THE JAPAN SOCIETYLEGAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION
PatronPresident
Vice-Presidents

HRH The Duke of Gloucester, KG, GCVO
HE The Japanese Ambassador
Sir Hugh Cortazzi, GCMG
Shin Ebihara
Hiroaki Fujii
Haruko Fukuda OBE
Sadayuki Hayashi
Hiroshi Kitamura
Prof. Ian Nish, CBE
Yoshiji Nogami
Masaki Orita
Christopher Purvis CBE
Noriaki Sakamoto
John Snaith
Tetsuro Terada
Viscount Trenchard
Ben Thorne, CMG, MBE
Sir John Whitehead, GCMG, CVO

Officers and Trustees(as at 25 April 2012)

Sir David Warren KCMG, Chairman
David Cairns, Vice Chairman
Akio Miyajima, Vice Chairman
Dr George Olcott, Vice Chairman
Alison Scott, Hon Editor
Nigel Wellings, Hon Solicitor
Satoru Yoshida, Hon Treasurer
Sir Andrew Cahn
Pauline Chakmakjian
Martin Day
Lady Gomersall
Hiroshi Hattori
Graham Holman
Stephen McEnally
Michael Spencer
Akihiro Tsuchiya

Chief Executive and Company Secretary

Heidi Potter

Charity number

1063952

Company number

3371038

Principal address

Swire House
59 Buckingham Gate
London SW1E 6AJ

Auditors

Richard Place Dobson Services Limited
1-7 Station Road
CrawleyWest Sussex RH10 1HT

Chairman's Statement
2012 was a successful year for the Society. As usual, events of considerable variety were arranged,
designed to be attractive to both Japanese and non-Japanese people of all ages and interests. In
keeping with our educational mission, we provided opportunities for members to learn about Japanand discuss matters of topical interest. At the same time, we also engaged with a wider audience ofgeneral public and young people, particularly through our activities with schools. Almost all our
expenditure is now funded by generous donors, individuals and companies, who share the Society’s
vision for the UK-Japan relationship. We are grateful to all those who support the Society in this way.
More details of activities and financial results are given in the Trustees’ Report.
I took up the chairmanship in January 2013 and look forward to working with the board, themembership and the executive to develop the Society’s programmes over the next six years. At theAnnual General Meeting in June 2012, Christopher Purvis stood down at the end of his six year term
as chairman. Under his leadership, the Society has made huge strides and he leaves the organizationin good heart. I would like to thank him for his contribution. All members of the Society weredelighted that he was awarded The Order of the Rising Sun, Gold and Silver Rays by the Japanese
Government in recognition of his valuable contribution over the years to Japan-UK relations. He
received his award from the Emperor in November 2012.
During 2012, we also bade farewell from the board of trustees to Ryoichi Bamba, Sean Curtin, Sandy
K Sano and Hiroshi Suzuki, whom I should like to thank for their contributions to the Society. Ryoichi
Bamba and Hiroshi Suzuki have returned to Japan, but we hope that all the retiring trustees will stay
in touch and continue their warm interest in the Society. We welcomed to the board Graham
Holman, Michiaki Nakamura and Tetsuro Terada and were joined by Alison Scott, who was
appointed to the vacant position of Editor. Since the end of the year, Hitoshi Noda has left the UK
and we have welcomed Akio Miyajima in his place.
At the Annual General Meeting in June 2013, a number of trustees will be retiring by rotation, David
Cairns, Pauline Chakmakjian, Lydia Gomersall and Hiroshi Hattori. They have each indicated their
willingness to stand for re-election; all are enthusiastic and valuable members of the board, which
warmly recommends their re-election. Michiaki Nakamura and Tetsuro Terada are standing down
following their return to Japan; we are sad to lose them and owe them great thanks for their support.
There are two further vacancies for ordinary trustees. Your board recommends the following forelection: Masaaki Goto and Tetsuro Hama. Both share a strong wish to encourage the developmentof stronger UK-Japan relations and play important roles in the Japanese community in the UK. It is
important that the Japan Society’s board is representative of its community and includes a goodbalance of Japanese and non-Japanese members who contribute to its mission to enhance therelationship between our countries through education. Further details of the candidates, the voting
procedure and the arrangements for the meeting will be circulated to members.
Finally, I should like to express my thanks to our President, Ambassador Hayashi, for the great
support he has shown to the Society over the past year. He and his colleagues at the Embassy ofJapan have as always been enormously generous with their time and support.
The annual general meeting will be held this year at 6.00pm on Thursday 27 June 2013 at the
Embassy of Japan, 101-104 Piccadilly. The formal business will be followed by an informal reception.
I look forward to seeing many members on that occasion.

