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The Japan America Society of Chicago
20 N. Clark Street
Suite 750
Chicago, IL 60602
Phone: 312.263.3049
Fax: 312.263.6120
www.jaschicago.org
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Our mission is to create
and promote Japanese and
American friendships.
We do this through business,
social, educational and
cultural activities. We are
the only organization in
Chicago that touches all of
these areas in American and
Japanese relationships.
The Japan America Society of Chicago is a nonprofit association made up of individuals and corporations interested in United States-Japan
business, cultural, political and social relations. Founded in 1930 to foster mutual goodwill and friendship between the people of Japan
and the United States, the Society enjoys a total membership of over 150 American and Japanese corporations and over 600 individuals
throughout Chicagoland and the Midwest. The Society sponsors over 50 public affairs and cultural programs annually, including business
luncheons, evening lectures, cultural events and social/networking opportunities. All members receive discounts on program registration and
invitations to special member-only events. The Society also has a Young Professionals Committee that organizes various evening lectures and
social outings throughout the year for members in their twenties and thirties. In addition, the Society offers more than six levels of Japanese
and English language courses. For membership information and other inquiries, visit www.jaschicago.org or contact the Society office.
Cover: Photo & design provided by Movéo Integrated Branding
Photo: Imperial Palace in Tokyo, Japan with reflection of the Chicago skyline
L E T T E R
F R O M
T H E
H O N O R A R Y
C H A I R M A N
September 30, 2009
The Japan America Society of Chicago has achieved another banner year as it has brought Japan and Chicago even closer
together. With this annual report, we can reflect on the successes of the past year and eagerly look forward to the next year.
Thanks to the leadership and dedication of President Ed Grant, Executive Vice Presidents Sam Cremin and Naomichi Terasaki,
Executive Director Mitsukuni Baba, the Board of Directors, the officers, and the many members, the Society continues to be an
all-important contributor to our Japan-Midwest friendship.
As Consul General of Japan at Chicago and your Honorary Chairman, I have worked closely with you this past year. I applaud
your passion, dedication and hard work, which strengthen our close Japan-Chicago friendship day after day. You have my
deepest appreciation.
During the past year, we have held many diverse and unique events. Last December, members of the Society’s Young
Professionals Committee and alumni of the JET Program danced the night away for a “Saturday Night Fever”-themed networking
party at my Official Residence. In January, I joined you in welcoming new members of the Society at my Residence. At a Society
luncheon in February, I presented a speech entitled “Japan and America: Building Upon the Ichiro Effect.” March saw our 23rd
annual Japanese Language Speech Contest at which young people amazed the audience with their Japanese language skills.
We “kampai”-ed with the best Japanese sake at the Sake Tasting at the Japan Information Center in May, and we were treated to
cutting-edge Japanese design in a lecture by one of Japan’s top designers, Dr. Kazuo Kawasaki, in June. In July the renowned
trombonist Megumi Kanda thrilled the audience with her mastery of the traditional Western instrument, while in September we
witnessed ancient Japanese culture during the Urasenke Japanese Tea Ceremony and Sweets Demonstration.
Our important work reaches beyond public events. At the Midwest Forum, which we co-hosted in May, Mr. Grant, Mr. Baba,
and I met with other leaders of key Japan-Midwest organizations at the Japan Information Center. We explored new strategies
and ideas to stabilize and strengthen our Japan-related organizations as we face challenging economic times. Before I came
to Chicago one and a half years ago, I heard much about the Midwest Forum and was most eager to participate. The meeting
far exceeded my expectations as it promoted closer cooperation and coordination among Japan-related organizations in the
Midwest.
Building upon these many achievements, I eagerly anticipate working with the Society next year to bring even more significant
and special events to Chicago and the Midwest. I look forward to sharing new ideas with you as we continue to boost our JapanChicago partnership.
B U I L D I N G
U P O N
T H E
I C H I R O
E F F E C T
I am delighted to serve as the Honorary Chairman of such an important and dynamic organization as the Japan America Society
of Chicago. As we look to 2010, please know that you have my sincerest gratitude and my strongest support.
Best Regards,
George Hisaeda
The Honorable George Hisaeda, Consul General
of Japan at Chicago, Consulate General of Japan
at Chicago
Consul General of Japan at Chicago
L E T T E R
F R O M
T H E
C H A I R M A N
September 30, 2009
L E T T E R
F R O M
T H E
P R E S I D E N T
September 30, 2009
Dear Society members,
Dear Society members,
First, I would like to say how honored I am to be elected as the Chairman of the Japan America Society of Chicago. I look forward to my
service with President Ed Grant and our wonderful team of Officers, Directors, Governors and our staff led by Mitsukuni Baba.
We are all aware that these are not ordinary times. On a daily basis we are reminded of the challenging economic conditions we face.
Both the US and the Japanese economies have suffered from the sharpest decline in decades. Nonprofit organizations such as ours are
not immune from this economic environment. According to a recent survey by Johns Hopkins University, eighty percent of nonprofit
organizations are experiencing fiscal stress, and close to forty percent of them reported that this stress was “severe” or “very severe.”
