ANNUAL REPORT2018/2019

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学校法⼈ユナイテッド・ワールド・カレッジISAKジャパン
⻑野県北佐久郡軽井沢町⻑倉5827-136〒389-0111
UWC ISAK Japan
5827-136 Nagakura, Karuizawa, Kitasaku-gun
Nagano 389-0111 JAPANuwcisak.jp
Copyright UWC ISAK Japan 2019

CONTENTS

04
Our Mission

05
Leadership Insights

06
By The Numbers

07
Donor Recognition

08
Furusato Nozei

11
Infrastructure Update

12
Staff & Faculty

13
University Acceptances

14
Governance04 | UWC ISAK Japan Annual Report 2018-19

OUR MISSIONA SHARED MISSIONUWC makes education a force to unite people, nations and cultures for peaceand a sustainable future

UWC ISAK JAPAN'S UNIQUE IDENTITYAt UWC ISAK Japan we empower each other to be transformational leaders whoexplore new frontiers and make a positive impact today and in the future.

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LEADERSHIP INSIGHTS“Over the past year our SUPPORT infrastructure has grown tremendously—fromresidential to counseling to academic programs. When our students understand that they
are supported by the community they are less likely to pursue the easy solutions and are
more motivated and better equipped to pursue our mission.” Rod Jemison, Head of School“When we started this school we knew we wanted diversity to be a foundational
component. We had many other ideas and ambitions for the school, but what has
surprised me is how much of a hand our incredible students have had in shaping ourIDENTITY and building UWC ISAK Japan.” Mamoru Taniya, Representative Founder“This past year has reconfirmed the importance of our MISSION as a guiding light. Just as
we aim to be a BEACON of education to Japan and the world, our mission is the compassthat motivates our actions. And when everyone is united behind one mission, as ourcommunity is, we become changemakers.” Lin Kobayashi, Co-founder and Board ChairBY THE NUMBERS

191

70%

We are blessed to host
191 students
representing 71
nationalities

Nearly 70% of ourstudents are therecipients of some formof financial aid

456,033,000
Financial Assistance (in Japanese Yen)
provided by UWC ISAK Japan to students in 2018-19

37

33

9 nations are represented
from amongst our 37 staff
with our host nation ofJapan having the highest
representation

Our 33 faculty
represent 13nationalities

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DONOR RECOGNITION
The generosity of our Founders, Catalyst Supporters, and donors who havemade a life-changing education possible for students from around the world.
Donations of every size support the mission of UWC ISAK Japan and we thankeveryone who has contributed to our school. Please see the full list of ourFounders and Catalyst Supporters on page 14.
HIGH SCHOOL SCHOLARSHIPS
Yasushi Ando Scholarship
Junko Fukutake Scholarship
Goh Family Scholarship
Honjo ScholarshipTomonori Ito Scholarship
Saori and Shinji Kimura ScholarshipAkira Kosugi Scholarship
Shigeru Sato Scholarship
Makiko Suehiro ScholarshipGoldman Sachs
Hoppy Scholarship
Ichigo Asset Scholarship
Neuberger Berman Scholarship FundYKK Holding Asia Scholarship
W&M Solar Power Scholarship

SUMMER SCHOOL SCHOLARSHIPS
Takashi Oyagi Scholarship
Canyon Capital Japan Scholarship
HOPE Scholarship
Hoppy Scholarship
HSBC Group Scholarship
Morgan Stanley
Nomura Holdings Scholarship
Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Bank Scholarship
Project B-Right
UNIVERSITY SCHOLARSHIPSThe Nippon Foundation Scholarship

PROGRAM SUPPORTERS
Mizuho Financial Group, Inc.
PRO BONO SUPPORTERS
Agos Japan Corporation
airweave, Inc.
IDEO Tokyo
LIXIL Group Corporation
Morrison and Foerster, LLP
Panasonic Corporation
SECOM Co., Ltd.
TMI Associates
Yoshitomi Partners Accounting Office

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FURUSATO NOZEIThanks to the Furusato Nozei (hometown tax) system, taxpayers in Japan are
allowed to pay a portion of their national and local income tax and residential
tax payments to a specific municipal government. This program covers over
40% of our total operational costs, allowing us to support over 100 students
in 2018. We are deeply grateful for all of our donors and especially humbledby the fact that 80% of our Furusato Nozei donors are repeat donors.
AMOUNT RAISED BY FURUSATO NOZEINUMBER OF STUDENTS SUPPORTED(MM JPY)

THROUGH FURUSATO NOZEI
1254001003007520050100025201420152016

2017

201802014

2015

2016

2017

2018

80%A large majority of our donors
have been contributing to UWCISAK Japan regularly throughthe Furusato Nozei program09 | UWC ISAK Japan Annual Report 2018-19

STUDENT PROFILE:
A PHOENIX RISES“When the Great East Japan Earthquake hit in2011, I was just an elementary student. My
grandparents lived in one of the most impactedareas. Before my eyes, my world changed in aninstant. Since then, I’ve received an incredible
amount of support and today, here I am, at UWCISAK Japan. I cannot thank enough those who
support the financial aid program. This school haschanged my life and motivated me to continuallyshow my appreciation through my actions.”

