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The Japan America Society of Chicago is a nonprofit association made up of individuals and corporations interested in United States-Japan

business, cultural, political and social relations. Founded in 1930 to foster mutual goodwill and friendship between the people of Japan

and the United States, the Society enjoys a total membership of over 150 American and Japanese corporations and over 600 individuals

throughout Chicagoland and the Midwest. The Society sponsors over 50 public affairs and cultural programs annually, including business

luncheons, evening lectures, cultural events and social/networking opportunities. All members receive discounts on program registration and

invitations to special member-only events. The Society also has a Young Professionals Committee that organizes various evening lectures and

social outings throughout the year for members in their twenties and thirties. In addition, the Society offers more than six levels of Japanese

and English language courses. For membership information and other inquiries, visit www.jaschicago.org or contact the Society office.

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.


November 2014

Dear friends,

This is an exciting time for the Japan America Society of Chicago. It has just finished a remarkable year filled with many achievements and opportunities for the future. Everyone in the Society is so enthusiastic about championing our Japan-Chicago friendship. I fully share your commitment.

2014 has been a year of transition. The Society’s former President, Ambassador J.D. Bindenagel, was a top-notch leader and a forward-looking innovator, who brought his worldview to Chicago. I applaud him for his accomplishments, and I wish him the very best.

Mr. Ed Grant is now back at the helm. With his considerable knowledge about Japan, he has been sprinting around Chicago and the suburbs to broaden the Society’s already strong foundation. He has been achieving a diverse membership that includes more companies, academic institutions, service organizations, and international organizations, as well as individuals. He has been expanding the Society’s reach to the entire Chicago area and beyond. Mr. Grant has also championed the Society in Japan. In late summer, he met with senior officials in the Prime Minister’s Office and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Tokyo. He brought the Society to Kyoto as well. It is becoming even more front and center both here and in Japan.

Thanks to the Society, we have been coming together in many ways. Its excellent programs have featured Chicago area companies that are successful in Japan, senior executives from Japan sharing their insights, new opportunities for grassroots exchanges, and popular cultural events including Rakugo and sake tasting. The stage is now set for our wider and deeper cooperation.

I am most enthusiastic about everything the Society has achieved in the past year. The credit belongs to all of you, including Chairman Emeritus Adlai Stevenson, Chairman Michael Moskow, Ambassador J.D. Bindenagel, President Ed Grant, the Board of Directors, officers, and members as well as Mr. Mitsukuni Baba and the staff. With your outstanding leadership and countless hours of devotion, Japan and Chicago are the closest of partners. Each of you has my deepest appreciation.

I’m most eager to cooperate with you in every way possible. Together, we can make 2015 the best year ever for the Japan America Society of Chicago!

Sincerely,

Masaharu Yoshida Consul General of Japan

L E T T E R F R O M T H E H O N O R A R Y C H A I R M A N


L E T T E R F R O M T H E C H A I R M A N

November 2014

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. Wide ranging topics from Abenomics to Cancer Research 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.

I am especially pleased to report that one of our directors, Yoko Noge Dean, received the Foreign Minister of Japan’s Commendation this year for “the promotion of mutual understanding between Japan and the U.S.A.” This is a great honor for Yoko, well deserved recognition and, of course, perfectly aligned with our mission. We are delighted to add our congratulations to Yoko.

And finally, I wish to thank Ambassador J.D. Bindenagel for his service as our president these past two years. J.D. was devoted to our Society and provided distinguished service during his tenure. He has been appointed the inaugural Henry Kissinger Professor for Governance and International Security at Bonn University, Germany. We thank J.D. and congratulate him for this richly deserved honor. And as J.D. departs, we welcome Ed Grant back as president, a role that he has held previously for five years. We appreciate Ed stepping in on short notice and look forward to working with him once again.

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 at 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


November 2014

Dear Society Members,

I am pleased to report to you on the progress of your Society as we begin our 84th year. I 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. Dr. Yusuke Nakamura speaking about his cancer research in Japan and the U.S., Tohru Sasaki presenting on Abenomics, and Ambassador Kenji Shimanouchi leading a panel discussing US-Japan relations, 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.

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. I 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.

Programming, membership and development continue to be the cornerstones of our Society. They are the three legs of the Society’s stability and will also be the engines of our growth. We congratulate and thank these three committee chairs and members for their great efforts that contribute so much to the success of the Society.

I also wish to specially recognize and thank some of the organizations that we work with continuously to develop, publicize and deliver our programming and other services to our members. The Consulate General of Japan at Chicago, the Japan External Trade Organization, the Japanese Chamber of Commerce and Industry in Chicago, and the Chicago Council on Global Affairs, and others, are great partners to the Society. On behalf of our members, I can assure these key partners that we will strive to be supportive and cooperative, and assist them wherever we can.

Finally, we have great directors and governors and an exceptional staff. I am particularly grateful to The Honorable Michael Moskow, our chairman, to The Honorable Masaharu Yoshida, Consul General of Japan at Chicago, our honorary chairman, and to Senator Adlai Stevenson, our chairman emeritus. Their wisdom and counsel is invaluable.

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L E T T E R F R O M T H E P R E S I D E N T ( C O N T I N U E D )

I would also like to thank Kenji Iijima and Nigel Blakeway who currently serve as executive vice presidents and Bob Karr, Nigel’s predecessor. Both Kenji and Nigel provide distinguished and highly valued service to the Society, as did Bob. And I thank all of our directors, officers, and governors for their dedicated service and outstanding efforts in advancing our mission, with a special thanks to the committee co-chairs and members who also give generously of their time and talents to the Society. Separately, I am thrilled to add my congratulations to our director Yoko Noge Dean. She has been awarded the Foreign Minister of Japan’s Commendation for her promotion of mutual understanding between Japan and the U.S.A. This is a great honor for a great director.

Our staff, Mitsukuni Baba, executive director, Erika Kono and Mariko Usui, quietly go about their work, delivering great programs and service for our members, day in and day out. I personally thank them for their devotion and skill.

I would very much like to recognize my predecessor, The Honorable J.D. Bindenagel, and thank him for his distinguished service as the Society’s President these past two years. His devoted efforts and excellent work has brought the Society to the strong position we enjoy today and given us a confident future. In addition, I add my congratulations to J.D. upon his appointment as the inaugural Henry Kissinger Professor of International Security and Governance at Bonn University. This is a great and wonderful honor and we are delighted for J.D. and his family.

While our Society continues to achieve its mission, we still face many challenges. To maintain our robust programming and continue our steady financial footing, we have much hard work ahead of us. Moderate worldwide economic growth is our backdrop. I am confident, however, with the strong support that we have, our Society has a bright future. Our goal is to continue to deliver excellent programs and great member value in a financially careful fashion. We intend to achieve that goal. In order to do so, I ask you for your continuing input, participation, and support. With that, we look forward to a highly productive year, providing great value to you, our members.

Thank you again to all that have supported us so well. I am very excited about our new year. We very much look forward to working with you and serving you going forward.

