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2 0 1 1 A N N U A L R E P O R T 2 0 1 1 A N N U A L R E P O R T 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 JASC-11008_2011AnnualReport_11.30.11.indd 1-2 12/2/11 9:50 AM 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 JASC-11008_2011AnnualReport_11.30.11.indd 3-4 12/2/11 9:51 AM L E T T E R F R O M T H E H O N O R A R Y C H A I R M A N L E T T E R F R O M T H E C H A I R M A N August 26, 2011 September 30, 2011 Dear Friends: Dear Society Members, With great sadness, I send this farewell message to all of you. During the last three years, my wife Midori and I have truly enjoyed our very close relationship with the Japan America Society of Chicago. We have worked together, laughed together and achieved much together. By bringing many special Japanese cultural and business events here, our Japan-Chicago partnership has reached new heights. I would like to begin this year’s letter to our members by first expressing, on behalf of our Society, our deep sorrow and condolences for those lost to the Great East Japan Earthquake. Our thoughts and prayers remain with all those affected by the tragic events of this past March. One of my greatest joys was to join you in celebrating the 80th anniversary of the JASC. As the Society now embarks upon its ninth decade, I’m most optimistic because our Japan-Chicago friendship is in the best of hands — your hands. During my stay here, the most unforgettable event was the Great East Japan Earthquake. Since then, the United States has been at the forefront in providing tremendous support and relief. The Society stepped forward immediately. It has raised substantial funds for Japan, and it has held two key events: a seminar entitled “Japan: Road to Recovery — Challenges and Opportunities” and a lecture on “The Japanese Economy after the Earthquake and Tsunami — Its Impact and the Road to Recovery.” Japan will never forget your support and your friendship. I am most pleased that Japan is now recovering. It is functioning almost normally except in a very limited area. Many Japanese companies and factories are coming back faster than expected. Japan is open for business, open for tourism and is safe. It has been a wonderful three years in Chicago because of this Society. My sincerest appreciation goes to The Honorable Michael H. Moskow, Chairman of the JASC, President Edward A. Grant, Executive Vice Presidents Tetsu Hayashi and Robert W. Karr Jr., Executive Director Mitsukuni Baba, the Board of Directors, officers, and members for their hard work and dedication. Thanks to all of you, Japan and Chicago are now closer than ever. From the bottom of our hearts, Midori and I thank you deeply for your warm friendship. We will always treasure Chicago and all of you. With best wishes, George Hisaeda Consul General of Japan at Chicago This past year, our 80th anniversary year, was another year of progress for the Society. And while we recognize the many economic challenges in our larger environment, we are guardedly optimistic for this coming year. Our programs enjoyed another excellent year. With more than 40 programs and events covering business, public affairs, culture, education and the social side, our members engaged us in a most robust fashion. From David Hale on the Global Economy, to Hideki Asari, Tatsuhiro Shindo and Kathryn Ibata Arens presenting the Road to Recovery from the Great Earthquake, to our always popular Annual Sake Tasting, we strived to further our mission of friendship and understanding between Japan and the United States. I was also quite pleased by our continued growth of members, adding companies such as Takeda Pharmaceuticals, United Airlines and Marubeni America, among many other wonderful companies and individuals. We are here to serve our members and the public, and our members are our lifeblood. I thank all our members, new and continuing, corporate and individual, for your support. I continue to be quite pleased by the development of our board. While I am reluctant in general to single out individual board members, I do wish to cite and specially thank one new board member, Hironori Sawada, Deputy Consul General of the Consulate General of Japan at Chicago. We continue to enjoy excellent classes of incoming board members; terrific individuals, great talents and highly engaged with Japan and the Society. I thank all of our directors and governors for their service. Two final points; a thank you to Consul General George Hisaeda and a closing comment on the Great Earthquake. Consul General Hisaeda, in addition to exceptional service to his 10-state region these past three years, served with distinction as our Honorary Chairman for the same period. George is a great friend of America and of the Society. We thank him deeply for his service and wish him the very best in his new duties as Ambassador to the Sultanate of Oman. And we very much look forward to the arrival of his successor, the Honorable Yoshifumi Okamura. On a more somber note, when the Great East Japan Earthquake struck, the Society expressed its deep sympathy and support for all those affected. In addition, the Society immediately began fundraising for those affected, with 100 cents on the dollar contributed to be conveyed to the Japan Red Cross for Earthquake relief. We have been touched and heartened by the response. We made a contribution of more than $140,000 to the Japan Red Cross at our Annual Meeting and will make another contribution before the end of the calendar year. Thank you all for your response to this great human tragedy. We remain committed to providing both our membership and the public at large with a wide variety of quality programs and events. Our financial affairs are in order. With a dedicated and energized board, loyal members and the continuing key support of the Consulate General of Japan at Chicago and others, we are pleased to embark on the Society’s new year. Thank you all 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 JASC-11008_2011AnnualReport_11.30.11.indd 5-6 12/2/11 9:51 AM L E T T E R F R O M T H E P R E S I D E N T September 30, 2011 Dear Society Members, I am pleased to once again report to you on the progress of your Society as we complete our 80th anniversary celebration year. I thank you and others for the great support of the Society 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, public affairs, social, educational and cultural programming. All of your support of the Society furthers this high and important purpose. We were all greatly saddened by the incredible devastation and tragedy brought by the Great East Japan Earthquake. But I have been heartened by the courage of the people of Japan, and by the response of our