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Committees (FY2018)
The persons listed below act as members for the Japan Foundation's committees
(In alphabetical order, names listed without honorifics, titles, and positions as of FY2018)
Advisory Committee for The Japan Foundation
Keiko Chino
Guest Columnist, The Sankei Shimbun
Yuichi Hosoya
Professor, Faculty of Law, Keio University
Satoshi Ikeuchi
Professor, Research Center for Advanced Science and Technology, The University of Tokyo
Makoto Iokibe
Chancellor, the University of Hyogo; President, Hyogo Earthquake Memorial 21st Century Research Institute
Shin Kawashima
Professor, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, The University of Tokyo
Fumiaki Kubo
Professor, Graduate Schools for Law and Politics, The University of Tokyo
Amon Miyamoto
Stage Director
Taeko Nagai
Director, Setagaya Arts Foundation; President, Japanese Centre of International Theatre Institute
Kumiko Sakoda
Deputy Executive Director, Hiroshima University; Professor (Special Appointment), Morito Institute of Global Higher Education
Akira Tatehata
President, Tama Art University; Director, The Museum of Modern Art, Saitama
Yasushi Watanabe
Professor, Faculty of Environment and Information Studies, Keio University
American Advisory Committee for Japanese Studies
E. Taylor Atkins
Northern Illinois University (History and Music)
William Bodiford
University of California, Los Angeles (Religious Studies)
Michael Bourdaghs
University of Chicago (Literature)
Julie Nelson Davis
University of Pennsylvania (History of Art)
Andrew Gordon
Harvard University (History)
Eiko Ikegami
The New School (Sociology)
R. Keller Kimbrough
University of Colorado Boulder (Literature)
Patricia Maclachlan
University of Texas at Austin (Political Science)
Laura Miller
University of Missouri–St. Louis (Anthropology)
Mari Noda
Ohio State University (Linguistics and Linguistics Education)
Morgan Pitelka
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (History)
Ann Sherif
Oberlin College (Literature)
Mike Smitka
Washington and Lee University (Economics)
Steven Vogel
University of California, Berkeley (Political Science)
Christine Yano
University of Hawaii at Manoa (Anthropology and Cultural Studies)
Advisory Committee of The Japan Cultural Institute in Paris
· From France
Jean-Louis Beffa
Honorary Chairman, Saint Gobain
Augustin Berque
Retired Professor, L'Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Science Sociales (EHESS)
Philippe Faure
Former French Ambassador to Japan
André Larquié
Honorary Director, Chatelet Theatre
Jean Maheu
Honorary Director, Theatre de la Ville
Jean-Robert Pitte
Chairman, French Geographical Society
Christian Sautter
Former Minister of the Economy, Finance and Industry
Louis Schweitzer
Special Representative of the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Europe for France-Japan Partnership
Diane de Selliers
President, Diane de Selliers Press
· From Japan
Reiko Hayama
Architect
Atsushi Horiba
Chairman and Group CEO, Horiba, Ltd.
Junji Ito
Art Critic; Administrative Professor, Tokyo University of the Arts Public Collaboration Center
Yasuo Kashiwakura
Professor Emeritus, The Open University of Japan
Koichiro Matsuura
Former Director-General of UNESCO
Toru Nishigaki
Professor Emeritus, The University of Tokyo; Professor, Tokyo Keizai University
Anna Ogino
Author; Professor, Faculty of Letters, Keio University
Shigeo Ohyagi
Advisor, TEIJIN LIMITED
Tadayasu Sakai
Director, Setagaya Art Museum
Noboru Tsujihara
Novelist; Director, Kanagawa Museum of Modern Literature
The Japan Foundation Asia Center Advisory Committee
· From Japan
Kurara Chibana
Model; Ambassador of Japan, World Food Programme (WFP)
Michiko Hasegawa
Professor Emeritus, Saitama University
Toshiyuki Inoko
CEO, teamLab Inc.
Hiroshi Inoue
Advisor, Tokyo Broadcasting System Television, Inc.
Eriko Ishii
Professor, Tokyo Women's Christian University; Chairperson, The Society for Teaching Japanese as a Foreign Language
Masaya Kato
Actor
Junko Koshino
Designer
Masaaki Miyasako
Professor, Tokyo University of the Arts; Japanese Painter
Jay Sakomoto
President, Shochiku Co., Ltd.
Shingo Torii
Vice Chairman of the Board, Suntory Holdings Ltd.
Masayuki Yamauchi (Chairperson)
Professor Emeritus, The University of Tokyo
· From ASEAN
Dato Paduka Hamdillah H A Wahab
(Brunei) Founding Director, Brunei-Japan Friendship Association (BJFA)
Pou Sothirak
(Cambodia) Executive Director, The Cambodian Institute for Cooperation and Peace; Government Advisor
Riri Riza
(Indonesia) Film Director
Phonethepvixay Saythilath
(Laos) Singer; Director, Kaona Entertainment Co., Ltd.
Datuk Lat
(Malaysia) Cartoonist
Lahpai Seng Raw
(Myanmar) Founder and Former Director, Metta Development Foundation
Ambeth R. Ocampo
(Philippines) Associate Professor, Department of History, Ateneo de Manila University
Goh Ching Lee
(Singapore) Founder, Executive and Artistic Director, CultureLink Singapore
Kitti Prasirtsuk
(Thailand) Vice Rector for International Affairs, Thammasat University
Nguyen Van Chinh
(Viet Nam) Associate Professor, Head, Department of Anthropology, University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Hanoi