David Warren

THE JAPAN SOCIETY
TRUSTEES' REPORTFOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2012
The members of the board, who are directors for the purposes of company law and trustees for the purposes of charity law,present their report and accounts for the year ended 31 December 2012.
The accounts have been prepared in accordance with the accounting policies set out in note 1 to the accounts and comply
with the charity’s constitution, applicable law and the requirements of the Statement of Recommended Practice, “Accounting
and Reporting by Charities” issued in March 2005.
Structure, governance and management
The Japan Society is a company limited by guarantee and as such is governed by its Memorandum and Articles of
Association. It is a registered charity.
The members of board who served during the year were:
Christopher Purvis, CBE - Chairman(Resigned 12 June 2012)
Sir David Warren, KCMG - Chairman(Elected 12 June 2012, effective from 1 January 2013)
David Cairns - Vice Chairman
Hitoshi Noda - Vice Chairman
Dr George Olcott – Vice Chairman
Satoru Yoshida- Hon Treasurer
Nigel Wellings - Hon Solicitor
Alison Scott - Hon Editor(Appointed 12 July 2012)
Ryoichi Bamba
Sir Andrew Cahn
Pauline Chakmakjian(Resigned 12 June 2012)

Sean Curtin
Martin Day
Lady Gomersall
Hiroshi Hattori
Graham Holman
Stephen McEnally(Resigned 12 June 2012)

Michiaki Nakamura
Keisaku Sano
Michael Spencer
Hiroshi Suzuki
Tetsuro Terada
Akihiro Tsuchiya(Elected 12 June 2012. Resigned 31 October 2012)(Resigned 12 June 2012)(Elected 12 June 2012)(Resigned 21 December 2012)(Elected 12 June 2012)

At the annual general meeting in June 2013, David Cairns and Pauline Chakmakjian will be standing down at the end of athree year term; David is eligible for reelection for a further three years, Pauline for one year. Two other trustees, Lydia
Gomersall and Hiroshi Hattori, will retire by rotation; both are eligible for reelection.
The board meets at regular intervals in order to provide strategic direction and to monitor and review the activities of theSociety. During the year the board met five times, one meeting being an ‘awayday’ at which longer term issues wereconsidered, particularly the Society’s forthcoming 125th anniversary in 2016. The day-to-day running of the Society is
carried out by the permanent staff under the leadership of Heidi Potter, who regularly reports to the chairman and the board.
She is supported by Hiroko Kimura, head of education, and a small team of paid staff and occasional interns. The activitiesof the Society are organized by the office, with support also provided by activity group committees (currently awards,
business, conversation, library, lectures and publications), which meet on an ad hoc basis and whose members are volunteers.
Teams of Japan in Your Classroom volunteers are essential to the running of the Society’s popular school visit programme.
The majority of the board is elected. At the AGM in June, Christopher Purvis stood down as chairman at the end of his six
year term. David Warren, serving as HM Ambassador in Tokyo until November 2012, was elected to the post with effectfrom 1 January 2013. As at 31 December 2012 there were three vice chairmen, Hitoshi Noda in an ex-officio position as
deputy head of mission at the Japanese Embassy, David Cairns and George Olcott, who had been elected as trustees andappointed as vice chairmen by the board. Three officers were also appointed by the board: Satoru Yoshida, treasurer; Nigel