Society here and of the United States as a whole. With much work still to be done, we extend our strongest support, in thought, prayer and deed, to all those affected. Membership and development are essential to our success. Numerous member companies and individual members have provided direct financial support to our Society this past year, including many as event or program sponsors or contributors. We thank each of you. We depend upon our individual and corporate members in every way. New corporate members such as Takeda Pharmaceuticals and United Airlines, among other fine companies, were most important to our membership success this year. And our annual program sponsors and underwriters include Astellas, Masuda Funai, Molex, Takeda, Underwriters Laboratories, Citibank and Mizuho Bank. Thank you all so much. In the back of this annual report, you will find a listing of annual program underwriters, sponsors of individual programs, corporate members, and donors. I invite you to please look at these organizations and individuals that have supported our Society. Their support, along with others, is so vital to our Society and we thank them deeply. Along this same vein though, I wish to mention one couple who has been particularly special supporters of the Society for many years, and again this year. Joyce and Bruce Chelberg participate in our events, work very hard behind the scenes, fund programs, arrange events with the Art Institute and this year hosted our first ever legacy giving reception, among many other efforts and contributions. We thank Joyce and Bruce for all their participation generosity and goodwill. It would be difficult to thank them enough. Our staff, Mitsukuni Baba, Executive Director, Erika Kono and Satoko Ogi, quietly go about their work, producing great programs and services for our members — day in and day out. At this past annual meeting, the board of directors honored the staff for their excellence and dedicated service to the Society. They richly deserved this recognition, and I personally thank them for their devotion and skill. Your Society continues to make important progress. We still face many challenges. To maintain our steady financial footing and continue our robust programming, we have much hard work ahead of us. Economies here and abroad struggle and are full of uncertainties. In order to continue on the path that we are on at the Society, we will have to continue to deliver excellent programs and great member value in a financially careful fashion. We intend to do that. At the same time, we ask for your continuing input, participation and support. With that, we look forward to a highly productive year, providing great value to you, our members. Thank you again to all that have supported us so well. I am very excited about our new year. We very much look forward to working with you and serving you going forward. Sincerely, Edward A. Grant President 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 mention some of the speakers and programs that are representative of the full year’s slate; Yasuchika Hasegawa, CEO of Takeda Pharmaceutical, spoke about challenges and opportunities for Japan; Fuzjko Hemming, Concert Pianist, performed an 80th anniversary concert; David Hale, Chairman of Hale Global Economics, spoke about the global economy; Ambassador Robert Orr, US Executive Director of the Asian Development Bank, presented on the US-Japan relationship at the Bank; and Leo Melamed, CME Chairman Emeritus, spoke about derivitives markets in Japan. These are just some examples of our many great programs from this past year. Please take a look at them all in the program listing in the back of this annual report. Programming, membership and development continue to be the cornerstones and the engines of our Society. These are our fundamentals — the three legs of the stool. We congratulate and thank these three committees, and all that contributed to their successes, for their great efforts and results on behalf of the Society. I also wish to specially recognize and thank some of the organizations that we work with routinely in developing, publicizing and delivering our programming and other services to our members. The Consulate General of Japan at Chicago, JETRO, the Japan Chamber of Commerce and Industry in Chicago, and the Chicago Council on Global Affairs, among others, are organizations that are great partners to us 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. Finally, we have great directors, governors and an exceptional staff. I am particularly grateful to The Honorable Michael Moskow, our Chairman, to The Honorable George Hisaeda, Consul General of Japan at Chicago, our Honorary Chairman and to Senator Adlai Stevenson, our Chairman Emeritus. Their wisdom and counsel is invaluable. We will miss George Hisaeda, but thank him for his service to the Society and wish him well in his new ambassadorial role. And we look forward to welcoming his successor, The Honorable Yoshifumi Okamura. Our outgoing Executive Vice President Bill Florida, his successor Bob Karr and our continuing EVP, Tetsu Hayashi, have all provided distinguished and valued service to the Society. I thank them and all of our directors, officers and governors for their great service, efforts and results in advancing our purpose. JASC-11008_2011AnnualReport_11.30.11.indd 7-8 12/2/11 9:51 AM O F F I C E R S & D I R E C T O R S 2 0 1 1 - 1 2 Chairman Executive Director Drew Edwards Yuji Kajikawa Joseph McCluskey Mr. Thomas F. O’Toole The Honorable Michael H. Moskow Mitsukuni Baba Vice President President & CEO Vice President, International Operations SVP & Chief Marketing Officer Vice Chairman & Senior Fellow on the Global Economy Executive Director Advisory Research, Inc. Mitsubishi Electric Automation, Inc. W.W. Grainger, Inc. United Airlines Mileage Plus Holdings Mark W. Finn Steven L. Katz Greg Merkley Emily Reynolds Clinical Associate Professor of Accounting and International Business Principal President Vice President, Major Accounts Masuda, Funai, Eifert & Mitchell, Ltd. TT&M Consulting Xerox Corporation Japan America Society of Chicago The Chicago Council on Global Affairs Directors Honorary Chairman John D. Angster Kellogg School of Management The Honorable Yoshifumi Okamura Consul General of Japan at Chicago Fumihiko Aoki Accounting and Information Management Janice Katz Mark Miller David A. Riggle Consulate General of Japan at Chicago General Manager Northwestern University Assistant Curator of Japanese Art President Partner Art Institute of Chicago Conerstone Environmental, Riggle and Craven The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, Ltd. William L. Florida Chairman Emeritus The Honorable Adlai E. Stevenson Chairman SC&M