Order of Culture and Person of Cultural Merit Recipients Announced

On October 28, the Japanese government announced six recipients of the Order of Culture and 15 recipients of the Person of Cultural Merit for the fiscal year 2016. In relation to art, painter as well as sculptor KUSAMA Yayoi was awarded the Order of Culture, and calligrapher OZAKI Yūhō and art critic TSUJI Nobuo were awarded the Person of Cultural Merit. (Japanese)