Polish medal for Japanese welfare organisation: audio report

A Japanese welfare organisation that rescued several hundred Polish orphans from Russia's remote Siberia region a century ago has received a special award from Poland.

Image: "Poles Deported to Siberia" by painter Aleksander Sochaczewski (1843-1923)

NAC/Koncern Ilustrowany Kurier Codzienny - Archiwum Ilustracji

The Independence Centennial Medal was collected in Warsaw by Takaaki Ota, chairman of Fukudenkai Social Welfare Corporation.

Elżbieta Krajewska reports.

Click on the audio player above to listen.