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Kazushi ambesenior Vice president, human resources, sony corporation of america

steve BernsteincEo, oppenheimer investments asia Ltd.senior Managing Director, oppenheimer & co. hong kong

Gregory a. Boyko*retired chairman & cEo, hartford Life international, Ltd.

jonathan e. colbyManaging Director, the carlyle group

Richard a. Druckerpartner, Davis polk & wardwell

Robert e. Fallonadjunct professor, columbia Business school

atsuko toko Fish

Masaaki Fujitapresident & cEo, Mitsui & co. (U.s.a.), inc.

carol Gluck*george sansom professor of history, columbia University

Maurice R. Greenbergchairman & cEo, c.V. starr & co., inc.

David W. Heleniak*senior advisor, investment Banking Division, Morgan stanley

nobuhiko ikurapresident & cEo, Nippon steel U.s.a., inc.

Merit e. janow*professor, international Economic Law & international affairsDirector, program in international Finance & Economic policy, columbia University

Robert a. Karrprincipal, joho capital, LLc

Frederick H. Katayamaanchor, thomson reuters

iwao Kimurasenior Vice president, toyota Motor North america, inc.

jonathan B. KindredcEo, Morgan stanley japan holdings co., Ltd.

Fumiya Kokubupresident & cEo, Marubeni america corporation

christopher j. LaFleurVice chairman, jpMorgan securities japan co., Ltd.

Richard s. Lanierpresident, asian cultural council

Marc B. LautenbachManaging partner, global Business services—North america,iBM corporation

alan s. MacDonald*chief client officer, Vice chairman, citibank, N.a.

jun Makiharachairman, Neoteny co., Ltd.

naoki Matsubapresident & cEo, Nomura holding america inc.

Deryck c. Maughan*Member, kohlberg kravis roberts & co.

satoru Murasepartner, Bingham Mccutchen Murase

toby s. Myersonpartner, paul, weiss, rifkind, wharton & garrison LLp

shinichi nishimiya**ambassador and consul general, consulate general of japan in New York

seiei onopresident & cEo, Mitsubishi international corporation

james H. Quigleychief Executive officer, Deloitte touche tohmatsu

james G. Wilders Reedchairman, Mizuho securities Usa inc.

Wilbur L. Ross, jr.*chairman, japan societychairman & cEo, wL ross & co. LLc

Motoatsu sakuraipresident, japan society(Ex officio)

timothy schiltpartner, Berens capital Management, LLc

Michihisa shinagawa*president & cEo, sumitomo corporation of america

Masako H. shinnpartner, graphis inc.

joshua n. solomonprincipal, New York city Department of Education

Howard stringerchairman, cEo & president, sony corporation

yoshihisa suzukipresident & cEo, itochU international inc.

Gary M. talarico*Former Managing Director, sun capital partners

Masaaki tanakaManaging Executive officer & cEo for the americas, the Bank of tokyo-Mitsubishi UFj, Ltd.

secRetaRy

susan j. onumapartner, kelley Drye & warren LLp

LiFe DiRectoRs

Henry a. McKinnell, jr.chairman, accordia global health FoundationFormer chairman of the Board & cEo, pfizer inc

jiro MuraseManaging partner, Bingham Mccutchen Murase

peter G. petersonFounder & chairman, peter g. peterson Foundationchairman Emeritus & co-Founder, the Blackstone group

Michael i. sovernpresident Emeritus and chancellor kent professor of Law, columbia University

paul a. VolckerFormer chairman of the Board of governors, Federal reserve system

HonoRaRy patRons

H.e. ichiro Fujisakiambassador of japan to the United states of america

H.e. shinichi nishimiyaambassador and consul general of japan in New York

H.e. yukio takasuambassador, permanent representative of japan to the United Nations

HonoRaRy DiRectoRs

Mary Griggs Burke

tatsuro Goto

Robert s. ingersoll†

William W. scranton

† Deceased August 2010

* Member of the Executive Committee ** Honorary Director

—As of June 30, 2010

japan society BoaRD oF DiRectoRs

executiVe coMMittee

Wilbur L. Ross, jr.chair

Gregory a. Boyko

carol Gluck

David W. Heleniak

Merit e. janow

alan s. MacDonald

Deryck c. Maughan

Michihisa shinagawa

Gary M. talarico

noMinatinG & coRpoRate GoVeRnance coMMittee

alan s. MacDonaldchair

Robert e. Fallon

Merit e. janow

Richard s. Lanier

jun Makihara

toby s. Myerson

yoshihisa suzuki

Finance coMMittee

Gregory a. Boykochair

carol Gluck

jun Makihara

seiei ono

james G. Wilders Reed

inVestMent coMMittee

Gary M. talaricochair

Robert a. Karr

jonathan B. Kindred

naoki Matsuba

timothy schilt

auDit coMMittee

satoru Murasechair

Richard a. Drucker

nobuhiko ikura

pRoGRaM coMMittee

Merit e. janowchair

Kazushi ambe

steve Bernstein

iwao Kimura

christopher j. LaFleur

Masako H. shinn

atsuko toko Fish

joshua n. solomon

Frederick H. Katayama

DeVeLopMent coMMittee

Deryck c. Maughanchair

iwao Kimura

toby s. Myerson

james H. Quigley

Masako H. shinn

ex-oFFicio MeMBeRs to aLL coMMittees:

Wilbur L. Ross, jr.

Motoatsu sakurai


japan society BoaRD coMMittees

“I love Japan Society. Where

else in America can you find so

much about Japan under one

roof: fine arts and pop enter-

tainment, nihon-go lessons,

hard-to-find flicks, and lectures

and panels on topics ranging

from financial regulation to the

super flat aesthetic of takashi

Murakami. And as a parent,

I appreciate the family events,

too. What’s more, it’s great

for networking.”

—Frederick H. Katayama, Anchor, thomson Reuters

Front cover: asobi seksu live at j-cation © Naomi ramirez.

Back cover (clockwise from bottom left): shodo student © satoru

ishikawa. children’s Day © george hirose. Yamamoto kyogen

© tom DiMauro. Utagawa kuniyoshi (1797–1861), Sakata Kaidomaru

Wrestles with a Giant Carp, about 1837, color woodblock, american

Friends of the British Museum (the arthur r. Miller collection)

21215. jamie Dimon, chairman of the Board and chief Executive

officer of jpMorgan chase & co., dialogues with the honorable

paul a. Volcker at the 2010 annual Dinner © satoru ishikawa.

Japan Society is an american nonprofit organization

supported by individuals, foundations and corporations

that brings the people of Japan and the united states

closer together through mutual understanding, appreci-

ation and cooperation. more than a hundred years after

the society’s founding in 1907, its goal remains the same—

the cultivation of a constructive, resonant and dynamic

relationship between the people of the u.s. and Japan.

www.JapanSociety.org

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preSident’S MeSSage

on June 9, 2010, Japan society welcomed wilbur l. ross, Jr. , chairman and ceo of

wl ross & co. llc, as our new chairman of the board. we extend our heartfelt

thanks to david w. heleniak, who served as interim chair and headed the search

committee responsible for mr. ross’s appointment.

this has been a busy and productive year for Japan society, with a full comple-

ment of lectures, symposia, exhibitions, performances, screenings, classes, family

events and business programs, focused on the very cutting edge of Japanese cul-

ture and society. a new, society-wide programming initiative galvanized the tal-

ent and energy of our entire staff to produce the day-and-night-long J-cation,

offering a taste of Japan to new yorkers of all ages. in the coming year, we will

be presenting more innovative and exciting programming of this kind. stay tuned!

2010 also marked two important anniversaries in the history of u.s.-Japan

relations. it was 150 years ago that Japan sent its first diplomatic mission

to the united states aboard the Kanrin Maru . and, 50 years ago, Japan and

the united states signed a new treaty of mutual cooperation and security,

enhancing stability and prosperity in east asia.

Japan society’s mission continues to be that of fostering cooperation and

understanding between the people of Japan and the united states. we do this

on many different levels, but we could not do so without your generous

support. thank you.

motoatsu sakurai

President, JaPan society

above, left to right: foyer and

murase room at j-cation.

© george hirose. children’s

day celebration © george

hirose. taiwan’s wc dance,

13th annual contemporary

dance showcase: Japan + east

asia. © tom di mauro. Page 1,

left to right: © peter aaron/

esto. © christine knorr/

Japan society.