I am pleased to once again report to you on the progress of your Society
and to thank you and others for your exceptional support of the Society
during this past year. The purpose of the Japan America Society of
Chicago is to create and promote friendship and understanding between
Japan and the United States. We do this through business, social,
educational and cultural programming. All of your support of the Society
furthers this high and important purpose.
In such times, we should all be reminded that our Society has a long and rich history. In 2010 we will celebrate our 80th year. Our Society
was started in 1930 by a group of professors at the University of Chicago and Northwestern University who had academic interests
in Japan. In the 1950’s and the 1960’s, a new group of Chicago civic and business leaders rejuvenated the Society. Over the next four
decades, Chicagoans along with the growing Japanese business community, strengthened and grew the Society. Today, we remain the
only bilateral organization in the Chicago area dedicated to creating and promoting friendship and understanding between Japan and
the United States.
I have to begin with thanking you, the Society’s members, who
provide the broad interest and energy toward achieving our purpose.
Participating in our events, giving us your views on improving the Society
and providing your important financial support enables us to deliver the
programs that we hope fit your interests and expectations. We thank you
deeply for your participation and support.
This past year we continued to provide both members and the public with a wide variety of programs and events. Our financial condition
remains sound, and we have undertaken several new initiatives to ensure our continued financial strength. With the committed board,
loyal members, and the continuing support of Japan’s Consulate at Chicago, now led by the Honorable George Hisaeda, I can happily
report that the Society is looking forward to a successful 80th year with many fine years to follow.
There are many others to thank as well. We have great Directors and
Governors and a superb staff. I am also most grateful to The Honorable
Michael Moskow for serving as our Chairman; The Honorable George
Hisaeda, Consul General of Japan in Chicago, for serving as our Honorary
Chairman; and to Senator Adlai Stevenson, for his continuing service as
our Chairman Emeritus. I thank all for their efforts and results in advancing
our purpose.
I thank all of you for your support of the Society. The Society’s future is bright, and I look forward to working with you.
Sincerely,
Michael H. Moskow
Chairman
Numerous companies and individuals also have provided direct financial
support to our events as program sponsors or contributors. We thank
each of you. In the back of this annual report, you will find a listing of
our programs during the past year and the sponsors for many of those
programs and also a list of donors. I invite you to please look at those
programs and sponsors and donors that have supported our programs.
Their support is so vital to our Society.
We once again had a year of wonderful programs, events and classes.
They are the primary vehicle by which we pursue our mission. I will briefly
cite some of the speakers that are representative of the full year’s slate:
Nicole Piasecki, President, Boeing Japan; The Honorable Heizo Takanaka,
Cabinet Minister under Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi; Dennis Cuneo,
Executive Advisor & General Counsel, Toyota Boshoku America; Consul
General George Hisaeda; and Dr. Kazuo Kawasaki, Design Director, Doctor
of Medical Science, Professor of Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka
University. These are just some examples of our great presenters from this
past year. Please take a look at them all in the program listing in the back
of this annual report.
Some of the other notable items to report from this past year include:
• The Board elected The Honorable Michael Moskow our Chairman. Dr.
Moskow has a highly distinguished career in business, academics and
public service. We are fortunate and delighted with Dr. Moskow’s
willingness to serve. We benefit daily from his wisdom and guidance.
• The Programming Committee and Membership Committee continued
their yeoman’s work, achieving excellent results under some very
trying circumstances. And the Development Committee has been
reinvigorated. These Committees form the cornerstones of our Society
and each has excellent leadership.
• The Society reinstated our Annual Golf Outing on a beautiful day this past
May after several years’ hiatus, through the exceptional leadership of Sam
Cremin, our Executive Vice President.
• The Board of Governors has undertaken a highly important initiative for
this fall, the Annual Governors Dinner. The Governors plan to make this
their signature event going forward and we are thrilled with their energy
and their excitement.
I also wish to recognize and thank some of the organizations that
we routinely work with in developing, publicizing and delivering our
programming and other services to our members. The Consulate
General of Japan, JETRO, the Japan Chamber of Commerce and Industry
in Chicago and the Chicago Council on Global Affairs are organizations
that have been great partners in serving our members and delivering our
programming. We wish to be mutually supportive and cooperative with
these key groups and assist them wherever we can, as they assist and
support us.
We are very excited as we approach our 80th anniversary year. Your
Society continues to make important progress. However, we have many
challenges facing us. To maintain our stable financial footing and continue
robust programming, we have much hard work ahead of us. The condition
of the broad domestic and world economies affects us, our members and
their businesses, and challenges us all. In order to continue on this good
path that we are on, we will have to continue to deliver excellent programs
and great member support, in a financially careful fashion. We intend to
do that. At the same time, we ask for your continuing participation and
support. With that, we look forward to a highly productive year, providing
great value to you, our members.
Thank you again to all that have supported us so well. We very much look
forward to working with you and serving you going forward.
Sincerely,
Edward A. Grant
President
O F F I C E R S
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Chairman
Executive Director
Masataka Harashima
Shunichiro Kishioka
Robert Murphy
William A. Streff, Jr.
The Honorable Michael H. Moskow
Mitsukuni Baba
President & CEO
Chairman
Managing Partner
Partner
Executive Director
E-Hay International Corp.
