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
Public Sector Members
Chris McCaghren
Assistant Secretary of Education for Post-Secondary Education
U.S. Department of Education
Cate Dillon
Assistant Secretary of State for Educational and Cultural Affairs
U.S. Department of State
Michael George DeSombre
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
Commentator, Nikkei Inc.
Former CEO and Executive Vice President of the Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA)
Executive Vice President, The Japan Foundation
President, National Institutes for Cultural Heritage
Managing Director, Toyo Bunko (The Oriental Library)
President, Tsuda University
Vice-President for Global Engagement and Information Technology, Keio University
Professor, Keio University Graduate School of Media and Governance
Ex-Officio Members
KUMAGAI Noaki
Director-General, North American Affairs Bureau, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
OKANO Yukiko
Assistant Minister, Director-General for Cultural Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
HARA Katsuhiko
Assistant Minister / Director-General for International Affairs, Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science, and Technology
Advisor
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.
