2019-05-15T10:30:49-05:00 2018-06-30 133628255 CONDON O'MEARA MCGINTY & DONNELLY LLP ONE BATTERY PARK PLAZA 7TH FL NEW YORK NY 10004 990 2017-07-01 131675082 JAPAN SOCIETY INC JAPA 2127151287 333 EAST 47TH STREET NEW YORK NY 100172399 LISA BERMUDEZ VP OF FINANCE AND ADMIN. 2127151287 2019-05-15 1 JAMES J REILLY P00183769 2126617777 184.74.172.82 2019-05-15 10:28:47 ED P DA39A3EE5E6B4B0D3255BFEF95601890AFD80709 22603B5F3D0F044F5E1D98A58B2AA5892463CC73 2017 2019-02-21 02:37:17Z LISA BERMUDEZ 333 EAST 47TH STREET NEW YORK NY 100172399 20287764 0 X WWW.JAPANSOCIETY.ORG X 1913 NY LEADING U.S. ORGANIZATION COMMITTED TO DEEPENING MUTUAL UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN U.S. AND JAPAN 47 46 99 80 0 33644 7882364 6309127 1217978 1324855 6036546 3983922 240826 385962 15377714 12003866 700369 93348 0 0 6035365 6419472 0 0 1274329 4665184 5123360 11400918 11636180 3976796 367686 74732521 77200768 820343 886471 73912178 76314297 X SEE SCHEDULE O. 0 0 2007575 65830 GALLERY:PRESENTS EXHIBITIONS, PUBLISHES SCHOLARLY CATALOGUES AND CONDUCTS EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS ENGAGING THE PUBLIC WITH TRADITIONAL, FOLK, RELIGIOUS, CLASSICAL, AND MODERN AND CONTEMPORARY FINE JAPANESE ARTS. ALSO SEE SCHEDULE O. 1846479 143413 PERFORMING ARTS: PRESENTS PERFORMANCES, PRODUCES TOURS AND COMMISSIONS NEW WORKS ENCOMPASSING TRADITIONAL AND CONTEMPORARY THEATER, DANCE, OPERA AND MUSIC. ALSO SEE SCHEDULE O. 935570 859497 LANGUAGE CENTER:THE TOYOTA LANGUAGE CENTER OFFERS 12 COMPREHENSIVE LEVELS OF JAPENSES, AS WELL AS A VARIETY OF SPECIALIZED COURSES AND WORKSHOPS INCLUSIG SHODO (JAPANESE CALLIGRAPHY). ALSO SEE SCHEDULE O. 2757781 93348 523688 OTHER PROGRAM SERVICES INCLUDE:A) TALKS+ - BRINGS TOGETHER LEADING THINKERS AND PRACTITIONERS TO PROVIDE PROVOCATIVE DISCUSSIONS ON DIVERSE TOPICS INCLUDING SOCIAL ISSUES, AESTHETICS, CONSUMER CULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY.B) BUSINESS AND POLICY - HOSTS PUBLIC AND INVITATION-ONLY PROGRAMS FOR THE INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS AND POLICY COMMUNITY COVERING THE PEOPLE AND ISSUES THAT DEFINE THE U.S.-JAPAN RELATIONSHIP IN A REGIONAL AND GLOBAL CONTEXT.C) INNOVATORS NETWORK - THE U.S.-JAPAN INNOVATORS NETWORK IS A MULTIDISCIPLINARY NETWORK OF EMERGING AND ESTABLISHED INNOVATIVE LEADERS COMMITTED TO CREATING A BETTER WORLD.D) MEMBERSHIP - JAPAN SOCIETY SUPPORT INCLUDES REVENUE FROM INDIVIDUAL AND CORPORATE MEMBERS. IN RETURN FOR THEIR SUPPORT, JAPAN SOCIETY PROVIDES CORPORATE MEMBERS WITH NETWORKING, KNOWLEDGE-SHARING AND BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES, AS WELL AS EXCLUSIVE ACCESS TO BUSINESS AND POLICY LEADERS AND UNIQUE BENEFITS FOR EMPLOYEES.INDIVIDUAL MEMBERS BENEFIT FROM FREE ADMISSION TO OUR GALLERY, EXCLUSIVE ACCESS TO MEMBER EVENTS AND SPECIAL OFFERS, AND DISCOUNTS ON FILMS, LECTURES, CLASSES AND PERFORMING ARTS EVENTS.E) FILM - THE FILM PROGRAM ENDEAVORS TO INCREASE ACCESS TO JAPANESE FILM THROUGH DIVERSE PRESENTATIONS, FROM CLASSICS TO CONTEMPORARY INDEPENDENT PRODUCTIONS.F) MEDIA AND MARKETING - THE MEDIA AND MARKETING DEPARTMENT DRIVES NEW AND EXISTING INITIATIVES TO BUILD