I.T.A., Inc.
Movéo Integrated Branding
Kirkland & Ellis LLP
Junji Hayashi
Taka Kosaka
Motohisa Noguchi
Thomas Studney
Directors
Deputy General Manager
President
Treasurer & Secretary to the Board
Managing Director
Honorary Chairman
John D. Angster
Mizuho Corporate Bank, Ltd.
Uni-Con, Inc.
Toyota Technological Institute at Chicago
Sunstar Americas, Inc.
The Honorable George Hisaeda
Vice President, Human Resources
Consul General of Japan at Chicago
Komatsu America Corp.
Debra Hindley
Robert W. Kumaki
Hiroko Osaka
Sachio Takahashi
Director Passenger Sales
Principal
Associate Director
General Sales Manager
Japan Airlines International
The Ronin Group
Center for Market Leadership
NYK Line (North America) Inc.
Walter Hladko
Jody E. Kurtzhalts
Regional Manager
President & COO
Emily Reynolds
Chief Executive Director
Jack D. Beem
Imperial Hotel Tokyo/Osaka
Yaskawa Electric America, Inc.
Vice President, Major Accounts
JETRO Chicago
President
Benita Boettner
Eileen Hubbell
Dr. Phyllis I. Lyons
Edward A. Grant
Executive Director, Corporate Program
Director of International Relations
Associate Prof. African & Asian Languages
David A. Riggle
President
The Chicago Council on Global Affairs
Office of the Mayor
Northwestern University
Partner
Pacific Advisory Service, Inc.
Vice Chairman & Senior Fellow on the
Global Economy
Japan America Society of Chicago
The Chicago Council on Global Affairs
Consulate General of Japan at Chicago
Rita R. Athas
Chairman Emeritus
The Honorable Adlai E. Stevenson
World Business Chicago
Chairman
SC&M Investment Management Corp.
Principal
Arthur Andersen LLP
Executive Vice Presidents
Sam Cremin
Managing Director
Green Tree Products
Naomichi Terasaki
VP & General Manager
All Nippon Airways Co., Ltd.
Secretary
Kellogg School of Management
Executive Director
Muneo Takashi
Xerox Corporation
Mike M. Tsuruga
Riggle and Craven
Patrick Canavan
Osamu Ishimura
Calvin Manshio
Canavan Consulting LLC
Senior Vice President & General Manager
The Manshio Law Firm, P.C.
Sumitomo Corporation of America
James A. McClung
Robert A. Center
David D. Johnson
Chairman and CEO
Kenneth A. Dixon
Executive Vice President, Treasurer & CFO
Lismore International Inc.
Partner
Molex, Inc.
Shawn Y. Valukas
David M. Roden
Financial Advisor
Vice President & Group Manager
UBS Financial Services, Inc.
Fifth Third Bank
Ritsuko Okuno Welch
Howard J. Romanek
Private Banking Manager, Intl. Finance
Illinois State University
Fifth Third Bank
President
August W. Schaefer
Michael P. Whelan TT&M Consulting
SVP & Public Safety Officer
Partner
Underwriters Laboratories Inc.
Ernst & Young LLP
Greg Merkley
Deloitte & Touche LLP
Ken Kabira
Lynn Durning
Senior Vice President
Naoto Kamada
Wells Fargo HSBC Trade Bank
General Manager
Kimitoshi Minami
Mitsui & Co. (U.S.A.), Inc.
President & CEO
Akira Shibata
Mari Yamamoto Regnier
Mitsubishi Electric Automation, Inc.
Vice President, Chicago Regional Sales
Office
Partner
Nippon Life Insurance Co. of America
Shane Stiles
President
William Florida
gate39MEDIA
Vice President
Seigo Kashii
Advisory Research, Inc.
President & CEO
Thomas T. Miyano
Astellas US LLC
CEO
Treasurer
MiyanoHitec Machinery, Inc.
Jonathan Y. (Young Jin) Kim
Marcia E. Goodman
Partner
Partner
Steven L. Katz
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
Mayer Brown LLP
Principal
Dana E. Morrison
Masuda, Funai, Eifert & Mitchell, Ltd.
President
Senior Manager
Genieco, Inc.
Yuji Hama
Yoshio Shibazaki
Plante & Moran PLLC
Kazuo Shimizu
Senior Vice President
Kohei Kawashima
President & COO
JPMorgan Chase Bank
President
Kikkoman Foods, Inc.
Honda Connectors, Inc.
Barnes & Thornburg LLP
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Board of Governors
Masataka Harashima
Jack D. Beem
President & CEO
J a p a n
the
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E-Hay International Corp.
Dan L. Boho
Attorney
Lyric Hughes Hale
Hinshaw & Culbertson
Shunichiro Kishioka
Thomas J. Boodell, Jr.
Chairman
Partner
I.T.A., Inc.
Boodell & Domanskis LLC
Thomas P. McMenamin
John Bukacek
Principal
President
Masuda, Funai, Eifert & Mitchell, Ltd.
Japanese Business Legal & Technical
Translation and Interpretation Services
Adlai E. Stevenson
Chairman
Clyde O. Bowles, Jr.
