Friday, October 26

The Board of Directors of the Japan Society of Northern California cordially invites you to join us in honoring Mr. Yuzaburo Mogi and Mr. Philip Kan Gotanda at the 2007 Award of Honor Gala

Westin St. Francis, Union Square
335 Powell Street, San Francisco

5:30 VIP Reception
6:00 General Reception & Silent Auction
7:30 Dinner & Program

Business Attire

Each year, the Japan Society of Northern California holds its Annual Gala to present our Award of Honor to one or more individuals or organizations whose work has played a significant role in building and promoting the relationship between the United States and Japan.

This year we are very pleased to present the Annual Award of Honor to Mr. Yuzaburo Mogi, Chairman and CEO of Kikkoman. We also are delighted to present a special Artistic Achievement Award to one of the nation’s leading playwrights, Mr. Philip Kan Gotanda.

VIEW OUR 2007 GALA PHOTO ALBUM
Gallery ID: 2858, Key: nihon
Courtesy of Orange Exposure Photography

2007 GALA SPONSORS
We would like to thank each of our sponsors in 2007:

Visionary
Kikkoman

Innovator
Mizuho

Partner
All Nippon Airways Co., Ltd.
Japan Airlines International Co., Ltd.
United Airlines

Benefactor
Bank of the West
Chevron
JFC International Inc.
KPMG
MOL America
Morrison Foerster LLP
Sony
Squire, Sanders & Dempsey LLP
Teraoka Legal Counsel
John & Joyce Thomas
Union Bank of California
Wells Fargo

Patron
The Asia Foundation
ATA Ventures
Consulate General of Japan in San Francisco
Fuji Xerox Co. Ltd.
Hitachi America, Ltd.
Japanese Chamber of Commerce of Northern California
Latham & Watkins LLP
NEC Electronics America, Inc.
Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP
Pacific Ventures LLC
Public Policy Institute of California
William P. Fuller
Toyota/NUMMI

Individual Sponsors
Access International Law Group
DEFTA Partners
DRAFTFCB
Mitsuko & Edwin Duerr
Houlihan Lokey Howard and Zukin
Kathleen & Kozo Kimura
Legend Capital Management LLC
NTA America
Marsh Risk & Insurance Services
Osaka University San Francisco Office
Quantal International
Nobuko Saito & Gary Cleary
Nobuaki Tomita, Kimono Stylist
Arthur Trueger
USF Center for the Pacific Rim

Donors
Airbus Japan
AZCA, Inc.
New City North America
Sakata Seed America Inc.
Jack Wadsworth

Sponsor list current as of October 16, 2007.