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Japan SocietyAnnual Report

2012–13

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Kazushi AmbeSenior Vice President, Human ResourcesSony Corporation of America

Shin AoyamaVice President & Coordinating OfficerToyota Motor North America, Inc.

Jonathan E. ColbyManaging DirectorThe Carlyle Group

Gerald L. CurtisBurgess Professor of Political ScienceColumbia University

Richard A. DruckerPartnerDavis Polk & Wardwell

Robert E. Fallon*President & CEOPhosplatin Therapeutics

Louis J. ForsterSenior Managing DirectorCerberus Capital Management, L.P.

Jacob A. FrenkelChairmanJPMorgan Chase International

Carol Gluck*George Sansom Professor of HistoryColumbia University

Maurice R. GreenbergChairman & CEOC.V. Starr & Co., Inc.

Peter D. HancockCEOAIG Property Casualty

Toshiya HasegawaCo-CEONomura Holding America Inc.

Katsumi HataoChief Executive, Headquarters for the AmericasThe Bank of Tokyo Mitsubishi UFJ, Ltd.

Jeffrey L. HaymanPresident, International Insurance OperationsStarr International

Yosuke HonjoPresident & CEOITO EN (North America) INC.

Joichi ItoDirectorMIT Media Lab

Naoya IwashitaPresident & CEOMarubeni America Corporation

Jon C. IwataSenior Vice President, Marketing & CommunicationsIBM Corporation

Merit E. JanowDean, School of International and Public AffairsProfessor of Professional Practice, International Economic Law & International AffairsColumbia University

Robert A. KarrPrincipalJoho Capital, LLC

Frederick H. KatayamaAnchorThomson Reuters

Mitsuhiko Kawai*Vice ChairmanJapan SocietyPresident & CEOMitsui & Co. (U.S.A.), Inc.

Jonathan B. KindredPresident & CEOMorgan Stanley Japan Holdings Co., Ltd.

Sumio Kusaka**Ambassador & Consul General of Japan in New YorkConsulate General of Japan

Richard S. LanierPresidentAsian Cultural Council

Alan S. MacDonald*Chief Client OfficerVice ChairmanCitibank, N.A.

Jun MakiharaChairmanNeoteny Co., Ltd.

Shinji MinobePresident & CEONippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal U.S.A., Inc.

Satoru MurasePartnerBingham McCutchen Murase

Toby S. MyersonPartnerPaul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP

Masaaki OsumiChairman & CEOToshiba America, Inc.

Justin A. Rockefeller

Wilbur L. Ross, Jr.*ChairmanJapan SocietyChairman & CEOWL Ross & Co. LLC

Motoatsu SakuraiPresidentJapan Society(Ex officio)

Barry SalzbergChief Executive OfficerDeloitte Touche Tohmatsu Limited

Timothy SchiltPartnerBerens Capital Management, LLC

Nicole SeligmanPresidentSony Corporation of America

Masako H. Shinn*PartnerGraphis Inc.

Joshua N. Solomon Ed.D.PrincipalNew York City Department of Education

Yasuyuki SugiuraPresident & CEOMitsubishi Corporation (Americas)

Makoto TakashimaManaging Director & CEO, Americas DivisionSumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation

Kazuhiro TakeuchiPresident & CEOSumitomo Corporation of America

Gary M. Talarico*Managing DirectorCora Street Partners

Keiko TashiroChairperson & CEODaiwa Capital Markets America Holdings Inc.

Chris WachenheimPortfolio ManagerGreenhaven Associates, Inc.

Shinya WakoManaging Executive Officer & Head of the AmericasMizuho Bank, Limited

Eiichi YonekuraPresident & CEOITOCHU International Inc.

S e c r e ta ry

Susan J. OnumaPartner, Co-Chair-Asia Practice GroupKelley Drye & Warren LLP

L i f e D i r e c to r S

Henry A. McKinnell, Jr.ChairmanAccordia Global Health Foundation Former Chairman of the Board & CEOPfizer Inc

Jiro MuraseManaging PartnerBingham McCutchen Murase

Peter G. PetersonFounder & ChairmanPeter G. Peterson FoundationChairman Emeritus & Co-FounderThe Blackstone Group

Michael I. SovernPresident Emeritus and Chancellor Kent Professor of LawColumbia University

Paul A. VolckerFormer Chairman of the Board of GovernorsFederal Reserve System

H o n o ry Pat r o n S

H.E. Sumio KusakaAmbassador & Consul General of Japan in New YorkConsulate General of Japan

H.E. Tsuneo NishidaAmbassador, Permanent Representative of Japan to the United Nations

H.E. Kenichiro SasaeAmbassador of Japan to the United States of America

H o n o r a ry D i r e c to r S

Mary Griggs Burke†

Tatsuro Goto

William W. Scranton ‡

Japan Society Board of Directors

e x e c u t i v e co m m i t t e e

Wilbur L. Ross, Jr.Chair

Robert E. Fallon

Carol Gluck

Mitsuhiko Kawai

Alan S. MacDonald

Masako Shinn

Gary M. Talarico

n o m i n at i n g & co r P o r at e g o v e r n a n c e co m m i t t e e

Alan S. MacDonaldChair

Robert E. Fallon

Jeffrey L. Hayman

Merit E. Janow

Richard S. Lanier

Jun Makihara

Toby S. Myerson

Eiichi Yonekura

f i n a n c e co m m i t t e e

Robert E. FallonChair

Carol Gluck

Toshiya Hesegawa

Mitsuhiko Kawai

Jun Makihara

Timothy Schilt

Makoto Takashima

i n v e S t m e n t co m m i t t e e

Gary M. TalaricoChair

Jonathan E. Colby

Jonathan B. Kindred

Chris Wachenheim

Shinya Wako

au D i t co m m i t t e e

Satoru MuraseChair

Richard A. Drucker

Naoya Iwashita

Masaaki Osumi

P r o g r a m co m m i t t e e

Masako H. ShinnChair

Kazushi Ambe

Shin Aoyama

Gerry Curtis

Louis J. Forster

Yosuke Honjo

Merit E. Janow

Robert A. Karr

Frederick H. Katayama

Satoru Murase

Joshua N. Solomon

D e v e Lo P m e n t co m m i t t e e

Masako H. ShinnInterim Chair

Katsumi Hatao

Jun Makihara

Toby S. Myerson

Barry Salzberg

e x- o f f i c i o m e m b e r S to a L L co m m i t t e e S

Wilbur L. Ross, Jr.

Motoatsu Sakurai

Japan Society Board Committees

* Denotes member of the Executive Committee ** Denotes Honorary Director † Deceased December 2012 ‡ Deceased July 2013 —As of July 31, 2013 —As of July 31, 2013

Cover: Paulownias and Chrysanthemums, late 1700s-early

1800s. Sakai Hoitsu (Japanese, 1761–1828). Two-fold screen;

ink and color on gilded paper, 157.5 µ 158.6 cm. The Cleveland

Museum of Art, Gift of the American Foundation for the Maud

E. and Warren H. Corning Botanical Collection 1964.386.

Page 1: Decorations at opening night of the 2013 Globus

Film Series Into the Shintoho Mind Warp: Girls, Guns & Ghosts

from the Second Golden Age of Japanese Film. Photo ©

Ayumi Sakamoto.

, clockwise from top left: Members’ opening for Edo

Pop: The Graphic Impact of Japanese Prints. Photo © Ayumi

Sakamoto. Kosei Sakamoto’s Monochrome Circus performing

HAIGAFURU~Ash is Falling at the 15th Contemporary Dance

Showcase. Photo © Julie Lemberger. Ambassador Glyn Davies,

Special Representative of the Secretary of State for North

Korea Policy, United States Department of State. Photo ©

George Hirose. Reception following “A Taste of Tohoku.” Photo

© Ayumi Sakamoto. New Year’s Day Celebration: Oshogatsu.

Photo © George Hirose.

Page 30, clockwise from top right: Actor Mansai Nomura (left)

with Yosuke Honjo (right), President & CEO, ITO EN (North

America) INC.; Member, Board of Directors, Japan Society.

Photo © Japan Society. 2013 Annual Dinner Keynote Speaker

Robert H. Benmosche (left), President & CEO, AIG, greets

2013 Japan Society Award recipient Minoru Makihara, Senior

Corporate Advisor and former Chairman, President & CEO

of Mitsubishi Corporation. Photo © Alan Klein. Alan Webber,

Founding Editor, Fast Company and a member of the Innovators

Network, with John Keys, Senior Vice President, Programs,

International Rescue Committee (IRC) at the invitational

event “Building Resilience: Responding to Emergencies in the

Developed World.” Photo © George Hirose. Ichikawa Yaozo II

in the “Shibaraku” Role, 1774. Katsukawa Shunsho (1726–92).

Courtesy Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Bequest of Richard P.

Gale 74.1.106. Naoki Inose, Governor of Tokyo, at his lecture

on Tokyo’s place in the world. Photo © Satoru Ishikawa.

Page 31, clockwise from top right: Mansai Nomura in his produc-

tion of Macbeth. Photo © Julie Lemberger. Edwin Bellanco,

owner and chef, VITAE restaurant, at “The Power of Miso.”

Photo © Ayumi Sakamoto. 2013 Junior Fellows and Education

Program staff with Japan Society Chairman Wilbur Ross and

Japan Society President Motoatsu Sakurai. Photo © Ayumi

Sakamoto. Language Center students and instructor Keiko

Hammer. Photo © George Hirose. Former first Lady Kayoko

Hosokawa, executive producer of Inclusion: The Joy of Drum-

ming, with a guest. Photo © George Hirose.

Printed in Canada.

Japan Society is the

leading U.S. organization

committed to deepening

mutual understanding

between the United States

and Japan in a global

context. Now in its second

century, the Society serves

audiences across the United

States and abroad through

innovative programs in

arts and culture, public

policy, business, language

and education.

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DearFriendsandSupporters,

Throughoutour106-yearhistoryJapanSocietyhasplayeda

transformativeroleinU.S.-Japanrelations.Intoday’sglobal

world,theSociety’smissionofmutualrespectandunder-

standingbetweenthetwocountriescrossesnewboundaries

toinspireinnovationinculture,businessandeducation.The

pastyearsawthedevelopmentandpresentationofnumer-

ouscreative,timelyandthoughtfulprogramsforU.S.and

Japaneseaudiencesalike.Herearesomeofthehighlights.

OurfallGalleryexhibitionSilver Wind: The Arts of Sakai Hoitsu

(1761–1828)washailedas“shimmering...ravishing...and

exalted”(The New York Times).Inthespring,Edo Pop: The

Graphic Impact of Japanese Printsjuxtaposedcontemporary

worksofartwithnearly100historicukiyo-ewoodblockprints

drawnfromthecollectionoftheMinneapolisInstituteof

Arts,opening“awindowintothevisualhistoryofpopular

artinJapan”(Huffington Post).TheinauguralSummerArtist

ResidencyProgramhostedthecreativecollaborativethree

fromFukushimaPrefecture.