SC&M Investment Management Corp.
Of Counsel
Harrison & Held LLP
Josie Tomes
John A. Challenger
CEO
Challenger, Gray & Christmas, Inc.
Joyce Chelberg
Dr. Arthur I. Cyr
A.W. and Mary Margaret Clausen
Distinguished Professor, Political Economy
& World Business
Director, Clausen Center for World Business
Carthage College
Clyde Dickey
Tadashi Enami
Ralph Fujimoto
David Ghaussy
Senior Vice President
Mizuho Corporate Bank, Ltd.
Mr. Marshall M. Bouton, President,
The Chicago Council on Global Affairs
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Program Committee
Ken Kabira (Co-Chair)
Mari Yamamoto Regnier, Barnes & Thornburg (Co-Chair)
Membership Committee
Greg Merkley, TT&M Consulting (Co-Chair)
Mike Tsuruga, Pacific Advisory Service, Inc. (Co-Chair)
Development Committee
William Florida, Advisory Research, Inc. (Chair)
Finance Committee
Yoshio Shibazaki, Plante & Moran PLLC (Chair)
Marketing Committee
Ken Kabira (Co-Chair)
Bob Kumaki, The Ronin Group (Co-Chair)
Nominating Committee
Jody Kurtzhalts, Yaskawa Electric America (Co-Chair)
James McClung, Lismore International Inc. (Co-Chair)
Young Professionals Committee
Austin Gilkeson, Japan Information Center (Co-Chair)
Jenny Matsui (Co-Chair)
Genea Tafesse (Co-Chair)
Executive Committee
Sam Cremin, Green Tree Products (Executive Vice President)
William Florida, Advisory Research, Inc. (Chair, Development Committee)
Ed Grant, Arthur Andersen LLP (President)
Ken Kabira (Co-Chair, Marketing Committee & Program Committee)
Jonathan Kim, PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (Treasurer)
Jody Kurtzhalts, Yaskawa Electric America (Co-Chair, Nominating Committee)
Greg Merkley, TT&M Consulting (Co-Chair, Membership Committee)
Yoshio Shibazaki, Plante & Moran PLLC (Chair, Finance Committee)
Shane Stiles, gate39MEDIA (Secretary)
Naomichi Terasaki, All Nippon Airways (Executive Vice President)
Mike Tsuruga, Pacific Advisory Service, Inc. (Co-Chair, Membership Committee)
Mari Yamamoto Regnier, Barnes & Thornburg (Co-Chair, Program Committee)
Mr. Trey Hillman, Manager, Kansas City Royals
Ms. Nicole Piasecki, Vice President, Boeing
International and President, Boeing Japan
Dr. Akira Iriye, Harvard University
E V E N T S
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Chanoyu Japanese Tea Ceremony &
Japanese Sweets demonstration at the
Japan Information Center
B U S I N E S S
E V E N T S
Building Global Brands in Japan: Lessons Learned from Kellogg’s
and McDonald’s
One More Time: Japan’s Next Wave of Building Global Businesses
Trends in Japanese Corporate Governance
世界市場で日本が再びリーダーになるには
コーポレート ガバナンス 日本の傾向
日本におけるグローバルブランドの成功の秘訣：ケロッグとマ
クドナルドの教訓から
Date: 9/17/08
Date: 5/4/09
Speaker: Pat Canavan, Former SVP of Global Governance, Motorola, Inc.
Corporate Sponsor: PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
Speakers: Prof. Douglas Skinner, University of Chicago Booth
School of Business; Kouji Yamada, JCA Partners; Drew Edwards,
Advisory Research Inc.; Michael Levin, Chicago-based Activist
Investor; and Robert M. Hayward, Kirkland & Ellis LLP
Corporate Sponsor: JETRO Chicago
Date: 7/10/08
Co-Sponsors: Chicago Asia-Pacific Group and JETRO Chicago
金融恐慌終焉後に向けて：世界秩序を構築する日本とアメリカ
Corporate Sponsor: Kirkland & Ellis LLP
Date: 9/23/09
Speaker: Marshall M. Bouton, President, The Chicago Council on
Global Affairs
Speaker: Ken G. Kabira, Former Chief Marketing Officer,
McDonald’s Japan
Co-Sponsor: Japanese Chamber of Commerce & Industry of Chicago
Corporate Sponsor: Komatsu America Corp.
U.S. China Japan Automotive Conference
The Future of the Global Automotive Industry
Date: 10/28/08
Energy and Natural Resources
Co-Sponsors: U.S.-China Chamber of Commerce and Japan
America Society of Chicago
79th Annual Dinner
How Does a Price Hike in Energy Affect the Global Economy? Corporate Sponsor: Masuda, Funai, Eifert & Mitchell, Ltd.
Japanese Designs: From Eyeglasses to Artificial
Organ Technology
エネルギーと資源:価格高騰はどう世界経済に影響を与えるか？
Date: 7/31/08
Membership Dinner
Speaker: Yoshihiko Kawamura, SVP & General Manager, Mitsubishi
International Corp.
