Famous in Japan

[ Eiichiro Honma, between 1867 and 1874 (photo: MFA) ] As the first Japanese student to graduate from Massachusetts Institute of...

[ Sadako Ogata at the World Economic Forum on Africa 2008 ] As the first woman to be appointed U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees,...

[Kitasato in 1910] A microbiologist and educator known as the “father of modern Japanese medicine,” Shibasaburo Kitasato made great...

Considered one of the first to teach English in Japan, Ranald MacDonald lived an adventurous life that brought him across the world. He...