Designer Koshino Junko awarded Legion of Honor World-renowned fashion designer Koshino Junko has been awarded France's highest order of merit, the Legion of Honor. French Ambassador to Japan Philippe Setton presented Koshino with the award in a ceremony at his official residence in Tokyo on Tuesday. Koshino was made a chevalier, one of the award's five ranks, for her contributions to cultural exchange between Japan and France. Koshino, a native of Osaka in western Japan, showed one of her collections in Paris for the first time in 1978. She has since held fashion shows around the world. She...