Investment Management Corp. Health & Safety, Inc. Rita R. Athas Vice President Shunichiro Kishioka President Advisory Research, Inc. Chairman Dana E. Morrison Vice President & Group Manager I.T.A., Inc. President Fifth Third Bank World Business Chicago Ryutaro Furukawa David Baeckelandt Senior Vice President Edward A. Grant Director, Sales and Marketing JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. Arthur Andersen, LLP, Retired Segall, Bryant & Hamill President David M. Roden Genieco, Inc. Howard J. Romanek Taka Kosaka President Robert Murphy Uni-Con, Inc. Managing Partner Marcia E. Goodman Movéo Integrated Branding Jack D. Beem Partner Jody E. Kurtzhalts Baker & McKenzie, LLP Mayer Brown, LLP President & COO Kazunobu Narita Yaskawa Electric America, Inc. General Manager The Honorable J.D. Bindenagel Walter Hladko (Retired) Sang-yul Lee Robert W. Karr, Jr. Vice President for Community, Government & International Affairs Regional Manager Imperial Hotel Tokyo/Osaka Shareholder Timothy Newlin Partner DePaul University Polsinelli Shughart PC Vice President, Middle Market Banking Executive Vice Presidents Tetsu Hayashi Vice President & General Manager Mitsubishi International Corporation Benita Boettner JPMorgan Chase Bank, NA Kenji Iijima Lecturer Motohisa Noguchi Senior Vice President & General Manager East Asian Languages & Civilizations Treasurer & Secretary to the Board President Founder Sumitomo Corporation of America The University of Chicago Toyota Technological Institute at Chicago Japanese Business Legal & Technical Translation and Interpretation Services Canavan Consulting, LLC Treasurer August W. Schaefer Underwriters Laboratories, Inc. Patrick P. Shannon Chief Financial Officer Harumi Lory Patrick Canavan Robert A. Center Consulate General of Japan at Chicago SVP & Public Safety Officer John Bukacek Secretary Hironori Sawada Deputy Consul General Mitsui & Co. (USA), Inc. Eileen Hubbell Jones Day Illinois State University United Healthcare of Illinois, Inc. Akira Shibata Vice President, Chicago Regional Sales Office David D. Johnson Dr. Phyllis I. Lyons Ryuji Ohno Executive Vice President, Treasurer & CFO Associate Prof. African & Asian Languages VP & General Manager Molex Incorporated Northwestern University All Nippon Airways Co., Ltd. Nippon Life Insurance Co. of America Yoshio Shibazaki Kumiko Watanabe Sam Cremin Japan Business Group US National Leader Managing Director Ken G. Kabira Calvin Manshio Hiroko Osaka Grant Thornton Green Tree Products Group Manager of Membership, Service Activities & Communications Attorney Associate Director The Manshio Law Firm, P.C. Center for Market Leadership Kazuo Shimizu Kenneth A. Dixon Lions Club International Kellogg School of Management President & COO Northwestern University Kikkoman Foods, Inc. Senior Manager Partner James A. McClung Deloitte & Touche, LLP Chairman and CEO Plante & Moran, PLLC Lismore International, Inc. JASC-11008_2011AnnualReport_11.30.11.indd 9-10 12/2/11 9:51 AM O F F I C E R S & D I R E C T O R S 2 0 1 1 - 1 2 ( C ontinue D ) Tatsuhiro Shindo Michael P. Whelan Chief Executive Director Partner JETRO Chicago Ernst & Young, LLP Shane Stiles Mari Yamamoto Regnier President Partner gate39MEDIA Barnes & Thornburg, LLP William A. Streff, Jr. Dr. Hisashi Yamamoto Partner Arthur Holly Compton Distinguished Professor Kirkland & Ellis, LLP Department of Chemistry Ralph Fujimoto David Ghaussy Senior Vice President Mizuho Corporate Bank, Ltd. Masataka Harashima President & CEO E-Hay International Corp. Lyric Hughes Hale The University of Chicago Shunichiro Kishioka Thomas Studney Business Management Officer Masao Yoshida Chairman Sunstar Group President & CEO I.T.A., Inc. Astellas US, LLC Jody E. Kurtzhalts Mary Sutherland Board of Governors President & COO Bridget Sweeney Jack D. Beem (Retired) Yasakawa Electric America, Inc. Director, Business Operations Chairman J apan S t u dent N etwork R eception James A. McClurg The Boeing Company Dan L. Boho Chairman and CEO Sachio Takahashi Attorney Lismore International, Inc. Vice President Hinshaw & Culbertson Thomas P. McMenamin NYK Line (North America), Inc. Thomas J. Boodell, Jr. Principal Kentaro Tsuchiya Partner Masuda, Funai, Eifert & Mitchell, Ltd. Deputy General Manager Boodell & Domanskis, LLC Adlai E. Stevenson Mizuho Corporate Bank, Ltd. Clyde O. Bowles, Jr. Chairman Mike M. Tsuruga Of Counsel SC&M Investment Management Corp. President Harrison & Held, LLP Josie Tomes Pacific Advisory Service, Inc. John Bukacek Shawn Y. Valukas President Account Vice President UBS Financial Services, Inc. Japanese Business Legal & Technical Translation and Interpretation Services Shogo Wakamiya Dr. Arthur I. Cyr Vice President & Regional Manager Japan Airlines Co., Ltd. A.W. and Mary Margaret Clausen Distinguished Professor, Political Economy & World Business Ritsuko Okuno Welch Carthage College Private Banking Manager, Intl. Finance Fifth Third Bank Director, Clausen Center for World Business Clyde Dickey Japan Student Network Reception February 10, 2011 JASC-11008_2011AnnualReport_11.30.11.indd 11-12 12/2/11 9:51 AM C O M M I T T E E C H A I R S 2 0 1 1 - 1 2 Program Committee Mari Yamamoto Regnier, Barnes & Thornburg (Co-Chair) Ken Kabira, Lions Clubs International (Co-Chair) Membership Committee Mike M. Tsuruga, Pacific Advisory Service, Inc. (Chair) Development Committee Robert W. Karr, Jr., Jones Day (Chair) Finance Committee David Baeckelandt, Segall Bryant & Hamill (Co-Chair) Yoshio Shibazaki, Plante & Moran, PLLC (Co-Chair) Nominating Committee Jody E. Kurtzhalts, Yaskawa Electric America (Co-Chair) James A. McClung, Lismore International, Inc. (Co-Chair) Young Professionals Committee Austin Gilkeson, Japan Information Center (Co-Chair) Genea Tafesse (Co-Chair) Sami Ali (Co-Chair) Executive Committee David Baeckelandt, Segall Bryant & Hamill (Co-Chair, Finance Committee) John Bukacek, Japanese Business Legal & Technical Translation and Interpretation Services (Secretary) Edward A. Grant (President) Tetsu Hayashi, Mitsubishi International Corp. (Executive Vice President) Ken G. Kabira, Lions Clubs International (Co-Chair, Program Committee) Robert W. Karr, Jr., Jones Day (Chair, Development Committee & Executive Vice President) Shunichiro Kishioka, I.T.A., Inc. Jody E. Kurtzhalts, Yaskawa Electric America (Co-Chair, Nominating Committee) James A. McClung, Lismore International Inc. (Co-Chair, Nominating Committee) Yoshio Shibazaki, Plante & Moran PLLC (Co-Chair, Finance Committee) Mike Tsuruga, Pacific Advisory Service, Inc. (Chair, Membership Committee) Kumiko Watanabe, Grant Thornton (Treasurer) Mari Yamamoto Regnier, Barnes & Thornburg (Co-Chair, Program Committee) 18th Annual Sake Tasting May 12, 2011 JASC-11008_2011AnnualReport_11.30.11.indd 