) 1962-1963: Raymond J. Graham HONORARY LIFETIME MEMBERSHIP RECIPIENTS: 1963-1964: Galen E. Russell, former pastor of the Tokyo Union Church June 4, 2009 1964-1966: Lafeton Whitney, Executive Director of the Dr. Kazuo Kawasaki, Design Director, Doctor of Medical Science, Wiebolt Foundation; General in US Air Force; Professor of Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka University & Savings, Promotions, Harris Trust and Savings Bank Professor Emeritus at Nagoya City University 1966-1973: Harry A. Olsen, Partner, Arthur Andersen & Co. April 14, 2010 Beate Sirota Gordon Worked at General MacArthur’s headquarters on 1973-1975: A. Robert Abboud, Chairman, The First National Bank a team charged with writing a new constitution for Japan of Chicago; President, Occidental Petroleum Corp. September 16, 2010 1975: Russell Baker, Senior Partner, Baker & McKenzie Dr. Yoichiro Nambu, The Harry Platt Judson Professor Emeritus, The University of Chicago & Recipient of the 2008 Nobel Prize in Physics 1975-1977: James H. Ingersoll, Vice President, External Affairs, Borg-Warner Corporation June 9, 2011 Ambassador Robert M. Orr, Executive Director, Asian Development Bank 1977-1979: Donald Eriksen, Senior Partner, Arthur Anderson & Co. September 27, 2011 1979-1981: Alfred F. Miossi, Executive Vice President and Leo Melamed, Former Chairman of the Mercantile Exchange, and Director of International Affairs, Continental Illinois Chairman Emeritus of the CME Group, Inc. National Bank and Trust Company of Chicago December 15, 2011 1981-1984: Thomas H. Hague, Assistant to Chairman and Dr. Ei-Ichi Negishi, Herbert C. Brown Distinguished Area Director- Asia, Borg-Warner Corporation Professor of Chemistry, Purdue University and Recipient of the 2010 Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1984-1985: The Honorable Adlai E. Stevenson, SC&M Investment Management Corp. June 14, 2012 Ambassador Rust M. Deming, Adjunct Professor, Japan Studies, 1985-1988: T homas Coulter, CEO, Chicago Association of Johns Hopkins University and Former Director of the Office of Commerce and Industry; Executive Vice President, Japanese Affairs Lester B. Knight & Associates, Inc.; Director, Chicago-Tokyo Bank March 14, 2013 Takeo Aoyama, EVP & General Manager, Nippon Steel & 1988-1992: Jack D. Beem, Partner, Baker & McKenzie Sumitomo Metal U.S.A., Inc. 1993-1995: Cly de Dickey, Partner and Director of International June 13, 2013 Business, Arthur Anderson & Co. Kulapat Yantrasast, Architect, Co-founder and Principal, wHY Architecture 1996: Dennis Britton, EVP and Editor, Chicago Sun-Times June 12, 2014 1996-1999: Cly de O. Bowles, Jr., President, Burditt, Bowles & Dr. Yusuke Nakamura, Professor of Medicine, Section of Radzius, Chtd.; Principal, Bowles, Keating, Hering, Hematology/Oncology; Professor of Surgery & Deputy Director, Matuszewich & Fiordalisi; Rooks Pitts Center for Personalized Therapeutics, The University of Chicago 2000-2005: T homas McMenamin, Vice President, Principal, June 11, 2015 Masuda, Funai, Eifert & Mitchell, Ltd. Ambassador Ira Shapiro, Chairman of the Board-National Association 2006-2007: John A. Challenger, President, Challenger, Gray & of Japan America Societies, Former Clinton Administration official at Christmas, Inc. USTR: General Counsel, Ambassador and Chief Trade Negotiator with Japan and Canada June 9, 2016 Ambassador J. Thomas Schieffer, Ambassador to Japan (2005-2009) KEYNOTE SPEAKERS
1969: Mr. Kayoshi Togasaki, President of Rotary International 1998: His Excellency Kunihiko Saito, Ambassador of Japan to the 1971: Mr. Shiro Kashiwa, Assistant Attorney General of the United States, “The Status of US-Japan Relations” United States 1999: Honorable Akiko Yamanaka, Member of Japanese Diet, 1972: Mr. Oliver Statler, Author-lecturer “The Role of Women in Japanese Society” 1974: Robert S. Ingersoll, Deputy Secretary of State, US Department 2000: Honorable Shunji Yanai, Ambassador of Japan to the US of State 2001: James Cantalupo, Vice Chairman and President of McDonald’s 1975: Robert S. Ingersoll, Former Ambassador of US to Japan, Deputy Corporation, “McDonald’s in Japan: Perspective on a Thirty Secretary of State, US Department of State Year Relationship” 1976: Frank Gibney, “1776-1868: Two Revolutions and 2002: Honorable Ryozo Kato, Ambassador of Japan to the US, their Descendents” “Where