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new initiativeSthanks to the 3,000 visitors who made

J-cation, Japan society’s first multi media

taste sensation open house, a huge

success! on april 10, 2010 there was a line

from 1st to 2nd avenue for this Japanese

food-themed day-through-night event

that literally filled the society’s theater,

gallery, classrooms and public spaces!

corporate Leadership sponsorship for j-cation was provided

by Mitsubishi international corporation and Kikkoman

corporation. additional corporate support was provided by

deloitte, nippon Steel U.S.a., inc. and the Bank of tokyo-

Mitsubishi UFJ, Ltd. additional funding was provided by

generous individual supporters.

the screening of Flavor of Happiness (Shiawase no Kaori) was

made possible through the generous support of all nippon

airways co., Ltd. drawing prize was provided by continental

airlines. Kuniyoshi Quizine and part of virtual Bento Box

contest prizes were provided by MUJi U.S.a., LiMited. part

of virtual Bento Box contest prize was provided by panasonic

corporation of north america, and canon U.S.a., inc.

Japan Society would like to thank the following for their gen-

erous in-kind contribution of time and products: asahi Shuzo

co., Ltd.; choux Factory; east Japanese restaurant; dainobu

U.S.a., inc.; ito en (north america) inc.; Kiteya Soho new

york; Kyotofu; Minamoto Kitchoan; aya ogawa; oms/b. the

Society would also like to acknowledge all the volunteers who

helped to make j-cation possible.

clockwise from top left: live at

Japan society—the brooklyn-based

dream-pop band asobi seksu.

© naomi ramirez. dancing at

the afterparty spun by dJ aki.

© naomi ramirez. j-lounge ©

george hirose. scrumptious snacks

and tasty treats for sale in the

lobby. © george hirose.

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ceLeBrationSin the fall, Japan society welcomed h.e. yukio hatoyama, the newly-elected prime

minister of Japan, with a luncheon in his honor.

the 2010 annual dinner was held on may 24, featuring a keynote address by Jamie

dimon, chairman & ceo, Jpmorgan chase & co., followed by a lively Q&a session

with the hon. paul a. volcker. the 2010 Japan society award recipient was yotaro

kobayashi, former chairman of the board, fuJi xerox co., ltd.

clockwise from facing page: guests at

the 2010 annual dinner. © satoru

ishikawa. Jamie dimon, chairman &

ceo, Jpmorgan chase & co. (right)

with Japan society chairman wilbur

l. ross, Jr. (left) and the hon. paul a.

volcker (center) at the 2010 annual

dinner. © satoru ishikawa. h.e. yukio

hatoyama, prime minister of Japan,

greets sir howard stringer, chairman,

president & ceo, sony corporation.

© ken levinson. members of the

orpheus chamber orchestra, featur-

ing ryu goto on violin, at a salon

concert for patrons of Japan society.

© george hirose.

8 2009–10 Japan society annual report audience-building 9

aUdience-BUiLding “the worLd haS BecoMe More

interconnected, MaKing reLationS

with Japan More reLevant

today than ever.”

—Japan society chairman wilbur l. ross, Jr. ,

speaking to the Wall street Journal at the time

of his appointment on June 9, 2010

partnerShipS

• in tokyo, three programs co-organized by Japan

society featured american social entrepreneurs

rosanne haggerty of common ground, bill

drayton of ashoka and JacQueline novogratz

of acumen fund.

• the innovators netWorK collaborated with

the shibusawa ei’ ichi memorial foundation on

meetings in new york for 8 emerging Japanese

business leaders to discuss business, philan-

thropy and entrepreneurial innovation.

• webcasting initiatives led to a partnership

with thomson/reuters.

• a two-year partnership with the new york city

museum school resulted in the creation of two

new courses about Japan, a full-scale Japanese

language program, and the inclusion of Japan

throughout the curriculum.

• Japan society’s MangaKa-in-residence hiroki

otsuka created saMurai BeaM , an original

manga begun on the opening of the exhibition

graPhic heroes, Magic Monsters , centered on a

teenager who comes to Japan society as part of

a school group and is literally drawn into the

artwork to save new york city from the multi-

tude of monsters marauding throughout

kuniyoshi’s prints. coMMUnity

in 2009–10, staff volunteers represented Japan society at:

• Japan day @ central park

• new york anime festival

• openhousenewyork weekend

• asian/pacific american heritage festival

• brooklyn botanic garden sakura matsuri

connectivity

• www.Japansociety.org has traffic of

approximately 50,000 visitors per month,

with a high of 70,000 (april 2010).

• Japan society ecalendars are sent out

free to 19,774 opt-in recipients.

• the education website, aBout JaPan:

a teacher’s resource (aboutJapan.Japan-

society.org) experienced excellent

growth in 2009, with over 285,000

visitors.

FoLLow Japan Society on:

• facebook: www.facebook.com/Japan-

society. more than 12,000 facebook fans

since may 2008

• youtube: www.youtube.com/user/

Japansocietynyc. over 800,000 youtube

views since may 2008, with an average

of 1 ,600 per day

• twitter: twitter.com/Japansociety.

twitter page has more than 4,000

followers since June 2009

• flickr: www.flickr.com

• tumblr: Japansociety.tumblr.com/

Japansocietynyc

• blogspot: Japansocietyny.blogspot.com

—stats as of June 30, 2010

2007 2008 2009 2010up to

July 31, 2010

29,112

33,180

43,750

54,328average nUMBer oF viSitorS per Month to www.JapanSociety.org

right, top to bottom: Japan day @ central park.

© yoko suzuki/Japan society. winners and host of

cosplay 2.0, Japan society’s 2nd annual onsite cosplay

party and costume competition. © george hirose.

opposite page: a cosplay contest Japan society held

at the new york anime festival drew a host of truly

special characters. © Japan society staff.

PROGRAMS 1110 2009–10 JAPAN SOCIETY ANNUAL REPORT

Corporate program

hOSTS PUbLIC ANd INvITATION-ONLY

PROGRAMS fOR ThE INTERNATIONAL

bUSINESS ANd POLICY COMMUNITY AbOUT

ThE PEOPLE ANd ISSUES ThAT dEfINE

U.S.-JAPAN RELATIONS IN A REGIONAL ANd

GLObAL CONTExT.

Japan Society wishes to thank the following corporations

for their generous support of the Corporate program:

global Leaders:

Citigroup Inc.

Continental airlines

Deloitte & touche, LLp

mizuho Securities USa

Corporate partner:

toyota motor North america, Inc.

additional support: all Nippon airways Co., Ltd.; american

airlines, Inc.; Canon USa, Inc.; Carnegie Council for ethics

in International affairs; Center for Strategic and Interna-

tional Studies; Center on Japanese economy and Business,

Columbia Business School; Cpa2Biz, Inc.; Daiwa Securities

america, Inc.; epstein Becker & green, p.C.; Freshfields

Bruckhaus Deringer US LLp; Hilton manhattan east; Institute

for International Socio-economic Studies; Japan airlines;

Japanese Chamber of Commerce and Industry of New York,

Inc.; Jetro New York; KDDI america, Inc.; Kelley Drye &

Warren LLp; Kintetsu International; Kikkoman Sales USa, Inc.;

Nikkei america, Inc.; Nikkei Business Publication; Nippon Life

Insurance Company of america; Nixon peabody LLp; Nomura

Holding america, Inc.; the old Field Vineyards; Salibello &

Broder LLp; U.S.-Japan research Institute; The Wall Street Jour-

nal; Westchester g.o. of New York Life; Women’s Bond Club.

Japan Society would also like to thank Yoko makino for her

generous support of the Corporate program.

Top to bottom: Taro Kono, Liberal democratic Party diet Mem-

ber, LdP deputy Secretary General, at his Japanese-language

lecture. © George hirose. Some of the many distinguished

panelists at “Japan-U.S. Security Treaty 50 Years On,” a discus-

sion about U.S.-Japan securities relations held on the 50th anni-

versary of the signing of the Japan-U.S. security agreement. Left

to right: Kent E. Calder, director, The Reischauer Center for East

Asian Studies, School of Advanced International Studies, Johns

hopkins University; Aki Mori, Research fellow, Policy Research

department, Ocean Policy Research foundation; hugh Patrick,

director, Center on Japanese Economy and business; Robert d.

Calkins Professor Emeritus of International business, Columbia

business School; Leif-Eric Easley, Ph.d. Candidate, harvard Uni-

versity department of Government. © Ken Levinson. U.S. Sena-

tor daniel Inouye gives his autograph to a well-wisher following

his lecture on challenges facing the U.S.-Japan relationship and

security in East Asia. © Ken Levinson.

