JAPAN SOCIETY 2018–19 CHRONOLOGY OF EVENTS

SPECIAL EVENTS by H.E. Kanji Yamanouchi, Ambassador and The Changing Geopolitical Landscape in Consul General of in . TV anchor Asia: U.S.-Japan Alliance Today 2018 Bash + Benefit Auction and journalist Junko Kubo served as Master of 14 JANUARY 1 NOVEMBER Ceremonies. With Koichi Isobe, Senior Fellow, Harvard Proceeds from Japan Society’s sixth annual benefit University Asia Center and former Lieutenant auction support Japan Society’s Arts & Culture General, Japan Self-Defense Force; and David programming. The 33 lots consisted of artworks, BUSINESS & POLICY Petraeus, Member & Chairman, KKR Global experiences, memorabilia and items showcasing Institute, former U.S. Army General and former the best in Japanese and Japan-inspired arts CONFERENCES, PANEL DISCUSSIONS, Director, Central Intelligence Agency. Takako and culture. Guest of honor Ushio Shinohara SEMINARS & SYMPOSIA Hikotani, Gerald L. Curtis Associate Professor performed his signature boxing painting, which of Modern Japanese Politics and Foreign Policy, The Rise of Fintech: Integrating Finance was presented in the live auction conducted by , moderating. Christy Williams Coombs of Sotheby’s. Pianist with Technology Rina Yamazaki performed throughout the evening. 10 OCTOBER Blockchain Technology: How Will It Auction powered by Artsy. With Usman Ahmed, Head of Global Public Transform the Business Sector? Policy, Paypal; Natalie Shiori Fleming, Founding 4 MARCH Supporters: Bash Co-Chairs Joseph & Amy Perella and Board Member, Fintech Association of Japan; Doug & Teresa Peterson; Vice Chairs Thierry Porté & With Michael Casey, Senior Advisor, Digital Director, Banking & Regulatory Relations-Asia Yasko Tashiro, William K. Tomita and Kazumi Yanai; Currency Initiative, MIT Media Lab; Charley and Committee members Ariel & Cathy Deckelbaum, Pacific, Payoneer; Maria Gotsch, President & Cooper, Managing Director, R3; and Marie Wieck, The Globus Family, Yosuke J.O. Honjo/ITO EN (North Chief Executive Officer, Partnership Fund for New General Manager, IBM Blockchain. Brady Dale, America) INC., David Libertson/Ronin Gallery, Jun York City; Julapa Jagtiani, Senior Special Advisor, Reporter, CoinDesk, moderating. Makihara & Megumi Oka, Hidemoto Mizuhara/ Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia; and Travis Mitsubishi Corporation (Americas), Satoru & Hiroko Skelly, Senior Vice President, Venture Investing, Machines + AI: The Future of Work Murase, Joshua & Geula Solomon, Harry Taylor & Motoko Citi Ventures. Anna Irrera, Fintech Correspondent, 28 MARCH Sakurai, Ayako Hirota Weissman, and an anonymous Reuters, moderating. With James Bessen, Executive Director, donor. Technology & Policy Research Initiative; Director Special Thanks: Alison Bradley Projects, New York, Going Global: The Future of Auto Tech & Founder, Research on Innovation, Boston Aoyama Meguro, Arario Gallery, ArtToken, Delta Air Opportunities for U.S.-Japan-Israel University; Paul Daugherty, Chief Technology Lines, Gallery KIDO Press, Gallery Koyanagi, George Cooperation & Innovation Officer, Accenture; and Jed Kolko, Nakashima Woodworkers, GKIDS, ISSEY MIYAKE USA, 17 OCTOBER Chief Economist, Indeed.com. Junta Nakai, Janus , Koichi Yanagi Oriental Fine Arts, Stephen With Wendy Ju, Assistant Professor, Jacobs Business Leader - Financial Services, Databricks, and Michiko Levine, Luhring Augustine, Mifune New Technion-Cornell Institute, Cornell Tech; moderating. York, Miyako Yoshinaga, New York, New York Yankees, Kawabata, Automotive & Environmental Journalist; Ronin Gallery | NYC, Scholten Japanese Art, New York, and Ben Rabinowitz, Founder & Managing Partner, The Indo-Pacific Strategy: Can the U.S. & Taka Ishii Gallery, Takuro Someya Contemporary Art, Amiti Ventures. Kim J. Pimley, Co-Founder & China Reconcile Competing Visions? The Tolman Collection of , Ulterior Gallery, Yamaha Chairman, Pimley & Pimley Group, moderating. 22 MAY Artist Services, Yuka Tsuruno Gallery, Tokyo, Yumiko Chiba Associates, and the participating artists. With Ralph Cossa, President Emeritus & WSD- Japan, China & the U.S.: Contrasts in Handa Chair in Peace Studies, Pacific Forum; Honorary Committee: , , Anne Workplace Law & Culture Yuqun Shao, Senior Fellow, Center for America Bogart, Sou Fujimoto, Philip Glass, , Joan Jonas, 15 NOVEMBER Studies, Shanghai Institutes for International Donald Keene, Eiko + Koma, Marie Kondo, Kengo Kuma, With Chris Kwok, Mediator/Arbitrator, JAMS Studies; and Yoshihide Soeya, Professor of Political , Hideki Matsui, Amon Miyamoto, Mariko Mediation and Dispute Resolution Services; Aki Science and International Relations, Faculty of Law, Mori, Yasumasa Morimura, Mansai Nomura, Nobuhiko Tanaka, Attorney at Law, Littler Mendelson, P.C.; Obayashi, Yoko , Tom Sachs, , . Gerald L. Curtis, Burgess Professor Hironobu Tsukamoto, Partner & Head of Overseas and Ryue Nishizawa / S A N A A, So-oku Emeritus of Political Science, Columbia University; Office (New York Office), Nagashima Ohno & Sen, Noriko and Ushio Shinohara, Hiroshi Sugimoto, Distinguished Research Fellow, Tokyo Foundation; George Takei, Julie Taymor, Basil Twist, and John Zorn. Tsunematsu NY LLP; and Nancy Zhang, Attorney Member of the Board of Directors, Japan Society, at Law, Littler Mendelson, P.C. Philip Berkowitz, moderating. Japan Society 2019 Annual Dinner U.S. Practice Co-Chair, International Employment 19 JUNE Law Practice Group & Co-Chair, Financial Services EVENING LECTURES Offsite at the Hilton New York. Approximately Industry Group, Littler Mendelson, P.C., moderating. 590 guests gathered for the Society’s annual Us vs. Them: The Failure of Globalism The Impact of the U.S. Energy Revolution: fundraising gala. Joseph Perella, Founding Partner 20 FEBRUARY From the Americas to Japan of Perella Weinberg Partners, engaged in the With Ian Bremmer, President, Eurasia Group. 5 DECEMBER keynote dialogue with longtime Society Board Catherine Kobayashi, Anchor & Reporter, NHK With Majed Limam, Manager, Americas LNG & Member Toby Myerson. pianist Toshiko World, presiding. Akiyoshi performed a set along with bassist Natural Gas Consulting, Poten & Partners, Inc.; Yasushi Nakamura, and accepted the first Japan Gilbert D. Porter, Partner, Haynes and Boone, LLP; Japan Rearmed: The Politics of Military Society Award, while community advocate Suki and Salim Samaha, Partner, Global Infrastructure Power Terada Ports received the second Japan Society Partners. Carolyn Kissane, Academic Director and 13 JUNE Award of the evening. Both awards were presented Clinical Professor at Center for Global Affairs, New With Sheila A. Smith, Senior Fellow for Japan York University, moderating. Studies, Council on Foreign Relations. Ankit Panda, Senior Editor, The Diplomat; Adjunct Senior Fellow, and Senior Research Advisor, Economic Research Private Breakfast & Discussion with Ryozo Defense Posture Project, Federation of American Institute for ASEAN and East Asia (ERIA). Jathon Himino, Vice Minister for International Scientists, presiding. Sapsford, Deputy Bureau Chief, Enterprise, The Affairs, Financial Services Agency of Japan Wall Street Journal, moderating. 14 FEBRUARY LUNCHEONS With Ryozo Himino, Vice Minister for International 2019 Economic Outlook: How Will It Play Affairs, Financial Services Agency of Japan. Managing Global Risk through ESG & Out? Motoatsu Sakurai, President, Japan Society, Impact Investment 14 FEBRUARY presiding. 20 SEPTEMBER With Lewis Alexander, Chief U.S. Economist, With Douglas Peterson, President & Chief Nomura Securities International; Bruce Kasman, U.S.