Date: 1/27/09
Corporate Sponsor: Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP
Boeing & Japan: A Global Benchmark for Strategic
Industrial Collaboration
ボーイングと日本50年の協調関係:
グローバル事業戦略の原動力
Date: 8/14/08
After the Great Recession: Japan and America in Shifting
Global Order
Co-Sponsor: The Chicago Council on Global Affairs
Corporate Sponsor: Kirkland & Ellis LLP Date: 6/4/09
Speaker: Dr. Kazuo Kawasaki, Design Director, Doctor of Medical
Science, Professor of Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka
University and Professor Emeritus at Nagoya City University
Board of Governors Reception & Dinner
Sponsor: The Consulate General of Japan at Chicago
Corporate Sponsors: Fifth Third Bank; Kirkland & Ellis LLP; Masuda,
Funai, Eifert & Mitchell, Ltd.; Mayer Brown LLP; and Molex, Inc.
Date: 10/9/09
Caught in the Middle: America’s Heartland in the Age
of Globalism
YPC Financial Panel Series
“Survival of Japan’s Financial Market”
The Financial Crisis, Part I
日本金融市場の将来
The 7 Financial Habits of Healthy & Happy People
Date: 10/23/09
Understanding and Improving Your Credit Score
Speaker: Mitch Fulscher, Chairman, Futures Industry Association
of Japan
Speaker: Kris Jarantoski, Executive Vice President & Director,
Chicago Botanic Garden
グローバル化時代における中西部
Date: 2/26/09
Speaker: Nicole Piasecki, Vice President, Boeing International and
President, Boeing Japan
Speaker: Richard Longworth, Senior Fellow, The Chicago Council on
Global Affairs and Former Senior Correspondent, Chicago Tribune
Co-Sponsor: All Nippon Airways Co., Ltd.
Corporate Sponsor: RSM McGladrey
Corporate Sponsors: Astellas US LLC; Barnes & Thornburg
LLP; Daido Steel (America) Inc.; Flying Food Group; Kaplan,
Massamillo & Andrews, LLC; Komatsu America Corp.; Masuda,
Funai, Eifert & Mitchell, Ltd.; Mitsubishi Electric Automation, Inc.;
Mitsubishi International Corp.; Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd.;
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP; and Tokio Marine Management
Speakers: Yuji Hama, Senior Vice President, JPMorgan Chase Bank;
Robb Rosen, Financial Representative, Northwestern Mutual
Financial Network; and Mika Osada, Branch Manager, Citibank
The U.S. Economic Outlook and Policy Responses
Similarities and Differences with Japan’s Recession in the 90’s 米国経済の予測と連邦政府の景気対策
日本の９０年代の「失われた10年」との比較も交えて
Date: 3/26/09
Speaker: Dr. Hesna Genay, Senior Professional, Research
Department, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago
Co-Sponsor: The Chicago Council on Global Affairs
Date: 8/6/09
Speakers: Yuji Hama, Senior Vice President, JPMorgan Chase Bank;
Robb Rosen, Financial Representative, Northwestern Mutual
Financial Network; and Mika Osada, Branch Manager, Citibank
Corporate Sponsor: JETRO Chicago
YPC Financial Panel Series
The Financial Crisis, Part II
Financial Management
The Emerging East Asian Community and
U.S.-Japanese Relations
Speaker: Dr. Akira Iriye, Harvard University
Corporate Sponsor: CME Group
What’s Happening to Japanese Workers:
What You Won’t Read in the Wall Street Journal or Business Week
あなたの知らない日本の雇用事情
Date: 11/10/09
Speaker: Dr. Norma Field, Robert S. Ingersoll Distinguished Service
Professor, Japanese Studies, The University of Chicago
10 Steps to Digging out of Debt
Date: 9/2/09
Corporate Sponsor: Fifth Third Bank
The Consulate General
of Japan at Chicago
C U L T U R A L
events
Takashi Fine Dining
Date: 8/19/08
Playing Long Ball: Baseball Between Japanese Universities and
the University of Chicago
シカゴ大学と日本の大学：野球を通しての100年にわたる日米交流の歴史
Date: 9/4/08
Speaker: Mike Szczepaniak, University of Chicago
Corporate Sponsor: The University of Chicago
Beyond Pearl Harbor: The Untold Stories of Japan’s Naval Airmen
Date: 10/22/08
Speaker: Ron Werneth, World War II Historian and Author
Co-Sponsor: Japanese American Service Committee
Behind-the-Scenes Tour of the Japanese Print Collection at the
Art Institute of Chicago
シカゴ美術館の秘蔵浮世絵コレクション
Date: 11/20/08
Speaker: Janice Katz, Roger L. Weston Assistant Curator of
Japanese Art, Art Institute of Chicago
Famous Suicides of the Japanese Empire
Date: 2/10/09
Speaker: David Mura, Novelist, Poet, Memoirist, Critic, Playwright &
Performance Artist
Co-Sponsor: Japanese American Service Committee
Kodo Japanese Drum Performance at the Chicago Symphony Center
世界に誇る和太鼓集団「鼓童」シカゴ公演
Date: 2/17/09
A Green Tea Tasting at The Green Teaist
日本茶を愉しむ会
Date: 3/28/09
Japanese Calligraphy Workshop
Date: 5/7/09
Speaker: Yoshimi Tanaka, Certified Calligraphy Instructor
16th Annual Sake Tasting Including 9 Brewers from Japan
Date: 5/21/09
Corporate Sponsor: Japan Airlines International Co., Ltd.
