![Masaharu Kono and Oleg Tabakov](https://img.sputnikimages.com/images/vol1%2Fmedia%2Foriginal%2Fold%2F39%2F56%2F395640_hires_0%3A0%3A0%3A0_1400x1000_80_10_1_VmxhZGltaXIgVnlhdGtpbiAjMzk1NjQw_116%3A95_sputnik-395640-preview_9d1f9b39e2bdb92c88388c0e8c768721.jpg)
![Masaharu Kono and Oleg Tabakov](https://img.sputnikimages.com/images/vol1%2Fmedia%2Foriginal%2Fold%2F39%2F56%2F395640_hires_0%3A0%3A0%3A0_1400x1000_80_10_1_VmxhZGltaXIgVnlhdGtpbiAjMzk1NjQw_116%3A95_sputnik-395640-preview_9d1f9b39e2bdb92c88388c0e8c768721.jpg)
Japanese Ambassador to Russia Masaharu Kono, left, and Artistic Director of the Chekhov Maly Theater Oleg Tabakov during a ceremony of awarding Russian writer Boris Akunin (Grigory Chkhartishvili) with the Japanese Order of the Rising Sun. The ceremony took place in the Japanese Ambassador's residence in Moscow.
- Categories: Arts, Culture & Entertainment
- Location: Moscow, Russia
- Event date: 20.05.2009
- Date published: 20.05.2009
- Author: Vladimir Vyatkin
- Credit: Sputnik
- Source: Sputnik
- Original: Digital
- Media: JPEG, 4096x2832px, 4.6Mb