The Japan Society(as of 31 December 2016)

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

Vice-Presidents
Hayashi Haruki
Kume Atsushi

Daniel Sciamma
Shinohara Minoru

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-Chairmen:
Treasurer:
Solicitor:
Editor:Sir David Warren KCMG
Graham Holman
Kato MotohikoJenny White
Yoshida Satoru
Nigel Wellings
Alison Scott

Ordinary Trustees

4Asari Hideki
Tom Burn
Anna Dingley
Lydia Gomersall
Hama Tetsuro
Janet Hunter

Imai Masahiro
Jason James
Masunaga Shinichiro
Mizutori Mami
Tsuchiya Akihiro
Wakiwaka Eiji

Chief Executive:

Heidi Potter

Organisation & Benefactors

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

Platinum Circle (£17,500)
Itochu Europe plc
Sumitomo Corporation Europe Ltd

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

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

Japan Society Proceedings

5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 Ltd¶Winton Capital Management

Individual donors and sponsors
Principal Benefactor (£1,000)

Donor (£100)

Martin and Noriko Barrow
Bill Emmott
Martin L. O’Neil and Miko Nakajima
Akihiro and Noriko Tsuchiya

Mark Allsup
Clive and Vivien Bradley
Stephen Codrington
Angelo Corbetta
Robin Fox
Thomas French
Lydia Gomersall
Stephen Grayston
Keiko Itoh
Junko Kawai
Kathleen Kimura
Ella Marquis
David Mytton
Noriko Ogawa
Pernille Rudlin
Andrew Smithers
Yuri Ueno
William Waggott

Benefactor (£500)
Christopher and Phillida Purvis

Principal Donor (£250)
Paul and Carolyn Dimond
Penelope Elias
Michael Faber
Robert Guy
Ruth Martin
James Noble
Heidi Potter

6Organisation & Benefactors