The is a Japanese order, established in 1875 by

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. The Order was the first national decoration awarded by the

Japanese government The Government of Japan consists of legislative, executive and judiciary branches and is based on popular sovereignty. The Government runs under the framework established by the Constitution of Japan, adopted in 1947. It is a unitary state, c ...

, created on 10 April 1875 by decree of the Council of State. The badge features rays of sunlight from the rising sun. The design of the Rising Sun symbolizes energy as powerful as the rising sunEmbassy of Japan in Australia
in parallel with the "rising sun" concept of Japan ("Land of the Rising Sun"). The Order of the Rising Sun is awarded to people who have rendered distinguished service to the state in various fields except military service. Since there is no order for military achievements under the current Japanese system,

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personnel are awarded the

Order of the Sacred Treasure The is a Japanese order, established on 4 January 1888 by Emperor Meiji as the Order of Meiji. Originally awarded in eight classes (from 8th to 1st, in ascending order of importance), since 2003 it has been awarded in six classes, the lowest ...

for their long engagement in public service. Prior to the end of World War II, it was also awarded for exemplary military service. In 2003, the 7th and 8th Class, which were at the bottom of the Order of the Rising Sun, were abolished, and the upper half of the 1st Class (''勲一等'', ''Kun-ittō'') was separated as the

Order of the Paulownia Flowers The is an order presented by the Japanese government. Established in 1888 during the Meiji Restoration as the highest award in the Order of the Rising Sun; however, since 2003 it has been an Order in its own right. The only grade of the order i ...

, which was higher than the Order of the Rising Sun.Grand Cordon of the Order of the Paulownia Flowers
Cabinet Office Until 2003, the Order of the Rising Sun was on the same rank as the

Order of the Precious Crown The is a Japanese order, established on January 4, 1888 by Emperor Meiji of Japan. Since the Order of the Rising Sun at that time was an Order for men, it was established as an Order for women. Originally the order had five classes, but on Ap ...

, with the Order of the Rising Sun being for men only and the Order of the Precious Crown for women only.栄典制度の概要. p.6

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The

was treated as an order of slightly lower rank than the Order of the Rising Sun and the Order of the Precious Crown. For example, the 1st class of the Order of the Sacred Treasure was placed between the 1st class and the 2nd class of the Order of the Rising Sun and the Order of the Precious Crown, and the 2nd class of the Order of the Sacred Treasure was placed between the 2nd class and the 3rd class of the Order of the Rising Sun and the Order of the Precious Crown. Since 2003, the Order of the Rising Sun has been awarded not only to men but also to women, and the Order of the Precious Crown has become a special order given only to female members of the imperial family in Japan and female members of royal families in foreign countries, only when it is specifically necessary for diplomatic ceremonies. The Order of the Rising Sun and the Order of the Sacred Treasure became the same rank of orders, and one of them came to be awarded because of the difference in the viewpoint of contribution to the state.栄典制度の概要. p.5

The Order of the Rising Sun is awarded with an emphasis on achievements to the state, and the Order of the Sacred Treasure is awarded with an emphasis on long-term public service.勲章の授与基準.

While it is the third highest order bestowed by the Japanese government, it is however generally the highest ordinarily conferred order. The highest Japanese order, the

Order of the Chrysanthemum is Japan's highest order. The Grand Cordon of the Order was established in 1876 by Emperor Meiji of Japan; the Collar of the Order was added on 4 January 1888. Unlike its European counterparts, the order may be conferred posthumously. Apart f ...

, is reserved for heads of state or royalty, while the second highest order, the

, is mostly reserved for politicians. The modern version of this honour has been conferred on non-Japanese recipients beginning in 1981 (although several foreigners were given the honor before World War II). The awarding of the Order is administered by the Decoration Bureau of the

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headed by the

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. It is awarded in the name of the

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and can be awarded

posthumously Posthumous may refer to: * Posthumous award - an award, prize or medal granted after the recipient's death * Posthumous publication – material published after the author's death * ''Posthumous'' (album), by Warne Marsh, 1987 * ''Posthumous'' (E ...

. Since 2003, the number representing rank included in the official name of the order was removed. As a result, although numbers representing ranks were sometimes used in common names, the formal names such as ''勲一等'' (''Kun-ittō'', First Class) and 勲二等 (''Kun-nitō'', Second Class) were no longer used.

Criteria for awarding

The Order of the Rising Sun is awarded to the following;栄典制度の概要. p.10

* A person who has contributed to the stability and development of the international community. * A person who has contributed to the realization of appropriate tax payment. * A person who has contributed to the promotion of school education or social education. * A person who has contributed to the promotion of culture or sports. * A person who has contributed to the promotion of science and technology. * A person who has contributed to the improvement and promotion of social welfare. * A person who has contributed to the improvement and promotion of the health or public health of citizens. * A person who has contributed to the improvement of the working environment for workers. * A person who has contributed to environmental conservation. * A person who is engaged in the business of agriculture, forestry, fisheries, commerce, mining, industry, information and communications industry, construction industry, real estate industry, finance and insurance industry, service industry, etc., and has contributed to the public interest by developing the economy and industry. * A person who has contributed to the public interest by engaging in the services of an attorney, certified public accountant, patent attorney, etc. * A person who has contributed to the public interest by engaging in the work of newspapers, broadcasting or other news reporting. * A person who has engaged in a public interest business such as Electricity Business, Gas Business, Transportation Business, etc. and has contributed to the promotion of public welfare. * A person other than those listed in the preceding items who has contributed to the public interest. Among them, regulations on the criteria for awarding orders to those who belong to the

National Diet The is the national legislature of Japan. It is composed of a lower house, called the House of Representatives (Japan), House of Representatives (, ''Shūgiin''), and an upper house, the House of Councillors (Japan), House of Councillors (, ...

, the central and local governments, and courts stipulate in detail which ranks are awarded for each position. For example, the Grand Cordon of the Order of the Rising Sun (1st class) is awarded to a person who has made outstanding achievements in his/her position as

Prime Minister A prime minister, premier or chief of cabinet is the head of the cabinet and the leader of the ministers in the executive branch of government, often in a parliamentary or semi-presidential system. Under those systems, a prime minister is not ...

