Order of Culture and Person of Cultural Merit Recipients Announced
On October 24, the Japanese government announced five recipients of the Order of Culture and fifteen recipients of the Person of Cultural Merit for the fiscal year 2017. In relation to art, yōga painter OKUTANI Hiroshi was awarded the Order of Culture, and sculptor AMAMIYA Keiko and photographer SUGIMOTO Hiroshi were awarded the Person of Cultural Merit. (Japanese)
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