The is an order presented by the

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ese government. Established in 1888 during the

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as the highest award in the

Order of the Rising Sun The is a Japanese order, established in 1875 by Emperor Meiji. The Order was the first national decoration awarded by the Japanese government, created on 10 April 1875 by decree of the Council of State. The badge features rays of sunlight ...

; however, since 2003 it has been an Order in its own right. The only grade of the order is , which ranks higher than the

, the

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, the

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, and the

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and lower than the

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. Traditionally, the order has been conferred upon eminent statesmen, former prime ministers and senior cabinet ministers, diplomats and judges. It may be conferred posthumously, and is the highest regularly conferred honor in the Japanese honours system. Awards are not made annually; only 24 individuals have been decorated with the order since 2003: 18 Japanese (three posthumously), three Americans (one of Japanese descent, United States Senator

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), one Indian (former

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), one Singaporean (the first Prime Minister of Singapore

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, awarded posthumously) and one Malaysian (the fourth and seventh

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Insignia

The ''badge'' for the Order is a gilt cross with white enameled rays, bearing a central emblem of a red enameled sun disc surrounded by red rays, and with three

paulownia ''Paulownia'' ( ) is a genus of seven to 17 species of hardwood tree (depending on taxonomic authority) in the family Paulowniaceae, the order Lamiales. They are present in much of China, south to northern Laos and Vietnam and are long cultivat ...

blossoms between each arm of the cross. It is suspended from three enameled paulownia leaves on a sash in red with white border stripes, and is worn on the right shoulder. The ''star'' for the Order is the same as the badge, but without the paulownia leaves suspension. It is worn on the left chest.

Complete listing of ordinary (non-royal) recipients of the Order

Ordinary recipients of the Order of the Rising Sun with Paulownia Flowers (1888–2003)

''Information from the corresponding article in the Japanese Wikipedia''

Awards to living recipients

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(26 September 1895) *

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Hijikata Hisamoto Count was a Japanese politician and cabinet minister of the Meiji period. Biography Hijikata was a samurai in Tosa Domain (modern-day Kōchi Prefecture). He was sent by the domain to Edo for studies, where he became involved in the ''sonn ...

(16 July 1903) *

Kawamura Sumiyoshi Count , was an admiral in the Imperial Japanese Navy. Kawamura's wife Haru was the aunt of Saigō Takamori. Biography A native of Satsuma, Kawamura studied navigation at Tokugawa bakufu naval school at Nagasaki, the Nagasaki Naval Training Cente ...

(26 December 1903) *

Itō Sukeyuki Marshal-Admiral Count (20 May 1843 – 16 January 1914) was a Japanese career officer and admiral in the Imperial Japanese Navy in Meiji-period Japan. Biography Born in what is now part of Kagoshima City as the son of a ''samurai'' of the Sa ...

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(1 April 1906) *

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(1 April 1906) *

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(1 April 1906) *

Tanaka Fujimaro was a Japanese statesman and educator in Meiji period Japan. Biography Tanaka was born in Owari Province (present-day Aichi Prefecture). After the Meiji Restoration, he was selected to accompany the Iwakura Mission on its around-the-world j ...

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(1 April 1906) *

Nogi Maresuke Count , also known as Kiten, Count Nogi (December 25, 1849September 13, 1912), was a Japanese general in the Imperial Japanese Army and a governor-general of Taiwan. He was one of the commanders during the 1894 capture of Port Arthur from Chin ...

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Nozu Michitsura Marshal (Japan), Field Marshal The Marquis was a Japanese people, Japanese Field Marshal (Japan), field marshal and leading figure in the early Imperial Japanese Army. Biography Nozu was born in Kagoshima as the second son of a low-ranking '' ...

(1 April 1906) *

Hasegawa Yoshimichi Count was a field marshal in the Imperial Japanese Army and Japanese Governor General of Korea from 1916 to 1919. His Japanese decorations included Order of the Golden Kite (1st class) and Order of the Chrysanthemum. Biography Hasegawa was born ...

(1 April 1906) *

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(1 April 1906) * Higashikuze Michiyoshi (1 April 1906) *

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(1 April 1906) *

Saionji Kinmochi Prince was a Japanese politician and statesman who served as Prime Minister of Japan from 1906 to 1908 and from 1911 to 1912. He was elevated from marquis to prince in 1920. As the last surviving member of Japan's ''genrō,'' he was the most in ...

