Japan Day Inc
Japan Day's mission is to build bridges of cultural understanding between the people of japan and the us; to show the local japanese community's appreciation toward their home city, New York, and to facilitate a stronger connection among local japanese communities.
Japan Day Inc at a glance
In short: Japan Day Inc reported $3K in grants paid in 2025 (a total; its filing lists no individual grants). Source: 2025 IRS Form 990.
- Grants paid (2025)
- $3,484 — reported as a total on the IRS filing, without an itemized list
- -52.3% vs 2024
- Total assets
- $680,871
- +9.0% vs 2024
- Revenue (2025)
- $1,692,734
- +10.7% vs 2024
- Net investment income (2025)
- $8,518
- Expenses (2025)
- $1,649,504
- +15.6% vs 2024
- Latest 990 filing
- Form 990, 2025 View filing
Data from IRS Form 990, 2025; updated October 2026.
Who Japan Day Inc funds
How this funder distributes its grants
Grant Size Distribution
1 grant across all recorded years
The most common grant size was under $50K: 1 grant of 1 (100%).
Geographic Focus
Where this funder awards grants
Grant Distribution by State
States
Cities
How Japan Day Inc gives
- Giving grew 42% from 2019 to 2022. Method
From the foundation's IRS Form 990 filings. Methodology.
Giving History
Giving Over Time
Total grant dollars and number of grants per year
From 2019 to 2025, annual grant giving ranged from $3K (2021) to $8K (2022). In 2025 it reported $3K in grants paid, as a total without an itemized list.
Hatched bars: grants paid as reported on the IRS filing, which lists no individual grants for that year.
Grants by year
Grant recipients and amounts by year
| Recipient | Purpose | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Ukranian National Womens League of America Inc New York, NY | General Support for Victims of the War | $8,071 |
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Financial History
Multi-year comparison from IRS filings
| Filing year | Total Assets | Revenue | Expenses | Grants paid | Grants | Net Investment Income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $680,871 | $1,692,734 | $1,649,504 | $3,484 | Total only | $8,518 |
| 2024 | $624,921 | $1,528,643 | $1,426,752 | $7,300 | Total only | — |
| 2023 | $534,730 | $1,388,157 | $1,360,597 | $5,000 | Total only | — |
| 2022 | $568,530 | $1,367,272 | $1,303,169 | $8,071 | 1 | — |
| 2021 | $516,135 | $315,618 | $509,159 | $3,239 | Total only | — |
| 2020 | $737,729 | $812,070 | $516,268 | — | — | — |
| 2019 | $288,927 | $1,051,278 | $892,471 | $5,697 | 1 | — |
"Total only": grants paid as reported on the IRS filing, which lists no individual grants for that year.
About Japan Day Inc
Based on IRS filings
Japan Day Inc is a public charity focused on Recreation & Sports, based in New York, NY. IRS filing data is available from 2019 through 2025. As of 2025, the organization holds $681K in total assets. In 2025, it reported $3K in grants paid as a total on its IRS filing, without an itemized list. Net investment income was $9K.
Focus Areas
Leadership & Key People
Officers and directors from IRS filings
Japan Day Inc is led by Shinichi Okamoto, Chairmn & President since 2025 (on filings since 2024); none of the 27 officers listed in 2025 report compensation.
Officers on the 2025 filing
Shinichi Okamoto
Chairmn & President
Vice Chairman & Director → Chairmn & President, 2025
On filings since 2024
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Katsuyoshi Aota
Director
On filings since 2019
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Masaaki Maeda
Director
On filings since 2020
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Atsushi Ueda
Director
Chairman, President & Director → Vice Chairman & Director, 2023
Vice Chairman & Director → Director, 2024
On filings since 2021
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Shuji Matsuura
Director
On filings since 2021
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Daisuke Ugaeri
Director
Chairman & President → Vice Chairman & Director, 2024
Vice Chairman & Director → Director, 2025
On filings since 2022
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Hirokazu Shinya
Director
On filings since 2022
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Hiroyasu Minagi
Director
On filings since 2022
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Shuho Bon Yagi
Director
On filings since 2022
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Tadao Yoshida
Director
On filings since 2022
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Masatoshi Komoriya
Director
On filings since 2023
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Satoshi Kawamura
Director
On filings since 2023
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Tetsuo Kawate
Director
On filings since 2023
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Naoshi Hirose
Director
On filings since 2024
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Narihide Tomita
Director
On filings since 2024
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Nobuhiro Terao
Director
On filings since 2024
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Daisuke Suzuki
Director
New on the 2025 filing
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Hironori Shimojima
