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Japanese emperor, empress meet prize recipients

Japanese Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako meet recipients of the Hideyo Noguchi Africa Prize in Tokyo on Aug. 22, 2025.

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Japanese emperor, empress meet prize recipients

Japanese Emperor Naruhito (L) and Empress Masako meet recipients of the Hideyo Noguchi Africa Prize in Tokyo on Aug. 22, 2025.

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Japanese emperor, empress meet prize recipients

Japanese Emperor Naruhito (L) and Empress Masako meet recipients of the Hideyo Noguchi Africa Prize in Tokyo on Aug. 22, 2025.

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Japanese emperor, empress meet prize recipients

Japanese Emperor Naruhito (L) and Empress Masako attend a gathering with recipients of the Hideyo Noguchi Africa Prize in Tokyo on Aug. 22, 2025.

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Japanese emperor, empress meet prize recipients

Japanese Emperor Naruhito (L) and Empress Masako attend a gathering with recipients of the Hideyo Noguchi Africa Prize in Tokyo on Aug. 22, 2025.

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Hideyo Noguchi Africa Prize award ceremony

Abdoulaye Djimde of Mali, a recipient of the fifth Hideyo Noguchi Africa Prize, speaks at an award ceremony in Tokyo on Aug. 22, 2025. The prize is named after Japanese biologist Hideyo Noguchi, who died in Ghana in 1928 while carrying out research on yellow fever. (Pool photo)

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Hideyo Noguchi Africa Prize award ceremony

Japanese Emperor Naruhito (back, R) and Empress Masako are greeted by Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba (front, L) upon arriving at the venue of a ceremony in honor of the fifth Hideyo Noguchi Africa Prize laureates in Tokyo on Aug. 22, 2025. The prize is named after Japanese biologist Hideyo Noguchi, who died in Ghana in 1928 while carrying out research on yellow fever.

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Hideyo Noguchi Africa Prize award ceremony

Abdoulaye Djimde (L) of Mali, a recipient of the fifth Hideyo Noguchi Africa Prize, is congratulated by Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba at an award ceremony in Tokyo on Aug. 22, 2025. The prize is named after Japanese biologist Hideyo Noguchi, who died in Ghana in 1928 while carrying out research on yellow fever. (Pool photo)

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Hideyo Noguchi Africa Prize award ceremony

Japanese Emperor Naruhito (front, R, facing camera) and Empress Masako are pictured after attending a ceremony in honor of the fifth Hideyo Noguchi Africa Prize laureates in Tokyo on Aug. 22, 2025. The prize is named after Japanese biologist Hideyo Noguchi, who died in Ghana in 1928 while carrying out research on yellow fever. (Pool photo)

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Hideyo Noguchi Africa Prize award ceremony

Japanese Emperor Naruhito (2nd from L) and Empress Masako (3rd from L) arrive at the venue of a ceremony in honor of the fifth Hideyo Noguchi Africa Prize laureates in Tokyo on Aug. 22, 2025. The prize is named after Japanese biologist Hideyo Noguchi, who died in Ghana in 1928 while carrying out research on yellow fever.

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Hideyo Noguchi Africa Prize award ceremony

Japanese Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako attend a ceremony in honor of the fifth Hideyo Noguchi Africa Prize laureates in Tokyo on Aug. 22, 2025. The prize is named after Japanese biologist Hideyo Noguchi, who died in Ghana in 1928 while carrying out research on yellow fever. (Pool photo)

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Hideyo Noguchi Africa Prize award ceremony

Japanese Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako attend a ceremony in honor of the fifth Hideyo Noguchi Africa Prize laureates in Tokyo on Aug. 22, 2025. The prize is named after Japanese biologist Hideyo Noguchi, who died in Ghana in 1928 while carrying out research on yellow fever. (Pool photo)

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Hideyo Noguchi Africa Prize award ceremony

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba speaks at a ceremony in honor of the fifth Hideyo Noguchi Africa Prize laureates in Tokyo on Aug. 22, 2025. The prize is named after Japanese biologist Hideyo Noguchi, who died in Ghana in 1928 while carrying out research on yellow fever. (Pool photo)

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Japan PM Kishida in Ghana

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida (C) poses for a photo in front of a relief of prominent Japanese bacteriologist Hideyo Noguchi at the Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research in Accra, Ghana, on May 1, 2023. Noguchi died of yellow fever while conducting research on the viral disease in Accra in 1928.

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Japan PM Kishida in Ghana

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida (C) poses for a photo in front of a relief of prominent Japanese bacteriologist Hideyo Noguchi at the Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research in Accra, Ghana, on May 1, 2023. Noguchi died of yellow fever while conducting research on the viral disease in Accra in 1928.

