The Japan Society(as of 31 December 2014)

Patron
HRH The Duke of Gloucester KG GCVOPresident
HE The Japanese Ambassador, Mr Hayashi Keiichi

Vice-Presidents
Hayashi Haruki
Ishikawa Hironobu

Kashiwagi Yasuo
Daniel Torras

Honorary Vice-Presidents
Sir Hugh Cortazzi GCMG
Ebihara Shin
Fujii Hiroaki
Fukuda Haruko OBE
Hayashi Sadayuki
Kitamura Hiroshi

Orita Masaki
Prof Ian Nish CBE
Nogami Yoshiji
Christopher Purvis CBEViscount Trenchard
Ben Thorne CMG, MBE

Officers
Chairman:Vice-Chairman:
Treasurer:
Solicitor:
Editor:Sir David Warren KCMGDavid CairnsYoshida Satoru
Nigel Wellings
Alison Scott

Ordinary Trustees
Asari HidekiMartin Day
Anna Dingley
Lady Gomersall
Hama Tetsurō
Graham Holman

Imai Masahiro
Masunaga Shinichirō
Stephen McEnally
Michael Spencer
Tsuchiya Akihiro
Jenny White

Chief Executive:

Heidi Potter

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Benefactors
The Japan Society is grateful to the companies, organisations andindividuals who have contributed financially to its work. Their generous
support, both for the general mission and for the schools education work,
is invaluable. All or part of the donation from companies marked withan asterisk (*) has been designated in support of the schools educationand small grants programmes. Those with a pilcrow sign (¶) have given
their support through a five year agreement.

Corporate donors and sponsors
President’s Circle (£25,000 and more) Corporate Benefactor (£5,000)
JTI
Mitsubishi Corporation International(Europe) plc
Mitsui & Co Europe plc
Nomura International plc
The Swire Charitable TrustPlatinum Circle (£17,500)
Sumitomo Corporation Europe Ltd

Chairman’s Circle (£10,000)
Ernst & Young LLPItochu Europe plc
Mitsubishi UFJ Financial GroupCorporate Patron (£7,500)*¶Astellas Pharma Inc*¶Canon Europe Ltd*¶Central Japan Railway Company*¶Chugai Pharma Europe Ltd*¶Eisai Europe LtdMarubeni Europe plc
Mizuho Financial GroupNikko Asset Management Europe Ltd¶NSK Europe Ltd*NYK Group Europe Ltd*¶PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
SMBC Europe Ltd

4Organisation & Benefactors

Clifford Chance LLP
Dai-ichi Life International Europe*¶Daiichi Sankyo Co Ltd
Daiwa Capital Markets Europe Ltd¶Hitachi Europe Ltd
Honda Motor Europe
HSBC Holdings International
The Japan Centre Group Ltd
KPMG LLP*¶Mitsubishi Electric Europe BV¶Olympus KeyMedSompo Japan Nipponkoa Insurance Co ofEurope
Toyota (GB) plc
UBS Investment BankCorporate Donor (£2,000)
Aberdeen Asset Management plc
Allen & Overy LLP
All Nippon Airways Co Ltd
BDO LLP
BG Group plc
DAKS Simpson Group plc
Five Cool Consulting Ltd*Greenback Alan LLP
Holman Fenwick Willan LLP
Japan Airlines International Co Ltd
Japan England Insurance Brokers Ltd

Japan Post Bank Co Ltd
JRPass Ltd*”K” Line (Europe) Ltd
King & Wood Mallesons LLP¶Linklaters LLP
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Europe Ltd

Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance Group*NEC (Europe) Ltd
Ricoh (Europe) plc
Tokio Marine Kiln Insurance Ltd
Toshiba of Europe¶Winton Capital Management

Individual donors and sponsors
Patrons (£2,500)
Koichi Nezu
Julia Bonas
Sir Hugh and Lady Cortazzi

Principal Benefactor (£1,000)
Martin and Noriko Barrow
Bill EmmottChristopher and Phillida Purvis

Benefactor (£500)
Midoriko Nakajima

Principal Donor (£250)
Miranda Curtis
Paul and Carolyn Dimond
Penelope Elias
Michael Faber
Robert Guy
Heidi PotterDonor (£100)
Mark Allsup
Clive and Vivien Bradley
Daniel Carter
Stephen Codrington
Angelo Corbetta

Robin Fox
Lydia Gomersall
Stephen Grayston
Keiko Itoh
Keiko Kato-Warburg
Junko Kawai
Kathleen Kimura
Ella Marquis
Ruth Martin
David Mytton
Noriko Ogawa
Stephen O’Neill
Pernille Rudlin
Andrew Smithers
Yuri Ueno
William Waggott

Individual Supporter (£58)
D G R Bentliff
Gerard Dempsey
Suzanne Hudson
Yasko Kurahachi
Marilyn Malin
Rosemary Morgan
James Noble
Suzanne Perrin

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