, Speaker of the House of Representatives,

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, or

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. The Grand Cordon of the Order of the Rising Sun (1st class) or the Order of the Rising Sun, Gold and Silver Rays (2nd class) are awarded to a person who has made outstanding achievements in his/her position as Minister of State,

Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary The Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary assists the Chief Cabinet Secretary in the Government of Japan. Officeholders 2000-03 * Shinzo Abe Shinzo Abe ( ; ja, 安倍晋三, Hepburn: , ; 21 September 1954 – 8 July 2022) was a Japanese ...

, Senior Vice-Minister, Vice Speaker of the House of Representatives, Vice President of the House of Councilors, or Judge of the Supreme Court.栄典制度の概要. p.11, p.12

Classes

The Order was awarded in nine classes until 2003, when the Grand Cordon with Paulownia Flowers was made a separate order, and the lowest two classes were abolished. Since then, it has been awarded in six classes. Conventionally, a diploma is prepared to accompany the insignia of the order, and in some rare instances, the personal signature of the Emperor will have been added. As an illustration of the wording of the text, a translation of a representative 1929 diploma says:

Insignia

The ''star'' for the ''Grand Cordon'' and ''Second Class'' is a silver star of eight points, each point having three alternating silver rays; the central emblem is identical to the badge. It is worn on the left chest for the Grand Cordon, on the right chest for the 2nd Class. The ''badge'' for the ''Grand Cordon to Sixth Classes'' is an eight-pointed badge bearing a central red enamelled sun disc, with gilt points (1st–4th Classes), with four gilt and four silver points (5th Class), or with silver points (6th Class); each point comprises three white enamelled rays. It is suspended from three enamelled paulownia leaves (not chrysanthemum leaves as the Decoration Bureau page claims) on a ribbon in white with red border stripes, worn as a sash from the right shoulder for the Grand Cordon, as a necklet for the 2nd and 3rd Classes and on the left chest for the 4th to 6th Classes (with a rosette for the 4th Class). The ''badge'' for the ''Seventh and Eighth Classes'' consisted of a silver medal in the shape of three paulownia leaves, enamelled for the 7th Class and plain for the 8th Class. Both were suspended on a ribbon, again in white with red border stripes, and worn on the left chest. Both classes were abolished in 2003 and replaced by the

, a single-class order that now ranks above the Order of the Rising Sun. File:Grand Cordon of the Order of the Paulownia Flowers.png, Separated into higher order in 2003. (Upper half of the 1st Class before 2003) File:Grand Cordon of the Order of the Rising Sun.png, Grand Cordon of the Order of the Rising Sun (1st class) File:The Order of the Rising Sun, Gold and Silver Star.png, The Order of the Rising Sun, Gold and Silver Star (2nd class) File:The Order of the Rising Sun, Gold Rays with Neck Ribbon.png, The Order of the Rising Sun, Gold Rays with Neck Ribbon (3rd class) File:The Order of the Rising Sun, Gold Rays with Rosette.png, The Order of the Rising Sun, Gold Rays with Rosette (4th class) File:The Order of the Rising Sun, Gold and Silver Rays.png, The Order of the Rising Sun, Gold and Silver Rays (5th class) File:The Order of the Rising Sun, Silver Rays.png, The Order of the Rising Sun, Silver Rays (6th class) File:MET 06 432ab F.jpeg, 7th Class (Abolished in 2003) File:MET 06 433ab F.jpeg, 8th Class (Abolished in 2003)

Notable recipients

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, 2000 *

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(1855–1913), 1907 *

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''New York Times,'' 28 June 1929. *

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Judit Hidasi Judit Hidasi (; born 11 July 1948) is a Hungarian linguist, professor of communication at Faculty of International Management and Business, Budapest Business School. Biography and career Hidasi was born on 11 July 1948 in Budapest. She earned ...

, 2005 * Yanosuke Hirai (1902–1986), 1972 * Irene Hirano (1948–2020), 2020 * John Charles Hoad (1856–1911), 1906 * Susumu Honjo, 2003 *

Jiro Horikoshi was the chief engineer of many Japanese fighter designs of World War II, including the Mitsubishi A6M Zero fighter. Early life Jiro Horikoshi was born near the city of Fujioka, Gunma Prefecture, Japan, in 1903. Horikoshi graduated from the new ...

(1903–1982), 1973 *

Bill Hosokawa William Kunpei Hosokawa (January 30, 1915 – November 9, 2007) was an American writer and journalist. Of Japanese descent, while interned at the Heart Mountain Relocation Center, he was the editor of the internment camp's newspaper, ''The ...

(1915–2007), 1987 *

John Howes John Forman Howes (June 19, 1924 – February 4, 2017) was a Professor of Asian Studies at the University of British Columbia (UBC) for over three decades. Biography Howes began his studies of the Japanese language in 1944 at the I.T.S. Naval ...

, (1924–2017), 2003 * Robert Huey, 2019 * Romuald Huszcza, 2012 * José Luis Ceacero Inguanzo, 1886 * Keiichi Ishizaka (1945–2016), 2015 * Muhammad Nurul Islam (1943–), 2012 *

Jean-François Jarrige Jean-François Jarrige (5 August 1940, Lourdes – 18 November 2014, Paris) was a French archaeologist specializing in South Asian archaeology and Sindhology. He held a doctorate from the University of Paris in oriental archaeology. He carried o ...

(1940–2014) *

Kanō Jigorō was a Japanese educator, athlete, and the founder of Judo. Along with Ju-Jutsu, Judo was one of the first Japanese martial arts to gain widespread international recognition, and the first to become an official Olympic sport. Pedagogical inno ...

(1860–1938) *

Otto Hermann Kahn Otto Hermann Kahn (February 21, 1867 – March 29, 1934) was a German-born American investment banker, collector, philanthropist, and patron of the arts. Kahn was a well-known figure, appearing on the cover of ''Time'' magazine and was sometimes ...

