Friday, July 3, 2009

国民栄誉賞(kokumin eiyo sho): People's Honour Award

In the afternoon of July 1 there was an awarding ceremony of kokumin eiyo sho(国民栄誉賞), People's Honour Award at the prime minister's official residence. The recipient of the prize is an actress Mori Mitsuko(森光子), 89 years old. She is the 17th winner of the prize and the first incumbent actress and the oldest to get the prize.
On her 89th birthday, May 9, this year she made a record of 2000 performances of her life work stage Horoki (放浪記), Record of Wanderer. Her first appearance on this stage was October 1961. For more than 47 years she has been a leading actress of that show. On the last day of performances this year on May 29, her People's Honour Award winning was decided. Next year on her 90th birthday she will play the drama too. And she hope to keep acting for the 50th year anniversary in the year after next.
This award does not include the prize money, instead, she received the certificate, the shield, and the memorial goods. She chose the Omega constellation watch (yen577,500) as the gift from the list.
This award has started since September 1977 and the first winner was the professional baseball player Oh Sadaharu(王貞治) for the world record for home runs (868 home runs).

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