Japanese to receive honorary citizen status from S. Korean province

Japanese to receive honorary citizen status from S. Korean province

Shiozo Nishimori, former speaker of the Kochi prefectural assembly, stands in front of a monument to Chizuko Tauchi, known as the "Japanese mother of Korean orphans," in Kochi, western Japan, on Sept. 26, 2015. Nishimori will receive an honorary citizen award from South Korea's South Jeolla Province for his efforts to promote civil exchanges. He will become the first Japanese to receive the award. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

2 Japanese awarded honorary citizenship from S. Korea province

2 Japanese awarded honorary citizenship from S. Korea province

Shiozo Nishimori (R), former speaker of the Kochi prefectural assembly in western Japan, and Japanese journalist Masaki Tachikawa (R) receive on Oct. 20, 2015, an honorary citizen award from South Jeolla Province in southwestern South Korea in the in the provincial city of Yeongam for their efforts to promote civil exchanges between the two countries. Tachikawa deepened friendship with the late former South Korean President Kim Dae Jung who hailed from the province and reported on the country's democratization. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Japanese awarded honorary citizen status by S. Korea province

Japanese awarded honorary citizen status by S. Korea province

Shiozo Nishimori (R), former speaker of the Kochi prefectural assembly in western Japan, receives on Oct. 20, 2015, an honorary citizen award from South Jeolla Province in southwestern South Korea in the provincial city of Yeongam for his efforts to promote civil exchanges between the two countries. He has helped build a monument dedicated to Chizuko Tauchi, known as the "Japanese mother of Korean orphans," in the western Japanese city of Kochi. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo