Wen tours Kyoto - Luncheon at Kyoto government guesthouse

Wen tours Kyoto - Luncheon at Kyoto government guesthouse

KYOTO, Japan - Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao, joined by Kyoto Gov. Keiji Yamada (R) and Kyoto Mayor Yorikane Masumoto (L), views a pond at the Kyoto government guesthouse after attending a luncheon there. Wen, the first Chinese leader to visit Japan in six and a half years, was on a day trip to Kyoto and Osaka on the last day of a three-day ''ice-melting'' visit to Japan.

Kyoto city awards medal of honor to Nobel laureate Tanaka

Kyoto city awards medal of honor to Nobel laureate Tanaka

KYOTO, Japan - Kyoto Mayor Yorikane Masumoto (R) awards a citizen's medal of honor to Koichi Tanaka (L), the co-winner of the 2002 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, at the Kyoto municipal office on Jan. 20. Tanaka, 43, is a fellow at Kyoto-based precision equipment maker Shimadzu Corp. and has lived in the city for nearly 20 years.

Wen tours Kyoto - Luncheon at Kyoto government guesthouse

Wen tours Kyoto - Luncheon at Kyoto government guesthouse

KYOTO, Japan - Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao, joined by Kyoto Gov. Keiji Yamada (R) and Kyoto Mayor Yorikane Masumoto (L), views a pond at the Kyoto government guesthouse after attending a luncheon there. Wen, the first Chinese leader to visit Japan in six and a half years, was on a day trip to Kyoto and Osaka on the last day of a three-day ''ice-melting'' visit to Japan. (Kyodo)

Kyoto city awards medal of honor to Nobel laureate Tanaka

Kyoto city awards medal of honor to Nobel laureate Tanaka

KYOTO, Japan - Kyoto Mayor Yorikane Masumoto (R) awards a citizen's medal of honor to Koichi Tanaka (L), the co-winner of the 2002 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, at the Kyoto municipal office on Jan. 20. Tanaka, 43, is a fellow at Kyoto-based precision equipment maker Shimadzu Corp. and has lived in the city for nearly 20 years. (Kyodo)