(1867–1934) *

Kusuma Karunaratne Kusuma Karunaratne ''nee'' Ediriweera Jayasooriya (born November 21, 1940) is a Sri Lankan academic, university administrator, Professor and scholar of Sinhala language, Sinhalese language and literature. Personal life Kusuma Jayasooriya was born ...

(1940–) * Stephen Ira Katz, 2012 * Dr. Nghiem Vu Khai, 2014 * Harue Kitamura, 2004 * Larry Kominz, 2022 * George Koshi c. 1960 *

(1842–1921) * Miles Wedderburn Lampson (1880–1964) * Kuo-Hsiung Lee, 2011 * Yves Leterme, 2016 * Carlos Rubio López de la Llave, 2014 *

Norman Macrae Norman Alastair Duncan Macrae (1923 – 11 June 2010) was a British economist, journalist and author, considered by some to have been one of the world's best forecasters when it came to economics and society. Career Macrae joined ''The Economis ...

(1923–2010), 1988 *

Paul Magnette Paul Magnette (born 28 June 1971) is a Belgian politician for the Socialist Party, the current mayor of Charleroi and former political science professor at the Université libre de Bruxelles (ULB). He was the 13th Minister-President of Wallonia ...

, 2016 * William P. Malm, 2020 *

Mike Masaoka Mike Masaru Masaoka ( ja, 正岡優, October 15, 1915 – June 26, 1991) was a Japanese-American lobbyist, author, and spokesman. He worked with the Japanese American Citizens League for over 30 years. He was a key player in encouraging cooperati ...

, 1968 * Matthew H. Molloy, 2013 *

Kyuzo Mifune has been categorized as one of the greatest exponents of the art of judo after the founder, Kanō Jigorō. He is considered by many to be the greatest judo technician ever, after Kanō. Early life Mifune was born on April 21, 1883, in Kuji Cit ...

(1883–1965), 1964 *

John Milne John Milne (30 December 1850 – 31 July 1913) was a British geologist and mining engineer who worked on a horizontal seismograph. Biography Milne was born in Liverpool, England, the only child of John Milne of Milnrow, and at first raised in ...

(1850–1913) *

Earl Miner Earl Roy Miner (February 21, 1927 – April 17, 2004) was a professor at Princeton University, and a noted scholar of Japanese literature and especially Japanese poetry; he was also active in early modern English literature (for instance, his obit ...

(1926–2004) *

Edwin McClellan Edwin McClellan (24 October 1925 – 27 April 2009) was a British Japanologist, teacher, writer, translator, and interpreter of Japanese literature and culture. Biography McClellan was born in Kobe, Japan in 1925 to a Japanese mother, Teruko ...

(1925–2009), 1998 * Seang Nam, 2020 * Edward Gage Nelson, 2008 *

Ian Nish Ian Hill Nish Order of the British Empire, CBE (3 June 1926 – 31 July 2022) was a British academic. A specialist in Japanese studies, he was Emeritus Professor of International History at the London School of Economics and Political Science (L ...

, 1991 *

Setsuko Matsunaga Nishi Setsuko Matsunaga Nishi (née Setsuko Matsunaga; October 17, 1921 – November 18, 2012) was a pioneering community activist and researcher in the area of American race relations as well as professor of sociology at the City University of New Yo ...

, 2009 * Jeanette Takamura, 2009 * Dr. Susumu Nisizaki, 2018 * Jerzy Nowacki, 2008 *

John O'Conor John O'Conor (born 18 January 1947) is an Irish pianist and pedagogue, and former director of the Royal Irish Academy of Music. Early career Born in Dublin, O'Conor attended Belvedere College in that city. During his early Dublin studies, his ...

, 2011 *

Peter O'Malley Peter O'Malley (born December 12, 1937) is an American former owner (1979–98) and president (1970–98) of the Los Angeles Dodgers of Major League Baseball (MLB). Life and sports O'Malley was born at Carson C. Peck Memorial Hospital in Brookly ...

, 2015 *

Dennis M. Ogawa Dennis Masaaki Ogawa received his Ph.D. from the University of California, Los Angeles in 1969 where he was honored as one of the founders of the UCLA Asian American Studies Center. He is a professor and former chair at the University of Hawaii a ...

, 2016 *

Taiichi Ohno was a Japanese industrial engineer and businessman. He is considered to be the father of the Toyota Production System, which inspired Lean Manufacturing in the U.S. He devised the seven wastes (or muda in Japanese) as part of this system. He wro ...

, 1982 *

Janusz Onyszkiewicz Janusz Adam Onyszkiewicz (, born 18 December 1937) is a Polish mathematician, alpinist, politicianEuropa Publications, "The International Who's Who 2004", Routledge, 2003pg. 1258/ref> and was a vice-president of the European Parliament's Foreign ...

, 2019 *

Piotr Paleczny Piotr Paleczny (born 10 May 1946 in Rybnik, Poland) is a Polish classical pianist, winner of the 3rd prize of the VIII International Chopin Piano Competition in 1970. In 1990 he served on the jury of the Paloma O'Shea Santander International P ...

, 2019 * T.J. Pempel, 2022 * Susan Pharr, 2008 * Umberto Pineschi, 2009 * Lee Poh Ping, 2010 *

John Powles John Powles (1948 – March 14, 2010) was the Canadian president of the Canada-Japan Society and an important figure within Canadian-Japanese relations for more than 25 years. John Mark Powles was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, but moved to Yokohama ...

, 2008 * Pyle, Kenneth B. 1999 *

John Mark Ramseyer John Mark Ramseyer (born 1954) is the Mitsubishi professor of Japanese Legal Studies at Harvard Law School. He is the author of over 10 books and 50 articles in scholarly journals. He is co-author of one of the leading corporations casebooks, Kl ...

, 2018 *

Sadia Rashid Sadia Rashid (born 1946) is a Pakistani educationist who is the current president of Hamdard Pakistan, chancellor of the Hamdard University and president of the Pakistan-Japan Cultural Association (PJCA). Early life She was born in 1946 in Sita ...

, 2019 *

Dzulkifli Abdul Razak Dzulkifli bin Abdul Razak (born 1951) is a Malaysian emeritus professor, educationist and scientist who has served as the 6th Rector of the International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM) since 1 August 2018. He was the Chairman of Universiti S ...