(14 September 1907) *

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(5 November 1907) *

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(29 April 1910) *

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(29 August 1910) *

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(9 February 1911) *

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(17 June 1912) * Kagawa Keizō (5 August 1914) *

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(20 March 1917) *

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(11 February 1924) *

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(11 February 1924) * Ijuin Hikoyoshi (26 April 1924) *

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(3 June 1927) *

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(10 November 1928) *

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(10 November 1928) *

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(10 November 1928) *

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(11 April 1931) *

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(6 May 1932) *

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(21 January 1933) *

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(23 December 1935) *

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(5 August 1936) *

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(3 November 1993) * Uno Sōsuke (29 April 1994) *

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(3 November 1996) *

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Posthumous awards

Yamada Akiyoshi Count , was a Japanese statesman, a samurai of Chōshū Domain, and one of the early leaders of the Meiji Restoration. In his youth he was commonly known as Yamada Ichinojō; however, he changed his name frequently during the Bakumatsu perio ...

(14 November 1892) * Mōri Motonori (24 December 1896) *

Shimazu Tadayoshi was a ''daimyō'' (feudal lord) of Satsuma Province during Japan's Sengoku period. He was born into the Mimasaka Shimazu family (伊作島津家), which was part of the Shimazu clan, but after his father Shimazu Yoshihisa died, his mother ma ...

(26 December 1897) *

Kawakami Soroku Viscount , was a general and one of the chief military strategists in the Imperial Japanese Army during the Donghak Peasant Revolution and First Sino-Japanese War. Biography Born in Satsuma Domain to a ''samurai''-class family, Kawakami fought ...

(11 May 1899) *

Ōki Takatō , was a Japanese statesman during the early Meiji period. He was Governor of Tokyo in 1868 and a member of the Japanese Privy Council in 1889.Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Ōki Takatō" in . Biography Ōki was born into a ''samurai' ...

(11 September 1899) * Sano Jōmin (7 December 1902) *

Soejima Taneomi Count was a diplomat and statesman during early Meiji period Japan. Life and career Soejima was born into a ''samurai'' family in Saga, in Hizen Province (present-day Saga Prefecture). His father was a teacher in the domain's school and a scho ...

(31 January 1905) *

Enomoto Takeaki Viscount was a Japanese samurai and admiral of the Tokugawa navy of Bakumatsu period Japan, who remained faithful to the Tokugawa shogunate and fought against the new Meiji government until the end of the Boshin War. He later served in the Mei ...

(26 October 1908) * Okazawa Tadashi (12 December 1908) *

Inoue Hikaru Baron was a general in the Imperial Japanese Army during the First Sino-Japanese War and Russo-Japanese War. Biography Inoue was born as a younger son to the Moriwaki family in Iwakuni Domain (present day Yamaguchi prefecture), and was later ado ...

(27 December 1908) *

Nomura Yasushi Viscount was a Japanese bureaucrat, statesman and cabinet minister, active in Meiji period Empire of Japan, Japan Biography Nomura was born as the second son of a low-ranked '' ashigaru samurai'' in Hagi, Yamaguchi, Hagi, Chōshū Domain, (c ...

(24 January 1909) * Iwakura Tomosada (1 April 1910) * Takasaki Masakaze (28 February 1912) * Hitoshi Kanjiro (28 February 1912) *

Tokugawa Yoshinobu Prince was the 15th and last ''shōgun'' of the Tokugawa shogunate of Japan. He was part of a movement which aimed to reform the aging shogunate, but was ultimately unsuccessful. He resigned of his position as shogun in late 1867, while aiming ...

(22 November 1913) *

Aoki Shūzō Viscount was a diplomat and Foreign Minister in Meiji period Japan. Biography Viscount Aoki was born to a '' samurai'' family as son of the Chōshū domain's physician in what is now part of Sanyō Onoda in Yamaguchi Prefecture). He studi ...

(16 February 1914) * Matsuda Masahisa (5 March 1914) *

Ōkubo Haruno Baron was a general in the early Imperial Japanese Army. Life and military career Ōkubo was born to a ''samurai'' family; his father was descended from the Ōkubo clan, former ''daimyō'' of Odawara Domain, who served as hereditary Shinto prie ...

(26 January 1915) *

Takashima Tomonosuke Viscount was a samurai of Satsuma Domain, general in the early Imperial Japanese Army, and a cabinet minister in Meiji period Japan. Part of Sophia University in Tokyo is located on the site of his house. Biography Military career Born into a '' ...

(11 January 1916) *

Katō Hiroyuki Baron was an academic and politician of the Meiji period Japan. Biography Katō was born on August 5, 1836 to a ''samurai'' family in Izushi domain, Tajima Province (present day Hyōgo Prefecture), and studied military science under Sakuma Sh ...

(9 February 1916) *

Nakamuta Kuranosuke Viscount was an admiral in the early Imperial Japanese Navy. Biography Nakamuta was born in Saga domain (present day Saga prefecture). He was a samurai-sailor in the domainal navy, which later became the core of the fledgling Imperial Japanes ...

(30 March 1916) *

Kamimura Hikonojō Baron was an early Japanese admiral of the Imperial Japanese Navy, commanding the IJN 2nd Fleet during the Russo-Japanese War, most notably at the Battle off Ulsan and Tsushima. Biography Born to a ''samurai'' family in the Satsuma Domain (pr ...

