6 recipients of top cultural award at Imperial Palace

6 recipients of top cultural award at Imperial Palace

(From L) Renowned contemporary artist Yayoi Kusama, Japanese literature scholar Mitsutoshi Nakano, novelist Yumie Hiraiwa, geneticist Tomoko Ota, Nobel Prize laureate Yoshinori Ohsumi, and composer Toru Funamura take a commemorative photo after receiving the Order of Culture from Emperor Akihito during a Culture Day ceremony at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on Nov. 3, 2016. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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