Japan Society welcomed 15 new Corporate members this fiscal year, including Paulson & Co., Inc., J.C. Flowers & Co. LLC and Ripplewood Holdings, L.L.C.

U.S.-JapaN INNoVatorS NetWorK

IS A MULTIdISCIPLINARY NETwORK Of EMERGING

ANd ESTAbLIShEd INNOvATIvE LEAdERS COMMITTEd

TO CREATING A bETTER wORLd bY CONNECTING

PEOPLE ANd IdEAS ThROUGh NETwORK-bUILdING

ExChANGES, PRIvATE RETREATS, PUbLIC fORUMS

ANd LONG-TERM PROJECTS.

The U.S.-Japan Innovators Network

was assisted by grants from r&r

Consulting, Inc. and Yoko makino.

International transportation was

supported by Continental airlines

and all Nippon airways Co., Ltd. The

Network was also made possible in

part by Japan Society’s endowment

for policy projects.

the 2009 INET: Innovators Network

Entrepreneur Training was a collabora-

tion of Japan Society, the tokyo

Foundation, and the entrepreneurial

training for Innovative Communities

(etIC).

the tokyo workshop, Managing

Disaster Recovery: International Policy

and Practice, was generously funded

by the Japan Foundation Center for

global partnership.

Top to bottom: Jacqueline Novogratz, founder & CEO, Acumen

fund, spoke in Tokyo on “where the Market and Morality Intersect:

A New Approach to world Poverty.” Photo courtesy of Tokyo foun-

dation. International disaster recovery experts convene in Tokyo in

preparation for a workshop on managing disaster recovery. First row,

left to right: Ruri Kawashima, Tokyo Representative, Japan Society;

Laura Crommlin, Research Assistant, U.S. Studies Centre, University

of Sydney; Edward J. blakely, U.S. Studies Centre, University of

Sydney; Eugenia birch, University of Pennsylvania; haruo hayashi,

Kyoto University. Second row, left to right: Kazuyuki Sasaki, Assistant

Professor, Graduate School of Governance Studies, Meiji University;

Norio Maki, Associate Professor, disaster Prevention Research

Institute, Kyoto University; Satoshi hasegawa, director, The Japan

foundation Center for Global Partnership; Peter fisher, RMIT Univer-

sity; Roland Anglin, Rutgers University; Jed horne, former Editor, The

Times-Picayune; Richard voith, Senior vice President and Principal

of Econsult Corporation. Young social entrepreneurs from Japan

with leading American social entrepreneur, bill Strickland (center),

President & CEO, Manchester Craftmen’s Guild & the bidwell

Training Center. Among those shown are: Masayuki Yamanaka, CEO,

Japan Association for Educational Innovation (JAE); Shoji Akimoto/

Executive director, G-net; and. Chihiro Nishimoto/CEO, Japan Area

Management (JAM). © fumiko Miyamoto/Japan Society.

Historic preservation workshops at Japan Society led to an Innovators Network partner organization in Kyoto receiving a $250,000 grant to protect machiya (traditional townhouses).

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JapaN SoCIetY gaLLerY

IS AMONG ThE PREMIER INSTITUTIONS IN

ThE U.S. fOR ThE ExhIbITION Of JAPANESE

ART, PRESENTING MAJOR ExhIbITIONS EACh

SPRING ANd fALL.

Contributors to Japan Society exhibitions in 2009–10

were the e. rhodes & Leona B. Carpenter Foundation, an

anonymous foundation, Chris a. Wachenheim, the National

endowment for the arts, the Coby Foundation, Ltd., edward

and anne Studzinski, the Japan Foundation, the Blake-

more Foundation, the Japanese art Dealers association,

Furthermore: a program of the J. m. Kaplan Fund, Nippon

Steel U.S.a., Inc., the New York State Council on the arts, a

State agency, and the New York City Department of Cultural

affairs, in partnership with the City Council.

Clockwise from far left: Serizawa:

Master of Japanese Textile Design,

October 9, 2009–January 17,

2010. Serizawa Keisuke (1895–

1984), Entrance Curtain with Morn-

ing Glories, 1963. Stencil-dyed

hemp. Tohoku fukushi University

Serizawa Keisuke Art and Craft

Museum. Graphic Heroes, Magic

Monsters: Japanese Prints by

Utagawa Kuniyoshi from the Arthur

R. Miller Collection, March 12–

June 13, 2010. Utagawa Kuniyoshi

(1797–1861), Sakata Kaidomaru

Wrestles with a Giant Carp, about

1837. Color woodblock. American

friends of The british Museum

(The Arthur R. Miller Collection)

21215. BURIKI: Japanese Tin Toys

from the Golden Age of the Ameri-

can Automobile, The Yoku Tanaka

Collection, July 9–August 16, 2009.

Yonezawa Gangu, General Motors

Cadillac Eldorado Biarritz Convert-

ible, with Maguma Taishi, 1962.

Lithographed tinplate and plastic.

Yoku Tanaka Collection. Photo:

Tadaaki Nakagawa.

perFormINg artS program

INTROdUCES PERfORMERS fROM JAPAN’S CONTEMPORARY ANd

TRAdITIONAL SCENE IN MUSIC, dANCE ANd ThEATER, ANd

COMMISSIONS NON-JAPANESE PERfORMING ARTISTS TO CREATE

wORK ON JAPANESE ThEMES. MANY dISTINGUIShEd JAPANESE

ARTISTS hAvE PERfORMEd IN ThE SOCIETY’S 262-SEAT ThEATER

ANd ThROUGh SOCIETY-PROdUCEd U.S. TOURS.

major support for Japan Society 2009–10 performing arts programs was provided

by the Lila Wallace-reader’s Digest endowment Fund and the endowment for the

performing arts, established with leadership gifts from the Doris Duke Charitable

Foundation, the globus Family, Kyocera Corporation, the Starr Foundation and toyota

motor Corporation. the season was also supported, in part, by public funds from the

New York City Department of Cultural affairs, in partnership with the City Council;

and the New York State Council on the arts, a State agency. additional support was

provided by Dr. John K. gillespie, the Fan Fox and Leslie r. Samuels Foundation, Inc.,

the peter Jay Sharp Foundation, mr. and mrs. Norton Belknap, and paula S. Lawrence.

transportation assistance was provided by all Nippon airways Co., Ltd. plasma display

was provided by pioneer electronics (USa) Inc. Funding to Japan Society, Inc. was

provided by mid atlantic arts Foundation in partnership with the National endowment

for the arts through the american recovery and reinvestment act of 2009.

programs in 2009–10 were made possible by the map Fund, a program of Creative

Capital supported by the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation and the rockefeller

Foundation, the Japan Foundation through the Performing Arts JAPAN program, agency

for Cultural affairs, government of Japan, the tokyo metropolitan government , mid

atlantic arts Foundation, mrs. akio morita, mrs. Shigeru Inagaki, Sony Corporation,

the Jebediah Foundation, ms. Hiroko onoyama, the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation,

the Saison Foundation, the performing arts Fund, NL, the Consulate general of the

Netherlands in New York, asahi Beer arts Foundation, mr. ryozo Sakai, the Hon.

paul a. Volcker, Dr. and mrs. Carl F. taeusch II, the Nomura Cultural Foundation, the

Netherland-america Foundation, the ministry of Culture, Sports and tourism, republic

of Korea, Korea arts management Service, Korean Cultural Service, NY, Council for

Cultural affairs, roC taiwan, and the taipei Cultural Center of teCo in New York,

mr. Frank Lesher, robert e Dillon, and mr. mark Botterman. In-kind support was pro-

vided by restaurant Nippon, Soba Nippon, and aV Stumpfl gmbH, austria.

Clockwise from left: Jared Gradinger in Jeremy

wade’s there is no end to more. Alexander

Schröder and Jun Kim in Post Theater’s

Heavenly Bento. Yamamoto Yasutaro and

Yamamoto Noritoshi of Yamamoto Kyogen

in Moon-Viewing Blind Man. dj sniff of the

Amsterdam-based music laboratory STEIM.

All photos © Tom diMauro.

