The is a Japanese order, established in 1875 by

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. The Order was the first

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awarded by the

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, 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, 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, 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 reserved for heads of state or royalty, while the second highest order, the Order of the Paulownia Flowers, 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 Japanese Prime Minister. It is awarded in the name of the

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and can be awarded

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. 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

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, 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

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, Speaker of the House of Representatives,

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, or Chief Justice of Japan. 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,

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, 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 Order of the Paulownia Flowers, 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)

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, 2022

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* Mohammad Hossein Adeli (1953–), 2014 * Salem Ben Nasser Al-Ismaily, 2017 * Momofuku Ando (1910–2007), 2002NNDB
Order of the Rising Sun
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(1846–1937), 1898 * Jules Brunet (1838–1911) *

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Chang Yung-fa Chang Yung-fa CBE (; 6 October 1927 – 20 January 2016) was a Taiwanese businessman. He founded and chaired the Evergreen Group. Biography Chang was born in Su'ao, while Taiwan was under Japanese rule. When he was seven, the family moved ...

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, 2021 *

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George R. Packard George may refer to: People * George (given name) * George (surname) * George (singer), American-Canadian singer George Nozuka, known by the mononym George * George Washington, First President of the United States * George W. Bush, 43rd President ...

2007 *

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Jacob Schiff Jacob (; ; ar, يَعْقُوب, Yaʿqūb; gr, Ἰακώβ, Iakṓb), later given the name Israel, is regarded as a patriarch of the Israelites and is an important figure in Abrahamic religions, such as Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. Jac ...

(1847–1920), 1907 * William Francis Sempill (1893–1965) *

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(1904–1971), 1966 *

Michael Ira Sovern Michael Ira Sovern (December 1, 1931 – January 20, 2020) was the 17th president of Columbia University. Prior to his death, he served as the Chancellor Kent Professor of Law at Columbia Law School. He was a noted legal scholar of Labor Law and ...

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, 2017 *

Henry W. Taft Henry Waters Taft (May 27, 1859 – August 11, 1945) was an American lawyer and author. He was the son of Alphonso and brother of President William Howard Taft. A renowned antitrust lawyer, he was a name partner at Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taf ...

(1859–1945), 1929Honor awarded 1929
"Japanese Emperor Honors H.W. Taft; Consul-General Gives Insignia for Fostering International Friendship. Diploma Also Presented; Brother of Chief Justice Receives Order of Rising Sun at Exercises Here,"
''New York Times,'' 28 June 1929. *

Frederick Charles Tudor Tudor Admiral Sir Frederick Charles Tudor Tudor, (born Jones; 29 March 1863 – 14 April 1946) was a British Royal Navy officer who went on to be Third Sea Lord. Early life and career Tudor was born in Stoke Damerel, Devon, the son of Harrington Roge ...

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Richard J. Wood Richard J. Wood is a mathematics professor at Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. He graduated from McMaster University in 1972 with his M.Sc. and then later went on to do his Ph.D. at Dalhousie University. He is interested in c ...

, 2010 * Kenkichi Yabashi (1869–1927), 1927 *

Philip Yeo Noel Philip Yeo Liat Kok (Chinese: 杨烈国; born 1946), DUNU (First Class), is the Chairman oEconomic Development Innovations SingaporeAdvanced MedTech HoldingsanAccuron Technologies From April 2007 to March 2018, Yeo was Chairman of Standard ...

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(1934-), 2017

3rd Class, Gold Rays with Neck Ribbon

Craig Agena Craig John Agena (born 1960) is a former Olympic level judoka for the United States. He competed in the 1984 Summer Olympics. Career Agena was born Craig John Agena, 7 September 1960 in Honolulu, Hawaii He trained at Northglenn Judo Center i ...

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John F. Aiso John Fujio Aiso ( ja, 相磯藤雄, December 14, 1909 – December 29, 1987) was an American nisei military leader, lawyer and judge. Aiso was the Director and head instructor of the Military Intelligence Service Language School, and the highest ...

(1909–1987), 1985 *

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, 2009 * William Hansel Barrow (1936–2020), 2005 *

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(1850–1926), 1909 *

Edmund Blunden Edmund Charles Blunden (1 November 1896 – 20 January 1974) was an English poet, author, and critic. Like his friend Siegfried Sassoon, he wrote of his experiences in World War I in both verse and prose. For most of his career, Blunden was als ...

(1896–1974), 1963 *

Ivan Bondarenko Ivan () is a Slavic male given name, connected with the variant of the Greek name (English: John) from Hebrew meaning 'God is gracious'. It is associated worldwide with Slavic countries. The earliest person known to bear the name was Bulgari ...