Sincerely,

Edward A. GrantPresident


Honorary Chairman

The Honorable Masaharu Yoshida

Consul General of Japan at Chicago

Consulate General of Japan at Chicago

Chairman

The Honorable Michael H. Moskow

Vice Chairman & Senior Fellow on the Global Economy

The Chicago Council on Global Affairs

Chairman Emeritus

The Honorable Adlai E. Stevenson

Chairman

SC&M Investment Management Corp.

President

Edward A. Grant

Arthur Andersen LLP, Retired

Executive Vice Presidents

Nigel Blakeway

Chairman, President & CEO

Omron Management Center of America, Inc.

Kenji Iijima

Senior Vice President & General Manager

Sumitomo Corporation of America

Secretary

John Bukacek

President

Japanese Business Legal & Technical Translation and Interpretation Services

Treasurer

Yasushi Kubo

Partner-Audit

PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

Executive Director

Mitsukuni Baba

Executive Director

Japan America Society of Chicago

Directors

David Alexander

Principal

Masuda Funai Eifert & Mitchell, Ltd.

David L. Barcus

Vice President, Operations

Sunstar Americas, Inc.

Jack D. Beem

The Honorable J.D. Bindenagel

Benita Boettner

Wendy Breuder

Managing Director, Corporate & Investment Banking for the Americas

The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, Ltd.

Robert A. Center

Sam Cremin

Global Supplier Business Director

Waldom Electronics

Drew Edwards

Vice President

Advisory Research, Inc.

William L. Florida

Vice President


Ryutaro Furukawa

Executive Director, Global Corporate Bank

JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.

Marcia E. Goodman

Partner

Mayer Brown LLP

Amy M. Harris

Membership

The Economic Club of Chicago

Ken Hennessy

President

NDK

Ichiro Hidaka

VP & General Manager

All Nippon Airways Co., Ltd.

Masashi Hisamoto

Treasurer & Secretary to the Board

Toyota Technological Institute at Chicago

Walter Hladko

Imperial Hotel Tokyo/Osaka (Retired)

Yoshiro Hori

EVP & General Manager

Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal U.S.A., Inc.

Kathryn Ibata Arens

Associate Professor, Dept. of Political Science

DePaul University

David D. Johnson

Executive Vice President, Treasurer & CFO

Molex Inc.

Ken G Kabira

Robert W. Karr, Jr.

Principal


Janice Katz

Associate Curator of Japanese Art

Art Institute of Chicago

Toshio Kawai

President & CEO

Mitsubishi Electric Automation, Inc.

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Niamh King

Vice President, Programs


Shunichiro Kishioka

Chairman

I.T.A., Inc.

Tomoko Kizawa

Partner

Deloitte & Touche LLP

Jody E. Kurtzhalts

Yaskawa Electric America, Inc., Retired

Sang-yul Lee

Partner

Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP

Harumi Lory

Senior Lecturer

East Asian Languages & Civilizations

The University of Chicago

Dr. Phyllis I. Lyons

Associate Prof. African & Asian Languages

Northwestern University

Hirokazu Maruta

General Manager


James A. McClung

Chairman and CEO

Lismore International Inc.

Joseph McCluskey

Vice President, International Operations

W.W Grainger, Inc.

Bart M. McMillan

Partner

Baker & McKenzie LLP

Greg Merkley

Associate Director, Kellogg Case Publishing

Kellogg School of Management

Mark Miller

President

Cornerstone Environmental, Health & Safety, Inc.

Tsudoi Miyoshi

Head of Chief Medical & Science Office

Takeda Pharmaceuticals International, Inc.

Dana E. Morrison

President

Genieco, Inc.

Robert Murphy

Managing Partner

Movéo Integrated Branding

Dr. Yusuke Nakamura, M.D., Ph.D

Professor of Medicine and Surgery, Section of Hematology/Oncology & Deputy Director, Center for Personalized Therapeutics

The University of Chicago

Timothy Newlin

Vice President, Foreign Multinational Banking

JPMorgan Chase Bank, NA

Shuei Nishizawa

Director

Japan Airlines Co., Ltd.

Yoko Noge Dean

Correspondent

Nikkei Chicago Bureau

Peggy Parfenoff

President

World Chicago

Bradley William Perlstein

Vice President, Human Resources

Komatsu America Corp.

Jamie Rhee

Chief Procurement Officer

City of Chicago

David M. Roden

Vice President & Group Manager

Fifth Third Bank

Howard J. Romanek

Illinois State University

Shinichi Sanui

Deputy General Manager

Mizuho Bank, Ltd.

August W. Schaefer

SVP & Public Safety Officer

Underwriters Laboratories Inc., Retired

Julie Schotanus

Dan Seals

MPA Health Analytics

Yoshio Shibazaki

Senior Tax Manager

Plante & Moran PLLC

Kazuo Shimizu

President & CEO

Kikkoman Foods, Inc.

Ichiro Sone

Chief Executive Director

JETRO Chicago

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William A. Streff, Jr.

Partner

Kirkland & Ellis LLP

Yasuyuki Sugiura

President & CEO

Mitsubishi Corporation (Americas)

Mary Sutherland

Bridget Sweeney

Director, Business Operations

The Boeing Company

Mike M. Tsuruga

Genieco, Inc.

Shawn Y. Valukas

Account Vice President

UBS Financial Services, Inc.

Ion Warner

Kumiko Watanabe

Japan Business Group National Leader

Grant Thornton LLP

Ritsuko Okuno Welch

Vice President, Intl. Finance

Fifth Third Bank

Michael P. Whelan

Partner

EY

James Whitcomb

Managing Director

Fifth Third Bank

Mari Yamamoto Regnier

Partner

Barnes & Thornburg LLP

Keiko Yanai

Deputy Consul General


Masao Yoshida

President & CEO

Astellas US LLC

Board of Governors

Jack D. Beem

(Chairman)

Thomas J. Boodell, Jr.

Attorney at Law

Boodell & Domanskis LLC

Clyde O. Bowles, Jr.

Of Counsel

Harrison & Held LLP

John Bukacek

President


Arthur I. Cyr

A.W. and Mary Margaret Clausen Distinguished Professor, Political Economy & World Business

Director, Clausen Center for World Business

Carthage College

Clyde Dickey

Ralph Fujimoto

Lyric Hughes Hale

Editor in Chief

Econvue, Inc.

Shunichiro Kishioka

Chairman

I.T.A., Inc.

Jody E. Kurtzhalts

Yaskawa Electric America, Inc., Retired

James A. McClung

Chairman and CEO

Lismore International Inc.

Thomas P. McMenamin

Principal


Adlai E. Stevenson

Chairman

SC&M Investment Management Corp.

Thomas Studney

Josie Tomes

Mike M. Tsuruga

Genieco, Inc.

