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Ramon Magsaysay Award

Kenichi Yoda (C), director of Studio Ghibli, co-founded by Japanese anime filmmaker Hayao Miyazaki, attends a ceremony of the Ramon Magsaysay Award on behalf of Miyazaki, one of the five recipients in 2024, in Manila on Nov. 16, 2024. The organization behind the award -- named after the Philippines' seventh president and known as "Asia's Nobel Prize" -- said in August that the 83-year-old makes complex issues like environmental destruction and conflict understandable to children in his works, including the Oscar-winning films "The Boy and the Heron" and "Spirited Away."

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46th Annual Kennedy Center Honors Formal Artist's Dinner Arrivals

Five-year-old rapper VanVan and her mom, Tikenjna McConneaughey arrive for the Medallion Ceremony honoring the recipients of the 46th Annual Kennedy Center Honors at the Department of State in Washington, DC on Saturday, December 2, 2023. The 2023 honorees are: actor and comedian Billy Crystal; acclaimed soprano Renee Fleming; British singer-songwriter producer, and member of the Bee Gees, Barry Gibb; rapper, singer, and actress Queen Latifah; and singer Dionne Warwick. Credit: Ron Sachs / Pool via CNP

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46th Annual Kennedy Center Honors Formal Artist's Dinner Arrivals

Five-year-old rapper VanVan and her mom, Tikenjna McConneaughey arrive for the Medallion Ceremony honoring the recipients of the 46th Annual Kennedy Center Honors at the Department of State in Washington, DC on Saturday, December 2, 2023. The 2023 honorees are: actor and comedian Billy Crystal; acclaimed soprano Renee Fleming; British singer-songwriter producer, and member of the Bee Gees, Barry Gibb; rapper, singer, and actress Queen Latifah; and singer Dionne Warwick. Credit: Ron Sachs / Pool via CNP

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46th Annual Kennedy Center Honors Formal Artist's Dinner Arrivals

Five-year-old rapper VanVan and her mom, Tikenjna McConneaughey arrive for the Medallion Ceremony honoring the recipients of the 46th Annual Kennedy Center Honors at the Department of State in Washington, DC on Saturday, December 2, 2023. The 2023 honorees are: actor and comedian Billy Crystal; acclaimed soprano Renee Fleming; British singer-songwriter producer, and member of the Bee Gees, Barry Gibb; rapper, singer, and actress Queen Latifah; and singer Dionne Warwick. Credit: Ron Sachs / Pool via CNP

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46th Annual Kennedy Center Honors Formal Artist's Dinner Arrivals

Five year-old rapper VanVan arrives for the Medallion Ceremony honoring the recipients of the 46th Annual Kennedy Center Honors at the Department of State in Washington, DC on Saturday, December 2, 2023. The 2023 honorees are: actor and comedian Billy Crystal; acclaimed soprano Renee Fleming; British singer-songwriter producer, and member of the Bee Gees, Barry Gibb; rapper, singer, and actress Queen Latifah; and singer Dionne Warwick. Credit: Ron Sachs / Pool via CNP

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Order of Culture medal

Photo taken at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on Nov. 3, 2023, shows the medal given to Order of Culture recipients who have made outstanding contributions to Japanese culture. The medal features three magadama, comet-shaped stones, surrounded by five petals of a mandarin orange blossom.

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Arimori among recipients of IOC Women and Sport Awards

LAUSANNE, Switzerland - Olympic marathon medalist Yuko Arimori of Japan (R) poses for a photo with International Olympic Committee President Jacques Rogge in Lausanne, Switzerland, on June 23, 2010, after being among those awarded the 2010 Women and Sport Awards. Arimori, one of the five recipients of the annual award, was recognized for her social work in developing countries.

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Kyogen actor Shigeyama, 4 others receive top culture awards

TOKYO, Japan - Five recipients of the Order of Culture pose for a photo with Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda (3rd from L) at the Imperial Palace on Nov. 3. (From L to R) are sculptor Shinya Nakamura, Akira Mikazuki, professor emeritus in judicial studies at the University of Tokyo, Fukuda, Kyogen actor Shigeyama Sensaku, Koji Nakanishi, professor emeritus in organic chemistry at Columbia University, and Tokindo Okada, professor emeritus in development biology at Kyoto University.