, 2012 *

Richard Bowring Richard John Bowring (born 6 February 1947) is an English academic serving as Professor of Japanese Studies at the University of Cambridge and an Honorary Fellow of Downing College. In 2013, Bowring was awarded the Order of the Rising Sun 3rd Clas ...

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, 2014 *

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, 2017 *

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Rust Macpherson Deming Rust Macpherson Deming (born October 11, 1941) is a professor and retired American diplomat. He was the Deputy Chief of Mission of the United States to Japan from 1993 to 1996 and Ambassador of the United States to Tunisia from 2011 to 2013. Earl ...

, 2013 *

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, 2001 *

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, 2009 *

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, 2011 *

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, 2005 *

Carol Gluck Carol Gluck (born November 12, 1941) is an American academic and Japanologist. She is the George Sansom Professor Emerita of History at Columbia University and served as the president of the Association for Asian Studies in 1996. Career Gluck wa ...

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, 2022 * Percival Hall-Thompson (1874–1950) * Jochem P. Hanse, 2007 *

Helen Hardacre Helen Hardacre (born May 20, 1949) is an American Japanologist. She is the Reischauer Institute Professor of Japanese Religions and Society at the Departement of East Asian Languages and Civilization, Harvard University. Biography Hardacre was bor ...

, 2018 *

James Curtis Hepburn James Curtis Hepburn (; March 13, 1815 – September 21, 1911) was an American physician, translator, educator, and lay Christian missionary. He is known for the Hepburn romanization system for transliteration of the Japanese language into the ...

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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 *

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(1902–1986), 1972 *

Irene Hirano Irene Hirano Inouye (''née'' Yasutake; October 7, 1948 – April 7, 2020) was the founding President of the U.S.-Japan Council, a position she held ever since she helped create the organization in 2009 until her death. Hirano Inouye focused on b ...

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(1856–1911), 1906 *

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, 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 internment of Japanese Americans, interned at the Heart Mountain Relocation Center, he was the editor of the i ...

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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 *

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(1945–2016), 2015 *

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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 ...

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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 ...

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Stephen Ira Katz Stephen or Steven is a common English first name. It is particularly significant to Christians, as it belonged to Saint Stephen ( grc-gre, Στέφανος ), an early disciple and deacon who, according to the Book of Acts, was stoned to death; ...

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, 2014 *

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, 2016 *

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William P. Malm William Malm (born March 6, 1928) is an American musicologist known for his studies of Japanese traditional music. As a composer, teacher, and scholar of Japanese music, Malm shaped the study of ethnomusicology in the United States. Malm authored ...

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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 Matthew may refer to: * Matthew (given name) * Matthew (surname) * ''Matthew'' (ship), the replica of the ship sailed by John Cabot in 1497 * ''Matthew'' (album), a 2000 album by rapper Kool Keith * Matthew (elm cultivar), a cultivar of the Chi ...

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(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 ...

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Edward Gage Nelson Edward is an English given name. It is derived from the Anglo-Saxon name ''Ēadweard'', composed of the elements '' ēad'' "wealth, fortune; prosperous" and '' weard'' "guardian, protector”. History The name Edward was very popular in Anglo-Sax ...

, 2008 * Ian Nish, 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 Yor ...

, 2009 *

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Dr. Susumu Nisizaki Doctor is an academic title that originates from the Latin word of the same spelling and meaning. The word is originally an agentive noun of the Latin verb 'to teach'. It has been used as an academic title in Europe since the 13th century, w ...

, 2018 * Jerzy Nowacki, 2008 * John O'Conor, 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, 2016 * Taiichi Ohno, 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 Pia ...

, 2019 *

T.J. Pempel T. J. Pempel (Ph.D., Columbia) is Jack M. Forcey Professor of Political Science at the University of California, Berkeley and has been a visiting professor at Yonsei University in Seoul, Korea and the National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies ...

, 2022 *

Susan Pharr Susan J. Pharr (born March 16, 1944) is an academic in the field of political science, a Japanologist, and Edwin O. Reischauer Professor of Japanese Politics, director of Reischauer Institute of Japanese Studies and the Program on U.S.-Japan Relati ...

, 2008 *

Umberto Pineschi Umberto Pineschi (born Trieste, Venezia Giulia, Italy Italy ( it, Italia ), officially the Italian Republic, ) or the Republic of Italy, is a country in Southern Europe. It is located in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea, and its territo ...