, 2019 * Jacob Raz, 2006 *

Rustum Roy Rustum Roy (July 3, 1924 – August 26, 2010) was a physicist, born in India, who became a professor at Pennsylvania State University and was a leader in materials research. As an advocate for interdisciplinarity, he initiated a movement of mat ...

, 2002 *

David Rowe-Beddoe David Sydney Rowe-Beddoe, Baron Rowe-Beddoe, (born 19 December 1937) is a Welsh businessman, a life peer and a crossbench member of the House of Lords.

, 2008 * David Russell, 2010 *

Raaj Kumar Sah Raaj may refer to: * Romit Raj, an Indian actor * '' Raaj the Showman'', a 2009 Kannada film * ''Raaj'' (film), a 2011 Telugu film See also * Raj (disambiguation) * Raaz (disambiguation) ''Raaz'' may refer to: Films * ''Raaz'' (1967 film), an ...

, 2017 * Emiko "Emily" Sano, 2008 * Wolfgang Sauerwein (1952–), 2020 *

Isaac Shapiro Isaac Shapiro (born 1931) is an American lawyer with Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom. He is an expert in Soviet law, Japanese law, and served as the president of Japan Society. He has also written widely about Japan and Japanese-American rel ...

(1931–), 2006 *

David Bowman Schneder David Bowman Schneder (March 23, 1857 – October 5, 1938) was an American missionary educator in Japan. Early life and education Schneder, was born in Bowmansville, Pennsylvania, and graduated from Franklin and Marshall College in 1880. He gra ...

, 1936 *

Edward Seidensticker Edward George Seidensticker (February 11, 1921 – August 26, 2007) was an American noted post-World War II scholar, historian, and preeminent translator of classical and contemporary Japanese literature. His English translation of the epic '' Th ...

, 1975 *

Go Seigen Wu Quan (), courtesy name Wu Qingyuan ()His courtesy name was created based on his real name (''Quan'' means "spring, fountain" and ''Qing Yuan'' means "clear and pure source of water"). (June 12, 1914 – November 30, 2014), better known by ...

aka Wu Qing Yuan (1914–2014), 1987 * John Stich, 2021 * William Forbes-Sempill * Shinichi Suzuki (1898–1998), c. 1970 * George Tanabe, Jr., 2013 * Ichimatsu Tanaka (1895–1983), 1967 *

Tadao Tannaka was a Japanese mathematician who worked in algebraic number theory. Biography Tannaka was born in Matsuyama, Ehime Prefecture on December 27, 1908. After receiving a Bachelor of Science in mathematics from Tohoku Imperial University in 1932, he ...

(1908–1986), 1980 * Patrick Lennox Tierney, 2007 *

Royall Tyler Royall Tyler (June 18, 1757 – August 26, 1826) was an American jurist and playwright. He was born in Boston, graduated from Harvard University in 1776, and then served in the Massachusetts militia during the American Revolution. He was ad ...

, 2008 *

István Ujszászy István () is a Hungarian language equivalent of the name Stephen or Stefan. It may refer to: People with the given name Nobles, palatines and judges royal * Stephen I of Hungary (c. 975–1038), last grand prince of the Hungarians and first ki ...

(1894–1948), 1942 * Joseph K.H. Uy, 1991 *

T. Wayland Vaughan Thomas Wayland Vaughan (September 20, 1870 – January 16, 1952) was an American geologist and oceanographer. He worked with the United States Geological Survey and United States National Museum, investigating the geology of the West Indies, Pan ...

(1870–1952), 1940 *

Rudi Vervoort Rudi Vervoort (born 20 November 1958) is a Brussels politician. He is the mayor of Evere since 1998 and member of the Brussels Parliament. He became the Minister-President of the Brussels-Capital Region on 7 May 2013 and is responsible for Local ...

, 2016 *

Andrzej Wajda Andrzej Witold Wajda (; 6 March 1926 – 9 October 2016) was a Polish film and theatre director. Recipient of an Honorary Oscar, the Palme d'Or, as well as Honorary Golden Lion and Honorary Golden Bear Awards, he was a prominent member of the ...

, 1995 * Paul Watanabe, 2017 * Willy Vande Walle, 2006 * Sam Walsh, 2021 *

R.J. Zwi Werblowsky Raphael Judah (R.J.) Zwi Werblowsky ( he, רפאל יהודה צבי ורבלובסקי; 1924, Frankfurt — July 9, 2015, Jerusalem) was an Israeli scholar of religion specializing in comparative religion and interfaith dialogue. Werblowsky served ...

, 2009 * Charles Wolf, Jr, 2007 *

Lydia Yu-Jose Lydia N. Yu-Jose (March 27, 1944 – August 3, 2014) was a professor of political science and Japanese Studies at the Ateneo de Manila University in the Philippines. A graduate of Sophia University, she was best known for her research into the hi ...

, 2012 *

Jan van Zanen Jan Hendrikus Cornelis van Zanen (born 4 September 1961) is a Dutch politician who has served as Mayor of The Hague since 1 July 2020. A member of the People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD), he previously served as Mayor of Utrecht (2014 ...

, 2016

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Hank Aaron Henry Louis Aaron (February 5, 1934 – January 22, 2021), nicknamed "Hammer" or "Hammerin' Hank", was an American professional baseball right fielder who played 23 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB), from 1954 through 1976. One of the gre ...

(1934–2021), 2016 *

Ferran Adrià Ferran Adrià i Acosta (; born 14 May 1962) is a Spanish chef. He was the head chef of the ''El Bulli'' restaurant in Roses, Girona, Roses on the Costa Brava and is considered one of the best chefs in the world. He has often collaborated with h ...

(1952–), 2015 *

Toshiko Akiyoshi is a Japanese–American jazz pianist, composer, arranger, and bandleader. Akiyoshi received fourteen Grammy Award nominations and was the first woman to win Best Arranger and Composer awards in ''Down Beat'' magazine's annual Readers' Poll. ...