Graphic Heroes, Magic Monsters attracted more visitors to Japan Society than any pre-20th century exhibition of the last 25 years.

media sponsorship was provided by WNYC and Louise

Blouin media. transportation assistance was provided by

Japan airlines.

exhibitions at Japan Society are made possible in part by

the Lila Wallace-reader’s Digest endowment Fund, and the

Friends of the gallery. Japan Society also wishes to thank

the W.L.S. Spencer Foundation for its catalogue support.

gallery education programs for families and children are

made possible by the Freeman Foundation and Continental

airlines. additional support is provided by the Norinchukin

Foundation, Inc., Chris a. Wachenheim, Joshua N. Solomon,

Jon t. Hutcheson, Lesley Nan Haberman, Joshua S. Levine

and Nozomi terao, the milton and Sally avery arts Founda-

tion, Inc., and the New York City Department of Cultural

affairs, in partnership with the City Council.

“[A] Neverland of shattering space, ninja battles and princesses in need of saving.”

—The New York Times, on American choreographer Jeremy Wade’s there is no end to more, a Japan Society world premiere solo dance commission


FILm program

SCREENS A dIvERSE SELECTION Of JAPANESE

fILMS fROM CLASSICS TO CONTEMPORARY

INdEPENdENT PROdUCTIONS, INCLUdING

RETROSPECTIvES Of SEMINAL dIRECTORS,

ThEMATIC SERIES ANd SPECIAL SCREENINGS

Of INTERNATIONAL, U.S. ANd NY PREMIERES.

Japan Society’s 2009-10 Film programs were

generously supported by the Lila Wallace-

reader’s Digest endowment Fund and the globus

Family. additional support was provided by the

Japan Foundation, Yoshiko and tim Schilt, David

S. Howe, Dr. tatsuji Namba, elaine Sheng and

Samuel Jamier, Sapporo USa, Inc., UNIQLo, and

the New York State Council on the arts, a State

agency. media sponsorship was provided by

WNYC with media support by the Village Voice.

transportation assistance was provided by Japan

airlines. In-kind support was courtesy of pacific

International Liquor, Inc.

Above: Actor George Takei at the Q&A following

a special screening of Toyo’s Camera: Japanese

American History during WWII. © George

hirose. Top: director Isao Yukisada (Go, Parade);

Motoatsu Sakurai, President, Japan Society; and

actor Tatsuya fujiwara (Battle Royale, Death Note,

Parade) before the Night of the filmmakers Party

at JAPAN CUTS 2010. © Ayumi Sakamoto.

The fourth annual JAPAN CUTS Festival of Contemporary Japanese Cinema screened 24 feature films—the most in the festival’s history and the largest showcase of contemporary Japanese cinema globally in 2010— and attracted over 5,500 viewers.

Ayako wakao in Tattoo (Irezumi), the opening film

in the Globus Film Series Mad, Bad... & Dangerous

to Know: Three Untamed Beauties. © Kadokawa

Pictures, Inc.

LeCtUre program

ExPLORES ThE MOST vITAL ISSUES ANd

TRENdS IN JAPANESE CULTURE, bRINGING

TOGEThER LEAdING ThINKERS ANd PRACTI-

TIONERS TO PROvIdE PROvOCATIvE dISCUS-

SIONS ON dIvERSE TOPICS INCLUdING SOCIAL

ISSUES, AESThETICS, CUISINE, CONSUMER

CULTURE ANd TEChNOLOGY.

2009–10 arts & Culture Lecture programs were

made possible by funding from the Lila Wallace-

reader’s Digest endowment Fund and toto USa,

Inc. Japan airlines was the exclusive Japanese

airlines sponsor of Lecture programs at Japan

Society. Continental airlines was the exclusive

U.S. airlines sponsor of Lecture programs at Japan

Society. additional support was provided by Chris a.

Wachenheim, and the Sandy Heck Lecture Fund.

Above: Left to right, Japan’s domestic

goddess harumi Kurihara, daisy Martinez,

host of food Network’s Viva Daisy! and

entertainment expert Karen bussen discuss

easy and elegant ways to host home gather-

ings. © George hirose. Right: Multimedia

artist Laurie Anderson and artist hiroshi

Sugimoto talk about their approaches to

creativity at “Remembrance of Things Real &

Imagined,” part of the New Yorker/Nihonjin:

Contemporary Cross-Cultural Dialogues series.

© Satoru Ishikawa.

The Green Japan lecture series, sponsored by TOTO USA, presented four programs on featured topics from policy to the bath culture of Japan.

bobby valentine, former manager

of the Chiba Lotte Marines, speaks

about his experience as one of the

most successful baseball managers

at “Talkin’ baseball with bobby

valentine.” © George hirose.


eDUCatIoN program

SPARKS INTEREST IN JAPAN ThROUGh A SUITE Of

fAMILY, SChOOL ANd EdUCATOR PROGRAMS. AN

INTERACTIvE wEbSITE, AbOUTJAPAN: A TEAChER’S

RESOURCE, PROvIdES CLASSROOM TOOLS TO

ENGLISh-SPEAKERS ThROUGhOUT ThE wORLd.

AbOUTJAPAN.JAPANSOCIETY.ORG

education programs were made possible by generous funding

from the Freeman Foundation. generous support for education

programs was also provided by Continental airlines. additional

support was provided by the Norinchukin Foundation, Inc.,

Chris a. Wachenheim, Joshua N. Solomon, Jon t. Hutcheson,

Lesley Nan Haberman, Joshua S. Levine and Nozomi terao,

the milton and Sally avery arts Foundation, Inc., and the New

York City Department of Cultural affairs, in partnership with

the City Council. Continental airlines was the exclusive airline

sponsor of Japan Society’s educators’ Study tour to Japan.

Clockwise from far left:

Teenage participants in

the two-week summer

workshop A*NI*ME:

Japanese Animation

Production work closely

with scriptwriter dai

Sato to produce original

animated shorts. ©

Kazuko Minamoto/

Japan Society. Survivors

of the 1945 atomic

bombings of hiroshima

share their experiences

with high school stu-

dents studying world

war II, in an event that

was also webcast live

and viewed worldwide.

© George hirose. Ten

educators pose in front

of Kinkaku-ji in Kyoto

as part of the 2009

Educators’ Study Tour

to Japan; highlights

included homestays,

visits to public pre-K

through high schools,

and meetings with

atomic bomb survivors

and political leaders.

© Japan Society.

Japan’s Yomiuri, Asahi and Mainichi newspapers covered a discussion by atomic bomb survivors Masahiro Sasaki and Tsugio Ito with teachers on the 2009 Educators’ Study Tour to Japan.

toYota LaNgUage CeNter

OffERS 12 COMPREhENSIvE LEvELS Of JAPANESE AS wELL

AS SPECIALIzEd COURSES ANd wORKShOPS, INCLUdING

ShOdO (JAPANESE CALLIGRAPhY), fOUR LEvELS Of ENGLISh

CONvERSATION (ESL) ANd A JAPANESE LANGUAGE TEAChER

TRAINING PROGRAM.

Support for Japan Society’s

Language Center was provided,

in part, by mr. mark F. goldfield

and ms. mary e. Hatch, and

mr. William Laurent.

Clockwise from left: A shodo

student shows off her work.

Students find a moment to laugh

together in a mid-level Japanese

language class. Language Center

instructor Keiko hammer. All

photos © Satoru Ishikawa.

“Japanese in Anime,” a new intermediate-level language class, was developed to teach Japanese language and culture through anime and manga.

C.v. STARR LIbRARY CONTAINS

APPROxIMATELY 14,000 vOLUMES ON

JAPAN ANd U.S.-JAPAN RELATIONS,

PRIMARILY IN ENGLISh. USE Of ThE

LIbRARY IS LIMITEd TO JAPAN

SOCIETY MEMbERS ANd TOYOTA

LANGUAGE CENTER STUdENTS

support 1918 2009–10 JApAN soCIEtY ANNuAL rEport

Japan Society SupporterS

JuLY 1 , 2009–JuNE 30, 2010

$200,000 and above

Blanchette Hooker rockefeller Fund

Citi

Deloitte

the Freeman Foundation

Mizuho securities usA Inc.

$100,000 and above

All Nippon Airways Co., Ltd.

Continental Airlines

Japan Airlines

toyota Motor North America, Inc.

WNYC

WL ross & Co. LLC

$50,000 and above

Canon u.s.A., Inc.

Chartis

E. rhodes & Leona B. Carpenter Foundation

the Japan Foundation Center for Global partnership

JpMorgan Chase

the Leonard and Evelyn Lauder Foundation

Mitsubishi International Corporation

Mitsui & Co. (u.s.A.), Inc.

paulson & Co., Inc.