(8 August 1916) *

Kuroda Kiyotsuna Kuroda (written: lit. "black ricefield") is a Japanese surname. Notable people with the surname include: *, Japanese painter * Akinobu Kuroda 黒田明伸, Japanese historian * Chris Kuroda, lighting designer and operator for the band Phish and J ...

(23 March 1917) *

Hanabusa Yoshitada , also known as Hanabusa Yoshimoto, was a Japanese politician, diplomat and peer. Biography Hanabusa was the eldest son of Hanabusa Tanren, a samurai retainer of Okayama Domain_and_the_first_mayor_of_the_city_of_Okayama.html" ;"title="DF_18_o ...

(9 July 1917) *

Hachisuka Mochiaki was the 14th and final ''daimyō'' of Tokushima Domain, Awa Province, and the 2nd President of the House of Peers in Meiji period Japan. Early life Hachisuka was born at the Hachisuka domain residence in Edo, as the eldest son of the 13t ...

(10 February 1918) *

Itagaki Taisuke Count was a Japanese politician. He was a leader of the "Freedom and People's Rights Movement" and founded Japan's first political party, the Liberal Party. Biography Early life Itagaki Taisuke was born into a middle-ranking ''samurai'' ...

(16 July 1919) * Masataka Kawase (29 September 1919) * Nakayama Takamaro (25 November 1919) * Sugi Magoshichirō (3 May 1920) *

Suematsu Kenchō Viscount was a Japanese politician, intellectual and author, who lived in the Meiji and Taishō periods. Apart from his activity in the Japanese government, he also wrote several important works on Japan in English. He was portrayed in a nega ...

(6 October 1920) *

Ijuin Gorō Marshal Admiral Baron was a Meiji-period career officer in the Imperial Japanese Navy. Life and career Born in what is now part of Kagoshima city, as the son of a ''samurai'' retainer of Satsuma domain, he fought as a Satsuma ''samurai'' and ...

(13 January 1921) * Nabeshima Naohiro (19 June 1921) * Hatano Yoshinao (29 August 1922) * Hosokawa Junjirō (20 July 1923) * Tajiri Inejirō (15 August 1923) *

Nanbu Mikao Nanbu may refer to: Places * Nanbu, Aomori, Japan * Nanbu, Tottori, Japan * Nanbu, Yamanashi, Japan * Nanbu County, Sichuan Province, China * Morioka Domain, Nanbu Domain, a feudal domain in northeastern Japan People with the surname *, Japanese ...

(19 September 1923) * Nakamura Satoru (29 January 1925) *

Miura Gorō Viscount was a lieutenant general in the early Imperial Japanese Army. Biography Miura was born in Hagi in Chōshū Domain (modern Yamaguchi Prefecture), to a ''samurai'' family with the name of Andō, but was adopted by the Miura that was ...

(28 January 1926) *

Hozumi Nobushige Baron was a Japanese statesman and jurist of the Meiji period. Hozumi was born in Uwajima Domain, Iyo Province (present-day Ehime Prefecture) as the second son to a family of ''kokugaku'' scholars. He graduated from the ''Kaisei Gakko'', (the ...

(8 April 1926) * Fujī Kōichi (9 July 1926) *

Ōmori Shoichi is a district located a few kilometres south of Shinagawa, Tokyo, Japan accessed by rail via the Keihin-Tohoku Line, Keihin Tohoku line, or by road via Dai Ichi Keihin. Ōmorikaigan, the eastern area of Ōmori, can be reached via the Keihin Elec ...

(3 March 1927) * Asada Nobuoki (27 April 1927) *

Katō Sadakichi Baron was an admiral in the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War I. His brother, Katō Yasuhisa, was a general in the Imperial Japanese Army, and his adoptive son was the biological son of Admiral Dewa Shigetō. Biography Katō was born in ...

(5 September 1927) * Ōsako Naoharu (20 September 1927) * Yamagata Isaburō (24 September 1927) * Murakami Kakuichi (15 November 1927) * Matsukawa Toshitane (7 March 1928) *

Ōshima Hisanao Viscount was a general in the early Imperial Japanese Army.Kowner, '' Historical Dictionary of the Russo-Japanese War'', p. 273. Biography Ōshima was the younger son of a teacher of ''sōjutsu'' ("art of the spear") of Akita Domain (present day ...

(27 September 1928) * Hattori Ichizō (25 January 1929) *

Hirayama Narinobu Hirayama (written: ) is a Japanese surname. Notable people with the surname include: *, Japanese actress *, Japanese film director *, Japanese painter *, who discovered the Hirayama families of asteroids *, Japanese sport wrestler *, Japanese poli ...