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Ceremony to honor Hideyo Noguchi held in NY

NEW YORK, United States - A ceremony to honor the life of Japanese bacteriologist Hideyo Noguchi is held on May 21, 2014, the anniversary of his death, at the Woodlawn Cemetery in the Bronx, New York, with the attendance of Yoshio Kano (far L), executive secretary of the recently established Hideyo Noguchi Memorial Society, and Sumio Kusaka (2nd from R), consul general of Japan in New York.

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Japan's Africa medical award

TOKYO, Japan - Peter Piot, a medical doctor from Belgium, receives the Japanese government's Hideyo Noguchi Africa award during a ceremony at a hotel in Yokohama, near Tokyo, on June 1, 2013. Piot co-discovered the Ebola virus while leading a worldwide response action against AIDS. (Pool photo)

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Japan's Africa medical award

TOKYO, Japan - Alex Godwin Coutinho, a medical doctor from Uganda, receives the Japanese government's Hideyo Noguchi Africa award during a ceremony at a hotel in Yokohama, near Tokyo, on June 1, 2013. Coutinho was recognized for his pioneering work in treating AIDS patients and preventing the spread of HIV. (Pool photo)

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Photographer Hori's works disclosed to media

MATSUE, Japan - Photographs taken by Japanese photographer Ichiro Hori (1879-1969), including portraits of Japanese Adm. Heihachiro Togo (L front) and Japanese bacteriologist Hideyo Noguchi's wife Mary (2nd from L, front), are disclosed to the media at Matsue History Museum in Matsue, Shimane Prefecture, western Japan, on Jan. 24, 2012. The photos, kept at the home of Kosaku Sano, Hori's nephew, in Kawaguchi, Saitama Prefecture, are scheduled to be exhibited at the museum from March 20, 2012.

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Japanese Crown Prince Naruhito in Ghanaian

ACCRA, GHANA - Japanese Crown Prince Naruhito (R) visits a laboratory used by Dr. Hideyo Noguchi at Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital in Accra, Ghana, on March 8, 2010. The Japanese bacteriologist died in Ghana in 1928 of yellow fever while conducting research into the disease.

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Japanese Crown Prince Naruhito in Ghanaian

ACCRA, GHANA - Japanese Crown Prince Naruhito (L) looks at a statue of Dr. Hideyo Noguchi at Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital in Accra, Ghana, where the Japanese bacteriologist died in 1928 of yellow fever while conducting research into the disease, on March 8, 2010. The Japanese crown prince is on a three-day official visit to Ghana.

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Hideyo Noguchi Africa Prize banquet

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Emperor Akihito (C) delivers an address at a banquet held at a Yokohama hotel on May 28 in honor of the first Hideyo Noguchi Africa Prize laureates, Prof. Miriam K. Were of Kenya and Dr. Brian Greenwood of Britain. The prize, awarded to the two recipients earlier in the day, is named after Japanese biologist Hideyo Noguchi, who died in Ghana in 1928 while carrying out research on yellow fever. (Pool photo)

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Hideyo Noguchi African Prize awarded to Were, Greenwood

YOKOHAMA, Japan - The first Hideyo Noguchi Africa Prize laureates -- Prof. Miriam K. Were of Kenya (L) and Dr. Brian Greenwood of Britain -- pose for photos at a hotel in Yokoyama on May 28. The prize, which was established in July 2006, is named after Japanese biologist Hideyo Noguchi, who died in Ghana in 1928 while carrying out research on yellow fever. (Pool photo)

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Noguchi award winner continuing fight against disease in Africa

TOKYO, Japan - Miriam Were, a Kenyan medical worker and recipient of the inaugural Hideyo Noguchi Africa Award, discusses her work in an interview with Kyodo News in Nairobi on May 10.

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More funds needed for African medical award

TOKYO, Japan - A collage of then Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi during his visit in May 2006 to the late Japanese biologist Hideyo Noguchi's laboratory at the University of Ghana Hospital and Noguchi's bronze statue.

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Japan unveils award to honor medical researchers working for Africa

TOKYO, Japan - Alpha Oumar Konare (L), chairman of the African Union Commission, and Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi pose for photos prior to their talks in Tokyo on July 25. Koizumi later announced the establishment of an award named after Japanese scientist Hideyo Noguchi to honor medical researchers and personnel working for Africa. (Pool photo)

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Japan to honor medical researchers working for Africa

ACCRA, Ghana - Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi (L) and Ghanaian President John Kufuor are in talks in Accra on May 2. Koizumi said after the talks that Japan plans to create an award named after scientist Hideyo Noguchi to honor medical researchers and personnel working for Africa.

