FROM OUR (NEW) LEADER The CJST warmly welcomes incoming President Scott Rutherford A FEW MONTHS prior to the 1998 Annual General Meeting, Rob Bracey let the Board know that he was ready to step down as CJST President. His shoes are tough to fill, but after three years on the Board as Membership Director, I decided to take on the Presidency of the CJST. As the new President of the Canada-Japan Society of Toronto, I would like to welcome all of our new members and thank all of our members for your continued support. With a mandate to provide opportunities to enhance understanding of Japan, Canada, and Canada-Japan relations, the CJST is manifested whenever our members gather at an event or are able to exchange information through such ways as our newsletters, directory or mailings. The Society is nothing more than our members and what you bring to the Society. The accumulation of knowledge, experience and achievement is tremendous. Our membership, which currently consists of 368 individual and 22 corporate members, covers a broader segment of the Japan-related community in Canada than any other organization. Students, academics, public officials and business people comprise the majority of our membership, with all events open to every one of our members. As an organization completely run by volunteers I believe that we offer the most diverse and candid perspective of the Canada-Japan relationship possible. As the Membership Director for the past three years, I am well aware of the direct correlation between the activities of the CJST and the membership of the CJST. I would like to see the quality of our events remain excellent, while at the same time, expand the core of volunteer event organizers to include more of our diverse membership. As you know, no CJST event takes place unless it is by CJST members, and no event should take place unless it is for CJST members. In particular, I would like to see more CJST events planned from a Japanese perspective. I personally welcome any interested volunteers to contact me directly to discuss future activities of the CJST. The CJST has been able to maintain its original mandate since 1981. I look forward to working to maintain the Society's excellent traditions during my term as President. Scott Rutherford While we welcome Scott, we would also like to take this opportunity to thank Rob Bracey for his years spent as President of the CJST. Rob's enthusiasm and try-anything attitude make it a blast to be part of the Board. Happily, Rob will remain on the Board as a Director.

Annual General Meeting - 08 April 1998 At the 1998 AGM, your fellow members elected the following people to represent you on the Board of Directors in 1998-99: President/Membership Director: Scott Rutherford Past President: Rob Bracey Directors: Robert Fulford Alan Middleton Rick Wolfe Robert Tran John Harris Michael Donnelly Ted Goossen Secretary/Event Co-ordinator: Margaret Buckworth Treasurer: Margaret Cornish-Kehoe Directory Co-ordinator: Ken Bole Website Co-ordinator: Bruce Thomson Ichimokukai Co-ordinator: Hiroko Yoshihashi Consulate Liasion: Masao Okajima Newsletter Director: Ann Parkin Event Co-ordinators: John LeBlanc Lorraine Manners Patrick Shea Fumiko Shiba If you have an idea for organizing an event, or would like to help out at events let us know. The CJST would like to acknowledge our Corporate Members: Aon Reed Stenhouse Inc. Baker & McKenzie Bank of Nova Scotia Canon Canada Incorporated Cassels, Brock and Blackwell City of Scarborough Deloitte & Touche Denso Manufacturing Canada, Incorporated Fasken Campbell Godfrey/Fasken Martineau Japan National Tourist Organization KPMG Peat Marwick Thorne M.E.D.T.T. (Ministry of Economic Development, Trade & Tourism) Marubeni Canada Limited McMillan Binch Mitsubishi Canada Limited Mitsui & Co (Canada) Limited NSK-RHP Canada Incorporated Panasonic Canada Incorporated Royal Bank of Canada Subaru Canada Incorporated York University Yusen Air & Sea Service (Canada) Limited

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