Wellings, solicitor and Alison Scott, Editor. Hiroshi Suzuki was an ex officio board member as a member of the Japanese
Embassy; he returned to Japan at the end of 2012 and his place will remain vacant until the appointment of his successor as
director of the Japan Information & Cultural Centre. The elected members serve for an initial maximum term of three years
and may serve for a further three years after re-election.
A nominations committee (comprising David Warren, David Cairns, Hiroshi Hattori, Hitoshi Noda and Heidi Potter) reviews
the skills that are required on the board from time to time and the succession policy, making recommendations to the board
on possible future appointments. The board in turn makes proposals to the members of the Society in advance of the annual
general meeting. The recommendations for election at the forthcoming annual general meeting are detailed in the chairman’s
letter at the start of this report as well as in the papers for the annual general meeting. The role of the board and theorganization's expectations of its board members are discussed with new trustees prior to their election and on election theyreceive an induction pack and have induction meetings with members of staff.
The audit committee (comprising Heidi Potter, David Warren and Satoru Yoshida) considers the accounts and theperformance of the auditors; the risk committee (comprising Stephen McEnally, Heidi Potter and Satoru Yoshida) considers
all aspects of risk; both committees make recommendations to the board. The fundraising committee (Paul Dimond, Robert
Guy, George Olcott, Heidi Potter, Christopher Purvis and David Warren) is responsible for raising higher level donations
and sponsorship. Other committees include membership (Martin Barrow, Paul Dimond, Robert Guy, Yutaka Harada,
Graham Holman, Kazuo Okamoto, Heidi Potter, David Powell and David Warren),which focuses on membership
recruitment.
Risk Management
A report from the risk committee is considered regularly at board meetings.
MissionThe Society's objects are:a)to promote learning and advance education in the subject of and with regard to Japan;b) to promote the study of Japan and its people in all their aspects, traditional and modern, and to make the results of suchstudy more accessible to the general public;c)
to promote the study of Britain and its culture by Japanese people and to further educational exchanges between Britain
and Japan.
The board has considered and confirmed its view that the Society's role in achieving these objectives is still relevant; itremains the leading independent body in the United Kingdom dedicated to the enhancement and celebration of UK-Japan
academic, commercial and cultural relations. As implied by its objects, the central aim of the Society’s activity is theenhancement of understanding of Japanese life and culture and of links between the two countries. This informs all areas ofthe programme, whether direct school-focused education initiatives, lectures and seminars for the general public andbusiness leaders, events introducing aspects of the culture of both countries, opportunities for people to meet in more
informal settings, or the small grant programme made in support of Japan-related projects that are organized by others.
The board referred to the guidance provided by the Charity Commission on the public benefit in reviewing its aims andobjectives and in planning future activities and development of programmes.
Achievements and performance
The main activities of the Society comprise awards, events, the library, publications, schools education and small grants. The
Society is grateful to the companies and individuals who share its belief in the importance of promoting a good mutual
understanding between the UK and Japan, and who provide essential financial support. This enables the Society to include asignificant number of low cost or free events to make the programme accessible both to members and non-members. The
majority of the Society’s schools education services are provided free of charge. In addition up to £30,000 has been set aside
each year for disbursement through the small grants programme in support of events organized by others which are in
furtherance of the Society's objectives and which will provide opportunities to new audiences across the UK.
Great East Japan Earthquake
The Great East Japan Earthquake of 11 March 2011 had made a significant impact on the activities of the Society in that year.
The Tohoku Earthquake Relief Fund was established in order to support local not-for-profit organizations (NPOs) in theiractivities directed towards long term recovery, after the immediate disaster relief effort had finished. Donations continued tobe received for this cause in 2012, totalling some £73,800 for the year.
A committee of the board comprising Yuko Kobayashi (until August 2012), Stephen McEnally, Heidi Potter and Phillida
Purvis continued to supervise the distribution of these funds and work with the Society’s partner, the Sanaburi Foundation, toensure that donations are disbursed to local NPOs in all three prefectures to meet clearly defined need. Grants are made to
Sanaburi which in turn carries out due diligence on applicant organizations, and, on receipt of final approval from theSociety’s earthquake committee, makes onward grants to those selected NPOs. Some additional donations to the Japan
Society Tohoku Earthquake Relief Fund (known as the Rose Fund in Japan) have been made directly to Sanaburi in Japanand are not shown in the Society’s accounts.