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December 12, 2013


Program Committee

August Schaefer, Underwriters Laboratories, Inc. (Retired) (Co-Chair)

Julie Schotanus (Co-Chair)

Membership Committee

Marcia Goodman, Mayer Brown LLP (Co-Chair)

Tim Newlin, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. (Co-Chair)

Development Committee

David Johnson, Molex (Co-Chair)

Bill Streff, Kirkland & Ellis LLP (Co-Chair)

Education Committee

Kumiko Watanabe, Grant Thornton (Chair)

Finance Committee

Drew Edwards, Advisory Research, Inc. (Co-Chair)

Yoshio Shibazaki, Plante & Moran PLLC (Co-Chair)

Nominating Committee

Jody E. Kurtzhalts, Yaskawa Electric America, Inc. (Retired) (Co-Chair)

James A. McClung, Lismore International Inc. (Co-Chair)

Young Professionals Committee

Sami Ari, BCV (Co-Chair)

Austin Gilkeson, Japan Information Center (Co-Chair)

Genea Tafesse, Northern Lights Direct (Co-Chair)

Executive Committee

Edward A. Grant (President)

Nigel Blakeway, Omron Management Center of America, Inc. (Executive Vice President)

John Bukacek, Japanese Business Legal & Technical Translation and Interpretation Services (Secretary)

Drew Edwards, Advisory Research, Inc. (Co-Chair, Finance Committee)

Marcia Goodman, Mayer Brown LLP (Co-Chair, Membership Committee)

Kenji Iijima, Sumitomo Corporation of America (Executive Vice President)

Shunichiro Kishioka, I.T.A., Inc.

Yasushi Kubo, PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (Treasurer)

Jody E. Kurtzhalts, Yaskawa Electric America, Inc. (Retired) (Co-Chair, Nominating Committee)

James A. McClung, Lismore International Inc. (Co-Chair, Nominating Committee)

Tim Newlin, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. (Co-Chair, Membership Committee)

August Schaefer, Underwriters Laboratories, Inc. (Retired) (Co-Chair, Program Committee)

Julie Schotanus (Co-Chair, Program Committee)

Yoshio Shibazaki, Plante & Moran PLLC (Co-Chair, Finance Committee)

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21st Annual Sake Tasting

June 10, 2014


Osaka City Government Discover Osaka Business Seminar and Networking Reception

Date: 10/15/13

Co-Organizers: Consulate General of Japan at Chicago, The Osaka Committee of Chicago Sister Cities International

Supported By: JETRO Chicago, Japanese Chamber of Commerce & Industry of Chicago, Japan America Society of Chicago and Chicagoland Chamber of Commerce

Young Professionals Committee Vera Bradley: Bringing Color to Japan

Date: 10/17/13

Speaker: Sachin Shah, Senior Director of Strategic Initiatives, Vera Bradley

Co-Sponsor: JET Alumni Association

From Surgeon to Basic Scientist: From Basic Science to Clinical Science

Date: 10/24/13

Speaker: Dr. Yusuke Nakamura, Professor of Medicine, Section of Hematology/Oncology; Professor of Surgery & Deputy Director, Center for Personalized Therapeutics, The University of Chicago

Co-Sponsor: Mayer Brown LLP

OWIT Chicago Emerging Trade Opportunities with Japan

Date: 1/23/14

Speakers: Ichiro Sone, Chief Executive Director, JETRO Chicago; Kevin Kalb, Project Coordinator, JETRO Chicago & Mami Ohara, Attorney, Baker & McKenzie, Tokyo and Chicago

Co-Sponsors: Japan America Society of Chicago, JETRO, Baker & McKenzie and The Sake Locker

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The Consulate General of Japan at Chicago

Osaka City Government

The Osaka Committee of Chicago Sister Cities

International

Membership Reception

Date: 3/5/14

Speakers: John McDonough, President and CEO, Chicago Blackhawks and Jay Blunk, Executive Vice President, Chicago Blackhawks

Host: The Consulate General of Japan at Chicago

Japan External Trade Organization Opportunities in Japan for ICT Companies

Date: 3/27/14

Speaker: Makoto Abe, North American ICT Advisor, JETRO

Organizers: JETRO Chicago, The Incubator Technology Innovation Center & Illinois Science + Technology Park

Supporting Organizations: Japan America Society of Chicago and US Commercial Service

“How the Third Arrow of Abenomics Affects USD/JPY”

Date: 4/24/14

Speaker: Tohru Sasaki, Managing Director, Head of Japan Rates & FX Research, JPMorgan Chase, N.A. Tokyo

Co-Sponsors: JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.; Masuda, Funai, Eifert & Mitchell, Ltd. & Molex, Inc.

84th Anniversary Celebratory Dinner “Hope to Fight Against Cancer: Why I Moved to Chicago From Japan?”

Date: 6/12/14

Speaker: Dr. Yusuke Nakamura, Professor of Medicine, Section of Hematology/Oncology; Professor of Surgery & Deputy Director, Center for Personalized Therapeutics, The University of Chicago

Learning to Lead: Lessons From Japan

Date: 10/9/14

Dr. Bob Tobin, Professor Emeritus, Keio University and Author, What Do You Want to Create Today

Co-Sponsor: Masuda, Funai, Eifert & Mitchell, Ltd.

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Howard Romanek, Illinois State University

An Overview of the Rising Territorial Crisis Between China and Japan: A Geographical PerspectiveDate: 9/26/13Speaker: Richard Edmonds, Visiting Professor, Geographical Studies Program, The University of ChicagoCorporate Sponsors: Barnes & Thornburg LLP & Howard Romanek, Illinois State University

“The TOMODACHI Generation: Investing in the NEXT Generation of U.S.-Japan Relations”? Date: 10/11/13Speaker: Suzanne I. Basalla, Former Senior Advisor to Ambassador Roos, U.S. Embassy Tokyo & Executive Vice President, U.S.-Japan Council Corporate Sponsor: Kirkland & Ellis LLP

Kakehashi Project —The Bridge for Tomorrow Date: 11/5/13Speakers: Students from (Hokkaido) Obihiro Hakuyo High School, (Fukushima) Iwaki Sogoo High School and (Fukushima) Iwaki Middle School Program Coordinators: The Laurasian Institute, Fulbright Japan & Japan Foundation

Japan is Back: The Phenomenon of Abenomics A Firsthand Experience of The Great East Japan Earthquake and the Progress of the Recovery 絆 Kizuna 3: Unbroken Circle Japan Earthquake Photo Exhibition Associated Seminar Date: 3/13/14Speakers: Ichiro Sone, Chief Executive Director, JETRO Chicago; Akiko Nakagawa, Director General of the Fair Trade Dept., JETRO Tokyo and Greg Burns, Editorial Board Member, Chicago Tribune Co-Organizers: Consulate General of Japan at Chicago, Chicago Sister Cities, Japanese Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Chicago & JETRO Chicago

Tohoku Tomo Documentary Screening and Q&A with Wesley Julian, Producer/Director & Tim Schrader, Marketing ManagerDate: 5/7/14Speakers: Wesley Julian, Producer/Director & Tim Schrader, Marketing Manager

Walk in U.S., Talk on Japan U.S.-Japan Relations Luncheon Program Date: 7/14/14Speakers: The Honorable Ken Shimanouchi, Former Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Spain and Brazil; Takao Kawasaki, cross cultural communications; Masanori Okuda, Abenomics and economy in Japan; Akio Shiokawa, Japan’s role in the Transpacific Partnership (TTP) & Ryoko Yoshioka, Japanese women’s role and accomplishmentsCo-Organizer: Consulate General of Japan at Chicago