ActorMansaiNomurastarredinhisnoh-andkyogen-

inspiredproductionofShakespeare’sMacbeth,followedby

thetraditionalSANBASO,withstageandcostumesdesigned

byrenownedartistHiroshiSugimoto,co-presentedwithand

performedattheSolomonR.GuggenheimMuseum.The

BangonaCanAll-Starsperformedtheworldpremieresof

worksbyMamoruFujiedaandVijayIyer,bothcomissioned

byJapanSociety,alongwithSomeiSatoh’sShuwithspecially

createdmotiongraphicsbyNobuyukiHanabusatoreflect

theinspirationofJapan’sRimpamovement.JAPAN CUTS

2013,ourseventhannualfestivalofcontemporaryJapanese

cinema,was“aswonderfullypeculiarasever,itsedgeperhaps

sharper”(Village Voice).Andatoast,please,totheLecture

Programforatrulydelectableseasonoftastingsandtalks.

Ontheeconomicandbusinessside,ourcorporatemembers

andothersinthebusinesscommunityenjoyedprograms

withSonyBoardChairmanSirHowardStringer,Chairman

andCEOofStarrInsuranceHoldingsHankGreenberg,NY

FedCEOWilliamC.DudleyandAmbassadorKenichiro

Sasae,amongotherdistinguishedspeakers.Aninsideview

ofAbenomics,PrimeMinisterShinzoAbe’seconomicpolicy

mix,featuredkeynotespeakersYasutoshiNishimura,Japan’s

SeniorViceMinisterofEconomicandFiscalPolicyandKoichi

Hamada,EconomicAdvisortothePrimeMinister.

Wecontinuetocreatenewinitiativestohelpstudentsand

teachersreachadeeperunderstandingofourtwonations.

InthefirstyearofournewJuniorFellowsProgram,aleader-

shipexchangethataimstobuildaJuniorFellowsAlumni

Network,fiveJapanesehighschoolstudentsspenttwoweeks

intheU.S.withahostfamily,attendinghighschoolaswellas

meetingwithleadersinbusinessandthearts.FiveAmerican

highschoolstudentsimmersedthemselvesinJapanese

cultureduringareciprocalvisitthispastsummer.Morethan

1,000studentsfromJapan,theU.S.andPakistanparticipated

inthesecondyearoftheGoing Globalsocialnetworkingproject.

TomoyoKamimura,whohasbeenaffiliatedwiththeSociety’s

LanguageCentersince2004,assumedthepositionofDirector,

LanguageEducation&LibraryattheendofAugust2013.

ThespecialseriesTwo Years Later: Hope, Struggle & Rebirth

in the Shadow of 3/11commemoratedthetwo-yearanniver-

saryofTheGreatEastJapanTsunamiandEarthquakeon

March11,2011.OurJapanEarthquakeReliefFundisnowover

$13million,withmorethan$11millionallocatedtoaidrecon-

structioninJapan.Finally,theSocietyonceagainexceeded

itsfundraisinggoalwithatotalofnearly$1.6millionraised

bythe2013AnnualDinner.

Itisthroughthegenerosityofalloursupportersthatwecon-

tinuetobeabletopresentprogramsdedicatedtodeepening

mutualunderstandingbetweentheUnitedStatesandJapan.

Thankyou.

MotoatsuSakurai

President,JapanSociety

President’s Message

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Over680guestsgatheredforthe2013JapanSocietyAnnualDinneronJune3.Held

attheHiltonNewYork,thekeynotespeechwasdeliveredbyRobertH.Benmosche,

President&CEOofAIG,withtelevisionnewscorrespondentSandraEndoserving

asMasterofCeremonies.EntertainmentwasprovidedbyKennyEndoontaikoand

HiromitsuAgatsumaontsugaru-shamisen.TheeveningconcludedwithDr.George

Packard,PresidentoftheUnitedStates-JapanFoundation,presentingthe2013Japan

SocietyAwardtoMinoru“Ben”Makihara,SeniorCorporateAdvisorandformer

Chairman,President&CEOofMitsubishiCorporation.

Annual Dinner

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Opposite, clockwise from top left: 2013AnnualDinnerguests

ofhonor,fromlefttoright:MotoatsuSakurai,President,

JapanSociety;musiciansHiromitsuAgatsumaandKenny

Endo;televisionnewscorrespondentSandraEndo;Minoru

Makihara,formerChairman,President&CEO,Mitsubishi

Corporation;RobertH.Benmosche,President&CEO,AIG;

andWilburL.Ross,Jr.,Chairman,JapanSocietyandwife

HilaryGearyRoss.KeynotespeakerRobertH.Benmosche,

President&CEO,AIG.2013AnnualDinnerattheHilton

NewYorkGrandBallroom.Dr.GeorgePackardpresents

the2013JapanSocietyAwardtoMinoruMakihara,former

Chairman,President&CEO,MitsubishiCorporation.

Above, clockwise from top left: Guestsviewartworksupfor

auction.YoshioUrata,Chairman&CEO,DaiwaCapital

MarketsAmericaHoldingsInc.,andMrs.Urata,viewinga

LouisVuittonscarfdesignedbyartistAIKO(picturedon

right).LiveauctionconductedbyHenryHoward-Sneyd

ofSotheby’s.Theevening’shosts,Mr.andMrs.WilburL.

Ross,Jr.Allphotos©AlanKlein.

Trailblazer: A Special Art Display, Reception & Auction in Celebration of Shinoda Toko

OnMarch21,duringAsiaWeekNewYork,JapanSocietyfriends,supportersand

artistsparticipatedinourfirst-everartauctionincelebrationofthecentennial

birthdayofShinodaToko,oneofthegreatfiguresinJapanesemodernart.Hailedas

a“trailblazer”byTimemagazine,Ms.Shinodabroketheboundariesofoldandnew,

wordandimage,andEastandWestthroughherpracticeandteachingofcalligraphy

andboldexperimentsinabstractart.AgainstabackdropofourEdo Popexhibitionand

adisplayofworksbyMs.Shinodaandotherartists,guestsenjoyedafestivereception

followedbyaliveauctionledbyHenryHoward-Sneyd,ViceChairman,AsianArt,

Americas,Sotheby’s.ProceedsfromtheeveningbenefittedtheJapanSocietyGallery.

OurgratitudegoestoJapanSocietyChairmanWilburL.Ross,Jr.andHilaryGeary

Ross,gracioushostsoftheevening,andDavidRockefeller,whosupportedthemonth-

longspecialdisplayofShinodaToko’sworks.Inaddition,wewouldliketothankthe

followingfortheirgenerousauctionitemdonations:AIKO,PaulBinnie,IshiiToru,

KenroIzu,JoanB.MirvissLTD,LouisVuittonJapanCompany,TomokazuMatsuyama,

MarikoMori,LucioandJoanNoto,RoninGalleryNYC,Mr.andMrs.WilburL.Ross,

Jr.,ScholtenJapaneseArt,HiroshiSugimotoandNormanTolman.


Special Events

Clockwise from left: Thetraditionalliondanceisperformed

attheNewYear’sCelebrationfortheSociety’spatrons.

Photo©AlanKlein.Guestscelebratetheopeningofthe

Silver Windexhibition.Photo©AlanKlein.YoshihikoNoda,

PrimeMinisterofJapan,greetsguestsataprivaterecep-

tionatJapanSociety.Photo©AlanKlein.

Opposite, clockwise from top left:Visitorstotheyo-yo

fishingtentatthe7thannualJapanDay@CentralPark.

Photo©JapanSociety/YokoSuzuki.Youngprofessionals

enjoytheMidsummerMatsuri&KaraokePartywithhost

AlexYork.Photo©AyumiSakamoto.Guestsexperience

alate-nightprivateviewingofTatzuNishi’sDiscovering

Columbus,aPublicArtfundinstallation.Photo©Japan

Society/YokoSuzuki.


TwoyearsaftertheGreatEastJapanEarthquake,JapanSocietycontinuestoreceive

contributionstotheJapanEarthquakeReliefFund,includingawelcomedandmuch

appreciatedcontributionofover$500,000.Wearedeeplyhonoredbythetrustthat

hasbeenplacedinJapanSocietyandweareheartenedbythemanyAmericanswho

continuetoshowtheirconcernforthefutureofTohoku.

ReliefFundgrantshavefallenintofourbroadcategoriesofsupport:immediaterelief;

children;healthcareincludingmentalhealthcare;andcommunityandeconomicrevi-

talization.Initialgrantswereforimmediaterelief,andfocusedonlarger,intermediary

organizationsinTokyo,butinthisfiscalyear,thegrantsnowincludeagrowingnumber

ofgranteeswhoareTohoku-basedNPOs.Abouthalfoftheseorganizationsexisted

beforethedisaster,andhalfwereestablishedasaresultof3/11.

TheJapanEarthquakeReliefFundwaslaunchedonMarch12,2011.Formoreinforma-

tionandalistofmajordonors,pleasevisitwww.japansociety.org/earthquake.

Japan Earthquake Relief Fund

Total funds raised:

$13,660,127Total funds allocated:

$11,201,725Largest single gift:

$1,000,000Total number of donations:

23,513—AsofAugust28,2013

Clockwise from top left: BasedinSendai,MAKOTO’scocolin,thelargest

co-workingspaceinTohoku,isahubforlike-minded,motivatedentrepreneurs

whoseektoimprovetheworldaroundthem.PhotocourtesyofMAKOTO.

BroughttogetherbyNPOJibunmiraiClub,34castmembersfromtheYoung

Americans,anAmericannonprofitgroup,touredTohokuandconducted

musicalworkshopsforstudentsatpublicschools.PhotocourtesyofYoung

Americans.AssociationforCorporateSupportfortheArtssupportscom-

munitiesaffectedbythedisasterthroughartsandculture.Fundingwasspent

torebuildandbringcommunitiestogetherbyrevitalizingtraditionallocal

festivalsandfolkperformanceinTohoku.PhotocourtesyofAssociationfor

CorporateSupportfortheArts.

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Clockwise from left: AcclaimedAmsterdam-basedpianistandvisualartistTomoko

Mukaiyamainhermultimediapianoperformanceproduction,Nocturne.Photo

©AyumiSakamoto.RichardJ.Samuels,FordInternationalProfessorofPolitical

ScienceandDirectoroftheCenterforInternationalStudies,MIT,speaksabout

hisfindingsinhisrecentlyreleasedbook,3.11: Disaster and Change in Japan.

Photo©GeorgeHirose.The Land of Hope,SionSono’s2012fictionalfilmabout

the3/11-relatednuclearpowerplantmeltdown,anddisasterandtragedyintwo

families.Photo©2012TheLandofHopeFilmPartners.

This series of events marking the second anniversary of the

March 11, 2011 earthquake and tsunamis was generously

supported by ITOCHU International Inc., Marubeni America

Corporation, Mitsubishi Corporation (Americas), Mitsui & Co.

(U.S.A.), Inc., and Sumitomo Corporation of America.

