A founding partner of a women-managed global venture capital firm in Japan, Matsui is the third recipient of the award, which is bestowed biannually by the Paul I. and Hisako Terasaki Center for Japanese Studies.
Hosted by the Japanese American Cultural & Community Center.
Kersey said he hopes his first book encourages scholars from different disciplines to form new connections.
Ono, a Japanese-American broadcast journalist and documentary filmmaker, will receive the award and give a speech in honor of the celebrated Japanese American philanthropist later this spring.
International Institute senior Jasmine Mundo graduates this June with plans to study in Japan.
Winner of the $1 million Berggruen Prize for Philosophy & Culture, philosopher and literary critic Kojin Karatani was Terasaki Professor of U.S.-Japan Relations at UCLA in 2016–17.