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Japan to honor medical researchers working for Africa

ACCRA, Ghana - Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi speaks at a press conference following his meeting with Ghanaian President John Kufuor in Accra on May 2. He said that Japan plans to create an award named after scientist Hideyo Noguchi to honor medical researchers and personnel working for Africa.

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Koizumi visits laboratory of Japanese scientist Noguchi in Ghana

ACCRA, Ghana - Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi waves to people during his visit to the laboratory of Hideyo Noguchi, the Japanese scientist who died in Ghana in 1928 while conducting research on yellow fever. The laboratory in Accra is currently used as a lecture room for the medical school at the University of Ghana.

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Koizumi visits laboratory of Japanese scientist Noguchi in Ghana

ACCRA, Ghana - Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi poses for photos with people during his visit to the laboratory of Hideyo Noguchi, the Japanese scientist who died in Ghana in 1928 while conducting research on yellow fever. The laboratory in Accra is currently used as a lecture room for the medical school at the University of Ghana.

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New notes to be issued in Nov.

TOKYO, Japan - The Japanese Finance Ministry plans to issue three kinds of new notes in November using forgery prevention technology. The 10,000 yen note (top) features Yukichi Fukuzawa (1835-1901), educator, writer and propagator of Western knowledge in the Meiji period (1868-1912), the 5,000 yen note (middle) Ichiyo Higuchi (1872-1896), female writer of the Meiji period, and the 1,000 yen note (below) Hideyo Noguchi (1876-1928), bacteriologist.

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Printing of new 1,000 yen bills begins

TOKYO, Japan - Printing of redesigned 1,000 yen bills (photo), whose front features Japanese microbiologist Hideyo Noguchi (1876-1928), known for his research on yellow fever in Africa, starts on Oct. 24. The new 1,000 yen note, which carries a picture of Mt. Fuji and cherry blossoms on the back, will go into circulation in July 2004.

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Ghana president visits Hideyo Noguchi museum

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Ghanaian President John Agyekum Kufuor (R) visits the Hideyo Noguchi museum in Inawashiro in Fukushima Prefecture on Oct. 23. Noguchi died in Ghana in 1928 while conducting research on yellow fever.

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Japan to issue 3 new bank notes in FY 2004

TOKYO, Japan - The Japanese government will introduce in fiscal 2004 new 10,000 yen, 5,000 yen and 1,000 yen bills with sophisticated anticounterfeit features, replacing the current notes which are almost 18 years old. The new 5,000 yen bill will carry the portrait of Ichiyo Higuchi (1872-1896), a Meiji-era novelist and poet, while the new 1,000 yen bill will feature Japanese microbiologist Hideyo Noguchi (1876-1928). Yukichi Fukuzawa, a Meiji-era educator who founded Keio University, will remain on the new 10,000 yen bill.

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Hideyo Noguchi Memorial Infectious Disease Museum

An invited visitor looks at exhibits at the Hideyo Noguchi Memorial Infectious Disease Museum in the Fukushima Prefecture town of Inawashiro, northeastern Japan, on July 1, 2022.

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Hideyo Noguchi Memorial Infectious Disease Museum

Invited visitors look at exhibits at the Hideyo Noguchi Memorial Infectious Disease Museum in the Fukushima Prefecture town of Inawashiro, northeastern Japan, on July 1, 2022.

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Koizumi visits laboratory of Japanese scientist Noguchi in Ghana

ACCRA, Ghana - Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi waves to people during his visit to the laboratory of Hideyo Noguchi, the Japanese scientist who died in Ghana in 1928 while conducting research on yellow fever. The laboratory in Accra is currently used as a lecture room for the medical school at the University of Ghana. (Kyodo)

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Japan to honor medical researchers working for Africa

ACCRA, Ghana - Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi (L) and Ghanaian President John Kufuor are in talks in Accra on May 2. Koizumi said after the talks that Japan plans to create an award named after scientist Hideyo Noguchi to honor medical researchers and personnel working for Africa. (Kyodo)

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Koizumi visits laboratory of Japanese scientist Noguchi in Ghana

ACCRA, Ghana - Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi poses for photos with people during his visit to the laboratory of Hideyo Noguchi, the Japanese scientist who died in Ghana in 1928 while conducting research on yellow fever. The laboratory in Accra is currently used as a lecture room for the medical school at the University of Ghana. (Kyodo)