The Outlook of Nuclear Energy in 21st Century Japan: Perspectives from an Argonne ScientistDate: 10/6/14Speaker: Dr. Elia Merzari, Nuclear Engineer, Argonne National Laboratory Corporate Sponsor: Grant Thornton LLP

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Walk in U.S., Talk on Japan U.S.-Japan Relations Luncheon Program

The Honorable Ken Shimanouchi, Former Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Spain and Brazil; Takao Kawasaki; Masanori Okuda; Akio

Shiokawa & Ryoko Yoshioka

July 14, 2014

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History and Trends of American and Japanese Beauty 日米美の変遷と歴史～ファッションとコスメ～Date: 8/29/13Speakers: Janice Katz, Roger L. Westin, Associate Curator of Japanese Art, Art Institute of Chicago & Gwen O’Hanlon, Vice President of Retail and Ecommerce, Pola Orbis/H20 Plus


Shomei Tomatsu Photo Lecture at the Art Institute of Chicago and Lunch Date: 9/21/13

Manjiro, the Boy with the Heart of a Samurai

Presentation-Book Signing-Q&A Date: 10/16/13Speaker: Margi Preus, Author Corporate Sponsor: National Association of Japan-America Societies

Scotch & Sake: The Cultural and Historical Alliances Between Scotland and Japan Date: 6/24/14Speaker: June Sawyers, Author & Editor Co-Organizer: Chicago Scots Co-Sponsors: Kirkland & Ellis LLP; Beam Suntory; International Beverage Company, Inc. & Anchor Distilling Company

Emergence of Japan and the U.S. on the World’s Stage: The Columbian Exposition of 1893Date: 7/10/14Speaker: Howard Romanek, Illinois State University Co-Sponsor: Holiday Inn Express

Wearing the Red Kimono

Writing Workshop Date: 8/28/14Speaker: Jan Morrill, AuthorCo-Organizer: Chicago Japanese American Historical Society

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International Beverage Company, Inc.

Manjiro, The Boy with the Heart of a Samurai

Presentation-Book Signing-Q&A

Margi Preus, Author

October 16, 2013

Japanese Rakugo

Sanyutei Ryuraku

September 27, 2014

“How the Third Arrow of Abenomics Affects USD/JPY”

Tohru Sasaki, Managing Director,

Head of Japan Rates & FX Research, JPMorgan Chase, N.A. Tokyo

April 24, 2014


“Transcendent Objects” at Room 406East-Meets-West Exhibition of Modern Forms and Ritual ObjectsDate: 9/19/14Co-Organizer: Japan America Society of Chicago

日本現代書アメリカ・シカゴ展

“Contemporary of Calligraphy of Japan”

Date: 9/22/14-10/17/14

Host: Toyo Shojin Rengo

Co-Host: Consulate General of Japan at Chicago

Sponsors: Japan Foundation, Japanese Chamber of Commerce & Industry of Chicago, Japan America Society of Chicago

English Rakugo

Date: 9/26/14

Performer: Sanyutei Ryuraku

Co-Sponsors: Fifth Third Bank and Japanese Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Chicago

Japanese Rakugo

Date: 9/27/14

Performer: Sanyutei Ryuraku

Co-Sponsors: Fifth Third Bank and Japanese Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Chicago

84th Anniversary Concert

Celebrating the 100 Year Anniversary of Akira Ifukube, Writer of “Concert Hall” Compositions and Film Composer (Godzilla)

Date: 10/17/14

Performers: Reiko Yamada, Pianist; Shigetoshi Yamada, Violinist; Patrick Godon, Pianist & Tomomi Matsumura, Soprano

Beyond the Kimono: Japanese High Fashion from Hanae Mori to Comme des Garçons

Date: 10/23/14

Speaker: Nena Ivon, Fashion Expert

Co-Sponsor: Joyce Chelberg

Precarious Japan

Date: 10/28/14

Speaker: Dr. Anne Allison, Professor of Cultural Anthropology and Women’s Studies, Duke University

Co-Sponsor: Ernst & Young LLP


Date: 11/14/14

Character O-bento Workshop

Instructor: Laura Hayashi

Holiday Ikebana Workshop

Date: 12/5/14

Instructor: Yuko Inoue Darcy, Instructor of the Ohara School of Ikebana

Joyce Chelberg The Consulate General of Japan at Chicago

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History of Chicago Tour in Japanese Languageシカゴ歴史博物館・日本語解説付ツアーDate: 10/3/13Speakers: Hiroko Saito, School of the Art Institute of Chicago & Howard Romanek, Illinois State University

Museum of Science & Industry Tour in Japanese Language シカゴ科学産業博物館・日本語解説付ツアーDate: 11/17/13Speaker: Hiroko Saito, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago

Young Professionals CommitteeRoundtable LunchDate: 4/7/14Speaker: Tim Newlin, Vice President, Foreign Multinational Banking, JPMorgan Chase Bank

Art Institute of Chicago Tour in Japanese Language シカゴ美術館・日本語解説付ツアーシカゴ案内の知識を備えたい方、家族でより深く絵画を楽しみたい方へDate: 5/29/14Speaker: Hiroko Saito, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago

History Tour of Chicago in Japanese Language シカゴ歴史博物館・日本語解説付ツアーDate: 9/24/14Speakers: Hiroko Saito, School of the Art Institute of Chicago & Howard Romanek, Illinois State University

Holiday Ikebana Workshop Date: 12/5/14Instructor: Yuko Inoue Darcy, Ohara School of Ikebana

E D U C A T I O N A L E V E N T S

AAAYA

Joyce Chelberg


Japan Earthquake & Tsunami Relief Chicago White Sox vs. Braves Date: 7/20/13

Japan Earthquake & Tsunami Relief Chicago White Sox vs. YankeesDate: 8/7/13

Young Professionals Committee Chicago Chicago Fire vs. Montreal Impact Professional Men’s Soccer Game Date: 8/10/13

27th Annual Holiday Fundraiser & Bonenkai Date: 12/12/13

Young Professionals Committee Lunar New Year Celebration Date: 2/1/14Co-Organizer: AAAYA

The Union League Club of Chicago Younger Members Group Night in Tokyo Date: 3/20/14Partners: Luminarts Cultural Foundation, Union League Club of Chicago Women’s Roundtable, Chicago Fashion Incubator, Lyric Young Professionals, Japanese Chamber of Commerce & Industry of Chicago, Japan America Society of Chicago and Consulate General of Japan at Chicago

Japan Student Network Forum A Look Into the Future: Global Chicago, Global Meシカゴ日米協会主催学生ネットワークフォーラムDate: 4/3/14Speaker: Steve Kozik, General Manager, Omron Management Center of America Corporate Sponsors: Corbett Duncan & Hubly P.C.; Joyce Chelberg, The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, Ltd. and the Japanese Chamber of Commerce & Industry of Chicago

Chicago Symphony Orchestra: Gershwin an American in Paris & Post Performance CD Signing Date: 4/19/14Performer: Anne Akiko Meyers, Violinist

Young Professionals Committee “The Wind Rises” Screening of Hayao Miyazaki Film Date: 5/23/14