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Emperor bestows spring decorations at Imperial Palace

TOKYO, Japan - Emperor Akihito (L) bestows the Grand Cordon of the Order of the Rising Sun to Hirohiko Oshima, adviser of Chunichi Shimbun Co., in a ceremony at the Imperial Palace on May 8, with Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (L, background) attending. Five other recipients of the Grand Cordon of the Order of the Rising Sun, along with three recipients of the Grand Cordon of the Order of the Sacred Treasure, also received the spring government decorations from the emperor. (Pool photo)

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Kabuki actor Jakuemon, 4 others receive Order of Culture

TOKYO, Japan - Kabuki actor Nakamura Jakuemon receives an Order of Culture from Emperor Akihito as Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi watches at the Imperial Palace on Nov. 3. Jakuemon is one of the five persons to awarded the 2004 Order of Culture, Japan's most prestigious honor in the fields of culture and science. The four other recipients are Toan Kobayashi, an engraver, Shizuka Shirakawa, an authority on ancient Chinese culture, Horin Fukuoji, a painter of dynamic landscapes, and Yoji Totsuka, a physicist.

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3 Japan Art Association laureates show appreciation for awards

TOKYO, Japan - Three of the five recipients of this year's Japan Art Association awards -- German painter Sigmar Polke (L), British architect Norman Foster (C) and Italian sculptor Giuliano Vangi -- speak at a press conference at a hotel in Tokyo's Minato Ward on Oct. 22 ahead of the award ceremony on Oct. 23.

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5 Order of Culture recipients decorated by emperor

TOKYO, Japan - The five recipients of this year's Order of Culture -- electronics expert Hiroo Inokuchi (front L), painter Tadashi Moriya (2nd from L), sculptor Toshio Yodoi (C), social anthropologist Chie Nakane (2nd from R) and virologist Kumao Toyoshima (R) -- pose for a photo in the courtyard of the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on Nov. 3, the Culture Day national holiday after being awarded the order by Emperor Akihito.

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Nakane, 4 others to receive cultural awards

TOKYO, Japan - Social anthropologist Chie Nakane (photo) and four others will be awarded this year's Order of Culture, the government announces on Oct. 30. The other four recipients are electronics expert Hiroo Inokuchi, virologist Kumao Toyoshima, painter Tadashi Moriya and sculptor Toshio Yodoi. The five will be given the awards by the emperor at the Imperial Palace on Nov. 3, Culture Day.

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Shirakawa, 5 others awarded Order of Culture by emperor

TOKYO, Japan - Nobel laureate Hideki Shirakawa (Far L) and five others sit in a photo session Nov. 3 at the Imperial Palace after they were awarded this year's Order of Culture by Emperor Akihito. Next to Shirakawa is leather craftswoman Fukuko Okubo, 81, followed by calligrapher Kason Sugioka, 87, actress Isuzu Yamada, 83, sinologist Tadao Ishikawa, 78, and organic chemist Ryoji Noyori, 62. At the ceremony, which started at 10:30 a.m., the emperor decorated each of the recipients, who then received a certificate from Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori.

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Umehara, 4 others receive cultural award

TOKYO, Japan - Anthropologist Takeshi Umehara and four others receive this year's Order of Culture from Emperor Akihito at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on Culture Day on Nov. 3. The photo shows the five recipients and their wives. From L to R, novelist Hiroyuki Agawa, 78, organic chemist Saburo Tamura, 82, painter Fuku Akino, 91, law expert Masami Ito, 80, and Takeshi Umehara, 74.

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Recipients of Order of Culture awards

Five recipients of this year's Order of Culture awards and their spouses pose for camera Nov. 3 after receiving the medals from Emperor Akihito. Front row, from left to right: artist Ikuo Hirayama, calligrapher Santo Murakami, historian Tatsuro Yamamoto, architect Yoshinobu Ashihara and immunologist Tadamitsu Kishimoto. Back row, from left to right: Mrs. Michiko Hirayama, Mrs. Hatsuko Ashihara and Mrs. Chizuko Kishimoto. The five received the awards in a ceremony held at the Imperial Palace.

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Five artists win culture award

Five artists, including Academy Award-winning director Richard Attenborough from Britain, were named Oct. 28 as recipients of the 10th Prince Takamatsu Memorial Prize for outstanding cultural achievements. (from L to R) Israeli sculptor Dani Karavan, 67, American painter Robert Rauschenberg, 73, Attenborough, 75, and Russian musician Sofia Gubaidulina, 67. Another recipient, Portuguese architect Alvaro Siza, 65, is not in the photo.

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5 Order of Culture recipients decorated by emperor

TOKYO, Japan - The five recipients of this year's Order of Culture -- electronics expert Hiroo Inokuchi (front L), painter Tadashi Moriya (2nd from L), sculptor Toshio Yodoi (C), social anthropologist Chie Nakane (2nd from R) and virologist Kumao Toyoshima (R) -- pose for a photo in the courtyard of the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on Nov. 3, the Culture Day national holiday after being awarded the order by Emperor Akihito.