13-14 12/2/11 9:51 AM Yasuchika Hasegawa, President and Chief Executive Officer, Takeda Pharmaceuticals Company Limited Japan September 2, 2010 Dr. Motoshige Itoh, Professor, Graduate School of Economics and Faculty of Economics, The University of Tokyo August 23, 2011 E V E N T S Fall Sake Tasting 2 0 1 1 - 2 0 1 2 November 2, 2011 81st Anniversary Celebratory Dinner Earthquake/Tsunami check presentation June 9, 2011 Japan Road to Recovery — Challenges and Opportunities Panel July 6, 2011 JASC-11008_2011AnnualReport_11.30.11.indd 15-16 24th Annual Holiday Fundraiser & Bonenkai December 15, 2010 12/2/11 9:51 AM B U S I N E S S E V E N T S P ublic The Challenges and Opportunities for Japan “Japan Road to Recovery — Challenges and Opportunities” in a Rapidly Changing World Date: 7/6/11 Date: 9/2/10 Speaker: Hideki Asari, Embassy of Japan; Tatsuhiro Shindo, JETRO & Kathryn Ibata Arens, DePaul University Speaker: Yasuchika Hasegawa, President & Chief Executive Officer, Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited Japan 81st Anniversary Celebratory Dinner アメリカと日本:2つの民主党政権の行く末 Date: 6/9/11 Date: 7/1/10 Speaker: Ambassador Robert M. Orr, U.S. Executive Director to the Asian Development Bank Speaker: Glen S. Fukushima, Former President, American Chamber of Commerce in Japan Board of Governors Annual Dinner “The Paths I Have Followed — A Physicist's Story” エコノミスト 伊藤元重氏に伺う Date: 9/16/10 東日本大震災後の経済的影響と復興政策 Speaker: Dr. Yoichiro Nambu, The Harry Pratt Judson Professor Emeritus, The University of Chicago, Recipient of the 2008 Date: 8/23/11 Japan’s Emperor System: Bane or Blessing? Speaker: Dr. Motoshige Itoh, Professor, Graduate School of Economics and Faculty of Economics, The University of Tokyo Date: 10/21/10 Nobel Prize in Physics Corporate Sponsor: Canavan Consulting, LLC Corporate Sponsor: Howard Romanek, Illinois State University First Annual “Bring a Friend” Event Supporting organization: JETRO Chicago E vents “The United States and Japan: Challenges and Opportunities Under Two Democratic Parties” The Japanese Economy after the Earthquake and Tsunami: Its Impact and the Road to Recovery In cooperation with: The Consulate General of Japan at Chicago A ffairs The U.S.- Japan Relationship at the Asian Development Bank Corporate Sponsors: Joyce Chelberg & Omron President and Chief Executive Officer, Airbus Japan K.K. Co-Sponsor: The Chicago Council on Global Affairs Speaker: James Huffman, H. Orth Hirt Professor of History Emeritus, Wittenberg University This event was made possible with funding from: The Japanese Chamber of Commerce & Industry of Chicago Bridging Countries and Cultures: Service in the Age of Global Travel Date: 10/27/10 Board of Governors Annual Dinner Speaker: Thomas F. O’Toole, Chief Operating Officer, Mileage Plus Holdings, United Airlines “Financial Derivatives in Japan” “The Global Economy in 2011 and Beyond” Date: 9/27/11 Speaker: Leo Melamed, Former Chairman of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange and Chairman Emeritus of the CME Group, Inc. Date: 1/20/11 Speaker: David D. Hale, Founding Chairman, David Hale Global Economics Building Towards a Sustainable Energy Policy for the Future Corporate Sponsor: Katten Muchin Rosenman, LLP Speaker: Dr. Hideaki Takabe, Professor, Osaka University Where to Invest in Japan in 2011 Co-Sponsor: Chicagoland Chamber of Commerce, City of Osaka Chicago Office & JETRO Chicago Date: 2/24/11 Corporate Sponsor: Orion Energy Systems Speakers: Nick Ronalds, Executive Director, FIA Asia; Drew Edwards, Vice President, Advisory Research, Inc. and David Baeckelandt, Director, Sales and Marketing, Segall Bryant & Hamill Supporting Organization: Osaka University San Francisco Center for Education & Research Corporate Sponsor: Segall Bryant & Hamill Crisis Management: Toyota’s Response to Market and Media Challenges Trans-Pacific Aviation – A New Marketplace Date: 11/10/11 航空業新市場 - アジア太平洋地域 Speaker: Dr. James B. Wood, President, Wood Communications Group Date: 3/16/11 Corporate Sponsor: RSM McGladrey Date: 11/4/11 Speaker: Thomas F. Aichele, Vice President, American Airlines, Inc. Canavan Consulting LLC Howard Romanek, Illinois State University The Consulate General of Japan at Chicago JASC-11008_2011AnnualReport_11.30.11.indd 17-18 Joyce Chelberg 12/2/11 9:51 AM C U L T U R A L events E ducational E vents Why We Love Godzilla JETRO Chicago Japanese Food Showcase: Greens from the Sea Art Institute of Chicago Tour in Japanese Language Art Institute of Chicago Tour in Japanese Language ゴジラが人々から愛される理由 Date: 3/9/11 シカゴ美術館・日本語解説付ツアー シカゴ美術館・日本語解説ツアー Date: 7/10/10 Co-Sponsors: Japan America Society of Chicago and City of Osaka, Chicago Office Date: 7/29/10 Date: 5/19/11 Speaker: Hiroko Saito, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago Speaker: Hiroko Saito, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago History of Chicago Tour in Japanese Language YPC Exploring Wine Series: California Wines and Food Best Friends Forever: A WWII Scrapbook Presentation, シカゴ歴史博物館・日本語解説付ツアー Date: 6/24/11 Book signing, Q&A Date: 8/2/10 Amezaiku (Japanese Candy) Demonstration Date: 5/15/11 Speaker: Beverly Patt, Author Speakers: Hiroko Saito, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago & Howard Romanek, Illinois State University YPC Exploring Wine Series: California Wines and Food 飴細工デモンストレーション Date: 8/11/10 & 8/12/10 Co-Sponsor: Japanese American Service Committee Speaker: William M. Tsutsui, Ph.D., Dean, Southern Methodist University This is made possible with funding from: The Japanese Chamber of Commerce & Industry of Chicago Speaker: Masaji Terasawa Date: 7/8/11 Art Institute of Chicago Tour in Japanese Language History of Chicago Tour in Japanese Language JETAA Author Panel: Experiences Teaching English in Japan シカゴ美術館・日本語解説付ツアー シカゴ歴史博物館・日本語解説ツアー Date: 6/10/11 Date: 8/26/10 Date: 7/18/11 Special thanks to: Tampopo Kai Speakers: Lars Martinson, Cartoonist and Author, Tonoharu Part I & II; D.H. Cermeno, Author, Rising Sunsets and James Kennedy, Speaker: Hiroko Saito, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago This event was made possible with funding from: The Japanese Chamber of Commerce & Industry of Chicago Speakers: Hiroko Saito, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago & Howard Romanek, Illinois State University Author, The Order of Odd-Fish Museum of Science and Industry Tour in Japanese Language Corporate Sponsor: Barnes & Thornburg, LLP and JET Alumni Association シカゴ科学産業博物館・日本語解説付ツアー YPC Exploring Wine Series: South Africa Date: 9/12/10 Date: 8/26/11 Co-Sponsors: Japanese American Service Committee of Chicago and the Japan Information Center of the Consulate General of Japan at Chicago Chanoyu (Japanese Tea Ceremony) & Chabana (Tea Flowers) 茶の湯と茶花~季節を楽しむ Date: 9/29/10 Co-Sponsors: The Japan Information Center of the Consulate General of Japan at Chicago and Urasenke Chicago Association Art Institute of Chicago Private Tour & Lunch Private tour of the newly renovated and expanded galleries of Japanese art and luncheon in the Millennium Park Room, Art Institute of Chicago シカゴ美術館 昼食会とプライベートツアー 日本美術の新ギャラリーウェストンウイングをキュレーター・ジ ャニス キャッツ氏と巡ります Kamishibai (Japanese Story Telling) Speaker: Hiroko Saito, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago 紙芝居 Date: 8/2/11 Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago Tour in Japanese Language Tour of the Japanese Kimono, 1915-1940: From Tradition to Readyto-Wear exhibit at the Art Institute of Chicago Co-Sponsors: Japanese American Service Committee and Tampopo-kai シカゴ現代美術館・日本語解説付ツアー Date: 9/15/11 Date: 3/22/11 A Vexing Problem: The Long Tradition of Copies and Forgeries in Japanese and East Asian Art Speaker: Hiroko Saito, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago Speaker: Odile Joassin, Assistant Curator, The Department of Textiles, The Art Institute of Chicago 日本及び東アジア美術の模造品と贋作問題 Art Institute of Chicago Tour in Japanese Language Ikebana Workshop Date: 10/27/11 シカゴ美術館・日本語解説ツアー Date: 12/2/11 Speaker: Patricia Graham, Ph.D., Certified Appraiser and Consultant Date: 4/21/11 Corporate Sponsor: Masuda Funai Speaker: Hiroko Saito, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago Instructor: Kazuko Ernst, President, The Chicago Chapter of Ohara School of Ikebana Co-Sponsor: Japanese American Service Committee Date: 11/13/10 Speaker: Janice Katz, Roger L. Weston Associate Curator of Japanese Art, Art Institute of Chicago Sponsor: Joyce Chelberg Joyce Chelberg JASC-11008_2011AnnualReport_11.30.11.indd 19-20 12/2/11 9:51 AM S ocial events 37th Annual Golf Tournament 24th Annual Holiday Fundraiser and Bonenkai HOPE Jazz Showcase Earthquake/Tsunami Fundraiser 38th Annual Golf Tournament Date: 7/13/10 Date: 12/15/10 Date: 4/12/11 Date: 10/9/11 Co-Sponsor: HumanThread Beer Sponsor: Asahi Breweries, Ltd., Sam Cremin & GolfSmith Beer Sponsor: Asahi Breweries, Ltd. Japan Student Network Reception YPC Japanese Potluck at Millennium Park シカゴ日米協会主催 学生ネットワークレセプション Downtown Meishi (Business Card) Exchange Welcome Reception for The Honorable & Mrs.Yoshifumi Okamura Date: 7/17/10 Date: 2/10/11 シカゴ日米協会YPC名刺交換会 Consul General of Japan at Chicago Date: 4/28/11 Date: 10/18/11 Asian Heritage Night Corporate Sponsors: Astellas USA Foundation, JET Alumni Association, Anonymous Donor, Komatsu America Corp., Joyce Chelberg and RSM McGladrey Corporate Sponsors: Corbett, Duncan & Hubly PC and District Bar Co-Sponsor: JET Alumni Association Co-Sponsors: Japanese Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Chicago and Chicago Japanese American Council YPC New Year’s Party 18th Annual Sake Tasting YPC Haunted House Outing シカゴ日米協会 第8回 酒テイスティング Date: 10/22/11 Chicago White Sox vs. Seattle Mariners Date: 7/28/10 Japan America Society of Chicago 80th Anniversary Piano Concert Date: 9/8/10 Performer: Fuzjko Hemming, Pianist Sponsor: Joyce Chelberg The Wave of Japanese Fusion Cuisine in Chicago シカゴにおけるジャパニーズフュージョン L2OのLaurent Grasシェフ語る Date: 10/7/10 Speaker: Chef Laurent Gras, Executive Chef/Partner, L20 Restaurant This event was made possible with funding from: The Japanese Chamber of Commerce & Industry of Chicago Date: 2/17/11 Japan Earthquake/Tsunami Relief Fundraiser Date: 5/12/11 Corporate Sponsor: InLine Power Corp. and Japan Airlines Date: 3/29/11 Corporate Sponsors: Japonais Restaurant & Lounge, Chandon, more cupcakes, Tenzing, Chocolatines and Goose Island “The Society at the Centennial” Date: 4/8/11 Sponsor: Joyce Chelberg Fall Sake Tasting シカゴ日米協会 秋の酒テイスティング YPC Chicago Fire vs. Colorado Rapids Professional Soccer Game Date: 11/2/11 Date: 8/27/11 Corporate Sponsor: Japan Airlines Japanese Earthquake and Tsunami Relief 25th Annual Holiday Fundraiser & Bonenkai White Sox vs. Minnesota Twins Date: 12/15/11 Date: 8/30/11 Speaker: Dr. Ei-ichi Negishi, Herbert C. Brown Distinguished Professor of Chemistry, Purdue University and recipient of the YPC Lunch and Presentation at Belly Shack 2010 Nobel Prize in Chemistry Date: 9/18/11 Speaker: Bill Kim, Chef and Owner, Belly Shack Joyce Chelberg Anonymous Donor HumanThread InLine Power Corp. Sam Cremin Chicago Japanese American Council JASC-11008_2011AnnualReport_11.30.11.indd 21-22 12/2/11 9:51 AM C O R P O R A T E M E M B E R L I S T I N G C A S H D O N O R S 2 0 1 1 - 1 2 Corporate Platinum Member Okabe Co., Inc. Omron Management Center of America, Inc. Corporate Donors Takeda Pharmaceuticals North America, Inc. Ono Sokki Technology, Inc. Plante & Moran, PLLC PricewaterhouseCoopers, LLP Signa Group, Inc. $10,000 and above Mitsubishi Electric Automation, Inc. Astellas USA Foundation Mizuho Corporate Bank, Ltd. Corporate Gold Member Riggle and Craven Sumitomo Metal USA, Inc. United Airlines Mileage Plus Holdings RSM McGladrey Sussex Enterprises, Inc. $5,000-$9,999 Segal McCambridge Singer & Mahoney, Ltd. The Chicago Council on Global Affairs Masuda, Funai, Eifert & Mitchell, Ltd. Corporate Silver Member Sumitomo Corporation of America Tokio Marine Management, Inc. Molex, Inc. Astellas US, LLC The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, Ltd. Tomoegawa (U.S.A.), Inc. Underwriters Laboratories, Inc. Barnes & Thornburg, LLP The Boeing Company Toyota Tsusho America, Inc. Deloitte & Touche, LLP U.S. Tsubaki, Inc. World Business Chicago $1,000-$4,999 Ernst & Young, LLP Underwriters Laboratories, Inc. W.W Grainger, Inc. Citibank IRIS USA, Inc. Xerox Corporation ZS Associates, Inc. Cornerstone Environmental, Health & Safety, Inc. Kirkland & Ellis, LLP KPMG, LLP Corporate Member Corporate Supporter Member Masuda Funai Eifert & Mitchell, Ltd. Aon Risk Services, Inc. Boodell & Domanskis, LLC Mayer Brown, LLP Bates Carey Nicolaides, LLP Molex Incorporated Borda Lorenz, P.C. Aioi Nissay Dowa Insurance Company of America Sunstar Group Chicago Powdered Metal Products Co. TDK Corporation of America Clausen Miller, P.C. United Healthcare of Illinois, Inc. Consulate General of Japan at Chicago Yaskawa Electric America, Inc. Corbett Duncan & Hubly P.C. Cosmos Services (America) Inc. Corporate Bronze Member Courtyard by Marriott Arlington Heights South All Nippon Airways Co., Ltd. Daido Steel (America), Inc. ARK Technologies, Inc. Freeborn & Peters, LLP Citibank, N.A. gate39MEDIA Cornerstone Environmental, Health & Safety, Inc. G2 Builders, LLC Fifth Third Bank Genieco, Inc. Japan Airlines Co., Ltd. Japanese Business Legal & Technical Translation and Interpretation Services JETRO Chicago JPower USA Development Company, Ltd. KDDI America, Inc. Komatsu America Corp. Marubeni America