CULCON is a binational advisory group to the U.S. and Japanese governments and is composed of two panels. For information and news about the Japan CULCON Panel, please visit: カルコン:日米文化教育交流会議 (jpf.go.jp)
U.S. CULCON
Private Sector Members
Chair
Chairman and Representative Director, Aflac Life Insurance Japan
President, Aflac International
Vice Chair
Dr. William Tsutsui
Chancellor and Professor of History
Ottawa University
Panelists
Mr. Trevor A. Dawes
Vice Provost for Libraries and Museums and May Morris University Librarian
University of Delaware
Dr. Samuel Morse
Howard and Martha Mitchel Professor of the History of Art and Asian Languages and Civilizations
Amherst College
Ms. M. Diana Helweg Newton
Director of the Tower Scholars Program and Senior Fellow, John Goodwin Tower Center for Political Studies
Southern Methodist University (SMU)
Mr. Kenneth A. Siegel
Partner
Tokyo, Morrison & Foerster
Dr. Cynthia Teniente-Matson
President
San Jose State University
Dr. Jolyon Thomas
Associate Professor of Religious Studies
University of Pennsylvania
Ms. Shay Youngblood (Deceased)
Author
Public Sector Members
Nasser Paydar
Assistant Secretary of Education for Post-Secondary Education
U.S. Department of Education
Lee Satterfield
Assistant Secretary of State for Educational and Cultural Affairs
U.S. Department of State
Daniel J. Kritenbrink
Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs
U.S. Department of State
Honorary Member
Hon. Caroline Kennedy
Former U.S. Ambassador to Japan
Japan CULCON
Private Sector Members
Chair
SASAE Kenichiro
President, The Japan Institute of International Affairs (JIIA)
Vice Chair
KUBO Fumiaki
President, National Defense Academy of Japan
Panelists
AKITA Hiroyuki
Commentator, Nikkei Inc.
KOBAYASHI Izumi
Former CEO and Executive Vice President of the Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA)
SATO Yuri
Executive Vice President, The Japan Foundation
SHIMATANI Hiroyuki
Executive Director, The Museum of the Imperial Collections, Sannomaru Shozokan
President, National Institutes for Cultural Heritage
SUGIURA Yasuyuki
Managing Director, Toyo Bunko (The Oriental Library)
TAKAHASHI Yuko
President, Tsuda University
TSUCHIYA Motohiro
Vice-President for Global Engagement and Information Technology, Keio University
Professor, Keio University Graduate School of Media and Governance
Public Sector Members
Ex-Officio Members
ARIMA Yutaka
Director-General, North American Affairs Bureau, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
OKANO Yukiko
Assistant Minister, Director-General for Cultural Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
WATANABE Sonoko
Assistant Minister / Director-General for International Affairs, Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science, and Technology
Advisor
ASO Yutaka
Chairman, Aso Corporation and Aso Cement Co., Ltd.
KATO Ryozo
Former Ambassador to the United States, Former Chair of CULCON Japan Panel
For bios of all Japanese panelists in English and Japanese, please click here
Japan-United States Friendship Commission (JUSFC)
For more information on JUSFC please go to our website here.
JUSFC and CULCON share an office and a great deal of institutional history.