-Japan-Republic of Korea Roundtable Executive Officer, S&P Global; and Justin Chief Economist, J.P. Morgan; and Ellen Zentner, 7 MARCH Rockefeller, Global Director of Family Offices and Chief U.S. Economist, Morgan Stanley. Daniel Private Luncheon & Discussion with The Foundations, Addepar, Cofounder, The ImPact and Bases, Editor and Foreign Correspondent, Honorable Wilbur Ross, U.S. Secretary of Member of the Investment Committee, Rockefeller moderating. Commerce Brothers Fund. After Trump-Kim Summit 2: Trilateral Policy 10 APRIL The Fukushima Accident & Its Aftermath Coordination on the North Korean Nuclear With The Honorable Wilbur Ross, U.S. Secretary 2 OCTOBER Issue of Commerce. Motoatsu Sakurai, President, Japan With Naomi Hirose, Executive Vice Chairman, 7 MARCH Society, presiding. Fukushima Affairs, Tokyo Electric Power Company With Yasuyo Sakata, Professor of International U.S.-Japan-China Trilateral Conference Holdings. Gerald Curtis, Burgess Professor Relations, Kanda University of International 21-22 MAY Emeritus of Political Science, Columbia University, Studies; Shin Beomchul, Senior Fellow, Asan Co-sponsored by the National Committee on American Institute for Policy Studies; and Scott Snyder, Director, Toyota Research Program, Weatherhead Foreign Policy. East Asian Institute, Distinguished Senior Senior Fellow for Korea Studies & Director of the Research Fellow, Tokyo Foundation and Member of Program on US-Korea Policy, Council on Foreign Japan Society wishes to thank the following corporations the Board of Directors, Japan Society, presiding. Relations. David B. Shear, Senior Advisor, McLarty Associates, moderating. for their generous support of the Business & Policy Is the Next Financial Crisis on Its Way? Program: 3 DECEMBER Japan’s Role in a Turbulent World Global Leaders: With Alan Blinder, Gordon S. Rentschler Memorial 19 MARCH Citi Professor of Economic and Public Affairs, With Tsuneo Nishida, Honorary Director, The Deloitte Princeton University, former Vice Chairman, Board Center for Peace, Hiroshima University; Special United Airlines of Governors, Federal Reserve System and former Assistant to the President, Hiroshima University Corporate Partners: Member, Council of Economic Advisers (Clinton and former Ambassador Extraordinary & Mizuho Americas administration). Gillian Tett, U.S. Managing Editor, Plenipotentiary, Permanent Representative of Toyota Financial Times, discussant. Japan to the United Nations. Cameron Munter, Additional support was provided by: Littler Mendelson, Chief Executive Officer & President, EastWest P.C.; Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu NY LLP; National The Practice of Change Institute, presiding. Association of Japan-America Societies, Inc.; and All 19 DECEMBER Nippon Airways Co., Ltd. With Joi Ito, Director, MIT Media Lab. Jun U.S. Economic Outlook and Implications for Makihara, Member of the Board of Directors, Monetary Policy Program co-organizers and outreach partners were: Japan Society, presiding. 16 APRIL American Jewish Committee (Asia Pacific Institute); With Donald Kohn, Robert V. Roosa Chair in The Japan Foundation Center for Global Partnership; What do the People Say? Public Opinion on International Economics & Senior Fellow in U.S.-Japan Council; Poten & Partners, Inc.; National the U.S. & Japan Economic Studies, Brookings Institution, former Committee on American Foreign Policy; EastWest Institute; Young China Watchers; and Rising Startups. 23 JANUARY Vice Chair, Board of Governors, Federal Reserve With Bruce Stokes, Director, Global Economic System; and Jacob J. Lew, Visiting Professor Attitudes, Pew Research Center; and His of International and Public Affairs, Columbia Excellency Kanji Yamanouchi, Ambassador, Consul University, Partner, Lindsay Goldberg LLC and General of Japan in New York, Consulate General former U.S. Secretary of the Treasury. Gerard of Japan in New York. James Gannon, Executive Baker, Editor At Large, The Wall Street Journal, Director, Japan Center for International Exchange, moderating. presiding. INVITATION-ONLY EVENTS U.S.-Japan Trade: Where is It Heading? 12 FEBRUARY Trade Policy Under President Trump: With Mireya Solis, Director, Center for East Asia Implications for Japanese Companies Policy Studies, Senior Fellow, Foreign Policy, Center 8 NOVEMBER for East Asia Policy Studies, Philip Knight Chair in With Gary Clyde Hufbauer, Nonresident Senior Japan Studies, Brookings Institution; and Shujiro Fellow, Peterson Institute for International Urata, Professor of Economics, Graduate School of Economics. Motoatsu Sakurai, President, Japan Asia-Pacific Studies, Waseda University, Faculty Society, presiding. Fellow, Research Institute of Economy, Trade, and Industry (RIETI), Specially Appointed Fellow, Japanese Centre for Economic Research (JCER)

2 JAPAN SOCIETY 2018–19 CHRONOLOGY OF EVENTS INNOVATORS NETWORK Chief Operating Officer, Kambria & OmniLabs; Yamazato Fan Club; Junichi Tamura, Chief Roger Osorio, learning strategist, executive Director, Next Commons Lab and Director, Tono EXCHANGE PROGRAM coach and speaker; and Joon Pak, Global Head of Brewing Company; Katsuji Imata, Board Vice Blockchain, ComplyAdvantage. Ajay Revels, design Chair, Japan NPO Center; and Fumiko Miyamoto, Resilient and Vibrant Rural Communities in researcher, Polite Machines, moderating. Senior Program Officer, Innovators Network, Japan and the U.S. Japan Society. Kazuho Tsuchiya, Senior Program 21—30 OCTOBER A Thriving Rural Future in Japan and the Coordinator, Japan NPO Center, moderating. Resilient and Vibrant Rural Communities in Japan and the U.S. U.S. was supported by The Japan Foundation Center for 25 OCTOBER This Could Save Your Life: Collective Global Partnership, Mitsubishi Corporation (Americas), A Thriving Rural Future in Japan and the U.S., presented as Wisdom for Disaster Response and R&R Consulting. Transportation assistance was part of Resilient and Vibrant Rural Communities in Japan 14 NOVEMBER provided by ANA HOLDINGS, INC. and United Airlines, and the U.S., was supported by The Japan Foundation International transportation for This Could Save Your the exclusive U.S. airline sponsor of Innovators Network Center for Global Partnership, Mitsubishi Corporation Life: Collective Wisdom for Disaster Response was programs. Co-organized by Japan NPO Center. (Americas), and R&R Consulting. Transportation generously supported by All Nippon Airways Co., Ltd. In Iwate, Niigata, Ehime, Shimane and Tokyo. assistance was provided by ANA HOLDINGS, INC. and Co-organized by The Japan Foundation Asia Center with With Johnathan Hladik, Director, Policy Programs, United Airlines, the exclusive U.S. airline sponsor of special support from the Permanent Mission of Japan to Center for Rural Affairs; Savanna Lyons, Principal, Innovators Network programs. Co-organized by the the United Nations. Faculty of Law & Letters, Ehime University; Research May Day Consulting & Design; Richard McCarthy, With Hirokazu Nagata, President, Plus Arts and Center for Regional Community Innovation, Social Executive Director, Slow Food USA; Connie Vice Director, Design Creative Center , Cooperation Promotion Mechanism, Ehime University; Reimers-Hild, Interim Executive Director, Rural and Japan NPO Center, and in cooperation with Institute Japan; Ruttikorn Vuttikorn, toy designer and Futures Institute, University of Nebraska; Taylor for International Relations, Ehime University, South Design Director, Club Creative, Thailand; and Stuckert, AICP, Executive Director, Clinton County Ehime Fisheries Research Center, Ehime University. Ikaputra, architect, urban designer and Associate Regional Planning Commission and Co-founder, In Matsuyama, Ehime. With Johnathan Hladik, Professor, Universitas Gadjah Mada, Indonesia. Energize Clinton County; Katsuji Imata, Board Vice Director, Policy Programs, Center for Rural Affairs; Robert Kirkbride, Dean, School of Constructed Chair, Japan NPO Center; Kazuho Tsuchiya, Senior Savanna Lyons, Principal, May Day Consulting & Environments and Associate Professor, Program Coordinator, Japan NPO Center; and Design; Richard McCarthy, Executive Director, Architecture & Product Design, Parsons School of Shinji Nagase, Japan NPO Center. Mike Sekine, Slow Food USA; Connie Reimers-Hild, Interim Design, moderating. interpreter. Executive Director, Rural Futures Institute, Rural Communities Workshop, New York University of Nebraska; Taylor Stuckert, AICP, Exploring an Innovative Model for Rural 7—8 FEBRUARY Executive Director, Clinton County Regional Revitalization Rural Communities Workshop, organized as part of Planning Commission & Co-founder, Energize 11—15 APRIL Resilient and Vibrant Rural Communities in Japan and the Exploring an Innovative Model for Rural Revitalization was Clinton County; Hidetaka Takeoka, South Ehime U.S., was supported by The Japan Foundation Center for supported by The Japan Foundation Center for Global Fisheries Research Center, Ehime University; Yuji Global Partnership, Mitsubishi Corporation (Americas), Partnership. Transportation assistance was provided Seike, Komo Net; Sayaka Iwashita, Muchacha and R&R Consulting. Transportation assistance was by United Airlines, the exclusive U.S. airline sponsor of En; and Reiko Nonaka, Ehime Organic Produce provided by ANA HOLDINGS, INC. and United Airlines, Innovators Network programs. Co-organized by Japan Co-op, Diner for Children Sorairo no Tane. Ryoji the exclusive U.S. airline sponsor of Innovators Network NPO Center. Teratani, Research Center for Regional Community programs. In Yamagata. With Richard McCarthy, Member, Innovation, moderating. With Johnathan Hladik, Director, Policy Programs, International Executive Committee, Slow Center for Rural Affairs; Savanna Lyons, Principal, Food International; Ryoko Sato, Associate Challenges in Regional Revitalization: May Day Consulting & Design; Richard McCarthy, Professor, Ehime University; Tsuyoshi Sekihara, Insights from American and Japanese Rural Member, International Executive Committee, Representative, Soma Office, Regional Resource Innovators Slow Food International; Connie Reimers-Hild, & Industry Advisor and Founder and former 29 OCTOBER Interim Executive Director, Rural Futures Institute, Challenges in Regional Revitalization: Insights from Executive Director, Kamiechigo Yamazato Fan University of Nebraska; and Taylor Stuckert, American and Japanese Rural Innovators, presented as part Club; Tozaburo Sato, author and farmer; and AICP, Executive Director, Clinton County Regional of Resilient and Vibrant Rural Communities in Japan and the Planning Commission & Co-founder, Energize Michio Kimura, poet and farmer. U.S., was supported by The Japan Foundation Center for Global Partnership, Mitsubishi Corporation (Americas), Clinton County. PUBLIC FORA, WORKSHOPS and R&R Consulting. Transportation assistance was provided by ANA HOLDINGS, INC. and United Airlines, The Innovators Network was made possible, in part, IF Conference 2018: The Destination for the exclusive U.S. airline sponsor of Innovators Network by SUMO STEW and Japan Society’s endowment for Japan Inspired Innovators programs. Co-organized by Japan NPO Center. policy projects. Transportation assistance was provided 11 OCTOBER In Tokyo. With Johnathan Hladik, Director, Policy by United Airlines, the exclusive U.S. airline sponsor of Co-organized by Rising Startups. Programs, Center for Rural Affairs; Savanna Lyons, Innovators Network programs and All Nippon Airways Co., Ltd. With Roman Vaculin, Researcher & Manager, Principal, May Day Consulting & Design; Richard Blockchain Solutions & Master Inventor, Thomas J. McCarthy, Executive Director, Slow Food USA; Watson Research Center, IBM; Junta Nakai, Global Connie Reimers-Hild, Interim Executive Director, Head of Business Development, Selenity; Nick Rural Futures Institute, University of Nebraska; Chong, North America Head, Quione Exchange; Taylor Stuckert, AICP, Executive Director, Clinton Tom Trowbridge, President, Hedera Hashgraph; County Regional Planning Commission & Co- Lee Lin, Founder & CEO, RealtyHop; Bill Baxter, founder, Energize Clinton County; Atsuhisa Emori, Vice President, Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group; General Manager, Nippon Taberu Journal Leader; Naoki Taniguchi, Innovation Expert, Mitsubishi Kenji Hayashi, Co-President, FoundingBase; UFJ Financial Group; Miho Shoji, CEO, Moodbit; Tsuyoshi Sekihara, Representative, Soma Office, Hisham Elhaddad, Co-Founder & Managing Regional Resource & Industry Advisor and Founder Partner, HOF Capital; Yoshiaki Ieda, Chief and former Executive Director, Kamiechigo Operating Officer, Cinnamon; Tra Vu, Ph.D., P.E., 3 JAPAN SOCIETY GALLERY ESCAPE EAST @ 333 SERIES GALLERY TALK 19 OCTOBER Artists-in-Dialogue: GUN & Guest Yasumasa Morimura: Ego Obscura 16 NOVEMBER 9 MARCH The exhibition was supported, in part, by the E. 21 DECEMBER With artists Michio Horikawa and Tadashi Rhodes and Leona B. Carpenter Foundation, The Japan 12 JANUARY Maeyama (GUN), and Radicalism guest curator Foundation, New York, The Metropolitan Center for . Far Eastern Art Studies, , and an anonymous donor. Additional support was provided by Shiseido IMAGE-IN-FOCUS SERIES Co., Ltd. Transportation assistance was provided by 16 DECEMBER LECTURE Japan Airlines, the exclusive Japanese airline sponsor With Roland Augustine, Luhring Augustine Gallery. Another Story of an Olympian: Building a of Gallery. Visual equipment was generously donated Japanese Art Collection Radicalism in the Wilderness: Japanese by NEC Display Solutions of America, Inc. Exhibitions 17 MARCH Artists in the Global 1960s and Arts & Culture Lecture Programs at Japan Society With Robert Mintz, Deputy Director, Arts and were made possible, in part, by the Lila Wallace-Reader’s The exhibition was supported by The Andy Warhol Programs, Asian Art Museum San Francisco. Digest Endowment Fund, the Mary Griggs Burke Foundation for the Visual Arts, the E. Rhodes and Endowment Fund established by the Mary Livingston Leona B. Carpenter Foundation, the Japan-United Griggs and Mary Griggs Burke Foundation, an anonymous States Friendship Commission, and the GALLERY TALK donor, and Friends of the Gallery. Support for Arts & Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the Artist’s Vision: Alfredo Jaar on Japanese Culture Lecture Programs was provided, in part, by the City Council. Additional support was provided by William Conceptual Art & Artists K. Tomita and Elise M. Saab / Reelay. Transportation Sandy Heck Lecture Fund. Friday night Escape East events 18 APRIL assistance was provided by Japan Airlines, the exclusive were supported, in part, by Air Canada. With artist Alfredo Jaar. Japanese airline sponsor of Gallery. Visual equipment Special Preview & Reception was generously donated by NEC Display Solutions of 10 OCTOBER America, Inc. Exhibitions and Arts & Culture Lecture PANEL DISCUSSION Programs at Japan Society were made possible, in part, Exploring the Global 1960s & Its Impact VIP and Members’ Receptions by the Lila Wallace-Reader’s Digest Endowment Fund, 31 MAY 11 OCTOBER the Mary Griggs Burke Endowment Fund established With Prof. Michio Hayashi, Sophia University, by the Mary Livingston Griggs and Mary Griggs Burke Tokyo, Radicalism guest curator Reiko Tomii and Foundation, an anonymous donor, and Friends of the EXHIBITION Prof. Franz Prichard, Princeton University. 