, 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, 2019 *

Jacob Raz Jacob (; ; ar, يَعْقُوب, Jacob in Islam, Yaʿqūb; gr, Ἰακώβ, Iakṓb), later given the name Israel (name), Israel, is regarded as a Patriarchs (Bible), patriarch of the Israelites and is an important figure in Abrahamic religi ...

, 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 mater ...

, 2002 * David Rowe-Beddoe, 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 In ...

, 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, 1936 * Edward Seidensticker, 1975 * Go Seigen aka Wu Qing Yuan (1914–2014), 1987 * John Stich, 2021 * William Forbes-Sempill *

Shinichi Suzuki was a Japanese musician, philosopher, and educator and the founder of the international Suzuki method of music education and developed a philosophy for educating people of all ages and abilities. An influential pedagogue in music education of ...

(1898–1998), c. 1970 * George Tanabe, Jr., 2013 * Ichimatsu Tanaka (1895–1983), 1967 * Tadao Tannaka (1908–1986), 1980 *

Patrick Lennox Tierney Patrick Lennox Tierney (January 28, 1914 – June 12, 2015) was an American Japanologist academic in the field of art history, an emeritus professor of the University of Utah, a former Curator of Japanese Art at the Utah Museum of Fine Arts,Monumen ...

, 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 Joseph is a common male given name, derived from the Hebrew Yosef (יוֹסֵף). "Joseph" is used, along with "Josef", mostly in English, French and partially German languages. This spelling is also found as a variant in the languages of the mo ...

, 1991 * T. Wayland Vaughan (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 Paul may refer to: *Paul (given name), a given name (includes a list of people with that name) *Paul (surname), a list of people People Christianity * Paul the Apostle (AD c.5–c.64/65), also known as Saul of Tarsus or Saint Paul, early Chri ...

, 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 Charles Wolf Jr. (August 1, 1924 – October 24, 2016) was a senior economic advisor at the RAND Corporation (June 23, 1955 – October 24, 2016). He was also a senior research fellow at the Hoover Institution at Stanford University and was on th ...

, 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

4th Class, Gold Rays with Rosette

* Hank Aaron (1934–2021), 2016 * Ferran Adrià (1952–), 2015 * Toshiko Akiyoshi (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 (1941–), 2005 * Charles Aznavour (1924–2018), 2018 * Kazuhiko Bandoh, 2014 * Andrej Bekeš, 2008 *

Ilana Singer Blaine Ilana ( he, אִילָנָה) is a Hebrew feminine given name, the female form of the word ''אִילָן'' (tree). Notable people with the name include: * Ilana Adir (born 1941), Israeli Olympic sprinter *Ilana Avital (born 1960), Israeli singer * ...

(b. 1961), 2021 *

Henry Pike Bowie Henry Pike Bowie (1848 – December 21, 1920) was an American lawyer, artist, author, Japanologist, and diplomat.Starr, Kevin. (2003) ''Embattled Dreams,'' pp. 38-39./ref> Biography In the late 1880s, Bowie commissioned Makoto Hagiwara, the manag ...

(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, 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, 2012 * Charles B. Doleac, Esq., 2011 * Bogna Barbara Dziechciaruk-Maj, 2009 * William Elliot Griffis (1843–1928), 1907 * Kenji Ekuan (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 was a manga writing duo formed by Japanese manga artists and . They formed their partnership in 1951, and used the Fujiko Fujio name from 1954 until dissolution of the partnership in 1987, upon Fujimoto's illness. The pair was best known f ...

(1934–), 2008 * Glen Gondo, 2013 * Ted Goossen, 2018 * Mohammad Hatta (1902–1980), 1943 * (1933–), 2011 *

Steven Heine Steven Heine (born 1950), is a scholar in the field of Zen Buddhist history and thought, particularly the life and teachings of Zen Master Dōgen (1200–1253). He has also taught and published extensively on Japanese religion and society in worl ...

(1950–), 2007 * Asao Hirano (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 William Imbrie (1 January 1845 – 4 August 1928) was an American missionary to Japan. Early life William Imbrie was an 1865 graduate of the College of New Jersey (now Princeton University) and an 1870 graduate of Princeton Theol ...

(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 Rena Kanokogi (''née'' Glickman; July 30, 1935 – November 21, 2009) was a renowned Jewish-American judo expert. In 1959, disguised as a man, she won a medal at a YMCA judo tournament, but had to return it after acknowledging that she was a wom ...

(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 (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 Wlodzimierz Kwiecinski M.D. (9 DAN) was born on 3 July 1955 in Łódź (Poland). He is a pioneer of traditional karate in Poland – he started practising karate in 1970. Two years later, Poland was visited by the Japanese Karate Master Chiyomaro ...