TheGreatEastJapanTsunamiandEarthquakehashadaprofoundeffectonJapanese

societythatwillbefeltformanyyearstocome.Tomarkthetwo-yearanniversaryof

thedisasters,JapanSocietyhostedthreespecialeveningeventstoexploretheimpact

andaftermathof3/11asseenthroughtheeyesofanaward-winningfilmdirector,an

acclaimedpianistandvisualartist,andaleadingscholaronJapan.

Two Years Later: Hope, Struggle & Rebirth in the Shadow of 3/11

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Corporate Program

TheCorporateProgramhostsuniquepublicandprivateprogramsandnetworkingopportunitiesfortheinternationalbusinessandpolicycommunity,whichpromotereciprocalexchangeanddeepengagementonissuesthatdefineU.S.-Japanrelationswithinaglobalcontext.The34programsin2012–2013featuredtopicsrangingfromenergypolicyandAbenomicstogroundbreakingcorporatestrategiesandthe2020TokyoOlympicsbid.

Global Leaders:

Citi

Deloitte

United Airlines

Corporate Partners:

Mizuho Financial Group

WL Ross & Co. LLC

Additional support was provided by:

Catalyst Repository Systems, Inc., The Government of Japan, The Japanese

American Association of New York, Inc., The Japanese Medical Society of America,

Morrison & Foerster LLP, Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP, Sidley Austin LLP.

Program co-organizers were:

The Center on Japanese Economy and Business, Columbia Business School, The

Consulate General of Japan in New York, The Japanese Chamber of Commerce

and Industry of New York, Inc., The Japanese Medical Support Network, JETRO

New York, The Foreign Policy Association, The Korea Society, Nikkei America, Inc.,

The Nippon Club, Inc., Nomura Holding America, Inc., PwC, The United Nations

Association of New York, The Weatherhead East Asian Institute, Columbia

University, The Women’s Bond Club.

Clockwise from top right: SirHowardStringer,Chairmanofthe

BoardofDirectors,SonyCorporation.Photo©AlanKlein.

WilliamC.Dudley,PresidentandChiefExecutiveOfficer,

FederalReserveBankofNewYork.Photo©JapanSociety/

OwenRojek.MauriceR.Greenberg(left),Chairman&Chief

ExecutiveOfficer,StarrInsuranceHoldings,IncwithMerit

E.Janow(right),Professor,ColumbiaUniversitySchoolof

InternationalandPublicAffairsandColumbiaLawSchool.

Photo©AlanKlein.BillRhodes(left),PresidentandChief

ExecutiveOfficer,WilliamR.RhodesGlobalAdvisors,LLC;

SeniorAdvisor,Citi;Professor-at-Large,BrownUniversity

withHarold(Terry)McGrawIII(right),Chairman,President

andChiefExecutiveOfficer,TheMcGraw-HillCompanies.

Photo©AlanKlein.

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U.S.-Japan Innovators Network

U.S.-Japan Innovators Networkisamultidisciplinarynetworkofemergingandestablishedinnovativeleaderscommittedtocreatingabetterworldbyconnectingpeopleandideasthroughnetwork-buildingexchanges,privateretreats,publicforumsandlong-termprojects.

Japan Society remains committed to informing

and educating Americans and Japanese on the

recovery of the Tohoku region and collaborating

with members of the U.S.-Japan Innovators

Network active in Tohoku.

Top to bottom: VisitbyBEYONDTomorrowstudentson

August15,2012.AspartofBEYONDTomorrowU.S.Summer

Program2012,studentsfromTohokuvisitedJapanSocietyand

hadachancetointeractwithNewYorkhighschoolstudents

participatinginasummertheaterprogramorganizedbythe

EducationProgram.Pop/rocksingerAlexYork(center,front)

wasoneoftheirinstructors.Photo©JapanSociety/Fumiko

Miyamoto.YuuriTabata(right),anAshokaJapanTohokuYouth

VenturerfromMinamisanriku,founded“Kataribe,”which

providesopportunitiesforstudentstosharetheirexperiences

onMarch11,2011throughstorytelling.Photocourtesyof

AshokaJapan.Panelistsat“BuildingResilience:Responding

toEmergenciesintheDevelopedWorld,”aninvitationalevent

co-organizedwithInternationalRescueCommittee(IRC).Left

toright:AlanWebber,FoundingEditor,Fast Companyanda

memberofInnovators Network;JohnKeys,SeniorVicePresident,

Programs,InternationalRescueCommittee(IRC);andToshio

Hirano,SeniorManager,JapanEmergencyNGO(JEN).Photo

©GeorgeHirose.

The U.S.-Japan Innovators Network was made possible, in part,

by Ms. Hiroko Onoyama and Japan Society’s endowment for

policy projects.

International transportation was supported by United Airlines

and All Nippon Airways Co., Ltd.


Japan Society Gallery

JapanSocietyGalleryisamongthepremierinstitutionsintheU.S.fortheexhibitionofJapaneseart,presentingmajorexhibitionseachspringandfall.

“Graffiti, pinups and pop art

mingle with ukiyo-e prints

in a dazzling exhibition. . .

a resounding statement about

the modern relevance of

traditional Edo-era art.”

—Cool Hunting on Edo Pop: The Graphic Impact of Japanese Prints

Silver Wind: The Arts of Sakai Hoitsu (1761–1828) was organized by Japan

Society. The exhibition curator was Matthew McKelway, Takeo and Itsuko

Atsumi Associate Professor of Japanese Art at Columbia University, New York.

Edo Pop: The Graphic Impact of Japanese Prints was organized by the Min-

neapolis Institute of Arts, with the contemporary art selections curated

for the New York presentation by Miwako Tezuka, PhD, Director, Japan

Society Gallery.

Contributors to Japan Society’s 2012–2013 exhibitions were the E. Rhodes

& Leona B. Carpenter Foundation, the Mary Livingston Griggs and Mary

Griggs Burke Foundation, the Henry Luce Foundation, The Japan Founda-

tion, Chris A. Wachenheim, New York State Council on the Arts with

support of Governor Andrew Cuomo and the New York State Legislature,

New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, in partnership with the City

Council, Peggy and Dick Danziger, the Japanese Art Dealers Association,

Joan B. Mirviss, Mary J. Wallach, Walter and Marguerite Bopp, Bettina

Burr, Barbara Bertozzi Castelli, Sebastian and Mieko Izzard, Kokon, Inc.,

David Solo, Dian Woodner, Terry Brykczynski and Andrea L. Miller,

T. Richard Fishbein and Estelle P. Bender, Mika Gallery, Erik and Cornelia

Thomsen, Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey Catanzaro, George and Roberta Mann,

Tsuneko and Shoji Sadao, Blakemore Foundation, Ronin Gallery NYC, and

Satoko Miyake and Aaron Nir. Japan Society also wishes to thank Mitsubi-

shi Corporation (Americas) for its generous support.

Media sponsorship was provided by WNYC. Transportation assistance was

provided by Japan Airlines.

Exhibitions at Japan Society were made possible in part by the Lila

Wallace-Reader’s Digest Endowment Fund, members of the Director’s

Circle, and the Friends of the Gallery.

Arts & Culture Lecture Programs were made possible by funding from the

Lila Wallace-Reader’s Digest Endowment Fund. Japan Airlines was the

exclusive Japanese Airlines sponsor of Lecture Programs at Japan Society.

United Airlines was the exclusive U.S. Airlines sponsor of Lecture Programs

at Japan Society. The symposium for Silver Wind was made possible in part

by the Japanese Art Society of America. The lecture “Popping Out of Time

& Space in Ukiyo-e Prints” was generously supported by the International

Fine Print Dealers Association. Additional support was provided by Chris

A. Wachenheim, and the Sandy Heck Lecture Fund.

Education Programs were made possible by generous funding from

The Freeman Foundation. Additional support was provided by The

Norinchukin Foundation, Inc., Chris A. Wachenheim, Joshua N. Solomon,

Jon T. Hutcheson, Joshua S. Levine and Nozomi Terao. Student and

Family Programs were supported by public funds from the New York City

Department of Cultural Affairs, in partnership with the City Council.

The Art Carts for Silver Wind and Edo Pop were supported by the Milton

and Sally Avery Arts Foundation, Inc.

Top: InstallationviewofSilver Wind: The Arts of Sakai Hoitsu

(1761–1828).Left:SakaiHoitsu(1761–1828),Waves,about1815.

Pairofsix-panelfoldingscreens;inkandsilveronpaper,each

screen66Yµ145Oin.SeikadoBunkoArtMuseum.Center:

OgataKorin(1658–1716),Rough Waves,about1705.Two-panel

foldingscreen;ink,colorsandgoldleafonpaper,57Xµ65Vin.

TheMetropolitanMuseumofArt;Purchase,FletcherFund,1926.

Right:SakaiHoitsu(1761–1828),Flowers and Waves,late1810s.

Uchiwa(ovalfan);ink,colorsandgoldonsilk,9¼µ8Yin.Hago-

romoFoodsCorporation.PhotoRichardP.Goodbody.Bottom

left:KitagawaUtamaro(1753/54–1806),Love for a Farmer’s Wife,

1795–96.Colorwoodblockprint(nishiki-e).CourtesyMinneapo-

lisInstituteofArts,BequestofRichardP.Gale74.1.152.Bottom

right:AIKO(b.1975,livesinNewYorkCity,UnitedStates),

Lovers,2012.IllustrationcreatedforJapanSocietyGallery.

“Designated a national treasure

by the Japanese government, Waves

has traveled to the United States

for the first time. . .”

—Holland Cotter, The New York Times on Silver Wind: The Arts of Sakai Hoitsu (1761–1828)

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Performing Arts Program

PerformingArtsProgramintroducesperformersfromJapan’scontemporaryandtraditionalmusic,danceandtheaterscenesandcommissionsnon-JapaneseperformingartiststocreateworksonthemesrelatingtoJapan.ManydistinguishedartistshaveperformedintheSociety’s260-seattheaterandonSociety-producedNorthAmericantours.

Clockwise from top left: KuromoriKagura:Folk

MusicandDancefromTohoku.Photo©Jack

Vartoogian/FrontRowPhotos.KENTARO!!

andTOKYOELECTROCKSTAIRSperform

Send it, Mr. Monsterinthe15thContemporary

DanceShowcase.Photo©JulieLemberger.

SeinendanTheaterCompany+OsakaUni-

versityRobotTheaterProject’sI, Worker.

Photo©JulieLemberger.CosmicCocowith

Oorutaichi.Photo©AyumiSakamoto.

