Koïchiro Matsuura, the former Prime Minister of Japan and former Director-General of UNESCO, paid tribute on Friday 23 April 2004 and 8 June 2009 at UNESCO Headquarters, to the late Keizo Obuchi Obuchi, who was the former Prime Minister of Japan between 1998 and 2000. Two ceremonies were held on the occasion of the third and eighth anniversaries of the “UNESCO / Keizo Obuchi Research Fellowships Programme” to celebrate the successful implementation of the Programme.
(UNESCO / Japan Young Researchers' fellowships programme)