Dr. Sydney Brenner and Mr. Kenji Shinoda, Japanese Ambassador to Singapore

Kiichiro Jahana, Vice Governor of Okinawa Prefecture give remarks to introduce the statue.

OIST President Jonathan Dorfan (left) and UHM Interim Chancellor Robert Bley-Vroman signed the agreement on scientific and academic cooperation at a ceremony at the Hawaii State Capitol on July 10 (July 11 Japan time).

OIST president Jonathan Dorfan, pictured center, greets newly appointed Minister of State for Okinawa and Northern Territory Affairs and the Minister of State for Science and Technology Policy Shunichi Yamaguchi, pictured at left.

Professor Sowwan, right, explains to Minister Yamaguchi, center, that his nanoparticle research lab depends on collaboration between biologists, engineers, and physicists.