Major support for Japan Society 2012–2013 Performing Arts Programs was provided

by the Lila Wallace-Reader’s Digest Endowment Fund and the Endowment for the Per-

forming Arts, established with leadership gifts from the Doris Duke Charitable Founda-

tion, The Globus Family, Kyocera Corporation, The Starr Foundation and Toyota Motor

Corporation. MetLife Foundation was a Corporate Partner of Japan Society’s 2012–2013

Performing Arts season. Japan Society is also grateful to the following individuals,

foundations, and government agencies for their generous support: Dr. John K. Gillespie,

The Fan Fox and Leslie R. Samuels Foundation, Inc., Dr. and Mrs. Carl F. Taeusch II,

Mr. Richard Royce, Mr. Norton Belknap, Mr. Terry Brykczynski and Ms. Andrea Miller,

Mr. James C. Nolan (deceased), Ms. Hiroko Onoyama, Mr. Michael Romano, Howard

and Sarah Solomon, Mr. Alex York, Paula S. Lawrence, an anonymous donor, and the

New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, in partnership with the City Council, and

the New York State Council on the Arts with support of Governor Andrew Cuomo

and the New York Legislature. Transportation assistance was provided by All Nippon

Airways Co., Ltd. Yamaha was the official piano provider of Japan Society. MetLife

Meet-the-Artists Reception support was provided by MetLife Foundation.

Funders, sponsors, grant programs, project partners, and various assistance provided

for programs in the 2012–13 Performing Arts season include: the Agency for Cultural

Affairs, Government of Japan in the fiscal year 2012, The Japan Foundation through

the Performing Arts JAPAN program, The Asahi Shimbun Foundation, the Mid Atlantic

Arts Foundation with support from the National Endowment for the Arts, Dr. Stephen

and Michiko Levine, Mitsubishi UFJ Foundation, Doug and Teresa Peterson, Toshiba

America, Inc., The Japan Foundation Center for Global Partnership—along with the

National Association of Japan-America Societies, Inc., The Japan Foundation; Arts

Council Tokyo, Tokyo Metropolitan Foundation for History and Culture; the Ministry of

Culture (R.O.C.); the Taipei Cultural Center of TECO in New York, The Saison Founda-

tion, the Consulate General of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, The Peter Jay Sharp

Foundation, Pace Gallery, and Roulette. Special thanks to the TOMODACHI Initiative

and the U.S. Embassy in Tokyo.

“The performance was rare, but

beyond that, it had life.”

—The New York Times on Kuromori Kagura

“Japan Society. . .

once again opened

a window onto the

East Asian scene.”

—The New York Times on the 15th Contemporary Dance Showcase


Film Program

FilmProgramscreensadiverseselectionofJapanesefilms,fromclassicstocontemporaryindependentproductions,includingretrospectivesofseminaldirectors,thematicseriesandspecialscreeningsofinternational,U.S.andNYpremieres.

Japan Society’s 2012–2013 Film Programs were generously supported

by the Lila Wallace-Reader’s Digest Endowment Fund.

Additional season support was provided by The Japan Foundation,

The Globus Family, Kenneth A. Cowin, UNIQLO, Sapporo U.S.A.,

Sony Electronics Inc., David S. Howe, Mr. and Mrs. Omar Al-Farisi,

Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey Catanzaro, Laurel Gonsalves, Geoff Matters,

and Dr. Tatsuji Namba.

Transportation was supported by Japan Airlines, the exclusive

Japanese airlines sponsor of Film Programs at Japan Society.

Media sponsorship was provided by WNYC.

“To paraphrase the Beatles,

New York’s seventh annual festival

of contemporary Japanese cinema

has its eye on the toppermost of

the poppermost of movies to splash

across the image-crazed nation in

the past year.”

—The Wall Street Journal on JAPAN CUTS 2013

Clockwise from top left: Renownedcontemporaryartist

HiroshiSugimotowithafanatthereceptionfollowingthe

screeningofMemories of Origin—Hiroshi Sugimoto.Photo©

AyumiSakamoto.DirectorToshiakiToyodareceivedtheCUT

ABOVEAwardforexcellenceinfilmatJAPAN CUTS 2013.

Photo©JulieCunnah.NewYork-basedJapanesesoulmusic

bandNeoBluesMakiperformsattheEnkaEcstasyPartyon

openingnightofthe2013GlobusFilmSeriesInto the Shintoho

Mind Warp: Girls, Guns & Ghosts from the Second Golden Age

of Japanese Film.Photo©AyumiSakamoto.

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Lecture Program

LectureProgramintroducesvitalissuesandtrendsinJapaneseculture,invitingleadingpioneersandprofessionalstoengagewithandexplorediversetopicsincludingJapaneseart,cuisine,andinnovationandtechnology.Lectureeventsarehostedinavarietyofformats;audiencesinteractwithspeakersduringintimateevents,viewonstagepresentationsandmeetlecturersduringpost-eventreceptions.

“Due to the lecture and culinary demon-

stration, not only did I learn about miso,

but also how to use it.”

—audience member at “The Power of Miso”

Clockwise from top: “ThePowerofMiso”post-event

tastingreception.Photo©AyumiSakamoto.“AnnualSake

Lecture&Tasting—Ginjo-shu:ItsSignificance&History”

tastingreception.Photo©AyumiSakamoto.ToyoIto,

recipientofthe2013PritzkerArchitecturePrize,speaks

at“ToyoIto:Architecture’sDirectionPost-March11.”

Photo©GeorgeHirose.

Lecture Programs at Japan Society were generously sponsored by Toyota Motor

North America, Inc. Japan Airlines was the exclusive Japanese Airline sponsor

of Lecture Programs at Japan Society. United Airlines was the exclusive U.S.

Airline sponsor of Lecture Programs at Japan Society. Additional support was

provided by Chris A. Wachenheim, and the Sandy Heck Lecture Fund.

Additional program support was provided by Ippodo Gallery, Fashion Girls

for Japan, Osaka University and ATR., Marukome USA, Inc., The Japan Founda-

tion Center for Global Partnership—along with the National Association of

Japan-America Societies, Inc., Kikkoman Corporation, and the Japan Sake

Export Association.


Education Program

EducationProgramsparksinterestinJapanthroughasuiteofstudentexchange(JuniorFellowsProgram),family,schoolandeducatorsprograms.Ourinteractivewebsite,About Japan: a Teacher’s Resource,andsocialnetworkingsiteforstudents,Going Global,provideeducationaltoolsandconnectclassroomsthroughouttheworld.

aboutjapan.japansociety.orgwww.goglobalsns.org

Education Programs were made possible by generous funding from

The Freeman Foundation. Additional support was provided by The

Norinchukin Foundation, Inc., Chris A. Wachenheim, Joshua N. Solomon,

Jon T. Hutcheson, Joshua S. Levine and Nozomi Terao. The Going Global

project was made possible by generous grants from The Japan Foundation

Center for Global Partnership, the United States-Japan Foundation, and

Toshiba International Foundation. The Junior Fellows Program was sup-

ported by a generous grant from an anonymous family foundation.

Additional support was generously provided by Mr. Wilbur L. Ross, Jr.,

ITO EN (North America) INC., an anonymous donor, and the Thornton-

Donovan School. About Japan: A Teacher’s Resource was generously funded,

in part, by a three-year grant from the International Research and Studies

(IRS) Program in the Office of Postsecondary Education, U.S. Department

of Education (P017A100018). Student and Family Programs were sup-

ported by the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, in partnership

with the City Council. The Art Carts for Silver Wind: The Arts of Sakai Hoitsu

(1761–1828) and Edo Pop: The Graphic Impact of Japanese Prints were

supported by the Milton and Sally Avery Arts Foundation.

During the inaugural year of the Junior

Fellows Program, a leadership exchange,

five high school students from Japan

met with leaders from a variety of fields,

completed an independent project,

and participated in homestays and

school experiences.

Clockwise from top left: AJapaneseJunior

FellowandherAmericanstudenthostsharea

momentwithJapanSocietyChairmanWilbur

RossandJapanSocietyPresidentMotoatsu

Sakurai.Photo©AyumiSakamoto.Ringingin

theNewYearwithricepounding(mochi tsuki)

attheOshogatsufamilyprogram.Photo©

GeorgeHirose.Americanteachersmeetwith

membersofObuSeniorHighSchoolbaseball

teamduringthethree-weekEducators’Study

TourtoJapan.Highlightsincludedhomestays,

visitstoelementaryandhighschools,and

toursofculturalsites.Photo©JapanSociety/

KazukoMinamoto.

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Toyota Language Center

ToyotaLanguageCenteroffers12comprehensivelevelsofJapanese,approximately140coursesayear.Specializedcoursesandworkshops,includingshodo(Japanesecalligraphy),threelevelsofEnglishconversation(ESL)andaJapaneselanguageteachertrainingprogramarealsooffered.

DID YoU KNow?

Contemporary shodo classes

were offered for the first

time in fall 2012.

Clockwise from top left: Amid-levelJapaneseconversationclass

withInstructorMamiMiyashitausespairedexercisestoteach

verbalinteraction.LanguageCenterInstructorYukoAizawateaches

herLevelIclasshowtotelltimeinJapanese.Shodoinstructor

MasakoInkyoguidesastudent.Allphotos©GeorgeHirose.

Support for Japan Society’s Toyota Language Center was provided,

in part, by Mr. Mark Goldfield and Ms. Mary E. Hatch, Mr. William

Laurent, and Mr. Shinjiro Tsutsui.

C.V. Starr Library containsapproximately14,000volumesonJapanandU.S.-Japanrelations,primarilyinEnglish.UseofthelibraryislimitedtoJapanSocietymembersandToyotaLanguageCenterstudents.Visitingresearchersarewelcometousethelibraryonrequest.

18 JapanSocietyAnnualReport2012–13

We thank our diverse community of supporters and invite you to join us!

Individual membersbenefitfromfreeadmissiontoourgallery,exclusiveaccesstomembereventsandspecialoffers,anddiscountsonallfilms,lectures,classesandperformancesthroughouttheyear.

Circle of Friends membersplayanimportantroleinsupportingourvibrantandvariedprogrammingwhilereceivinginvitationstoexclusiveevents,networkingopportunitiesandaccesstoart-ists,curators,scholarsandotherimportantfiguresintheU.S.-Japanrelationscene.

Corporate membersenjoynetworking,knowledge-sharingandbusinessdevelop-mentopportunities,aswellasexclusiveaccesstobusinessandpolicyleaders,anduniquebenefitsforemployees.

Foundation and government grantsprovidecriticalsupportforJapanSociety’sprograms.

Corporate sponsorsraisetheirbrandawarenessamongblue-chipU.S.andJapanesecompanies,andhelpshapetheconversationbetweenJapanandtheUnitedStatesinaglobalcontext.

Legacy Circle membershelpsecurethefutureofJapanSocietybyincludingusintheirlong-termandestateplans.

This page, clockwise from top left:VIPopeningforSilver Wind: The Arts of Sakai Hoitsu (1761–1828).Photo©

AlanKlein.ThechefofNewYorkCity'sSobayademonstratessoba-makingat"AllSoba!,"amembers-only

eventheldattheSakagurarestaurant.Photo©JapanSociety/AllisonBarlow.Guestsatthecorporateluncheon

"TheRewardsofTakingRisksintheAgeofInnovation"withSonyChairmanSirHowardStringer.Photo©

AlanKlein.MemberstriptoKykuit,theRockefellerestateandTheJapaneseGardenatPocanticoHills.Photo

©JapanSociety/AllisonBarlow.Opposite page:Openingnightatthe2013GlobusFilmSeries,Into the Shintoho

Mind Warp: Girls, Guns & Ghosts from the Second Golden Age of Japanese Film.Photo©AyumiSakamoto.

