I would like to share with you some of the photographs taken during my visit to the United Kingdom between April 25 and 29, 2023, as chairman of The Nippon Foundation and WHO Goodwill Ambassador for Leprosy Elimination.
[April 27, London]
Speaking at an event in London on April 27, 2023, to launch The Nippon Foundation-Nekton Ocean Census with the ambitious target of finding at least 100,000 new marine species in the first decade.
The event was held at the Royal Institution of Great Britain, an organization devoted to scientific education and research, based in the City of Westminster.
With Mr. Rupert Grey, chairman of Nekton, a U.K.-based marine research institute, at an event in London on April 27, 2023, to launch the largest program in history to discover life in our oceans.
A press conference on the launch of the ambitious project.
[April 28, London]
Before departing London for Tokyo, I found the weather to be as cold as midwinter in Japan.
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Details of the launch event for The Nippon Foundation-Nekton Ocean Census can be seen on this blog on May 11-12.
