International Leprosy Summit: “Overcoming the Remaining Challenges”

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I would like to first of all express my deep appreciation to everyone at the Ministry of Public Heal...

UK-Japan Global Seminar 2013 “Fostering Strategic Partnerships”

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I am delighted that The Nippon Foundation is co-organizing this UK-Japan Global Seminar with Chatham...

“Careerism is a leprosy”: Pope’s comment dismays WHO Goodwill Ambassador for Leprosy Elimination Yohei Sasakawa

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WHO Goodwill Ambassador for Leprosy Elimination Yohei Sasakawa has written to Pope Francis over the ...

5th West Africa North Asia Forum: “The Uprooted”

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Your Royal Highness Prince El Hassan bin Talal, distinguished guests, ladies and gentlemen: It is a ...

5th Tokyo International Conference on African Development

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Thank you for this opportunity to participate in this dialogue and to share my views as a representa...

WHO Sasakawa Health Prize Award Ceremony

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In 1984, the Sasakawa Health Prize was established in response to the WHO’s Health for All ini...

United Nations Sasakawa Award for Disaster Risk Reduction

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Thank you, Mister Lo, for your very kind introduction.Ladies and gentlemen, good evening. I would li...

20th Anniversary of Ryoichi Sasakawa Young Leaders Fellowship Fund Program at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens

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It is a great honor to be here today to celebrate with you this 20th anniversary of the establishmen...

International Coordinating Committee of National Institutions for the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights

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From ancient times, leprosy has been feared as a fatal disease. The history of leprosy has been one ...

65 Tons of Rice Provided as Emergency Relief to Meiktila in Central Myanmar Where Muslims and Buddhists Have Clashed

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As a result of clashes between Buddhists and Muslims in Meiktila, approximately 13,000 people have b...

Clarification on Media Reports About the Nippon Foundation’s Humanitarian Aid to Myanmar

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Recently, there have been media reports stating that, A. the Nippon Foundation has provided US$300 m...

Yohei Sasakawa Named Japan’s Special Envoy for National Reconciliation in Myanmar

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Yohei Sasakawa, the chairman of the Nippon Foundation, has been appointed Japan’s special repr...

3rd International Conference on Sign Linguistics and Deaf Education in Asia

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Provost Professor Benjamin Wah, Professor Gladys Tang, Professor Woodword, distinguished guests, lad...

Honorary Degree Ceremony at York University

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Vice Chancellor Professor Brian Cantor, Professor Sultan Barakat, ladies and gentlemen, it is a priv...

Lawyers Fight to End Discrimination

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The Chairman of the Nippon Foundation, Yohei Sasakawa, has called for the abolition of laws that dis...

Global Appeal 2013 Launch Ceremony ~To End Stigma and Discrimination against People Affected by Leprosy~

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It is an honor to launch the 8th Global Appeal in London together with representatives from the Unit...

The International Bar Association and the Nippon Foundation have formed an alliance to combat the stigma and discrimination against leprosy-affected people

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The International Bar Association (IBA) and the Nippon Foundation, Japan’s largest private phi...

16th Forum 2000: “Media and Democracy”

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President Havel, in the winter of 1995 you visited Hiroshima to discuss how to achieve a “futu...

2nd International Symposium on Leprosy and Human Rights

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Ladies and Gentlemen. It is a pleasure to welcome representatives from governments, the United Natio...

8th Heads of Asian Coast Guard Agencies Meeting

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Shri A. K. Antony, Defense Minister of India, Admiral D.K Joshi, The Chief of Navy Naval Staff of In...