Christopher Purvis and Phillida Purvis visited the region during a private visit to Japan in October 2012 and met withrepresentatives of Sanaburi as well as with NPOs which had been supported by the Fund. Christopher’s subsequent update,given at a special reception in November, was also disseminated via the Society’s website.
During the year, several public events were organized to ensure that information on the situation in Tohoku continued to beavailable to a general audience. These included a special screening at BAFTA of a documentary film Pray for Japan, whichshowed the impact of the earthquake and tsunami on the community of Ishinomaki and steps being taken to recovery.
Lectures by Takeshi Nagasaki of N-Tree and journalist, David McNeill, gave other perspectives. Other activities to provide
information and updates formed part of the Japan Society’s general programme.
The Society’s website continues to carry information about the region and about the NPOs that have been recipients offunding and the office continues to be a source of information both to members and the general public about Tohoku.
EventsThe Society in 2012 arranged over 80 different events spanning a wide range of subject and format, both independently andin partnership with other organizations. In keeping with its objective to promote the study and understanding of Japan, theSociety's programme strikes a balance between those activities tailored to particular interests and those designed to provide
new opportunities for participation by the general public. The board is convinced of the need to ensure that the programme is
widely accessible, and events during the year included those open to both members and non-members, as well as asignificant number which were free or low cost.
The 2012 general events programme included:
4 chairman's lunches / dinners
1 annual dinner
12 Business related events
13 Conversation group events
20 Events aimed at younger members or families under the ‘lifestyle’ prorgamme heading
16 Lectures
11 Art & culture events
The chairman held a series of small lunches in which key figures based in both the UK and Japan were invited to meet senior
members of the Society. These provided opportunities for decision makers to share ideas and information, and ensured thatthose involved in business and government were well informed on topical issues relating to the Japan-UK relationship in a
global context. Subjects in 2012 included business practice (Miranda Curtis), business and the Arts (Lord Hall) and theglobalization of business in Japan (George Olcott).
Larger lunchtime business seminars were again generously hosted by JETRO. These included a panel on Climate Change
and Japan’s Perspective on the 17th Conference of the Parties at the start of the year, leading on to a discussion of global
warming and energy challenges for Japan and the UK in September. Other sessions included an update on tourism recovery
by Ryoichi Matsuyama, President of JNTO and a briefing on UK-Japan Trade by Sue Kinoshita, Director of Trade andInvestment at the British Embassy in Tokyo. The Society continued to arrange joint lunches in conjunction with the JapaneseChamber of Commerce and Industry in the UK, which provided opportunities for Japanese and non Japanese to meet and tohear from guest speakers, who were during the year: Philip Stephens of the Financial Times; Robin Niblett, Director of
Chatham House; Glen Fukushima, former President & CEO of Airbus Japan; the Japanese Ambassador; and Lord Janvrin.
An early evening event featured fashion designer Paul Smith, who discussed his links with Japan, both business andpersonal.
The conversation group continues to play an important role in the Society, providing a valuable opportunity for members tomaintain and develop their language skills. It allows Japanese and non-Japanese, members and non-members, to talk in afriendly and informal setting. Special events during the year, such as the hanami picnic, are always well-received. The
Society ran three10-week courses in pre-intermediate Japanese, kindly hosted by Toray Europe. The cost remained low, sothat anyone with the requisite level of Japanese was able to enrol and to maintain and improve their language skills.
The Society continued to offer a broad general programme of formal and informal events to appeal to people with a wide
range of interests and ages. The monthly book club continued to grow in strength with a good mix of regular and occasional
participants. Book choices were varied and discussions always lively, with a highlight of the year being a talk by author Lian
Hearn. Other events included gallery talks and theatre visits, food and drink tastings, golf tournaments, social events andsupport of the Japanese Olympic team through attendance at special screenings at 2012 Japan House during the period of theGames.
In its fourth year, Japan Matsuri moved to Trafalgar Square for another successful event on 6 October. The Japan Society has
a formal role as corporate director of the Japan Matsuri company, with Sean Curtin as its nominated representative on theboard. The Society also played an active part in planning and programming the 2012 event. Staging Matsuri in Trafalgar