(25 September 1929) *

Tanaka Giichi Baron was a general in the Imperial Japanese Army, politician, cabinet minister, and the Prime Minister of Japan from 1927 to 1929. Early life and military career Tanaka was born as the third son of a low-ranking ''samurai'' family in the se ...

(29 September 1929) * Katsunosuke Inoue (3 November 1929) *

Dewa Shigetō Baron was a Japanese admiral in the early days of the Imperial Japanese Navy. Biography Dewa was born as the son of a ''samurai'' of the Aizu domain (present day Fukushima prefecture). As a youth, he enlisted in the ''Byakkotai,'' a reserve ...

(27 January 1930) * Yashiro Rokurō (30 June 1930) *

Akiyama Yoshifuru was a general in the Imperial Japanese Army, and is considered the father of modern Japanese cavalry. He was older brother to Vice Admiral Akiyama Saneyuki Biography Early life Born as the third son to a poor samurai in the Matsuyama Domain, ...

(4 November 1930) *

Den Kenjirō Baron was a Japanese politician and cabinet minister in the pre-war government of the Empire of Japan. He was also the 8th Japanese Governor-General of Taiwan from October 1919 to September 1923, and the first civilian to hold that position. De ...

(16 November 1930) * Matsumuro Itasu (16 February 1931) *

Yamakawa Kenjirō was a Japanese samurai, politician, physicist, academic administrator, and author of several histories of the Boshin War. He served as president of Tokyo Imperial University, Kyushu Imperial University, and Kyoto Imperial University. He also s ...

(26 June 1931) *

Kuki Ryūichi __NOTOC__ was a Japanese politician and samurai. He is best known as the father of philosopher Kuki Shūzō. Life Kuki was born Hoshizaki Sadajirō in Sanda Domain (present-day Sanda, Hyōgo Prefecture), the second son of Hoshizaki Sadamo ...

(18 August 1931) *

Ichinohe Hyoe was a general of the Imperial Japanese Army. A meticulous planner, the casualty rate of his command was far fewer than that of his fellow officers while achieving the same objectives. Biography Ichinohe was born as the eldest son of a samurai re ...

(12 September 1931) *

Yoshinori Shirakawa was a general in the Imperial Japanese Army. Biography Early life and education Shirakawa was born as the third son of an ex-''samurai'' of Matsuyama Domain in Iyo, Ehime, Shikoku. He attended Matsuyama Middle School, but was forced to leave w ...

(26 May 1932) * Hidaka Sōnojō (24 July 1932) *

Egi Kazuyuki Egi Kazuyuki (May 21, 1853 – August 23, 1932) was a Japanese politician who served as governor of Hiroshima Prefecture in 1898–1903. He was born in Yamaguchi Prefecture. He was also governor of Ibaraki Prefecture (1896–1897), Tochigi Prefec ...

(23 August 1932) *

Andō Teibi Baron , also known as Teibi Andō, was a general in the Imperial Japanese Army and 6th Governor-General of Taiwan from 30 April 1915 to 6 June 1918. Biography ''Incorporates translations from the corresponding Japanese Wikipedia article'' Andō ...

(29 August 1932) *

Nobuyoshi Mutō '' Gensui'' Baron was Commander of the Kwantung Army in 1933, Japanese ambassador to Manchukuo, and a field marshal in the Imperial Japanese Army. Biography Mutō was born in an ex''-samurai'' family from Saga Domain. After graduating from th ...

(27 July 1933) *

Furuichi Kōi Baron was a civil engineer, president of '' Kōka Daigaku'', the present college of engineering of the University of Tokyo, and founding president of the Tokyo Underground Railway(東京地下鉄道), "the first underground railway in the Ori ...

(28 January 1934) * Okada Ryōhei (23 March 1934) *

Nakahashi Tokugorō was a businessman, politician and cabinet minister in Taishō and early Shōwa period Japan. After serving as president of Osaka Shōsen Shipping Company (OSK Lines), he entered politics and later served as a cabinet minister. Biography Nakah ...

(25 March 1934) *

Mineichirō Adachi was a Japanese legal expert and President of the Permanent Court of International Justice at the Hague from 1931 until 1934. Early life Adachi was born in what is now the town of Yamanobe, Yamagata, Japan. In 1892, he graduated from the law scho ...

(28 December 1934) *

Tokonami Takejirō was a Japanese statesman, politician and cabinet minister in Taishō and early Shōwa period Japan.Nakayama, Gotō, and Yoshioka (2006), 381. Tokonami was involved in several government agencies throughout his career, and served in the leaders ...

(8 September 1935) * Tomii Masaaki (14 September 1935) *

Jōtarō Watanabe was a general in the early Shōwa period Imperial Japanese Army, noted as one of the victims of the February 26 Incident. Biography Early career Watanabe was a native of Komaki, Aichi, as the eldest of a tobacco merchant, Wada Takeemon. His fa ...

