Annual Report

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Table of Contents
1. Message from the FUTI President / FUTI at a Glance 2007-2019
2. Report on the FUTI Global Leadership Programs
3~4. Roster of Global Leadership Award Recipients, 2019
5. Roster of Ito Foundation U.S.A.-FUTI Scholarship Recipients, 2019-2020
6. Report on the Ito Foundation U.S.A.-FUTI Scholarship Program
6~8. Status of FUTI Research Funds
8. FUTI Alumni Association Established
9. Fundraising Results of FY 2018-2019
10. Summary of Financial Statement FY 2018-2019 / FUTI Lecture Series
11. FY 2018-2019 List of Donors / FUTI Organization

Message from the FUTI President
I am pleased to present you the 2019 Annual Report.
Since its inception in 2011 under the leadership of the inaugural Presidents Masuda andKobayashi, Friends of UTokyo, Inc. (FUTI) started providing excellent opportunities toa number of highly talented students from the U.S. and Japan through FUTI’s summer
scholarships. In 2015, Professor Yamada assumed the Presidency of FUTI, and has
greatly expanded the FUTI’s scope of activities by implementing scholarships to mid- tolong-term study abroad programs, supported by a generous donation from the Ito
Foundation, USA. These scholarships have been clearly making substantial impact on the
lives and early career development of outstanding University of Tokyo students inscience, technology, and arts and humanities fields as potential next-generation leaders in the world. As the fourth President of
FUTI, succeeding Professor Yamada’s legacy, I will do my best to continue and further the FUTI’s mission with the help ofVice-President Kuwama and FUTI Board/Advisory Board Members, as well as to explore productive collaborations with the UTFoundation, USA and the UTokyo NY Office. I would like to extend my sincere gratitude to all those who have supported FUTI
in its mission to foster the young global leaders of tomorrow and ask for your continued support.
Iwao Ojima
President
Friends of UTokyo, Inc.

FUTI at a Glance 2007 - 2019

Funds Raised to Date
Scholarships and Grants
Awarded to Date40
Ito Foundation U.S.A.-FUTI
Scholarship Awards$617,000

575+

Individuals andGeneral Public

Donatreceivions
to dat edealumnfromi

Total donations
received to date21

$1,837,000

Grants to Universities$726,400

165+

Ito Foundation U.S.A.

$493,600

FUTI Global
Leadership Awards

Shintech, Inc.
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Report on the FUTI Global Leadership Programs
Under the Global Leadership Program, FUTI provided scholarships to University of Tokyo (UTokyo) students planning to study
in the U.S. and U.S. students intending to participate in an internship or study at UTokyo. Most funds for this program came as
donations from alumni and Shintech, Inc. In 2019, 21 UTokyo students applied and eight were selected to receive a scholarship.
In recent years the programs to support study abroad at UTokyo have significantly expanded. This includes package programs
which facilitate study abroad. For example, many programs only have an in-house selection process, relieving the need for students
to independently search for summer programs abroad, correspond with the host school, and find housing. However, since thescholarship offered for these programs are not able to cover all the necessary costs, FUTI fills the gap for select students.
In the FUTI program, applications from the GEfIL (Global Education for Innovation and Leadership) continue to grow. Thosein the GEfIL program are required to complete two summer study abroad programs in their junior and senior year. GEfIL
provides its own scholarships funded by corporate donations, but with expensive tuition and cost of living in the United States,
their scholarship alone cannot cover all the costs. Thus FUTI receives applications from those wishing to attend a summer
program in the U.S. This year, FUTI awarded scholarships to three students attending Harvard University, University of California
Davis, and University of Michigan.
In the University of Tokyo medical school curriculum, students are required to do a clerkship in April-May of their final (i.e. sixthyear). In 2019, FUTI awarded scholarships to two medical school students who conducted clerkship at Harvard University
coordinated by UTokyo’s IRCN (International Research Center for Neurointelligence).
U.S. university students also show a good deal of interest in
attending summer programs at UTokyo and, as a result, demand
for scholarships is high. In 2019, FUTI received 50 applications
and awarded nine scholarships.

