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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