Corporation MB Real Estate MC Machinery Systems, Inc. McDonald’s Corporation Melamed & Associates Mitsubishi Electric Automation, Inc. Mitsubishi Heavy Industries America, Inc. Mitsubishi International Corporation Mitsui & Co. (U.S.A.), Inc. Mizuho Corporate Bank, Ltd. Navteq Nippon Express U.S.A., Inc. Nippon Life Benefits Nippon Steel U.S.A., Inc. NYK Line (North America), Inc. JASC-11008_2011AnnualReport_11.30.11.indd 23-24 Green Tree Products Holiday Inn Express Arlington Heights Holiday Inn Rolling Meadows Schaumburg Area Hyatt Regency Chicago Immigration Law Associates, P.C. ITA, Inc. JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. Katten Muchin Rosenman, LLP Kikkoman Foods, Inc. Kintetsu World Express (USA), Inc. Kitamura Machinery of U.S.A., Inc. Komori America Corporation Kubota Engine America Corporation MBL (USA) Corporation Meiji Corporation Metal One America, Inc. Metal One Holdings America, Inc. Mitutoyo America Corporation Moritani America, Inc. Movéo Integrated Branding NIPPONKOA MANAGEMENT CORPORATION Nissan Forklift Corporation, North America Okamura Corporation, Chicago Branch Moritani America Investment Technology Group Kikkoman Foods Foundation, Inc. Mary and Albert Koga Memorial Fund Piper Jaffray $500-$999 Canavan Consulting, LLC Cole & Associates Dynamesh, Inc. Executive Resource Group, Inc. JET Alumni Association Katten Muchin Rosenman, LLP Komatsu America Corp. Kubota Engine America Corporation Lori and Steve O’Hara Family Foundation Omron Management Center of America, Inc. Orion Energy Systems RSM McGladrey Sumitomo Corporation of America $100-$249 Daido Steel (America), Inc. Dell Employee Giving Program InLine Power Corporation Nippon Express Foundation, Inc. $250-$499 Silverman/Sutherland Family Foundation Corbett Duncan & Hubly P.C. Taiyo Yuden (USA), Inc. DePaul University H.D. Hudson Manufacturing Company Immigration Law Associates Plante & Moran STA Travel Toyo Seikan Kaisha, Ltd. $0-$99 Chicago Human Rhythm Project Hamilton Partners Miyanaga America Corporation Russian Pointe, Inc. Amano Enzyme U.S.A. Co., Ltd. Asahi Seiko Co., Ltd., USA Office Bank of the West individual Donors Battle Creek Unlimited, Inc. $10,000 and above $500-$999 $100-$249 $0-$99 Center for Market Leadership, Kellogg School of Management Joyce Chelberg Robert C. Hudson, Jr. Sayuri Anderson Keizo Fuchita Bret Dandoy Ralph Fujimoto City of Osaka, Chicago Office $1,000-$4,999 $250-$499 Takashi Oka Kyoko Fujioka Anonymous Donor Benita Boettner Solvig & Harry Robertson Yasuhiko Kamada S. Celine Bendy Robert A. Center Mr. & Mrs. Gordon I. Segal Kenichiro Koizumi Marcia Goodman Mr. & Mrs. Clyde Dickey Patrick Shannon Jeane Kono-Nisino E-Hay International Corp. Edward A. Grant Marion Ishii Machiko Sullivan Joanne Tohei Figaro USA, INC. Ingrid Fuzjko Hemming Howard Romanek Joann R. Tomes Ryoichi Yorisue Goda Advertising Mr. & Mrs. James A. McClung Hisashi Yamamoto Kitsuya Trading, Inc. Honorable Michael H. Moskow Ken Yoshitani Mark Goodman & Associates, Inc. Kimiko Nakamura Cole & Associates David Hale Global Economics Dynamesh, Inc. Mitsubishi Motors North America, Inc. Miyanaga America Corporation Mizkan Americas, Inc. Nikkei America, Inc. Nisshin Steel USA, LLC The Japan America Society of Chicago would like to thank the below organizations for their grant contribution and support: The Japan America Society of Chicago would like to thank the below companies for their ongoing support: Sumitomo Life Insurance Agency of America, Inc. Japanese Chamber of Commerce & Industry of Chicago Corbett, Duncan & Hubly, P.C. Taiyo Yuden (U.S.A..), Inc. JETRO Chicago The Green Teaist, LLC The Chicago Council on Global Affairs Pacific Advisory Service, Inc. Personalized Medicine Research, Inc. Stephen Rankin Associates Sumitomo Electric Carbide, Inc. The Manshio Law Firm, P.C. Third Generation Financial, LLC Toyo Seikan Kaisha, Ltd. Toyota Technological Institute at Chicago Uni-Con, Inc. The Consulate General of Japan at Chicago Courtyard by Marriott Arlington Heights South gate39MEDIA Holiday Inn Rolling Meadows Schaumburg Area Holiday Inn Express Arlington Heights Audited financial statements will be made available to members upon request. The Japan America Society of Chicago would like to thank Movéo Integrated Branding for their design of this annual report. The support of Movéo is greatly appreciated. Masuda, Funai, Eirder & Mitchell, Ltd. Movéo Integrated Branding PricewaterhouseCoopers, LLP Olympia Fields Country Club 12/2/11 9:51 AM A N N U A L P R O G R A M S P O N S O R S & U N D E R W R I T E R S Very special recognition, honor and gratitude is due to the Society’s 81st Annual Program Sponsors & Underwriters. They are listed below. These fine member organizations have stepped forward and up as sponsors for our entire 81st Program Year. It is as a result of their generosity and belief in our mission and programming that the Society is able to continue to provide the robust and vital programs that our members value highly and have come to expect. We thank each of these companies and firms very deeply for their support and faith in our programming and in our purpose. k eynote spea k ers 1969: Mr. Kayoshi Togasaki, President of Rotary International 1971: Mr. Shiro Kashiwa, Assistant Attorney General of the United States 1972: Mr. Oliver Statler, Author-lecturer 1974: Robert S. Ingersoll, Deputy Secretary of State, US Department of State 1975: Robert S. Ingersoll, Former Ambassador of US to Japan, Deputy Secretary of State, US Department of State 1976: Frank Gibney, “1776-1868: Two Revolutions and their Descendents” 1977: The Honorable James D. Hodgso`n, Former US Ambassador to Japan 1978: His Excellency Fumihiko Togo, Japanese Ambassador to US 1979: The Honorable James R. Thompson, Governor of State of Illinois 1980: Yoshio Okawara, Ambassador of Japan to the United States 1981: Ambassador Robert S. Ingersoll, recipient of The First Class Order of the Rising Sun 1982: The Honorable Michio Mizoguchi 1983: The Honorable Charles H. Percy 1984: Honorable Moriyuki Motono 1985: Professor Ezra F. Vogel, Harvard University 1986: Mr. James D. Robinson III, Chairman and CEO, American Express Co. 1987: Akio Morita, Chairman and CEO of Sony Corporation 1988: Mr. Stephen Wolf of UAL Corporation United Airlines, “Important Role of Corporate Citizenship in Enhancing and Stabilizing US-Japan Bilateral Relations” Mizuho Corporate Bank, Ltd. 1989: Mr. Scott E. Pardee, Chairman of Yamaichi International (America) Inc 1990: Mr. Toshiaki Ogasawara, Chairman and Publisher of the Japan Times, Japan’s leading English language daily, “The United States and Japan: The Relationship in the Nineties” 1991: Honorable Takako Doi, Member of the Diet, Chairperson, Social Democratic Party of