Actress Yoshinaga gets Tsubouchi Shoyo Award

GIFU, Japan - Actress Sayuri Yoshinaga receives the Tsubouchi Shoyo Award in Minokamo, hometown of the renowned author (1859-1935) in Gifu Prefecture, central Japan, on Jan. 10, 2015, for her long acting career and poetry readings against nuclear weapons.

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