Japanese optometrist Kanai receives U.N. refugee award

Japanese optometrist Kanai receives U.N. refugee award

GENEVA, Switzerland - Akio Kanai (L), president of Fuji Optical Co., receives the 2006 Nansen Refugee Award from U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees Antnio Guterres for his work in providing eyesight aid to refugees during a ceremony at UNHCR office in Geneva on Oct. 2.

Japanese optometrist receives U.N. award for helping refugees

Japanese optometrist receives U.N. award for helping refugees

SAPPORO, Japan - Akio Kanai, president of Fuji Optical Co., speaks at his company in Sapporo on July 4 after being named by the U.N. refugee agency the winner of the 2006 Nansen Refugee Award for his contribution to improving the eyesight of refugees.

UN grants Nansen Refugee Award to former German Chancellor Merkel

STORY: UN grants Nansen Refugee Award to former German Chancellor Merkel DATELINE: Oct. 6, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:58 LOCATION: GENEVA, Switzerland CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of displaced refugees (from UNHCR) 2. various of refugees settling in Germany (from UNHCR) 3. various of former German Chancellor Angela Merkel (from UNHCR) STORYLINE: The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) on Tuesday announced that former German Chancellor Angela Merkel will receive the 2022 UNHCR Nansen Refugee Award. The selection committee said it was recognizing Merkel's "leadership, courage and compassion in ensuring the protection of hundreds of thousands of desperate people" as well as her efforts to find "viable long-term solutions" for those seeking safety, according to a statement issued on Tuesday by the UN refugee agency. Under Merkel's leadership, Germany welcomed more than 1.2 million refugees and asylum seekers in 2015 and 2016 -- at the height of the conflict in Syria and amid deadly viole

Japanese optometrist receives U.N. award for helping refugees

Japanese optometrist receives U.N. award for helping refugees

SAPPORO, Japan - Akio Kanai, president of Fuji Optical Co., speaks at his company in Sapporo on July 4 after being named by the U.N. refugee agency the winner of the 2006 Nansen Refugee Award for his contribution to improving the eyesight of refugees. (Kyodo)

Japanese optometrist Kanai receives U.N. refugee award

Japanese optometrist Kanai receives U.N. refugee award

GENEVA, Switzerland - Akio Kanai (L), president of Fuji Optical Co., receives the 2006 Nansen Refugee Award from U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees Antnio Guterres for his work in providing eyesight aid to refugees during a ceremony at UNHCR office in Geneva on Oct. 2. (Kyodo)