In 2012, the Japanese government named him a Person of Cultural Merit. Anno released a total of nine watercolor picture books on his travel experiences around the world, publishing the first in a ...

Akiko Yamamuro (nee Maeda), age 96, passed away peacefully on March 28, 2025, in Blacksburg, Virginia. Born on January 1, 1929, in Sapporo, Japan, her father ...