(1929–), 2004 * Syed Feroz Alam Shah, 2020 *

Boris Akunin Boris Akunin (russian: Борис Акунин) is the pen name of Grigori Chkhartishvili (russian: Григорий Шалвович Чхартишвили, Grigory Shalvovich Chkhartishvili; ka, გრიგორი ჩხარტიშვ ...

(1956–), 2009 * Arvydas Ališauskas, 2012 *

Shusaku Arakawa was a Japanese conceptual artist and architect. He had a personal and artistic partnership with the writer and artist Madeline Gins that spanned more than four decades in which they collaborated on a diverse range of visual mediums, including: ...

(1936–2010), 2010 *

Martha Argerich Martha Argerich (; Eastern Catalan: �ɾʒəˈɾik born 5 June 1941) is an Argentine classical concert pianist. She is widely considered to be one of the greatest pianists of all time. Early life and education Argerich was born in Buenos Ai ...

(1941–), 2005 *

Charles Aznavour Charles Aznavour ( , ; born Shahnour Vaghinag Aznavourian, hy, Շահնուր Վաղինակ Ազնավուրեան, ; 22 May 1924 – 1 October 2018) was a French-Armenian singer, lyricist, actor and diplomat. Aznavour was known for his dist ...

(1924–2018), 2018 * Kazuhiko Bandoh, 2014 * Andrej Bekeš, 2008 * Ilana Singer Blaine (b. 1961), 2021 * Henry Pike Bowie (1848–1920), 1909 * James R. Brandon, 1994 *

William Penn Brooks William Penn Brooks (November 19, 1851 – March 8, 1938) was an American agricultural scientist, who worked as a foreign advisor in Meiji period Japan during the colonization project for Hokkaidō. He was the eighth president of the Massachusett ...

, 1888 *

Bobby Charlton Sir Robert Charlton (born 11 October 1937) is an English former footballer who played either as a midfielder or a forward. Considered one of the greatest players of all time, he was a member of the England team that won the 1966 FIFA World ...

, 2012 *

Tim Clark (historian of Japanese art) Tim Clark or Timothy Clark may refer to: *Tim Clark (airline executive), President of Emirates Airline *Tim Clark (comedian), British comedian, writer and presenter *Tim Clark (golfer) (born 1975), South African golfer *Tim Clark (jockey) (born 198 ...

, 2020 *

Willard G. Clark Willard may refer to: People * Willard (name) Geography Places in the United States * Willard, Colorado * Willard, Georgia * Willard, Kansas * Willard, Kentucky * Willard, Michigan, a small unincorporated community in Beaver Township, Bay ...

(1930–2015), 1991 *

David Cope David Cope (born May 17, 1941 in San Francisco, California) is an American author, composer, scientist, and former professor of music at the University of California, Santa Cruz (UCSC). His primary area of research involves artificial intellige ...

, 2012 * Charles B. Doleac, Esq., 2011 * Bogna Barbara Dziechciaruk-Maj, 2009 *

(1843–1928), 1907 *

Kenji Ekuan was a Japanese industrial designer, best known for creating the design of the Kikkoman soy sauce bottle. Biography Born in Tokyo on September 11, 1929, Ekuan spent his youth in Hawaii. At the end of World War II, he moved to Hiroshima, where he w ...

(1925–2015), 2000 *

Atsuko Toko Fish Atsuko Toko Fish is a Japanese-American known for her work in promoting women in leadership in Japan, promoting United States-Japan relations, and philanthropy. Work Fish grew up in Tokyo and her father was a diplomat who brought an internation ...

2018 * Fujiko Fujio A (1934–), 2008 * Glen Gondo, 2013 * Ted Goossen, 2018 *

Mohammad Hatta Mohammad Hatta (; 12 August 1902 – 14 March 1980) was an Indonesian statesman and nationalist who served as the country's first vice president. Known as "The Proclamator", he and a number of Indonesians, including the first president of Indone ...

(1902–1980), 1943 * (1933–), 2011 * Steven Heine (1950–), 2007 *

Asao Hirano was a Japanese physician, academic, medical researcher and neuropathologist. He is credited with having first observed Hirano bodies which are intracellular aggregates of actin and actin-associated proteins in the neurons (nerve cells). Caree ...

(1926–2019), 2001 *

Terumasa Hino is a Japanese jazz trumpeter. He is considered one of Japan's finest jazz musicians. His instruments include the trumpet, cornet, and flügelhorn. Early life He was born in Tokyo, Japan, and his father was a trumpeter and tap dancer. Hino start ...

(1942–), 2019 * Michael Arnold Hodgkin, 2019 * William Imbrie (1845–1928), 1909 *

Iskandar Jalil Iskandar Jalil (born 5 January 1940) is a Singapore ceramist. He was awarded the Cultural Medallion for Visual Arts in 1988. Early works Contrary to the famous belief, Iskandar's early works was first made in the teacher training college instead o ...

, 2015 * Randall Sidney Jones, 2015 * Rena Kanokogi (1935-2009), 2008 *

Gō Katō was a Japanese entertainer and actor. Katō starred in the long-running TV series ''Ōoka Echizen'' (1970~2006). Overviews The son of an elementary school principal, Katō studied literature and theatre. As an actor, he made his film debut in ...

(1938–2018), 2008 *

Kihachirō Kawamoto was a Japanese puppet designer and maker, Independent film, independent film director, screenwriter and animator and president (corporate title), president of the Japan Animation Association from 1989, succeeding founder Osamu Tezuka, until his ...

(1925–2010), 1995 * George Kerr (1937–), 2010 *

Keisuke Kinoshita was a Japanese film director and screenwriter.Ronald Berganbr>"A satirical eye on Japan: Keisuke Kinoshita" ''The Guardian'', 5 January 1999. While lesser-known internationally than contemporaries such as Akira Kurosawa, Kenji Mizoguchi and Yasu ...

(1912–1998), 1984 *

Sachi Koto Sachi Koto born in Atlanta, Georgia, is a third-generation Japanese American. She was a news anchor on ''CNN News'' for 16 years, until leaving In 2005, to run her own communications company, Sachi Koto Communications, LLC. Koto worked at variou ...

