Board members

Chair – Malcolm Macrae

Vice-Chair – Leslie Manson

Treasurer – James Temple

Secretary and Programme Director – Ruta Noreika

Megumi Barrington Uenoyama

Peter Kornicki

Naoko Mabon

Jeremy Nelson

Membership secretary

Gill Manson

Patrons

Consul General Katsutoshi Takeda, Consulate General of Japan in Edinburgh

Convener Graham Bevan, Orkney Islands Council

Liam McArthur MSP

Harvey Johnston

Our purposes are to:

• Promote and strengthen links between Orkney and Japan
• Engage in and promote Japanese educational, cultural and sporting activities and exchanges that benefit the Orkney community, especially its young people
• Act as a resource for information about Japan for the Orkney community and to offer support to those who wish to learn about Japan or travel there