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This 25th Anniversary event is a time for both congratulations and reflection.

First and foremost, we wish to congratulate and thank Mr. Yoshihisa Asano, President & Founder of NMRI, for his decades of leadership. Mr. Asano's vision, commitment, energy and financial support have been the basis for all that has been achieved by NMRI over the last twenty-five (25) years.

We also wish to congratulate and thank Dr. Joseph S. Gonnella and the late Dr. Akitsugu Ojima, leading medical educators in the United States and Japan, respectively, for their decades of dedicated service. These men created the networks of teaching hospitals and medical schools in Japan and the U.S. which provide training for the faculty, residents and medical students supported by NMRI. Their contributions have been invaluable.

We also wish to congratulate all those faculty, residents and medical students who have participated in medical exchanges over the last twenty-five (25) years. These Noguchi Alumni now number well over five hundred (500) professionals in Japan alone. They each mastered a foreign language, underwent rigorous selection processes in both Japan and the U.S. and then “stole” valuable time from their busy careers and families to go abroad and enhance their skills. They are a remarkable group of men and women.

As we reflect on the future, we see the current and future healthcare challenges faced by Japan, the U.S. and other nations. These challendges are significant and complex and call for insight and leadership. With the dawn of the 21st century, we have also seen the birth of the concept of “globalization”. And there are now emerging global links in medical research. We hope and believe that these initiatives will be fruitful in the future.

“Globalization” is not a new concept to the leaders of Noguchi Medical Research Institute. Mr. Asano and Drs. Gonnella and Ojima understood the benefits of “globalization” in medical education and training decades before many others. NMRI's leaders have long believed that international medical exchanges---the Noguchi approach to “globalization” --- could help provide medical professionals in each nation with new perspectives on how best to address healthcare challenges. The effort to find new approaches to healthcare challenges is more important now than ever before.

As a pioneer, we hope that NMRI will continue to lead in the continued “globalization” of medical education and training. To do so, tonight we call on the directors, officers, members and supporters of NMRI to work together with the very same thoughtful planning and commitment which Mr. Asano, Dr. Gonnella and Dr. Ojima have brought to NMRI’s efforts over the last twenty-five (25) years.

Sincerely yours
J. Michael Kenney