(1951– ), 2021 * Włodzimierz Kwieciński (1955–), 2012 *

Tommy Lasorda Thomas Charles Lasorda (September 22, 1927 – January 7, 2021) was an American professional baseball pitcher and manager. He managed the Los Angeles Dodgers of Major League Baseball (MLB) from 1976 through 1996. He was inducted into the Nati ...

(1927–2021), 2008 * Liao I-chiu (1936–), 2014 * Charles Von Loewenfeldt, 1987 *

Alfred Majewicz Alfred may refer to: Arts and entertainment *'' Alfred J. Kwak'', Dutch-German-Japanese anime television series * ''Alfred'' (Arne opera), a 1740 masque by Thomas Arne * ''Alfred'' (Dvořák), an 1870 opera by Antonín Dvořák *"Alfred (Interl ...

, 2002 *

Leiji Matsumoto is a Japanese mangaka, creator of several anime and manga series. His wife Miyako Maki is also a manga artist. Early life Matsumoto was the middle child of a family of seven brothers, and, in his early childhood, Matsumoto was given a 35m ...

, 2010 *

Hazel McCallion Hazel McCallion, (; born February 14, 1921) is a Canadian businesswoman and retired politician who served as the fifth mayor of Mississauga, Ontario, from 1978 until 2014. She is the first and current chancellor of Sheridan College. McCallion ...

, 2014 *

Rokusaburo Michiba is a Japanese cuisine chef most notable as the first Japanese Iron Chef on the television series ''Iron Chef''. He was on the show from its inception in 1993 until his retirement on his 65th birthday, January 3, 1996. After his retirement as a ...

, 2007 * Frank A. Miller, 1929 * Shiro Floyd Mori, 2012 *

Raymond Moriyama Raymond Moriyama LL. D. (born October 11, 1929) is a Canadian architect.Ra ...

(1928–), 2003 *

Kent Nagano Kent George Nagano GOQ, MSM (born November 22, 1951) is an American conductor and opera administrator. Since 2015, he has been Music Director of the Hamburg State Opera and was Music Director of the Montreal Symphony Orchestra from 2006 to 20 ...

, 2008 * Masaya Nakamura (1925–2017), 2007 *

Olivia Newton-John Dame Olivia Newton-John (26 September 1948 – 8 August 2022) was a British-Australian singer, actress and activist. She was a four-time Grammy Award winner whose music career included 15 top-ten singles, including 5 number-one singles on the ...

(1948–2022), 2021 *

(1876–1928), 1915 * Krystyna Okazaki, 2007 *

David Ono David Ono is a Japanese American filmmaker and news anchor for KABC-TV Channel 7 in Los Angeles, California. He is the co-anchor for ABC7 Eyewitness News at 4 and 6 p.m. with Ellen Leyva. He also fills in for co-anchor Marc Brown at 5 and 11 P.M. ...

, 2022 *

Ivica Osim Ivan Osim (6 May 1941 – 1 May 2022), best known as Ivica Osim, was a Bosnian professional footballer and football manager. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest Bosnian football managers of all time and as one of the most influential foo ...

, 2016 *

Daniel Ost Daniel Ost (born 5 August 1955) is a Belgian floral artist, floral designer and garden architect. '' CBS News'' has described him as "the world's leading flower designer" while ''The New York Times'' says that "to call him a master flower designe ...

, 2015 * Kenneth Oye, 2018 *

Edwina Palmer Edwina Palmer is a former Associate Professor of Japanese Studies at Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand. Palmer was born in Chelmsford, United Kingdom in 1955. She studied at the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of Lo ...

, 2018 *

Takao Saito was a Japanese manga artist, although he rejected the term and considered his work gekiga. He was best known for '' Golgo 13'', which has been serialized in ''Big Comic'' since 1968, making it the oldest manga still in publication. ''Golgo ...

, 2010 *

Frederik L. Schodt Frederik L. Schodt (born January 22, 1950) is an American translator, interpreter and writer. Biography Schodt's father was in the US foreign service, and he grew up in Norway, Australia, and Japan. The family first went to Japan in 1965 wh ...

, 2009Anime News Network

"Frederik L. Schodt Wins The Order of the Rising Sun Award,"
29 April 2009. *

, 1917 *

Peter Schreier Peter Schreier (29 July 1935 – 25 December 2019) was a German tenor in opera, concert and lied, and a conductor. He was regarded as one of the leading lyric tenors of the 20th century. Schreier was a member of the Dresdner Kreuzchor conduct ...

, 2019 * Dr. Manmohan Singh, 2007 *

George Shima George Shima (1864 – March 27, 1926) was a Japanese American businessman in California who became the first Japanese American millionaire. At one point, he produced about 85% of the state's potato crop, which earned him the nickname "The Potato ...

(1864–1926) * Tatsuzo Shimaoka (1919–2007), 1999 *

Setsuko Shinoda is a Japanese writer of genre fiction. She has won the ''Shōsetsu Subaru'' Literary Prize for Newcomers, the Yamamoto Shūgorō Prize, the Naoki Prize, the Shibata Renzaburo Prize, a MEXT Award, and the Chuo Koron Literary Prize. Several of her ...

(1955–), 2020 * Joseph Bower Siddall (1840–1904), 1909 *

Dragan Stojković Dragan Stojković ( sr-Cyrl, Драган Стојковић, ; born 3 March 1965), also known by the nickname Piksi (Пикси), is a Serbian former footballer who played as a midfielder, and the current manager of the Serbia national team. Wi ...

(1965–), 2015 *

Sukarno Sukarno). (; born Koesno Sosrodihardjo, ; 6 June 1901 – 21 June 1970) was an Indonesian statesman, orator, revolutionary, and nationalist who was the first president of Indonesia, serving from 1945 to 1967. Sukarno was the leader of ...

(1901–1970), 1943 *

Koichi Sugiyama was a Japanese composer, conductor, and orchestrator. He was best known for composing the music for the '' Dragon Quest'' franchise, along with several other video games, anime, film, and television shows. Classically trained, Sugiyama was ...

(1931–2021), 2018 *

Hiroshi Tachi is a Japanese actor and singer. His ancestors were samurai of the Owari Domain and the family of the former samurai. He graduated from Chiba Institute of Technology. He was a leader of a rock 'n' roll group ''Cools'' but he left the group so ...