did Japan go?” 1977: The Honorable James D. Hodgson, Former US Ambassador 2003: A special performance by Yukiko Ogura, Viola, Chicago to Japan Symphony Orchestra, and an instrumental medley by Yoko 1978: His Excellency Fumihiko Togo, Japanese Ambassador to US Noge & Jazz Me Blues 1979: The Honorable James R. Thompson, Governor of the State 2004: Mutsuyoshi Nishimura, Ambassador of Japan to Mexico, former of Illinois Consul General of Japan at Chicago, “My Views on America” 1980: Yoshio Okawara, Ambassador of Japan to the United States 2005: Guest chefs from United Airlines/Signature Room 1981: Ambassador Robert S. Ingersoll, recipient of The First Class 2006: Dr . Lee Gurga, award-winning haiku poet and former editor of Order of the Rising Sun Modern Haiku, the oldest and most respected journal of haiku and haiku studies outside Japan. He is a past president of the 1982: The Honorable Michio Mizoguchi Haiku Society of America. 1983: The Honorable Charles H. Percy 2007: Da vid W. Grzelak, Chairman and CEO, Komatsu America Corp. 1984: Honorable Moriyuki Motono “Komatsu: Managing a Japanese Company in North America” 1985: Professor Ezra F. Vogel, Harvard University 2008: M ichael R. Lufrano, Senior Vice President, Community Affairs 1986: Mr. James D. Robinson III, Chairman and CEO, and General Counsel, Chicago Cubs. “The International Past American Express Co. Time: Traditions and Connections between Baseball, Japan and 1987: Akio Morita, Chairman and CEO of Sony Corporation Wrigley Field." 1988: Mr. Stephen Wolf of UAL Corporation United Airlines, 2009: Dr . Kazuo Kawasaki, Design Director, Doctor of Medical Science, “Important Role of Corporate Citizenship in Enhancing and Professor of Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka University, Stabilizing US-Japan Bilateral Relations” Professor Emeritus at Nagoya City University. “Japanese Designs 1989: M r. Scott E. Pardee, Chairman of Yamaichi International - From Eyeglasses to Artificial Organ Technology” (America) Inc. 2010: Professor Theodore C. Bestor, Chair of the Department 1990: Mr. Toshiaki Ogasawara, Chairman and Publisher of the Japan of Anthropology, Social Anthropology Program, Times, Japan’s leading English language daily, “The United Harvard University States and Japan: The Relationship in the Nineties” 2011: Ambassador Robert M. Orr, U.S. Executive Director to the Asian 1991: Honor able Takako Doi, Member of the Diet, Chairperson, Development Bank. “The U.S.-Japan Relationship at the Asian Social Democratic Party of Japan, “Japan’s Role in the Development Bank”. International Community” 2012: Ambassador Rust M. Deming, Adjunct Professor, Japan Studies, 1992: T akashi Oka, Senior Correspondent, Christian Science Monitor, Johns Hopkins University and Former Director of the Office “Japan and the United States: Non-military Power in the Post- of Japanese Affairs Cold War Era” 2013: Kulapat Yantrasast, Architect, Co-founder and Principal, 1993: Ambassador of Japan to UN, the Honorable Yoshio Hatano, wHY Architecture “Japan in the New United Nations” 2014: Dr. Yusuke Nakamura, Professor of Medicine, Section of 1994: Dr. Koji Taira, Professor of Economics and Industrial Relations at Hematology/Oncology; Professor of Surgery & Deputy Director, the University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana, “Will the Rising Center for Personalized Therapeutics, The University of Chicago Sun Set?” 2015: Ambassador Ira Shapiro, Chairman of the Board-National 1995: Ambassador Nicholas Platt, President, The Asia Society, Association of Japan America Societies, Former Clinton “The United States and Japan in Asia” Administration official at USTR: General Counsel, Ambassador 1996: M r. Noboru Hatakeyama, President of JETRO, “Friendly Advice and Chief Trade Negotiator with Japan and Canada to America from an Old Friend” 2016: Ambassador J. Thomas Schieffer, Ambassador to Japan 1997: Honor able Yoshio Okawara former Ambassador of Japan to US (2005-2009) (1981-1985), “The Changing Context of US-Japan Relations” JAPAN EARTHQUAKE/TSUNAMI RELIEF FUND FOR TOHOKU AND KUMAMOTO
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$232,289 AS OF MAY 17, 2016
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. JAPAN EARTHQUAKE/TSUNAMI RELIEF FUND FOR TOHOKU AND KUMAMOTO
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