Sasakawa Prize

	Sasakawa Prize Sasakawa (written: 笹川 lit. "Sasa river") is a Japanese surname. Notable people with the surname include: , Japanese bacteriologist Hiroyoshi Sasakawa Hiroyoshi Sasakawa (born 29 August 1966) is a Japanese politician and businessman. He is the member of the House of Representatives House of Representatives is the name of legislative bodies in many countries and sub-national entitles. In ... (born 1966), Japanese politician and businessman , Japanese businessman and politician , Japanese activist {{surname Japanese-language surnames ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Sasa (plant) ''Sasa'' (Japanese: or ), also called broad-leaf bamboo, is a genus of running bamboo. These species have at most one branch per node. Selected species * ''Sasa borealis'' (Hack.) Makino & Shibata – northern bamboo, Jirisan bamboo * ''Sasa kagamiana'' * ''Sasa kurilensis'' (Rupr.) Makino & Shibata – chishimazasa, Kuril bamboo, Korean bamboo * '' Sasa nagimontana'' – muroi * ''Sasa nipponica'' (Makino) Makino & Shibata * '' Sasa oshidensis'' * ''Sasa palmata'' (Burb.) E.G.Camus – broad-leaf bamboo * '' Sasa senanensis'' * '' Sasa tsuboiana'' * '' Sasa veitchii'' – kumazasa Fossil record Fossil leaves of †''Sasa kodorica'' are described from the Pliocene of Kodori Valley in Abkazia.Acta Palaeobotanica – Supplementum No. 3 – New Fossil Floras from Neogene Deposits in the Belchatow Lignite Mine by Grzegor Worobiec – Polish Academy of Sciences The Polish Academy of Sciences ( pl, Polska Akademia Nauk, PAN) is a Polish state-sponsored institution of higher lea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Chihiro Sasakawa is a Japanese bacteriologist well known for his pioneering research into the invasive mechanisms of pathogenic bacteria and the host’s subsequent immune response to infection. In his work on Shigella species and Helicobacter pylori, Sasakawa was an early adopter of a multi-disciplinary research strategy, combining molecular biology, cellular biology, biochemistry and immunological approaches. This research strategy and his discoveries greatly influenced later research on the invasive mechanisms of other pathogenic bacteria. Biography Sasakawa was born in 1948 in Tokyo. He graduated from the Faculty of Science at Chiba University in 1972, and obtained his doctorate from the Graduate school of Medicine, the University of Tokyo in 1978. Following research stints at the Institute of Medical Science, the University of Tokyo (1978-1980) and the Washington University School of Medicine as an NIH Fogarty Fellow (1980-1983), he became an associate professor Associate pr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Hiroyoshi Sasakawa Hiroyoshi Sasakawa (born 29 August 1966) is a Japanese politician and businessman. He is the member of the House of Representatives House of Representatives is the name of legislative bodies in many countries and sub-national entitles. In many countries, the House of Representatives is the lower house of a bicameral legislature, with the corresponding upper house often c ... for Gunma 3rd district belonging to the Liberal Democratic Party. References 1966 births Living people 21st-century Japanese politicians {{DEFAULTSORT:Sasakawa, Hiroyoshi Government ministers of Japan Liberal Democratic Party (Japan) politicians Members of the House of Representatives from Gunma Prefecture ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Ryōichi Sasakawa was a Japanese suspected war criminal, businessman, far-right politician, and philanthropist. He was born in Minoh, Osaka. In the 1930s and during the Second World War he was active both in finance and in politics, actively supporting the Japanese war effort including raising his own paramilitary units. He was elected to the Japanese parliament during the war. After Japan's defeat he was imprisoned for a time, accused of war crimes, and then found financial success in various business ventures, including motorboat-racing gambling events ('' Kyōtei'') and ship building. He supported anticommunist activities, including the World Anti-Communist League. In 1951 he helped found the Nippon Foundation and became its first president. The foundation has done charitable work around the world, for which it and Sasakawa have received many official honors. Prewar activity In the 1930s, during the Sino-Japanese War, Sasakawa rose to prominence by using wealth gained in rice speculation to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Yōhei Sasakawa is chairman of The Nippon Foundation, the World Health Organization Goodwill Ambassador for Leprosy Elimination, and Japan's Ambassador for the Human Rights of People Affected by leprosy. His global fight against leprosy and its accompanying stigma and social discrimination is an issue to which he has remained highly committed for more than 40 years. As chairman of The Nippon Foundation, Japan's largest charitable foundation, he guides public-interest activities in modern Japan. Sasakawa received his degree from Meiji University’s School of Political Science and Economics. Sasakawa's father was businessman, politician, and philanthropist Ryōichi Sasakawa. Overview of activities After serving as chairman of the Japan Motorboat Racing Association, and as a director of the Japan Foundation for Shipbuilding Advancement (now the Ocean Policy Research Foundation), Yohei Sasakawa was named president of the Nippon Foundation in 1989. In July 2005, he was appointed chairman, foll ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]