The Japan Society is most grateful to the following corporations and organisations for their support of its activities in 2009. Without their generous commitment to our work, we would be unable to continue.

All or part of the donation from companies marked with an asterisk (*) has been designated in support of the schools education and small grants programmes.

President’s Circle (£10,000 and more)

*Itochu Europe plc
JTI UK
*Mitsubishi Corporation International (Europe) Plc
*Mitsui & Co Europe Plc
Nomura International plc
*Sumitomo Corporation Europe Ltd

Corporate Patrons (£7,500 and more)

*Astellas Pharma Inc
*Canon Europe Ltd
*Central Japan Railway Company
*Daiichi Sankyo Co Ltd
*Eisai Europe Ltd
*Mitsubishi Electric Europe BV
*NYK Group Europe Ltd
*PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
*Swire Charitable Trust
*Takeda Pharmaceutical Co Ltd
*Tokyo Electrical Power Co Inc (TEPCO)

Corporate Benefactors (£5,000 and more)

BAe Systems plc
Bank of Tokyo Mitsubishi UFJ
*Chugai Pharmaceutical Co Ltd
Clifford Chance LLP
Ernst & Young LLP
*Hitachi Europe Ltd
HSBC Insurance Brokers Ltd
HSBC Holdings plc
Japan Centre Group Ltd
KPMG LLP
*”K” Line (Europe) Ltd
Mitsubishi UFJ Securities
Mizuho Financial Group
UBS Investment Bank

Corporate Donors (£2,000 and more)

All Nippon Airways
BDO Stoy Hayward LLP
DAKS Simpson Group plc
Daiwa Securities SMBC
Greenback Alan LLP
Japan Airlines
Japan England Insurance Brokers
Marubeni Europe Plc
Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance Group
*NEC Europe Ltd
Nikko Asset Management
SJ Berwin LLP
SMBC (Europe) Ltd
Think London
Towers Perrin
Winton Capital Management.