Film about man who gave cherry trees to U.S.

Film about man who gave cherry trees to U.S.

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Actor Hatsunori Hasegawa (L) and director Toru Ichikawa speak to the audience at the screening of Ichikawa's film, ''TAKAMINE -- America ni sakura o sakaseta otoko (The man who made cherry blossoms bloom in America),'' in Kawasaki near Tokyo on Feb. 20, 2012. The film is about the life of Jokichi Takamine (1854-1922), a Japanese chemist and businessman who donated 6,000 cherry trees to Washington and New York in 1912. Hasegawa plays Takamine.

Film about man who gave cherry trees to U.S.

Film about man who gave cherry trees to U.S.

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Actor Hatsunori Hasegawa (L) and director Toru Ichikawa speak to the audience at the screening of Ichikawa's film, ''TAKAMINE -- America ni sakura o sakaseta otoko (The man who made cherry blossoms bloom in America),'' in Kawasaki near Tokyo on Feb. 20, 2012. The film is about the life of Jokichi Takamine (1854-1922), a Japanese chemist and businessman who donated 6,000 cherry trees to Washington and New York in 1912. Hasegawa plays Takamine. (Kyodo)

Exhibition on chemist Takamine to take place in Kanazawa

Exhibition on chemist Takamine to take place in Kanazawa

LOS ANGELES, United States - Jokichi Takamine III (R), 77, skims through documents at his home in suburban Los Angeles for an exhibition commemorating his grandfather, Japanese-born chemist Jokichi Takamine (1854-1922), to be held in Japan. To the left is Los Angeles-based Japanese journalist Nobuko Iinuma. The exhibition for the late Takamine, whose most notable achievement was the isolation of adrenaline, will take place Dec. 1-17 in Kanazawa, Ishikawa Prefecture.