AWARENESS OF JAPAN SOCIETY AND ITS PROGRAMS VIA THE WEB AND IN PRINT. OUTREACH INCLUDES USING TRADITIONAL MEDIA SUCH AS PRINT AND RADIO, AS WELL AS LEVERAGING SOCIAL NETWORKING, BLOGS, VIDEO SHARING, WEBCASTING, SOCIAL BOOKMARKING, AND FORUMS.G) EDUCATIONAL - THROUGH EXCITING ONLINE AND ON-SITE PROGRAMMING, EDUCATION AND FAMILY PROGRAMS BRING JAPAN TO AMERICAN SCHOOLS AND COMMUNITIES AND BRINGS TOGETHER JAPANESE AND AMERICAN STUDENTS.H) JAPAN SOCIETY EARTHQUAKE RELIEF FUND - ON MARCH 12, 2011, JAPAN SOCIETY CREATED THE JAPAN EARTHQUAKE RELIEF FUND (JERF), A DISASTER RELIEF FUND TO AID VICTIMS OF THE GREAT EAST JAPAN EARTHQUAKE. ONE HUNDRED PERCENT OF TAX-DEDUCTIBLE CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE JAPAN EARTHQUAKE RELIEF FUND GO TO ORGANIZATIONS THAT DIRECTLY HELP VICTIMS OF THE MARCH 11, 2011 DISASTER. 2757781 93348 523688 7547405 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 118 0 1 99 1 1 1 1 JA 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 X 47 46 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 NY X X LISA BERMUDEZ 2127151287 333 EAST 47TH STREET NEW YORK NY 100172399 JOSEPH R PERELLA CHAIRMAN 3.00 X X 0 0 0 MOTOATSU SAKURAI PRESIDENT 40.00 X X 348909 0 53603 STANLEY M BERGMAN DIRECTOR 3.00 X 0 0 0 GERALD L CURTIS DIRECTOR 3.00 X 0 0 0 MITSURU CLAIRE CHINO DIRECTOR 3.00 X 0 0 0 ARIEL J DECKELBAUM DIRECTOR 3.00 X 0 0 0 RICHARD A DRUCKER DIRECTOR 3.00 X 0 0 0 LOUIS J FORSTER DIRECTOR 3.00 X 0 0 0 JACOB A FRENKEL DIRECTOR 3.00 X 0 0 0 YASUNOBU FUKUDA DIRECTOR 3.00 X 0 0 0 CAROL GLUCK DIRECTOR 3.00 X 0 0 0 MAURICE R GREENBERG DIRECTOR 3.00 X 0 0 0 LARIK M HALL DIRECTOR 3.00 X 0 0 0 MIKIO HAZUMI DIRECTOR 3.00 X 0 0 0 YOSUKE HONJO DIRECTOR 3.00 X 0 0 0 JOICHI ITO DIRECTOR 3.00 X 0 0 0 MERIT E JANOW DIRECTOR 3.00 X 0 0 0 FREDERICK H KATAYAMA DIRECTOR 3.00 X 0 0 0 HAJIME KAWAMURA DIRECTOR 3.00 X 0 0 0 NOBUYUKI KAWABATA DIRECTOR 3.00 X 0 0 0 ROBERT A KARR DIRECTOR 3.00 X 0 0 0 MARK KHALIL DIRECTOR 3.00 X 0 0 0 JONATHAN B KINDRED DIRECTOR 3.00 X 0 0 0 RICHARD S LANIER DIRECTOR 3.00 X 0 0 0 ALAN S MACDONALD DIRECTOR 3.00 X 0 0 0 JUN MAKIHARA DIRECTOR 3.00 X 0 0 0 HIDEMOTO MIZUHARA DIRECTOR 3.00 X 0 0 0 MASATO MIYACHI DIRECTOR 3.00 X 0 0 0 SATORU MURASE DIRECTOR 3.00 X 0 0 0 TOBY S MYERSON DIRECTOR 3.00 X 0 0 0 HIDETO NISHITANI DIRECTOR 3.00 X 0 0 0 KENTARO OKUDA DIRECTOR 3.00 X 0 0 0 DOUGLAS L PETERSON DIRECTOR 3.00 X 0 0 0 PUNIT RENJEN DIRECTOR 3.00 X 0 0 0 JUSTIN A ROCKEFELLER DIRECTOR 3.00 X 0 0 0 TAKAYUKI SAWANO DIRECTOR 3.00 X 0 0 0 DAVID SNODDY DIRECTOR 3.00 X 0 0 0 TIMOTHY SCHILT DIRECTOR 3.00 X 0 0 0 TEIJI TERAMOTO DIRECTOR 3.00 X 0 0 0 JOSHUA N SOLOMON EDD DIRECTOR 3.00 X 0 0 0 GARY M TALARICO DIRECTOR 3.00 X 0 0 0 SHINGO UENO DIRECTOR 3.00 X 0 0 0 CHRIS WACHENHEIM DIRECTOR 3.00 X 0 0 0 TAKASHI YATSUNAMI DIRECTOR 3.00 X 0 0 0 KATSURAO YOSHIMORI DIRECTOR 3.00 X 0 0 0 MICHAEL A ZARCONE DIRECTOR 3.00 X 0 0 0 PAUL S AMMOS II FORMER DIRECTOR 3.00 X 0 0 0 JONATHAN E COLBY FORMER DIRECTOR 3.00 X 0 0 0 RYOTA ISSHIKI FORMER DIRECTOR 3.00 X 0 0 0 JON C IWATTA FORMER DIRECTOR 3.00 X 0 0 0 YUKIHIKO MATSUMMURA FORMER DIRECTOR 3.00 X 0 0 0 HIROSHI SUEHIRO FORMER DIRECTOR 3.00 X 0 0 0 YASUSHI TAKAHASHI FORMER DIRECTOR 3.00 X 0 0 0 CHRISTOPHER G TOWNSEND FORMER DIRECTOR 3.00 X 0 0 0 TOMOFUMI YOSHIDA FORMER DIRECTOR 3.00 X 0 0 0 PETER G PETERSON FORMER DIRECTOR 3.00 X 0 0 0 SUSAN J ONUMA SECRETARY 3.00 X 0 0 0 LISA BERMUDEZ VP OF FINANCE AND ADMIN. 