Overview
- The award was presented at the Noguchi Museum on November 17, 2025.
- The museum assessed Yasuda as inheriting Noguchi’s ideal of creativity that breaks boundaries.
- Yasuda, 80, was born in Bibai, Hokkaido, and is based in Italy.
- He is known for marble and bronze works conceived to harmonize with natural settings.
- He said he hopes to increase works worldwide that children can touch and hug to experience with their whole bodies.