Japanese Calligraphy Workshop
Calligraphy on Japanese Fan in Celebration of the Tanabata
(Star) Festival
Date: 7/7/09
Speaker: Yoshimi Tanaka, Certified Calligraphy Instructor
Japanese Girl Stuff: Trends and Innovations in Popular Culture
日本のガールズ・カルチャ
Date: 7/16/09
Speaker: Dr. Laura Miller, Professor of Anthropology, Loyola University
Corporate Sponsor: Loyola University
YPC Let’s Play GO
Date: 7/26/09
Co-Sponsors: The Lakeview GO Club, Japanese Culture Center, The
Viewpoints Stage Performance Training by the Geopolis Theater
Company, Aikido International Foundation, Association of Asian
American Yale Alumni
Baseball in Japan and the U.S.
Persevering Through Difficult Times
困難に立ち向かうトレイ・ヒルマン氏　(カンザスシテイー・ロイアルズ監督、元日本ハム・ファイターズ監督)
Date: 8/18/09
Speaker: Trey Hillman, Manager, Kansas City Royals
Corporate Sponsor: Barnes & Thornburg LLP
Introduction to Taiko (Japanese Drum)
太鼓ワークショップ
Date: 8/22/09
Art Institute of Chicago
Beyond Golden Clouds: Curator Overview of Japanese Screen Exhibition
Date: 9/3/09
Speaker: Dr. Janice Katz, Roger L. Weston Associate Curator of
Japanese Art, Art Institute of Chicago
Corporate Sponsor: Art Institute of Chicago
Chanoyu (Japanese Tea Ceremony) & Japanese Sweets Demonstration
茶の湯と和菓子～季節を楽しむ
Date: 9/10/09
Co-Sponsors: Japan Information Center of the Consulate General
of Japan at Chicago and Urasenke Chicago Association
One Person Can Make a Difference: Celebrating the Life of
Chiune Sugihara
An Overview of Chiune Sugihara and tour of the permanent
exhibit at the Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Center
杉原千畝の功績を讃えて
ホロコーストミュージアム見学ツアー
Date: 9/26/09
Speaker: Rick Salomon, Board of Directors, Museum Executive
Committee, Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Center
“The Mann Collection of Ukiyo-e”
マン浮世絵コレクション：浮世絵収集家マン氏に伺う
Date: 10/29/09
Speaker: George Mann, Director and Vice President, Japanese Art
Society of America
Japanese Holiday Card Workshop
Date: 11/13/09
Speaker: Yoshimi Tanaka, Certified Calligraphy Instructor
E D U C A T I O N A L
events
Midwest Buddhist Temple Service and Q&A
シカゴの仏教にふれてみよう
Date: 7/27/08
Speaker: Rev. Bryan Siebuhr
History Tour of Chicago
ネービーピアでシカゴの歴史を学ぼう
Date: 9/7/08
Speaker: Howard Romanek, Assistant Professor, Illinois State
University
Tour of Wrigley Field
Date: 9/13/08
YPC Exploring French Wine Tasting
Date: 3/20/09
Speaker: Genea Tafesse, Wines for Humanity
YPC Exploring Italian Wine Tasting
Date: 4/17/09
Speaker: Genea Tafesse, Wines for Humanity
Japanese Language Tour of the Art Institute of Chicago
シカゴ美術館・日本語解説付ツアー
～シカゴ案内の知識を備えたい方、家族でより深く絵画を楽し
みたい方へ～
Date: 4/19/09
Speaker: Hiroko Saito, School of the Art Institute of Chicago
American Etiquette (in Japanese language only)
アメリカでのコミニュケーションとエチケット
こんな時なんて言ったらいいの？
職場で、学校で、近所づきあいで、アメリカ人と上手に接するた
めの常識
Date: 4/25/09
Speaker: Hiroko Furo, Associate Professor of Japanese Studies
and Coordinator of Japanese Studies Program, Illinois
Wesleyan University
Co-Sponsor: Japanese Chamber of Commerce & Industry
of Chicago
Corporate Sponsor: Holiday Inn Express Arlington Heights
YPC Exploring German Wine Tasting
Date: 5/15/09
Speaker: Genea Tafesse, Wines for Humanity
YPC Exploring American Wine Tasting
Date: 6/19/09
Speaker: Genea Tafesse, Wines for Humanity
History Tour of Chicago
ネービーピアでシカゴの歴史を学ぼう
Date: 9/13/09
Speaker: Howard Romanek, Assistant Professor, Illinois
State University
Matsuda Violin Studio Visit
松田バイオリン工房見学
～バイオリン職人が語るバイオリンの魅力～
Date: 10/4/09
The Lakeview GO Club
The Viewpoints Stage Performance Training
by The Geopolis Theater Company
Association of Asian American Yale Alumni
P U B L I C
A F F A I R S
events
/
Japan and the U.S. Elections: Concerns of a Key Ally
日本から見る米大統領選挙
Date: 5/21/08
Speaker: Dr. Robert “Skipp” Orr, Former President, Boeing Japan,
and Chairman, Panasonic Foundation
Co-Sponsor: The Chicago Council on Global Affairs
Corporate Sponsor: Mayer Brown LLP
Japan’s Structural Reform: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow
グローバル経済と改革の行方
Date: 10/6/08
Speaker: Heizo Takenaka, Professor, Keio University and former
Minister of Internal Affairs and Communications and Minister of