FUTI Global Leadership Award Recipient,
Nicole Lee (second from left) with ESEP participants

Internships for the science and technology majors include
UTRIP (University of Tokyo Research Internship Program),
UTSIP-Kashiwa (University of Tokyo Summer Internship
Program in Kashiwa), and ESEP (Engineering Summer
Education Program). With exceptional undergraduate students
from the U.S. and around the world attending these summer
internships, our hope is that they would come back to UTokyo
for their graduate studies. Although UTokyo’s policy is to cover
all costs including living expenses except in a few cases in which
students have full outside support, FUTI extends its support to
UTokyo by providing scholarships to outstanding students,
covering their full costs or costs other than housing.

The schools in the University of California system have a study abroad network around the world including in Japan, through
UCEAP (University of California Education Abroad Program), including summer study abroad programs. In 2019, FUTI
received five applications from this program for science and technology related internships and awarded two scholarships.
Additionally, to support the IRCN’s summer program, FUTI gave scholarships to two Harvard undergraduates studying life
sciences.
Although U.S. students attending summer programs at UTokyo mostly work in research labs, a good deal of cross-cultural
exchanges have taken place between the students and staff of the labs and visiting U.S. students. At the same time, UTokyo
students’ reports on their participation in U.S. summer programs clearly show that even in a brief period, their experience far
exceeded what they had imagined and helped to expand their horizon and grow professionally. Therefore, it is our belief that
FUTI’s mission to contribute to the globalization of UTokyo is being fulfilled.
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Roster of Global Leadership Award Recipients, 2019
*All information listed are based on data collected at the time of application

Thao Dinh

Mami Horikawa

Ikuo Kamei

Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Sophomore
Physics

University of Southern California
JuniorChemistry

University of Tokyo
Summer Internship Program in Kashiwa

University of Tokyo
Research Internship Program

University of Tokyo
Senior
Department of Information
and Communication Engineering

Ivee LeeJiyeon Lee

Suwen Nicole Lee

University of California-Irvine
Sophomore
Pharmaceutical Sciences

University of Tokyo
Master 2nd year
Graduate school of Arts and Sciences
Department of Advanced Socialand International Studies

University of California, Berkeley
Sophomore
BioEngineering

University of Tokyo
UCEAP Summer Lab ResearchEngineering & Science

University of California, Berkeley
Summer Session

University of California, Berkeley
Summer Session

University of Tokyo
UCEAP Summer Lab ResearchEngineering & Science

Karl Matthew Lin

Alex Liu

Kazuma Nakano

Middlebury College
Junior
Molecular Biology & Biochemistry
and Japanese Studies

Massachusetts Institute of Technology
FreshmanChemistry

University of Tokyo
Sophomore
Literature 3 (PEAK)

University of Tokyo
Yamanouchi Lab Internship

Harvard University
Data Mining for Business Program

University of Tokyo
Summer Internship Program in Kashiwa

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Kaori Okado

Vanessa Roser

Riho Sato

University of Tokyo
Sophomore
College of Arts and Sciences

Harvard University
Sophomore
Neuroscience

University of Tokyo
Sophomore
Human Sciences I

University of California, Davis
Summer School

University of Tokyo
IRCN/Japan Summer Science
Undergraduate Research Program

Harvard University Summer School

Maxwell Sigal

Yuki Sonoda

Yusuke Takahashi

Northwestern University
JuniorChemistry, Biology,
Integrated Science Program

University of Tokyo
5th yearFaculty of Medicine

University of Tokyo
5th yearFaculty of Medicine

John Hopkins University
Clinical Clerkship

Harvard Medical
Research Program for Medicine

University of Tokyo
Research Internship Program

Jennifer Wang

Wataru Yoshida

Harvard University
Freshman

University of Tokyo
Master 2nd year
Advanced Social and International Studies
Interdisciplinary Studies of Social Sciences

University of Tokyo
IRCN/Japan Summer Science
Undergraduate Research Program

University of Michigan
ICPSR Summer Program

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Roster of Ito Foundation U.S.A.-FUTI Scholarship Recipients, 2019-2020*All information listed are based on data collected at the time of application