Japan, “Japan’s Role in the International Community” 1992: Takashi Oka, Senior Correspondent, Christian Science Monitor, “Japan and the United States: Non-military Power in the post-Cold War Era” cultural achievement & scholarship 1993: Ambassador of Japan to UN, the Honorable Yoshio Hatano, “Japan in the New United Nations” 1994: Dr. Koji Taira, Professor of Economics and Industrial Relations at the University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana, “Will the Rising Sun Set?” 1995: Ambassador Nicholas Platt, President, The Asia Society, “The United States and Japan in Asia” 1996: Mr. Noboru Hatakeyama, President of JETRO, “Friendly Advice to America from an Old Friend” Cultural Achievement Awards 2003: Dr. Shozo Sato, Kabuki Master 2009: Dr. Janice a. Katz, The Art Institute of Chicago 1997: Honorable Yoshio Okawara former Ambassador of Japan to US (1981-1985), “The Changing Context of US-Japan Relations” 2006: Lee Gurga, American Haiku author 2010: Tatsu Aoki, Asian aRts Improv Midwest 1998: His Excellency Kunihiko Saito, Ambassador of Japan to the United States, “The Status of US-Japan Relations” 2007: John R. Anderson, Anderson Gardens 2011: Fujima Shunojo, Japanese Classical Dancer 1999: Honorable Akiko Yamanaka, Member of Japanese Diet, “The Role of Women in Japanese Society” 2000: Honorable Shunji Yanai, Ambassador of Japan to the US. 2008: Lucien Stryk, Translator and Writer of Zen poetry 2001: James Cantalupo, Vice Chairman and President of McDonald’s Corporation, “McDonald’s in Japan: Perspective on a Thirty Year Relationship” Recent School of the Art Institute of Chicago Scholarship Award Recipients 2006: Reina Williams 2009: Elgin Bokari T. Smith 2007: Adam Janusz 2010: Michael Chlebowski 2008: Kathleen Lynee Kutsche 2011: Cheryl-Ann Fakes 2002: Honorable Ryozo Kato. Ambassador of Japan to the US, “Where did Japan go?” 2003: A special performance by Yukiko Ogura, Viola, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, and an instrumental medley by Yoko Noge & Jazz Me Blues 2004: Mutsuyoshi Nishimura, Ambassador of Japan to Mexico. Former Consul General of Japan at Chicago, “My Views on America” 2005: Guest chefs from United Airlines/Signature Room 2006: Dr. Lee Gurga. award-winning haiku poet and former editor of Modern Haiku, the oldest and most respected journal of haiku and haiku studies outside Japan. He is a past president of the Haiku Society of America. 2007: David W. Grzelak, Chairman and CEO, Komatsu America Corp. “Komatsu: Managing a Japanese Company in North America” 2008: Michael R. Lufrano, Senior Vice President, Community Affairs and General Counsel, Chicago Cubs. “The International Past Time: Traditions and Connections between Baseball, Japan and Wrigley Field. 2009: Dr. Kazuo Kawasaki, Design Director, Doctor of Medical Science, Professor of Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka University, Professor Emeritus at Nagoya City University. “Japanese Designs - From Eyeglasses to Artificial Organ Technology” 2010: Professor Theodore C. Bestor, Chair of the Department of Anthropology, Social Anthropology Program, Harvard University 2011: Ambassador Robert M. Orr, U.S. Executive Director to the Asian Development Bank. “The U.S.-Japan Relationship at the Asian Development Bank”. JASC-11008_2011AnnualReport_11.30.11.indd 25-26 12/2/11 9:51 AM japan earth q ua k e / tsunami relief fund We thank the below donors for joining us in the continued effort to help support the people of Japan. All those affected by these events will remain foremost in our thoughts and prayers. $1,108 Shigeru Tsuji $1,070 Lake View High School To make a donation: www.jaschicago.org 100% of proceeds will go to The Japanese Red Cross The Japan America Society of Chicago is a 501(c)(3) organization. All contributions are tax-deductible to the extent permitted by law. Thank you for your support! $217,014 as of October 31, 2011 We would like to acknowledge the donors that pledged $300+: $35,000 Chicago Bears Football Club, Inc. $12,500 Barnes & Thornburg, LLP (Additional $12,500 donated to the Japan America Society of Indiana) $2,697 Woodland School District #50 $2,000 Matthew Ambrogi Machiko Sullivan Herman & Elba Vela $11,456 Tatami Catering $1,831.50 Chicago White Sox $10,240 Human Thread $1,633 Madison Metropolitan School District $10,000 Jason Foods, Inc. $1,600 Grissom Middle School International Women Associates $9,848.40 Japonais Restaurant & Lounge $1,000 American Foods Group Arrowsight, Inc. Celine Bendy Bill Buckner Catelli Brothers CFS North America Joyce Chelberg Clemens Family Corporation Cryovac Div., Sealed Air Corporation Ed Miniat, Inc. FPL Food, LLC Mr. & Mrs. Donald Hedberg J.H. Routh Packing Company Kayem Foods Kenosha Beef International Kunzler and Company Land O’ Frost Marlen International MIDCO, Inc. Mr. & Mrs. Robert Nagle National Beef Packing Co., LLC Mr. & Mrs. Ralph Nozaki Odom’s Tennessee Pride Sausage, Inc. Plumrose USA Rose Packing Company Seaboard Foods Segall Bryant & Hamill Shogun Japanese Steak House Alan Simon William A. Streff, Jr. The Metropolitan Club Fund at The Chicago Community Trust Mari Yamamoto Regnier $970 U.S. Tsubaki Holdings, Inc. $906 Lindsay Peigh $1,500 Phalanx Capital Management, LLC $753 Papillion La Vista School District $1,491 “U.S. Tsubaki Holyoke, MA Employees” $730.78 Oakton Community College Japan Club $1,301 John Spry Community School $700 Dundee Crown High School, DC One Heart $3,000 Sumitomo Corporation of America Foundation $1,300 Segal McCambridge Singer and Mahoney, Ltd. $695 Kannitha Sith, Career Builder SRG & Healthcare Zone $2,887 Latin School of Chicago $1,291 School of the Art Institute of Chicago & the Japan Relief Committee $681.58 Sweet Endeavors/Chocolatines $6,411.09 Afternoon Green Tea Fundraiser $5,000 Fresh Mark LeaderTech Systems of Chicago, Inc. JASC-11008_2011AnnualReport_11.30.11.indd 27-28 $600 Deerfield High School $548.11 Ryoko Miyamoto $500 Employees of Mizuho Corporate Bank, Ltd. Chicago Branch Ryutaro Furukawa Genieco, Inc. Marcia Goodman & Hiroyoshi Noto Nate Hutcheson & Saskia Hofman David D. Johnson Kengo Kaji Sueko Kawamura Mr. & Mrs. Dan Lory Mitsubishi International Corp. Belinda Morgan Moritani America Thomas Patano Stephen Rankin Associates David Boyce & Barbara Ricks Tomoegawa (U.S.A.), Inc. Trans American Medical, Inc. William Westman $462 Master Medical Supplies, Inc. $400 St. Francis School District $382 American Meat Institute Expo Japan Relief $358 Sachi Nakamura $350 Kreizelman Burton & Associates, LLC $347 District Bar $335 M&J Products and Las Caras Lindas of Chicago $310 Beard Papa’s Chicago $300 Jeanne Cohen Cindy Fluxgold Marion Friebus-Flaman Green Tree Products & Technologies, LLC Steven G. Hashimoto Shunichiro Kishioka