333 EAST 47TH STREET |NEW YORK, NY 10017 |JAPANSOCIETY.ORG Annual Report 2016—2017 Japan Society Board of Directors Paul S. Amos II Merit E. Janow Fumio Otani Chris Wachenheim President Dean, School of International and Chairman & CEO Co-President Aflac Public Affairs Toshiba America, Inc. Greenhaven Associates, Inc. Professor of Professional Practice , Stanley M. Bergman International Economic Law & Joseph R. Perella* Takashi Yatsunami Chairman & CEO International Affairs Chairman, Japan Society President & CEO Henry Schein, Inc. Columbia University Founding Partner and Chairman Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal U.S.A., Perella Weinberg Partners Inc. Jonathan E. Colby* Robert A. Karr Managing Director Principal Douglas L. Peterson Tomofumi Yoshida PHOTO CREDITS: The Carlyle Group Joho Capital, LLC President & CEO President & CEO S&P Global ITOCHU International Inc. Cover: Hosoda Eisui (active 1790-1823), Wakashu with a Shoulder Gerald L. Curtis Frederick H. Katayama Drum (detail), late 18th-early 19th century. Color woodblock Burgess Professor of Political Science Anchor Punit Renjen print, ROM, Sir Edmund Walker Collection, 926.18.701. Courtesy Columbia University Thomson Reuters Chief Executive Officer SECRETARY of the Royal Ontario Museum, © ROM. From the exhibition A Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Limited Susan J. Onuma Third Gender: Beautiful Youths in Japanese Prints . Ariel J. Deckelbaum Nobuyuki Kawabata Partner Justin A. Rockefeller Partner Executive Managing Director & CEO, Ingram Yuzek Gainen Carroll & Page 3: Clockwise from top left—Reception for “Gifu: The Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Americas Division Addepar.com Bertolotti, LLP Heartland of Japan” © Daphne Youree • Shodo student © Daphne Garrison LLP Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation Rockefeller Brothers Fund Youree • Audience at “Mind of the Mangaka: Yusei Matsui” © The ImPact George Hirose • A Third Gender: Beautiful Youths in Japanese Richard A. Drucker Mark Khalil LIFE DIRECTORS Partner Executive Vice President, General Motoatsu Sakurai Deryck C. Maughan Prints © Lily Kesselman • Opening party at JAPAN CUTS 2017 Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP Counsel & Secretary President © Ayumi Sakamoto • Un Yamada/Co. Un Yamada (Japan) in Sony Corporation of America Japan Society Henry A. McKinnell, Jr. Les Noces (The Wedding) at the 17th Contemporary Dance Louis J. Forster* (Ex officio) Chairman Showcase: Japan + East Asia © Julie Lemberger • Children’s General Partner Jonathan B. Kindred Accordia Global Health Foundation Day © George Hirose • Program for Tom Sachs’ NODATE Tea Green Visor Capital President & CEO Takayuki Sawano Former Chairman of the Board & CEO Ceremony © Daphne Youree. Morgan Stanley Japan Holdings Co., Chairman & CEO, Head of Americas Pfizer Inc Jacob A. Frenkel Ltd. Daiwa Capital Markets America Page 23: © George Hirose. Chairman Holdings Inc. Peter G. Peterson JPMorgan Chase International Richard S. Lanier Founder & Chairman Page 24: © Lily Kesselman. President Emeritus Timothy Schilt Peter G. Peterson Foundation Yasunobu Fukuda Asian Cultural Council Partner Chairman Emeritus & Co-Founder Page 30: Clockwise from top right ­­—Guests of honor at President & CEO Berens Capital Management, LLC The Blackstone Group Japan Society’s 2017 Annual Dinner take part in a traditional Tokio Marine North America, Inc. Alan S. MacDonald* celebratory breaking of the sake barrel, left to right: Motoatsu Chief Client Officer, Vice Chairman David Snoddy Michael I. Sovern Sakurai, President, Japan Society; Joseph R. Perella, Chairman, Carol Gluck* Citibank, N.A. Founder & Managing Partner President Emeritus and Chancellor Kent Japan Society; The Hon. Caroline Kennedy, Japan Society Award George Sansom Professor of History Nezu Asia Capital Management Professor of Law Recipient; Yuzaburo Mogi, Japan Society Award Recipient; Columbia University Jun Makihara Columbia University Michael L. Corbat, Keynote Speaker; and H.E. Reiichiro Chairman Joshua N. Solomon Ed. D. Takahashi, Ambassador & Consul General of Japan in New York. Maurice R. Greenberg Neoteny Co., Ltd. Principal Paul A. Volcker Chairman & CEO New York City Department of Former Chairman of the Board of Photo © Daphne Youree. • Heizo Takenaka, Professor Emeritus, C.V. Starr & Co., Inc. Yukihiko Matsumura Education Governors Keio University; Professor, Toyo University; Member of the Policy President & CEO Federal Reserve System Council under the Abe administration; former Minister of State Larik M. Hall Marubeni America Corporation Hiroshi Suehiro for Economic and Fiscal Policy for the Koizumi administration Deputy President & Chief Distribution Senior Managing Executive Officer © Daphne Youree • The Hon. Caroline Kennedy (Former U .S. Officer Masato Miyachi