40.00 X 206231 0 43369 YOKO SHIOYA ARTISTIC DIRECTOR 40.00 X 147284 0 27989 MICHELE DEBRECENI DIR. OF MEDIA & MARKETING 40.00 X 122774 0 27133 JEFFERY MILLER DIR. OF EDU. & FAMILY PROG 40.00 X 130207 0 39401 YUKIE KAMIYA GALLERY DIRECTOR 40.00 X 110788 0 24073 JEFFREY NEMETH DIR. OF BLDG & SERVICES 40.00 X 115846 0 51 1182039 0 215619 7 0 1 0 INSIGHT EXHIBIT LLC 75 BRYANT TRAIL CARMEL NY 10512 CONSTRUCTION 124144 GLOBAL ENTERTAINMENT SUPPLY 244-21 61ST AVENUE APT 1 LITTLE NECK NY 11362 STAGE RENTAL 112832 STANTEC CONSULTING SERVICES INC 13980 COLLECTIONS CENTER DRIVE CHICAGO IL 60693 CONSULTING 112497 ICRANE LLC 209 HEYERS MILL ROAD COLTS NECK NJ 07722 RENOVATION 111017 BDMC CONSTRUCTION LIMITED 2 ELIZABETH PLACE ARMONK NY 10504 CONSTRUCTION 109391 5 404536 1304835 123089 4476667 31536 6309127 TUITION 900099 857005 857005 ADMISSIONS 900099 467850 467850 1324855 1823470 1823470 176691 0 176691 176691 176691 10141246 7980794 2160452 2160452 2160452 151500 1304835 209802 -58302 -58302 60862 93302 -32440 -32440 REIMBURSEMENTS 900099 227129 227129 MISC. 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RENTAL & MAINTEN 243734 79210 162788 1736 EVENT SERVICES 151753 48986 46823 55944 11636180 7547405 2814446 1274329 3637287 3410354 860447 632959 30000 87188 22203 24262 225790 95894 18670146 14829173 3963010 3840973 60007615 64042226 4805627 4805058 1180542 261854 74732521 77200768 477181 505530 343162 380941 820343 886471 X 16750904 17900134 9962673 11215562 47198601 47198601 73912178 76314297 74732521 77200768 X 367686 2023705 10728 X 0 1 X 1 0 X 9252283 5612715 7960548 7882364 6309127 37017037 9252283 5612715 7960548 7882364 6309127 37017037 6505217 30511820 2243504 1863529 1930355 1671829 2000161 9709378 385153 195354 203714 185587 300013 1269821 47996236 7157991 0.63570 0.61880 X SCHEDULE A, PART II, LINE 10, EXPLANATION OF OTHER INCOME: MISC INCOME - 2013 AMOUNT: $ 189,321. 2014 AMOUNT: $ 38,808. 2015 AMOUNT: $ 25,450. 2016 AMOUNT: $ 114,845. 2017 AMOUNT: $ 72,884. REIMBURSEMENTS - 2013 AMOUNT: $ 195,832. 2014 AMOUNT: $ 156,546. 2015 AMOUNT: $ 178,264. 2016 AMOUNT: $ 70,742. 2017 AMOUNT: $ 227,129. 67273415 2281737 2435813 3052443 68938522 60847828 4379987 4432760 2387160 67273415 63158434 4496279 -3494828 3312057 60847828 66724001 2120055 -2128311 3557311 63158434 67531275 6003747 4607500 11418521 66724001 0.15270 0.68460 0.16270 0 0 1491562 1491562 16937020 14652961 2284059 241564 176212 65352 3840973 LTD PTRSHIPS & SIMILAR INVEST 4708276 F ALTERNATIVE INVESTMENTS 96782 F 4805058 PART V, LINE 4: THE SOCIETY'S ENDOWMENTS CONSIST OF VARIOUS INDIVIDUAL FUNDS ESTABLISHED FOR A VARIETY OF PURPOSES. THE ENDOWMENTS INCLUDE BOTH DONOR-RESTRICTED ENDOWMENT FUNDS AND FUNDS DESIGNATED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS. PERMANENTLY RESTRICTED NET ASSETS ARE RESTRICTED TO INVESTMENTS IN PERPETUITY, INCOME FROM WHICH IS EXPENDABLE TO SUPPORT PROGRAMS OR UNRESTRICTED FOR ANY ACTIVITIES OF THE SOCIETY. 