Yoshiko and tim schilt

sony Corporation of America

Edward and Anne studzinski

sumitomo Corporation of America

Yasko tashiro and thierry porté

Mr. Chris A. Wachenheim

Anonymous

$25,000 and above

the Bank of tokyo-Mitsubishi uFJ, Ltd.

Bingham McCutchen Murase

Bloomberg

Daiwa Capital Markets America Holdings Inc.

Dentsu Holdings usA, Inc.

the Estée Lauder Companies Inc.

the Globus Family

ItoCHu International, Inc.

J.C. Flowers & Co. LLC

the Japan Foundation

Kelley Drye & Warren LLp

the MAp Fund, a program of Creative Capital

supported by the Doris Duke Charitable

Foundation and the rockefeller Foundation

Marubeni America Corporation

Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation

Morgan stanley

National Endowment for the Arts

New York City Department of Cultural Affairs

New York state Council on the Arts

Nippon steel u.s.A., Inc.

Nomura America Foundation

pfizer Inc

Masako and Jim shinn

thomson reuters

the W.L.s. spencer Foundation

Xerox Corporation

Anonymous

$15,000 and above

the Coby Foundation, Ltd.

Davis polk & Wardwell LLp

Debevoise & plimpton LLp

E.I. du pont de Nemours & Company

Fujisankei Communications International, Inc.

Goldman, sachs & Co.

IBM Corporation

Kohlberg Kravis roberts & Co.

KpMG LLp

Jun Makihara and Megumi oka

Nomura Holding America Inc.

NYsE Euronext

paul, Weiss, rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLp

ripplewood Holdings, L.L.C.

sojitz Corporation of America

toto usA, Inc.

$10,000 and above

Advantage partners, LLp

Mr. robert Amory

raphael and Jane Bernstein

Mr. steven A. Bernstein

the Blackstone Charitable Foundation

the Blakemore Foundation

Brother International Corporation

Carnegie Corporation of New York

Mr. Jonathan E. Colby

Consulate General of Japan

“Through its programs and networking opportunities, Japan Society provides the perfect forum for business and policy leaders to exchange views on a range of issues critical to doing business in a global economy.”

—Dr. Jeffrey Shafer, Vice Chairman, Global Banking, Citi

“Not only is Japan Society one of New York City’s most vibrant cultural organizations, it also offers unique business programming and unparalleled opportunities for Japanese and American business leaders to meet and explore issues of mutual concern.”

—Iwao Kimura, Senior Vice President, Toyota Motor North America, Inc.

J. Christopher Flowers,

Chairman & Managing

Director, J.C. Flowers & Co.

LLC, speaks to a corporate

luncheon audience.

© Ken Levinson.

20 2009–10 JApAN soCIEtY ANNuAL rEport support 21

Mr. richard A. Drucker

Epstein Becker & Green, p.C.

Mr. robert E. Fallon

the Fan Fox and Leslie r. samuels Foundation, Inc.

Ms. Atsuko toko Fish

Dr. John K. Gillespie

Mr. Maurice r. Greenberg

Mr. David W. Heleniak

Hitachi America, Ltd.

Mrs. shigeru Inagaki

Japanese Art Dealers Association

Kikkoman Corporation

Mr. Jonathan B. Kindred

Mr. Alan s. MacDonald

Ms. Yoko Makino

sir Deryck Maughan

the McGraw-Hill Companies

Milbank, tweed, Hadley & McCloy LLp

Mitsubishi uFJ securities (usA), Inc.

Mori Building Co., Ltd.

Mrs. Akio Morita

Jiro Murase, Esq.

satoru Murase, Esq.

Mr. toby s. Myerson

Nixon peabody LLp

the Norinchukin Foundation

Ntt DoCoMo usA, INC.

panasonic Corporation of North America

the Honorable peter G. peterson

Mr. James H. Quigley

Mr. James G. Wilders reed

rockefeller Financial

the rockefeller Group

Mr. Wilbur L. ross, Jr.

s3 partners, LLC

sidley Austin LLp

skadden, Arps, slate, Meagher & Flom LLp

sullivan & Cromwell LLp

sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation

tiger Asia Management L.L.C.

tokio Marine Management, Inc.

toshiba America, Inc.

toyota tsusho America, Inc.

$5,000 and above

Mr. and Mrs. ronald J. Anderson

Bank of Japan

Mark steven Barres

Mr. and Mrs. Lewis W. Bernard

the Carlyle Group

the Depository trust & Clearing Corporation

Dewey & LeBoeuf LLp

Joe Earle and Charlotte Knox

Eisai usA Foundation, Inc.

Ernst & Young LLp

Furthermore: a program of the J. M. Kaplan Fund

Indus Capital partners, LLC

Ito EN (North America) INC.

sebastian and Mieko Izzard

JEtro New York

KDDI America, Inc.

Konica Minolta Business solutions u.s.A., Inc.

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries America, Inc.

Mitsui Fudosan America, Inc.

Mizuho Corporate Bank, Ltd.

Morrison & Foerster LLp

Nikkei America, Inc.

NYK Line (North America) Inc.

Ms. Hiroko onoyama

poten & partners, Inc.

the saison Foundation

sapporo usA, Inc.

Mr. Michael I. sovern

sir Howard stringer

tBs International, Inc.

uNIQLo

$2,500 and above

4Kids Entertainment, Inc.

Ajinomoto u.s.A., Inc.

Aladdin Capital Management LLC

Aozora Bank, Ltd.

Asahi Breweries, Ltd.

Asahi shimbun America, Inc.

Asian Century Quest Capital, LLC

Asian Cultural Council

Becker, Glynn, Melamed & Muffly LLp

Berkshire Capital securities LLC

Brunswick Group LLC

Central Japan railway Company

Consulate General of the Kingdom of the Netherlands

Daikin u.s. Corporation

Development Bank of Japan, Inc.

DNp Corporation usA

East Japan railway Company

Margot paul Ernst

Fox rothschild LLp

Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLp

Fuji Industries Corporation

Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.

FuJIFILM Holdings America Corporation

Fujitsu Limited, New York office

Mr. Vartan Gregorian

J.C.C. Fund of the Japanese Chamber of Commerce

and Industry of New York, Inc.

Merit E. Janow

Japan Bank for International Cooperation

Japan Local Government Center

JFE steel America, Inc.

Jiji press America, Ltd.

JtB usA, Inc.

Kajima u.s.A. Inc.

Kaneka America LLC

Machiko Kashiwagi and thomas Bingham

Kawasaki Heavy Industries (usA), Inc.

Kikkoman sales usA, Inc.

Kinokuniya Bookstores of America Co., Ltd.

Kobe steel usA Inc.

Kodansha usA Inc.

richard and Mary Lanier

Dr. stephen J. and Michiko Levine

Mrs. Karen L. McDonald

Meiji Yasuda America Incorporated

Milberg LLp

Joan B. Mirviss

Mitsubishi Gas Chemical America, Inc.

Mitsubishi rayon America Inc.

Mitsubishi uFJ trust and Banking Corporation

Mitsui Zosen (u.s.A.) Inc.

Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLp

NEC Corporation of America

the Netherland-America Foundation

NHK General Bureau for America

Nippon Life Group

the Nomura Cultural Foundation

the Norinchukin Bank

okaya (u.s.A.), Inc.

orient Corporation of America

orIX usA Corporation

pillsbury Winthrop shaw pittman LLp

protiviti Inc.

“We are always impressed with the excellence of

Japan Society’s corporate events. The topics are

very unique and up-to-date, with a variety of great

speakers providing me with interesting and valuable

insights of leading figures in the world. We are very

honored to be a member of Japan Society for many

years and look forward to participating more.”

—Iwaaki Taniguchi, President, Takeda America Holdings, Inc.

“Japan Society’s activities increase our knowledge and enrich our senses.”

—Daijiro Miyazaki, member since 2005

Michael romano, Chef/

partner of union square

Café and Chief of Culi-

nary Development, union

square Hospitality Group,

with Martha stewart at

the opening night recep-

tion for the Gallery exhi-

bition Serizawa: Master

of Japanese Textile Design.

© George Hirose.


prudential Financial, Inc.

r&r Consulting

ricoh Americas Holdings, Inc.

Mr. David rockefeller

ropes & Gray LLp

saatchi & saatchi

Mrs. Arthur M. sackler

Mr. and Mrs. Motoatsu sakurai

salans LLp

salibello & Broder LLp

sEIKo Corporation of America

shiseido Cosmetics America

smithfield Foods International Group

suntory International Corp.

takeda America Holdings, Inc.

toray Industries (America), Inc.

tV Asahi America, Inc.

the Honorable paul A. Volcker

Wacoal America, Inc.

