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Japanese Language Scholarship Foundation
BOARD OF DIRECTORS

The Japanese Language Scholarship Foundation (JLSF) is very honored and privileged to have the following people on their Board of Directors

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Executive Board Members:

Akiko Agishi, Ph.D. JLSF Aurora President and Founder
President of Creative Enterprise International, Inc.

Hiroshi Sumiyama, Ph.D. JLSF Aurora 1st Vice President
Chair, Aurora Speech Contest
Consultant and Chairman Emeritus, Hitachi Chemical Research Center

Hayahiko Takase JLSF Aurora 2nd Vice President
Chair, Aurora Fall Benefit Events
President, Takase Associates

Koki Saito JLSF Aurora Treasurer
Oshima Saito LLP

Louis K. Ito JLSF Aurora Secretary & Legal Issues

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Los Angeles Board Members:

Hiroko Kataoka, Ph.D. Chair, Aurora Scholarships & Grants
Co-chair, Aurora Speech Contest
Professor, Department of Asian & Asian American Studies, California State University Long Beach

Barry Keehn, Ph.D. Chair, Aurora Program Development
Past President, Japan America Society

Jeff Yamazaki Parachute America

Kaori Nara Turner Hair & Make-up Artist

Janet LeBlanc Former Secretary to Consul General of Japan, Los Angeles

Yuma Asakura

Saburo Matsumoto Professor, Department of Mathmatics
College of the Canyons, Santa Clarita CA

Ryu Chako Accounting Manager, Digital Manga, Inc.

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Out of Town Board Members:

Laurel Rasplica Rodd, Ph.D. Chair, JLSF Scholarship Recipients' Panel at annual ACTFL Meeting
Professor of Japanese, University of Colorado at Boulder
Director, Center for Asian Studies, Univ of CO
Past President, ATJ

Tetsuo Saito JOEA, Japan Overseas Enterprise Association

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Honorary Members:

Junichi Ihara Honorary Chairman, JLSF Aurora Foundation
Consul General of Japan, Los Angeles

Masashi Sada Honorary Co-Chairman, JLSF Aurora Foundation

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Board of Governors:

George and Sakaye Aratani
Kaoru and Yoshie Hayama

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Board of Trustees:

Andy Takani President, Panasonic Consumer Electronics Co.

Yuichi Iwaki, M.D., Ph.D. Professor, USC School of Medicine

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Advisory Board:

Toshio Handa President, Japanese Chamber of Commerce of Southern California

Rinban Noriaki Ito Higashi Honganji Buddhist Temple

Henry Koda Representative partner at Law Offices of Koda & Androlia

Seiichi Makino Professor, Princeton University
Department of East Asian Studies

Yoko Sugi Representative partner at Law Offices of Koda & Androlia

Tadaharu Taguchi President, Panasonic Scholarship Co. Ltd.

Tatsukiko Wakao Wakao & Associates, Inc.

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Aurora Club:

Kazuhiko Ono President, Aurora Club