21st Annual Sake Tasting Date: 6/10/14Corporate Sponsor: Japan Airlines

Japan Earthquake & Tsunami Relief Chicago White Sox vs. Royals Date: 6/15/14

Japan Earthquake & Tsunami Relief Chicago White Sox vs. MarinersDate: 7/6/14

Chicago Red Stars vs. Seattle ReignWomen’s Professional Soccer Featuring Nahomi Kawasumi & Autograph Signing 川澄奈穂美選手を応援しよう！サイン会もあります!Date: 7/12/14

Young Professionals Committee Chicago Fire vs. DC United Men’s Professional Soccer Game Date: 9/20/14

Chicago Philharmonic Concert: “Power of Touch” Meet and greet with soloist Asako Tamura following performance with JASC members and guests Date: 11/16/14

28th Annual Holiday Fundraiser & Bonenkai Date: 12/11/14

S O C I A L E V E N T S


8 4 T H A N N I V E R S A R Y C E L E B R A T O R Y D I N N E R

“Hope to Fight Against Cancer: Why I Moved to Chicago From Japan?”

Dr. Yusuke Nakamura, Professor of Medicine, Section of Hematology/Oncology; Professor of Surgery & Deputy Director, Center for Personalized Therapeutics, The University of Chicago

June 12, 2014


Corporate Platinum Member

Molex Inc.

Takeda Pharmaceuticals International, Inc.

Corporate Gold Member


United Airlines

Corporate Silver Member

Astellas US LLC

Baker & McKenzie LLP

Barnes & Thornburg LLP

Deloitte & Touche LLP

EY

Kirkland & Ellis LLP

KPMG LLP

Masuda, Funai, Eifert & Mitchell, Ltd.

Mayer Brown LLP

NDK


Sunstar Americas, Inc.

TDK Corporation of America

Corporate Bronze Member

All Nippon Airways Co., Ltd.

Anderson Japanese Gardens

ARK Technologies, Inc.

Asahi Kasei Bioprocess, Inc.

Bank of America Merrill Lynch

Barack Ferrazzano Kirschbaum & Nagelberg

Cornerstone Environmental, Health & Safety, Inc.

Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP

Fifth Third Bank

Genieco, Inc.

Grant Thornton LLP

IRIS USA, Inc.


JETRO Chicago

JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.

JPower USA Development Company, Ltd.

KDDI America, Inc.


Marubeni America Corporation


Mitsubishi Heavy Industries America, Inc.

Mitsui & Co. (U.S.A.), Inc.

Mizuho Bank, Ltd.

Nippon Express U.S.A., Inc.

Nippon Life Insurance Company of America

Nippon Sharyo USA Inc.

Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal U.S.A., Inc.

Segal McCambridge Singer & Mahoney, Ltd.

Sidley Austin LLP

Sumitomo Corporation of America


The Boeing Company

U.S. Tsubaki, Inc.

Underwriters Laboratories Inc.

W.W. Grainger, Inc.

Corporate Member

Aon Risk Services, Inc.

Blank is the New Black

City of Chicago

Clausen Miller, P.C.


Corbett Duncan & Hubly P.C.

ECHO Incorporated

EOS Accountants LLP

First Hospitality Group

ITA Inc.

Japan Airlines Co., Ltd.

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

Kikkoman Foods, Inc.

Kintetsu International Express Inc.

Kintetsu World Express (USA) Inc.

Kitamura Machinery of U.S.A., Inc.

Komori America Corporation

Kubota Engine America Corporation

Lions Clubs International Foundation

Marsh USA, Inc.

MBL (USA) Corporation

MC Machinery Systems, Inc.

Meiji Corporation

Moritani America, Inc.

Moveo Integrated Branding

MPA Health Analytics

Northern Illinois University

Okabe Co., Inc.

OKAYA (U.S.A) Inc

Olympia Fields Country Club

Plante & Moran, PLLC

Ray Law International, P.C.

Robert W. Baird & Co.

Stephen Rankin Associates


The Economic Club of Chicago

Tomoegawa (U.S.A.) Inc.

Toyota Tsusho America, Inc.

Waldom Electronics

World Chicago

Corporate Supporter Member

Aioi Nissay Dowa Insurance Company of America

Amano Enzyme U.S.A. Co., Ltd.

Basic Enterprise, Inc.

Cole & Associates

David Hale Global Economics, Inc.

Development Bank of Japan Inc.

E-Hay International Corp.

Figaro USA, INC.

Goda Advertising

Imageon Consulting, Inc.

Mark Goodman & Associates, Inc.


MITSUBISHI MATERIALS U.S.A. CORPORATION

Mitsubishi Motors North America, Inc.

Miyanaga America Corporation

Nikkei America Inc.

Nisshin Steel USA, LLC

Pacific Advisory Service

Sumitomo Electric Carbide, Inc.

Taiyo Yuden (U.S.A.), Inc.

The Green Teaist LLC

Third Generation Financial LLC

Toyota Technological Institute at Chicago

Woodbridge International

Yaskawa Electric America, Inc.

C O R P O R A T E M E M B E R L I S T I N G


C A S H D O N O R S 2 0 1 3 - 1 4

$5,000-9,999

Piper Jaffray/Advisory Research, Inc.


$1,000-$4,999

Kikkoman Foods Foundation, Inc.

Mary & Albert Koga Memorial Fund

Mizuho Bank Ltd.

Molex, Inc.

$500-$999


Corbett Duncan & Hubly P.C.

I.T.A., Inc.

Meiji Corporation

Okaya (U.S.A.), Inc.

$250-$499

Genieco, Inc.

JET Alumni Association of Chicago

Kintetsu International Express Inc.

Moritani America, Inc.

Nippon Sharyo USA Inc.

Noritake Co., Inc.

Silverman/Sutherland Family Foundation

$100-$249

Chicago Japanese American Historical Society

Cole & Associates

Kitamura Machinery of U.S.A., Inc.

NDK

Nippon Express U.S.A., Inc.

Nippon Express Foundation, Inc.

$10,000+

Joyce Chelberg

$1,000-$4,999

Edward A. Grant

Kimiko Nakamura

$500-$999

Marcia Goodman

R.C. Hudson, Jr.

Niamh King

Michael & Suzanne Moskow

Howard Romanek

$250-$499

Benita Boettner

William L. Florida

Mary Sutherland

$100-$249

Sayuri Anderson

Jack Beem

Robert A. Center

Clyde & Rebecca Dickey

Ralph Fujimoto

Tsuneo Hachiuma

Gladys Jones

Ken G. Kabira

Harumi Lory

Shigeru Mori

Stephen Schwartz in honor of Shawn Valukas

Dan Seals

Wanda Splisgardt

Hon. Adlai E. Stevenson

Joann R. Tomes

Mari Yamamoto Regnier

Keiko Yanai

Ken Yoshitani

$0-$99

Anonymous Donor

Thomas Graham

Len Johnson

Kenichi Kimata

D. Kobayashi

Jeane Kono-Nisino

Fumio Oda

Phyllis I. Lyons

Mark Stoyas

James Whitcomb

CORPORATE DONORS

INDIVIDUAL DONORS

The Japan America Society of Chicago would like to thank the below organizations for their support:

Japanese Chamber of Commerce & Industry of Chicago

JETRO Chicago


The Consulate General of Japan at Chicago

The Japan America Society of Chicago would like to thank the below companies for their ongoing support:

Blank is the New Black

Corbett, Duncan & Hubly P.C.

