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

Hiroyuki Fujita
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

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.

Noriyuki Inoue
Chairman Emeritus and 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)

Masaharu Kohno
Former Special Envoy for the Middle East Peace; Former Japan Ambassador to Russia

Satoru Komiya
Chairman of the Board, Tokio Marine Holdings, Inc.

His Excellency Taro Kono
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.

Merle Aiko Okawara
Founder and Senior Advisor, 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); Former Japan Ambassador to the United States

Scott Sato
Chairman and President, Circlace K.K.

Jun Sawada
Executive Chairman, NTT, Inc.

John Thomas Schieffer
President and CEO, Envoy International, LLC; Former U.S. Ambassador to Japan

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

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

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