Jack and susy Wadsworth

the Yomiuri shimbun

$2,000 and above

Diane and Arthur Abbey

shin and Maho Abe

Association of performing Arts presenters

Dr. and Mrs. Frederick Baekeland

Walter and Margurite Bopp

Mr. Gregory A. Boyko

Henry and Gilda Buchbinder Family

the Capital Group Companies, Inc.

Ms. Barbara Bertozzi Castelli

pilar Conde and Alfonso Lledo-perez

peggy and richard M. Danziger

Anne Delaney

Kurt A. Gitter M.D. and Alice Yelen

professor Carol Gluck

Mr. Mark F. Goldfield and Ms. Mary E. Hatch

Mr. Jon Hutcheson

Institute for International socio-Economic studies

(IIsE)

JtB Cultural Exchange Corporation

Joshua s. Levine and Nozomi terao

Mark and Elizabeth Levine

rosemarie and Leighton r. Longhi

Dr. and Mrs. robert W. Lyons

Mika Gallery

Milton and sally Avery Arts Foundation

Mr. Naoto Nakagawa

Klaus F. Naumann

Marjorie G. Neuwirth

Halsey and Alice North

shelly and Lester richter

shelley and Donald rubin

tsuneko and shoji sadao

Mr. ryozo sakai

Fredric t. schneider

Ms. Gail Garfield schwartz

snider Family Fund

David solo

Dr. Joshua N. solomon

Mr. Michael sonnenfeldt

Mr. and Mrs. Jonathan D. twombly

Mr. and Mrs. Cor van den Heuvel

Marie-Helene Weill

roger L. Weston

richard and Judy Wood

Mr. Hisashi Yamada †

Anonymous (2)

$1,000 and above

the Argus Fund

Dr. and Mrs. roy Ashikari

Mr. and Mrs. Norton Belknap

Mr. Graeme Birchall

Ms. reiko Braun

Mrs. Kiyoko ohata Brown

Mary Griggs Burke

Mrs. Bettina L. Burr

coachA co, ltd.

Ms. Nancy B. Fessenden

Maxwell Gimblett

Ms. Dessa Goddard

Ms. June omura Goldberg

Mr. Alexander Gorlin

tomoko Hamada-Dougan

Ms. susan Heck

C. steven Horn

Mr. David s. Howe

Lewis Hyde

Johnson & Johnson

Mr. shigesuke Kashiwagi

Mr. Frederick H. Katayama

Mr. Iwao Kimura

Barbara Ann Klein

Mr. Koichi Komatsu

Mr. William Laurent

Mr. Martin Lipton

satoko Miyake and Aaron Nir

Mr. Koichi Mochizuki

Moody’s Investors service

Gary s. Moriwaki, Esq.

Etsuko o. Morris

Dr. tatsuji Namba

Nikkei Business publications, Inc.

Mr. Mark o’Friel

Indre and Justin rockefeller

Mr. richard royce

Elaine sheng and samuel Jamier

Mr. Michihisa shinagawa

Mr. and Mrs. Howard solomon

Mr. randall I. stempler

Brian sweeney

Dr. and Mrs. Carl F. taeusch II

Nora and David tezanos

Mr. and Mrs. Dean r. thacker

Mr. tadao uchida

Mr. ryoichi ueda

united states-Japan Foundation

Ms. Yuko Yamagishi

Anonymous

$500 and above

Ms. Julie Azuma

Mr. stephen M. Baker

Marc and sara Benda

Mr. James G. Benedict

Harry Bergoef

Mr. terry Brykczynski and Ms. Andrea L. Miller

Mr. Jeffrey Catanzaro

Mr. Kenneth Cowin

the Criterion Collection and Janus Films

Ms. susan Dentzer

Mr. Fred Eychaner and Mr. Yang Guo

Dr. William r. Farrell

Lynette Frey

Gerald r. Gilboe and paulette V. ricard

Laurel Gonsalves

Mr. Henry B. Gutman

Jan Hashey and Yasuo Minagawa

Ms. taryn Higashi and Mr. Ivan Zimmerman

robert Glenn Hubbard

Mr. Mark Jackson

Miss Hee Jung Kang

Mr. Dayan Kazi

Mr. tom Kouba

Yumi Mera Kuwana

Ms. paula s. Lawrence

Mr. Frank Lesher

John Lipsky and Zsuzsanna Karasz

Ms. Maria p. Markowitz

Ms. Katherine E. Martin

Dr. Henry A. McKinnell, Jr.

Mr. Francis W. Mettrick

Ms. robbi L. Miller

MuJI u.s.A. Limited

Ms. Nobuko C. Narita

Mrs. Eliot C. Nolen

Mr. John F. Norris

susan J. onuma, Esq.

Mr. Michael N. reynnells

Mr. Michael romano

sakagura

Mr. Jean-pierre sakey

Mr. Charles saunders

Dr. Ling Yu shih

Mr. steve smigie

the starr Foundation

Mr. steven s. stuart

Mr. Bryan suchanyc

Mr. Hiroshi tsuyuki

upstate History Alliance

Mr. Grant Vingoe

Mr. Daniel Wislocki

World Economic Forum

Ms. Masako Dempo Yuki

Anonymous

† Deceased

Left to right: representatives from

program sponsor toto usA, Inc.

join architect shigeru Ban (second from

left), musician and composer ryuichi

sakamoto (third from left), and artist

Mariko Mori (third from right), at a

special reception following a lecture.

© George Hirose.


circle of friends

John d. rockefeller 3rd circle


Dr. John K. Gillespie

the Globus Family

Ms. Yoko Makino



Chris A. Wachenheim

leadership circle


Mark steven Barres

Lewis W. Bernard


sebastian and Miki Izzard

benefactor circle


shin and Maho Abe


Japanese Art Department, Bonhams North America

Marguerite and Walter Bopp

Henry and Gilda Buchbinder

Barbara Bertozzi Castelli



Anne Delaney

Margot p. Ernst

tom and Jody Gill

Kurt A. Gitter, M.D. and Alice Yelen

Mr. Mark F. Goldfield and Mrs. Mary E. Hatch

Yuko Hosomi and Koichi Yanagi


Joshua s. Levine and Nozomi terao


Dr. stephen and Michiko Levine



Joan B. Mirviss

Klaus F. Naumann



Wakako ohara

Hiroko onoyama

Alex B. pagel


shelley and Donald rubin


Mr. and Mrs. Motoatsu sakurai


Gail Garfield schwartz

Mr. and Mrs. stephen A. simon

snider Family Fund

David solo

Michael sonnenfeldt

Erik and Cornelia thomsen

Mr. and Mrs. Jonathan D. twombly



Marie-Helene Weill

roger L. Weston


Anonymous (2)

patron circle

Dr. and Mrs. roy Ashikari

Mr. and Mrs. Norton Belknap

Mr. Graeme Birchall

Ms. reiko Braun

Mrs. Kiyoko ohata Brown

Mary Griggs Burke

Mrs. Bettina Burr

Beatrice Lei Chang

Judith Dowling

Nancy B. Fessenden

Judith Dowling

June o. Goldberg

Lesley Nan Haberman

Mrs. seiji Hatakeyama

Ms. susan Heck

Mr. David s. Howe

Mr. Jon Hutcheson

Ms. Kaori Kawazu

Barbara Ann Klein

steven W. Kroeter

Mr. William Laurent

Mr. Martin Lipton

Mika Gallery

satoko Miyake and Aaron Nir

Etsuko o. Morris

Mr. Naoto Nakagawa

Dr. tatsuji Namba

Mr. Mark o’Friel

ota Fine Arts

Frederic A. sharf

Elaine sheng and samuel Jamier

Mr. and Mrs. Howard solomon

Mr. randall I. stempler

Dr. and Mrs. Carl F. taeusch II

Her Imperial Highness princess takamado

Nora and David tezanos

Mr. and Mrs. Dean r. thacker

Mr. tadao uchida

Ms. Yuko Yamagishi

friends of Japan society Gallery

honorary chair

Her Imperial Highness princess takamado

co-chairs

Margot paul Ernst

Masako shinn

John d. rockefeller 3rd circle


Ms. Yoko Makino



Chris A. Wachenheim

leadership circle



sebastian and Mieko Izzard

benefactor and patron circles


shin and Maho Abe


Japanese Art Department, Bonhams North America

Marguerite and Walter Bopp

Henry and Gilda Buchbinder

Mary Griggs Burke

Barbara Bertozzi Castelli

Beatrice Lei Chang



Judith Dowling

Nancy B. Fessenden

tom and Jody Gill

Kurt A. Gitter, M.D. and Alice Yelen

Mrs. seiji Hatakeyama

Yuko Hosomi and Koichi Yanagi



Dr. stephen and Michiko Levine



Mika Gallery

Joan B. Mirviss

Klaus F. Naumann



Wakako ohara

ota Fine Arts

Alex B. pagel




Gail Garfield schwartz

Frederic A. sharf

Mr. and Mrs. stephen A. simon

snider Family Fund

David solo

Michael sonnenfeldt

Erik and Cornelia thomsen



Marie-Helene Weill

roger L. Weston


Anonymous (2)

Left to right: Japan society

Board member Fred

Katayama, Artistic Director

Yoko shioya, Friend of

the Gallery Erik thomsen

and Film program sponsor

steve Globus at the

New Year’s Celebration.