Holiday Inn Express Arlington Heights

Masuda, Funai, Eifert & Mitchell, Ltd.

Moveo Integrated Branding


Audited financial statements will be made available to members upon request.

The Japan America Society of Chicago would like to thank Movéo Integrated Branding for their design of this annual report.

The support of Movéo is greatly appreciated.


C U L T U R A L A C H I E V E M E N T & S C H O L A R S H I P

2003: Dr. Shozo Sato, Kabuki Master

2006: Lee Gurga, American Haiku author

2007: John R. Anderson, Anderson Gardens

2008: Lucien Stryk, Translator and Writer of Zen poetry

2009: Dr. Janice a. Katz, The Art Institute of Chicago

2010: Tatsu Aoki, Asian aRts Improv Midwest

2011: Fujima Shunojo, Japanese Classical Dancer

2012: Kimiko Gunji, Japan House, University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana

2013: Joyce Sosho Kubose, Urasenke Tradition of Chado the Way of Tea

2014: Yoko Schmadeke, Oak Park River Forest High School

CULTURAL ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS

A N N U A L P R O G R A M S P O N S O R S & U N D E R W R I T E R S

Very special recognition, honor, and gratitude is due to the Society’s 84th Annual Program Sponsors & Underwriters. They are listed below. These fine member organizations have stepped forward and up as sponsors for our entire 84th 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

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 The Order of the Sacred Treasure, Gold Rays with Rosette

1987 Fall: Takeo Sugano The Order of the Sacred Treasure, Gold and Silver Rays

1993 Fall: Ralph Fujimoto The Order of the Sacred Treasure, Gold Rays with Rosette

1994 Fall: Hon. Adlai Stevenson The Order of the Sacred Treasure, Gold and Silver Star

1997 Fall: Richard P. Soter The Order of the Sacred Treasure, Gold Rays with Neck Ribbon

2001 Spring: Masaru FunaiThe Order of the Sacred Treasure, Gold Rays with Rosette

2002 Spring: Jack BeemThe Order of the Sacred Treasure, Gold Rays with Rosette

2003 Fall: Clyde O. Bowles, Jr. The Order of the Rising Sun, Gold Rays with Neck Ribbon

2005 Fall: Akiko Sugano The Order of the Rising Sun, Silver Rays

2010 Spring: Clyde DickeyThe Order of the Rising Sun, Gold Rays with Rosette

2010 Fall: Shunichiro Kishioka The Order of the Rising Sun, Gold and Silver Rays

2014 Spring: Governor James R. Thompson The Order of the Rising Sun, Gold and Silver Star

FOREIGN MINISTER AWARD RECIPIENTS:

2010: Japan America Society of Chicago

2014: Yoko Noge Dean, Board of Directors, Japan America Society of Chicago


I N T E R N S

Preston Boardman, Loyola University Fabiane Fernandes Carrijo, Sao Paulo State UniversityJoseph Chang, Kendall College Hadley Hauser, University of Chicago Danielle Held, Loyola University Melissa Holewa, Loyola University Yoko Kosins, Columbia College Hoa Nguyen, Bennington College Sara Pope, DePaul University Nikolina Povrsenic, Loyola University

Rowan Quinain, Loyola University Yasuko Sakamoto, Kobe College Kento Shukutani, Kansai Gaidai University Alexandra Snyder, Loyola University Hitomi Takao, Kobe College Saralinda Taurog, Loyola University Chinatsu Tsuji, Loyola University Amelia Utley, Loyola University Sam Wilson, Loyola University Mahira Zekotic, Loyola University

Special thanks to our student interns for 2013-2014. We greatly appreciate all of their hard work and contributions to the Society:

C U L T U R A L A C H I E V E M E N T & S C H O L A R S H I P

Charter Committee Members:

I.T.A., Inc.



Mitsubishi Engine North America, Inc.

Molex, Inc.

Nippon Steel + Sumitomo Metal U.S.A, Inc.


Regular Committee Members:

Meiji Corporation


Nippon Sharyo U.S.A., Inc.

2012: New Trier Winnetka (Illinois Science Olympiad First Place Overall, High School Division)

2012: Adlai E. Stevenson High School (Illinois Science Olympiad Second Place Overall, High School Division)

2013: Niles North High School (Illinois Science Olympiad First Place Category Gravity Vehicle)

2013: Rockford Auburn High School (Illinois Science Olympiad First Place Category Problem Solving)

2014: Loyola Academy (Illinois Science Olympiad First Place MAGLEV)

2014: Harry D. Jacobs High School (Illinois Science Olympiad Second Place CIRCUIT LAB)

NAMBU AWARDS

2006: Reina Williams

2007: Adam Janusz

2008: Kathleen Lynee Kutsche

2009: Elgin Bokari T. Smith

2010: Michael Chlebowski

2011: Cheryl-Ann Fakes

2012: Emma Bottari

2013: Gan Kanji Uyeda

2014: Monica Moki Tantoco

RECENT SCHOOL OF THE ART INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO SCHOLARSHIP AWARD RECIPIENTS


CHAIRMEN OF THE JAPAN AMERICA SOCIETY OF CHICAGO:1988-2003: Adlai Stevenson, Chairman, SC&M Investment

Management Corp.

2004-2005: Keikichi Honda, Chairman, NCR Japan & Glenn Tilton, Chairman & CEO, United Airlines

2006-2007: Glenn Tilton, Chairman & CEO, United Airlines

2008-Present: Michael H. Moskow, Vice Chairman & Senior Fellow on the Global Economy, The Chicago Council on Global Affairs

PRESIDENTS OF THE JAPAN AMERICA SOCIETY OF CHICAGO:1930-1937: Charles H. Chandler, Professor, University of Chicago

1937-1939: Russell Tyson

1939-1962: John H. Weddell

1962-1963: Raymond J. Graham

1963-1964: Galen E. Russell, former pastor of the Tokyo Union Church

1964-1966: Lafeton Whitney, Executive Director of the Wiebolt Foundation; General in US Air Force; Savings, Promotions, Harris Trust and Savings Bank

1966-1973: Harry A. Olsen, Partner, Arthur Andersen & Co.

1973-1975: A. Robert Abboud, Chairman, The First National Bank of Chicago; President, Occidental Petroleum Corp.

1975: Russell Baker, Senior Partner, Baker & McKenzie

1975-1977: James H. Ingersoll, Vice President, External Affairs, Borg-Warner Corporation

1977-1979: Donald Eriksen, Senior Partner, Arthur Anderson & Co.

1979-1981: Alfred F. Miossi, Executive Vice President and Director of International Affairs, Continental Illinois National Bank and Trust Company of Chicago

1981-1984: Thomas H. Hague, Assistant to Chairman and Area Director- Asia, Borg-Warner Corporation

1984-1985: Hon. Adlai E. Stevenson, SC&M Investment Management Corp.

