Over the decades, Mitsui USA's President's Office has responded when called upon and/or proactively has taken up leadership positions to serve the community.

Board Memberships

Mitsui USA President & CEO serves on the Boards, Councils and/or key Committees of prominent civic organizations to lend broad support to:

• Japanese Chamber of Commerce and Industry of New York, Inc.
• The Nippon Club
• Japanese Educational Institute of New York
• Japan Society
• Partnership for New York City
• Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts
• New York Philharmonic
• Asian Artists & Concerts
• Museum for African Art
• The Metropolitan Museum of Art
• International House
• The Weissman Center for International Business of Baruch College, CUNY

Recent Mitsui USA donations include support of:

• American Red Cross for Tennessee Tornado Relief Efforts in February 2008 (a cash donation of $30,000)
• Direct Relief International for California Wildfire Relief Efforts in November 2007 (a cash donation of $30,000)
• Disaster Relief Operations in Peru for the 15 August 2007 Earthquake (an immediate cash donation of $50,000)
• American Red Cross Disaster Relief Fund in August 2005 for Hurricane Katrina relief efforts on the U.S. Gulf Coast (an immediate cash donation of $50,000)
• 2005 Special Olympics World Winter Games, Nagano, Japan
  (sports competition for athletes with intellectual disabilities)
• 2005 Expo, Aichi, Japan
  (for a sustainable and harmonious coexistence of all life on Earth)
• American Red Cross International Response Fund for southern Asia from the 26 December
  2004 Tsunami disaster (an immediate cash donation of $100,000)
• Edison Preservation Foundation, New Jersey
  (restoration of Thomas Alva Edison's lab and home)
• 9-11 Relief, New York City and Washington, D.C.
  (an immediate cash donation of more than one million USD)

In recent years, Mitsui USA's President has increased the Company's
presence in the arts community, including support of:

• Kiku, The Art of the Japanese Chrysanthemum, fall 2007, at the The New York Botanical Garden
• Heisei Nakamura-za Kabuki performances at the 2007 and 2004 Lincoln Center Summer Festivals
• Modern Noh Plays at the 2005 Lincoln Center Summer Festival
• Amon Miyamoto's productions of "Pacific Overtures" in the 2004-2005 season at the Roundabout Theatre Company on Broadway and at the 2002 Lincoln Center Summer Festival
• Toshiko Akiyoshi Jazz Orchestra, featuring Lew Tabackin
• Pianist Takeshi Kakehashi
• Violinist Narimichi Kawabata
• Vocalist Yuzo Kayama