1 CENTRAL AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN INVESTMENTS 2609685 EUROPE (INCLUDING ICELAND & GREENLAND) INVESTMENTS 650486 EAST ASIA AND THE PACIFIC GRANTMAKING 93348 EAST ASIA AND THE PACIFIC 1 2 PROGRAM SERVICES PROJECT SUPPORT 72221 1 2 0 0 1 2 3425740 0 3425740 EAST ASIA AND THE PACIFIC JAPAN RELIEF 93348 3 1 0 0 1 1 0 PART I, LINE 2: GRANTMAKING PROCESS: JAPAN SOCIETY STAFF MEETS WITH POTENTIAL GRANTEES BOTH IN JAPAN AND IN NEW YORK. IF PROJECTS LOOK PROMISING, WE ENCOURAGE POTENTIAL GRANTEES TO SUBMIT A PROPOSAL. A NUMBER OF NPOS IN JAPAN ARE NOT EXPERIENCED GRANT WRITERS, SO STAFF WILL ALSO WORK WITH POTENTIAL GRANTEES TO MAKE SURE WE RECEIVE SOLID PROPOSALS AND BUDGETS. AS PART OF THE GRANT MAKING PROCESS, EACH PROPOSAL, BOTH NARRATIVE AND BUDGET, IS CAREFULLY VETTED TO MAKE SURE WE UNDERSTAND IT AND HAVE ALL THE INFORMATION WE NEED. IF NECESSARY, WE ASK FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION, SUCH AS ADDITIONAL PROJECT INFORMATION OR A MORE DETAILED BUDGET; FINANCIAL REPORTS, ANNUAL REPORTS, AND AUDITORS' REPORTS. INFORMATION FROM PROMISING PROPOSALS ARE THEN PUT INTO A SPREADSHEET WE HAVE DEVELOPED. THE PURPOSE OF THE SPREADSHEET IS TO HELP US UNDERSTAND KEY INFORMATION FROM EACH OF THE GRANTEES IN CONSISTENT WAY, AND RANGES FROM BASIC INFORMATION ABOUT THE ORGANIZATION, INCLUDING SIZE AND PAST EXPERIENCE, TO DETAILS ABOUT THE PROPOSED PROJECT, SUCH AS GOALS AND IMPACT OF THE PROJECT, TO PROJECT BUDGETS. ALL PROPOSALS AND SPREADSHEETS ARE SENT TO A COMMITTEE OF JAPAN SOCIETY STAFF THAT CONSISTS OF MOTOATSU SAKURAI, LISA BERMUDEZ, RURI KAWASHIMA, FUMIKO MIYAMOTO AND BETTY BORDEN. EACH PERSON REVIEWS ALL PROPOSALS AND THE SPREADSHEET BEFORE WE MEET. THE COMMITTEE MEMBERS MEET TO DISCUSS ALL PROPOSALS AND TO COME TO AN AGREEMENT ON WHICH PROJECTS TO FUND, FOR HOW MUCH, AND FOR HOW LONG. TWO IMPORTANT TOPICS OF DISCUSSION ARE WHETHER WE FEEL THERE IS AN ADEQUATE STRUCTURE IN PLACE THAT SHOWS THE ORGANIZATION CAN MANAGE THE ACTIVITIES AND THE FINANCIAL AND REPORTING REQUIREMENTS, AND WHETHER THERE IS A CLEAR SENSE OF THE NEED, THE GOALS, AND THE IMPACT OF THE PROJECT. WE TYPICALLY DO NOT FUND ANY PROJECT FOR MORE THAN 25-30% OF THE TOTAL BUDGET TO ENSURE THAT ANY ONE ORGANIZATION IS NOT SOLELY DEPENDENT ON JAPAN SOCIETY FOR FUNDING. REPORTING/MONITORING: ALL GRANTEES ARE REQUIRED TO SIGN A LETTER OF AGREEMENT, WHICH LAYS OUT HOW MUCH A GRANTEE WILL RECEIVE AND WHEN REPORTS ARE DUE. FUNDS ARE ALLOCATED IN ROUGHLY EQUAL AMOUNTS AND ARE TIED TO RECEIVING SATISFACTORY REPORTS FROM THE GRANTEES. DEPENDING ON THE TIME FRAME AND AMOUNT OF THE GRANT, GRANTEES ARE ASKED TO SUBMIT ONE OR TWO MID GRANT REPORTS AND A FINAL REPORT. JAPAN SOCIETY ALSO MAKES SURE REPORTS ARE RECEIVED IN A TIMELY FASHION. WE CAREFULLY READ EACH REPORT (BOTH NARRATIVE AND FINANCIAL) TO MAKE SURE THE GRANTEE IS IMPLEMENTING THE PROJECT AS OUTLINED IN THE PROPOSAL AND LETTER OF AGREEMENT. IF WE FEEL THE REPORT IS NOT ADEQUATE, WE WILL ASK THE GRANTEE FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. IF GRANTEES ARE LATE SUBMITTING A REPORT, STAFF