Activities Report for the fiscal year 2023
The main purposes of the Club are to promote international goodwill and todeepen mutual friendship and exchange of knowledge among the Club’sMembers; our activities are planned with these purposes firmly in mind.
I. Implemented programmes
1. Human resources development- With the aim of supporting and encouraging human resources
development within and outside Japan, the Club extended support
amounting to JPY959,227,950 in the 2023 fiscal year through 15
established scholarship programmes; this total includes part of the lumpsum payment described in II.1.(2), which was used to make donations ofJPY300 million to each of three prominent Japanese universities (theUniversity of Tokyo, Keio University, and Waseda University) as anaddition to the Club’s Expenditure Plan for Public Interest Purposes,
under which the Club gives various scholarships and grants for generalhuman resources development.
2. Grants programme(1) To promote mutual understanding among nations, the Club extended
grants to support:
1) research on various issues concerning international relations, andinternational meetings aiming to enhance mutual understanding amongnations;2) academic research activities, academic conferences, and international
cultural activities that contribute to enhancing international goodwill;3) other projects meeting the objectives of the Club’s grants programme.
Total number of projects supported: 19
Total outlay: JPY40,500,000(2) Special Donations
Total number of projects supported: 1 (donation to support thevictims of the Turkey-Syria earthquakes through the Turkish
Embassy in Tokyo)
Total outlay: JPY5,000,000

3. Activities to promote international goodwill(1) Family Parties
Attended by Members and members of their families, these dinners
contribute to international exchange; they are held four times a year,in March, June, September and November.
(2) National Day Receptions
National Day Receptions are held to enhance international goodwill
between Japanese and foreign nationals. Three events were held in2023 to celebrate the Birthday of His Majesty the Emperor of Japan(February), the Independence Day of the United States of America(July), and the Birthday of His Majesty King Charles III (December).
(3) Monthly Dinners
These dinners are held on the third Wednesday of each month,
except July and August, to promote the exchange of information
among Members.
(4) Meetings and Discussions with Ambassadors and other Experts
Arranged privately by Members, 82 meetings qualified under thiscategory as meeting the objective of exchanging information on
domestic and foreign affairs.
(5) Study Meetings, Lecture Meetings, and International Conferences
Three study meetings on economics, culture, and art were held forthe purpose of exchanging information on domestic and foreigninternational affairs.
4. Lecture Luncheon Meetings
Lecture Luncheon Meetings are held monthly, except in July and August,at which invited experts share their theories and opinions with Members
and their guests to deepen their knowledge of international affairs.

II. Other Activities
1. Real Estate Leasing (The Tokyo Club Building)(1) Three tenants renewed their rental contracts in 2023 at the current
levels. In addition, the vacancy rate was reduced to 8% from 12% dueto the increased floor space rented by an existing tenant. Attracting
new tenants is still difficult in an environment where demand
continues to decline due to the increase in remote working, thevacancy rate for office space in central Tokyo remains high, andoversupply is expected to continue.
(2) Conciliation proceedings
To clarify the lease agreement between The Tokyo Club and Mitsui
Fudosan Co. Ltd. regarding the latter’s lease of the Club’s land in
Kasumigaseki, the Club pursued mediation through the Tokyo
Summary Court, and a settlement was officially reached between thetwo parties on 29th September, 2023.
2. International Cultural Exchange(1) For the purpose of enhancing international goodwill and exchange
through culture, the Club organized several theatre visits to watch
opera, kabuki, bunraku, and ballet performances.
(2) Various parties and outings were planned throughout the year topromote cultural exchange and mutual understanding.
(3) Regular games competitions and lessons were held, which, along withthe shogi, igo, golf, billiards, snooker, and bridge clubs, promotemutual friendship and international exchange among Members.
Exchanges with other clubs were also planned.
(4) For the convenience of Members, the Club continued to enrich its
collection of books for the library.
3. Services for Members(1) The Club continued to cultivate good relations with the 36 overseas
clubs with which it has reciprocal arrangements(2) The Club continued to enhance the dining room, games rooms, andother facilities to help promote friendship among Members in
comfortable surroundings.

(3) Six issues of the Club Bulletin were published in February, April,June, August, October, and December.
(4) The Members-only area of the Club’s website was expanded toimprove information provision for Members by adding notices about
the Club’s operations, along with obituaries for Club Members.
(5) Meet the Author Dinners are designed to allow Members to interact
with well-known authors in a convivial atmosphere; one such event
was held in October 2023.
(6) As part of the Club’s efforts to collect materials related to the historyof the Club, the relevant committee members interviewed Membersand writers. A dedicated file box was installed in the Library todisplay the collected historical materials.
(7) Smart phone training was held in June and July with the help of theSilver Human Resources Center.
(8) Club membership as of the end of December 2023 stood as follows:
Honorary Members: 4
Life Members: 124
Resident Members (not including life Members): 513
Absent Members: 112
In 2023, the Club lost 23 Members and welcomed 17 new Members
joined.

III. Other Activities
1. The Annual General Meeting was held on 24th February at the Tokyo
Club, followed by a Board of Directors’ Meeting. Board Meetings wereheld on the third Wednesday of each month except July and August.
Extraordinary Board of Directors’ Meetings were held on 7th June, and6th December.
2. A total of 38 Committee meetings were held, some via e-mail.
3. Repair work on the Club House
Renovation work was carried out on the Club House, which was closed
for this purpose from August 11th to 20th. This work had been previouslyscheduled but was postponed because of the pandemic.

•Thirteen external multi-glazed windows with product defects werereplaced; the wall coverings in the staircases and corridors, which
had become worn or damaged over the years, were also replaced.

•Various wooden structures, pieces of furniture and iron doors wererepainted.

•A 6-metre-high, 1.8-metre-wide frame with LED lighting wasinstalled in the ground floor lobby to house the washi artwork by
Eriko Horiki (see 4. (2) below).

•To prevent fires inside the exhaust ducts, cleaning was carried out toremove accumulated oil and dust; other electric and mechanicaldevices were also overhauled.

4. Purchases of artworks
With the approval of the Board of Directors last March, the Club
purchased three major artworks under its arts acquisition programme.
(1) The first is a photograph by Hiroshi Sugimoto of Atami Bay, which isdisplayed in the lounge on the second floor of the Club House. Having
received The Praeminum Imperiale in honour of Prince Takamatsu in
2017, a Medal with Purple Ribbon in 2010, and a Cultural Merit Awardin 2017, Sugimoto’s photographs are in demand among renowned
museums worldwide.
(2) The second is a 6-metre-high washi creation by Eriko Horiki. This is
now a major feature of the main entrance lobby on the ground floor.
After training as a washi craftsman, Ms. Horiki has been involved in theplanning, production, and installation of washi interior art under thetheme of “creating washi art in architectural spaces”. Her works havebeen displayed at the Prime Minister’s office, the French Ambassador’sresidence in Tokyo, and in Tokyo Midtown Hibiya.
(3) The third is a collection of three illustrations entitled Paper, Wax, andPaint by Kisho Mukaiyama, which are displayed in the main Dining
Room on the second floor. Mr. Mukaiyama has been dealing with light asa motif since his childhood, when he was exposed to Buddhist art on Mt.
Koya. In his representative works using wax, he has been trying to givelight a form and fix it in place. His works are owned by Mori Art
Museum, Yokohama Museum of Art, and others.