State for the Privatization of the Postal Services in the Cabinet of
Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi
Co-Sponsor: Japanese Chamber of Commerce & Industry of
Chicago
Corporate Sponsors: Joyce Chelberg, JPMorgan Chase Bank,
Mitsubishi Electric Automation Inc. and Pasona
Japan and America: Building Upon the Ichiro Effect
日本とアメリカ：「イチロー効果」を超えて
Date: 2/25/09
Speaker: The Honorable George Hisaeda, Consul General of Japan,
Consulate General of Japan at Chicago
Co-Sponsor: The Consulate General of Japan at Chicago
Corporate Sponsors: Astellas US LLC; Masuda, Funai, Eifert & Mitchell,
Ltd.; Sumitomo Corporation of America; and UnitedHealthcare
Structural Changes in Japanese Political Leadership,
Economy and Society in the Last 20 Years
日本社会の構造変化
20年をふりかえって
Date: 4/22/09
Speaker: Michio Katsumata, Professor, American Studies and
Japan-U.S. Relations, Director, Library and Chief Public Relations
Officer, Akita International University
Co-Sponsor: JETRO Chicago
Corporate Sponsor: Citibank
Japanese Heritage Night
Chicago White Sox vs. Cleveland Indians
Date: 7/2/08
S O C I A L
events
YPC Ravinia Outing
Date: 7/20/08
A-Squared Theatre Workshop Production of A Wind Cries Mary
観劇のご案内
Date: 8/7/08
Welcome Reception for The Honorable and Mrs. George Hisaeda
Consul General of Japan at Chicago
Date 8/20/08
Co-Sponsors: Japanese Chamber of Commerce & Industry of
Chicago and the Chicago Japanese American Council
S O C I A L
Chinese Hot Pot Dinner Social at Lao Szechuan
四川火鍋を囲む会
Date: 2/12/09
YPC A Chocolate Tasting at Ethel M. Chocolate Lounge
チョコレートテースティング
Date: 3/15/09
Happy Flight Movie Screening
Date: 4/3/09
Co-Sponsors: All Nippon Airways Co., Ltd.; Japan America Society
of Chicago; and The Consulate General of Japan at Chicago
YPC Suburban Meishi Business Card Exchange
Date: 8/28/08
Corporate Sponsor: Immigration Law Associates, P.C.
36th Annual Golf Tournament
Date: 5/20/09
Corporate Sponsors: All Nippon Airways Co., Ltd.; Molex, Inc.; and
Ernst & Young LLP
YPC Takoyaki & Mochi Social
たこ焼き＆もちパーティ
Date: 9/11/08
YPC Music Fest in Millennium Park
Date: 7/19/09
Afternoon Classic Music Concert
弦楽四重奏コンサート ～シカゴ響メンバーを招いて
Date: 11/2/08
Performers: Cornelius Chiu, Violinist, Chicago Symphony Orchestra;
Kozue Funakoshi, Violinist, Chicago Symphony Orchestra;
Catherine Brubaker, Violist, Chicago Symphony Orchestra; David
Sanders, Cellist, Chicago Symphony Orchestra; and Kanae Tsuruga,
Pianist
Corporate Sponsor: Shawn Valukas
YPC Thanksgiving Wine Social
Date: 11/22/08
22nd Annual Holiday Fundraiser & Bonenkai
Date: 12/11/08
YPC Shinnenkai New Year’s Party
Date: 1/21/09
Japanese Heritage Night
Chicago White Sox vs. Tampa Bay Rays
Date: 7/21/09
Trombone Recital by Megumi Kanda
Date: 7/25/09
Performers: Megumi Kanda, Principal Trombonist, Milwaukee
Symphony Orchestra, and Mio Nakamura, Pianist
Co-Sponsors: The Consulate General of Japan at Chicago; Japanese
Chamber of Commerce & Industry of Chicago; and a grant from
the Japan Foundation, NY
Chicago Red Stars vs. Washington Freedom Women’s
Professional Soccer
女子プロサッカー観戦で澤穂希選手を応援しよう
Date: 7/26 /09
YPC Downtown Meishi Business Card Exchange
ダウンタウン名刺交換会
Date: 7/30/09
events
YPC Sushi Rolling Party
Date: 8/2/09
Co-Sponsors: The Lakeview GO Club, Japanese Culture Center, The
Viewpoints Stage Performance Training by the Geopolis Theater
Company, Aikido International Foundation, Association of Asian
American Yale Alumni
Kate Spade Event
Date: 8/20/09
Japanese Heritage Night
YPC Chicago Fire vs. Colorado Rapids Men’s Professional Soccer
シカゴファイヤーと木村選手を応援しよう
Date: 8/23/09
Co-Sponsors: Association of Asian American Yale Alumni, Aikido
International Foundation, Japanese Culture Center, Japan
Exchange Teaching Programme Alumni Association, National
Association of Asian American Professionals, and Major League
Soccer’s Chicago Fire
YPC Halloween Kick-Off Party
シカゴ日米協会YPCハロウィンパーティ
Date: 10/31/09
Japan Student Network Reception
シカゴ日米協会及びシカゴ姉妹都市委員会催
学生ネットワークレセプション
Date: 11/6/09
Co-Sponsor: Chicago Sister Cities International Program
Corporate Sponsor: Joyce Chelberg & Executive Resource Group, Inc.