12 OCTOBER, 2018—13 JANUARY, 2019 Gallery. Support for Arts & Culture Lecture Programs was provided, in part, by the Sandy Heck Lecture Fund. Friday Yasumasa Morimura: Ego Obscura was the first New night Escape East events were supported, in part, by Air PANEL DISCUSSION York institutional solo exhibition of one of Japan’s Canada. Japan Boom, 1954, New York most prolific and versatile contemporary artists, The Road to Tokyo 2020 Series: Japan in the Global 1960s 8 JUNE Yasumasa Morimura. Ego Obscura highlighted (Radicalism in the Wilderness: Japanese Artists in the This program was organized in collaboration with The Morimura’s 30-year-long project of excavating Global 1960s, The Other : Radical Films Isamu Noguchi Foundation and Prof. Mark Johnson, “the self” from layers of art history, Japanese from 1958-61, Toshiko Mori: Transforming Communities San Francisco State University; Eugenia Bogdanova- postwar history, and personal history. In addition through Architecture, and related Education and Family Kummer, Sainsbury Institute for the Study of Japanese to major photographic self-portraits, for which programming) was supported in part by an award from Arts and Cultures; Doryun Chong, Deputy Director and Morimura transformed himself into iconic artistic the Japan- Friendship Commission. Chief Curator of M+, Hong Kong; and Dakin Hart, Senior and pop culture figures, the exhibition also Curator, The Isamu Noguchi Foundation and Garden featured the U.S. premiere of the artist’s first full- Special Preview & Reception Museum. length video work, Egó Sympósion (2016) and his 6 MARCH latest cinematic installation Egó Obscura (2018), VIP and Members’ Receptions ESCAPE EAST @ 333 SERIES 15 MARCH in conjunction with a live performance, Morimura’s 7 MARCH Nippon Cha Cha Cha!, staged by the artist. With artist Enrico Isamu Oyama EXHIBITION 19 APRIL 24 MAY EXHIBITION-RELATED PROGRAMS 8 MARCH—9 JUNE, 2019 With violinist Mari Lee and cellist Mihai Marica. Radicalism in the Wilderness: Japanese Artists in the PERFORMANCE Global 1960s focused on the radical experiments 8 JUNE With artist and composer Shuta Hasunuma. Nippon Cha Cha Cha! of artists from 1960s Japan who made 13 OCTOBER groundbreaking contributions to the development With artist Yasumasa Morimura. of international postwar art in defiance of existing IMAGE-IN-FOCUS SERIES conventions. Little known in the U.S., artist 10 MARCH With artist Ko Nakajima. BOOK CLUB Yutaka Matsuzawa and the two collectives The Morimura Recommends Play and GUN (Group Ultra Niigata) challenged 21 OCTOBER established norms to expand the definition of GALLERY EVENTS With Prof. Gregory Pflugfelder, Columbia visual art through language, performance, mail University. art, land art and political art. Radicalism in the MEDITATION SERIES Wilderness surveyed the range of their projects, at Midtown Meditations times imaginative and playful, but also inextricably PANEL 10, 17, 24 & 31 JULY Morimura: The Journey of “the Self” linked to complex social, political and cultural issues of the turbulent and innovative 1960s. 17 NOVEMBER Guest curated by Reiko Tomii in collaboration with With Columbia Prof. Ignacio Adriasola, University Yukie Kamiya, Director, Japan Society Gallery. of British Columbia; Thomas Sokolowski, Zimmerli Museum, Rutgers University; and Prof. Midori Yoshimoto, New Jersey City University. EXHIBITION-RELATED PROGRAMS

4 JAPAN SOCIETY 2018–19 CHRONOLOGY OF EVENTS SEMINAR Akiko Yano + Seiho: Unusual Pairings Hunter College, led a pre-performance lecture an Connoisseurship: Modern Japanese Textiles 10 NOVEMBER hour before curtain. The puppet theater also held 2 AUGUST Akiko Yano + Seiho: Unusual Pairings was supported a children’s theater workshop at The Metropolitan With textiles expert Andrea Aranow. by Doug and Teresa Peterson, and was subsidized by Museum of Art, following a three-city tour VIPO funding from The Ministry of Economy, Trade and produced and organized by Japan Society. Industry of Japan. SEMINAR Connoisseurship: The Art of Earth & Fire Pianist/singer-songwriter Akiko Yano and DJ/ Cross Transit ikebana enthusiast Seiho joined forces for a one- 22—23 MARCH 8 FEBRUARY of-a-kind concert. The collaboration included a Cross Transit was supported by The Japan Foundation With clay expert and gallerist Joan Mirviss. new composition by the pair, and fused Akiko through the Performing Arts JAPAN program, and Arts Yano’s piano and voice with Seiho’s electronic Council Tokyo (Tokyo Metropolitan Foundation for INSTALLATION History and Culture). MetLife Meet-the-Artists Reception sound and flower arranging skills. support was provided by MetLife Foundation. En/trance: Yoshitomo Nara Contemporary Dance Festival: Japan + East Internationally acclaimed Japanese dancer Akiko FEBRUARY 2019 Asia Kitamura collaborated with visual artist and Yoshitomo Nara created new works for Japan 4—5 JANUARY photographer Kim Hak for this multimedia dance Society’s atrium garden, Miss Forest (2019) and Contemporary Dance Festival: Japan + East Asia work, questioning how Cambodia’s past can be ceramic works. was supported by the Agency for Cultural Affairs, preserved through the human body. The ambitious Government of Japan in the fiscal year 2018, the Taipei piece was picked up by several major news outlets Cultural Center of TECO in New York, and The Harkness for its bold, progressive choreography. PERFORMING ARTS Foundation for Dance. Special thanks to Korea Dance Japan Society’s 2018-19 Performing Arts season Abroad for advising on the presentation of Goblin Party. You Took a Part of Me MetLife Meet-the-Artists Reception support was provided began with explorations of the depth of shamisen’s 12—13 APRIL by MetLife Foundation. influence on the traditional and contemporary You Took a Part of Me was made in collaboration with For its 18th year, the sold-out festival presented music scene. The season also featured five full- the MIT Media Lab. This project was supported, in part, three revelatory works from Japan, Taiwan by an award from the National Endowment for the Arts, scale productions, including traditional puppetry, and Korea. Mitsutake Kasai performed butoh New Music USA, and with funding from The Armitage post-modern theater and two international master/father Akira Kasai’s legendary piece Foundation New Works Fund. MetLife Meet-the-Artists dance collaborations—one of which was a world Pollen Revolution, emerging star Kuan-Hsiang Liu Reception support was provided by MetLife Foundation. premiere. This event was part of Carnegie Hall’s Migrations: Making choreographed a tribute to his mother’s fight of America festival. Hauta Shamisen: Edo-Period Love Songs against cancer in Kids, and Goblin Party presented Karole Armitage choreographed this sold-out 14 SEPTEMBER Silver Knife, which explored conflicting sides of world premiere for her dance company Armitage Hauta Shamisen: Edo-Period Love Songs was supported by female identity. Doug and Teresa Peterson. Gone! Dance, inspired by the 15th-century noh play Nonomiya. For this production, a hashigakari, Shamisen master Hidetaro Honjoh, awarded Play Reading Series: 100 Years Stray or bridge, was extended into our auditorium Japan’s highest honor for artists, the Medal with 4 FEBRUARY This program was supported by The Saison Foundation. seating, resembling a noh stage. Multitalented Purple Ribbon, offered a traditional-style concert Special thanks to publishing company Hakusuisha, musician Yuki Isami performed music composed featuring works from the hauta repertoire, the presenter of the annual Kishida Kunio Drama Award, by Reiko Yamada throughout the piece, which quintessential “” of the for assisting with the research of scripts written by featured Armitage’s longtime collaborator Megumi (1603-1868). Hidetaro was joined by Hidejiro contemporary Japanese playwrights. Eda. Honjoh on shamisen and kokyu, and Yumi The 14th installment of the Society’s Play Reading Kurosawa on koto. Dr. K. Natasha Foreman, Series, which introduces topical plays from Ashita no Ma-Joe: Rocky Macbeth lecturer in music history and ethnomusicology at up-and-coming playwrights in Japan to artists 15—18 MAY Wayne State University, led a pre-performance and audiences in the U.S., featured