Square required the engagement of a specialist production team. This increased the cost of the event, but reduced theadministrative burden on the four partner organizations: the Japanese Chamber of Commerce and Industry in the UK, theJapan Association, the Nippon Club and the Japan Society.
The lectures programme as usual covered a wide range of subject matter. The monthly academic lecture, held every third
Monday, formed the core of this aspect of our public programming. The subjects in 2012 included: Japanese ceramics at the
British Museum; war diaries of Japanese soldiers 1937-1940; the 1912 Japanese Antarctic expedition; spaces for children in
post-earthquake Tohoku; Zen Buddhism; Japanese pre-school education, and museums in Japan. The third annual lecture inmemory of Dr Carmen Blacker took place in London and Norwich, organized jointly with the Sainsbury Institute for the
Study of Japanese Arts and Cultures, with Professor Ben-Ami Shillony speaking on the role of the Emperor in Japan. The
Society also partnered with the Daiwa Anglo-Japanese Foundation and Japan Room on other lecture events.
Japan Society Small Grants
An annual sum of up to £30,000 is set aside for grants in support of small-scale projects and events related to Japan. The
board has reviewed the grants scheme and believes that by allocating relatively small sums to a wide range of projects, its
objectives are being met. These grants provide opportunities for people throughout the UK to participate in education andexchange relating to Japan and thus contribute to raising awareness and understanding of the country and its culture. Priority
is given to applications for grassroots projects and for activities involving schools and other educational establishments. In
2012, 40 grants were made averaging approximately £600 each. Of these some 24 were organized in schools or provided
opportunities for school students to participate in Japan-related activities. These ranged from Japan Days to complement
ongoing study of Japan or Japanese language to funding for workshops on emergency response after Tohoku and student
research activities on contemporary literature. Young people were involved in research, display and conservation work on
items in the collection at Sheffield Museums and a community radio project is enabling 15-18 year olds in Leeds to workwith counterparts in Tokyo and Tohoku. Support was also given to community Japan Days in Basildon, Glasgow, Liverpool,
London and Sheffield.
Japan Society Awards
Japan Society Awards for 2012 were presented at the annual dinner on 1 October to Lydia Morey and Keisaku (Sandy) Sano.
Lydia Morey has been teaching Japanese for more than twenty years and has dedicated herself to promoting Japanese
language education in the UK. In particular, she has been instrumental in developing teaching at the secondary level, and thesuccess of Japanese, which is now taught in over 280 secondary schools across the UK, owes much to Lydia’s endeavours
and expertise. Sandy Sano has been an outstanding member of the Japanese community in London and a major contributor to
UK Japan relations for over four decades. Over the last several years Sandy has been a driving force behind the Japan
Matsuri. Under his chairmanship, the JCCI, Nippon Club, Japan Association and Japan Society have worked together to run
this complicated venture with support from the wider Japan-related community.
Library
The library is a key asset of the Society. It is a valuable research facility for the academic community and of interest to allwith an involvement in Japan. Few extra funds were available during the year to improve the collection's state or to makeadditions. However, with voluntary help, further cataloguing was undertaken, including work on the scrapbooks ofnewspaper cuttings and other correspondence, which has made both resources more accessible.
Publications
Sean Curtin, editor of The Japan Society Review, and his team of volunteer reviewers continued to assess many of the newworks relating to Japan published during the year, as well as covering films and other cultural events. Reviews are firstly
published on the Japan Society website before being collated into issues. Proceedings 148 (2011) was published in August
and provided a good record of activity over the 2011 calendar year, which also coincides with the Society’s financial year.
This pattern will continue, with a target publication date in future years to coincide with the Annual General Meeting.
Volume VIII in the series Britain & Japan: Biographical Portraits, edited by Sir Hugh Cortazzi, was published in December
and brought the total number of individual portraits featured in the series and its companion volumes to over 400.
Schools Education
The schools education programme has been developed out of a belief in the value to young people in the UK of growing up
with an awareness and understanding of Japan and its culture. In addition to historical and business reasons for learning
about a key international partner, there are more general benefits of broadening horizons and raising aspirations. Through its
activities for schools, the Society supports teachers who may have limited experience of Japan themselves in providing theseopportunities for their students.
Throughout the year, the Society's education team provides advice and resources to schools engaged in teaching and learning
activities relating to Japan. As well as working in partnership with local authorities, it provides materials directly to schools
throughout the country, including loan resources supplied to approximately 70 schools each year. The Society supported the12th JAL World Children’s Haiku Contest, which was entered by students from 37 schools from Shetland to the South-Westof England and Northern Ireland.
Other targeted activities include:
Sixth form study day

