Takahashi receives People's Honor Award

TOKYO, Japan - Sydney Olympics gold medalist Naoko Takahashi (L) smiles as she receives the People's Honor Award from Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori at the prime minister's official residence on Oct. 30. Takahashi won the women's marathon in the Sydney Games, becoming the first Japanese to win a gold medal in an Olympic athletics event since 1936. She is the 15th person to win the award, which was last presented to the late film director Akira Kurosawa in 1998.

Sample
PDF Preview

Product Code
ILEA001082347

Registered date
2000/10/30 00:00:00

Credit
Kyodo / Kyodo News Images

Media source
2000 Kyodo News

Media size
1864 × 2457 pixel

Resolution
dpi

Deployment size
2.17(MB)*

Special instruction

*File size when opened in Photoshop, etc.

Similar Images & Videos

Abe meets son of marathon legend Abebe

TOKYO, Japan - Yetnayet Abebe (L), son of Ethiopian marathon legend Abebe Bikila (1932-1973), hands a photograph of his father to Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Oct. 10, 2014, the 50th anniversary of the opening ceremony of the 1964 Tokyo Olympics. Abebe Bikila won gold medals at the 1960 Rome and 1964 Tokyo Olympics.

Miyagi Pref., Tokyo Olympics organizer ink cooperation pact

SENDAI, Japan - Governor Yoshihiro Murai (L) of Miyagi Prefecture and former Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori, chairman of the organizing committee for the 2020 Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games, hold a joint statement on cooperation after signing it at the former's office in Sendai, northeastern Japan, on June 16, 2014.

Abe invites around 11,000 people to cherry-viewing gathering

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (3rd from L) poses for photos during a cherry-viewing gathering at Tokyo's Shinjuku Gyoen park on April 14. Abe invited around 11,000 people from the political, business, sports and entertainment sectors to the gathering, including Olympic marathon medalist Yuko Arimori (L), TV personality Monta Mino and sumo master Takanohana (R).

EPA slightly downgrades economic assessment

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori (R) presides over a meeting of his economic ministers Nov. 10 convened to discuss the Economic Planning Agency's monthly report for November. EPA slightly downgraded its assessment of the Japanese economy for the first time in 26 months. (From L to R) EPA Director General Taichi Sakaiya, Chief Cabinet Secretary Yasuo Fukuda and Finance Minister Kiichi Miyazawa.

Judoka Tamura commended

TOKYO, Japan - Judoka Ryoko Tamura (L) is awarded a silver shield by Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori at the premier's official residence Nov. 6. Tamura won a gold medal at the Sydney Olympics in September after two unsuccessful attempts at the 1992 and 1996 Games. Tamura was commended for ''achieving excellent results and contributing greatly to sports in Japan.''

Takahashi commended with People's Honor Award

TOKYO, Japan - Sydney Olympics gold medalist Naoko Takahashi (L) with a diploma of the People's Honor Award in her hands poses for a photo along with Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori (C) and her coach Yoshio Koide at the prime minister's official residence on Oct. 30. Takahashi won the women's marathon in the Sydney Games, becoming the first Japanese to win a gold medal in an Olympic athletics event since 1936.

Japanese singer Kato named new U.N. goodwill envoy

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese singer Tokiko Kato (R) shakes hands with Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori at the premier's official residence in Tokyo on Oct. 30 after being officially appointed by Mori as new goodwill ambassador to the U.N. Environment Program (UNEP). Kato is the first Japanese to hold the post.

Germany's Fischer meets with Kono

TOKYO, Japan - Joschka Fischer (L), Germany's vice chancellor and foreign minister, shakes hands with Japanese Foreign Minister Yohei Kono before their talks in Tokyo on Oct. 30. Fischer is scheduled to pay a courtesy call on Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori on Oct. 31, the last day of his two-day trip to Japan at the Foreign Ministry's invitation.

Nobel laureate Shirakawa meets premier

TOKYO, Japan - Hideki Shirakawa (L), recipient of the 2000 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, chats with Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori at the premier's official residence Oct. 18. Shirakawa told Mori he was given the award ''perhaps because (my research) was considered important in connection with the information technology revolution.''

Zhu holds talks with Mori

TOKYO, Japan - Flanked by their aides, Chinese Premier Zhu Rongji (L) and Japanese Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori (4th from R) begin talks at the prime minister's official residence Oct. 13.