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Japan Society Support FY 2012–13

Online Visitors, Fans & Followers

41,700 Û 13% Facebook fans/likes

31,600 Û 130% Twitter followers

3,712,721 Û 19% (views per day) YouTube video views 10,172 views per day over the past year

187,800 Û 56% Page views of Japan Society’s blog

85,714 Û 6% Average visitors to website per month for 2012

—As of July 31, 2013

Contact us!For information on individual giving, contact

Michiko Simanjuntak Grasso at (212) 715-1253 or [email protected].

For information on corporate membership and sponsorship, contact Yoko Suzuki at (212) 715-1250

or [email protected].

61%14%

25%

Investment

Earned

Contributed

Operating IncomeSources of Contributed Support

18%

23%

59%

Foundations & Government

Corporations

Individuals


$ 2 0 0 , 0 0 0 a n d a b ov e

AIG

TheFreemanFoundation

TheJapanFoundation

Mr.WilburL.Ross,Jr.

Anonymous

$ 1 0 0 , 0 0 0 a n d a b ov e

AllNipponAirwaysCo.,Ltd.

TheBankofTokyo-MitsubishiUFJ,Ltd.

Citi

Deloitte

JapanAirlines

MitsubishiCorporation(Americas)

TheStarrFoundation

ToyotaMotorNorthAmerica,Inc.

UnitedAirlines

U.S.DepartmentofEducation

AnonymousFamilyFoundation

$ 5 0 , 0 0 0 a n d a b ov e

BinghamMcCutchenMurase

CanonU.S.A.,Inc.

E.RhodesandLeonaB.CarpenterFoundation

ITOEN(NorthAmerica)INC.

TheJapanFoundationCenterforGlobalPartnership

JPMorganChase

MetLifeFoundation

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

MizuhoFinancialGroup

NewYorkCityDepartmentofCulturalAffairs

Paulson&Co.,Inc.

SonyCorporationofAmerica

SumitomoCorporationofAmerica

Mr.ChrisA.Wachenheim

$ 2 5 , 0 0 0 a n d a b ov e

BankofAmericaMerrillLynch

DaiwaCapitalMarketsAmericaHoldingsInc.

DeltaAirLines

DentsuNetwork

Mr.RobertE.Fallon

Mr.LouisJ.Forster

FujisankeiCommunicationsInternational,Inc.

TheHenryLuceFoundation,Inc.

IBMCorporation

ITOCHUInternationalInc.

JunMakiharaandMegumiOka

MarubeniAmericaCorporation

SirDeryckMaughan

MetLife

MorganStanley

Mr.TobyS.Myerson

NewYorkStateCouncilontheArts

NipponSteel&SumitomoMetalU.S.A.,Inc.

NomuraAmericaFoundation

P.K.RanneyFoundation

PaceGallery

Paul,Weiss,Rifkind,Wharton&GarrisonLLP

PwC

SumitomoMitsuiBankingCorporation

ThirdPoint,LLC

ThomsonReuters

ToshibaAmerica,Inc.

$ 1 5 , 0 0 0 a n d a b ov e

Mr.KennethA.Cowin

PeggyandDickDanziger

Japan Society Supporters*July1,2012–June30,2013

Lefttoright:KatsumiHatao,

ChiefExecutive,Headquarters

fortheAmericas,TheBank

ofTokyo-MitsubishiUFJ,

Ltd.;WilburL.Ross,Jr.,

Chairman,JapanSociety;

Dr.GeorgePackard,

President,UnitedStates-

JapanFoundation;Minoru

Makihara,formerChairman,

President&CEO,Mitsubishi

Corporation;andMotoatsu

Sakurai,President,Japan

Society,attheJapanSociety

2013AnnualDinner.Photo

©AlanKlein.Opposite page:

Guestsenjoythebentobox

lunchbeforeaCorporate

Programlecture.Photo©

AlanKlein.

*Gifts do not include contri-

butions to Japan Society's

Japan Earthquake Relief

Fund. For a list of major sup-

porters to the Relief Fund,

visit www.japansociety.org/

earthquake.

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DavisPolk&WardwellLLP

Debevoise&PlimptonLLP

TheEstéeLauderCompaniesInc.

GordonBrothersGroup

HitachiAmerica,Ltd.

J.C.Flowers&Co.LLC

Mr.JonathanB.Kindred

KPMGLLP

JoanB.Mirviss

NomuraHoldingAmericaInc.

NYSEEuronext

PillsburyWinthropShawPittmanLLP

Rockefeller&Co.

TheRockefellerGroup

YoshikoandTimSchilt

MasakoandJimShinn

SojitzCorporationofAmerica

DavidSolo

Standard&Poor's

Sullivan&CromwellLLP

TokioMarineManagement,Inc.

ToshibaInternationalFoundation

ToyotaTsushoAmerica,Inc.

JackandSusyWadsworth

EriandJeffreyZavattero

$ 1 0 , 0 0 0 a n d a b ov e

TheAsahiShimbunFoundation

MarkStevenBarres

TheBlackstoneCharitableFoundation

TheBlakemoreFoundation

Bloomberg

BrotherInternationalCorporation

BungeLimited

Mr.JonathanE.Colby

ConsulateGeneralofJapaninNewYork

Crystal&Company

Mr.RichardA.Drucker

TheFanFoxandLeslieR.Samuels

Foundation,Inc.

GEFoundation

Dr.JohnK.Gillespie

IHIINC.

IndusCapitalPartners,LLC

Mr.JonIwata

SebastianandMikiIzzard

JapaneseArtDealersAssociation

KelleyDrye&WarrenLLP

KikkomanCorporation

KonicaMinoltaBusinessSolutions

U.S.A.,Inc.

Mr.AlanS.MacDonald

MarukomeU.S.A.,Inc.

MaryLivingstonGriggs&MaryGriggs

BurkeFoundation

McGrawHillFinancial

Milbank,Tweed,Hadley&McCloyLLP

MitsubishiUFJSecurities(USA),Inc.

MoriBuildingCo.,Ltd.

Morrison&FoersterLLP

SatoruandHirokoMurase

NissanNorthAmerica,Inc.

TheNorinchukinFoundation

PanasonicCorporationof

NorthAmerica

DougandTeresaPeterson

PfizerInc

YaskoTashiroandThierryPorté

JaneandKevinQuinn

TsunekoandShojiSadao

Mr.BarrySalzberg

SidleyAustinLLP

Skadden,Arps,Slate,Meagher&FlomLLP

SirHowardStringer

GaryM.TalaricoandLindaW.Filardi

UNIQLO

Ms.MaryJ.Wallach

XeroxCorporation

Anonymous

$ 5 , 0 0 0 a n d a b ov e

AdvantagePartners,LLP

AflacJapan

AircastleAdvisorLLC

Mr.RonaldJ.Anderson

AquilineCapitalPartnersLLC

TheAtlanticPhilanthropies

(USA)Inc.

BankofJapan

Mr.andMrs.LewisW.Bernard

WalterandMarguriteBopp

Mr.TerryBrykczynskiand

Ms.AndreaL.Miller

BettinaBurr

Carter,Deluca,Farrell&Schmidt,LLP

BarbaraBertozziCastelli

CatalystRepositorySystems

TheCoca-ColaCompany

Mr.TimothyCollins

DentsuAmerica

Duff&Phelps

EisaiUSAFoundation,Inc.

EpsteinBecker&Green,P.C.

FreshfieldsBruckhausDeringerLLP

BrendanandJeniferGarvey


TheGlobusFamily

Ms.SusanHeck

IppodoGallery

JETRONewYork

JonesDay

Kokon,Inc.

LauderFoundation,Inc.

LittlerMendelson,P.C.

Ms.YokoMakino

Ms.SuzanneMarquardand

Mr.JamesR.Breckenridge

MayerBrownLLP

MidAtlanticArtsFoundation

MitsubishiHeavyIndustriesAmerica,Inc.

MitsubishiUFJFoundation

MitsuiFudosanAmerica,Inc.

NikkeiAmerica,Inc.

LucioandJoanNoto

NTTAmerica,Inc.

NTTDOCOMOUSA,INC.

NYKLine(NorthAmerica)Inc.

TheHonorablePeterG.Peterson

Poten&Partners,Inc.

Mr.DavidRockefeller

RoninGalleryNYC

Mr.andMrs.MotoatsuSakurai

SapporoU.S.A.,Inc.

SimpsonThacher&BartlettLLP

SompoJapanInsuranceCompany

ofAmerica

StarryNightFund

SubaruofAmerica,Inc.

TakedaAmericaHoldings,Inc.

TataConsultancyServices

TBSInternational,Inc.

Ms.AllisonTolman

UnitedStates-JapanFoundation

TheHonorablePaulA.Volcker

DianWoodner

$ 2 , 5 0 0 a n d a b ov e

AozoraBank,Ltd.

AsahiShimbunAmerica,Inc.

Dr.andMrs.RoyAshikari

AsianCenturyQuestCapital,LLC

Becker,Glynn,Muffly,Chassin&

HosinskiLLP

BrunswickGroupLLC

CentralJapanRailwayCompany

ChateauxSoftware

COACHACo.,Ltd.

DaiichiSankyo,Inc.

DaikinU.S.Corporation

Mr.BalG.Das

DevelopmentBankofJapan,Inc.

DNPCorporationUSA

EastJapanRailwayCompany

Ernst&YoungLLP

FederalReserveBankofNewYork

RichardFishbeinandEstelleBender

FoxRothschildLLP

FujiIndustriesCorporation

FUJIFILMHoldingsAmerica

Corporation

FujitaKankoInc.

FujitsuLimited

MarkF.GoldfieldandMaryE.Hatch

LaurelGonsalves

HondaNorthAmerica,Inc.

Mr.JonHutcheson

J.C.C.FundoftheJapanese

ChamberofCommerceand

IndustryofNewYork

JapanBankforInternational

Cooperation

JapanLocalGovernmentCenter

JFESteelAmerica,Inc.

TheJapaneseAmerican

AssociationofNewYork,Inc.

JijiPressAmerica,Ltd.

JTBUSA,Inc.

KajimaU.S.A.Inc.

KanekaAmericasHolding,Inc.

MachikoKashiwagiand

ThomasBingham

KawasakiHeavyIndustries(USA),Inc.

KikkomanSalesUSA,Inc.

KinokuniyaBookstoresof

AmericaCo.,Ltd.

KobeSteelUSAInc.

KodanshaUSA,Inc.

KyodoNewsAmerica,Inc.

Dr.StephenandMrs.MichikoLevine

KarenL.McDonald

MeijiYasudaAmericaIncorporated

MetPlanInc.

MiltonandSallyAveryArtsFoundation

MitsubishiChemicalHoldings

America,Inc.

MitsubishiGasChemicalAmerica,Inc.

