Governor's
MONTHLYLETTER

7July 2020
Governor's
Message
Rotary International
District 2750 2020-21 Governor

Let our hearts beat as one as
we open opportunities together.
Have you all been able to make the switch over toyour “new lifestyle? ” The COVID-19 pandemic hasforced us to rethink the nature of our lifestyle up to now.
My concern is that “the act of coming together,” which
represents the very roots of Rotary, is being hindered.
Thanks to forward progress in IT, the actual act ofexchanging information can be done without meeting up
with other people. However, I feel that robs people ofthe ability to obtain the joy of meeting and congregatingwith others.
Twenty-five years ago when I first joined the Rotary
Club of Tokyo Ginza, over the course of my longtraining, I served in multiple posts that included District
Conference Chair and Club President, and assumed thepost of District Governor as if encouraged to do so by
2020 being the year of the Tokyo Olympics. However,
the COVID-19 pandemic caused the Olympics to bedelayed. In Rotary as well, a DVD was used in placeof the training seminar for our Presidents-elect, andour District Training Assembly was held in different
configuration than before. These are indicative of just
how much we were impacted. While I have assumed
the post of District Governor in what are certainly trying
times, I intend to treasure what my great predecessors
taught me, and fulfill my duties while benefiting from thesupport of all of you.

The theme raised by Holger Knaack, President ofRotary International (RI) for 2020-21, in sunny San
Diego was “Rotary Opens Opportunities.” As for how toopen those opportunities, the President of RI stressedthat we should choose new members as if we werechoosing new friends for life, that Rotary must and willchange to match the times, and that diversity, morethan anything else, is where Rotary’s appeal lies. He
particularly emphasized how the next level of activities
by young and female members would change Rotary
going forward. Based on that, I chose “Barrier-FreeMind” as the theme that I would advocate. My hopeis to take advantage of the current era to unite thehearts of Rotarians and practice the above three points
promoted by RI President Knaack. While barriers comein both physical and mental forms, I believe that theinside of people’s hearts is what poses the trickiest
barrier. Eliminating that barrier gives way to two-way
interaction of the mind. That, I feel, is a key element ofinterpersonal relationships.
In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, there havebeen press reports of antagonistic actions taken towards
Asians in Europe and the United States. Even in Japan
as well, elements such as the policing of self-restraint
potentially leading to discrimination are being viewed
as a problem. Progress in globalization has resulted in
the distribution of commodities worldwide, yet humansolidarity appears to be devolving. The true value of thevolunteer activities that we promote truly manifests itself
in the two-way interaction of the mind between people.
Let us in District 2750 let everyone know that the heartsof us Rotarians, with our “barrier-free mind,” beat as one.
Lastly, please make it a policy to “keep distancebut remain connected.” Rotary has marked 115 years
since its founding. Surely, with the passage of time, theCOVID-19 pandemic will become another obstacle that
we managed to overcome. Once we have fully gotten
over this trying time with our hearts beating as one, awhole new world undoubtedly awaits us.

District 2750 Membership Attendance Report May 2020
Club Name

Member quantity
Regular Attendance
meeting percentage July 1, 2019 End of May 2020 Variations

Chiyoda GroupClub Name

Member quantity
Regular Attendance
meeting percentage July 1, 2019 End of May 2020 Variations