180 sixth form students of Japanese and their teachers attended a one-day conference on 9 November which aimed toprovide insights into life in Japan, less familiar aspects of Japanese culture, and information on opportunities to continue thestudy of Japan and Japanese beyond school at university either in the UK or Japan.
Japan in Your Classroom visits
During the year visits were made by volunteers in Greater London, Brighton, Derby, Manchester and South Wales to some
80 schools. For most students a Japan in Your Classroom visit is their first opportunity to meet a Japanese person and to hear
about Japan first-hand; the visits have a lasting impact. Special visits to schools were arranged with haiku poet, Sho Otaka,and by Radio Taiso presenters. These complemented other work the schools were doing on Japan and broadened pupils’
experience and understanding of the country.
School links
Support for school links has continued to be an important element of the Society's work. Approximately 15 new links were
established, with some 60 school partnerships now using Japan UK LIVE! and related services to develop their links. A
school linking seminar was held in Osaka in July, which provided the opportunity for Japanese teachers to share experienceand learn from each other about working effectively with their British partner schools.
Teacher in-service training
Discover Japan courses were held in Loughborough and Edinburgh, providing information, ideas and resources for teachersinterested in bring work on Japan into their curriculum. The Society also provided a special talk about the situation in Japan
since the earthquake and nuclear emergency at the 2012 Geographical Association Conference.
Communication and marketing
The website and email continued to be important and efficient tools for communicating information about the Society and its
activities. At the same time, monthly event calendars distributed by post on request provided a back up for those without
regular access to the internet. A new email marketing software was trialled in 2012, with mixed results. This was underreview at the year end and subsequently changed; persistent problems with emails being blocked by some servers appear tohave been resolved by the change to the current (as at April 2013) system.
Financial Review
The Society’s income fell significantly in 2012 compared to the previous year. This reflected the impact in 2011 of the huge
surge of donations to the Japan Society Tohoku Earthquake Relief Fund, but the underlying picture showed that income forJapan Society core activity had increased. In 2012, a further £73,000 was receieved in donations to the Fund; during the year
grants were made amounting to £354,011. The balance, together with any other donations made towards the Earthquake
Fund since the end of the year, is expected to be spent in a fourth round of grants during 2013.
Income and expenditure for continuing activities amounted to £459,058 and £422,579 respectively, resulting in a surplus forthe year of £36,479 as outlined in note 16 to the accounts.
During the year individual and corporate members continued to provide invaluable support through the higher-level giving
scheme both for the general mission and for the schools education programme.

The following companies and individuals have given support at a level above that of regular membership (minimum amounts
for each level are given in brackets):
Companies
President's Circle (£25,000)
JTI
Mitsubishi Corporation International(Europe) Plc
Nomura International Plc
Chairman’s Circle (£10,000)
Itochu Europe Plc
Sumitomo Corporation Europe Ltd
Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group
Mitsui & Co Europe Plc
Corporate Patron (£7,500)*¶Astellas Pharma Inc*¶Canon Europe Ltd*¶Central Japan Railway Company*¶Chugai Pharma Europe Ltd*¶Daiichi Sankyo Co Ltd*¶Eisai Europe Ltd
Mizuho Financial GroupNSK Europe Ltd*NYK Group Europe Ltd*¶PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP*¶Takeda Pharmaceuticals Europe Ltd
Corporate Benefactor (£5,000)
BAE Systems plc
Clifford Chance LLP
Dai-ichi Life International Europe
Daiwa Capital Markets Europe Ltd¶Hitachi Europe Ltd
HSBC Holdings International
The Japan Centre Group Ltd
KPMG LLP
Marubeni (Europe) Plc*Mitsubishi Electric Europe BV
Nikko Asset Management Europe Ltd¶Olympus KeyMed
Sompo Japan Insurance Co
SMBC (Europe) Ltd*¶The Swire Charitable Trust
Toyota (GB) Plc
UBS Investment Bank

Corporate Donor (£2,000)
Aberdeen Asset Management PLC
All Nippon Airways
BDO LLPDAKS Simpson Group plc*Greenback Alan LLP
Japan England Insurance Brokers Ltd
Japan Airlines
JR Pass Ltd
Kajima Europe Ltd*"K" Line (Europe) Ltd¶Linklaters LLP
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Europe
Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance Group*NEC (Europe) Ltd
Ricoh (Europe) plc
Rothschild
SJ Berwin LLP
Tokio Marine Europe Insurance Ltd
Toray Industries
Toshiba of Europe¶Winton Capital Management
WPP 2005 Ltd
All or part of the donation fromcompanies marked with an asterisk(*) has been designated in supportof the schools education and small
grants programmes. Those with apilcrow sign (¶) have given theirsupport through a five year
agreement.

Individuals
Patron (£2,500)
Christopher & Phillida Purvis
Principal Benefactor (£1,000)
Sir Hugh Cortazzi
Martin Barrow
Benefactor (£500)
Bill Emmott
Akihiro Tsuchiya
Principal Donor (£250)
Michael Faber
Anne Glendinning
Robert Guy
Anthony Loehnis
Heidi Potter
Donor (£100)
Charles Dinwiddy
Clive and Vivien Bradley
Paul Hearn
Keiko Itoh
Robin Fox
Lydia Gomersall
Kathleen Kimura
Ruth Martin
David Mytton
Noriko Ogawa
George Olcott
Pernille Rudlin
Andrew Smithers
Individual Supporter (£58)
Mark Allsup
D G R Bentliff
Anthony Cormack
Brendan Griggs
Christopher Hoggarth
Suzanne Hudson
Yasko Kurahachi
James Noble
Sir Michael Palliser
Suzanne Perrin
Matthew Roberts
Graham Searjeant
Rie Zylinska

Reserves
It is the policy of the board to maintain reserves of approximately 50 per cent of total annual expenditure. The board is also
beginning to consider plans to build up an endowment over time, which would provide some financial security to a charity
which currently relies for almost all its funding on annual donations. As at 31 December 2012 fund balances excluding thevalue of the library and monies restricted for Tohoku amounted to £379,350. The cash reserves are held on deposit.
Plans for the future
In 2013, The Japan Society will be moving premises. John Swire & Sons has provided accommodation on generous terms to
the Japan Society and Japan 21 for 17 and 20 years respectively, but now needs additional offices for its own business. The
office team will attempt to achieve the move with a minimum of disruption to members.
The Society will continue to develop its programme of events, particularly those of interest to the youth audience, while also
maintaining and developing its business and academic programmes. A priority for the coming year is the creation of newopportunities for in depth briefing and debate on current topics of particular relevance to business and government. The needto educate the next generation to look beyond national boundaries and equip them for work in a global economy, means that

support for school partnerships and work to develop resources for teachers remain extremely relevant. Regular publication ofJapan Society Proceedings remains a priority.
Work will continue in respect of Tohoku. It is planned to disburse the remainder of the Tohoku Earthquake Relief Fund in
2013. Further reports will be made both on the general situation in Tohoku and on the progress of those NPOs that are theultimate beneficiaries of the Society’s grants to Sanaburi.
Although in a strong financial position at the start of 2013, the Society continues to be faced with a need to raise significant
funds each year in order to maintain and develop the level of services for members and the wider community. Although thistask will not be easy against a background of continued economic uncertainty, it is anticipated that the Society's record indoing important educational work will continue to be persuasive and that support from higher-level donors will be sustained.
The board has begun a process of developing its longer term strategic plan in terms of its activities, its staff, its fund raisingand its finances in the lead up to the 125th anniversary of its foundation in 2016. This important planning process willcontinue in 2013.

On behalf of the Board
Satoru Yoshida - Hon. Treasurer
Dated: .........................