MitsubishiUFJTrustandBanking

Corporation

SatokoMiyakeandAaronNir

MoloLamkenLLP

Morgan,Lewis&BockiusLLP

NECCorporationofAmerica

NHKGeneralBureauforAmerica

NipponExpressUSA,Inc.

NipponLifeGroup

TheNorinchukinBank

Okabe&YampolskyTranslations,LLC

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

Ms.HirokoOnoyama

OrientCorporationofAmerica

ORIXUSACorporation

ProtivitiInc.

PrudentialFinancial,Inc.

RicohAmericasHoldings,Inc.

DavidandSusanRockefeller

Mr.RichardRoyce

SEIKOCorporationofAmerica

ShionogiInc.

ShiseidoCosmeticsAmerica

Dr.JoshuaN.Solomon

Mr.MichaelI.Sovern

SumitomoChemicalAmerica,Inc.

SumitomoMitsuiTrust

Bank,Limited

SuntoryUSAInc.

TaipeiCulturalCenter

23

HarryTaylorandMotokoSakurai

TeijinHoldingsUSA,Inc.

TeikokuDatabankAmerica,Inc.

ErikandCorneliaThomsen

TOKYUHOTELSCO.,LTD.

NewYorkOffice

ToppanPrintingCompany

America,Inc.

TorayIndustries(America),Inc.

TOTOAmericasHoldings,Inc.

TVAsahiAmerica,Inc.

WacoalAmerica,Inc.

WASEDAUSA

KatsuraandMayoYamaguchi

TheYomiuriShimbun

Anonymous

$ 2 , 0 0 0 a n d a b ov e

Dr.andMrs.FrederickBaekeland

Mr.andMrs.JeffreyCatanzaro

PilarCondeandAlfonsoLledo-Perez

ExxonMobil

KurtandAliceGitter

ProfessorCarolGluck

TheJapanFoundationCenterforGlobal

Partnership—alongwiththe

NationalAssociationof

Japan-AmericaSocieties,Inc.

Johnson&Johnson

YungHeeKim

MaryandRichardLanier

Mr.andMrs.LeightonR.Longhi

Dr.andMrs.RobertW.Lyons

Merck&Co.,Inc.

MitsubishiEstateNewYorkInc.

Dr.MiyekoMurase

MarjorieNeuwirth

ShellyandLesterRichter

Mr.MichaelRomano

ShelleyandDonaldRubin

FredricT.Schneider

MikaGallery

SarahandHowardSolomon

Mr.MichaelSonnenfeldt

Dr.andMrs.CarlF.TaeuschII

Mr.RyoichiUeda

Mr.andMrs.CorvandenHeuvel

RogerL.Weston

RichardandJudithWood

AlexYork

Anonymous(2)

$ 1 , 0 0 0 a n d a b ov e

Ms.HopeAldrich

Mr.ShinAoyama

Mr.NortonBelknap

Mr.GraemeBirchall

Ms.ReikoBraun

Mrs.KiyokoOhataBrown

TheCapitalGroupCompanies,Inc.

Mr.AllanChasanoff

Dr.CarmelandBabetteCohen

ProfessorGeraldL.Curtis

CaroleDavenport

Mr.KimG.Davis

Mr.JamesDelFavero

DNPAmerica,LLC

Mr.FredEychanerandMr.YangGuo

Ms.JuneOmuraGoldberg

Dr.JenniferGordon

Mr.AxelKramerand

Ms.PatriciaHallstein

Dr.KazukoHillyer

Mr.DavidS.Howe

InternationalFinePrintDealers

Association

Ms.SumikoItoandMr.DonaldAllison

Mr.NaoyaIwashita

MeritE.Janow

JapaneseMedicalSocietyofAmerica

Mr.TakashiKano

Mr.FrederickH.Katayama

BarbaraAnnKlein

KohnPedersenFoxAssociatesP.C.

Mr.MartinLipton

Mr.GeoffMatters

Mrs.MonikaMcLennan

EtsukoO.Morris

Dr.TatsujiNamba

Mr.ChristopherNewhard

Mr.JamesC.Nolan†

Mr.MarkO'Friel

Mr.MasaakiOsumi

MissPamelaA.Perlman

Ms.SaschaRockefeller

Ms.MatsukoShibuya

EstherSimonCharitableTrust

JoshuaS.LevineandNozomiTerao

JapanSocietysup-

portersataspecial

reception,lefttoright:

MichaelRomano,

PartnerandPresident,

CulinaryDevelopment

ofUnionSquareHospi-

talityGroup;Motoatsu

Sakurai,President

ofJapanSocietyand

hiswife,Nobuko;

andAlbertoWeisser,

ExecutiveChairman

ofBungeLimitedand

hiswife,Gabriela.

Photo©AlanKlein.

†Deceased


NoraandDavidTezanos

Thornton-DonovanSchool

Mr.ShinjiroTsutsui

HiroshiTsuyukiandYasukoTsuyuki

Mr.andMrs.TadaoUchida

Mr.EiichiYonekura

Ms.KumikoYoshii

Anonymous(4)

$ 5 0 0 a n d a b ov e

Mr.andMrs.OliverAllen

TheArgusFund

JacquelineAvant

Ms.JulieAzuma

Mr.ChristopherBerry

GoldieandDavidBlanksteen

Mr.StephenD.Bloom

Mr.DavidC.Chou

Mr.andMrs.EdwardCohen

ConsulateGeneraloftheKingdomof

theNetherlands

JoanandJunyaNakatsugawa

EmployeesofInvestmentBanking

DivisionfortheAmericas,

BankofTokyo-MitsubishiUFJ

Mrs.EllenB.Gibbs

GeraldR.GilboeandPauletteV.Ricard

Ms.MarciaL.Goldstein

GoogleInc.

MarcandSusanHamaker

Dr.KimberlyHeller

TarynHigashiandIvanZimmerman

C.StevenHorn

Mr.TimothyH.Hosking

RobertGlennHubbard

Mr.MarkJackson

JapaneseArtSocietyofAmerica

Mr.WilliamG.Karl

Ms.LindsayKatcoff

Mr.MasakazuKigure

Mr.andMrs.ThomasKouba

Ms.YurikoKuchiki

Ms.PaulaS.Lawrence

LouisVuittonJapanCompany

Ms.KatherineE.Martin

Ms.ToshikoMori

Dr.andMrs.RobertA.Myers

Mr.AndyNahas

Mr.TrentNeuer

Mr.AaronM.Nieman

Mrs.InaNorrito

Mr.JohnS.Price

Mr.MichaelN.Reynnells

IndreandJustinRockefeller

Mr.DarrenA.Rykers

PatriciaE.Saigo,MD

Mr.CharlesD.Saunders

Dr.PaulSheard

Mrs.BarbaraK.Stanton

Ms.MaryannTrembinska

UrasenkeFoundationNewYorkBranch

Mr.GrantVingoe

Mr.ChristianA.vonHassel

Mr.YasuhideWatanabe

White&CaseLLP

Ms.TsuburaWilson

Mr.DanielWislocki

GeorgeYonemura

Anonymous(3)

In Memoriam

MArY GrIGGS BurkE , collector of

Japanese art; Honorary Director and former

Japan Society Board Member (1968–1977),

and 2001 Japan Society Award recipient

ThE hOnOrABLE ThOMAS S. FOLEY,

former Speaker of the U.S. House of Representa-

tives, 25th U.S. Ambassador to Japan, American

leader of the U.S.-Japan Parliamentary Exchange

and 2003 Japan Society Award recipient

DOrEEn BrOWn FrEEMAn ,

noted philanthropist and Co-Trustee of

The Freeman Foundation

BEATE SIrOTA GOrDOn , former Director

of Japan Society's Performing Arts Program

and women's rights advocate

ThE hOnOrABLE DAnIEL k. InOuYE ,

United States Senator from Hawaii; 2008

Japan Society Award recipient

SuSuMu kATO , former President & CEO

of Sumitomo Corporation; former Japan Society

Board Member (2005–2007)

AMBASSADOr ShInIChI nIShIMIYA ,

former Consul General of Japan in New York

(2009–2011)

nAGISA OShIMA , film director and

screenwriter (In the Realm of the Senses,

Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence)

DOnALD rIChIE , author and film critic;

former Advisory Committee member of

Japan Society's Film Program and 2001 Japan

Society Award recipient

rEIkO SASSA , longtime Director of

Japan Society's Toyota Language Center

and C.V. Starr Library

We also mourn the loss of other friends and

supporters of Japan Society. Their generosity

and friendship will always be remembered.

Lefttoright:Fumio

Matsumoto,Kuromori

Kaguraperformer,Per-

formingArtsFriends

Dr.StephenandMichiko

Levine,HirokiTanaka,

KuromoriKagura

performer,KentaShi-

nobu,KuromoriKagura

performerandYoko

Shioya,ArtisticDirector,

JapanSociety.Photo©

LilyKesselman.

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Circle of Friends

J o h n d. Ro c k e f e l l e R 3 R d a n d d i R ec to R' s c i Rc l e s

MarkStevenBarres

Mr.KennethA.Cowin


Dr.JohnK.Gillespie

TheGlobusFamily

MitchellandJoleenJulis

JoanB.Mirviss

LucioandJoanNoto

ThierryandYaskoPorté


DavidSolo

ChrisA.Wachenheim


Ms.MaryJ.Wallach

Anonymous(2)

l e a d e R s h i p c i Rc l e

Mr.RonaldJ.Anderson

RaphaelandJaneBernstein


BettinaBurr


BrendanandJeniferGarvey

Ms.SusanHeck


Ms.YokoMakino

Ms.SuzanneMarquardand

Mr.JamesR.Breckenridge

StarryNightFund

Ms.AllisonTolman

DianWoodner

Anonymous

b e n e fac to R c i Rc l e


Mr.TerryBrykczynskiandMs.AndreaL.Miller

PilarCondeandAlfonsoLledo-Perez

JoeEarleandCharlotteKnox

MargotPaulErnst


MikaGallery


KurtandAliceGitter

MarkF.GoldfieldandMaryE.Hatch

LaurelGonsalves

Mr.JonHutcheson

MachikoKashiwagiandThomasBingham

YungHeeKim

HelenLee-WarrenandDavidWarren

Dr.StephenandMrs.MichikoLevine



KarenL.McDonald

Dr.MiyekoMurase

MarjorieNeuwirth

Ms.WakakoOhara,ChiefExecutiveoftheOharaSchoolof

Ikebana

Ms.HirokoOnoyama

Mr.andMrs.KevinA.Quinn


Mr.MichaelRomano

Mr.RichardRoyce

Guestsatadinner

honoringnewlyappointed

GalleryDirectorMiwako

Tezuka,lefttoright:

AlfonsoLledo-Perez,

JoanneFallon,Nobuko

Sakurai,AtsukoKoyanagi,

HiroshiSugimoto,David

Solo,KaorikoKugeand

FrederickKatayama.

Photo©JapanSociety/

ChristyJones.



