From: Jim Brooke
To: Yale Club Members
Date: Sep. 2, 2003

Dear Yalies,

Welcome back from Summer and an exciting lineup of fall events for the Yale Club of Japan.
        
To catch up after summer vacations, we start the season off with socializing: a Yale winetasting and fusion cuisine event on Omotesando on Wed. Sept. 24.
Next comes Yoriko Kawaguchi-san, the Foreign Minister of Japan, addressing us on Oct.1

Finally, Michael Auslin, a Yale history professor, will speak on Oct. 15, analyzing the Foreign Minister's talk and speaking about how the pieces of the Northeast puzzle have fit together  and have not fit together  in past decades.

FALL MENU STARTER:

Come taste a rich sampling of Hotei Wine's selections from California, Fujimama's delicious fusion cuisine, and the more delicious company of fellow Yale Club members
 
Wednesday, September 24, 7:15pm pouring and hors d'ouvres
 7:45 dinner and more pouring
Finish 9:15pm

Bill and Melanie Campbell started Hotei Wines as a personal passion, leaving behind financial careers for more liquid assets.  For background, see
www.hoteiwines.com.

Mark Vann and Lisa Smith brought a similar passion to an old tatami factory in Omotesando.  See www.fujimamas.com for information and map. Fujimama's is two tiny blocks from Meiji Dori along Omotesando Dori, walking toward route 246 from Harajuku.  Turn right after the Lacoste store.  6-3-2 Jingumae, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo 150-0001, tel. (03) 5485-2262.

Cost Y6000 per person.  RSVP by e-mail to Howe@geomatrix-investment.com. If you must cancel for any reason, please let us know by 7pm the 23rd (090-4521-1434), or reimburse Yale Club Y6000.
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The Events Committee will meet at 6:45 to discuss Club events for this
autumn and confirm the quality of the wines before general membership risk
their palates.  Help us with ideas and wine.  Join the Events Committee!

        FALL MENU MAIN COURSE  Wed. Oct. 1
        
        Ms Yoriko Kawaguchi, Foreign Minister of Japan and Yale alumnus, will address Yale Club members at a dinner Wed. October 1, 2003 at the Foreign Correspondents Club of Japan. The lead organizer for this event is Mr. Kotaro Tamura, LDP Senator. Tamura-san and Kawaguchi-san are the chairs of a new committee devoted to promoting policy debate, the Yale Policy Group. This will be the kickoff event for the Policy Group. I talked briefly to the Foreign Minister last week, and she confirmed that she is on!
        We have reserved a room for 85. Please email as soon as possible your acceptances and number of attendees to the Yale Club email -- "yaleclubjapan@hotmail.com". We have yet to set a price, but it will be in line with past dinners. No shows will be charged double. Chigusa Hara is doing the hands on organizing, and would very much appreciate volunteer assistance: Chigusa.Hara@morganstanley.com.
        
        FALL MENU       DESSERT  Tuesday Oct. 14

        Michael R. Auslin, Yale's Assistant Professor of History, a Japan and Northeast Asia specialist, will  help us understand the history behind the challenges Japan faces today in relations with China, Korea and Russia. Addressing our area, where peace treaties and free trade pacts seem to be in short supply, Prof. Auslin will talk on:"Searching for Order: The History and Prospects for Northeast Asian Security."
        The dinner talk will be the FCCJ  drinks at 6, dinner at 7  and plenty of time for questions and commentary afterwards!
        
        Further down the road, I just extended an open invitation to Ryozo Kato, Japan's Ambassador to Japan, to address us when he next comes through Tokyo. During his nearly two years in Washington, Amb. Kato, a Yale Law School graduate, has worked to build ties between Japan and Yale, visiting New Haven on several occasions.
        
See you at the winetasting at Fujimamas on Wed. Sept. 24!
        
        Jim Brooke
        President of the Yale Club of Japan