Shusei Eshima

Masatoshi Honda

Kazuaki Iwabuchi

Harvard University
Ph.D. 1st year
Department of Government

University of Tokyo
2012
School of Engineering
Department of Materials Engineering

Columbia University
Ph.D. 1st year
Teachers College
Department of International
and Transcultural Studies

Harvard University
Department of Government

Columbia University
Fu Foundation School of Engineeringand Applied Science

Columbia University
Teachers College
Department of International
and Transcultural Studies

Yuta Kambayashi

Xinxin Qiu

Tomoya Sasaki

University of Tokyo
JuniorCollege of Arts and Science
Department of Integrated Science

University of Tokyo
JuniorContemporary Literature Studies

Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Ph.D. 1st Year
Political Science

University of Washington
English / Creative Writing

Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Political Science

Ayano Sato

Hiroki Sukeno

Takateru Yamakoshi

University of Tokyo
2012
International Relations,
Advanced Social and International Studies

University of Tokyo
Ph.D. 2nd year
Physics

University of Tokyo
Freshman
Science 3

State University of New York, Stony Brook
Department of Physics and Astronomy

Princeton University

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
College of Liberal Arts and Science

Columbia University Teachers College
Arts Administration

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Report on the Ito Foundation U.S.A.-FUTI Scholarship Program

With the fiscal resources provided by the Ito Foundation whose President, Masatoshi Ito, who is honorary chairman of Seven & I
Holdings, we are able to award scholarships to University of Tokyo (UTokyo) students and alumni who have great potential tocontribute to Japanese society. The scholarships are provided for (mid- to long-term) studies lasting one or more semesters. Since
the inception of the Ito Foundation U.S.A.-FUTI Scholarship in 2016, awards are given mostly to UTokyo students and alumni.
Many graduate students thus supported had completed their undergraduate education at colleges in Japan other than UTokyo;
some are foreign students studying at UTokyo wishing to study in the U.S.; and a smaller number are U.S. students planning tostudy at UTokyo.
In 2019, we received 26 applications for the Ito-FUTI program, including three of last year’s awardees planning to continue theirstudies, and gave nine scholarships. The U.S. universities that the recipients are attending include one each at Harvard, MIT,SUNY Stony Brook, the University of Washington, the University of Illinois, and three students at Columbia University. The
majors of the recipients include politics (2), physics, literature, education, engineering, life sciences (2), and arts administration.
Three of the recipients are undergraduates, two in master’s programs, and five are in a PhD program (or will start soon). Since
UTokyo’s study abroad program is not geared toward doctoral students, FUTI’s contribution to doctoral students is quite essential.
The Scholarship Committee noted that a number of applicants from UTokyo who had hoped to study in a Ph.D. program in the
U.S. failed to gain admission. Since top-ranking Ph.D. programs often provide full financial support to students, it is an attractive
option, but high-quality Ph.D. program in the U.S. are very competitive, and one has to be exceptional to gain admission.
FUTI has been successful in selecting the top tier of students and alumni of UTokyo for its scholarship program. Past recipients’reports show that many have gone on to highly successful careers inside and outside academia, and we have high hopes for their
future accomplishments and contributions to society.

Status of FUTI Research Funds

I. Cooperative Research and Education in Frontiers of Condensed Matter Physics(PI: Y. Uemura, Columbia University)

Since FY 2012, with generous support from FUTI, Prof. Uemura (Columbia University Physics Department) has continued aninternational research and education program in cooperation with faculty members of the University of Tokyo (UTokyo). This
“Frontiers of Condensed Matter Physics” (FCMP) activity includes (1) international workshop in foreign accelerator facilities
every two years; (2) “FCMP” graduate lecture course given at Columbia with videos / simulcast broadcast to multiple research
institutions including UTokyo, and (3) organizing research for selected graduate students from UTokyo and Columbia inemergent subjects of CMP.
For (1), we organized an FCMP Workshop in Frascati (Italy) in June 2018, and will have another meeting in Frascati in June of2020, each gathering approximately 100 leading researchers and 20 graduate students. For (2), FCMP lecture course was given in
the Fall 2018 and Fall 2019 semesters, each enrolling 30-35 Columbia graduate students and involving lecturers from UTokyo and
RIKEN.
For research collaboration (3), we organized successive events/programs involving three graduate students from UTokyo, two
graduate students and one undergraduate student from Columbia, and one graduate student from McMaster University in
Canada, in collaboration with the group of Prof. Takasada Shibauchi of UTokyo Kashiwa Campus. High quality single crystals ofan unconventional superconductor Fe(Se,S) were synthesized at UTokyo, and then characterized by a collaborative effort using the
Muon Spin Relaxation (MuSR) method at TRIUMF, the Canadian National Accelerator Laboratory in Vancouver. Thanks to
FUTI’s support for travel expenses, these graduate students worked together in Japan, Canada, and Italy. Through these activities
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Status of FUTI Research Funds