FredricT.Schneider




HarryTaylorandMotokoSakurai



RogerL.Weston

RichardandJudithWood

KatsuraandMayoYamaguchi

Anonymous(2)

pat Ro n c i Rc l e

Ms.HopeAldrich

Mr.andMrs.OmarH.Al-Farisi

Dr.andMrs.RoyAshikari

Mr.DouglasW.Barnert

Mr.NortonBelknap

Mr.GraemeBirchall

Ms.ReikoBraun

Mrs.KiyokoO.Brown

Mr.AllanChasanoff

Ms.CaroleDavenport

Mr.KimG.Davis

SusanDentzer

Mr.FredEychanerandMr.YangGuo

Ms.JuneOmuraGoldberg

LaurelGonsalves

Mrs.SeijiHatakeyama

Ms.SusanHeck

Dr.KazukoHillyer

Mr.DavidS.Howe

Mr.JonHutcheson

Mr.ThomasS.Johnson

BarbaraAnnKlein

Mr.WilliamLaurent

Mr.MartinLipton

Dr.JohnLoomis

Ms.CassandraLozanoandMr.MasonRader

Mr.FrancisW.Mettrick

EtsukoO.Morris

Mrs.YoshiyeMurase

Mr.NaotoNakagawa

Dr.TatsujiNamba

Ms.NobukoC.Narita

Mr.ChristopherNewhard

Mr.JamesC.Nolan†

Ms.YumiNozoe

Mr.MarkO'Friel

Mr.StevenJ.Pattyn

Mr.MichaelRomano

Mr.ErrolM.Rudman

Mr.FredericA.Sharf

NoraandDavidTezanos

Mr.andMrs.DeanR.Thacker

HiroshiTsuyukiandYasukoTsuyuki

Mr.andMs.TadaoUchida

Ms.YukoYamagishi

Anonymous

Friends of Japan Society Gallery

h o n o R a Ry c h a i R

HerImperialHighnessPrincessTakamado

co - c h a i R s

MargotPaulErnst

MasakoShinn

J o h n d. Ro c k e f e l l e R 3 R d a n d d i R ec to R' s c i Rc l e s


MitchellandJoleenJulis

JoanB.Mirviss

LucioandJoanNoto

ThierryandYaskoPorté


DavidSolo

Mr.ChrisA.Wachenheim


Ms.MaryJ.Wallach

Anonymous

l e a d e R s h i p c i Rc l e

RaphaelandJaneBernstein


†Deceased

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BettinaBurr



Ms.AllisonTolman

Anonymous

b e n e fac to R a n d pat Ro n c i Rc l e


Mr.andMrs.JeffreyCatanzaro

Ms.PilarCondeandMr.AlfonsoLledo-Perez

Dr.CarmelandBabetteCohen

CaroleDavenport

JoeEarleandCharlotteKnox

MargotPaulErnst


KurtA.GitterM.D.andAliceYelen

Mrs.SeijiHatakeyama

MachikoKashiwagiandThomasBingham

YungHeeKim

HelenLee-WarrenandDavidWarren

StephenandMichikoLevine



MikaGallery


Dr.MiyekoMurase

MarjorieNeuwirth

Ms.YumiNozoe

Ms.WakakoOhara,ChiefExecutiveof

theOharaSchoolofIkebana



Mr.FredricT.Schneider





Mr.RogerL.Weston

Dr.RichardJ.Wood

Mr.andMrs.KatsuraYamaguchi

Anonymous(2)

Friends of Children and Youth ProgramsMr.JonHutcheson

JoshuaS.LevineandNozomiTerao

Dr.JoshuaN.Solomon

Anonymous

Friends of FilmMr.andMrs.OmarH.Al-Farisi

Mr.KennethA.Cowin

TheGlobusFamily

LaurelGonsalves

Mr.DavidS.Howe

Mr.GeoffMatters

Dr.TatsujiNamba

Friends of Performing ArtsMr.NortonBelknap

Mr.TerryBrykczynskiandMs.AndreaL.Miller

Mr.KennethA.Cowin

Dr.JohnK.Gillespie

PaulaS.Lawrence

Mr.JamesC.Nolan†

Ms.HirokoOnoyama

Mr.MichaelRomano

Mr.RichardRoyce



AlexYork

FriendsofFilmKennethCowin(left)andSteveGlobus(right)withdirectorToshiakiToyoda

atJAPAN CUTS 2013.Photo©JulieCunnah.

†Deceased


Japan Society, Inc. Statement of ActivitiesYearendedJune30,2013(withsummarizedtotalsforyearendedJune30,2012)

S u p p o rt a n d r e v e n u e

Contributions,grantsandmembership

Revenuesfromfunctionsandactivities

Allocatedinvestmentreturn

Operatinginvestmentreturn(loss)

Specialevents,netofdirectexpenses

Netassetsreleasedfromrestrictions

Total support and revenue

o p e r at i n g e x p e n S e S

Programservices

Lectures

Corporate

Policy

Membership

Filmcenter

Performingarts

Gallery

Digitalmedia

Languageeducation

Educationaloutreach

JapanEarthquakeReliefFund

Total program services

Supporting services

General

Development

Total supporting services

Total expenses

Excess(deficiency)ofrevenueoverexpensesfromoperationsbeforenon-operatingrevenue

Non-operating revenue

Totalinvestmentreturn,netofallocationtooperations

Increase(decrease)innetassets

Netassets,beginningoftheyear

Net assets, end of year

$2,459,252

1,402,174

2,628,005

(97,229)

1,394,606

5,610,398

13,397,206

110,349

365,183

224,327

217,069

412,489

1,503,610

2,052,789

912,229

812,464

694,499

3,405,123

10,710,131

2,306,452

827,895

3,134,347

13,844,478

(447,272)

576,107

128,835

6,867,364

$6,996,199

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

71,126

71,126

9,448,333

$9,519,459

$2,459,252

1,402,174

2,628,005

(97,229)

1,394,606

5,610,398

13,397,206

110,349

365,183

224,327

217,069

412,489

1,503,610

2,052,789

912,229

812,464

694,499

3,405,123

10,710,131

2,306,452

827,895

3,134,347

13,844,478

(447,272)

647,233

199,961

16,315,697

$16,515,658

$5,614,653

—

—

137,993

—

(5,610,398)

142,248

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

142,248

1,764,527

1,906,775

13,399,820

$15,306,595

$5,201

—

—

—

—

—

5,201

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

5,201

—

5,201

42,700,020

$42,705,221

u n r e St r i c t e d B oa r d

d e S i g n at e dp e r m a n e n t ly

r e St r i c t e dt e m p o r a r i ly

r e St r i c t e du n r e St r i c t e d

o p e r at i n gu n r e St r i c t e d

tota l

29

$8,079,106

1,402,174

2,628,005

40,764

1,394,606

—

13,544,655

110,349

365,183

224,327

217,069

412,489

1,503,610

2,052,789

912,229

812,464

694,499

3,405,123

10,710,131

2,306,452

827,895

3,134,347

13,844,478

(299,823)

2,411,760

2,111,937

72,415,537

$74,527,474

$7,889,307

1,601,490

2,843,337

—

1,230,928

—

13,565,062

123,734

312,623

132,737

216,192

384,536

2,234,906

1,772,569

893,097

777,158

577,982

3,746,748

11,172,282

2,428,499

938,002

3,366,501

14,538,783

(973,721)

(2,715,266)

(3,688,987)

76,104,524

$72,415,537

aS S e tS

Cashandcashequivalents

CashdesignatedforJapanEarthquakeReliefFund

Investments,atfairvalue

Contributionsandgrantsreceivable

Otherreceivablesandassets

Land,buildingandequipment,net

Total assets

l i a B i l i t i e S a n d n e t aS S e tS

Liabilities

Accountspayableandaccruedliabilities

Deferredmembershiprevenue

Totalliabilities

Net assets

Unrestricted

Operating

Board-designated

Totalunrestricted

Temporarilyrestricted

Permanentlyrestricted

Totalnetassets

Total liabilities and net assets

$1,965,309

6,171,424

60,290,470

311,722

618,164

5,960,278

$75,317,367

$504,518

285,375

789,893

6,996,199

9,519,459

16,515,658

15,306,595

42,705,221

74,527,474

$75,317,367

$1,962,751

8,817,552

55,005,814

397,620

563,955

6,473,256

$73,220,948

$538,013

267,398

805,411

6,867,364

9,448,333

16,315,697

13,399,820

42,700,020

72,415,537

$73,220,948

Japan Society, Inc. Statement of Financial Position

j u n e 3 0 , 2 0 1 2j u n e 3 0 , 2 0 1 3tota l 2 0 1 2tota l 2 0 1 3

e x ec u t i v e

Motoatsu Sakurai President

Eileen Del Rosario ExecutiveAssistant

co r p o r at e , p o l i c y & l ec t u r e p ro g r a m S

Betty Borden Director,PolicyProjects

Fumiko Miyamoto ProgramOfficer,PolicyProjects&Film

Tomoko Okuno ProgramOfficer

Tomomi Sekiya ProgramOfficer

Owen Rojek ProgramAssistant

Robert BurgosProgramAssistant,p/t

e d u c at i o n

Robert A. Fish Director,Education&FamilyPrograms

Kazuko Minamoto DeputyDirector,Education&FamilyPrograms

Ariana Moir EducationOfficer

Yumi Nagasawa EducationAssociate

F i l m

Samuel Jamier SeniorFilmProgramOfficer

g a l l e ry

Miwako Tezuka DirectorofGallery

Suzanne De Vegh ProgramOfficer

Masako Shiba GalleryOfficer

Cory Campbell GalleryAssociate

l a n g uag e c e n t e r & l i B r a ry

Reiko Sassa Director,LanguageCenter&Library

Tomoyo Kamimura InterimDirector,LanguageCenter&Library/Instructor

Aya WilsonLanguageCenterAssistant,p/t

Yuko Aizawa Instructor

Reiko Akai Instructor

Keiko Hammer Instructor

Masako Inkyo Instructor

Mami Miyashita Instructor

Katherine Major Instructor

Kazuko Nakazawa Instructor

Mami Nakanishi Instructor

p e r Fo r m i n g a rtS

Yoko Shioya ArtisticDirector

Futoshi Miyai DeputyDirector,PerformingArts

Lara Mones ProgramOfficer

Eishin Yoshida ProgramAssistant,p/t

H o u S e ac t i v i t i e S & r e n ta l S

Janet Fu Director,ProgramOperations

Jordan Cael Butler,p/t

Aimee Wilder Butler,p/t

Ellen Dougherty WelcomeDeskAssistant,p/t

Brian J. Kniffen WelcomeDeskAssistant,p/t

Laura Perez WelcomeDeskAssistant,p/t

d e v e lo p m e n t & e x t e r n a l r e l at i o n S

Ann Niehoff Director,Foundation&GovernmentRelations

Yoko Suzuki Director,CorporateGiving

Michiko Simanjuntak Grasso Director,IndividualGiving

Christy Jones Director,SpecialEvents

Mie Igarashi SeniorCorporateDevelopmentOfficer,p/t

Allison Barlow IndividualGivingOfficer

Claudette Karabey DevelopmentOfficer

Lydia Gulick DevelopmentAssociate

Maria Oda DevelopmentAssociate,p/t

Alma Jennings DevelopmentAssistant

F i n a n c e & a dm i n i St r at i o n

Lisa Bermudez VicePresident,Finance&Administration

Vinka Cvenic SeniorAccountant

Jose Rios Accountant

Julia Moran Manager,AdministrativeServices

Jennifer Alden AdministrativeAssistant

H um a n r e S o u rc e S

Jane Fenton Director,HumanResources

Manuel Martinez PayrollManager

i n Fo r m at i o n t ec H n o lo gy

Larry Kong Director,InfoTechnology,Building&HouseOperations

Robert Hardy LANAdministrator,p/t

Katie Skelly DatabaseManager

m a i n t e n a n c e

Jeff Nemeth Director,BuildingServices

Manuel Alcazar Porter

Carlos Estrada Porter

Brian Marin Porter

Ivan Sanchez Handyman/AVCoordinator

m e d i a & m a r k e t i n g

Asif Iqbal Director,Media&Marketing

Shannon Jowett Director,Communications

Kuniko Shiobara PressandCommunityRelationsOfficer

Marisa Rindone WebProducer

Ben Warren VideoProducer

Cynthia Sternau PublicationsManager

Christine Knorr ManagerofGraphicDesignandProduction

to k yo o F F i c e

Ruri Kawashima TokyoRepresentative

Japan Society Staff

—As of July 31, 2013

Kazushi AmbeSenior Vice President, Human ResourcesSony Corporation of America

Shin AoyamaVice President & Coordinating OfficerToyota Motor North America, Inc.