Kishida Ashita no Ma-Joe: Rocky Macbeth was supported by lecture an hour before curtain. Kunio Drama Award-nominee 100 Years Stray Arts Council Tokyo (Tokyo Metropolitan Foundation for by SaringROCK. New York-based director and History and Culture). MetLife Meet-the-Artists Reception Hidejiro ICE: Shamisen Evolution support was provided by MetLife Foundation. theater-maker Taylor Reynolds tackled this 5 OCTOBER Theater Company Kaimaku Pennant Race Hidejiro x ICE: Shamisen Evolution was supported by Doug apocalyptic coming-of-age story translated by Aya presented a clever retelling of Macbeth through and Teresa Peterson, and The Asahi Shimbun Foundation. Ogawa, which was followed by a Q&A with the the 1960s mega-hit manga Ashita no Joe, MetLife Meet-the-Artists Reception support was provided audience and director. by MetLife Foundation. paralleling one young man’s rise from delinquent Hachioji Kuruma Ningyo Puppet Theater to professional boxer to that of the Scottish king. Hidejiro Honjoh returned to the stage with 28 FEBRUARY—2 MARCH The Society’s auditorium stage was transformed shamisen’s 21st-century voice for an evening Hachioji Kuruma Ningyo Puppet Theater was supported by into a boxing ring around which the audience sat, featuring living composers from the U.S. and the Agency for Cultural Affairs, Government of Japan in creating the atmosphere of a sporting event for Japan. Joined by members of the most sought- the fiscal year 2018, The JEC Fund, and the Jim Henson this sidesplitting comedy. after contemporary music group International Foundation. Contemporary Ensemble (ICE), Hidejiro delivered The fifth grand master of Hachioji Kuruma Ningyo three world premieres and one U.S. premiere, Puppet Theater, Koryu Nishikawa, led a sold-out including a work composed by Grammy-nominee run of four female-focused stories from classical Vijay Iyer. literature, including a new work based on a story from The Tale of Genji. The full-scale production included traditional chanting and shamisen accompaniment. Dr. Claudia Orenstein, specialist on Japanese and Indian puppetry and lecturer at

5 WORKSHOPS AND RELATED PROGRAMS : Sword of Vengeance (Kenji Misumi, 1972) The Principles of Traditional Japanese Singing MONTHLY CLASSICS Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart at the River Styx Year-round screenings of beloved classics, hidden 16 SEPTEMBER (Kenji Misumi, 1972) Held in conjunction with Hauta Shamisen: Edo-Period Love gems and recent discoveries of Japanese cinema. Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart to Hades (Kenji Songs. Linda Linda Linda (Nobuhiro Yamashita, 1995) Misumi, 1972) World-renowned shamisen master Hidetaro 7 SEPTEMBER Honjoh led a workshop introducing the Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart in Peril (Buichi Saito, Cure (Kiyoshi Kurosawa, 1997) fundamentals of how classical shamisen music is 1972) structured and vocalized. 26 OCTOBER Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart in the Land of My Neighbors the Yamadas (Isao Takahata, 1999) Suicide Culture & its Influence on Artists Demons (Kenji Misumi, 1973) 17 NOVEMBER 23 JANUARY Lone Wolf and Cub: White Heavens in Hell Dr. Kirsten Cather led a lecture on suicide culture Tokyo Godfathers (, 2003) (Yoshiyuki Kuroda, 1974) and how artists today are approaching the topic 7 DECEMBER in their work. Taiwanese-Japanese-American Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters (Paul Schrader, 2019 GLOBUS FILM SERIES playwright Kristine Haruna Lee joined to discuss 1985) the inspiration for her work, Suicide Forest, which 11 JANUARY The Other Japanese New Wave: Radical premiered at The Bushwick Starr in February 2019. Films from 1958—61 The Ballad of Narayama (Shohei Imamura, 1983) 5—27 APRIL Master Class on Kuruma Ningyo Puppetry 8 FEBRUARY Curated by Go Hirasawa. This series was made possible 2—3 MARCH through the generosity of The Globus Family. The Double Suicide (Masahiro Shinoda, 1969) Held in conjunction with Hachioji Kuruma Ningyo Puppetry. Road to Tokyo 2020 Series: Japan in the Global 1960s Koryu Kishikawa V led a sold-out, two-day 8 MARCH (Radicalism in the Wilderness: Japanese Artists in the workshop on the unique mechanics of kuruma Afraid to Die (Yasuzo Masumura, 1960) Global 1960s, The Other Japanese New Wave: Radical Films ningyo. The first day covered the basics of from 1958-61, Toshiko Mori: Transforming Communities 10 MAY Japanese traditional puppetry, while the second through Architecture, and related Education and Family day was spent mastering a piece from kuruma Born Bone Born (Toshiyuki Teruya, 2018) JAPAN programming) was supported in part by an award from the Japan-United States Friendship Commission. ningyo’s repertoire. CUTS Encore 14 JUNE An 11-film series re-examining the Japanese New Wave with the introduction of works by Japan Society’s 2018-19 Performing Arts season was SPECIAL SCREENINGS lesser-known filmmakers that gave birth to this sponsored by Lead Sponsor MetLife Foundation and movement, including newly-subtitled rarities Corporate Partner ORIX Stewardship Foundation. Major Until Rainbow Dawn (Mika Imai, 2018) Offsite never-before-seen in the U.S. support was provided by Doug and Teresa Peterson, screening the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in 29 OCTOBER Blood is Dry (Kiju Yoshida, 1960) partnership with the City Council, the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew Tomoyasu Murata: Stop Motion Master The End of Love (Eizo Yamagiwa, 1961) with M. Cuomo and the New York State Legislature, and The (Tomoyasu Murata, 2000-2017) introduction by curator and scholar Go Hirasawa. Fan Fox and Leslie R. Samuels Foundation, Inc. Additional 23 FEBRUARY support was provided by Dr. and Mrs. Carl F. Taeusch Good-for-Nothing (Kiju Yoshida, 1960) with II, Dean Jeanette C. Takamura, Mr. Alan M. Suhonen, introduction by curator and scholar Go Hirasawa. FILM SERIES Sarah Billinghurst Solomon and Howard Solomon, Hiroko Only She Knows (Osamu Takahashi, 1960) Onoyama, Mr. Norton Belknap, Dr. John K. Gillespie, Umetsugu Inoue: Japan’s Music Man Susan M. McCormac, Dr. Stephen and Mrs. Michiko 15—16 DECEMBER The Vagabonds (Tsutomu Tamura, 1960) Levine, and Pamela Perlman. Endowment support was Traveling retrospective organized by Tom Vick, Curator of provided by Lila Wallace-Reader’s Digest Endowment Film, Freer and Sackler Galleries, Smithsonian Institution, Shorts Program: New Wave Rarities with Fund, and the Endowment for the Performing Arts, Washington, D.C. introduction by curator and scholar Go Hirasawa. established with a leadership gift from the Doris Duke A weekend film series presenting three newly- Charitable Foundation. Special transportation assistance Anpo Joyaku (Toshio Matsumoto, 1959) was provided by All Nippon Airways Co., Ltd. Yamaha subtitled, full-color Umetsugu Inoue classics Conversation Between Nail and Socks was the official piano provider of Japan Society. MetLife from starring heartthrob Meet-the-Artists Reception support was provided by in celebration of the entertaining musical films (Katsumi Hirano and Hiroo Ko, 1958) MetLife Foundation. that captured the explosive energy of Japan’s jazz Forgotten Land (Shinkichi Noda, 1958) fueled youth culture. The Age of Our Own (, The Eagle and the Hawk (1957) 1959) The Stormy Man (1957) The Tragedy of (Eitaro Morikawa, 1960) The Winner (1957) (Koreyoshi Kurahara, 1960) The Complete Lone Wolf and Cub 25—26 JANUARY LECTURES/DISCUSSIONS A two-day marathon presentation of recent restorations of all six original Lone Wolf and Cub New Wave: The Turning Point films in sequential order in celebration of Japanese 6 APRIL genre filmmaking at its bloody best. Part of The Other Japanese New Wave: Radical Films from 1958-61, with curator and scholar Go Hirasawa.