(1955–), 2012 * Tommy Lasorda (1927–2021), 2008 *

Liao I-chiu Liao I-chiu () (b. Nov. 4, 1936) is a Taiwanese academic who specializes in commercial aquatic animal breeding and aquaculture. He is known as the "Father of Shrimp Farming". Early life and education Liao was born in Tokyo to Taiwanese paren ...

(1936–), 2014 *

Charles Von Loewenfeldt Charles is a masculine given name predominantly found in English and French speaking countries. It is from the French form ''Charles'' of the Proto-Germanic name (in runic alphabet) or ''*karilaz'' (in Latin alphabet), whose meaning was " ...

, 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 (Interlu ...

, 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 (1928–), 2003 * Kent Nagano, 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 designer ...

, 2015 * Kenneth Oye, 2018 * Edwina Palmer, 2018 * Takao Saito, 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. * David Bowman Schneder, 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 *

, 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 Dr Joseph Bower Siddall (4 March 1840 – 4 July 1904) was a British medical doctor who worked as a foreign advisor in Japan and was influential in the use of hygiene in Japanese Military hospitals, and universal vaccination for Smallpox. Bio ...

(1840–1904), 1909 * Dragan Stojković (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 (1937–), 2004 * Kip Tokuda (1946–2013), 2012 * Masanobu Tsuji (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 (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, 2010 * Sadao Watanabe (1933–), 2005 * Tetsuya Watari (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 Teruaki Yamagishi (born December 4, 1934) is a Japanese management consultant who works in Manaus, Brazil. He is the CEO of Yamagishi Consulting. * Takami Hibiya (1909-1993) 1981 *

Shyamala Ganesh Shyamala or Syamala may refer to: People Surname * Gogu Shyamala, Indian Telugu-language writer and women's activist * Pavala Syamala, Indian actress * P. R. Shyamala (1931–1990), Indian Malayalam-language novelist and short story writer * R ...

, 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 (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 Kira may refer to: People * Kira clan, a Japanese clan, descended from Emperor Seiwa (850–880) * Kira (given name), including a list of people with the given name * Kira Chikazane (1563–1588), Japanese retainer * Kira (German singer) (Janine ...

(?–), 2021 *

Glenn Masuo Masunaga Glenn may refer to: Name or surname * Glenn (name) * John Glenn, U.S. astronaut Cultivars * Glenn (mango) * a 6-row barley variety Places In the United States: * Glenn, California * Glenn County, California * Glenn, Georgia, a settlement i ...

(1925–2019), 1999 *

Lori Matsukawa Lori Matsukawa (born 1956) is an American television news journalist who spent thirty-six years as evening news anchor at KING 5, the NBC News, NBC affiliate in Seattle, Seattle, Washington. She has won two Emmys and numerous honors from regiona ...

(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 * Shōshin Nagamine (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 was a versatile Japanese amateur photographer who specialized in landscapes.Tatsuo Shirai, "Seasonal Aspects of Japan" , unpaginated postface to Nishiyama, ''Shunkō shūshoku'' / ''Seasonal Aspects of Japan'' (Tokyo: Asahi Sonorama, 1979). Born ...

(1893–1983), 1977 * Steere Noda, 1968 *

Jun Noguchi Jun or JUN may refer to: People and anthroponymy * Jun (given name), a common Japanese given name * Jun (singer), a member of South Korean boy band U-KISS * Tomáš Jun, Czech footballer * A spelling of common Korean family name Jeon (Korean surn ...

, 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 arm ...

(1841–1927), 1884 *

Major Douglas Estment Randall, MC Major (commandant in certain jurisdictions) is a military rank of commissioned officer status, with corresponding ranks existing in many military forces throughout the world. When used unhyphenated and in conjunction with no other indicator ...

(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. ...

(1855–1898), 1884 *

Inés Sánchez Inés Aleida Sánchez Guarde de Revuelta (11 June 1931 – 7 April 2023) was a Cuban-Costa Rican journalist. She was the host of the television program ''Teleclub'', a position she has held since its premiere in 1963. She was recognized by Guin ...

(1931– ), 2012 *

Buster Sefor Buster may refer to: People First name *Buster Drayton (born 1952), American boxer *Buster Glosson, retired U.S. Air Force lieutenant general *Buster Mathis (1943–1995), American heavyweight boxer *Buster Mathis Jr. (born 1970), American heavyw ...

(1941–), 2011* Low Thian Seng, 2015 * Garrett Serikawa (1932–2019), 2016 *

Doreen Simmons Doreen Sylvia Simmons (née Clarke; 29 May 1932 – 23 April 2018) was an English sumo commentator. After moving to Japan in 1973 she became an expert on sumo and was hired by NHK in 1992 to provide commentary for their English language sumo broad ...

