2 Nobel winners, 4 others receive top cultural awards

2 Nobel winners, 4 others receive top cultural awards

TOKYO, Japan - (From left to right) Makoto Kobayashi, a winner of the Nobel physics prize, maestro Seiji Ozawa, novelist Seiko Tanabe, Hironoshin Furuhashi, chairman emeritus of the Japan Swimming Federation, Toshihide Masukawa, a winner of the Nobel physics prize, and Donald Keene, a U.S. scholar in Japanese literature, pose for a photo after receiving the Order of Culture from Emperor Akihito during a Culture Day ceremony at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on Nov. 3.

2 Nobel winners, 4 others receive top cultural awards

2 Nobel winners, 4 others receive top cultural awards

TOKYO, Japan - Novelist Seiko Tanabe, representing six recipients of the Order of Culture, delivers a speech after they received the top awards from Emperor Akihito during a Culture Day ceremony at the Imperial Palace on Nov. 3. She expressed the recipients' appreciation for receiving the top awards and vowed to continue to do their best in their respective fields. (Pool photo) (Kyodo)

2 Nobel winners, 4 others receive top cultural awards

2 Nobel winners, 4 others receive top cultural awards

TOKYO, Japan - (From left to right) Makoto Kobayashi, a winner of the Nobel physics prize, maestro Seiji Ozawa, novelist Seiko Tanabe, Hironoshin Furuhashi, chairman emeritus of the Japan Swimming Federation, Toshihide Masukawa, a winner of the Nobel physics prize, and Donald Keene, a U.S. scholar in Japanese literature, pose for a photo after receiving the Order of Culture from Emperor Akihito during a Culture Day ceremony at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on Nov. 3. (Kyodo)

Award-winning Japanese author Seiko Tanabe dies at 91

Award-winning Japanese author Seiko Tanabe dies at 91

Award-winning Japanese author Seiko Tanabe, known for her modernized version of the Japanese classic "Tale of Genji," poses at the museum dedicated to her books in Higashiosaka, western Japan, in June 2007. Tanabe died in Kobe, Hyogo prefecture, western Japan, on June 6, 2019, aged 91. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Award-winning Japanese author Seiko Tanabe dies at 91

Award-winning Japanese author Seiko Tanabe dies at 91

Award-winning Japanese author Seiko Tanabe, known for her modernized version of the Japanese classic "Tale of Genji," speaks to the media after receiving the Order of Culture in October 2008 in Tokyo. Tanabe died in Kobe, Hyogo prefecture, western Japan, on June 6, 2019, aged 91. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Award-winning Japanese author Seiko Tanabe dies at 91

Award-winning Japanese author Seiko Tanabe dies at 91

Photo taken in February 2011 shows award-winning Japanese author Seiko Tanabe, known for her modernized version of the Japanese classic "Tale of Genji." Tanabe died in Kobe, Hyogo prefecture, western Japan, on June 6, 2019, aged 91. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo