PAST JASH GALA HONOREES

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PAST JASH GALA HONOREES

 

  • 1993 - Ann Richards, Governor of Texas

  • 1994 - Eckhard Pfeiffer, President & CEO of Compaq Computer Corporation

  • 1996 - The Honorable Hisashi Owada, Japanese Ambassador to the U.S.

  • 1998 - President George H.W. Bush

  • 2003 - Toshiaki "Tag" Taguchi, President & CEO of Toyota Motor North America

  • 2005 - The Honorable Bill White, Mayor of Houston

  • 2006 - J. Thomas Schieffer, U.S. Ambassador to Japan

  • 2008 - Naoko Shirane, Senior Trade and Foreign Investment Representative of the Japan-Texas Office in Tokyo, Keiji Tagawa, Fashion Designer, Yoshio Taniguchi, Architect, and Naoko Yamazaki, JAXA Astronaut

  • 2010 - Dr. Toshiko Satake, Chairperson and CEO of Satake Corporation, and Jeffrey Smisek, Chairman, President & CEO of Continental Airlines

  • 2012 - Nancy Allen, Philanthropist, Cornelia Long, Philanthropist, and Shingo Ueno, Senior Vice President of Sumitomo Corporation of America and General Manager of Sumitomo Corporation's Tubular Products Group

  • 2013 - J. Thomas Schieffer, U.S. Ambassador to Japan, and Minoru Makihara, Senior Corporate Advisor of Mitsubishi Corporation

  • 2014 - A.R. Sanchez, Jr., Chairman and CEO of Sanchez Oil & Gas Corporation, and Congressman Joaquin Castro, Co-Chair of the First Bipartisan U.S.-Japan Congressional Caucus

  • 2015 - Edward M. Emmett, Harris County Judge, and Hideki Kunugi, Senior VP, The Americas, All Nippon Airways Co., Ltd.

  • 2016 - Ritsuko Komaki, M.D., Professor of Radiation Oncology of U.T. MD Anderson Cancer Center, and Hitachi, Ltd.

  • 2018 – The Honorable Kenichiro and his wife Nobuko Sasae, former Japanese Ambassador to the United States and Marc Watts, CEO of The Friedkin Group and Chair of the Greater Houston Partnership

  • 2019 – The Honorable Greg Abbott, Governor of Texas 2015-Present and Nobuhiko Sasaki, Japan External Trade Organization (JETRO)

  • 2020 – The Honorable Hideo Fukushima, former Consul-General of Japan in Houston 2017-2021 and Japan Business Association of Houston (JBAH)

  • 2021 – His Excellency Koji Tomita, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Japan to the United States of America and H-E-B Grocery Company, Houston

  • 2022 – The Honorable Sylvester Turner, Mayor, City of Houston and Masanori “Mashi” Murakami, the First Japanese MLB Player

  • 2023 – Bob Harvey, President and CEO of Greater Houston Partnership, and Candice Kumai, Wellness Writer and Chef