Board of Councilors

Shigeru Ariizumi
Vice Minister for International Affairs, Financial Services Agency of Japan

Gerald Curtis
Burgess Professor Emeritus of Political Science, Columbia University

His Excellency Ichiro Fujisaki
President, Nakasone Peace Institute; Former Japan Ambassador to the United States

Dr. Hiroyuki Fujita, Ph.D.
Founder and CEO Quality Electrodynamics
Chairman, Canon Healthcare USA, Inc.

Glen S. Fukushima
Vice Chair, Securities Investor Protection Corporation; Senior Fellow, Center for American Progress

Dr. Yuko Hayashi
Professor, Graduate School of Innovation and Technology Management, Yamaguchi University 

James Higa
Founder and Managing Partner, Offline Ventures

Toshiaki Higashihara
Executive Chairman and Representative Executive Officer, Hitachi, Ltd.

Jennifer Hirano
Business Development Analyst, Alphabet, Inc.

Yosuke Jay O. Honjo
President and CEO, ITO EN (North America) Inc.

Masami Iijima
Counselor, Mitsui & Co., LTD.

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

Ken Inouye
Assistant to the Vice Chancellor for Administration, University of Hawai’i West O’ahu

Russell K. Kawahara
Partner, Atsumi & Sakai 

Hans Klemm
Japan Representative, Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (PhRMA)

Ambassador Masaharu Kohno
Director, Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Inc.

His Excellency KONO Taro
Member of the House of Representatives

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

Kanetsugu Mike
Chairman, Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc.

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

Merle Aiko Okawara
Former Chairman, Delsole Corporation

Kentaro Okuda
President and Group CEO, Nomura Holdings, Inc.

John Onoda
Principal, iQ 360

Gill Pratt
Chief Executive Officer, Toyota Research Institute, Inc.; Chief Scientist and Executive Fellow for Research, Toyota Motor Corporation

Susan Roos
Partner and CAO, Geodesic Capital

His Excellency Kenichiro Sasae
President, The Japan Institute of International Affairs (JIIA)

Scott Sato
Chairman and President, Circlace K.K.

Jun Sawada
Exective Chairman, NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION

Honorable John Thomas Schieffer
President & CEO of Envoy International, LLC

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

George Takei
Actor, Hosato Enterprises, Inc.

Miki Tsusaka
Representative Director and President, Microsoft Japan

Toshizo Watanabe
President, Toshizo Watanabe Foundation

Akio Yamaguchi
General Manager and President, IBM Japan, Ltd.

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

Paul K. Yonamine
Chairman Emeritus, Central Pacific Bank and Central Pacific Financial Corporation