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Koizumi visits laboratory of Japanese scientist Noguchi in Ghana

ACCRA, Ghana - Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro places flowers at a bronze statue of Hideyo Noguchi in a garden near a laboratory dedicated to the Japanese scientist that is currently used as a lecture room for the medical school at the University of Ghana on May 2. Noguchi died in Ghana in 1928 while conducting research on yellow fever. (Pool photo) (Kyodo)

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Japan to honor medical researchers working for Africa

ACCRA, Ghana - Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi speaks at a press conference following his meeting with Ghanaian President John Kufuor in Accra on May 2. He said that Japan plans to create an award named after scientist Hideyo Noguchi to honor medical researchers and personnel working for Africa. (Kyodo)

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Japan unveils award to honor medical researchers working for Afr

TOKYO, Japan - Alpha Oumar Konare (L), chairman of the African Union Commission, and Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi pose for photos prior to their talks in Tokyo on July 25. Koizumi later announced the establishment of an award named after Japanese scientist Hideyo Noguchi to honor medical researchers and personnel working for Africa. (Pool photo) (Kyodo)

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Hideyo Noguchi Africa Prize banquet

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Emperor Akihito (C) delivers an address at a banquet held at a Yokohama hotel on May 28 in honor of the first Hideyo Noguchi Africa Prize laureates, Prof. Miriam K. Were of Kenya and Dr. Brian Greenwood of Britain. The prize, awarded to the two recipients earlier in the day, is named after Japanese biologist Hideyo Noguchi, who died in Ghana in 1928 while carrying out research on yellow fever. (Pool photo) (Kyodo)

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Hideyo Noguchi African Prize awarded to Were, Greenwood

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Prof. Miriam K. Were of Kenya (3rd from L) is awarded the first Hideyo Noguchi African Prize by Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda during an award ceremony at a hotel in Yokohama on May 28, with Japanese Emperor Akihito (2nd from R) and Empress Michiko (R) in attendance. The prize was also awarded to Dr. Brian Greenwood of Britain. (Pool photo)(Kyodo)

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Hideyo Noguchi African Prize awarded to Were, Greenwood

YOKOHAMA, Japan - The first Hideyo Noguchi Africa Prize laureates -- Prof. Miriam K. Were of Kenya (L) and Dr. Brian Greenwood of Britain -- pose for photos at a hotel in Yokoyama on May 28. The prize, which was established in July 2006, is named after Japanese biologist Hideyo Noguchi, who died in Ghana in 1928 while carrying out research on yellow fever. (Pool photo)(Kyodo)

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Noguchi award winner continuing fight against disease in Africa

TOKYO, Japan - Miriam Were, a Kenyan medical worker and recipient of the inaugural Hideyo Noguchi Africa Award, discusses her work in an interview with Kyodo News in Nairobi on May 10. (Kyodo)

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Japanese Crown Prince Naruhito in Ghanaian

ACCRA, GHANA - Japanese Crown Prince Naruhito (R) visits a laboratory used by Dr. Hideyo Noguchi at Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital in Accra, Ghana, on March 8, 2010. The Japanese bacteriologist died in Ghana in 1928 of yellow fever while conducting research into the disease. (Kyodo)

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Japanese Crown Prince Naruhito in Ghanaian

ACCRA, GHANA - Japanese Crown Prince Naruhito (L) looks at a statue of Dr. Hideyo Noguchi at Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital in Accra, Ghana, where the Japanese bacteriologist died in 1928 of yellow fever while conducting research into the disease, on March 8, 2010. The Japanese crown prince is on a three-day official visit to Ghana. (Kyodo)

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Photographer Hori's works disclosed to media

MATSUE, Japan - Photographs taken by Japanese photographer Ichiro Hori (1879-1969), including portraits of Japanese Adm. Heihachiro Togo (L front) and Japanese bacteriologist Hideyo Noguchi's wife Mary (2nd from L, front), are disclosed to the media at Matsue History Museum in Matsue, Shimane Prefecture, western Japan, on Jan. 24, 2012. The photos, kept at the home of Kosaku Sano, Hori's nephew, in Kawaguchi, Saitama Prefecture, are scheduled to be exhibited at the museum from March 20, 2012. (Kyodo)

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Ghana president visits Hideyo Noguchi museum

Ghanaian President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo speaks to reporters during his visit to the Hideyo Noguchi Memorial Museum in Inawashiro, Fukushima Prefecture, on Dec. 13, 2018. The prominent Japanese bacteriologist died of yellow fever in the British colony of Gold Coast, now Ghana, in 1928 while conducting research on the disease. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo