Japanese artist Akagi gets Chevalier order from France

Japanese artist Akagi gets Chevalier order from France

PARIS, France - France-based Japanese artist Kojiro Akagi (R) receives the Chevalier of the Order of Arts and Letters from the French government on Oct. 24, 2014, in a ceremony in Paris. Akagi is known for his landscape paintings of the French capital.

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