This just in from Tokyo, Japan. Lee Byung Hun, an actor from South Korea, and Miyuki Hatoyama, Japan’s first Lady, have won the ‘Best Jewelry Wearer’ Award at International Jewelry Tokyo 2010. Receiving a trophy and platinum necklace, the winners were selected not just for their interest in wearing jewelry but also for their great fashion sense. (You can read more about the award by clicking here.)

Lee Byung Hun, a beloved Hallyu actor (the term refers to the Korean Wave, in which South Korean culture is being embraced by the rest of the world) is the first non-Japanese person to receive the award. He noted, ‘This is the second time in my life that I’ve received jewelry. The first time was on my first birthday, it’s a Korean Tradition to give a golden ring on the first birthday. I will try my best and try to be a jewel of an actor.’

A wiser, sadder LL Cool J rues the day he turned his back on contemporary jewelry.