(26 February 1936) *

Kubota Yuzuru Kubota machine is a Japanese multinational corporation based in Osaka. It was established in 1890. The corporation produces many products including tractors and other agricultural machinery, construction equipment, engines, vending machines, p ...

(14 April 1936) *

Uryū Sotokichi Baron was an early admiral of the Imperial Japanese Navy, active in the Russo-Japanese War, most notably at the Battle of Chemulpo Bay and the Battle of Tsushima. His name has sometimes been transliterated as "Uriu Sotokichi", or "Uriu Sotok ...

(11 November 1937) * Kurino Shin'ichirō (15 November 1937) *

Arai Kentarō was a politician and cabinet minister in the pre-war Empire of Japan. Biography Arai was a native of Niigata Prefecture. After graduating from Niigata University, he worked for a period as an elementary school teacher. Subsequently, relocatin ...

(29 January 1938) *

Sakurai Jōji Sakurai may refer to: __NOTOC__ Places * Sakurai, Nara, a city located in Nara Prefecture, Japan ** Sakurai Line, a railway line operated by West Japan Railway Company in Nara Prefecture ** Sakurai Station (Nara), a railway station in Sakurai, Nara ...

(28 January 1939) *

Kuroda Nagashige Kuroda (written: lit. "black ricefield") is a Japanese surname. Notable people with the surname include: *, Japanese painter * Akinobu Kuroda 黒田明伸, Japanese historian * Chris Kuroda, lighting designer and operator for the band Phish and J ...

(14 June 1939) *

Suzuki Kisaburō was a statesman, politician, judge, prosecutor, educator and cabinet minister in Taishō and early Shōwa period Japan. Early life and education Suzuki was born Kawashima Kisaburō in what is now part of the city of Kawasaki, Kanagawa. A y ...

(24 June 1940) *

Kawai Misao is a musical instrument manufacturing company headquartered in Hamamatsu, Shizuoka, Japan. It is best known for its grand pianos, upright pianos, digital pianos, electronic keyboards and electronic synthesizers. The company was founded in Augu ...

(11 October 1941) *

Mineo Ōsumi Baron was an admiral in the Imperial Japanese Navy and served twice as Minister of the Navy of Japan during the volatile 1930s. Biography Early life Ōsumi was born in what is now the city of Inazawa, Aichi. He was a graduate of the 24th class ...

(19 October 1941) * Ishizuka Eizō (28 July 1942) *

Senjūrō Hayashi was a Japanese politician and general. He served as Imperial Japanese Army Commander of the Japanese Korean Army during the Mukden Incident and the invasion of Manchuria. He briefly served as Prime Minister of Japan in 1937. Early life Hayas ...

(4 February 1943) *

Mineichi Koga was a Japanese Marshal Admiral and commander-in-chief of the Imperial Japanese Navy's Combined Fleet. Biography Early life and career Koga was born in the famous ceramics center of Arita in Nishimatsuura County of Saga Prefecture in 1885. H ...

(5 May 1944) *

Arima Ryokitsu Arima, officially The Royal Chartered Borough of Arima is the easternmost and second largest in area of the three boroughs of Trinidad and Tobago. It is geographically adjacent to Sangre Grande and Arouca at the south central foothills of th ...

(11 May 1944) *

Yoshimichi Hara Yoshimichi Hara (原嘉道) (February 18, 1867 – August 7, 1944) was a Japanese statesman and the president of the Japanese privy council during World War II, from June 1940 until his death. Hara was always reluctant to use military force. In p ...

(7 August 1944) *

Nomaguchi Kimuotoko is a Nippon Professional Baseball player for the Yomiuri Giants in Japan's Central League The or is one of the two professional baseball leagues that constitute Nippon Professional Baseball in Japan. The winner of the league championship p ...

(12 December 1944) * Uchiyama Kojirō (14 February 1945) *

Ishii Kikujirō Viscount , was a Japanese diplomat and cabinet minister in Meiji, Taishō and early Shōwa period Japan. He served as Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Empire of Japan between 1915 and 1916. Biography Ishii was born in Mobara city, Kazusa ...

(26 May 1945) * Minami Hiroshi (8 February 1946) *

Matsui Keishirō was a Japanese statesman and diplomat. Biography Matsui was a native of Osaka Prefecture, and a graduate of the Law School of Tokyo Imperial University in 1889. He entered the Ministry of Foreign Affairs the same year. In 1890, he was assigned ...

(4 June 1946) * Kubota Shizutarō (6 October 1946) *

Mamoru Shigemitsu was a Japanese diplomat and politician in the Empire of Japan, who served as Minister of Foreign Affairs three times during and after World War II as well as the Deputy Prime Minister of Japan. As civilian plenipotentiary representing the J ...