FOLLOWS UP WITH THEM. SO FAR, WE HAVE NOT HAD A PROBLEM RECEIVING REPORTS, BUT WE HAVE HAD REQUESTS FOR ADDITIONAL TIME. STAFF KEEPS IN REGULAR CONTACT WITH GRANTEES VIA EMAIL, TELEPHONE CALLS AND VISITS IN TOKYO, NEW YORK AND TOHOKU. UPDATES ON THE JAPAN EARTHQUAKE RELIEF FUND BLOG ARE POSTED WITH SHORT STORIES AND PHOTOS ON GRANTEE ACTIVITIES. ANNUAL DINNER 1456335 1304835 151500 209802 1456335 1304835 151500 209802 209802 -58302 X 1 1 X X X 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 MOTOATSU SAKURAI PRESIDENT 348909 0 0 0 0 0 27500 0 26103 0 402512 0 0 0 LISA BERMUDEZ VP OF FINANCE AND ADMIN. 206231 0 0 0 0 0 21603 0 21766 0 249600 0 0 0 YOKO SHIOYA ARTISTIC DIRECTOR 147284 0 0 0 0 0 14980 0 13009 0 175273 0 0 0 JEFFERY MILLER DIR. OF EDU. & FAMILY PROG 130207 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 39401 0 169608 0 0 0 X 4 31536 FMV 0 0 0 PART III - LINE 1 JAPAN SOCIETY INC. (THE "SOCIETY") IS THE LEADING U.S. ORGANIZATION COMMITTED TO DEEPENING MUTUAL UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES AND JAPAN IN A GLOBAL CONTEXT. THE SOCIETY SERVES AUDIENCES ACROSS THE UNITED STATES AND ABROAD THROUGH INNOVATIVE PROGRAMS IN ARTS AND CULTURE, PUBLIC POLICY, BUSINESS, LANGUAGE AND EDUCATION. PART III - LINE 4A GALLERY HIROSHI SUGIMOTO: GATES OF PARADISE OCTOBER 20, 2017 -JANUARY 7, 2018 A TOTAL OF 6,434 ATTENDED THE EXHIBITION AND ACCOMPANYING PROGRAMMING. THE EXHIBITION WAS INSPIRED BY THE JOURNEY OF FOUR THIRTEEN-YEAR-OLD BOYS WHO VISITED THE PAPAL AND ROYAL COURTS OF 16TH CENTURY EUROPE, THE FIRST JAPANESE TO DO SO. THE SHOW FEATURED 25 SUGIMOTO PHOTOGRAPHS AS WELL AS 20 PAINTINGS AND OBJECTS FROM 16TH CENTURY JAPAN. HIROSHI SUGIMOTO TRACED THE BOYS' FOOTSTEPS IN EUROPE THROUGH HIS SERIES OF BLACK-AND-WHITE PHOTOGRAPHS OF SITES THEY ENCOUNTERED. TO PLACE THEIR STORY IN HISTORICAL CONTEXT, SUGIMOTO SELECTED 25 16TH AND 17TH-CENTURY WORKS, INCLUDING WESTERN-STYLE MULTI-PANEL SCREENS, SCROLL PAINTINGS, PRINTS DEPICTING EUROPEAN THEMES, AND PORTABLE OBJECTS BEARING CHRISTIAN SYMBOLS, ALL PRODUCED IN JAPAN. THESE "NANBAN" WORKS INCLUDED DESIGNATED IMPORTANT CULTURAL PROPERTIES. THROUGH SUGIMOTO'S WEAVING OF CLASSICAL AND CONTEMPORARY ART, GATES OF PARADISE SHEDS NEW LIGHT ON A PIVOTAL MOMENT OF EXCHANGE BETWEEN JAPAN AND EUROPE AND HIGHLIGHTS THE IMPORTANCE OF THE EARLY MODERN PERIOD WITHIN THE BROADER HISTORY OF INTELLECTUAL AND ARTISTIC LINKS BETWEEN CULTURES. IT EXPANDED UNDERSTANDING OF THE INTERCONNECTIONS BETWEEN JAPANESE AND WESTERN SOCIETIES BEFORE THE MEIJI ERA (1868-1912), WIDELY CONSIDERED THE MOMENT OF JAPAN'S ENTREE ONTO THE WORLD STAGE. JAPAN SOCIETY PUBLISHED A 216-PAGE HARDCOVER FULL-COLOR CATALOGUE (SKIRA/RIZZOLI, 2017). TO ACCOMPANY THE EXHIBITION, JS OFFERED DOCENT-LED TOURS SATURDAYS AT 2:30 PM AND FRIDAYS AT 7 PM; A 3-PART LECTURE SERIES-MONSIGNOR TIMOTHY VERDON: TWO VISIONS OF PARADISE, 10/21/17, ON THE LEGACY OF GHIBERTI'S MASTERPIECE; THE SOUTHERN BARBARIANS ARRIVE: NAVIGATING THE NANBAN SCREENS, 12/1/17, WITH PROFESSOR MATTHEW MCKELWAY; ARCHITECTURE OF TIME: ENOURA OBSERVATORY, WHERE CONSCIOUSNESS AND MEMORY ORIGINATE, 12/15/17 WITH HIROSHI SUGIMOTO; A