Jonathan E. ColbyManaging DirectorThe Carlyle Group

Gerald L. CurtisBurgess Professor of Political ScienceColumbia University

Richard A. DruckerPartnerDavis Polk & Wardwell

Robert E. Fallon*President & CEOPhosplatin Therapeutics

Louis J. ForsterSenior Managing DirectorCerberus Capital Management, L.P.

Jacob A. FrenkelChairmanJPMorgan Chase International

Carol Gluck*George Sansom Professor of HistoryColumbia University

Maurice R. GreenbergChairman & CEOC.V. Starr & Co., Inc.

Peter D. HancockCEOAIG Property Casualty

Toshiya HasegawaCo-CEONomura Holding America Inc.

Katsumi HataoChief Executive, Headquarters for the AmericasThe Bank of Tokyo Mitsubishi UFJ, Ltd.

Jeffrey L. HaymanPresident, International Insurance OperationsStarr International

Yosuke HonjoPresident & CEOITO EN (North America) INC.

Joichi ItoDirectorMIT Media Lab

Naoya IwashitaPresident & CEOMarubeni America Corporation

Jon C. IwataSenior Vice President, Marketing & CommunicationsIBM Corporation

Merit E. JanowDean, School of International and Public AffairsProfessor of Professional Practice, International Economic Law & International AffairsColumbia University

Robert A. KarrPrincipalJoho Capital, LLC

Frederick H. KatayamaAnchorThomson Reuters

Mitsuhiko Kawai*Vice ChairmanJapan SocietyPresident & CEOMitsui & Co. (U.S.A.), Inc.

Jonathan B. KindredPresident & CEOMorgan Stanley Japan Holdings Co., Ltd.

Sumio Kusaka**Ambassador & Consul General of Japan in New YorkConsulate General of Japan

Richard S. LanierPresidentAsian Cultural Council

Alan S. MacDonald*Chief Client OfficerVice ChairmanCitibank, N.A.

Jun MakiharaChairmanNeoteny Co., Ltd.

Shinji MinobePresident & CEONippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal U.S.A., Inc.

Satoru MurasePartnerBingham McCutchen Murase

Toby S. MyersonPartnerPaul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP

Masaaki OsumiChairman & CEOToshiba America, Inc.

Justin A. Rockefeller

Wilbur L. Ross, Jr.*ChairmanJapan SocietyChairman & CEOWL Ross & Co. LLC

Motoatsu SakuraiPresidentJapan Society(Ex officio)

Barry SalzbergChief Executive OfficerDeloitte Touche Tohmatsu Limited

Timothy SchiltPartnerBerens Capital Management, LLC

Nicole SeligmanPresidentSony Corporation of America

Masako H. Shinn*PartnerGraphis Inc.

Joshua N. Solomon Ed.D.PrincipalNew York City Department of Education

Yasuyuki SugiuraPresident & CEOMitsubishi Corporation (Americas)

Makoto TakashimaManaging Director & CEO, Americas DivisionSumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation

Kazuhiro TakeuchiPresident & CEOSumitomo Corporation of America

Gary M. Talarico*Managing DirectorCora Street Partners

Keiko TashiroChairperson & CEODaiwa Capital Markets America Holdings Inc.

Chris WachenheimPortfolio ManagerGreenhaven Associates, Inc.

Shinya WakoManaging Executive Officer & Head of the AmericasMizuho Bank, Limited

Eiichi YonekuraPresident & CEOITOCHU International Inc.

S e c r e ta ry

Susan J. OnumaPartner, Co-Chair-Asia Practice GroupKelley Drye & Warren LLP

L i f e D i r e c to r S

Henry A. McKinnell, Jr.ChairmanAccordia Global Health Foundation Former Chairman of the Board & CEOPfizer Inc

Jiro MuraseManaging PartnerBingham McCutchen Murase

Peter G. PetersonFounder & ChairmanPeter G. Peterson FoundationChairman Emeritus & Co-FounderThe Blackstone Group

Michael I. SovernPresident Emeritus and Chancellor Kent Professor of LawColumbia University

Paul A. VolckerFormer Chairman of the Board of GovernorsFederal Reserve System

H o n o ry Pat r o n S

H.E. Sumio KusakaAmbassador & Consul General of Japan in New YorkConsulate General of Japan

H.E. Tsuneo NishidaAmbassador, Permanent Representative of Japan to the United Nations

H.E. Kenichiro SasaeAmbassador of Japan to the United States of America

H o n o r a ry D i r e c to r S

Mary Griggs Burke†

Tatsuro Goto

William W. Scranton ‡

Japan Society Board of Directors

e x e c u t i v e co m m i t t e e

Wilbur L. Ross, Jr.Chair

Robert E. Fallon

Carol Gluck

Mitsuhiko Kawai

Alan S. MacDonald

Masako H. Shinn

Gary M. Talarico

n o m i n at i n g & co r P o r at e g o v e r n a n c e co m m i t t e e

Alan S. MacDonaldChair

Robert E. Fallon

Jeffrey L. Hayman

Merit E. Janow

Richard S. Lanier

Jun Makihara

Toby S. Myerson

Eiichi Yonekura

f i n a n c e co m m i t t e e

Robert E. FallonChair

Carol Gluck

Toshiya Hasegawa

Mitsuhiko Kawai

Jun Makihara

Timothy Schilt

Makoto Takashima

i n v e S t m e n t co m m i t t e e

Gary M. TalaricoChair

Jonathan E. Colby

Jonathan B. Kindred

Chris Wachenheim

Shinya Wako

au D i t co m m i t t e e

Satoru MuraseChair

Richard A. Drucker

Naoya Iwashita

Masaaki Osumi

P r o g r a m co m m i t t e e

Masako H. ShinnChair

Kazushi Ambe

Shin Aoyama

Gerald L. Curtis

Louis J. Forster

Yosuke Honjo

Merit E. Janow

Robert A. Karr

Frederick H. Katayama

Satoru Murase

Joshua N. Solomon

D e v e Lo P m e n t co m m i t t e e

Masako H. ShinnInterim Chair

Katsumi Hatao

Jun Makihara

Toby S. Myerson

Barry Salzberg

e x- o f f i c i o m e m b e r S to a L L co m m i t t e e S

Wilbur L. Ross, Jr.

Motoatsu Sakurai

Japan Society Board Committees

* Denotes member of the Executive Committee ** Denotes Honorary Director † Deceased December 2012 ‡ Deceased July 2013 —As of July 31, 2013 —As of July 31, 2013

Cover: Paulownias and Chrysanthemums, late 1700s-early

1800s. Sakai Hoitsu (Japanese, 1761–1828). Two-fold screen;

ink and color on gilded paper, 157.5 µ 158.6 cm. The Cleveland

Museum of Art, Gift of the American Foundation for the Maud

E. and Warren H. Corning Botanical Collection 1964.386.

Page 1: Decorations at opening night of the 2013 Globus

Film Series Into the Shintoho Mind Warp: Girls, Guns & Ghosts

from the Second Golden Age of Japanese Film. Photo ©

Ayumi Sakamoto.

Page 2, clockwise from top left: Members’ opening for Edo

Pop: The Graphic Impact of Japanese Prints. Photo © Ayumi

Sakamoto. Kosei Sakamoto’s Monochrome Circus performing

HAIGAFURU~Ash is Falling at the 15th Contemporary Dance

Showcase. Photo © Julie Lemberger. Ambassador Glyn Davies,

Special Representative of the Secretary of State for North

Korea Policy, United States Department of State. Photo ©

George Hirose. Reception following “A Taste of Tohoku.” Photo

© Ayumi Sakamoto. New Year’s Day Celebration: Oshogatsu.

Photo © George Hirose.

Page 30, clockwise from top right: Actor Mansai Nomura (left)

with Yosuke Honjo (right), President & CEO, ITO EN (North

America) INC.; Member, Board of Directors, Japan Society.

Photo © Japan Society. 2013 Annual Dinner Keynote Speaker

Robert H. Benmosche (left), President & CEO, AIG, greets

2013 Japan Society Award recipient Minoru Makihara, Senior

Corporate Advisor and former Chairman, President & CEO

of Mitsubishi Corporation. Photo © Alan Klein. Alan Webber,

Founding Editor, Fast Company and a member of the Innovators

Network, with John Keys, Senior Vice President, Programs,

International Rescue Committee (IRC) at the invitational

event “Building Resilience: Responding to Emergencies in the

Developed World.” Photo © George Hirose. Ichikawa Yaozo II

in the “Shibaraku” Role, 1774. Katsukawa Shunsho (1726–92).

Courtesy Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Bequest of Richard P.

Gale 74.1.106. Naoki Inose, Governor of Tokyo, at his lecture

on Tokyo’s place in the world. Photo © Satoru Ishikawa.

Page 31, clockwise from top left: Mansai Nomura in his produc-

tion of Macbeth. Photo © Julie Lemberger. Edwin Bellanco,

owner and chef, VITAE restaurant, at “The Power of Miso.”

Photo © Ayumi Sakamoto. 2013 Junior Fellows and Education

Program staff with Japan Society Chairman Wilbur Ross and

Japan Society President Motoatsu Sakurai. Photo © Ayumi

Sakamoto. Language Center students and instructor Keiko

Hammer. Photo © George Hirose. Former first Lady Kayoko

Hosokawa, executive producer of Inclusion: The Joy of Drum-

ming, with a guest. Photo © George Hirose.

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