Afternoon Classic Concert
弦楽四重奏コンサート ～シカゴ響メンバーを招いて
Date: 11/15/09
Performers: Cornelius Chiu, Violinist, Chicago Symphony Orchestra;
Kozue Funakoshi, Violinist, Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Catherine
Brubaker, Violist, Chicago Symphony Orchestra; David Sanders,
Cellist, Chicago Symphony Orchestra; and Kanae Tsuruga, Pianist
Corporate Sponsor: Immigration Law Associates, P.C.
23rd Annual Holiday Fundraiser & Bonenkai
Date: 12/10/09
Joyce Chelberg
The Consulate General of Japan at Chicago
Chicago Japanese American Council
Shawn Y. Valukas
The Lakeview GO Club
The Viewpoints Stage Performance Training
by The Geopolis Theater Company
Association of Asian American Yale Alumni
C O R P O R A T E
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Mayer Brown LLP
Mitsui & Co. (U.S.A.), Inc.
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National Material L.P.
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
Sunstar Americas, Inc.
United Healthcare of Illinois, Inc.
Yaskawa Electric America, Inc.
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All Nippon Airways Co., Ltd.
ARK Technologies, Inc.
Challenger, Gray & Christmas, Inc.
Citibank, N.A.
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Fifth Third Bank
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ITA Inc.
Japan Airlines International
Japanese Business Legal & Technical
Translation and Interpretation Services
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MC Machinery Systems, Inc.
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Sidley Austin LLP
Sumitomo Corporation of America
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The Boeing Company
The Chicago Council on Global Affairs
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Illinois Institute of Technology, Dept. of
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Immigration Law Associates, P.C.
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Kintetsu World Express (USA) Inc.
Kitamura Machinery of U.S.A., Inc.
Komori America Corporation
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Miyano Machinery USA Inc.
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Omron Management Center of America, Inc.
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Center for Market Leadership, Kellogg
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Cole & Associates
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Figaro USA, INC.
Goda & Associates, Inc.
Ingraham & Associates, Inc.
Japan Machinery Parts & Components Office
Kitsuya Trading, Inc.
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Lori S.C. Yokoyama & Associates, P.C.
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Mitsubishi Motors North America, Inc.
Miyanaga America Corporation
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Moritani America, Inc.
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Pacific Advisory Service, Inc.
Personalized Medicine Research Inc.
Rohrs & Co. LLC
Steuben County Economic Development
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The Manshio Law Firm, P.C.
Third Generation Financial LLC
Tokio Marine Management, Inc.
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Toyota Technological Institute at Chicago
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Write Goal Company
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Molex, Inc.
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Kikkoman Foods, Inc.
Mitsubishi International Corp.
Ono Sokki Technology, Inc.
Riggle and Craven
Toyota Technological Institute at Chicago
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Genieco, Inc.
Komatsu America Corp.
Mitsubishi Electric Automation
$250-$499
JPower USA Development Company, Ltd.
Moritani America
Nippon Express U.S.A., Inc.
Toyo Seikan Kaisha, Ltd.
$100-$249
Cole & Associates
H&R Block Foundation
MHI Injection Molding
Sunstar Americas, Inc.
$0-$99
Executive Resource Group, Inc.
Miyanaga America Corporation
Individual Donors
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Anonymous
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Joyce Chelberg
Edward A. Grant
Marion Ishii
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The Honorable Michael H. Moskow
Kayoko Rohan
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S. Celine Bendy
Sam Cremin
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David D. Johnson
Shunichiro Kishioka
James A. McClung
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Howard J. Romanek
William A. Streff, Jr.
$250-$499
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Kimiko Nakamura
Yoshio Shibazaki
Noriaki Shigemitsu
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Jack D. Beem
Dan L. Boho
Thomas J. Boodell, Jr.
Clyde O. Bowles, Jr.
John Bukacek
Patrick Canavan
Robert A. Center
Frank E. English, Jr.
Ralph Fujimoto
Marcia E. Goodman
Yuji Hama
Masataka Harashima
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Lyric Hughes Hale
Kohei Kawashima
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August Schaefer
Akira Shibata
The Honorable Adlai E. Stevenson
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Mike M. Tsuruga
Michael P. Whelan
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Sayuri Anderson
Rumi Kosaka
Michael B. McFarland
Machiko Sullivan
Kumiko Watanabe
Minoru Yamamoto
The Japan America Society of Chicago would like to thank the below companies for their ongoing support:
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Courtyard by Marriott Arlington Heights
South
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