SEMINAR, CONNOISSEURSHIP: MAPS OF EARLY MODERN JAPAN, 11/9/17, WITH WALTER ARADER ILL; TWO GALLERY TALKS: IMAGE-IN-FOCUS 11/23+13/17 WITH COLUMBIA PH.D. CANDIDATES CHEN JIANG AND VALERIE ZINNER. FOR YOUTH, FAMILIES AND SCHOOLS: TREASURE MAPS AND DISCOVERY PACKS FURING OBAKE FAMILY DAY FESTIVAL, 10/29/17; EDUCATOR OPEN HOUSE 11/1/17; 10 MORNING SCHOOL GROUP TOURS/WORKSHOPS. TO SUPPLEMENT THE DIDACTIC PANELS AND LABELS IN THE GALLERY SELECT WORKS HAD DESIGNATED AUDIO GUIDES EXPANDING ON THE TECHNIQUES, TECHNOLOGY, AND THE ARTISTS, AVAILABLE ON OUR WEBSITE AND FOR USE IN AND OUTSIDE THE GALLERY ON SMARTPHONES. A VIDEO TOUR PROVIDED AN OVERVIEW OF THE EXHIBITION. ADDITIONAL VIDEO CONTENT INCLUDED AN INTERVIEW WITH HIROSHI SUGIMOTO ABOUT THE MAKING OF THE EXHIBITION. A GIANT LEAP: THE TRANSFORMATION OF HASEGAWA TOHOKU, MARCH 9 -MAY 6, 2018 A TOTAL OF 6,219 VISITORS ATTENDED THE EXHIBITION AND ACCOMPANY PROGRAMMING. THE EXHIBITION CELEBRATED THE LIFE AND LEGACY OF HASEGAWA TOHAKU (1539-1610), FOUNDER OF THE HASEGAWA SCHOOL OF PAINTING AND ONE OF 16TH CENTURY JAPAN'S LEADING ARTISTIC MASTERS. TOHAKU HAD RECENTLY BEEN THE SUBJECT OF RENEWED ATTENTION, INCLUDING AT THE KYOTO NATIONAL MUSEUM AND THE TOKYO NATIONAL MUSEUM, WHERE THE 400TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE ARTIST'S DEATH WAS COMMEMORATED IN AN IMPORTANT 2010 SURVEY EXHIBITION. ADOPTING A MORE INTIMATE APPROACH TO TOHAKU, THE JAPAN SOCIETY EXHIBITION FOCUSED UPON AN EXTREMELY IMPORTANT SCREEN, DEPICTING BIRDS AND FLOWERS, WHICH IS CURRENTLY IN A PRIVATE COLLECTION IN THE USA: CUTTING-EDGE SCHOLARLY RESEARCH HAS IDENTIFIED BIRDS AND FLOWERS AS MARKING THE PIVOTAL MOMENT WHEN THE ARTIST REINVENTED HIMSELF FROM NOBUHARU, A PAINTER OF TRADITIONAL BUDDHIST PORTRAITS, TO TOHAKU, A PIONEER WHOSE INNOVATIONS IN THE ART OF THE JAPANESE FOLDING SCREEN HAD AN IMMEASURABLE IMPACT UPON SUCCESSIVE GENERATIONS OF PAINTERS. RARE LOANS FROM OTHER PRIVATE AND PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS IN THE U.S. AND JAPAN HELPED TO CONTEXTUALIZE THE BIRDS AND FLOWERS SCREEN. WITH BIRDS AND FLOWERS AS THE POINT OF DEPARTURE OF THIS EXHIBITION, JAPAN SOCIETY GALLERY NOT ONLY CALLED INTERNATIONAL ATTENTION TO THE ACHIEVEMENTS OF THIS REMARKABLE PAINTER, BUT RAISED CRITICAL QUESTIONS ABOUT THE ROLE OF PAINTERS IN JAPANESE SOCIETY: WITHIN A CENTURIES-OLD TRADITION OF ARTISTIC TRAINING, WHAT DID IT MEAN TO BE AN ARTIST IN 16TH- AND 17TH-CENTURY JAPAN, AND HOW WAS NOBUHARU/TOHAKU ABLE TO REFASHION HIS IDENTITY SO DRAMATICALLY OVER THE COURSE OF HIS CAREER? BY VIEWING THE EXHIBITED MASTERWORKS FROM THIS VANTAGE POINT, A GIANT LEAP OFFERED A PLATFORM FOR CONSIDERING JAPAN'S TRANSITION INTO THE EARLY MODERN PERIOD, AS EXPRESSED IN THE VISUAL ARTS. A GIANT LEAP WAS ACCOMPANIED BY AN ILLUSTRATED CATALOGUE AND A FULL RANGE OF PUBLIC AND EDUCATION PROGRAMS FOR AUDIENCES OF ALL AGES AND INTEREST LEVELS IN ORDER TO DEEPEN THE EDUCATIONAL VALUE, UNDERSTANDING AND THE OVERALL IMPACT OF THE EXHIBITION. JAPAN SOCIETY OFFERED 3/11/18 GALLERY TALK: IMAGE-IN-FOCUS WITH MASATOMO KAWAI, DIRECTOR CHIBA CITY MUSEUM OF ART; 3/16/18 KEYNOTE LECTURE: HOW HASEGAWA TOHAKU