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Kabuki actor Jakuemon, 4 others receive Order of Culture

TOKYO, Japan - Kabuki actor Nakamura Jakuemon receives an Order of Culture from Emperor Akihito as Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi watches at the Imperial Palace on Nov. 3. Jakuemon is one of the five persons to awarded the 2004 Order of Culture, Japan's most prestigious honor in the fields of culture and science. The four other recipients are Toan Kobayashi, an engraver, Shizuka Shirakawa, an authority on ancient Chinese culture, Horin Fukuoji, a painter of dynamic landscapes, and Yoji Totsuka, a physicist. (Kyodo)

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Nakane, 4 others to receive cultural awards

TOKYO, Japan - Social anthropologist Chie Nakane (photo) and four others will be awarded this year's Order of Culture, the government announces on Oct. 30. The other four recipients are electronics expert Hiroo Inokuchi, virologist Kumao Toyoshima, painter Tadashi Moriya and sculptor Toshio Yodoi. The five will be given the awards by the emperor at the Imperial Palace on Nov. 3, Culture Day.

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3 Japan Art Association laureates show appreciation for awards

TOKYO, Japan - Three of the five recipients of this year's Japan Art Association awards -- German painter Sigmar Polke (L), British architect Norman Foster (C) and Italian sculptor Giuliano Vangi -- speak at a press conference at a hotel in Tokyo's Minato Ward on Oct. 22 ahead of the award ceremony on Oct. 23. (Kyodo)

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Japan's Kuma receives Global Award for Sustainable Architecture

Kengo Kuma, designer of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics main stadium, delivers the commemorative presentation at the Palais de Chaillot in Paris on May 9, 2016, as he received the Global Award for Sustainable Architecture with five other recipients. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan's Kuma receives Global Award for Sustainable Architecture

Kengo Kuma, designer of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics main stadium, attends the award ceremony of the Global Award for Sustainable Architecture at the Palais de Chaillot in Paris on May 9, 2016, as one of the six recipients from five countries. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Nakamura attends U.S. academy prize ceremony

Nobel Prize-winning physicist Shuji Nakamura (C) receives the Draper Prize from the U.S. National Academy of Engineering in Washington on Feb. 24, 2015. The Japanese-born professor of the University of California, Santa Barbara, was among the five recipients of the prize for developing light-emitting diodes. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Nakamura attends U.S. academy prize ceremony

Nobel Prize-winning physicist Shuji Nakamura (3rd from R) receives the Draper Prize from the U.S. National Academy of Engineering in Washington on Feb. 24, 2015. The Japanese-born professor of the University of California, Santa Barbara, was among the five recipients of the prize for developing light-emitting diodes. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japanese fashion industry group names "Best Dresser" awardees

Photo taken at a hotel in Tokyo on Nov. 25, 2015, shows five recipients of this year's Best Dresser awards given by the Men's Fashion Unity industry group -- (from L) Naomichi Suzuki, mayor of Hokkaido's Yubari city; Hideo Sawada, chairman of travel agency H.I.S. Co.; comedian and Akutagawa literary award winner Naoki Matayoshi; actress Yo Yoshida; and actor Tori Matsuzaka. Another awardee, Charlotte Kate Fox, an American actress who won popularity after playing a heroine in a TV serial drama, was absent due to poor health. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Emperor bestows spring decorations at Imperial Palace

TOKYO, Japan - Emperor Akihito (L) bestows the Grand Cordon of the Order of the Rising Sun to Hirohiko Oshima, adviser of Chunichi Shimbun Co., in a ceremony at the Imperial Palace on May 8, with Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (L, background) attending. Five other recipients of the Grand Cordon of the Order of the Rising Sun, along with three recipients of the Grand Cordon of the Order of the Sacred Treasure, also received the spring government decorations from the emperor. (Pool photo) (Kyodo)

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Kyogen actor Shigeyama, 4 others receive top culture awards

TOKYO, Japan - Five recipients of the Order of Culture pose for a photo with Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda (3rd from L) at the Imperial Palace on Nov. 3. (From L to R) are sculptor Shinya Nakamura, Akira Mikazuki, professor emeritus in judicial studies at the University of Tokyo, Fukuda, Kyogen actor Shigeyama Sensaku, Koji Nakanishi, professor emeritus in organic chemistry at Columbia University, and Tokindo Okada, professor emeritus in development biology at Kyoto University. (Kyodo)

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Arimori among recipients of IOC Women and Sport Awards

LAUSANNE, Switzerland - Olympic marathon medalist Yuko Arimori of Japan (R) poses for a photo with International Olympic Committee President Jacques Rogge in Lausanne, Switzerland, on June 23, 2010, after being among those awarded the 2010 Women and Sport Awards. Arimori, one of the five recipients of the annual award, was recognized for her social work in developing countries. (Kyodo)

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Jockey Take commended for contribution to sport

Jockey Yutaka Take (L) receives an award from Japanese sports minister Koichi Hagiuda at a ceremony in Tokyo on July 27, 2020, for his contribution to Japanese sport. Take, who has won a record of over 4,000 Japan Racing Association races, is one of five recipients of this year's award, given to those who have made outstanding contribution to pro sport in Japan.

