Nobel prize winner praises Arashi’s Sho Sakurai

Arashi’s Sho Sakurai (28)
traveled to Moscow to meet a
former head of state and to
the Berlin wall as part of his
special report for Nippon TV ’s
24Hr TV, reports Sports Hochi.
Sho Sakurai will appear on this
year's 24Hr TV, hosted by
TOKIO
Sakurai’s special, titled “嵐・櫻
井翔が緊急リポート！　世界
の貧困と格差社会の現実～マ
ンホールで暮らす人々とは～
(Arashi - Sho Sakurai ’s
Breaking News! The reality of
global poverty and social
disparity ~people who live in
manholes~ )” sent him to
Moscow to interview Nobel
Peace Prize winning former
head of state Mikhail
Gorbachev (79).
Mr Gorbachev is widely known
as the man whose actions lead
to the end of the Cold War
around the late 1980s, early
1990s. After Mr Gorbachev
heard Sakurai had been
interviewing a wide range of
people in different places for
his “NEWS ZERO” series “世界
平和への祈り (Sekai Heiwa
heno Inori, A Prayer for World
Peace )” over the past year, the
nobel prize winner applauded
Sakurai for his efforts.
“I am very happy to meet a
responsible person like you.
“I hope more and more
people will be able to think
not only about themselves, but
also about the suffering the
people around them are going
through, and want to help
them, ” he said.
After Sakurai had introduced
himself in Russian, Mr
Gorbachev pushed aside
Sakurai ’s prepared notes.
“I want to hear about your
opinions,” he told a confused
Sakurai.
The interview went on for
more than 30 minutes, during
which the two talked about
poverty, economic instability,
and peace operations.
It has been reported Sakurai
was still shaking after his
interview.
“It was an incredible priviledge
to have met a person I
watched on the news as a
young boy, ” he said.
His latest adventure had sent
him reporting from Moscow to
the Berlin wall, and to
Romania.
“It’s been 20 years since the
Cold War ended. How has the
world changed. I hope I can
make people in Japan think
about how one person ’s
situation can affect others,” he
said.
“嵐・櫻井翔が緊急リポー
ト！　世界の貧困と格差社会
の現実～マンホールで暮らす
人々とは～ (Arashi - Sho
Sakurai’s Breaking News! The
reality of global poverty and
social disparity ~people who
live in manholes~ )” will air on
“24時間テレビ33「愛は地球
を救う」(24Hr TV 33 ‘Love
Saves the Earth’)” on August
29 in Japan.
source: http://
momoedgewood.wordpress.com/2010/08/21/
nobel-prize-winner-praises-
arashis-sho-sakurai/