The International Advisory Board provides overall guidance for the Center. Members are distinguished leaders in the fields of Japan-United States economic, business, and political relations.
Richard Folsom
Representative Partner, Advantage Partners
Shinji Fukukawa
Former Vice-Minister, Japanese Ministry of International Trade and Industry
Senior Advisor, Global Industrial and Social Progress Research Institute
Chancellor, Toyo University Incorporated Educational Institution
Yasushi Kinoshita
Director (Chairperson of the Board of Directors), Independent Director, Outside Director, Japan Exchange Group, Inc.
Charles D. Lake II
Chairman and Representative Director, Aflac Life Insurance Japan Ltd.
President, Aflac International
Yuzaburo Mogi '61
Honorary CEO and Chairman of the Board of Directors, Kikkoman Corporation
Toshikazu Nambu
Representative Director, Assistant to President and CEO (Adviser of Chief Digital Officer), Sumitomo Corporation
Atsushi Saito
Chairman, KKR Japan
Taisuke Sasanuma
Representative Partner, Advantage Partners, Inc.
Joseph G. Tompkins '67
Tsutomu Watanabe
Professor of Economics, Graduate School of Economics, The University of Tokyo