Matsuura and Takenaka have completed their PhD thesis for the 2020 April graduation from UTokyo, and will start their careers
afterwards at NEC and NTT laboratories in Japan.
These research activities have led to thediscovery of a novel “ultra-nodal”
superconducting pairing state in Fe(Se,S),
which will soon be published in a leading
research journal/media. Thus the
FUTI-supported FCMP program provided
unique and invaluable experience of realinternational collaboration to graduate studentsof UTokyo and Columbia University.
from UTokyo, one from RIKEN and one from
Kyoto University. FUTI’s grant for FY
2017-18 was used to support travel and othercosts of two UTokyo graduate students andseveral students participating in the Frascati
program.

Tokyo University / Prof. Shibauchi

In June, 2018, a Columbia grad student visited
the Advanced Science Research Center ofColumbia University / Prof. Uemura
Japan Atomic Energy Agency ( JAEA) in Tokai
to work on the growth of single crystals of BaCoS2 under supervision of Dr. Shamoto, who is a seasoned senior researcher. In July,
2018, the two Columbia students stayed in Tokyo, and worked with the two experienced UTokyo graduate students (who were also
at Frascati) to grow high quality single crystals of FeSe, under the supervision of Prof. Shibauchi of the Dept. of Graduate Schoolof Frontier Sciences of UTokyo, Kashiwa Campus. In August of 2018, the two UTokyo graduate students visited the Canadian
National Accelerator Facility TRIUMF in Vancouver, where they worked for two weeks in Muon Spin Relaxation studies of FeSe
crystals grown in UTokyo together with Dr. Uemura and two Columbia students who are well-versed in the subject. The FUTI
grant supported travel expenses of these UTokyo and Columbia students.

II. Yale-UTokyo Exchanges

Yamakawa Kenjiro Memorial Lecture Travel Grant
Prof. N. Hiwatari (PI)During FY2018-19, FUTI supported the Yamakawa Kenjiro
Memorial Lecture series for the third year. Grant (in the amountof $7000) supported two Yale faculty members’ travel to
University of Tokyo (UTokyo) where they gave lectures. Since
last year, each speaker was invited to give two talks, one held at
Hongo campus and the other at Komaba campus.
The 13th Yamakawa Kenjiro Lecture was delivered (inDecember 2018) by Alexandre Debbs of the Political Science
Department at Yale, a leading specialist in the game theoretical
study of international politics. In his first talk titled “TheStrategic Tensions of the July Crisis” was held at Komaba
campus. In it, Professor Debbs presented a rationalist
explanation of the mutual optimism held by world leadersProf. Alexandre Debbs

