CULCON Panelists As of May, 2018 U.S. Panel: Japan Panel: Chair: Chair: Harry A. Hill Member of the Board, New Business Ryozo Kato Former Ambassador to the United Development, Oaklawn Marketing, Inc States Vice Chair: Vice Chair ： Sheila Smith Senior Fellow for Japan Studies Council Fumiaki Kubo Professor, Graduate Schools for Law on Foreign Relations (CFR) and Politics, University of Tokyo President, Japanese Association for American Studies Panelists: Panelists: Edward Lincoln Adjunct Professor of Japanese Akio Mimura Chairman, the Japan Chamber of Economy, Columbia University, Commerce and Industry Professorial Lecturer, Senior Advisor/Honorary Chairman, George Washington University Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corporation Patricia Maclachlan Associate Professor of Government Isao Kiso President, Chiba Institute of Science and Asian Studies, University of Texas Deanna Marcum Managing Director, Naoyuki Agawa Distinguished Visiting Professor, Ithaka Doshisha University Anne Nishimura William & Helen Pounds Sr. Curator of Masako Egawa Professor, Graduate School of Morse Japanese Art, Museum of Fine Arts, Commerce and Management, Boston Hitotsubashi University T. J. Pempel Professor of Political Science, Akio Okawara President/CEO, Japan Center for University of California, Berkeley International Exchange Leonard J. Schoppa, Director, Woodrow Wilson Junichi Chano Executive Director, Center for Global Jr. Department of Politics, University of Partnership / Managing Director Virginia The Japan Foundation David A. Sneider Partner at Simpson Thacher & Bartlett Hiroyuki Shimatani Executive Director, Kyushu National LLP in the Firm's Corporate Museum Department Ex-Officio Members: Ex-Officio Members: Susan A. Thornton Acting Assistant Secretary for East Kazuhiro Suzuki Director-General, North American Asian and Pacific Affairs, U.S. Affairs Bureau, Ministry of Foreign Department of State Affairs Marie Royce Assistant Secretary for Educational and Manabu Miyagawa Director-General for Cultural Affairs, Cultural Affairs, U.S. Department of Ministry of Foreign Affairs State Frank Brogan Assistant Secretary for Post-Secondary Kazuaki Kawabata Director-General for International Education, U.S. Department of Affairs, Ministry of Education, Culture, Education Sports, Science, and Technology Honorary Member: Advisors: Caroline Kennedy Former Ambassador to Japan Yutaka Aso Chairman, Aso Corporation and Aso Cement Co., Ltd. Minoru Makihara Senior Corporate Advisor and Former; Chairman, Mitsubishi Corporation; Former Vice Chairman Japan Business Federation Teiichi Sato Former Ambassador to United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization(UNESCO) As of May, 2018 .