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Imperial Palace ceremony for Order of Culture recipients

Photographer Takeyoshi Tanuma (L) speaks to Emperor Naruhito at a ceremony at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on Nov. 3, 2019, on behalf of five other recipients of the Order of Culture, Japan's top cultural award. (Pool photo) (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Imperial Palace ceremony for Order of Culture recipients

Immunologist Shimon Sakaguchi, 68, enters the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on Nov. 3, 2019, to attend a ceremony to receive the Order of Culture, Japan's top cultural award, together with five other recipients. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Imperial Palace ceremony for Order of Culture recipients

Mathematical engineering scholar Shunichi Amari, 83, enters the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on Nov. 3, 2019, to attend a ceremony to receive the Order of Culture, Japan's top cultural award, together with five other recipients. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Imperial Palace ceremony for Order of Culture recipients

Photographer Takeyoshi Tanuma, 90, enters the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on Nov. 3, 2019, to attend a ceremony to receive the Order of Culture, Japan's top cultural award, together with five other recipients. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Imperial Palace ceremony for Order of Culture recipients

Political scientist Takeshi Sasaki, 77, enters the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on Nov. 3, 2019, to attend a ceremony to receive the Order of Culture, Japan's top cultural award, together with five other recipients. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Imperial Palace ceremony for Order of Culture recipients

Kyogen actor Nomura Man, 89, enters the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on Nov. 3, 2019, to attend a ceremony to receive the Order of Culture, Japan's top cultural award, together with five other recipients. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Imperial Palace ceremony for Order of Culture recipients

Akira Yoshino, 71, a co-winner of this year's Nobel Prize in chemistry, enters the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on Nov. 3, 2019, to attend a ceremony to receive the Order of Culture, Japan's top cultural award, together with five other recipients. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Mori named recipient of Order of Culture

TOKYO, Japan - Pathologist Wataru Mori (in file photo) is one of five persons named by the government on Oct. 28 as recipients of the Order of Culture for 2003. (Kyodo)

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Shirakawa, 5 others awarded Order of Culture by emperor

TOKYO, Japan - Nobel laureate Hideki Shirakawa (Far L) and five others sit in a photo session Nov. 3 at the Imperial Palace after they were awarded this year's Order of Culture by Emperor Akihito. Next to Shirakawa is leather craftswoman Fukuko Okubo, 81, followed by calligrapher Kason Sugioka, 87, actress Isuzu Yamada, 83, sinologist Tadao Ishikawa, 78, and organic chemist Ryoji Noyori, 62. At the ceremony, which started at 10:30 a.m., the emperor decorated each of the recipients, who then received a certificate from Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori.

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Umehara, 4 others receive cultural award

TOKYO, Japan - Anthropologist Takeshi Umehara and four others receive this year's Order of Culture from Emperor Akihito at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on Culture Day on Nov. 3. The photo shows the five recipients and their wives. From L to R, novelist Hiroyuki Agawa, 78, organic chemist Saburo Tamura, 82, painter Fuku Akino, 91, law expert Masami Ito, 80, and Takeshi Umehara, 74.

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Recipients of Order of Culture awards

Five recipients of this year's Order of Culture awards and their spouses pose for camera Nov. 3 after receiving the medals from Emperor Akihito. Front row, from left to right: artist Ikuo Hirayama, calligrapher Santo Murakami, historian Tatsuro Yamamoto, architect Yoshinobu Ashihara and immunologist Tadamitsu Kishimoto. Back row, from left to right: Mrs. Michiko Hirayama, Mrs. Hatsuko Ashihara and Mrs. Chizuko Kishimoto. The five received the awards in a ceremony held at the Imperial Palace. ==Kyodo

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Five artists win culture award

Five artists, including Academy Award-winning director Richard Attenborough from Britain, were named Oct. 28 as recipients of the 10th Prince Takamatsu Memorial Prize for outstanding cultural achievements. (from L to R) Israeli sculptor Dani Karavan, 67, American painter Robert Rauschenberg, 73, Attenborough, 75, and Russian musician Sofia Gubaidulina, 67. Another recipient, Portuguese architect Alvaro Siza, 65, is not in the photo.