Toshiko Kishimoto, associate professor emerita of languages, recently has been awarded a national medal of distinction — the Order of the Sacred Treasure, Gold and Silver Rays Medal — by the Emperor of Japan in a ceremony at the Royal Palace in Tokyo. An honorable certificate signed by Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe also was presented to Professor Kishimoto for her longtime efforts to promote Japanese language and culture, especially in the United States. Click HERE for article in the NEWSSTAND.
