The Japan Society(as of 31 December 2013)

Patron

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

Honorary Vice-Presidents
Sir Hugh Cortazzi, GCMG
Ebihara Shin
Fujii Hiroaki
Fukuda Haruko OBE
Hayashi Haruki
Hayashi Sadayuki
Ishikawa Hironobu

Kitamura Hiroshi
Prof. Ian Nish CBE
Nogami Yoshiji
Orita Masaki
Christopher Purvis CBE
Ben Thorne CMG MBE
The Viscount Trenchard

Officers
Chairman:Vice-Chairmen:

Treasurer:
Solicitor:
Editor:Ordinary Trustees

4Sir David Warren KCMGDavid Cairns
Miyajima Akio
George Olcott
Yoshida Satoru
Nigel Wellings
Alison Scott

Asari Hideki
Sir Andrew Cahn
Pauline Chakmakjian
Martin Day
Lady Gomersall
Goto Maasaki

Hama Tetsuro		
Hattori Hiroshi
Graham Holman
Stephen McEnally
Michael Spencer
Tsuchiya Akihiro

Chief Executive:

Heidi Potter

Organization & Benefactors

Benefactors
The Japan Society is grateful to the companies, organizations 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 and more)
J Paul Getty TrustBAE Systems plc
JTI
Clifford Chance LLP
Mitsubishi Corporation International (Europe) plc Dai-ichi Life International Europe*¶Daiichi Sankyo Co Ltd
Nomura International plc
Daiwa Capital Markets Europe Ltd
Platinum Circle (£17,500 and more) ¶Hitachi Europe Ltd
Sumitomo Corporation Europe Ltd
Honda Motor Europe
Chairman’s Circle (£10,000 and more) HSBC Holdings International
The Japan Centre Group Ltd
Itochu Europe plc
KPMG LLP
Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group
Marubeni (Europe) plc
Mitsui & Co Europe plc*¶Mitsubishi Electric Europe BVCorporate Patron (£7,500 and more) ¶Olympus KeyMedSompo Japan Insurance Co*¶Astellas Pharma Inc*¶The Swire Charitable Trust*¶Canon Europe Ltd
Toyota (GB) plc*¶Central Japan Railway Company
UBS Investment Bank*¶Chugai Pharma Europe Ltd*¶Eisai Europe Ltd
Ernst & Young LLP
Mizuho Financial GroupNikko Asset Management Europe Ltd¶NSK Europe Ltd*NYK Group Europe Ltd*¶PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
SMBC (Europe) Ltd

Corporate Donor (£2,000 and more)
Aberdeen Asset Management plc
All Nippon Airways
BDO LLPDAKS Simpson Group plc
Five Cool Consulting Ltd*Greenback Alan LLP
Japan Airlines
Japan England Insurance Brokers LtdJapan Society Proceedings

5Japan Post Bank Co Ltd
JRPass Ltd*”K” Line (Europe) Ltd¶Linklaters LLP
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Europe Ltd
Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance Group*NEC (Europe) Ltd

Ricoh (Europe) plc
Rothschild Ltd
SJ Berwin LLP
Tokio Marine Europe Insurance Ltd
Toray Industries
Toshiba of Europe¶Winton Capital Management

Individual donors and sponsors
Principal Benefactor (£1,000 and more)
Christopher and Phillida Purvis
Martin Barrow
Bill Emmott

Principal Donor (£250)
Miranda Curtis
Michael Faber
Robert Guy
Anthony Loehnis
Heidi PotterDonor (£100)
Mark Allsup
Clive and Vivien Bradley
Stephen Codrington
Paul DimondRobin Fox
Lydia Gomersall
Paul Hearn
Keiko Itoh
Keiko Kato-Warburg
Kathleen Kimura

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Organization & Benefactors

Ruth Martin
David Mytton
Noriko Ogawa
George Olcott
Stephen O’Neill
Pernille Rudlin
William Waggott

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