Gov't commends ballerina for winning Benois award

Gov't commends ballerina for winning Benois award

TOKYO, Japan - Ballet dancer Mariko Kida (R) gets commendations from Cultural Agency head Masanori Aoyagi in Tokyo on Aug. 7, 2014, for winning this year's Benois de la Danse competition in the ballerina category in May as the first Japanese to receive the prestigious Russian award.

  • Product Code
  • ILEA001204916
  • Registered date
  • 2014/8/07 00:00:00
  • Credit
  • Kyodo / Kyodo News Images
  • Media source
  • 2014 Kyodo News
  • Media size
  • 3233 × 2302 pixel
  • Resolution
  • 240 dpi
  • Deployment size
  • 589.87(KB)*
  • Special instruction

*File size when opened in Photoshop, etc.

Similar Images & Videos
    Competition held to choose best sake brands

    Competition held to choose best sake brands

    TOKYO, Japan - Officials from Japanese sake brewers Miyaizumi Meijo Co. of Fukushima Prefecture (R) and Yamawa Shuzoten Co. of Miyagi Prefecture, both northeastern Japan, hold wining plaques during an award ceremony at the 2014 Sake Competition held in Tokyo on Oct. 29, 2014, to choose the tastiest rice wine in the "junmai-shu" (pure sake without alcohol addition) and "junmai daiginjo-shu" (with rice polished to less than 50% of its original size) categories, respectively.
      Shiki to perform Broadway musical Aladdin

      Shiki to perform Broadway musical Aladdin

      TOKYO, Japan - Chiyoki Yoshida (L), president of Shiki Theatre Company, and actor Keiji Kato (C) attend a press conference on Sept. 29, 2014, in Tokyo, where Yoshida announced that the Japanese theatrical company will perform Disney's Broadway musical Aladdin starting in May next year. The musical will be performed outside the United States for the first time.
        Miyazaki to receive Academy's Honorary Award

        Miyazaki to receive Academy's Honorary Award

        TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken in February 2014 shows Japanese animation director Hayao Miyazaki. The Board of Governors of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences said Aug. 28, 2014, it has picked Miyazaki as one of three recipients of its Honorary Award for the year.
          Japanese recognized as world's oldest man

          Japanese recognized as world's oldest man

          TOKYO, Japan - Sakari Momoi (R), a 111-year-old Japanese, receives a Guinness World Records certificate as the world's oldest man on Aug. 20, 2014, in Tokyo. The recognition came following the death in June of a Polish-born New Yorker of the same age who previously had the title. Momoi, a former teacher of agricultural chemistry, is receiving care at a health care institution in Tokyo. (Pool photo)
            Japanese recognized as world's oldest man

            Japanese recognized as world's oldest man

            TOKYO, Japan - Sakari Momoi (R), a 111-year-old Japanese, receives a Guinness World Records certificate as the world's oldest man on Aug. 20, 2014, in Tokyo. The recognition came following the death in June of a Polish-born New Yorker of the same age who previously had the title. Momoi, a former teacher of agricultural chemistry, is receiving care at a health care institution in Tokyo. (Pool photo)
              Novelist Natsume's letter for author aspirant found

              Novelist Natsume's letter for author aspirant found

              TOKYO, Japan - A letter written by renowned Japanese novelist Soseki Natsume for a woman who failed to win a prize novel competition is shown on Aug. 7, 2014, in which Natsume consoled her by writing that winning a prize is not important.
                Ballerina Kida all smiles after cited by Cultural Agency

                Ballerina Kida all smiles after cited by Cultural Agency

                TOKYO, Japan - Ballet dancer Mariko Kida holds a trophy given to her by the Cultural Agency commissioner in Tokyo on Aug. 7, 2014, for winning this year's Benois de la Danse competition in the ballerina category in May as the first Japanese to get the prestigious Russian award.
                  Japan's Morishita performs in Varma

                  Japan's Morishita performs in Varma

                  VARMA, Bulgaria - Japanese ballerina Yoko Morishita performs for the first time in 40 years in Varma, Bulgaria, on July 29, 2014, at an event marking the 50th anniversary of the Varma International Ballet Competition, one of the most prestigious ballet contests in the world. The 65-year-old ballerina, who won the competition in 1974, was invited to the event as a special guest.
                    Japan's Morishita performs in Varma

                    Japan's Morishita performs in Varma

                    VARMA, Bulgaria - Japanese ballerina Yoko Morishita performs for the first time in 40 years in Varma, Bulgaria, on July 29, 2014, at an event marking the 50th anniversary of the Varma International Ballet Competition, one of the most prestigious ballet contests in the world. The 65-year-old ballerina, who won the competition in 1974, was invited to the event as a special guest.
                      Japanese director wins Cannes award

                      Japanese director wins Cannes award

                      TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows Japanese film director Atsuko Hirayanagi. Hirayanagi's graduation movie from the Singapore branch of a New York school was selected for the second prize in the Cinefondation student film division of the 2014 Cannes Film Festival on May 22, 2014. It was the first award given to a Japanese filmmaker in the category, first created in 1998.