Director
New on the 2025 filing
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Kotaro Tameda
Director
New on the 2025 filing
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Naohiko Yoshikawa
Director
New on the 2025 filing
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Toru Matsui
Director
New on the 2025 filing
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Kumiko Yoshii
Vice President
On filings since 2019
8 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Satoru Murase
Secretary
On filings since 2019
2.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Koichi Yamaguchi
Vice Chairman
Vice Chairman & Director → Chairman, President & Director, 2024
Chairman, President & Director → Vice Chairman, 2025
On filings since 2023
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Satoshi Oishi
Vice Chairman
Director → Vice Chairman, 2025
On filings since 2023
1 hr/week
No compensation reported
Mikio Mori
Honorary Cha
Honorary Chairman → Honorary Cha, 2025
On filings since 2024
0.5 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Hiroshi Hirayama
Vice President
New on the 2025 filing
3 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Former officers (47)
- Former: Sayu Ueno (2020–2024) — Director
- Former: Tomonori Wada (2022–2024) — Director
- Former: Toshio Nomura (2022–2024) — Director
- Former: Tatsuya Hirano (2023–2024) — Director
- Former: Katsuyuki Kubo (2024) — Director
- Former: Norito Okada (2024) — Vice President & Treasurer
- Former: Osamu Inaba (2020–2023) — Director
- Former: Hideya Takeda (2022–2023) — Director
- Former: Kosuke Takechi (2022–2023) — Director
- Former: Natsuhiro Samejima (2022–2023) — Director
- Former: Momoko Oka (2023) — Vice President
- Former: Norimasa Kamiya (2023) — Director
- Former: Yoshitaka Saito (2023) — Vice President & Treasurer
- Former: Masaki Nakajima (2019–2022) — Director
- Former: Hidenori Takaoka (2020–2022) — Director
- Former: Kunio Watanabe (2020–2022) — Director
- Former: Ryoichi Shinke (2021–2022) — Director
- Former: Hiromi Nagy (2022) — Vice President
- Former: Masatoshi Nobuhara (2022) — Director
- Former: Tadayoshi Yamaguchi (2022) — Director
- Former: Takehisa Chiba (2022) — Director
- Former: Tasuku Kurita (2022) — Vice President
- Former: Tatsuo Morishige (2022) — Vice President & Treasurer
- Former: Frank Fujii (2019–2021) — Director
- Former: Jun Horie (2019–2021) — Director & Chairman
- Former: Kazuo Koshi (2019–2021) — Director
- Former: Kio Lehrhoff (2019–2021) — Vice President
- Former: Kiyoshi Wada (2019–2021) — Director
- Former: Koji Takaichi (2019–2021) — Director
- Former: Kurao Onouchi (2019–2021) — Director
- Former: Masahide Enoki (2019–2021) — Director
- Former: Mitsuru Chino (2019–2021) — Director
- Former: Shigeru Hattori (2019–2021) — Director
- Former: Taku Nakamoto (2020–2021) — Vice President & Treasurer
- Former: Tsuruo Mochizuki (2020–2021) — Director
- Former: Yuichi Nishimura (2021) — Director
- Former: Masaya Noda (2019–2020) — Director
- Former: Renta Hattori (2019–2020) — Vice President
- Former: Shuji Yabe (2019–2020) — Director
- Former: Teiji Teramoto (2019–2020) — Director
- Former: Hidemoto Mizuhara (2019) — Director
- Former: Hideto Matsuoka (2019) — Director
- Former: Katsurao Yoshimori (2019) — Director
- Former: Kazuhiro Uemura (2019) — Director
- Former: Motohiro Satoh (2019) — Director
- Former: Takayuki Hayashi (2019) — Vice President & Treasurer
- Former: Tsutomu Takemura (2019) — Director & Vice Chairman
Data from IRS Form 990 filings, 2019–2025. "On filings since" is the earliest filing we hold that lists the person; hours are average hours per week as reported.
Frequently asked questions about Japan Day Inc
How much does Japan Day Inc give each year?
Japan Day Inc reported $3K in grants paid in 2025 on its 2025 IRS Form 990, as a total without an itemized list of grants. In 2024 it reported $7K in grants paid.
How large is Japan Day Inc?
Japan Day Inc reported $681K in total assets on its 2025 IRS Form 990. Its revenue that year was $1.7M.
What is Japan Day Inc?
Japan Day Inc is a public charity focused on Recreation & Sports, based in New York, NY. It holds $681K in total assets as of 2025.
Where does Japan Day Inc operate?
Japan Day Inc has awarded grants in New York.
What is Japan Day Inc's EIN?
Japan Day Inc's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 20-5864522. IRS Form 990 filing data is available on this page for 2019–2025.
Data last updated October 2026. Sourced from IRS Form 990 filings.
Data update history
(7)
When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2022 (received by the IRS July 14, 2023)
- Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2019 (received by the IRS July 7, 2020)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2021 (received by the IRS July 13, 2022)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2023 (received by the IRS March 25, 2024)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2024 (received by the IRS June 30, 2025)
- Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2025 (received by the IRS July 13, 2026)
- IRS filings on file for fiscal years 2020–2024
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