The Role of Philanthropy in Postwar US-Japan Relations project convened a second workshop on November 19, 2002, at the International House in Tokyo, Japan. Forty participants gathered at the daylong meeting to discuss the experiences of Japanese grantees in their dealings with American foundations as well as the role of US philanthropy in helping rebuild intellectual ties between Japan and the United States.
Opening Session
Session I: Report on the Project Outline and General Progress
Presentation: Tadashi Yamamoto, President, Japan Center for International Exchange
Session II: The Role of Private Philanthropy and Government in Postwar US-Japan Intellectual Exchange
Presentation: “US-Japan Intellectual Exchange—The Role of Government and the Role of the Private Sector”
Makoto Iokibe, Professor, Kobe University; Harvard-Yenching Institute Coordinate Researcher
Commentators:
Makoto Saito, Professor Emeritus, University of Tokyo
Mikio Kato, Executive Director, The International House of Japan, Inc.
Session III: Presentations on Preliminary Findings and Hypotheses
Presentation: “The Revitalization of Japanese Philanthropy and New Developments in the Field”
Hideko Katsumata, Managing Director and Executive Secretary, JCIE/Japan
Commentators:
Ken-ichiro Ohara, President, Ohara Museum of Art
Masahide Shibusawa, President, Shibusawa Eiichi Memorial Foundation
Presentation: “The Japan-Related Grant-Making Activities of US Foundations from the 1950s through the 1970s”
Jun Wada, Chief Program Officer, JCIE/Japan; Professor, Kanda University of International Studies
Presentation: “US Foundation Support for Area Studies, Japanese Studies, and American Studies”
James Gannon, Executive Director, JCIE/USA
Presentation: “Grassroots Exchange in Postwar US-Japan Relations”
Toshihiro Menju, Senior Program Officer, JCIE/Japan
Session IV: Future Research Strategy—Critical Issues Related to the Role of Philanthropy in the Postwar Era
“The Role of the State and Civil Society in International Relations”
Autonomy of private foundations in the immediate postwar period
Private foundations and the “Cultural Policy” in Japan of the Occupation Forces and US government
“National Interest” and US philanthropy
“Institutional Adjustments by US Private Foundations in Response to Changes in the Postwar US-Japan Relationship”
Priority given to Japan by US private foundations (as compared with to Europe)
How foundations explored and responded to the needs of Japan
“US Philanthropic Prioritization of the Intellectual Community and Intellectual Exchanges”
Background of the priority given to the intellectual community
Background of the priority given to area studies and library activities
Policy dialogues and mutual understanding
“Efforts to Make Efficient Use of Assistance for Institution Building, Programs, and Individuals”
Did US philanthropy have a set policy for activities in Japan?
Efforts to supplement the lack of effective grantees
Human resource development and network building
“Institutional Judgement and the Judgement of Professionals in Priority Setting and Grant Making Strategy”
The roles of board members, senior staff, program officers and field officers
Methods of gathering professional information on the bilateral relationship and Japanese society
“The Role of Philanthropy in Postwar US-Japan Relations”
Significance for the present and the future
Implications for the future international relationship
Concluding Session
Tomohiro Aoki, The Toyota Foundation
Junichi Chano, Director, First Project Operation Division, The Japan Foundation Center for Global Partnership
Hiroaki Fujii, President, The Japan Foundation
Yujiro Hayashi, Chairman, Japan Philanthropic Association
Yumiko Himemoto, Program Officer, The Toyota Foundation
Andrew Horvat, Japan Representative, The Asia Foundation
Hisayoshi Ina, Columnist and Editorial Writer, The NIKKEI Newspaper
Takashi Ishida, Director, The Japan Foundation Center for Global Partnership, New York
Hiroshi Ishii, Managing Director, Shibusawa Eiichi Memorial Foundation
Motoo Kaji, Chairman, The International House of Japan, Inc.
Norio Kanie, Managing Director, The Toyota Foundation
Mikio Kato, Executive Director, The International House of Japan
Kiyoshi Kehara, East West Seminar
Junetsu Komatsu, Managing Director, The Japan Foundation Asia Center
Masaki Kusumi, Senior Program Officer, The Toyota Foundation
Ellen Mashiko, Executive Director, The Tokyo Foundation
Hiroshi Matsumoto, Senior Executive Director, The International House of Japan
Kazuo Ogura, Former Ambassador to France
Ken’ichiro Ohara, President, Ohara Museum of Art
Miyuki Ohno, MRA House
Tatsuo Ohta, President, The Japan Association of Charitable Organizations
Makoto Saito, Professor Emeritus, Tokyo University
Masahide Shibusawa, President, Shibusawa Eiichi Memorial Foundation
Masayuki Tadokoro, Professor, Keio University
Takeo Takuma, Vice President, U.S.-Japan Foundation
Hisako Tsuzuki, Cultural and Programming Office, Public Affairs Section, American Embassy
Masaya Usuda, Deputy Executive Director, The Japan Foundation Center for Global Partnership
Taizo Yakushiji, Professor, Keio University; Vice President and Executive Research Director, Institute for International Policy Studies (IIPS)
Research team
Tadashi Yamamoto, President, JCIE/Japan (Research Director)
Makoto Iokibe, Professor, Kobe University; Harvard-Yenching Institute Coordinate Researcher
Hideko Katsumata, Managing Director and Executive Secretary, JCIE/Japan
Jun Wada, Chief Program Officer, JCIE/Japan; Professor and Director of the Intercultural Communication Institute, Kanda University of International Studies
Toshihiro Menju, Senior Program Officer, JCIE/Japan
James Gannon, Executive Director, JCIE/USA
Seiko Ihara, Assistant Program Officer, JCIE/Japan
