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cherry trees from Tokyo to Washington, D.C. The gift was announced by

Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton at a dinner for Japanese Prime
Minister Yoshihiko Noda held at the National Geographic Society. The
dogwoods were selected by plant geneticist Richard Olsen, now Director of the
U.S. National Arboretum, who took into consideration the soil conditions,
temperature ranges and insect pests for the trees to survive in Japan. One
thousand dogwood trees were planted in Tokyo and another thousand in the
Tohoku region that had been ravaged by the earthquake, tsunami and nuclear
disaster in 2011. The remaining thousand were planted at schools and other
organizations throughout Japan. The State Department specifically requested
that Saburo Kato’s Ezo Spruce be exhibited at the dinner, a beautiful reminder of
the power of trees and other living art forms to be symbols of peace and
international friendship.

President Clinton and Prime Minister Obuchi flank Saburo Kato in the Blue Room, admiring a
California Juniper (Juniperus californica), in training since 1967, and one of the first bonsai to
enter the museum’s North American collection.