United Nations Day 2022

United Nations Day in 2022 is on Thursday, October 24. The day encourages all the countries in the world to keep peace with one another and take steps to solve any issues in a peaceful way. All around the world, the need to nourish peace is an ever growing demand. 

NANSEN Award laureates join UN High Commissioner for Refugees

The themes for 2022 are:

• The future we want, the UN we need: Reaffirming our Collective Commitment to Multilateralism

• Our Planet, Our Future

• Traditions of Peace and Non-violence

• Potential in Diversity

Tokyo 2020 Olympics | Kimono Project

After six years, Japan reveals the 213 specially created kimonos depicting the nature, culture, and history of each representative nation participating at the Tokyo Olympics.

some of the stunning kimonos

Despite the postponement of the Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games in 2020, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, all 213 kimonos and obis were displayed in a special exhibition at "Musée du Kimono" at the Kyoto Kyocera Museum of Art in October, 2020.