(26 January 1957) *

Hitoshi Ashida was a Japanese politician who served as Prime Minister of Japan in 1948. He was a prominent figure in the immediate postwar political landscape, but was forced to resign his leadership responsibilities after a corruption scandal (Shōwa Denkō Jik ...

(20 June 1959) *

Hayashi Jōji Hayashi ( 林, literally " woods"), is the 19th most common Japanese surname. It shares the same character as the Chinese surname Lin. Notable people with the surname include: *, Japanese synchronized swimmer *, Japanese footballer *, Japanese s ...

(5 April 1960) * Kawai Yahachi (21 July 1960) *

Teijirō Toyoda was a career naval officer who served as Minister for Foreign Affairs in 1941 and as admiral in the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II. Biography Early life Toyoda was born in Wakayama Prefecture as the son of a former samurai retain ...

(21 November 1961) * Matsuno Tsuruhei (18 October 1962) *

Kichisaburō Nomura was an admiral in the Imperial Japanese Navy and was the List of ambassadors of Japan to the United States, ambassador to the United States at the time of the attack on Pearl Harbor. Early life and career Nomura was born in Wakayama, Wakayama, ...

(8 May 1964) *

Ōno Banboku ONO, Ono or Ōno may refer to: Places Fiji * Ono Island (Fiji) Israel * Kiryat Ono * Ono, Benjamin, ancient site Italy * Ono San Pietro Ivory Coast * Ono, Ivory Coast, a village in Comoé District Japan * Ōno Castle, Fukuoka * � ...

(29 May 1964) *

Kenkichi Yoshizawa was a Japanese diplomat in the Empire of Japan, serving as 46th Foreign Minister of Japan in 1932. He was the maternal grandfather of Sadako Ogata, the former United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees from 1991–2001. Biography Yoshizawa ...

(5 January 1965) *

Kōno Ichirō Kōno, Kono or Kouno (written: 河野, 幸野, 高野 or 甲野) is a Japanese surname. Notable people with the surname include: *Kōno Bairei (1844–1895), Japanese painter, book illustrator and art teacher *Kōno Hironaka (1849–1923), Japanese ...

(8 July 1965) *

Katsuo Okazaki was a Japanese sportsman, diplomat and political figure. He served as the Japanese foreign minister in the 1950s. He was also the final – and only Japanese – chairman of the Shanghai Municipal Council. Early life Okazaki was born on 10 Ju ...

(10 October 1965) * Kiyose Ichirō (27 June 1967) *

Matsutarō Shōriki was a Japanese media mogul and politician. He owned the ''Yomiuri Shimbun'' newspaper, the main mouthpiece for the military dictatorship during the war, after the war it gained Japan’s highest readership while openly distributing nationalistic ...

(9 October 1969) * Kawashima Shōjirō (9 November 1970) * Matsumura Kenzō (21 August 1971) *

Naotake Satō was a Japanese diplomat and politician. He was born in Osaka, graduated from the Tokyo Higher Commercial School (東京高等商業学校, ''Tōkyō Kōtō Shōgyō Gakkō'', now Hitotsubashi University) in 1904, attended the consul course of ...

(18 December 1971) *

Tanzan Ishibashi was a Japanese journalist, Nichiren Buddhist priest, and politician who was Prime Minister of Japan for two months from 1956 to 1957, before resigning due to illness. He simultaneously served as Director General of the Japan Defense Agency. F ...

(25 April 1973) * Masutani Hidetsugu (18 August 1973) *

Kiichi Aichi was a Japanese Japanese may refer to: * Something from or related to Japan, an island country in East Asia * Japanese language, spoken mainly in Japan * Japanese people, the ethnic group that identifies with Japan through ancestry or culture ...

(23 November 1973) *

Tatsuo Sato (politician) was a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party and a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet (national legislature). A native of Fukushima, Fukushima, he attended the University of Tokyo and passed the bar exam while in th ...

(12 September 1974) * Taizō Ishizaka (6 March 1975) *

Ohama Nobumoto Ohama may refer to: * Ohama, a former branch line of the Hankai Tramway * ''Ōhama''-class target ship, a bombing target ship class of the Imperial Japanese Navy serving during World War II * People with the surname Ohama or Ōhama ** Fumitaro Oh ...

(13 February 1976) *

Tetsu Katayama was a Japanese politician who was Prime Minister of Japan from 1947 to 1948. He bears the distinction of having been the first socialist to serve as Prime Minister of Japan. Early life He was born in Tanabe, Wakayama Prefecture on 28 July ...

(30 May 1978) * Uemura Kōgorō (1 August 1978) *

Hori Shigeru Hori may refer to: Ancient Egypt * Sewadjkare Hori, late 13th dynasty Pharaoh, also known as Hori II *Hori (High Priest of Osiris) Son of Wennenufer and High Priest of Osiris during the reign of Ramesses II (19th dynasty) * Hori I (High Priest of P ...

