JAPAN-AMERICA SOCIETY
OF INDIANA
2006 PROGRAMSThe Japan-America Society of Indiana is a not-for-profit, non-partisan organization of businesses, communities,educational institutions, individuals, and students. Its mission is to serve as a bridge of friendship and cooperation
between the people of Indiana and Japan. The Society is dedicated to providing a public forum for cultural andeducational exchange, strengthening ties, and fostering mutual understanding among Japanese and Hoosiers.

JAPAN-AMERICA SOCIETY OF INDIANA 2006 PROGRAMSJanuary - October

2006 Midwest-Japan Conference Planning
The Japan-America Society of Indiana Board of Directors and Staff, incooperation with the directors of the Indiana Economic Development
Corporation, dedicated over a year of planning for the 2006 Midwest-Japan
Conference, and hosted several visits of the Japanese Secretariat officers
from Kikkoman Corp., Tokyo.

from Presenting Sponsor Toyota Motor Manufacturing, Indiana, the gala wasattended by over 500 guests, making it one of JASI’s most successful annualdinners. The event featured the theme of Japanese koinobori – the carp fishkites which are flown in Japan in May. Subaru of Indiana Automotive loaned tothe gala the 130 giant carp kites which flew at its ground breaking in 1987.

January 21

Indiana Japan Chamber Nenjisoukai
Annual Meeting of the IJC with musical entertainment from Indiana University
coordinated by the Japan-America Society of Indiana.

February 8th

Leadership Johnson County Economic Development Day
Tamayo Fukumoto, Japanese Community Coordinator of the Japan-America
Society of Indiana, served as one of the key personnel for Johnson County’s
annual “Economic Development Day,” where local community leaders learn
how to present strategic information in order to attract Japanese investment.

February 10th

“Japanese Customs in the Workplace”
The presentation by JASI corporate representative Akio Uemura of Eli Lilly andCompany at Brownsburg High School served to educate American high school
students about Japanese business customs in the workplace.

April“Case’s Wish”
JASI was proud to support thefundraising campaign to give
Lutheran High School student
Case Calvert a chance to travel
to Japan with his family andhigh school principal Gary
St. Clair. Case suffers frommuscular dystrophy and thetrip to Japan helped fulfill hisbiggest dream. Through thesupport of JASI members, Caseand Lutheran High School
were able to raise funds tounderwrite the travel of thegroup in Japan for two weeks.

The Society’s “Bridge of Friendship Award” recognizes individuals, companiesand communities which have demonstrated distinguished leadership in theIndiana–Japan–US relationship. The 2006 Bridge of Friendship Awards werepresented to Seizo Okamoto, Chairman, Toyota Motor Manufacturing, Indiana,and Robert H. Reynolds, Honorary Consul General of Japan at Indianapolis,
former President of the Japan-America Society of Indiana, and Attorney Of
Counsel, Barnes & Thornburg.
“Honorary Indiana Ambassador Awards” for dedicated service were presentedto JASI Members Keiko and Sosuke Sese, President, Keihin Indiana Precision
Technology, and Mami and Kazuaki Shoji, Senior Marketing Director for KYB
Manufacturing North America.

June 6“Travel to Japan Japanese Protocol & Business Etiquette”
Seminar
JASI Executive Director Theresa Kulczak presented the protocol orientation
program for participants selected to accompany Indiana Governor Mitchell E.
Daniels, Jr. on the 2006 State of Indiana Asia Mission.

June 17-28

State of Indiana Asia Mission

May 4thJASI Annual Gala 2006
The Society’s gala is the largest and most prestigious event for Japanese andAmerican community and business leaders in Indiana. The 2006 event featured
Jim Wiseman, Vice President of Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing
North America as KeynoteSpeaker; and the Honorable
Yutaka Yoshizawa, Consul
General of Japan, andMickey Maurer, Secretary ofCommerce for the State ofIndiana, as Guests of Honor.
Entertainment was provided
by the Indiana-Okinawa
Kenjin Kai - Children’s Eisa
Dance Group. With support

Following the remarkable history of partnership and economic cooperation
between Indiana and Japan, Governor Mitchell E. Daniels, Jr. led over sixty
Indiana business leaders and state and local officials to Japan and Korea inJune. The JASI office provided consultation, translation and support to many ofthe participating businesses and communities. Several JASI Board members

August 6thBon-Odori Japanese Dance Festival
The Japan-America Society of Indiana annually supports the Bon-Odori
Festival sponsored by Ocean World Japanese restaurant in Indianapolis. Thefestival, held for many years, provides a great occasion for Japanese andAmericans to celebrate the summer spirit of Japan.

August 31stIndianapolis Museum of Art “Japanese Wedding Customs”
Lecture Program

and the Society’s
executive
director, Theresa
Kulczak,
participated inthe mission.

July 20thBusiness Protocol Training
JASI Executive Director provided a training seminar for the directors of Ivy
Tech College in preparation for the college’s meeting with Honda officials.