6 JAPAN SOCIETY 2018–19 CHRONOLOGY OF EVENTS The Current State of Film Restoration in Living in the Story (Lynn Estomin, 2018) New WHOLE (Bilal Kawazoe, 2019) International Japan York Premiere Premiere, introduction and Q&A with Bilal 26 JULY Kawazoe, Usman Kawazoe, and Kai Hoshino 100percentElectrical (Yoko Yuki, 2017) North Part of JAPAN CUTS 2019, with Benjamin Crossley- Sandy. Preceded by Tokyo Kurds (2018, Fumiari American Premiere Marra, Aiko Masubuchi and Eric Nyari. Hyuga). The Dawn of Ape (Mirai Mizue, 2019) North FILM FESTIVAL American Premiere Japan Society Film’s Programs were generously supported by the Lila Wallace-Reader’s Digest A Japanese Boy Who Draws (Masanao JAPAN CUTS: Festival of New Japanese Film Endowment Fund and Gaia Holistic Health Foundation/ Kawajiri, 2018) U.S. Premiere 2019 Dr. Kazuko Tatsumura-Hillyer. Additional season 19—28 JULY His Lost Name (Nanako Hirose, 2019) New York support was provided by The Globus Family, Masu JAPAN CUTS was subsidized by J-LOD, funding from Premiere Hiroshi Masuyama, Geoff and Fumi Matters, David S. The Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry of Japan. Howe, Dr. Tatsuji Namba, Akiko Koide and Shohei Koide, Sponsorship was generously provided by Shiseido I Go Gaga, My Dear (Naoko Nobutomo, 2019) Laurel Gonsalves, David Toberisky, and Hiroshi Tsuyuki Americas and Sapporo U.S.A., Inc. Special thanks to International Premiere and Yasuko Tsuyuki. Dentsu Aegis Network. Additional support was provided by The Globus Family, Masu Hiroshi Masuyama, and The Island of Cats (Mitsuaki Iwago, 2018) The Japan Foundation, New York. Transportation was International Premiere generously supported by Japan Airlines, the exclusive Japanese airlines sponsor of Film Programs at Japan JESUS (Hiroshi Okuyama, 2019) North American Society. Premiere, introduction and Q&A with Hiroshi North America’s largest festival of contemporary Okuyama. Preceded by Tokyo 21st October Japanese cinema returned for its 13th edition, (Hiroshi Okuyama, 2018). featuring 26 feature films and 16 short films from Jeux de Plage (Aimi Natsuto, 2019) International Japan never before seen in New York City with Premiere special guest filmmakers and stars, including Shinya Tsukamoto, recipient of the 2019 CUT The Journalist (Michihito Fujii, 2018) ABOVE Award for Outstanding Performance in The Kamagasaki Cauldron War (Leo Sato, 2018) Film. East Coast Premiere, introduction and Q&A with And Your Bird Can Sing (Sho Miyake, 2018) North Yota Kawase. Preceded by Takoyaki Story (Sawako American Premiere Kabuki, 2018).

Being Natural (Tadashi Nagayama, 2018) U.S. Killing (Shinya Tsukamoto, 2018) East Coast Premiere, introduction and Q&A with Tadashi Premiere, introduction and Q&A with Shinya Nagayama, Natsuki Mieda, and Yota Kawase. Tsukamoto.

Blue Hour (Yuko Hakota, 2019) North American The Legend of the Stardust Brothers (Macoto Premiere, introduction and Q&A with Yuko Hakota, Tezka, 1985) New York Premiere with introduction Kaho, Eun-kyung Shim. and Q&A by Macoto Tezka.

Bullet Ballet (Shinya Tsukamoto, 1998) 35mm Melancholic (Seiji Tanaka, 2018) North American Presentation, introduction and Q&A with Shinya Premiere Tsukamoto. The Miracle of Crybaby Shottan (Toshiaki Toyoda, The Chaplain (Dai Sako, 2018) North American 2018) New York Premiere Premiere Night Cruising (Makoto Sasaki, 2019) Dance With Me (Shinobu Yaguchi, 2019) U.S. International Premiere with introduction and Q&A Premiere, introduction and Q&A with Shinobu by Makoto Sasaki, Hideyuki Kato, and Miyuki Yaguchi, Ayaka Miyoshi. Tanaka).

Demolition Girl (Genta Matsugami, 2018) East Orphan’s Blues (Riho Kudo, 2018) North American Coast Premiere, introduction and Q&A with Genta Premiere Matsugami, Aya Kitai, and Yota Kawase. Randen: The Comings and Goings on a Kyoto Tram ERICA 38 (Yuichi Hibi, 2018) North American (Takuji Suzuki, 2019) North American Premiere Premiere Red Snow (Sayaka Kai, 2019) International Experimental Spotlight: Palm of the Hand Cinema Premiere 2018-19 Samurai Shifters (Isshin Inudo, 2019) International Mountain (Isamu Hirabayashi, 2017) North Premiere American Premiere A Step Forward (Atsushi Kasezawa, 2018) North Fluffiction (Yoshiki Imazu, 2018) North American Premiere American Premiere Ten Years Japan (Akiyo Fujimura, Chie Hayakawa, A Snowflake into the Night (Yoko Yuki, 2018) Yusuke Kinoshita, Megumi Tsuno and Kei Ishikawa, North American Premiere 2018) New York Premiere

7 TALKS+ Precious Papers: Transforming Origami into Toshiko Mori: Transforming Communities Jewelry through Architecture The Beauty of Bonsai: Culture & Cultivation 24 JANUARY 1 MAY 20 SEPTEMBER With paper jewelry designer Jewel Kawataki of This program was supported, in part, by an award from With Julian Velasco, professional bonsai artist and PaperCraneHeart. the Japan-United States Friendship Commission. former Bonsai Collection curator at the Brooklyn The Road to Tokyo 2020 Series: Japan in the Global 1960s Botanic Garden. Journalist Caroline Cooper Inside Out/Outside In: Second Nature in (Radicalism in the Wilderness: Japanese Artists in the moderating. Global 1960s, The Other Japanese New Wave: Radical Films 31 JANUARY from 1958-61, Toshiko Mori: Transforming Communities Sashiko: Japanese Embroidery With Rome Prize-winning architects Rachely through Architecture, and related Education and Family 28 SEPTEMBER Rotem and Phu Hoang of architectural firm programming) With Atsushi Futatsuya, founder of Upcycle MODU. Beatrice Galilee, Associate Curator With Prof. Toshiko Mori, Founder of Toshiko Mori Stitches LLC. of Architecture and Design, The Metropolitan Architect PLLC and Professor of Architecture at Museum of Art, moderating. Harvard University. Prof. Nader Tehrani, Dean, the The Tale of Genji in Word & Image Irwin S. Chanin School of Architecture, The Cooper 18 OCTOBER Aroma Space Design: The World of Union and Principal of NADAAA, moderating With Dr. Melissa McCormick, Professor of Japanese Scents Japanese Art and Culture at Harvard University 12 FEBRUARY Mixing it Up: Summer Sake Cocktails and author of The Tale of Genji: A Visual Companion. With Megumi Fukatsu, aroma space designer at 7 MAY Dr. Monika Bincsik, Assistant Curator, Department At Aroma. Amy Galper, Co-Founder, New York With certified sake sommelier Chris Johnson. of Asian Art, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Institute of Aromatic Studies, moderating. moderating. Invisible Mending: The Magic of Kimono More Than Words: Haiku’s Expressive Restoration Crafting Beer: Traditional Techniques, Potential 21 MAY Modern Brews 21 FEBRUARY With Koshiro Tatematsu, Director of kimono 24 OCTOBER With Hiroaki Sato, author of On Haiku and former restoration shop Chojiya, LLC. On-stage The Food Talk series was sponsored by Kikkoman President of the Haiku Society of America. Ruth P. demonstrations by kimono restoration artisans Corporation. Stevens, consultant on B2B marketing and former Yoshiko Goto and Minako Mizuochi. With Joshua M. Bernstein, beer journalist and editor at John Weatherhill, Inc., moderating. author of Homebrew World: Discover the Secrets of Annual Sake Lecture & Tasting: Drinking the World’s Leading Homebrewers. Akiko Katayama, A Dash of Dashi: The Secret to Umami Vessels food writer, and host and producer of JAPAN EATS!, 12 March 4 JUNE moderating. The Food Talk series was sponsored by Kikkoman This program was co-organized by the Sake Export Corporation. Association. Convenience Store Woman: Meet Author With Chef Mitsuru Kita, Japanese food consultant With sake expert Timothy Sullivan. Sayaka Murata and owner of Cook de Kita LLC. 3 NOVEMBER Talks+ Programs at Japan Society were generously This program was co-organized by The Japan Foundation, The Allure of the Shamisen: A Japanese sponsored by MUFG (Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group). New York. Musical Tradition Additional support was provided by an anonymous donor, With Sayaka Murata, author of Convenience 19 MARCH the Sandy Heck Lecture Fund, Hiroko Onoyama, Laurel Store Woman, joined by translator Ginny Tapley With Janet Pocorobba, author of The Fourth String: Gonsalves, and Dai Ajari Ryojun Shionuma. Takemori. A Memoir of Sensei and Me. Bradley Strauchen- Scherer, Associate Curator, Department of Musical Anibiz: Business Conference Instruments, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 15 NOVEMBER moderating. This program was co-organized by Anime NYC and Anime News Network. Clean House, Clear Mind: A Buddhist With Kun Gao, founder of Crunchyroll, joined by Monk’s Wisdom Adam Sheehan, Director of Events, Crunchyroll; 27 MARCH Kurt Hassler, Publisher & Managing Director, With Buddhist monk Shoukei Matsumoto, author Yen Press; Charlene Ingram, anime industry of A Monk’s Guide to a Clean House and Mind. veteran; Greg Topalian, CEO, Clarion UX and Leftfield Media; and Ian Tingen, CEO, Power Level Bassen Textile Dyeing Productions. Christopher Macdonald, Anime News 10 APRIL Network, moderating. With Ruri Kippenbrock, Founder of tenugui retailer Wuhao New York. Japan Society Booth at Anime NYC 16—18 NOVEMBER Making Soba: A Japanese Culinary Treasure Offsite at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center, 17 APRIL NY. The Food Talk series was sponsored by Kikkoman Corporation. Suminagashi: Japanese Marbling With Chef Shuichi Kotani, founder & CEO of 7 DECEMBER Worldwide-Soba, Inc. With Linh Truong, interdisciplinary artist and educator.

