– Chairman, National Association of Japan-America Societies (NAJAS), September 2012-2017.
– Member, Board of Advisors, Brandeis International Business School, 1999-2012.
– Member, Council on Foreign Relations task force on Non-Communicable Diseases, 2014.
– Chairman, Council on Competitiveness Task Force on China, 2005-2007.
– Ranked by Chambers International as outstanding practitioner of international trade law and government relations, 2007, 2008.
– Special Recognition for accomplishments in negotiations, awarded by the U.S. auto parts and semiconductor industries, 1995-96.
– Nominated for Ambassadorial rank by President Clinton; unanimously confirmed by the Senate, 1995.
– Recipient, Edwin M. Keedy Prize for Outstanding Contribution to the Law Review, University of Pennsylvania Law School, 1972-73
– Recipient, National Science Foundation Special Career Fellowship in Political Science, University of California at Berkeley, 1969-70..
– Co-Recipient, Saul and Sarah Endowed Prize for the Outstanding Student of Politics, Brandeis University, 1968-69.