© George Hirose.


50%

11%

10%

14%

15%

Japan Society Support fy 2010

corporations

rentals & tuition

ticket sales & fees

Grants

individuals

We thank our diverSe community of SupporterS and invite you to Join uS!

individual memberSBENEFIt FroM FrEE ADMIssIoN to our GALLErY, EXCLusIVE ACCEss to MEMBEr

EVENts AND spECIAL oFFErs, AND DIsCouNts oN ALL FILMs, LECturEs, CLAssEs

AND pErForMANCEs tHrouGHout tHE YEAr.

circle of friendSpLAY AN IMportANt roLE IN supportING our

VIBrANt AND VArIED proGrAMMING. rECEIVE

INVItAtIoNs to EXCLusIVE EVENts, NEtWorKING

opportuNItIEs AND ACCEss to ArtIsts, sCHoLArs

AND otHEr IMportANt FIGurEs IN tHE u.s.-JApAN

rELAtIoN sCENE.

friendS of the GallerypArtICIpAtE IN prIVAtE GALLErY EXHIBItIoN

VIEWINGs, CoLLECtIoN VIsIts AND ArtIst stuDIo

trIps As pArt oF tHIs Group WItH A spECIAL

pAssIoN For JApANEsE Art.

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opportuNItIEs, As WELL As EXCLusIVE ACCEss to BusINEss AND poLICY

LEADErs, AND uNIQuE BENEFIts For EMpLoYEEs.

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Above: Actor Daichi Watanabe (center) with fans after

a screening of Oh, My Buddha. © Ayumi sakamoto.

Japan Society by the numberS:

150 corporate members

2,157 individual members

45 corporations that have been corporate members for 30 years or more

277 individuals who have been individual members for 20 years or more

667 attendees at the 2010 Japan society annual dinner

“I will be a member for life!”—Raymond Pesce, member since 2005

foundation and Government GrantSGrANts FroM FouNDAtIoN AND GoVErNMENt

AGENCIEs proVIDE CrItICAL support For

JApAN soCIEtY’s proGrAMs.

“Japan Society is a unique organization that brings together top business leaders and policymakers to discuss meaningful issues. Any company with business in Japan, or any company that wants to do business in Japan, will find corporate membership in Japan Society invaluable.”

—Jeffrey Hayman, Chief Administrative Officer, Chartis (former CEO, Chartis Far East Holdings, Tokyo, Japan)

28 2009–10 JApAN soCIEtY ANNuAL rEport FINANCIAL stAtEMENt 29

Japan Society, inc.Statement of activitieS

YEAr ENDED JuNE 30, 2010 (WItH suMMArIZED totALs For YEAr ENDED JuNE 30, 2009)

support and revenue

Contributions, grants and membership

revenues from functions and activities

Allocated investment income

special events, net of direct expenses

Net assets released from restrictions

total support and revenue

operating expenses

program services

Lectures

Corporate

policy

Membership

Film center

performing arts

Gallery

Communications

Digital media

Language education

Fellowships and exchanges

Educational outreach

Japan society shop

total program services

supporting services

General

Development

total supporting services

total expenses

Excess (deficiency) of revenue over expenses from operations

non-operating income (loss)

total investment return, net of allocation to operations

Increase (decrease) in net assets

Net assets (deficit), beginning of the year

net assets (deficit), end of year

$1,779,652

1,130,543

3,457,094

1,050,684

1,531,088

8,949,061

120,960

426,704

373,944

108,138

206,212

871,032

1,955,802

493,598

258,162

803,847

85,058

550,777

143,564

6,397,798

2,279,997

792,514

3,072,511

9,470,309

(521,248)

1,197,406

676,158

(3,874,994)

$(3,198,836)

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—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

19,304,862

$19,304,862

$1,779,652

1,130,543

3,457,094

1,050,684

1,531,088

8,949,061

120,960

426,704

373, 944

108,138

206,212

871,032

1,955,802

493,598

258,162

803,847

85,058

550,777

143,564

6,397,798

2,279,997

792,514

3,072,511

9,470,309

(521,248)

1,197,406

676,158

15,429,868

$16,106,026

$1,640,479

—

54,966

—

(1,531,088)

164,357

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

164,357

—

164,357

3,184,451

$3,348,808

$1,229

—

—

—

—

1,229

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

1,229

—

1,229

42,695,921

$42,697,150

$3,421,360

1,130,543

3,512,060

1,050,684

—

9,114,647

120,960

426,704

373,944

108,138

206,212

871,032

1,955,802

493,598

258,162

803,847

85,058

550,777

143,564

6,397,798

2,279,997

792,514

3,072,511

9,470,309

(355,662)

1,197,406

841,744

61,310,240

$62,151,984

$3,750,920

1,548,359

4,441,250

777,246

—

10,517,775

117,074

592,367

468,493

183,424

295,051

1,397,670

2,181,779

573,882

296,749

845,077

213,454

716,929

362,012

8,243,961

2,671,710

873,768

3,545,478

11,789,439

(1,271,664)

(31,240,184)

(32,511,848)

93,822,088

$61,310,240

assets

Cash and cash equivalents

Investments

Contributions and grants receivable

other receivables and assets

Land, building and equipment, net

total assets

liabilities and net assets

Liabilities

Accounts payable and accrued liabilities

Deferred membership revenue

total liabilities

Net assets

unrestricted

operating (deficit)

Board-designated

total unrestricted

temporarily restricted

permanently restricted

total net assets

total liabilities and net assets

$713,100

53,753, 787

449,962

279,589

7,572,429

$62,768, 867

$379,120

237,763

616,883

(3,198,836)

19,304,862

16,106,026

3,348,808

42,697,150

62,151,984

$62,768,867

$91,366

52,367,352

731,487

442,445

8,323,953

61,956,603

$440,380

205,983

646,363

(3,874,994)

19,304,862

15,429,868

3,184,451

42,695,921

61,310,420

$61,956,603

Japan Society, inc.Statement of financial poSition

June 30, 2009June 30, 2010

total 2009total 2010

unrestricted board

desiGnatedpermanently

restrictedtemporarily

restricted

unrestricted operatinG

unrestricted total

30 2009–10 JApAN soCIEtY ANNuAL rEport

Above left, clockwise from top: © tom DiMauro; © George Hirose; © satoru Ishikawa; © Kazuko

Minamoto/Japan society; © Ayumi sakamoto. Above right, clockwise from top: © Japan society;

serizawa Keisuke (1895–1984), Kimono with Pattern Imitating Dripping Glaze, 1962, stencil-dyed

banana-bark cloth, tohoku Fukushi university serizawa Keisuke Art and Craft Museum; photo

courtesy of tokyo Foundation.

Top © George Hirose; bottom © Ken Levinson.