1985-1988: Thomas Coulter, CEO, Chicago Association of Commerce and Industry; Executive Vice President, Lester B. Knight & Associates, Inc.; Director, Chicago-Tokyo Bank

1988-1992: Jack D. Beem, Partner, Baker & McKenzie

1993-1995: Clyde Dickey, Partner and Director of International Business, Arthur Anderson & Co.

1996: Dennis Britton, EVP and Editor, Chicago Sun-Times

1996-1999: Clyde O. Bowles, Jr., President, Burditt, Bowles & Radzius, Chtd.; Principal, Bowles, Keating, Hering, Matuszewich & Fiordalisi; Rooks Pitts

2000-2005: Thomas McMenamin, Vice President, Principal, Masuda, Funai, Eifert & Mitchell, Ltd.

2006-2007: John A. Challenger, President, Challenger, Gray & Christmas, Inc.

2007-2008: Edward A. Grant (Principal, Arthur Andersen LLP), Sam Cremin (Director of Marketing Communications,

Molex, Inc.) Shunichiro Kishioka (Chairman, I.T.A., Inc.)

2008-2012: Edward A. Grant, Principal, Arthur Andersen LLP

2012: The Honorable J.D. Bindenagel, Strategy XXI Partners

2014: Edward A. Grant, Principal, Arthur Andersen LLP (Retired)

HONORARY LIFETIME MEMBERSHIP RECIPIENTS: June 4, 2009 Dr. Kazuo Kawasaki, Design Director, Doctor of Medical Science, Professor of Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka University & Professor Emeritus at Nagoya City University

April 14, 2010 Beate Sirota Gordon Worked at General MacArthur’s headquarters on a team charged with writing a new constitution for Japan

September 16, 2010Dr. Yoichiro Nambu, The Harry Platt Judson Professor Emeritus, The University of Chicago & Recipient of the 2008 Nobel Prize in Physics

June 9, 2011Ambassador Robert M. Orr, Executive Director, Asian Development Bank

September 27, 2011Leo Melamed, Former Chairman of the Mercantile Exchange, and Chairman Emeritus of the CME Group, Inc.

December 15, 2011Dr. Ei-Ichi Negishi, Herbert C. Brown Distinguished Professor of Chemistry, Purdue University and Recipient of the 2010 Nobel Prize in Chemistry

June 14, 2012Ambassador Rust M. Deming, Adjunct Professor, Japan Studies, Johns Hopkins University and Former Director of the Office of Japanese Affairs

March 14, 2013Takeo Aoyama, EVP & General Manager, Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal U.S.A., Inc.

June 13, 2013Kulapat Yantrasast, Architect, Co-founder and Principal, wHY Architecture

June 12, 2014Dr. Yusuke Nakamura, Professor of Medicine, Section of Hematology/Oncology; Professor of Surgery & Deputy Director, Center for Personalized Therapeutics, The University of Chicago

C H A I R M E N / P R E S I D E N T S / H O N O R A R Y L I F E T I M E


1969: Mr. Kayoshi Togasaki, President of Rotary International

1971: Mr. Shiro Kashiwa, Assistant Attorney General of the United States

1972: Mr. Oliver Statler, Author-lecturer

1974: Robert S. Ingersoll, Deputy Secretary of State, US Department of State

1975: Robert S. Ingersoll, Former Ambassador of US to Japan, Deputy Secretary of State, US Department of State

1976: Frank Gibney, “1776-1868: Two Revolutions and their Descendents”

1977: The Honorable James D. Hodgso`n, Former US Ambassador to Japan

1978: His Excellency Fumihiko Togo, Japanese Ambassador to US

1979: The Honorable James R. Thompson, Governor of the State of Illinois

1980: Yoshio Okawara, Ambassador of Japan to the United States

1981: Ambassador Robert S. Ingersoll, recipient of The First Class Order of the Rising Sun

1982: The Honorable Michio Mizoguchi

1983: The Honorable Charles H. Percy

1984: Honorable Moriyuki Motono

1985: Professor Ezra F. Vogel, Harvard University

1986: Mr. James D. Robinson III, Chairman and CEO, American Express Co.

1987: Akio Morita, Chairman and CEO of Sony Corporation

1988: Mr. Stephen Wolf of UAL Corporation United Airlines, “Important Role of Corporate Citizenship in Enhancing and Stabilizing US-Japan Bilateral Relations”

1989: Mr. Scott E. Pardee, Chairman of Yamaichi International (America) Inc.

1990: Mr. Toshiaki Ogasawara, Chairman and Publisher of the Japan Times, Japan’s leading English language daily, “The United States and Japan: The Relationship in the Nineties”

1991: Honorable Takako Doi, Member of the Diet, Chairperson, Social Democratic Party of Japan, “Japan’s Role in the International Community”

1992: Takashi Oka, Senior Correspondent, Christian Science Monitor, “Japan and the United States: Non-military Power in the Post-Cold War Era”

1993: Ambassador of Japan to UN, the Honorable Yoshio Hatano, “Japan in the New United Nations”

1994: Dr. Koji Taira, Professor of Economics and Industrial Relations at the University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana, “Will the Rising Sun Set?”

1995: Ambassador Nicholas Platt, President, The Asia Society, “The United States and Japan in Asia”

1996: Mr. Noboru Hatakeyama, President of JETRO, “Friendly Advice to America from an Old Friend”

1997: Honorable Yoshio Okawara former Ambassador of Japan to US (1981-1985), “The Changing Context of US-Japan Relations”

1998: His Excellency Kunihiko Saito, Ambassador of Japan to the United States, “The Status of US-Japan Relations”

1999: Honorable Akiko Yamanaka, Member of Japanese Diet, “The Role of Women in Japanese Society”

2000: Honorable Shunji Yanai, Ambassador of Japan to the US.

2001: James Cantalupo, Vice Chairman and President of McDonald’s Corporation, “McDonald’s in Japan: Perspective on a Thirty Year Relationship”

2002: Honorable Ryozo Kato. Ambassador of Japan to the US, “Where did Japan go?”

2003: A special performance by Yukiko Ogura, Viola, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, and an instrumental medley by Yoko Noge & Jazz Me Blues

2004: Mutsuyoshi Nishimura, Ambassador of Japan to Mexico. Former Consul General of Japan at Chicago, “My Views on America”

2005: Guest chefs from United Airlines/Signature Room

2006: Dr. Lee Gurga. award-winning haiku poet and former editor of Modern Haiku, the oldest and most respected journal of haiku and haiku studies outside Japan. He is a past president of the Haiku Society of America.

2007: David W. Grzelak, Chairman and CEO, Komatsu America Corp. “Komatsu: Managing a Japanese Company in North America”

2008: Michael R. Lufrano, Senior Vice President, Community Affairs and General Counsel, Chicago Cubs. “The International Past Time: Traditions and Connections between Baseball, Japan and Wrigley Field.