Yamanote West Group

Rotary Club of Tokyo-South

0189

193

4

Rotary Club of Tokyo-Jiyugaoka

015161

Rotary Club of Tokyo-Shiba

05055

5Rotary Club of Tokyo-Setagaya Central

01615-1

Rotary Club of Tokyo-Shimbashi

06258-4

Rotary Club of Tokyo-Yoneyama Yuai

263.003435

1

Rotary Club of Tokyo-Akasaka

04848

0

Rotary E-Club of District 2750, Tokyo Yoneyama

290.003233

1

Rotary Club of Tokyo-Minato

03837-1

Rotary Club of Tokyo Daikanyama

255.002128

7

Rotary Club of Tokyo-Azabu

213163Tama South Group

Rotary Club of Tokyo-Global

021210Rotary Club of Tokyo-Hachioji

06766-1

Rotary Club of Tokyo-Sunrise Shiodome

22119-2

Rotary Club of Tokyo-Machida056

56037.50
49.10Ginza/Nihonbashi Group

Rotary Club of Tokyo-Hino

0

Rotary Club of Tokyo-Ginza

0184

185

1

Rotary Club of Tokyo-Hachioji West43433-1106109

Rotary Club of Tokyo-Nihonbashi

0202208

6

Rotary Club of Tokyo-Machida-Naka

302728

Rotary Club of Tokyo-Tsukiji

07271-1

1

Rotary Club of Tokyo-Hachioji East

02732

Rotary Club of Tokyo-Nihonbashi East

047

445-3

Rotary Club of Tokyo-Hachioji South

37678

2

Rotary Club of Tokyo-Chuo

0211

Rotary Club of Tokyo-Nihonbashi West042209-2

Rotary Club of Tokyo-Machida-Salvia

03034444

2

Rotary Club of Tokyo-Tobihino

02123

Rotary Club of Tokyo-Ginza New

0274806

Rotary Club of Tokyo-Machida East

02930

Rotary Club of Tokyo-City Nihonbashi

014139-2

Rotary Club of Tokyo-Hachioji North

03942

Rotary Club of Tokyo-Chuo Shin

335864

6Tama Middle Group

Rotary Club of Tokyo-Akebono

321210Rotary Club of Tokyo-Tachikawa

0114

121

7

Rotary Club of Tokyo-Sanno

03436

2

Rotary Club of Tokyo-Koganei

037392

Rotary Club of Tokyo-Kokubunji

03435

150.20Keihin Group

100.00100.00Rotary Club of Tokyo-Haneda

05557

2

Rotary Club of Tokyo-Mitaka

044440Rotary Club of Tokyo-Shinagawa

04745-2

Rotary Club of Tokyo-Akishima054562Rotary Club of Tokyo-Omori

04137-4

Rotary Club of Tokyo-Kunitachi

04951

2

Rotary Club of Tokyo-Shinagawa Chuo031332

Rotary Club of Tokyo-Tachikawa Kobushi

09192

1

Rotary Club of Tokyo-Denenchofu

04851

3

Rotary Club of Tokyo-Inokashira026260Rotary Club of Tokyo-Konan Marine

020200Rotary Club of Tokyo-Akishima Chuo04947-2

Rotary Club of Tokyo-Osaki

02928-1

Rotary Club of Tokyo-Musashi Kokubunji

036426Rotary Club of Tokyo-Kamata

06057-3

Rotary Club of Tokyo-Koganei-Sakura

02325

2

Rotary Club of Tokyo-Keihin026271Rotary Club of Tokyo-Kunitachi Shiroume016171

Rotary Club of Tokyo-Denenchofu Midori

021232

Rotary E-Club of Tokyo Peace Wing

42427

3Rotary Club of Tokyo-Shirokane

032320Tama East Group

Rotary Club of Tokyo-Takanawa

12224

2

Rotary Club of Tokyo-Fuchu

05859

1Rotary Club of Tokyo-Chofu

0646407

Rotary Club of Tokyo-Tama02425156.52

Yamanote East Group

50.00

Rotary Club of Tokyo-West0193200

Rotary Club of Tokyo-Josai

371710Rotary Club of Tokyo-Komae

01514-1

Rotary Club of Tokyo-Seinan05250-2Rotary Club of Tokyo-Inagi

03029-1

Rotary Club of Tokyo-Harajuku

02118-3

Rotary Club of Tokyo-Musashi Fuchu

04240-2

Rotary Club of Tokyo-Suginami

040400Rotary Club of Tokyo-Tamagawa

021210Rotary Club of Tokyo-Jingu

02726-1

Rotary Club of Tokyo-Tama Green029290Rotary Club of Tokyo-Ebisu

01201200

Rotary Club of Tokyo-Chofu Murasaki

069712Rotary Club of Tokyo-Hiroo

22827-1Rotary Club of Tokyo i City017181Rotary Club of Tokyo-Shibuya

33437

3Pacific Basin Group

Rotary Club of Tokyo-Roppongi

3100.00

5253

1Rotary Club of Guam

6155-6Rotary Club of Tokyo-Atago

384.6030333Rotary Club of Saipan

3942364.63

Yamanote West Group

Rotary Club of Tumon Bay

6162

13532-3

Rotary Club of Pohnpei

23230Rotary Club of Palau

16160-4

Rotary Club of Guam Sunrise

1718117-3

Rotary Club of Truk Lagoon

880710Rotary Club of Pago Bay Guam E

131303133

2Total in Japan - 89

4,4694,54475

2321-2Total in 2750 dis. - 98

4,742

4,813

71

Rotary Club of Tokyo-Setagaya

04746-1

Rotary Club of Northern Guam

Rotary Club of Tokyo-Meguro

03736-1

Rotary Club of Tokyo-Seijo

016171

Rotary Club of Tokyo-Setagaya South

010096

Rotary Club of Tokyo-Jonan

020

Rotary Club of Tokyo-Yamanote

071

Rotary Club of Tokyo-Seijo Shin0

Rotary Club of Tokyo-Aoyama

0100.00

0* The table shows the provisional data as of the last day of May.