31

32 2009–10 JApAN soCIEtY ANNuAL rEport

executive

motoatsu Sakuraipresident

eileen del rosarioExecutive Assistant

corporate, policy & lecture proGramS

christopher postonDirector, Corporate, policy & Lecture programs

betty bordenDirector, policy projects

fumiko miyamotoprogram officer, policy projects & Film

tomoko okunoprogram officer

ryohei yamamotoprogram officer

education

robert a. fishDirector, Education & Family programs

kazuko minamotoDeputy Director, Education & Family programs

Suzanne de veghprogram officer

ariana moirEducation Associate

petra pankow maureen SheaArts Educators

film

Samuel Jamiersenior Film program officer

Joel neville andersonFilm program Assistant

Gallery

Joe earleVice president & Director of Gallery

kristen SolleeGallery Assistant

lanGuaGe center & library

reiko SassaDirector, Language Center & Library

miwako GlickLanguage Center Assistant

yuko aizawa reiko akei tomoyo fontein eiko ishioka Guclu keiko hammer masako inkyo mami lyons katherine major hiromi noguchiInstructors

performinG artS

yoko ShioyaArtistic Director

futoshi miyaiDeputy Director, performing Arts

alec duffyprogram officer

Sonoko kawaharaperforming Arts Assistant

houSe activitieS & rentalS

Janet fuDirector, program operations

Jordan cael roger rucker kristin valentineButlers

hirotaka kato brian J. kniffenWelcome Desk Assistants

development & external relationS

daniel a. rosenblumVice president, External relations

ann niehoffDirector, Foundation & Government relations

yoko SuzukiDirector, Corporate Giving & special Events

michiko GrassoDirector, Individual Giving

christy JonesDeputy Director, special Events

mie igarashisenior Corporate Development officer

claudette karabeyDevelopment Associate

maria odaDevelopment Associate

allison barlowDevelopment Assistant

finance & adminiStration

lisa bermudezVice president, Finance & Administration

Judy maquiransenior Accountant

vinka cvenicAccountant

Julia moranManager, Administrative services

Jennifer aldenAdministrative Assistant

human reSourceS

Jane fentonDirector, Human resources

manuel martinez payroll Manager

information technoloGy

larry kongDirector, Info technology, Building & House operations

tessa youngDatabase Administrator

maintenance

Jeff nemethDirector, Building services

manuel alcazar carlos estrada brian marinporters

ivan Sanchezporter & AV Coordinator

media & marketinG

asif iqbalDirector, Media & Marketing

Shannon JowettDirector, Communications

peter SebeckisWeb producer

kuniko Shiobarapress and Community relations officer

cynthia Sternaupublications Manager

christine knorrManager of Graphic Design and production

Special proJectS

mari eijimaAdvisor

tokyo office

ruri kawashimatokyo representative


Japan Society Staff

Kazushi ambesenior Vice president, human resources, sony corporation of america

steve BernsteincEo, oppenheimer investments asia Ltd.senior Managing Director, oppenheimer & co. hong kong

Gregory a. Boyko*retired chairman & cEo, hartford Life international, Ltd.

jonathan e. colbyManaging Director, the carlyle group

Richard a. Druckerpartner, Davis polk & wardwell

Robert e. Fallonadjunct professor, columbia Business school

atsuko toko Fish

Masaaki Fujitapresident & cEo, Mitsui & co. (U.s.a.), inc.

carol Gluck*george sansom professor of history, columbia University

Maurice R. Greenbergchairman & cEo, c.V. starr & co., inc.

David W. Heleniak*senior advisor, investment Banking Division, Morgan stanley

nobuhiko ikurapresident & cEo, Nippon steel U.s.a., inc.

Merit e. janow*professor, international Economic Law & international affairsDirector, program in international Finance & Economic policy, columbia University

Robert a. Karrprincipal, joho capital, LLc

Frederick H. Katayamaanchor, thomson reuters

iwao Kimurasenior Vice president, toyota Motor North america, inc.

jonathan B. KindredcEo, Morgan stanley japan holdings co., Ltd.

Fumiya Kokubupresident & cEo, Marubeni america corporation

christopher j. LaFleurVice chairman, jpMorgan securities japan co., Ltd.

Richard s. Lanierpresident, asian cultural council

Marc B. LautenbachManaging partner, global Business services—North america,iBM corporation

alan s. MacDonald*chief client officer, Vice chairman, citibank, N.a.

jun Makiharachairman, Neoteny co., Ltd.

naoki Matsubapresident & cEo, Nomura holding america inc.

Deryck c. Maughan*Member, kohlberg kravis roberts & co.

satoru Murasepartner, Bingham Mccutchen Murase

toby s. Myersonpartner, paul, weiss, rifkind, wharton & garrison LLp

shinichi nishimiya**ambassador and consul general, consulate general of japan in New York

seiei onopresident & cEo, Mitsubishi international corporation

james H. Quigleychief Executive officer, Deloitte touche tohmatsu

james G. Wilders Reedchairman, Mizuho securities Usa inc.

Wilbur L. Ross, jr.*chairman, japan societychairman & cEo, wL ross & co. LLc

Motoatsu sakuraipresident, japan society(Ex officio)

timothy schiltpartner, Berens capital Management, LLc

Michihisa shinagawa*president & cEo, sumitomo corporation of america

Masako H. shinnpartner, graphis inc.

joshua n. solomonprincipal, New York city Department of Education

Howard stringerchairman, cEo & president, sony corporation

yoshihisa suzukipresident & cEo, itochU international inc.

Gary M. talarico*Former Managing Director, sun capital partners

Masaaki tanakaManaging Executive officer & cEo for the americas, the Bank of tokyo-Mitsubishi UFj, Ltd.

secRetaRy

susan j. onumapartner, kelley Drye & warren LLp

LiFe DiRectoRs

Henry a. McKinnell, jr.chairman, accordia global health FoundationFormer chairman of the Board & cEo, pfizer inc

jiro MuraseManaging partner, Bingham Mccutchen Murase

peter G. petersonFounder & chairman, peter g. peterson Foundationchairman Emeritus & co-Founder, the Blackstone group

Michael i. sovernpresident Emeritus and chancellor kent professor of Law, columbia University

paul a. VolckerFormer chairman of the Board of governors, Federal reserve system

HonoRaRy patRons

H.e. ichiro Fujisakiambassador of japan to the United states of america

H.e. shinichi nishimiyaambassador and consul general of japan in New York

H.e. yukio takasuambassador, permanent representative of japan to the United Nations

HonoRaRy DiRectoRs

Mary Griggs Burke

tatsuro Goto

Robert s. ingersoll†

William W. scranton

† Deceased August 2010

* Member of the Executive Committee ** Honorary Director


japan society BoaRD oF DiRectoRs

executiVe coMMittee

Wilbur L. Ross, jr.chair

Gregory a. Boyko

carol Gluck

David W. Heleniak

Merit e. janow

alan s. MacDonald

Deryck c. Maughan

Michihisa shinagawa

Gary M. talarico

noMinatinG & coRpoRate GoVeRnance coMMittee

alan s. MacDonaldchair

Robert e. Fallon

Merit e. janow

Richard s. Lanier

jun Makihara

toby s. Myerson

yoshihisa suzuki

Finance coMMittee

Gregory a. Boykochair

carol Gluck

jun Makihara

seiei ono

james G. Wilders Reed

inVestMent coMMittee

Gary M. talaricochair

Robert a. Karr

jonathan B. Kindred

naoki Matsuba

timothy schilt

auDit coMMittee

satoru Murasechair

Richard a. Drucker

nobuhiko ikura

pRoGRaM coMMittee

Merit e. janowchair

Kazushi ambe

steve Bernstein

iwao Kimura

christopher j. LaFleur

Masako H. shinn

atsuko toko Fish

joshua n. solomon

Frederick H. Katayama

DeVeLopMent coMMittee

Deryck c. Maughanchair

iwao Kimura

toby s. Myerson

james H. Quigley

Masako H. shinn

ex-oFFicio MeMBeRs to aLL coMMittees:

Wilbur L. Ross, jr.

Motoatsu sakurai


japan society BoaRD coMMittees

“I love Japan Society. Where

else in America can you find so

much about Japan under one

roof: fine arts and pop enter-

tainment, nihon-go lessons,

hard-to-find flicks, and lectures

and panels on topics ranging

from financial regulation to the

super flat aesthetic of takashi

Murakami. And as a parent,

I appreciate the family events,

too. What’s more, it’s great

for networking.”

—Frederick H. Katayama, Anchor, thomson Reuters

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Back cover (clockwise from bottom left): shodo student © satoru

ishikawa. children’s Day © george hirose. Yamamoto kyogen

© tom DiMauro. Utagawa kuniyoshi (1797–1861), Sakata Kaidomaru

Wrestles with a Giant Carp, about 1837, color woodblock, american

Friends of the British Museum (the arthur r. Miller collection)

21215. jamie Dimon, chairman of the Board and chief Executive

officer of jpMorgan chase & co., dialogues with the honorable

paul a. Volcker at the 2010 annual Dinner © satoru ishikawa.

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