CONQUERED THE WORLD, MIYEKO MURASE/COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY; TUESDAYS 3/13 - 5/1/18 MEDITATION SERIES; SYMPOSIUM: 4/7 /18 THE ARTIST'S TRANSFORMATION: RE-CONTEXTUALIZING HASEGAWA TOHAKU WITH MATTHEW MCKELWAY/COLUMBIA AND YUKIO LIPPIT/HARVARD UNIVERSITY; 4/15/18 WORKSHOP: MAKE A MASTERPIECE; 4/28/18 GALLERY TALK AND TEA: KACHO-ZU: BIRD AND FLOWERS IN THE ART OF TOHAKU. PART III - LINE 4B PERFORMING ARTS JAPAN SOCIETY'S 2017-18 PERFORMING ARTS SEASON INCLUDED MASTERPIECES OF TRADITIONAL JAPANESE GENRES AS WELL AS RISK-TAKING NEW WORKS BY GLOBAL ARTISTS. A TOTAL NUMBER OF 3,455 ATTENDED THESE OUTSTANDING PROGRAMS. 1. MOTO OSADA'S FOUR NIGHTS OF DREAM / TOKYO BUNKA KAIKAN CO-COMMISSION (9/13, 15, 16, 17/17}. THE SEASON OPENED WITH A CHAMBER OPERA BY NEW YORK-BASED JAPANESE COMPOSER MATO OSADA, CONDUCTED BY KEN-DAVID MASUR AND DIRECTED BY ALEC DUFFY. LIBRETTO BASED ON TEN NIGHTS OF DREAM (1908), TEN SHORT STORIES BY NATSUME SOSEKI (1867-1916), ONE OF JAPAN'S MOST NOTABLE AUTHORS. 2. LEFT-RIGHT-LEFT (SAYUSA} / YOKOHAMA NOH THEATER CO-COMMISSION (10/13+14/17}. NORTH AMERICAN PREMIERE. CHOREOGRAPHER/STAGE DIRECTOR LUCA VEGGETTI MERGED CONTEMPORARY DANCE WITH TRADITIONAL NOH THEATER, ASSEMBLING AN ELITE TEAM OF ARTISTS INCLUDING NOH KOTSUZUMI (SMALL HAND DRUM) MASTER AND NATIONAL TREASURE GENJIRO OKURA. LOOSELY DERIVED FROM THE OLDEST NOH PLAY/SACRED RITUAL, OKINA, DIVIDED INTO THREE PARTS WITH INTERCONNECTING INTERLUDES. NOH MUSIC WORKSHOP WITH GENJIRO OKURA OFFERED ON 10/14/17. 3. RIKYU ENOURA: WORLD PREMIERE / ODAWARA ART FOUNDATION CO-COMMISSION (11/3, 4, 5/17. CONCEIVED BY HIROSHI SUGIMOTO, RECOUNTING A TRAGIC INCIDENT BETWEEN FOUNDING TEA CEREMONY MASTER SEN-NO-RIKYU AND THE PRE-EMINENT 16TH CENTURY RULER, GENERAL TOYOTOMI HIDEYOSHI. TEA CEREMONY BY SEN SO'OKU, DIRECT DESCENDENT OF SEN-NO-RIKYU. PERFORMED IN JAPANESE WITH ENGLISH TITLES, AKIKO BABA COMPOSED THE ORIGINAL SCRIPT. 4. SITI COMPANY'S HANJO BY YUKIO MISHIMA / WORLD PREMIERE (12/7, 8, 9/17). NEW YORK- BASED SITI COMPANY PRESENTED THE WORLD PREMIERE OF HANJO, A RE-CONTEXTUALIZATION OF A PLAY BY YUKIO MISHIMA (1925-1970), BASED ON A 14 TH CENTURY NOH PLAY OF THE SAME TITLE. CELEBRATED JAPANESE-ENGLISH BILINGUAL ACTOR LEON LNGULSRUD DIRECTED, UNVEILING MISHIMA'S TALE AS A BILINGUAL TRIPTYCH IN WHICH THE ACTORS ROTATED THROUGH EACH CHARACTER ROLE. ORIGINAL MUSIC. 5. MUGEN NOH OTHELLO BY SATOSHI MIYAGI/ NORTH AMERICAN PREMIERE (1/1 1, 12, 13, 14/18). PART OF THE UNDER THE RADAR FESTIVAL. FANTASTICAL REIMAGINING OF SHAKESPEARE'S OTHELLO THROUGH THE STYLE OF MUGEN NOH (A PLAY BASED ON A DREAM OR ILLUSION). DIRECTED BY SATOSHI MIYAGI AND PERFORMED BY SHIZUOKA PERFORMING ARTS CENTER, FEATURED LAVISH COSTUMES, DYNAMIC LIVE INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC AND CHANTING, AND EXAGGERATED EXPRESSIONS. TOLD FROM PERSPECTIVE OF OTHELLO'S DECEASED WIFE DESDEMONA, IN JAPANESE WITH ENGLISH TITLES. JS OFFERED A WORKSHOP THEATRE TECHNIQUE WITH SPAC ON 1/13/18. 6. PLAY READING SERIES: CONTEMPORARY JAPANESE PLAYS IN ENGLISH TRANSLATION - OTOKOTACHI (MANHOOD) (3/26/18). 