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during the July Crisis that started WWI. The talk was attended by international relations experts, visiting scholars, and advanced
graduate students, resulting in an informed discussion on the topic. The second lecture was given at Hongo campus which
attracted a large number of scholars, specialists, advanced graduate students, and members of the attentive public. The lecture wastitled, “The Strategic Causes of Nuclear Proliferation: Northeast Asia in Comparative Perspective” was based on Professors Debbs’
recent (coauthored) book, Nuclear Politics: The Strategic Causes of Proliferation (Cambridge University Press, 2017). The timely topic
generated an energetic discussion on the future prospects of a nuclear North Korea.
The guest speaker for the 15th Yamakawa Kenjiro
Lecture (held in May 2019) was Professor Alexander
Coppock, a new arrival in the Political Science at Yale,
who specializes in political behavior, public opinion,and experimental survey methods. His Komaba talk,“The Persuasion in Parallel,” which reported the resultsof his experimental research which discovered thatwhen given new information, the subjects changed
their view in the direction suggested, regardless of theirpolitical partisanship. His second lecture, delivered at
Hongo. The talk, “When to Worry About Sensitivity
Bias: Theory and Evidence from 30 Years of List
Experiments,” focused on sensitive questions, in which
the interviewee has a strong incentive to conceal
his/her true preferences. Drawing a large number ofProf. Alexander Coppock
survey study reports, Professor Coppock discussed theways to detect and rectify “sensitivity bias” in survey research. Both talks were attended by faculty members, specialists, visiting
faculty, and advanced graduate students all of whom contributing to a lively and insightful discussion.
The Yamakawa Kenjiro Lecture series aims at strengthening academic ties and exploring new research collaborations between the
UTokyo and Yale University. The speakers introduced cutting-edge research in their respective field for the audience consisting
mainly of academic specialists and gave a more general talk discussing the current topics in the field of research to a broader
audience. Since the 14th Yamakawa Kenjiro Lecture was sponsored by the UTokyo’s Faculty of Law, FUTI did not provide
financial support.

FUTI Alumni Association EstablishedIn the spring of 2019, the FUTI Alumni Association（FAA）was established. Since 2010, a total of over 180 people havebenefitted from FUTI scholarships. The goal of the Alumni Association is to make the network among alumni stronger and moremeaningful. It is planning to 1) hold an annual FUTI Alumni Association gathering event in New York, 2) open a FAA Facebook
page (a closed group of just alumni and staff ) and 3) establish a mailing list for its members and people associated with FUTI.
Mentoring of new FUTI scholarship recipients by alumni is also being considered. On September 28, 2020, the Association held akick-off party in New York which was attended by 14 alumni residing/studying in the United States on the East Coast together
with FUTI Board and Advisory Committee members. (For details see FUTI Newsletter article: friendsofutokyo.org/faakickoff ).
Mr. Yuki Haba, a graduate student at Princeton University and one of the founding members, remarks: says, “We have high hopes
for the FUTI Alumni Association to connect outstanding Japanese and American FUTI scholarship recipients and lead to thecreation of a stimulating intellectual community. We look forward to hearing proposals about activities and programs from FUTI
alumni. Please contact us at FUTIalumni@gmail.com.
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Fundraising Results of FY 2018-2019
The annual fundraising campaign for FY 2018/19 ( July 1, 2018 to June 30, 2019) concluded with a total revenue of about$296,000. The total donation FUTI received amounted to $313,000 in FY2017/18, $199,000 in FY2016/17, $316,000 in FY
2015/16, $116,000 in FY 2014/15, $110,000 in FY 2013/14, and $131,000 in FY 2012/13. The substantial increase in FY2015/16
is attributable to the large gift from Ito Foundation U.S.A. which started in that year.
The grant from the Ito Foundation U.S.A. is the largest component of the revenue. This grant is used for scholarships awarded tocurrents students and graduates of UTokyo who intend to study in the U.S. for one semester or longer. The grant received
amounted to $200,000 in FY2018/19, $216,000 in FY2017/18, $110,000 in FY2016/17 and $200,000 in FY2015/16. The second
largest contribution was the trust distribution from Shintech, Inc. which is primarily applied to fund summer Global LeadershipAwards. In accordance with the 5-year agreement with the company which was renewed in FY2014/2015, we received about$35,000 this year. We sincerely appreciate the generosity of Shintech, Inc. over the many years.
The number of individual donors (“general public” or “non-corporate” in the chart) was 57 in this fiscal year. This is within therange of 55-70 donors attained in recent years. Even though no individual gave in excess of $10,000 this year, the total individual
donation reached $61,000, which is about the same compared to last year, thanks to the several donors who increased their gift
amounts this year as they understood the critical importance of individual donations in FUTI’s fundraising effort. There is anurgent need to develop a new group of donors to sustain FUTI’s future.
We are extremely grateful to the Ito Foundation U.S.A. and Shintech, Inc. for their generous support of FUTI’s mission. In orderfor FUTI to secure a grant from Ito Foundation U.S.A. and continue the current level of activities, FUTI must raise sufficient
funds from individual donors. We thank each and every one of our donors for his/her generosity and urgently request theircontinued support.
Over the past several years, we have made great strides to develop our programs. We are pleased to see the growth of ourscholarship and research grant programs as well as the educational endeavors made by our scholarship and grant recipients. Severalof our scholarship students have prestigious awards as reported in our Newsletters. It will be greatly rewarding for us to see
UTokyo increase its presence in the global community, which is becoming more and more competitive with many otherwell-recognized universities across the globe. We would like to extend our utmost gratitude to you for supporting FUTI, whichenables us to provide many highly qualified students with an opportunity to study abroad.