8 JAPAN SOCIETY 2018–19 CHRONOLOGY OF EVENTS EDUCATION & FAMILY Creative Play: Sapporo Snow Sculptures of History, Pomona College; and Clayton Dube, Family Workshop: Calligraphy Performance Director of U.S.-China Institute, University of PROGRAMS FOR FAMILIES & Sumi-e Southern California. 13 JANUARY Japan’s Annual Festivities Social Studies Supervisors Association Annual Festivities programs were supported by the Creative Play: Setsubun—Bean Throwing Professional Development Conference Nissan Foundation. Additional support was generously Family Workshop: Bonsai 6 NOVEMBER provided by the New York Department of Cultural Affairs 10 FEBRUARY With Dr. Kaoru Iokibe, History Professor, Tokyo in partnership with the City Council, Council Member University and Jack Jack P. Chan, President, Social Creative Play: Hinamatsuri—Doll’s Day Keith Powers through the New York City Department Studies Supervisors Association in New York City. of Youth and Community Development, and The Family Workshop: Japanese Classical Dance Norinchukin Foundation. 3 MARCH Farewell to Manzanar Japan Society’s Annual Festivities programs Creative Play: Sakura Hanami—Cherry 19 FEBRUARY brought together diverse communities to Blossom Viewing In collaboration with the nonprofit Facing History and experience Japanese culture through interactive Family Workshop: Wagashi—Japanese Ourselves. workshops, art-making and live performances. Sweet making With Juan Castellanos, Associate Program Director, New York, Facing History of Ourselves. Tanabata: Japan’s Star Festival 14 APRIL 8 JULY Creative Play: Koinobori—Carp Streamers Open House for Educators Family Workshop: Tea Ceremony 12 APRIL Shichigosan: Celebrating the Health of NYC K-12 teachers attended an Open House for Children 12 MAY Educators at Japan Society to view the exhibition 20 & 21 OCTOBER Creative Play: Undokai—Sport’s Day Radicalism in the Wilderness: Japanese Artists in the Family Workshop: Origami Obake Family Day Global 1960s and learn about new programs for 9 JUNE 28 OCTOBER students. The evening included docent-led tours and a hands-on woodblock printing workshop with PROGRAMS FOR EDUCATORS Japan’s New Year’s Day Celebration: print artist Nadini Chirimar. Oshogatsu 27 JANUARY AFTER SCHOOL PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT STUDENT PROGRAMS PROGRAM Celebrating Japan’s Children’s Day: Support for the Professional Development Program was Kodomo no hi JAPAN SOCIETY JUNIOR FELLOWS LEADERSHIP provided by an anonymous funder. 5 MAY PROGRAM The Professional Development program provided The Japan Society Junior Fellows Leadership Program was educators with the resources and skills to create MONTHLY FAMILY PROGRAMS SERIES supported by generous grants from an anonymous family and refine lesson plans for middle and high school CREATIVE PLAY (FOR 3-5 YEAR OLDS) & FAMILY foundation, ITO EN (North America) INC., the Wendy social studies, literature, global history, geography WORKSHOPS (6-10 YEAR OLDS) Obernauer Foundation, All Nippon Airways Co., Ltd., the and art classrooms. Family Programs received generous support from an Sojitz Foundation, and The Norinchukin Foundation. The Junior Fellows Leadership Program brought anonymous donor, the New York City Department of Modern Japan 1860-2000: Transformation Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council, in Global Society 20 selected high school students to Japan and Council Member Keith Powers through the New York City the United States to meet with industry leaders, 13, 20 OCTOBER, 17 NOVEMBER & 1 DECEMBER Department of Youth and Community Development, and In collaboration with the New York City Department of experience daily life with a host family and travel The Norinchukin Foundation. Education. to historical sites. This ongoing three-week The Monthly Family Programs series introduced culturally immersive program connects Junior With Dr. Paul Droubie, Assistant Professor of children and their caregivers to Japanese arts and Fellows with present leaders and establishes a History, College, NY; Dr. Robert culture through storytelling, craft activities and network of Junior Fellow alumni with a global Fish, Director of Global and Civic Exchange, performance workshops. worldview, forming close bonds between the U.S. The Masters School; Dr. Kaoru Iokibe, Professor and Japan. Creative Play: Tsukimi—Autumn Moon of History, Tokyo University; Dr. Mark Jones, Viewing Professor of History, Central Connecticut State U.S. Junior Fellows to Japan University, CT; Dr. James McClain, Professor and Family Workshop: Charaben Bento 9—29 JULY Chair of History, Brown University; Tim Needle, 23 SEPTEMBER Offsite in Japan. With Audrey Deigaard, Kinder Adjunct Professor, Adelphi University; and High School for the Performing and Visual Arts, Creative Play: Obake Friends Motoatsu Sakurai, President, Japan Society. Family Workshop: Manga TX; Bram Ellant, Hunter College High School, 14 OCTOBER East Asia Since 1800 NY; Bennett Hawley, Greenwich High School, CT; Gilaisy Herrad, Bronx Collaborative High School, 3 NOVEMBER & 8 DECEMBER Creative Play: Japanese Garden Fun In collaboration with the U.S.-China Institute at NY; Hayreddin Kalac, Pioneer Academy, NJ; Jude Family Workshop: Ikebana—Flower University of Southern California. William Klena, Norfolk Academy, VA; Uriel Lopez, Arrangement Offsite at the University of Southern California, Leadership & Public Service High School, NY; 11 NOVEMBER Los Angeles. With Dr. Fumiaki Kubo, A. Barton Isabel Podolsky, High School of American Studies, Creative Play: Nengajo—Holiday Cards Hepburn Professor of American Government and NY; Lola Simon, Fiorello H. Laguardia High School, Family Workshop: Woodblock Printing History, Faculty of Law, University of Tokyo; Dr. NY; and Joshua Torres, High School of Math, Science and Engineering, NY. 16 DECEMBER Lynne Miyake, Professor of Japanese, Pomona College; Dr. Ulrike Schaede, Professor of Japanese Business, University of California, San Diego; Dr. Sam Yamashita, Henry E. Sheffield Professor

9 Japanese Junior Fellows to the U.S. Teen Arts Week: Mail Art Workshop TOYOTA LANGUAGE CENTER 9—29 MARCH 16 MAY Offsite in the U.S. With Takeru Fukugauchi, As part of a five-borough initiative with arts 2018-19 LANGUAGE CLASSES National Institute of Technology, Kure College, organizations from all across New York City, the Mini-Workshops: Learn to Read Hiragana & Hiroshima, Japan; Hao Kanayama, Kanagawa Education Program hosted teenage students who Katakana Prefectural Senior High School of International participated in a guided tour of the exhibition: 6, 7 SEPTEMBER Studies, , Japan; Kenta Mamiya, Seiko Radicalism in the Wilderness: Japanese Artists in 11, 18 JANUARY Gakuin High School, Yokohama, Japan; Haruna the Global 1960s and created their own mail-art 3, 10 MAY Nakagaki, Osaka Prefectural Ibaraki High School, projects. With students from Art and Design High Workshops that allow beginner students to Osaka, Japan; Ren Nakano, Waseda University School, New York, NY; Digital Tech High School, efficiently master the reading of hiragana and Senior High School, Tokyo, Japan; Rin Ogura, Seijo Brooklyn, NY; Staten Island Technical High School, katakana. High School, Tokyo, Japan; Ayaka Ohara, Konko Staten Island, NY; and Gramercy Arts High School, Gakuen, , Japan; Towa Sasaki, Kozukata New York, NY. Mini-Workshops: Fundamentals of Kanji Senior High School, Iwate, Japan; Masayuki The Road to Tokyo 2020 Series: Japan in the 10 SEPTEMBER Takekawa, Jiyugakuen Koutouka, Tokyo, Japan; 22 JANUARY and Yumi Tsunoda, Ochanomizu University Senior Global 1960s The Road to Tokyo 2020 Series: Japan in the Global 15 MAY High, Tokyo, Japan. 