13 TH PLAY READING INSTALLMENT OF THE SERIES FEATURED IN OTOKATACHI, WRITTEN BY KISHIDA KUNIO AND HIDETO LWAI OF HI-BYE THEATER COMPANY. SARAH HUGHES DIRECTED GENDER SWAPPED CAST IN OFF-KILTER DEPICTION OF JAPANESE "BRO CULTURE," IN WHICH FOUR MEN FACE REALITIES OF ADULTHOOD. WORKSHOP WAS HOSTED ON 5/13/18, LED BY PLAYWRIGHT/DIRECTOR AND FOUNDER OF THEATER COMPANY CHELFITSCH, TOSHIKO OKADA. 7. REST IN PEACE, NEW YORK: THEATER, WORMAN & IMMIGRATION/ PUBLIC FORUM (5/14/18). PERFORMANCE ARTIST SHIROTA MA HITSUJIYA COLLECTED NARRATIVE STORIES FROM MEMBERS OF THE NYC SOUTH EAST ASIAN COMMUNITY AND PRESENTED HER FINDINGS THROUGH A PERFORMANCE WITH OTHER LOCAL FEMALE ARTISTS. IN ASSOCIATION WITH ASIAN WOMEN PERFORMING ARTS COLLECTIVE. 8. KOTO & SHAMISEN: A CONTEMPORARY SPIN ON TRADITIONAL INSTRUMENTS (5/24/18). LOCAL KOTO AND SHAMISEN ARTISTS YOKO REIKANO KIMURA AND YUMI KUROSAMA OFFERED A VARIETY OF TRADITIONAL AND CONTEMPORARY MUSIC SELECTIONS BY LIVING COMPOSERS FROM U.S. AND JAPAN, JOINED ON STAGE BY WESTERN INSTRUMENTALISTS. PART III - LINE 4C LANGUAGE CENTER THE TOYOTA LANGUAGE CENTER OFFERED 275 CLASSES IN JAPANESE LANGUAGE, BOTH SPOKEN AND WRITTEN, FOR 3,797 STUDENTS. 42 UNIQUE PROGRAMS PROVIDED LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES FOR ALL LEVELS OF EXPERTISE AND FOR A VARIETY OF GOALS AND PURPOSES. 13 LEVELS OF JAPANESE LANGUAGE STUDY WERE AVAILABLE, TAUGHT BY 15 TEACHERS, AS WELL AS WRITING WORKSHOPS IN HIRAGANA, KATAKANA AND KANJI, JLPT PREPARATORY CLASSES, AND CONVERSATIONAL COURSES FOR BEGINNER, INTERMEDIATE AND ADVANCED SPEAKERS. JAPAN SOCIETY ALSO OFFERED COURSES IN SHODO, JAPANESE CALLIGRAPHY, CRASH COURSES FOR TRAVELERS TO JAPAN, JAPANESE BUSINESS ETIQUETTE, FUN AND CASUAL NIHONGO CHAT SESSIONS, INTENSIVE WEEKEND COURSES, JAPANESE-LANGUAGE TEACHER TRAINING, PRIVATE AND CORPORATE GROUP LESSONS. THE LANGUAGE CENTER PRODUCES OUTSTANDING SHORT VIDEO CONTENT ON CONVERSATIONAL JAPANESE AND ILLUSTRATED VOCABULARY CARDS FOR SOCIAL MEDIA, BOTH OF WHICH ARE EXTREMELY POPULAR AND WIDELY FOLLOWED. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 11B THE FORM 990 IS INITIALLY REVIEWED BY THE FINANCE COMMITTEE CHAIRMAN AND THEN MADE AVAILABLE TO THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS PRIOR TO FILING WITH THE INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 12C THE SOCIETY REQUIRES THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND EXECUTIVE OFFICERS TO COMPLETE THE CONFLICT OF INTEREST FORM. THE FORMS ARE THEN REVIEWED FOR ANY POSSIBLE CONFLICTS. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 15 THE SOCIETY'S SALARY STRUCTURE, INCLUDING OFFICER COMPENSATION IS REVIEWED THROUGH EXTERNAL MARKET DATA TO DETERMINE THE COMPETITIVENESS OF ACTUAL SALARIES. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION C, LINE 19 THE SOCIETY DOES NOT MAKE ITS GOVERNING DOCUMENTS OR CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC. THE SOCIETY'S FINANCIAL STATEMENTS ARE POSTED ON THE INTERNET. FORM 990, PART XI, LINE 9: FOREIGN CURRENCY EXCHANGE GAINS 10,728. IPPAN-SHADAN-HOJIN JAPAN SOCIETY 14-9 HIGASHIMINE-MACHI TOKYO OTA-KU JA 145-0074 FUNDRAISING JA 57471 33671 JAPAN SOCIETY LATE FILED RETURN DUE TO CCH SOFTWARE OUTAGE.