Trends in Contributions to FUTI, 2011-2019 (In US Dollar)
250,000

200,000

150,000

100,000

50,0002011

2012

Contributions - general public

2013

2014

2015

2016

Trust distribution from Shintech
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2017

2018

2019

Contribution from Ito Foundation U.S.A.

Summary of Financial Statement FY 2018-2019
Statement of Financial Positions (Unit: US Dollar)
AssetsCurrent Assets
Checking & Savings Accounts
Contributions receivable
Interest receivable
Fixed Assets
Laptop PC (Undepreciated Portion)
Total Assets

452,977
27,57035

Liabilities
Current Liabilities
Scholarships and Grants payable
Accrued expenses
Long-term Liabilities

480,582

Statement of Activities (Unit: US Dollar)
Support and Revenue

215,900
5,841
0

Total Liabilities
Net Assets
Unrestricted Assets
Temporary Restricted Assets
Permanently Restricted Assets
Total Net Assets

221,741

Net Assets and Total Liabilities

480,582

208,956
49,885
258,841

Expenses

Contributions
Program Revenue
Interest

295,873233

Total Support and Revenue

296,106

Revenues over Expenses

11,119Net assets, beginning of year
Net assets, end of year

247,722
258,841

Grants ( Research Grants, Awards)

259,900

Managerial and general

25,087

Total Expenses

284,987

FUTI Lecture Series
The objectives of the FUTI Lectures Series is to provide UTokyo alumni and others with an opportunity to explore, challenge anddebate salient issues with visiting UTokyo scholars and distinguished alumni in an informal setting. The events generally take place
in a mid-Manhattan location.

Lecture Theme

Lecturer and Afﬁliation

Date

Supporting Organizations

Development of next-generation
cancer treatment and role ofprotein design

Prof. Shohei Koide
New York University School of
Medicine, Perlmutter Cancer Center

Nov. 16, 2018

New York Icho-kai
Satsuki-kai America

Sneak Preview, “Breakers”(Short film director by
Ms. Minami Goto)

Ms. Minami Goto
Film Director

Feb. 27, 2019

New York Icho-kai
Satsuki-kai America

Quest for Efficacious Cancer
Chemotherapy based on the
Next-Generation Taxanes andTheir Tumor-Targeted Delivery

Dr. Iwao Ojima
University Distinguished Professor,
Stony Brook University – State Universityof New YorkMarch 15, 2019

New York Icho-kai
Satsuki-kai America

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FY 2018-2019 List of Donors
Friends of UTokyo gratefully acknowledge and appreciate the gifts from our donors which help to support the FUTI Global
Leadership Awards and the other many activities to further the globalization and future development of The University of Tokyo
in the U.S., Japan and in the world.
FY 2018-19 total: 3 corporations†, 57 individuals; $295,873‡
CORPORATIONS
Benefactor($15,000 or more)
Ito Foundation U.S.A.
$200,000
Shintech, Inc.
$35,997*
INDIVIDUALS
Donor($1,000-$9,999)
Hisashi & Masae Kobayashi$5,000Iwao Ojima$5,000Masaaki Yamada$5,000
Shigenori & Sumie Matsushita$5,000
Yuichiro & Chika Kuwama$3,000Motoatsu & Nobuko Sakurai$3,000

