Iran’s Ambassador Abbas Araqchi gave the opening speech and said, “This ceremony is the least we can do for the great scholars of Persian language and literature.”
The ceremony continued with the tribute paid to Tsuneo Kuroyanagi, the Persian Language professor of Tokyo University. Kuroyanagi received Iran’s Afshar Foundation’s commendation and award in 2003 for nearly 60 years of efforts to acquaint the Japanese with Iranian culture and Persian literature in particular.
Japanese scholar Yuko Fujimoto was the next to be awarded. She is currently translating Simin Daneshvar’s collection of short stories “To Whom Can I Say Hello?” into Japanese. Fujimoto teaches at the Department of Foreign Studies of Osaka University.
Kazuo Morimoto, the researcher of Islamic and Iranian history based at the University of Tokyo was also honored. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Tehran.
Also awarded were Professor Eichi Imoto from the University of Tokyo, and Iranologist Emiko Okada.
Afterwards, Iranian poet Erfan Nazar-Ahari recited some of his poetry and the ceremony concluded with a live performance of Iranian music.
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