July 29thColumbus “Natsu Matsuri” Summer FestivalThe Columbus JapaneseBusiness Association andthe Japan-America Societyof Indiana coordinatedcultural, promotional andvolunteer support for theJapanese Summer Festival at
the Kidscommons children’s
museum in Columbus,
Indiana. The festival included
three floors of traditional
Japanese games andactivities as well as a scaryJapanese style haunted house. Japanese festival food, bon-odori dancing,an omikosh miniature shrine, and families in summer yukata, made for anauthentic cultural experience for over one thousand attendees.

In conjunction with the IMA’s exhibition “I Do”, featuring wedding attire fromdifferent eras and countries around the world, JASI community outreachvolunteer Mikiko Obara spoke on the customs and attire of traditional andcontemporary Japanese weddings.

September 8th-12th

Tochigi Prefecture Sister State Delegation
On Sept. 8th, theGovernor of Tochigi
Prefecture, theHonorable Tomikazu
Fukuda, led a groupof 30 delegatesfrom Indiana’s sister
Prefecture of Tochigi
to Indianapolis. TheTochigi delegation
hosted a Tochigi
Tourism & IndustrySeminar on Sept.
9th at the Marriott
Downtown Indianapolis
with attendance by JASI members. On Sept. 11th, Indiana Governor Mitch
Daniels hosted the delegation at his residence with invitations to JASI
members. The Japan-America Society of Indiana arranged for a special VIP
experience for the Tochigi group at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.

October 25th

“Japan and the Japanese People:
What You Won’t Find In the Travel Guides”
The Indiana Center for Intercultural Communication, World Languages &Cultures Department at Indiana University-Purdue University at Indianapolis(IUPUI) & the Japan-America Society of Indiana presented an insightful
lecture by Kenichi Namai, Visiting Professor of Linguistics from WasedaUniversity.

AugustNovember 1stIndiana Bureau of Motor Vehicles
Driver’s Manual & Test in JapaneseIndianapolis Museum of Art (IMA)
Asian Galleries Grand Opening

As a service for the Japanese community, the JASI
office has for many years monitored, translated
and published key updates on BMV policy andprocedures for the Japanese community. In
2006, JASI was pleased to serve as the primaryadvisor and translator for the BMV in making
available the Indiana Drivers Manual translated
into Japanese and published on the BMV website.
JASI also facilitated and translated the Japaneseversions of the Indiana Driver’s License Written
Test in Japanese, now available at BMV branches
throughout the State of Indiana.

JASI corporate members received invitations to the grand opening ceremony
and black-tie dinner for the spectacular Asian Galleries, featuring Guest ofHonor Kenji Shinoda, Consul General of Japan.

November 2nd

Welcome Dinner for The Honorable Kenji Shinoda,
Consul General of Japan at Chicago
The Board of Directors of the Japan-America Society of Indiana and Honorary
Consul General of Japan at Indianapolis, Robert H. Reynolds, were honored towelcome Consul General at Chicago Kenji Shinoda and Consul Hiroko Matsuo
at a dinner in their honor at the Skyline Club, Indianapolis.

JAPAN-AMERICA SOCIETY OF INDIANA 2006 PROGRAMS
November 2nd- 5th

November 29th

2006 Indianapolis International Festival

KPMG Tax Seminar

The Japan-America
Society of Indiana waspleased to collaborate
with the Consulate ofJapan at Chicago andThe Japan Foundationin supporting theperformance of the San
Jose Taiko at the 2006
International Festival inIndianapolis. The San
Jose Taiko’s dynamic
performance of Japanese drums was the featured entertainment for the 4-day
event. JASI also organized a youth-focused, interactive Japan cultural booth,one of the largest exhibit areas at the festival. The 2006 Festival boasted arecord attendance of almost 20,000 people, thanks to the popularity of theSan Jose Taiko.

The Japan-America Society of Indiana supported KPMG’s seminar in Japanesefor Japanese transplant companies in Indiana.

November 7th“Found in Translation: A Western Journalist Sees His Worldthrough Asian Eyes”
Lecture by John North,former NHK correspondentin Tokyo. The JapanAmerica Society of Indiana
was pleased to co-sponsor
the program by the senior
journalist who lived andworked extensively in Asia.
The lecture was part of theGlobal Studies Speaker
Series at Marian College inIndianapolis.

December 7thCorbett Duncan & Hubly Basic Accounting Seminar
The Japan-America Society of Indiana co-presented the seminar in Japanesefor Japanese managers in Indiana.

December 12th

JASI Volunteer Appreciation Party
The informal luncheon
party was held to thankthe volunteers who
worked so hard anddedicated valuable
time to make JASI’sparticipation in theInternational Festival
such a success.
Over 50 volunteers
created hundreds ofhandcrafted Japanese items in the weeks leading up to the festival, as well as
volunteered at the JASI exhibit area during the four-day event.

