6 receive Order of Culture award

6 receive Order of Culture award

TOKYO, Japan - Six recipients of this year's Order of Culture pose for photos at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on Nov. 3 after being decorated by Emperor Akihito. (From L to R) are economist Ryutaro Komiya, glass-work artist Kyohei Fujita, film director Kaneto Shindo, aerospace engineer Jiro Kondo, novelist Sonoko Sugimoto and Nobel chemistry prize laureate Koichi Tanaka.

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