1960s (Radicalism in the Wilderness: Japanese Artists A workshop on the fundamental concepts of kanji Junior Fellows Host Schools: Belleville High School, in the Global 1960s, The Other Japanese New Wave: structure, radicals, on and kun readings, and more. Belleville, NJ; Bethel High School, Bethel, CT; Radical Films from 1958-61, Toshiko Mori: Transforming Newtown High School, Newtown, CT; Gakuho Communities through Architecture, and related COURSES High School, Aizuwakamatsu, Fukushima Japan. Education and Family programming) was supported, 24 SEPTEMBER—7 DECEMBER in part, by an award from the Japan-United States 28 JANUARY—8 APRIL Friendship Commission. K-12 SCHOOL GROUP TOURS & WORKSHOPS 20 MAY—2 AUGUST K-12 School Group Tours & Workshops were supported Thirteen levels of Japanese, from beginning to by the U.S.-Japan Friendship Commission. advanced. JLPT preparation, kanji and specialized In March-May 2019, K-12 students visited the courses including J-drama, conversation, anime, Japan Society for a one-hour guided tour of the Japanese song lyrics, and poetry in music were exhibition Radicalism in the Wilderness: Japan offered. Artists in the Global 1960s and/or a 90-minute arts & culture calligraphy workshop. 100% of the Japanese Language Levels 1 & 2 visiting schools were NYC public schools. 89% of 6 AUGUST—5 SEPTEMBER the visiting school groups received Title 1 funding, 10 DECEMBER—17 JANUARY which means that the majority of their students 15 APRIL—14 MAY live below the poverty line. Designed to introduce elementary Japanese to students with little or no previous background Schools that visited Japan Society for K-12 in the language. Basic vocabulary, grammar and Tours & Workshops sentence structures let students carry on a simple NYC iSchool, New York, NY; P.S. 208 Elsa Ebeling, conversation. Brooklyn, NY; P.S. 197 John Russwurm, New York, NY; NYC Museum School, New York, NY. Intensive Japanese Weekend Courses 21, 22, 28 & 29 JULY Hachioji Kuruma Ningyo Puppet Theater 10, 11, 17 & 18 NOVEMBER Student Matinee & Workshop 9, 10, 16 & 17 MARCH 1 MARCH Total immersion in the Japanese language for In collaboration with the Performing Arts Program. people who plan to travel or move to Japan, or for Students from the United Nations International students unable to attend regular weekday classes. School (UNIS) and Bronx Collaborative High School attended a special performance by Hachioji Conversational Japanese Kuruma Ningyo puppet theater and workshop with 6 AUGUST—5 SEPTEMBER puppet master Koryu Nishikawa IV, the troupe’s 10 DECEMBER—18 JANUARY current head. 15 APRIL—14 MAY Designed to help students master the Tragedy of Bushido Film Screening fundamentals of Japanese conversation, with an & Talk-Back emphasis on communicating effectively in social 16 APRIL situations. In collaboration with the Film Program. Students from the United Nations International High School (UNIS) participated in a special screening and discussion of the New Wave film, The Tragedy of Bushido (1960) with Takuya Tsunoda, Professor of Japanese Film and Media, Columbia University.

10 JAPAN SOCIETY 2018–19 CHRONOLOGY OF EVENTS Mini-Workshops: Crash Course for Travelers Japanese-Language Teacher Training English Trial Lesson/Ochakai to Japan Program: Intermediate 17 APRIL 3 AUGUST 31 JANUARY—4 APRIL A gathering for Japanese natives wishing to 12 SEPTEMBER A continuation of the teacher training program, experience an English class. 20 NOVEMBER providing the skills necessary to teach Japanese at 19 FEBRUARY the intermediate level. Open House for the Teacher Training 10 APRIL Program & English Courses 12 APRIL Shodo Workshops 16 AUGUST 10 MAY 16 AUGUST—14 SEPTEMBER An information session for the Japanese Language 25 JUNE 24 SEPTEMBER—7 DECEMBER Teacher Training Program, English Conversation Workshops that offered a quick introduction to 14 DECEMBER—18 JANUARY for Japanese natives, and other Language Center the Japanese language and customs for travelers 28 JANUARY—8 APRIL opportunities. to Japan. 12 APRIL—17 MAY 20 MAY—2 AUGUST Private Lessons Mini-Workshops: Japanese Business Hands-on workshops on the techniques of shodo, During 2018-19, private lessons were offered Etiquette a calligraphic art form that uses a brush and on and off site in Japanese language, shodo or 12 SEPTEMBER charcoal ink on paper, wood plaques and fabric. English, tailored to an individual’s needs. 2 OCTOBER Corporate Group Lessons 19 APRIL Nihongo Chat During 2018-19, instructors traveled off site to 7 JUNE The Nihongo Chat + J-Culture series was presented in partnership with New York University, Hunter College, teach group lessons tailored to a company’s needs. Workshops covering the practical expressions Baruch College, and LaGuardia Community College. and manners used in Japanese corporate This program was generously supported by The Japan Support for Japan Society’s Toyota Language Center environments. Foundation, Los Angeles. was provided, in part, by Mark F. Goldfield and Mary Haiku Workshops 25 JULY (NIHONGO CHAT + J-CULTURE: E . Hatch, Christopher Hong, Richard Chang, Kurumi 8 DECEMBER KARATE) Fukushima, Steven Giordano, Albert Lash, and Dr. Bic Haiku poet Sho Otaka led workshops on how to 11 SEPTEMBER (NIHONGO CHAT + J-CULTURE: Kanayjorn. write haiku using one-to-three lines of 17 or fewer RAKUGO) syllables, as well as explain how kigo, words or 19 OCTOBER (NIHONGO CHAT + J-CULTURE: phrases that symbolize the season of the poem, TAKOYAKI) have a role in haiku poetry and Japanese language. 19 NOVEMBER (NIHONGO CHAT + J-CULTURE: Two separate sections were offered, one for native TENUGUI) Japanese/advanced Japanese learners and the 14 JANUARY (NIHONGO CHAT + J-CULTURE: other for intermediate Japanese learners. KYOGI ) 22 APRIL Japanese Song Lyrics Workshop: 1950s to 9 MAY (NIHONGO CHAT + J-CULTURE: Now WADAIKO) 14 DECEMBER Japanese-language students and native Japanese Held in collaboration with the Film Program. gather at these monthly informal events to A workshop for advanced level Japanese learners practice Japanese and English conversation. that included lively discussions on changes in Nihongo Chat + J-Culture events featured special music, social values, and the Japanese language in guests who demonstrated and spoke about an the 1950s, 1980s and 2010s as well as admission aspect of Japanese culture. to a film in the Umetsugu Inoue: Japan’s Music Man film series. Japanese Trial Lessons for Beginners 6 JULY English Conversation Courses 20 JULY 5 JULY—23 AUGUST 26 JULY 25 SEPTEMBER—4 DECEMBER 5 SEPTEMBER 29 JANUARY—2 APRIL 22 OCTOBER 2 MAY—20 JUNE 26 NOVEMBER Two levels of English as a Second Language (ESL) 30 NOVEMBER in 30- or 38-hour sessions, specifically designed 11 JANUARY for Japanese natives living in the New York 18 JANUARY metropolitan area. 15 FEBRUARY 26 MARCH Japanese-Language Teacher Training 5 APRIL Program: Introductory 3 MAY 27 SEPTEMBER—6 DECEMBER 7 MAY Taught essential classroom teaching skills to A single trial lesson structured for absolute native and fluent speakers of Japanese who have beginners wishing to experience a Japanese had little or no formal training in the teaching of language class. Japanese as a second language.

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