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Committees (FY2019)
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 FY2019)
Advisory Committee for The Japan Foundation
(Commission of Advisory Committee ended as of April 30, 2019)
CHINO Keiko
Guest Columnist, The Sankei Shimbun
HOSOYA Yuichi
Professor, Faculty of Law, Keio University
IKEUCHI Satoshi
Professor, Research Center for Advanced Science and Technology, The University of Tokyo
IOKIBE Makoto
Chancellor, the University of Hyogo; President, Hyogo Earthquake Memorial 21st Century Research Institute
KAWASHIMA Shin
Professor, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, The University of Tokyo
KUBO Fumiaki
Professor, Graduate Schools for Law and Politics, The University of Tokyo
MIYAMOTO Amon
Stage Director
NAGAI Taeko
Director, Setagaya Arts Foundation; President, Japanese Centre of International Theatre Institute
SAKODA Kumiko
Deputy Executive Director, Hiroshima University; Professor (Special Appointment), Morito Institute of Global Higher Education
TATEHANA Akira
President, Tama Art University; Director, The Museum of Modern Art, Saitama
WATANABE Yasushi
Professor, Faculty of Environment and Information Studies, Keio University
American Advisory Committee for Japanese Studies
William Bodiford
University of California, Los Angeles (Religious Studies)
Michael Bourdaghs
University of Chicago (Literature)
Lee Branstetter
Carnegie Mellon University (Economics)
Julie Nelson Davis
University of Pennsylvania (History of Art)
Alisa Freedman
University of Oregon (Modern Japanese Literature)
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 Language Pedagogy)
Morgan Pitelka
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (History)
Steven Vogel
University of California, Berkeley (Political Science)
Kären Wigen
Stanford University (Geography and History)
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
HAYAMA Reiko
Architect
HORIBA Atsushi
Chairman and Group CEO, Horiba, Ltd.
ITO Junji
Art Critic; Administrative Professor, Tokyo University of the Arts Public Collaboration Center
KASHIWAKURA Yasuo
Professor Emeritus, The Open University of Japan
MATSUURA Koichiro
Former Director-General of UNESCO
NISHIGAKI Toru
Professor Emeritus, The University of Tokyo; Professor, Tokyo Keizai University
OGINO Anna
Author; Professor, Faculty of Letters, Keio University
OHYAGI Shigeo
Advisor, TEIJIN LIMITED
SAKAI Tadayasu
Director, Setagaya Art Museum
TSUJIHARA Noboru
Novelist; Director, Kanagawa Museum of Modern Literature
The Japan Foundation Asia Center Advisory Committee
· From Japan
CHIBANA Kurara
Model; Ambassador of Japan, World Food Programme (WFP)
HASEGAWA Michiko
Professor Emeritus, Saitama University
INOKO Toshiyuki
CEO, teamLab Inc.
INOUE Hiroshi
Advisor, Tokyo Broadcasting System Television, Inc.
ISHII Eriko
Professor, Tokyo Women's Christian University; Chairperson, The Society for Teaching Japanese as a Foreign Language
KATO Masaya
Actor
KOSHINO Junko
Designer
MIYASAKO Masaaki
Professor, Tokyo University of the Arts; Japanese-style Painter
SAKOMOTO Jay
President, Shochiku Co., Ltd.
TORII Shingo
Vice Chairman of the Board, Suntory Holdings Ltd.
YAMAUCHI Masayuki (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
(Vietnam) Associate Professor, Head, Department of Anthropology, University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Hanoi