Board of Councilors

Naoyuki Agawa
Distinguished Visiting Professor, Doshisha University

Honorable George Ariyoshi
Former Governor, State of Hawai’i

Gerald Curtis
Burgess Professor Emeritus of Political Science, Columbia University

His Excellency Ichiro Fujisaki
President, Nakasone Peace Institute; Former Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Japan to the U.S.

Dr. Hiroyuki Fujita
Founder and CEO, Quality Electrodynamics;
Chief Technical Officer, Canon Medical Systems Corporation, MRI Division

His Excellency Yasuo Fukuda
Former Prime Minister of Japan

Glen S. Fukushima
Senior Fellow, Center for American Progress

Honorable Colleen Hanabusa
Attorney and Former Member, U.S. House of Representatives, State of Hawaii

Ernest M. Higa
Chairman, President & CEO, Higa Industries Co., Ltd.

Nobuyuki Hirano
Chairman, Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc.

Honorable Mazie Hirono
United States Senate, State of Hawai’i

Yosuke Jay O. Honjo
CEO and Founder, ITO EN US Group

Masami Iijima
Representative Director, Chairman of the Board of Directors, Mitsui & Co., LTD.

Noriyuki Inoue
Chairman of the Board & Chief Global Group Officer, Daikin Industries, Ltd.

His Excellency Ryozo Kato
Former Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Japan to the U.S.

Ambassador Masaharu Kohno
Special Representative of the Government of Japan for the Middle East and Europe; Special Envoy of the Government of Japan for the Middle East Peace

Yorihiko Kojima
Honorary Chairman, Mitsubishi Corporation

Hiroko Kuniya
Journalist; Goodwill Ambassador for Japan, UN Food and Agriculture Organization

Honorable Doris Matsui
United States House of Representatives, State of California

Koji Nagai
President and Group CEO, Nomura Holdings, Inc.

Tsuyoshi Nagano
Chairman of the Board, Tokio Marine Holdings, Inc.

Hiroaki Nakanishi
Chairman of the Board, Executive Officer, Hitachi, Ltd.

Takeshi Niinami
Representative Director, President & Chief Executive Officer, Suntory Holdings Limited

Dr. Daniel Okimoto, Ph.D.
Director-Emeritus, Shorenstein APARC; FSI Senior Fellow and Professor Emeritus of Political Science, Stanford University

John Onoda
Senior Advisor, Gagen MacDonald

W. Douglas Parker
Chairman & Chief Executive Officer, American Airlines Group, Inc.

Susan Roos
Partner and CAO, Geodesic Capital

His Excellency Kenichiro Sasae
President, The Japan Institute of International Affairs (JIIA); Former Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Japan to the U.S.

Honorable John Thomas Schieffer
President & CEO of Envoy International, LLC; Former Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the U.S. to Japan

Mark Takano
U.S. House of Representatives, State of California

Isao Takashiro
Chairman and CEO, Japan Airport Terminal Co., Ltd.

George Takei
Actor, Hosato Enterprises, Inc.

Toshizo Watanabe
President, Toshizo Watanabe Foundation

Akio Yamaguchi
General Manager, IBM Japan

Kristi Yamaguchi
Founder, Always Dream Foundation

Roy Yamaguchi
Chef and Restaurateur, Roy’s

Dr. Shinya Yamanaka
2012 Nobel Laureate; Director, Center for iPS Cell Research and Application, Kyoto University