US-Japan Foundation Honors Professor Ezra F. Vogel

New York, NY – April 2012

The United States – Japan Foundation awarded Professor Ezra F. Vogel, Henry Ford II Professor of the Social Sciences Emeritus at Harvard University, with its Distinguished Service Award on April 6, 2012 at its Board Meeting in Washington, DC. Professor Vogel was honored for his lifetime commitment to promoting friendship and understanding between the peoples of the United States and Japan and for his life-long commitment to developing scholars of Japan and Asia.

Previous Distinguished Service Award recipients include: Honorable Yasuhiro Nakasone, Prime Minister of Japan 1982-1987; Ambassador Thomas S. Foley, US Ambassador to Japan 1997-2001; Ambassador Yoshio Okawara, Japan’s Ambassador to the US 1980-1985; Mr. Tadashi Yamamoto, JCIE Founder and President; Ambassador Walter F. Mondale, Former Vice President 1977-1981 and US Ambassador to Japan 1993-1996, Honorable Robin Chandler Duke, Former U.S. Ambassador to Norway and Founder of the United States-Japan Foundation, and Mr. Minoru Makihara, Senior Corporate Advisor, Mitsubishi Corporation and past Chairman of the U.S.-Japan Conference on Cultural and Educational Interchange.