Sogo, Class of 2020, Japan

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Maria, Class of 2019, Venezuela

STUDENT PROFILE:
FREE TO LEARN“Growing up in Venezuela, everything I knew wasfrom government propaganda. There is nofreedom of speech nor transparency in mycountry. I am so thankful for being able to cometo UWC ISAK Japan with a full scholarship. Hereat UWC ISAK, I’ve learned to see my country
from a more objective point of view and havegained a spirit and understanding that I canalways make a change in my own life at any
moment if I put my mind to it.”11 | UWC ISAK Japan Annual Report 2018-19

INFRASTRUCTURE UPDATEINVESTING IN OUR COMMUNITY

Hitoshi Honda

Masahiro Koshiba

Mamoru Taniya

Thanks to the incredible generosity of 3 of ourfounders, the UWC ISAK Japan campus will soon
have three new buildings to help our community
thrive: Multipurpose Center, Wellness Center,and Creative Center. The Multipurpose Center,
which employs an innovative design that allows
for a variety of configurations, is currently underconstruction and is scheduled to be unveiled in
the 2019-2020 academic year.

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STAFF & FACULTY

NEW FACULTY
MinekoKOBAYASHI

Monna
MCDIARMID

JonathanOSORIONatalie
OSORIO

Jennifer
PADDOCK

DamienPITTER

Jaya
RAMCHANDANICaryREIDAnn
VAN DEN BORNEEstella
WONG

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UNIVERSITY ACCEPTANCES(CONFIRMED MATRICULATIONS IN BOLD FOR 2019-20 ACADEMIC YEAR)

AUSTRALIA
University of Melbourne
University of Monash
University of Queensland
University of Sydney
CANADAConcordia University
Langara College
McGill University
Queen's university
Quest University
St. Thomas University
Trent University
University of Alberta
University of British Columbia
University of Guelph
University of Toronto
University of Waterloo
JAPANInternational Christian University
Keio University SFC
Kuwasawa Design School
Kyushu University
Musashino Art University
Okayama Univeristy
Ritsumeikan University
Sophia University
Tokyo International University
Tokyo Zokei University
Waseda University
NETHERLANDS
Hanze University of Applied Sciences
NHTV Internationaal Hoger Onderwijs Breda
Radboud University Nijmegen
SAE Institute Netherlands
Saxion University of Applied Sciences
Utrecht University
THAILAND
Chulalonkorn University
TURKEY
The Middle Eastern Technical Univ.
UKAbertay University
Bath University
De Monfort University
Durham University
Goldsmiths, University of London
King's College London
London Metropolitan University
Middlesex University

Solent University
Swansea University
The University of Edinburgh
The University of Manchester
The University of Sheffield
University College London
University of Aberdeen
University of Bath
University of Birmingham
University of Brighton
University of Bristol
University of Essex
University of Exeter
University of Glasgow
University of Leicester
University of NorthamptonUniversity of Southampton
University of Surrey
University of the Arts London
University of the West of England Bristol
University of Warwick
UNITED STATESAlbany College of Pharmacyand Health Sciences
Azusa Pacific University
Bates CollegeBennington CollegeBentley University
Binghamton University
Bowdoin College
Brandeis University
Brown University
Bucknell University
Carleton College
Case Western Reserve University
Chapman University
College of the Atlantic
Colorado College
Connecticut College
Drexel University
Earlham CollegeFordham University
Furman University
Hult International Business School
Illinois Wesleyan University
Indiana University Bloomington
Ithaca College
John Carroll University
Kalamazoo College
Lake Forest CollegeLewis & Clark CollegeLoyola Marymount University
Luther CollegeMacalester CollegeMassachusets College of Pharmacyand Health Sciences
Methodist University
Michigan State University
Minerva Schools at KGINew York University
Northeastern University
Nova Southeastern University
Oberlin CollegeOccidental CollegePennsylvania State University
Pepperdine University
Randolph-Macon College
Ringling College of Art and Design
Rochester Institute of Technology
San Jose State University
Savannah College of Art and Design
Seattle University
Skidmore College
Smith College
St. John's College
St. Lawrence University
St. Olaf College
Suffolk University
The College of Idaho
The George Washington University
The New School
The University of Oklahoma
Trinity University
Union College
University of California, Berkeley
University of California, Davis
University of California, San Diego
University of California, Santa Barbara
University of California, Santa Cruz
University of Florida
University of La Verne
University of Minnesota Twin Cities
University of Pennsylvania
University of Redlands
University of Richmond
University of Rochester
University of Southern California
University of Victoria
University of Washington
Vanderbilt University
Wartburg College
Westminter CollegeWhitman College
Worcester Polytechnic InstituteXavier University
Yale University
Semester at Sea
Global Citizen Gap Year