Yasuo Okamoto$2,500Hiroshi Komiyama$2,000
Masako Osako$2,000Kenichi Sugiyama$2,000
Geeta Mehta$1,500Junji Takegami$1,500Koichi Hamada & Carolyn Beaudin
in honor of the Nippon Club
Women’s Chorus$1,000Hisashi Kobayashi
in memory of
Shoshichi Kobayashi$1,000Shohei & Akiko Koide$1,000
Chiaki Kusuhara$1,000
Hirokazu Miura$1,000Kazuhiko Onuma$1,000
Ko-Yung Tung
$1,000Shinya Wako
$1,000Yasuhide Watanabe$1,000
Shumpei Yamazaki$1,000Supporting Member($500-$999)
Toru Asami$800
Satsuki-kai America$587
Anonymous$500
Anonymous$500
Youichi Yoshida$500*Dividend income from a $5 million trust fund created for the benefit of FUTI
† Matching gift from MUFG Union Bank
‡ Total including matching gift

Friends($250-$499)
Takeshi Komoto$400
Anonymous$350
Sadaoki Furui$250
Toyoo Gyohten$250
Erika White$250
Kenichiro Yamada$250
Donations under $250
Anonymous$200
Takaki Sakai‡$200
Tadasu Takuma$186
Chicago Akamonkai$122
Anonymous$100

Jotaro Hamada$100
Fumito Ichinose$100
Minami Goto
$80
Names only
(in alphabetical order)
Sumiko Ito Allison
Columbia University
Taiken Program Participants
Atsuko Fujimatsu
in memory of
Tadao Fujimatsu
Tetsu Fujisaki
Koichi Hamada& Carolyn Beaudin
Eiji Harada
Jungkook Hong
Hisao Kameda
Tokuyou Li
Shigeru Mori
Kazuo Murano
Masayuki Ono
Hiroaki Sando
Kiyoko Shinozuka
Yasutomo Uemura

FUTI Organization
BOARD MEMBERS
President and Director of University Relations
Iwao Ojima
University Distinguished Professor, Stony Brook
University – State University of New York
Vice-president, Treasurer,
and Director of Financial Affairs
Yuichiro Kuwama
Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine,
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Directors
Teruo Fujii
Executive Vice President, University of Tokyo
Koichi Hamada
Professor Emeritus,
Yale University and University of Tokyo
Takatoshi Ito
Professor of International and Public Affairs,
Columbia University
Shigenori Matsushita
Former President of Japan Wink Communications,
Member of the Japanese Computer Pioneers
Nobuko Sakurai
Advisor, Lotus Circle Asia Foundation
Junji Takegami
Advisor, Tiger Pacific Capital LP
Masaaki Yamada
Distinguished Research Fellow,
Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory

Honorary Director
Hiroshi Komiyama
Chairman of the Institute, Mitsubishi ResearchInstitute; President Emeritus, University of TokyoADVISORY COMMITTEE
Advisory Committee Chair
Hisashi Kobayashi
Professor Emeritus and Dean Emeritus,
Princeton University
Advisory Committee Members
Tetsunosuke Fujisaki
Yoshinari Ikiri
Vice President & Assistant General Counsel,
JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.
Akiko Koide
Research Assistant Professor,
New York University School of Medicine,
Perlmutter Cancer Center
Takeshi Komoto
Minister, Embassy of Japan in the USA
Geeta Mehta
Adjunct Professor, Columbia University;
President, Asia Initiatives
Yasuo Okamoto
Senior Counselor, Hughes, Hubard & Reed LLP
Yuriko Suzuki
Principal, Y SUZUKI CONSULTING, LLC
Ko-Yung Tung
Lecturer on Law, Harvard Law School

Ex Officio Advisory Members
Tai Hasegawa
President, Stanford and Silicon Valley Akamon-kai
Koichi Sato
President, San Francisco Akamon-kai
Yumi Nakayama
President, Satsuki-kai America
Masako Osako
President, Chicago Akamon-kai
Katsuyuki Yamaguchi
President, New York Icho-kai
SCHOLARSHIP COMMITTEE
Scholarship Committee Chair
Shigenori Matsushita
Scholarship Committee Members
Shohei Koide
Professor, New York University School of
Medicine, Perlmutter Cancer Center
Iwao Ojima
Masako Osako
Nobuko Sakurai
Masaaki Yamada