Lida Kreidich Sandy Park 12/2/11 9:51 AM japan earth q ua k e / tsunami We would like to acknowledge the below donors: Donna L. Adler Dubravka Aleksic Beth Allen Sayuri Anderson Joyce Anderson Anonymous Mariana Aranenta Gen Asano Ashland Cold Storage Company Charles Ashley Mr. & Mrs. Mitsukuni Baba Marilyn Backe Meggan Banheim Charlene O. Baizer Phyllis Barnum William Baumgarten Jack Beem Margaret Behling Naomi Berkove Jan & Jeff Berkson Keiko Bessho Carmen Bodino Benita Boettner Meg Bonello Mr. & Mrs. Clyde O. Bowles, Jr. John Braden Margaret W. Brennan Tim Bridgman Keith Bringe Walter Budzielek Carrie Buell John Bukacek Christine Bultinck Anderton Burke Marilyn Byrnes Graziella Cabrera Richard Campbell Mr. & Mrs. Gregory Campbell Sharon Cannon Sadie Castro Robert Center Challenger, Gray & Christmas, Inc. Ying-Chang Chen Chicago Federation of Musicians Kermin Chok Bill Christensen Nancy L. Cleburn Denise Collins Kendon Conrad Sonia Cooke Agnes Cooper JASC-11008_2011AnnualReport_11.30.11.indd 29-30 relief fund John Coxworth Sam Cremin Shane Crone Kikuko Cross John Cursio Arthur Cyr Diane Dahlberg Masayuki Daikuhara Robert & Julie Daly Alice Dan Tatjana Dankovic Florencio De Avila Yuko DeVito Donna DeVito William & Jane Dewey Diamond Lake Elementary School Diamond Lake Elementary School Student Council Paisly DiBianca Mr. & Mrs. Clyde Dickey Christa Donner Raymond Donner Patrick D’Onofrio Rosalie Carol Drechnik Sarah Duda Katharina Dunigan Judith A. Dyke Brian Eagles Betty Edgecombe Doris K. Endo Kazuko Ernst Julia Evanoff Jaggen Farewell & Vanessa Navarro Carol Faye Bo Feng Fifth Third Bank International Finance Team Susan Kumagai Fink Mr. & Mrs. Albert Fischer Mr. & Mrs. Richard Fleming Sherri Fowler Liz Frankenbach Kenneth Freed Friends of Walter Burnett, Jr. Michiru Fujie Ryutaro Furukawa Kanako Furusho Diance Gaede gate39MEDIA David Geilen David Ghaussy Lisa Gillette Kimberlee Goldsmith Aki Goto Mary Grand Edward A. Grant Mr. & Mrs. Robert Green Kevin Greene Yoshie Greene Debra Grieco Chrise Griese Nancy Groves Daisaku Gutama Mr. & Mrs. Robert Guttman Gwen Knapp Center for Lupus and Immunology Research at the University of Chicago (On behalf of Azusa Tanaka , for family and friends of Japan from Gwen Knapp Center for Lupus and Immunology Research at the University of Chicago) Janis Hackman Junghyun Hahn Richard & Nancy Hamman Diane Handelsman Samuel Hanson Samantha Haring Debra Harless Shennan Harris Barbara J. Hart Philipp Heck Nicholas Hefele Steven Heikkila Cynthia Herrera Lindstrom Mark Heymans Kelly Jo Highland Tamie Hobart Bob Hodge Ryan Hoel Young Hong Laura Horwith Sachiko Hotoda Marni Hougham Don Huff Patrick Hughes Theresa Hush Natsuko Imamura Kayo Imamura Yuri Ingham Wesley Inouye Osamu Ishimura Hitomi Isomura Makio Iwashima Diane Jackson Rimond Jamou Paul Johnson David D. Johnson Veronica Johnston Steven Juzwik Kazuyo Kambara Daisuke Kanamatsu Sachiko Kano Sachi Kato Julie Kaufman & Elizabeth Wright Susan Kavicky Yu Kawaguchi Shigeru Kawai Satoru Kawasaki Walter Keats Tara Keogh Yoko Kippley Toshihiro Kiryo Stephan F. Kistler Eileen Kleinick Michiko Kobayashi Noriko Koda Kuni Koda & Satoko Ogi Aritsugu Finch-Koinuma Katsumasa Komoda Mari Konishi Erika Kono & Hiro Kawakami Roberta Kono Jeane Kono-Nisino Yoshiko Kono Yoko Kono Taka Kosaka Bill Koutsis Charles Kralovec Tom & Melinda Kujawski Yoshihiro Kumagai Barbara Kurokawa Donna LaBarbara Connie Larson Carol Lee Mun Fei Lee Sang-Yul Lee Jun Leng Bob Long Maria Lopez Goran Lukic Phyllis Lyons Maurice R. Lyons William MacFadden Norma Magnuson Ann C. Mallow Jose & Ana Manglano Hector Marino Gil Marquez Marquese Martin-Hayes Yimer Martinez Michael Massarelli Etsuko Matsubara Jenny Matsui Chieko Matsumoto Tamar Mayer Jerry Mayeroff Eric Mechels 12/2/11 9:51 AM japan earth q ua k e / tsunami Elvis Melendez John McCarthy Mary McCarthy Mr. & Mrs. James & Jean McClung Anthony McGuire (In honor of Sadie McGuire’s 3rd birthday) Thomas P. McMenamin Mid-USA Falun Dafa Association Hiroshi Minawa Akiko Mitsunaga Hiroyuki Miyauchi M. Morgan Glenn Morimoto Yasuhiro Morino Jeylan Mortimer Carol Mossey Mary Mouw Shiori Konda Muhammad Naoko Muramatsu S.J. Murray Mari Nakajima Nobu Nakajima Nancy Nakamoto Mio Nakamura Kimiko Nakamura Carol Nakamura Aiko Nakane Kathryn Nettleman Yasuhiro Nishikawa Asako Nishimura Michael Nolan Neal Nordling Bill Nordstrom Rita Oaks Mary O’Connell Jun Okubo Takemasa Okugawa Jean Okumura Robert O’Malley Tokoyo Omori Omron Foundation, Inc. Mika Osada Tsuneyoshi Otake Lois Oyama Lapekas Seiji Oyasu Kirtikumar Patel Nadine Peacock Greg Peterson Piano4te Inc. Steve Pickett Mark Pollack Aleksander Popivoda Kathryn Powell Daxa Purohit Thomas Radtke JASC-11008_2011AnnualReport_11.30.11.indd 31-32 relief fund Gerard Ras Jennifer Recker Gail Reich Kathy Reilly Neil Rengel Carol Rettker Jo Ann Rice Janet Riley Wesley Rizal Richard J. Robertson Joseph Rodriguez Anna Roeser Kayoko Rohan Lynn Romain Howard Romanek Rose Hill Alliance Church Jean L. Rosen Brian Rous Susan Russo Kerry F. Ryan Ruth Keenan Ryan Syed Saad Ahmed Hiroko Saito Molly Sakamoto Genoveva Salmon Norman Sandfield Michael Savina Sebastian Savovic Denise Schallert Chris Crosby-Schmidt Richard Schoen Mark Scott Risa Sekiguchi Erica Seltzer Susan Shay Mary Shek (in memory of Nellie Kono and Florence Yamada) Tom Shimko Mary Shimoda Tatsuhiro Shindo Kaye Shinozaki Sharon Slettehaugh Wyatt L. Smith, D.D.S. Christina Smith Olivia Smith Robin Stahl Erin Starzyk Jack Stefanowicz Julie Steinberg Marton Lizbeth J. Stevens Hon. Adlai Stevenson Carrie Storrs Emiko Sugiura Yuko Sugiyama M. Sullivan Sachi Suzuki Shigeru & Mieko Tagawa Lisa Takata Kathy Takeguchi Esther Takeshita Mary Aiko Taketoshi George Taketoshi Janet Talbert Brian Taylor Anju Teal Patricia Teefy Kei Terada Wendolyn Tetlow G’Anne Thomas Leeah Thomas Tsutomu Togashi Joanne Kiyoko Tohei Kazuko Tonaki Linda Torres Kenneth Traisman Tsukasa Taiko Mr. & Mrs. Mike and Kanae Tsuruga Andrew Urda Mark Vajaranant Nancy Van Sickle Lindsay Van Sickle CJ VanSickle Koren T. Vanzo-Sinsuk Frances Vera Vernon Area Public Library Staff Lori Vose Risa Vuillemot Kaoru Wada Peggy Wald Margot Wang Robert & Ellen Watt Michael Wei Janice Wenndt Ron & Kaori Werneth Doug Whitesell Panlalit Wisuththathip W Chicago Lakeshore Scott Woelber Russell & Katherine Wortley Kristine Wright Stanislaw Wroblewski Yea-Huey Wu Yoko Yamamoto Take Yamamoto Ellen Yamauchi Raymie Yamauchi Nahoko Yarbrough Nancy Yasutake Ting-Chun Yeh Sian Mei Yeoh Mr. & Mrs. Manabu Yoshiike Javed Younis Dennis & Akiko Yukimoto Hailing Zhang Steven Zimmerman Janet Zitzer Paul Zollar Mark Zolno *Special thanks to JPMorgan Chase Bank and PayPal for their support in waiving transfer fees and additional charges. 12/2/11 9:51 AM