he won the Sankei Award for his book Weapons Can’t Save the Earth.

Translator William Scott Wilson holds BAs from Dartmouth and The Monterey Institute and an MA from the University of Washington.? Kappa Taro: A legendary yokai terrifies villagers by luring them into a pond.

retold by Sean Michael WilsonJapanese Yokai and Other Supernatural Beings: Authentic Paintings and Prints of 100 Ghosts.His first trip to Japan in 1966 was to undertake a kayak trip funded by National Geographic magazine.Many of his books are illustrated by his daughter.

a translation of an 18th-century treatise on samurai philosophy.He has worked as a translator and cultural advisor for the Japanese Consulate General in Seattle.

He was awarded a Commendation from the Foreign Ministry of Japan in 2005 and inducted into the Order of the Rising Sun in 2015.

He has written over 20 books that have been translated into 21 languages.allow Ichida to pioneer an improved approach for using patient-derived cells to discover drugs that may treat amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.

Its all preclinical at the moment.5 million) secured funds to pursue potential therapies for ALS (also known as Lou Gehrigs disease) and kidney disease.

USC Stem Cell scientists Justin Ichida ($5 million) and Zhongwei Li ($2.with a boost from the USC Stevens Center for Innovation.