2009: Dr. Kazuo Kawasaki, Design Director, Doctor of Medical Science, Professor of Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka University, Professor Emeritus at Nagoya City University. “Japanese Designs - From Eyeglasses to Artificial Organ Technology”

2010: Professor Theodore C. Bestor, Chair of the Department of Anthropology, Social Anthropology Program, Harvard University

2011: Ambassador Robert M. Orr, U.S. Executive Director to the Asian Development Bank. “The U.S.-Japan Relationship at the Asian Development Bank”.

2012: Ambassador Rust M. Deming, Adjunct Professor, Japan Studies, Johns Hopkins University and Former Director of the Office of Japanese Affairs

2013: Kulapat Yantrasast, Architect, Co-founder and Principal, wHY Architecture

2014: Dr. Yusuke Nakamura, Professor of Medicine, Section of Hematology/Oncology; Professor of Surgery & Deputy Director, Center for Personalized Therapeutics, The University of Chicago

K E Y N O T E S P E A K E R S


J A P A N E A R T H Q U A K E / T S U N A M I R E L I E F F U N D

$35,000Chicago Bears Football Club, Inc.

$12,500Barnes & Thornburg, LLP (Additional $12,500 donated to the Japan America Society of Indiana)

$11,456 Tatami Catering

$10,240 Human Thread

$10,000 Jason Foods Inc.

$9,848.40 Japonais Restaurant & Lounge

$6,411.09 Afternoon Green Tea Fundraiser

$5,000 Fresh Mark LeaderTech Systems of Chicago, Inc.

$4,692.50 Chicago White Sox

$4,261.33 Midwest Buddhist Temple

$3,000 Sumitomo Corporation of America Foundation

$2,887 Latin School of Chicago

$2,697 Woodland School District #50

$2,000 Matthew Ambrogi Investment Technology GroupMachiko Sullivan Herman & Elba Vela

$1,633 Madison Metropolitan School District

$1,600 Grissom Middle School International Women Associates

$1,500 Phalanx Capital Management LLC

$1,491“U.S. Tsubaki Holyoke, MA Employees”

$1,301 John Spry Community School $1,300 Segal McCambridge Singer and Mahoney, Ltd.

$1,291School of the Art Institute of Chicago & the Japan Relief Committee

$1,108Shigeru Tsuji

$1,070Lake View High School

$1,000American Foods Group Arrowsight, Inc. Celine Bendy Bill Buckner Catelli Brothers CFS North America Joyce Chelberg Clemens Family Corporation Cryovac Div., Sealed Air Corporation Ed Miniat, Inc.FPL Food, LLC Mr. & Mrs. Donald Hedberg J.H. Routh Packing Company Kayem Foods Kenosha Beef InternationalKunzler and Company Land O’ Frost Marlen International MIDCO Inc. Mr. & Mrs. Robert Nagle National Beef Packing Co., LLC Nippon Sharyo Manufacturing LLC Mr. & Mrs. Ralph NozakiOdom’s Tennessee Pride Sausage, Inc. Plumrose USA Rose Packing Company Seaboard Foods Segall Bryant & Hamill Shogun Japanese Steak House Alan Simon William A. Streff, Jr.The Metropolitan Club Fund at The Chicago Community Trust Mari Yamamoto Regnier

$970 U.S. Tsubaki Holdings, Inc.

WE WOULD LIKE TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE DONORS THAT PLEDGED $300+:

$230,715 AS OF JULY 10, 2014

We thank the below donors for joining us in the continued effort to help support the people of Japan. All those affected by these events will remain foremost in our thoughts and prayers.

To make a donation: www.jaschicago.org

100% of proceeds will go to The Japanese Red Cross

The Japan America Society of Chicago is a 501(c)(3) organization.All contributions are tax-deductible to the extent permitted by law.Thank you for your support!


$906 Lindsay Peigh

$838.78 Oakton Community College Japan Club

$753 Papillion La Vista School District

$700 Dundee Crown High School, DC One Heart

$695 Kannitha Sith, Career Builder SRG & Healthcare Zone

$681.58 Sweet Endeavors/Chocolatines

$666 St. John’s Lutheran Church

$600 Deerfield High School

$548.11 Ryoko Miyamoto

$500 Employees of Mizuho Corporate Bank, Ltd. Chicago Branch Ryutaro Furukawa Genieco, Inc. Marcia Goodman & Hiroyoshi Noto Nate Hutcheson & Saskia HofmanDavid D. Johnson Kengo Kaji Sueko Kawamura Mr. & Mrs. Dan Lory Mitsubishi International Corp. Belinda Morgan Moritani America Thomas PatanoStephen Rankin Associates David Boyce & Barbara Ricks Tomoegawa (U.S.A.), Inc. Trans American Medical Inc. William Westman

$462 Master Medical Supplies Inc.

$400 Anonymous St. Francis School District

$382 American Meat Institute Expo Japan Relief

$358 Sachi Nakamura

$350 Kreizelman Burton & Associates LLC Shunichiro Kishioka

$347 District Bar

$335 M&J Products and Las Caras Lindas of Chicago

$310 Beard Papa’s Chicago

$300Jeanne Cohen Cindy Fluxgold Marion Friebus-FlamanGreen Tree Products & Technologies LLC Steven G. Hashimoto Lida Kreidich Sandy Park WE WOULD LIKE TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE BELOW DONORS: Donna L. Adler Dubravka Aleksic Beth Allen Dwayne AllenSayuri Anderson Joyce Anderson Anonymous Mariana AranentaGen Asano Ashland Cold Storage Company Charles Ashley Mr. & Mrs. Mitsukuni Baba Marilyn BackeMeggan Banheim Charlene O. Baizer Bank of America Phyllis Barnum William Baumgarten Jack Beem Margaret Behling Naomi Berkove Jan & Jeff BerksonKeiko Bessho Best Friends Carmen Bodino Benita Boettner Meg Bonello Mr. & Mrs. Clyde O. Bowles, Jr. John Braden Margaret W. Brennan

Tim BridgmanKeith Bringe Walter BudzielekCarrie Buell Annette BufordJohn Bukacek Christine Bultinck Anderton Burke Marilyn Byrnes Graziella Cabrera Richard Campbell Mr. & Mrs. Gregory Campbell Sharon Cannon Sadie Castro Robert Center Challenger, Gray & Christmas, Inc. Ying-Chang Chen Chicago Federation of Musicians Kermin ChokBill Christensen Nancy L. Cleburn Denise Collins Kendon ConradSonia Cooke Agnes Cooper John Coxworth Sam Cremin Shane Crone Kikuko Cross John Cursio Arthur Cyr Diane Dahlberg Masayuki Daikuhara Robert & Julie Daly Alice Dan Tatjana Dankovic Florencio De Avila Nilo F. Del Rosario Yuko DeVito Donna DeVito William & Jane DeweyDiamond Lake Elementary School Diamond Lake Elementary School Student Council Paisly DiBianca Mr. & Mrs. Clyde Dickey Christa Donner Raymond Donner Patrick D’Onofrio Edward Dougal & Keiko Ishikawa Rosalie Carol Drechnik Sarah Duda Katharina Dunigan Judith A. Dyke Brian Eagles Betty Edgecombe Doris K. Endo




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