(1950–), 2020 *

George Takei George Takei (; ja, ジョージ・タケイ; born Hosato Takei (武井穂郷), April 20, 1937) is an American actor, author and activist known for his role as Hikaru Sulu, helmsman of the fictional starship USS ''Enterprise'' in the televi ...

(1937–), 2004 *

Kip Tokuda Kip Yoshino Tokuda (October 8, 1946 – July 13, 2013) was an American social worker and politician. Background Tokuda was born in 1946 in Seattle, Washington. His parents George and Tamako (born Inouye) owned the Tokuda Pharmacy, which was l ...

(1946–2013), 2012 *

Masanobu Tsuji was a Japanese army officer and politician. During World War II, he was an important tactical planner in the Imperial Japanese Army and developed the detailed plans for the successful Japanese invasion of Malaya at the start of the war. He al ...

(1902–1961), 1942 *

George Tsutakawa George Tsutakawa (February 22, 1910 – December 18, 1997) was an American painter and sculptor best known for his avant-garde bronze fountain designs. Born in Seattle, Washington (state), Washington, he was raised in both the United States ...

(1910–1997), 1981 *

Morihei Ueshiba was a Japanese martial artist and founder of the martial art of aikido. He is often referred to as "the founder" or , "Great Teacher/Old Teacher (old as opposed to ''waka (young) sensei'')". The son of a landowner from Tanabe, Ueshiba st ...

(1883–1969), 1964 * Raymond S. Uno, 2014 *

H. Paul Varley Herbert Paul Varley (February 8, 1931 – December 15, 2015) was an American academic, historian, author, and Japanologist. He was an emeritus professor at Columbia University and Sen Sōshitsu XV Professor of Japanese Cultural History at the Unive ...

(1931–2015), 1966 *

The Ventures The Ventures are an American instrumental rock band formed in Tacoma, Washington, in 1958, by Don Wilson and Bob Bogle. The band, which was a quartet for most of its existence, helped to popularize the electric guitar across the world during the ...

, 2010 * Sadao Watanabe (1933–), 2005 *

Tetsuya Watari born (December 28, 1941 – August 10, 2020) was a Japanese film, stage, and television actor. Life He graduated from Aoyama Gakuin University. Watari belonged to the karate club at university. He made his screen debut in 1964, in Isamu Kosugi ...

(1941–2020), 2013 *

William Scott Wilson William Scott Wilson (born 1944, Nashville, Tennessee) is known for translating several works of Japanese literature, mostly those relating to the martial tradition of that country. Wilson has brought historical Chinese and Japanese thought, ph ...

(1944–), 2015 * Teruaki Yamagishi (1934–), 2008 * Ian Michael Scher, 2021

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* Takami Hibiya (1909-1993) 1981 * Shyamala Ganesh, 2021 *

Miyazaki Atsuo Miyazaki may refer to: People * Hayao Miyazaki, Japanese animator * Hidetaka Miyazaki, video game director * Gorō Miyazaki, Japanese film director and landscaper, and son of Hayao Miyazaki. * For others, see Miyazaki (surname) Places * Miyazaki P ...

(1947–), 2021 *

Dick Beyer Richard John Beyer (July 11, 1930 – March 7, 2019) was an American professional wrestler who is best known by his ring names, The Destroyer and Doctor X. Among other places, he worked extensively in Japan and in 2017 he was awarded one of th ...

(1930–2019), 2017 * Vytautas Dumčius, 2016 * Douglas Erber, 2021 * Dr. Rupert Faulkner (Victoria & Albert Museum), 2020 * George Geddie (1869–1961), 1907 * Toshihiro Hamano, 2017 *

Frances Hashimoto Frances Kazuko Hashimoto (August 26, 1943 – November 4, 2012) was a Japanese- American businesswoman and community activist. Hashimoto was a key figure and proponent of Los Angeles' Little Tokyo neighborhood. The head of Mikawaya since 1970, ...

(1943–2012), 2012 *

Jan Kowalewski Lt. Col. Jan Kowalewski (23 October 1892 – 31 October 1965) was a Polish cryptologist, intelligence officer, engineer, journalist, military commander, and creator and first head of the Polish Cipher Bureau. He recruited a large staff of crypto ...

(1892–1965), 1923 * Kira Liscutín Córdova de Abreu (?–), 2021 * Glenn Masuo Masunaga (1925–2019), 1999 *

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(1956– ), 2022 * Soleiman Mehdizadeh (1955– ), 2012 *

Kenzo Mori Kenzo Mori (Japanese: 森研三, 1914 – January 5, 2007) was a Nisei Japanese-Canadian journalist, writer, editor and publisher of the ''New Canadian,'' an English-language newspaper aimed at second- and third-generation Japanese Canadians.Cordile ...

(1914–2007), 2007 *

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(1907–1997), 1982 * Roy Masahiro Nagata, 2005 *

Shūgorō Nakazato was an Okinawan martial artist. Described as a "one punch artist" by some of his American students, Nakazato developed his karate sparring into "a fine fighting art". He gave many demonstrations in Japan as well as abroad and had "many well-kno ...

(1920–2016), 2007 * Kiyoshi Nishiyama (1893–1983), 1977 *

Steere Noda Gikaku Steere Noda ( 1892 – March 29, 1986) was a Japanese American politician, lawyer, and baseball player in the State of Hawaii. Early life Noda was born in 1892 at the Ewa plantation to Esaki and Suma Noda, immigrants from Kumamoto, Japan. ...

, 1968 * Jun Noguchi, 2011 *

Hironori Ōtsuka was a Japanese master of karate who created the Wadō-ryū style of karate. He was the first Grand Master of Wadō-ryū karate, and received high awards within Japan for his contributions to karate. Early life Ōtsuka was born on June 1, 1892, ...

(1892–1982), 1966 *

Sumitra Peries Kala Keerthi Sumitra Peries (born 24 March 1934) is the first Sri Lankan female filmmaker and is known by all as the "Poetess of Sinhala Cinema". She also held the post of Sri Lanka's ambassador to France, Spain and the United Nations in the ...