Mizuho Bank, Limited HONORARY PATRONS Ambassador to Japan) accepts the Japan Society Award at AIG Japan Holdings KK Chairman H.E. Kenichiro Sasae the 2017 Annual Dinner © Daphne Youree • Suzuki Harunobu MUFG Americas Holdings Corporation Reiichiro Takahashi** Ambassador of Japan to the United (1725-1770), Geese Descending on the Koto Bridges from Eight Yosuke Honjo Ambassador & Consul General of Japan States of America Fashionable Parlour Views, 1768-1770. Color woodblock print. President & CEO Hidemoto Mizuhara in New York ROM 926.18.114, Sir Edmund Walker Collection. Courtesy of the ITO EN (North America) INC. President & CEO Consulate General of Japan H.E. Reiichiro Takahashi Royal Ontario Museum, © ROM • Innovators caption and credit Mitsubishi Corporation (Americas) Ambassador & Consul General of Japan tk. Ryota Isshiki Yasushi Takahashi in New York Group Vice President & Coordinating Satoru Murase* President & CEO Page 31: Clockwise from top left—Members of Geimaruza, Officer Partner Mitsui & Co. (U.S.A.), Inc. H.E. Koro Bessho Japan’s young and rising Toyota Motor North America, Inc. Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP Ambassador, Permanent nihon buyo stars, perform accompanied Gary M. Talarico* Representative of Japan to the United by a live ensemble of traditional musicians © Julie Lemberger Joichi Ito Toby S. Myerson Managing Director Nations • Creative Director and Japan Cultural Envoy Kashiwa Sato Director Chairman & CEO Cora Street Partners discusses his transformative approach to branding strategy at MIT Media Lab Longsight Strategic Advisors LLC “Iconic Branding: Insights from Design Maven Kashiwa Sato” © Christopher G. Townsend —As of June 1, 2017 George Hirose • Legendary actor Tatsuya Nakadai participates Jon C. Iwata Hideto Nishitani President, Asia in a Q&A following a 50th anniversary screening of The Face Senior Vice President, Marketing & Chairman, President & CEO MetLife, Inc. of Another © George Hirose • 2016 U.S. Junior Fellows and Communications ORIX USA Corporation *Denotes member of the Japanese alumni pose with Pepper, a humanoid robot © Hideto IBM Corporation Shingo Ueno Executive Committee Ukita • Language Center instructor Shuichiro Takeda with Kentaro Okuda President & CEO students © Daphne Youree. President & CEO Sumitomo Corporation of Americas **Denotes Honorary Director Nomura Holding America Inc. Printed in Canada. is the leading U.S. organization committed to deepening mutual understanding between the United States and Japan in a global context. Now in its second century, the Society serves audiences across the United States and abroad through innovative programs in arts and culture, public policy, business, language and education. Ko Ishikawa in Sounds to Summon the Japanese Gods . Photo © Ayumi Sakamoto. Of JAPAN CUTS, now in its 11th year, The Observer wrote, "More than just the biggest North American festival of Japanese film, it's an expansive glimpse into Japan's national consciousness." Guest filmmakers and stars included Joe Odagiri, recipient of the 2017 CUT ABOVE Award for Outstanding Performance in Film. Our popular Monthly Classics series, special screenings and guest director appearances through the year drew record audiences. The Business & Policy program presented 20 public events and invitation-only insider roundtables addressing global business and policy challenges, including the hospitality robot "Pepper," which was introduced to a sold-out crowd by Softbank Robotics Corp. At the end of the season, Japan's former Minister of State for Economic and Fiscal Policy Heizo Takenaka and Nobel Prize-winning economist Christopher Sims offered their thoughts on the Trump administration's economic policies and their impact on Japan. Nineteen events from Talks+ illuminated the powerful global influence of Japanese culture, from the Get to Know Japan: Gifu Series , co-organized by the Gifu Prefectural Government, to featured speakers Japan Cultural Envoy Kashiwa Sato, the mind behind Uniqlo's logo, minimalist author Fumio Sasaki, editors from top American and Japanese manga publishers and the 20th Sake Lecture & Dear Friends and Supporters, Tasting. On May 19, 2017, we celebrated our 110th birthday, a rare achievement for a New Ten Japanese high school students participated in the bilateral Junior Fellows York City organization. As we enter our anniversary season, you'll find expansive Leadership Program in March, gaining insights from industry leaders in New programming featuring groundbreaking creativity in the arts, plus new initiatives York and Washington, DC. In July, this year's U.S. Junior Fellows embarked on with critical focus on social and educational innovation. the Japan-based program in the Tohoku region to learn from leaders involved in recovery and revitalization efforts, as well as from Tokyo-based leaders.