(1932–2018), 2017 *

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 *

Alfred Russell Stone 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 (Interlu ...

(1902–1954), 1954 *

James Takemori James Takemori (February 3, 1926 – May 15, 2015) was an American judoka and World War II veteran. US Army Takemori served in the all Japanese American, 442nd Infantry Regiment (United States) in World War II. The 442nd, 100th Infantry Battali ...

(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 *

Alicia Terada Alicia Terada (born 26 December 1956) is an Argentine politician who served as a National Deputy elected in Chaco Province. A member of the Civic Coalition ARI, Terada was first elected in 2009, serving a four-year term until 2013. Despite runni ...

, 2017 *

Rudolf Teusler Rudolf Bolling Teusler M.D. (1876 - 1934) was a medical physician and lay missionary to Japan who worked under the auspices of the Foreign and Domestic Missionary Society of the American Episcopal Church. Teusler is remembered in Japan as the fo ...

(1876–1934) * Ted Tsukiyama (1920–2019), 2001 * Ronald Stewart Watt (1947– ), 2010

Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Japan) The is an executive department of the Government of Japan, and is responsible for the country's foreign policy and international relations. The ministry was established by the second term of the third article of the National Government Organ ...

''2010 Spring Conferment of Decorations on Foreign Nationals,'' p. 8.
/ref> *Shuji Yagi (Shuho

Bon Yagi Bon Yagi is a New York City based Japanese-American entrepreneur. He has created many successful Japanese-themed restaurants in the New York area. He is also a board member of the Gohan Society for Japanese cuisine. His success has been compared to ...

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

6th Class, Silver Rays

* Henry Hajimu Fujii (1886–1976), 1971 * Bolesław Orliński (1899–1992), 1926 * Fudeko Reekie, 2013 * John Wilson (Captain) (1851–1899), 1895 * Kuniichi Iwata (Specialist) (1919–2014), 1995 * Yun Chi-sung (1875–1936), 1905 * Fadi Aoun / Lebanon (2022)

7th Class, Green Paulownia Leaves Medal

In 2003, the 7th and 8th levels – named for leaves of the Paulownia tree, long used as a Mon (emblem), mon (emblem) for the highest levels of Japanese society – were moved to a new and distinct order, the single-class '' Order of the Paulownia Flowers''. * Tetsuzō Iwamoto (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

Class unknown

* Aung San (1915–1947) * Edvard Beneš, Beneš, Edvard (1884–1948), 1928 * Ralph T. Browning (1941–2018) * Ernesto Burzagli, Burzagli, Ernesto (1873–1944), 1906 * Henry Clews (Awarded 1908) * Albert M. Craig, Craig, Albert M. (1988) * William Theodore de Bary, de Bary, William Theodore (1993) * Robert Lawrence Eichelberger, Eichelberger, Robert Lawrence (1886–1961) * Alfred John Ellis, Ellis, Alfred John (1915–2020), 1989 * Granville Roland Fortescue, Fortescue, Granville Roland (1875–1952) * Frank B. Gibney, Sr., Gibney, Frank B. (1924–2006), 1976 * Józef Gieysztor * Louis Grondijs, Grondijs, Louis (1878–1961) * Hosoya Jūdayū, Hosoya, Judayu (1840–1907) * Ibrahim of Johor, Ibrahim, Sultan of Johor (1873–1959) * Cargill Gilston Knott, Knott, Cargill G. (1856–1922), 1891 * Joy Kogawa (Awarded 2010) * Wiesław Kotański, 1986 * George Frederick Kunz, Kunz, George Frederick (1856–1932) * Charles de Limburg Stirum (1906–1989) * Henryk Lipszyc, 1992 * Lionel W. McKenzie, McKenzie, Lionel W. (1995) * George F. Morrison, Morrison, George F. (1867–1943) * Sultan Musa Ghiatuddin Riayat Shah, Musa Ghiatuddin Riayat Shah, Sultan of Selangor (1893–1955) * Ozaki Yukio (1858–1954) * Godfrey Paine, Paine, Godfrey (1871–1932), 1918 * Hugh Talbot Patrick, Patrick, Hugh Talbot 1994Honor awarded 1994
Weatherhead East Asian Institute, ''The Reed''
/ref> *Rossiter W. Raymond, Raymond, Rossiter W. (1840–1918) * Takamine Hideo (1854–1910) * James R. Wasson, Wasson, James R. (1847–1923), 1874 * Franciszek Ziejka * Ivan Ivanovich Zarubin (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
Production Process
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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

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