(1934–), 2021 *

Vincenzo Ragusa Vincenzo Ragusa (8 July 1841 – 13 March 1927) was an Italian sculptor who lived in Meiji period Japan from 1876–1882. He introduced European techniques in bronze casting, and new methods of modeling in wood, clay, plaster and wire ar ...

(1841–1927), 1884 *

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(1891–1926), 1925 *

Antone Rosa Antone Rosa (November 10, 1855 – September 9, 1898) was a politician, lawyer and judge of the Kingdom of Hawaii and Republic of Hawaii. He served as Attorney General of Hawaii, and as a private secretary and vice chamberlain to King Kalākaua ...

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Yosihiko H. Sinoto Yosihiko H. Sinoto (September 3, 1924 – October 4, 2017) was a Japanese-born American anthropologist at the Bishop Museum in Honolulu, Hawaii. He is known for his anthropological expeditions throughout the Pacific, particularly Hawaii and ...

(1924–2017), 1995 *

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(1902–1954), 1954 * James Takemori (1926–2015), 2004 *

Seiichi Tanaka is the first Japan-trained teacher of kumidaiko, or taiko, in the United States and is largely regarded as the father of the art form in North America. Early life Tanaka was born in Tokyo, Japan in 1943 and immigrated to the United States in 19 ...

(1968– ), 2013 *

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, 2017 *

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), 2019 *

Akira Yoshizawa Akira Yoshizawa (吉澤章 ''Yoshizawa Akira''; 14 March 1911 – 14 March 2005) was a Japanese origamist, considered to be the grandmaster of origami. He is credited with raising origami from a craft to a living art. According to his own es ...

(1911–2005), 1983 * Br. Jude McKenna OFM Cap (1935– ), 2019. *

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(1934– ), 2020. * William Wheeler (1851–1932), 1924

6th Class, Silver Rays

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(1886–1976), 1971 *

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(1899–1992), 1926 * Fudeko Reekie, 2013 *

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(1851–1899), 1895 * Kuniichi Iwata (Specialist) (1919–2014), 1995 *

Yun Chi-sung Yun Chi-sung (hangul:윤치성, hanja:尹致晟 or 尹致晠, March 2, 1875, Asan - August 11, 1936) was an Imperial Korean military personnel, politician and independence activist. His nickname was Agyeon (악연, 岳淵). He was the uncle of Y ...

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7th Class, Green Paulownia Leaves Medal

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tree, long used as a mon (emblem) for the highest levels of Japanese society – were moved to a new and distinct order, the single-class ''

''. *

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(1916–1955), 1942 * Leonard Kubiak (1899–1939), 1926 * Shōjiro Kuwazoe (1876-1953)https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/memories/LYXL-XXQ(Mormon)

8th Class, white Paulownia Leaves Medal

In 2003, the 7th and 8th levels – named for leaves of the

tree, long used as a mon (emblem) for the highest levels of Japanese society – were moved to a new and distinct order, the single-class ''

''.

Class unknown

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(1915–1947) * Beneš, Edvard (1884–1948), 1928 * Ralph T. Browning (1941–2018) * Burzagli, Ernesto (1873–1944), 1906 *

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(Awarded 1908) * Craig, Albert M. (1988) * de Bary, William Theodore (1993) * Eichelberger, Robert Lawrence (1886–1961) * Ellis, Alfred John (1915–2020), 1989 * Fortescue, Granville Roland (1875–1952) * Gibney, Frank B. (1924–2006), 1976 * Józef Gieysztor * Grondijs, Louis (1878–1961) * Hosoya, Judayu (1840–1907) * Ibrahim, Sultan of Johor (1873–1959) * Knott, Cargill G. (1856–1922), 1891 *

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(Awarded 2010) * Wiesław Kotański, 1986 * Kunz, George Frederick (1856–1932) *

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(1906–1989) *

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, 1992 * McKenzie, Lionel W. (1995) * Morrison, George F. (1867–1943) * Musa Ghiatuddin Riayat Shah,

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(1893–1955) *

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(1858–1954) * Paine, Godfrey (1871–1932), 1918 * Patrick, Hugh Talbot 1994Honor awarded 1994
Weatherhead East Asian Institute, ''The Reed''
/ref> * Raymond, Rossiter W. (1840–1918) *

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(1854–1910) * Wasson, James R. (1847–1923), 1874 * Franciszek Ziejka *

Ivan Ivanovich Zarubin Ivan Ivanovich Zarubin ( rus, Иван Иванович Зарубин; 27 September 1887 – 3 February 1964) was a Soviet specialist of Iranian languages, particularly Pamir languages. Life Zarubin was born in 1887.Paul Bergne The Birth of T ...

(1822–1902), 1881russian: «Полный послужной список Корпуса Инженер Механиков Генерал-Майора Зарубина 1-го» (ЦГАВМФ СССР Фонд 406 опись 3 дело 960 лист 21 (оборотный)); en, "A full track record of Mechanical Engineering Corps Major-General Zarubin 1st" (Central State Archive of the Navy of the Soviet Union (Russian State Naval Archives now), Fond 406 inventory 3 file 960 sheet 21 (reverse side))

References

External links

* Japan, Cabinet Office
Decorations and Medals
** Decoration Bureau

*

Japan Mint The is an Independent Administrative Institution of the Japanese government, responsible for producing and circulating the coins of Japan. The agency has its head office in Osaka with branches in Saitama and Hiroshima. The Japan Mint does not pr ...

Production Process
{{DEFAULTSORT:Order Of The Rising Sun 1875 establishments in Japan Orders, decorations, and medals of Japan Awards established in 1875

Criteria for awarding

Classes

Insignia

Notable recipients

1st Class, Grand Cordon

2nd Class, Gold and Silver Star

3rd Class, Gold Rays with Neck Ribbon

4th Class, Gold Rays with Rosette

5th Class, Gold and Silver Rays

6th Class, Silver Rays

7th Class, Green Paulownia Leaves Medal

8th Class, white Paulownia Leaves Medal

Class unknown

See also

References

Further reading

External links