The Award Ceremony and Memorial Banquet
The Award Ceremony
The Banquet Hall
Their Majesties the Emperor and the Empress
June 1st, 2013, The Japanese Government held the Second Hideyo Noguchi Africa Prize Award Ceremony and Commemorative Banquet hosted by the Prime Minister of Japan with presence of Their Majesties the Emperor and the Empress in Yokohama. The ceremony and the banquet were conducted on the first day of the Fifth Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD V) held in Yokohama from June 1st to 3rd, with participation of the heads of African countries and stakeholders from various fields.
The medals, the citations and the honorarium were presented to Dr. Peter Piot and Dr. Alex G. Coutinho by Mr. Shinzo Abe, the Prime Minister of Japan.
From Fukushima, Dr. Hideyo Noguchi's hometown, the choral club of Fukushima prefectural Asaka Reimei high school and Komatsu shishi preservation group, a group of Fukushima regional traditional arts Komatsu higan shishi came to performe at the ceremony.
Report on the result of the selection by Dr. Kiyoshi KUROKAWA, The Chair of the Hideyo Noguchi Africa Prize Committee.
Dr. Kiyoshi Kurokawa, The Chair of the Hideyo Noguchi Africa Prize Committee
Address by the Prime Minister, Shinzo ABE
Mr. Shinzo Abe, the Prime Minister of Japan
Presentation of the Prize
The Prime Minister presented the medals,the citations and honorarium to the laureates.
Left: Dr. Peter Piot Right: Dr. Alex G. Coutinho
Congratulatory speech by H.E. Mr. John Dramani Mahama, President of the Republic of Ghana
H.E. Mr. John Dramani Mahama, President of the Republic of Ghana
Chorus by Fukushima prefectural Asaka Reimei high school and Mr. Sadao WATANABE & Fukushima regional traditional arts Komatsu higan shishi by Komatsu shishi preservation group
The choral club of Fukushima prefectural Asaka Reimei high school and Mr. Sadao WATANABE
Komatsu shishi preservation group
The Memorial Banquet
Toast by His Majesty the Emperor
Acceptance Speeches by the laureates
Speech by Dr. Alex G. Coutinho
The laureates made acceptance speeches
Left: Dr. Peter Piot Right: Dr. Alex G. Coutinho
Souvenir Presentation by The choral club of Fukushima prefectural Asaka Reimei high school
Students of Asaka Reimei high school presented their CDs to the laureates
Closing of the banquet
Farewell Performance by Sadao WATANABE Group
The Prime minister and the choral club of Fukushima prefectural Asaka Reimei high school came back to the stage again.
The Prime Minister had closing remarks to express gratitude to the participants.