Spring & Fall

Japanese Language Program
For the past sixteen years JASI has offered one of the largest programs ofJapanese language classes for the central Indiana area. JASI’s Japaneseclasses are designed to meet community interest and focus on speaking,listening and various aspects of Japanese culture. Taught by Instructor
Fumiko Sato, the classes are held in the Spring and the Fall.

Information Services
The Society’s office serves as an information clearinghouse for Japan-relatedresources in Indiana. The office fields questions regarding Japan and Japaneseculture from Americans and provides resources for additional inquiry. JASI’sbilingual staff provides personal support to Japanese individuals, family
members, and executives, and responds in Japanese to requests for assistance,
practical living information, and educational information.

Bureau of Motor Vehicles interpreter recruitment and Japanesepolicy bulletins
JASI monitors changes in BMV policies that may affect the Japanesecommunity in Indiana and issues Bulletins to its members informing them of
the latest developments. JASI also maintains a database of authorized BMV
interpreters who are qualified to assist individuals in taking the written test
for an Indiana Driver’s license.

Member consultation

Employment Referrals, translation and interpreting referrals.

The JASI staff and directors of the Board provide customized briefings andgroup presentations on Japanese protocol, etiquette, travel to Japan andguidance for doing business with the Japanese.

Corporate benefits include the availability of in-house translation andinterpretation services, and referral to independent vendors. The JASI officeaccepts calls from the public and from member companies for translators andinterpreters on a per-project basis.

Japanese Language Program
For the past fifteen years JASI has offered one of the largest programs ofJapanese language classes for the central Indiana area. The classes aredesigned to meet community interest and focus on the students’ speaking,listening, reading and writing abilities. Various aspects of contemporary
Japanese culture supplement the courses taught by Mrs. Fumiko Sato.

The Japan-America Society of Indiana is not an employment agency; however,through our network of members, JASI occasionally facilitates employmentconnections.

Japan-America Society of Indiana
39 West Jackson Place, Suite 50, Indianapolis, Indiana 46225
Phone: (317) 635-0123 • Fax: (317) 635-1452
www.japanindiana.org

2006 MIDWEST U.S.-JAPAN ASSOCIATION CONFERENCE
INDIANAPOLIS
MIDWEST U.S. AND JAPAN: RACING TO THE FUTURE TOGETHERSEPTEMBER 10TH–12TH, 2006

2006 Midwest U.S.-Japan Association Conference, Indianapolis

The 38th Annual Joint Meeting of the Midwest U.S.-Japan andJapan-Midwest U.S. Associations was organized and co-hosted
by the State of Indiana and the Japan-America Society ofIndiana. Thanks to the generous support of Presenting Sponsors
Eli Lilly and Company and Toyota Motor Manufacturing,
Indiana, as well as a host of other corporate sponsors, the2006 Midwest U.S.-Japan Association Conference was a great
success by all measures. The Indianapolis conference presenteda tremendous speaker lineup, a timely program agenda, andwith almost six hundred registrants, a new record was set forattendance. In the conference closing remarks, U.S. Conference
Chairman and former Illinois Governor Jim Thompson statedthat “Indiana has raised the bar for the other states.”
The Japanese delegation, led by Yuzaburo Mogi, Chairman
and CEO of Kikkoman Corporation, included His Excellency
Ryozo Kato, Ambassador of Japan to the United States, Consul
General of Chicago Kenji Shinoda, Acting Consul General ofDetroit Kenji Miura, Governor Tomikazu Fukuda of Tochigi
Prefecture, Governor Kiyoshi Ueda of Saitama Prefecture, Mr.
Taizo Nishimuro, Advisor to the Board of Toshiba Corporation,
Mr. Osamu Watanabe, Chairman and CEO of the Japan External

Trade Organization, Mr. Kichisaburo Nomura, Executive Advisor,
All Nippon Airways Co., Mr. Yukitoshi Funo, Chairman &CEO ofToyota Motor North America, and Mr. Kyoji Takenaka, Director ofthe Board & Senior Corporate Advisor, Fuji Heavy Industries, Ltd.
The Midwest U.S. region was represented by Governor MitchDaniels of Indiana and the Governors of Kansas, Nebraska, Ohioand Wisconsin. Keynote speakers included former U.S. Deputy
Secretary of State, Richard Armitage, and former US Secretaryof Commerce, William Daley. Speakers representing the private
sector included Frederick W. Smith, Founder, Chairman andCEO of FedEx Corporation, John Lechleiter, President and COOof Eli Lilly and Company, Ruth Shaw, President of Duke Nuclear,
Douglas Steenland, President and CEO, Northwest Airlines
Corporation, David Cole, Chairman, Center for Automotive
Research, Jeffery Owens, President of Delphi Electronics& Safety, Douglas Delgrosso, President and COO of Lear
Corporation, Martin Jischke, President of Purdue University,Neal Fearnot, President, MED Institute, and Edward Lincoln,Professor, New York University. The Conference Dinner featured
the Honorable Howard H. Baker, Jr., former U.S. Ambassador toJapan and former United States Senator.