(1)Emperor decorates four with Order of Culture

TOKYO, Japan - Four recipients of this year's Order of Culture pose (front, seated) with their spouses Nov. 3 at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo. From L to R, they are poet Makoto Ooka, physicist Kazuhiko Nishijima, pathologist Wataru Mori, and former U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees Sadako Ogata. (Kyodo)

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