(4 March 1979) *

Shiina Etsusaburo was a career bureaucrat and politician. As Foreign Minister of Japan from 1964 to 1966 he played a pivotal role in diplomatic relations between Japan and the Republic of Korea. Biography Early career Shiina was born in Mizusawa, Iwate (now p ...

(30 September 1979) * Hoshijima Jirō (3 January 1980) * Ichiro Nakayama (9 April 1980) * Maeo Shigesaburō (23 July 1981) *

Ishii Mitsujirō Ishii (, "stone well") is a Japanese surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Akio Ishii (born 1955), Japanese baseball player * Ami Ishii (born 1980), Japanese gravure idol *Anna Ishii (born 1998), Japanese performer, model and actress ...

(20 September 1981) *

Ryotaro Azuma was a Japanese physician and bureaucrat who served as Governor of Tokyo from 1959 to 1967. In 1950, Azuma became a member of the international Olympic Committee (IOC). Education Born in Osaka, he attended Tokyo Imperial University and studied ...

(26 May 1983) * Nagano Shigeo (4 May 1984) * Ushiba Nobuhiko (31 December 1984) * Aiichiro Fujiyama (22 February 1985) * Nishimura Eiichi (15 September 1987) * Inayama Yoshihiro (9 October 1987) *

Shintaro Abe was a Japanese politician from Yamaguchi Prefecture. He was a leading member of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP). He served as foreign minister from 1982 to 1986. He was the father of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. Early life and ...

(15 May 1991) *

Michio Watanabe was a Japanese political figure. He was born in Ōtawara, Tochigi and graduated from the Tokyo College of Commerce (now Hitotsubashi University) in 1942. He worked as a reporter for the ''Yomiuri Shimbun'', a certified tax accountant, and a mem ...

(15 September 1995) *

Masaru Ibuka Masaru Ibuka (井深大 ''Ibuka Masaru''; April 11, 1908 – December 19, 1997) was a Japanese electronics industrialist and co-founder of Sony, along with Akio Morita.Kirkup, James"Obituary: Masaru Ibuka,"''Independent'' (London). December 22 ...

(19 December 1997) * Nikaidō Susumu (3 February 2000) * Saito Eishiro (22 April 2002)

Ordinary recipients of the Order of the Paulownia Flowers (from 2003)

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Awards to living recipients

Yamaguchi Shigeru Yamaguchi may refer to: People *Yamaguchi (surname), the 14th most popular Japanese surname. Places *Yamaguchi Prefecture, the westernmost prefecture of Honshū island of Japan **Yamaguchi (city), capital of Yamaguchi Prefecture *** Yamaguchi St ...

(29 April 2005) * Murayama Tomiichi (29 April 2006) *

Hiraiwa Gaishi Hiraiwa (written: 平岩) is a Japanese surname. Notable people with the surname include: *, Japanese ''daimyō'' *, Japanese actress *, Japanese writer *, Japanese artistic gymnast See also * Hiraiwa Station, a railway station in Itoigawa, Niigat ...

(3 November 2006) *

Shoichiro Toyoda is a Japanese retired business executive who served as chairman of Toyota Motor Corporation between 1992–1999,Toyota Honorary Chairman as well as chairman of the influential beginning in May 1994 through May 1998. Under Toyoda's supervision, ...

(3 November 2007) *

Machida Akira Akira Machida (町田顯 ''Machida Akira'', October 16, 1936 – April 5, 2015) was Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Japan from 2002 to 2006. He was born in Shimonoseki, Japan. He first began his career in 1959, when he was appointed as a ...

(3 November 2007) * Kurata Hiroyuki (29 April 2008) *

Tamisuke Watanuki is a Japanese politician from the Toyama Prefecture. He started his own export-import company at age 28. He graduated from the Department of Economics at Keio University and ran for the Prefectural Assembly in 1959. He was elected to the Di ...

(29 April 2010) *

Niro Shimada was the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Japan. Born in Tokyo, he attended the University of Tokyo, graduating with an LL.B. and passing the bar examination in 1962. He was appointed as an assistant judge in 1964 and rotated through the crimi ...

(29 April 2010) *

Chikage Oogi , real name (born 10 May 1933 as , is a Japanese actress and politician. During her 30-year-long political career, she served in some important posts. She became the first female President of the House of Councillors in 2004. Her pseudonymous ...

(3 November 2010) *

Toshiki Kaifu was a Japanese politician who served as the 77th Prime Minister of Japan from 1989 to 1991. Early life and education Kaifu was born on 2 January 1931, in Nagoya City, the eldest of six brothers. His family's business Nakamura Photo Studio w ...