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GOVERNANCE
FOUNDERS
Yasushi AndoKen Aoyama
Hiroyuki Arita
Heang Chhor
Yasushi Fujita
Keizo Fujitake
Takahisa Fujitake
Junko FukutakeJun Furukawa
Goldman Sachs Gives
Shin Horie
Hidehiro Imatsu
Hideki Kinuhata
Nina and Takashi Murata
Fumiko Ozawa (Kanenobu)
Katsunori Sago
Taizo Hasebe
Maki and Yasu Hatakeyama
Michiyo and Hidehiko Hayashi
Toshio Himuro
Hitoshi Honda
Ryusuke Honjo
Hoppy Mina
Nobuyuki Idei
Masahisa Ikeda
Takashi Inoue
Tomoharu Inoue
Ishibashi Foundation
Tomonori Ito
Masakazu Iwakura
Mikiko and Toshio Iwasaki
Tsuguhiko Kadokawa
Kaji family
Haruki Kamiyama

Hitoshi Kashiwaki
Gen Kato
Shogo Kawada
Takashi Kawamura
Ichiro Kawanabe
Saori and Shinji Kimura
Kakutaro Kitashiro
Kazutoshi Kobayashi
Masatada Kobayashi
Lin and Shigetoshi Kobayashi
Yasuro Koizumi
Terumi and Yojiro Koizumi
Masaru Kojima
Hiroko Kono
Masae and Masahiro Koshiba
Mariko and Jacques Magnan
Muneaki Masuda
Kohei Matsuki
Paul and Maki McInerney
Shuzuyo and Shusaku Minoda
Ichiro Miyake
Suguru Miyake
Eiichi Miyazawa
Hiroaki Mizutani
Shuhei Morofuji
Akiyuki Nagase
Amane Nakashima
Takeshi Natsuno
Brian Nelson
Nonaka Institute of Knowledge
Ogawa Scholarship Foundation
Okada Memorial Club
Shinichiro Okumoto

Shigeru Sato
Teruhide SatoKoichi Saura
Nobuo Sayama
Yi Shi
Toru Shimada
Makiko Suehiro
Yuichiro Sugahara
Edward Suzuki
Yuriko Takahashi
Yoko Takai
Makoto Takano
Ken Takayama
Takeda Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.
Shotaro Tanaka
Mamoru Taniya
Rika Taniya
Fumio Tateishi
Haruhiro Tsujimoto
Koki Uchiyama
United Managers Japan Inc.
United States-Japan Foundation
Yasuhiro Wakebayashi
Kotaro Yamagishi
Noriko Yamaguchi
Kimiya Yamamoto
Masakazu Yanagisawa
Seiji Yasubuchi
Ayako Yoshida (Masako and Hiroshi Sasaki)
Einosuke Yoshino
Shinji Yoshizawa
Mei YuCATALYST SUPPORTERSRyo Abe
Yuki and Makoto Arima
Naruatsu Baba
Yoshiaki Fujimori
Yew Lin GohHattori International Scholarship Foundation
Tamotsu Kosano
Akira Kosugi
Yasumasa ManabeJunko Mori
Haruo Nakamura
Ryo Ohira
Satoru Oshita
Riso Kyoiku Iwasa Foundation
Hikaru Shimura
Genki Shiota
Takahiro Sugawara
Xiaolei Sun
Takeshi Tanaka
Hiroyuki Watanabe
Shinichi Yamamoto
YKK Holding Asia Pte Ltd.
CORPORATE SUPPORTERS
airweave inc.
SECOM Co., Ltd.
LIXIL Group Corporation
Shigeyuki Mito, TMI Associates
Morrison & Foerster/Ito & Mitomi
IDEO Tokyo
Panasonic CorporationAgos Japan17

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GOVERNANCE
HONORARY ADVISOR
Her Imperial Highness Princess Takamado

BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Hidehiro Imatsu
Roderick Jemison
Lin Kobayashi (CHAIR)
Masahiro Koshiba
Paul McInerney
Makoto Takano
Mamoru Taniya
Kotaro Yamagishi
Kimiya Yamamoto

ADVISORY BOARD
David Katsujin Chao
Heang Chhor
Yasuchika Hasegawa
Nobuyuki Idei (CHAIR)
Takashi Kawamura
Kakutaro Kitashiro
Edward Suzuki
Kan Suzuki
Fumio Tateishi
STATUTORY AUDITOR
Yasushi Ando
Kenji Hosokawa
Naoki Tamura

COUNCILS
Heang Chhor
Craig Coutts
Yasushi HatakeyamaHidehiko Hayashi (CHAIR)
Hitoshi Honda
Ryusuke Honjo
Tomonori Ito
Roderick Jemison
Lin Kobayashi
Yojiro Koizumi
Hiroko Kono
Masahiro Koshiba
Mariko Magnan
Shusaku Minoda
Suguru Miyake

Takashi Murata
Jennifer Paddock
Shigeru Sato
Toru Shimada
Junko Shimizu
Norio Takamatsu
Shotaro Tanaka
Mamoru Taniya
Koki Uchiyama
Yasuhiro Wakebayashi
Kimiya Yamamoto
Masakazu Yanagisawa
Charlotte Yew
Toshiaki Yoshida17