(29 April 2011) *

Yōhei Kōno is a Japanese politician and a former President of the Liberal Democratic Party. He served as Speaker of the House of Representatives from November 2003 until August 2009, when the LDP lost its majority in the 2009 election. Kōno served as sp ...

(3 November 2011) *

Tsutomu Hata was a Japanese politician who served as Prime Minister of Japan for nine weeks in 1994. He took over from Morihiro Hosokawa at the head of a coalition government. Shortly after he had been appointed Prime Minister, the Japanese Socialist Party le ...

(29 April 2013) *

Hironobu Takesaki is a Japanese lawyer and a former Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Japan. He is a graduate of the University of Tokyo Faculty of Law and of Columbia Law School. At age 64, Takesaki replaced Niro Shimada as the Chief Justice when November 2 ...

(3 November 2015) *

Satsuki Eda was a Japanese politician who was the first opposition member to serve as the President of the House of Councillors in Japan. Eda had served for three terms in the House of Councillors before his election as President on 7 August 2007, after the ...

(3 November 2016) *

Yoshirō Mori is a former Japanese politician who served as Prime Minister of Japan between April 2000 and April 2001. He was unpopular in opinion polls during his time in office, and is known for making controversial statements, both during and after his ...

(29 April 2017)

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Yutaka Inoue Yutaka is a masculine Japanese given name. Possible writings Yutaka can be written using different kanji characters and can mean: *豊, "bountiful" *裕, "affluence" *穣, "fertile" *温, "warmth" The name can also be written in hiragana ゆ� ...

(22 June 2008) *

Takeo Nishioka was a Japanese politician of the Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) who served as a member of the House of Councillors in the Diet. A native of Nagasaki and a graduate of Waseda University , mottoeng = Independence of scholarship , establishe ...

(5 November 2011)

Japanese Wikipedia The is the Japanese-language edition of Wikipedia, a free, open-source online encyclopedia. Started on 11 May 2001, the edition attained the 200,000 article mark in April 2006 and the 500,000 article mark in June 2008. As of , it has over ar ...

Nobutaka Machimura was a Japanese politician. He was a member of the House of Representatives of Japan and a member of the Liberal Democratic Party.Pavle Jurišić Šturm Pavle Jurišić Šturm KCMG ( sr-cyr, Павле Јуришић Штурм; 8 August 1848 – 13 January 1922), born Paulus Eugen Sturm, was a Serbian general of Sorbian origin, best known for commanding the Serbian 3rd Army in World War I. ...

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Konrad Adenauer Konrad Hermann Joseph Adenauer (; 5 January 1876 – 19 April 1967) was a Germany, German statesman who served as the first Chancellor of Germany, chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany from 1949 to 1963. From 1946 to 1966, he was the fir ...

(1876–1967) *

John Jellicoe, 1st Earl Jellicoe Admiral of the Fleet John Rushworth Jellicoe, 1st Earl Jellicoe, (5 December 1859 – 20 November 1935) was a Royal Navy officer. He fought in the Anglo-Egyptian War and the Boxer Rebellion and commanded the Grand Fleet at the Battle of Jutland ...

(1859–1935) *

Yuan Shikai Yuan Shikai (; 16 September 1859 – 6 June 1916) was a Chinese military and government official who rose to power during the late Qing dynasty and eventually ended the Qing dynasty rule of China in 1912, later becoming the Emperor of China. H ...

(1859–1916) *

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(1846–1914), 1902 *

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(1841–1920)Honor conferred 1917 -- *

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(1861–1936), 1922 *

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(1880–1964) * Ali Osman Pasha (1890) *

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George Mountbatten, 2nd Marquess of Milford Haven Captain George Louis Victor Henry Serge Mountbatten, 2nd Marquess of Milford Haven, (6 November 1892Hessisches Hauptstaatsarchiv; Wiesbaden, Deutschland; Bestand: ''901''; Laufende Nummer: ''150'' – 8 April 1938), born Prince George of Batten ...

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(1928–2021), 3 November 2008 *

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(1925–2014), 3 November 2008 *

(1924–2012), 24 June 2011 *

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(1954–)Honor conferred in 2013
"François Fillon sera décoré par le Japon"
Le Figaro, 7 May 2013 *

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(1929–2013), 1995

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Foley, bio notes
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(1932–), 5 November 2014 *

(1923–2015), 23 March 2015 *

(1925-), 2018 *

Yi Jae-gak Yi Jae-gak (; 4 April 1874 – 11 May 1935) was a member of the Imperial house of the Korean Empire and an official of Korean Empire. After the annexation of Korea, he was ennobled as Marquess. Biography Yi Jae-gak was born in Seoul as a mem ...

(1874-1935), 1905

Notes

References

* Peterson, James W., Barry C. Weaver and Michael A. Quigley (2001). ''Orders and Medals of Japan and Associated States''. San Ramon, California: Orders and Medals Society of America. .

External links

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

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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 ...

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