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Japan to recognize 4,100 people in autumn honors

Emperor Naruhito is slated to meet only with the recipients of the decorations, as he did this spring, due to the novel coronavirus epidemic. (AFP)
Emperor Naruhito is slated to meet only with the recipients of the decorations, as he did this spring, due to the novel coronavirus epidemic. (AFP)
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03 Nov 2020 02:11:19 GMT9
03 Nov 2020 02:11:19 GMT9

TOKYO: The Japanese government said Tuesday that a total of 4,100 people, including former Okinawa Governor Hirokazu Nakaima, will be decorated in this year’s autumn honors.

The Grand Cordon of the Order of the Rising Sun will be given to the 81-year-old former governor of the southernmost Japan prefecture, and five other Japanese people, including Toyota Motor Corp. Chairman Takeshi Uchiyamada, 74, and former Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary Kinya Takino, 73.

The other three recipients are Kunio Nakamura, 81, former president of Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., now Panasonic Corp., and former Supreme Court Justices Toshimitsu Yamasaki, 71, and Tsuneyuki Yamamoto, 71.

The same honor will also be granted to seven foreigners, including former European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker, 65, and U.S. Senate Finance Committee Chairman Charles Grassley, 87.

Hiroshi Komiyama, 75, former president of the University of Tokyo, will receive the Grand Cordon of the Order of the Sacred Treasure.

Isao Iijima, 75, special adviser to the cabinet, will receive the Order of the Rising Sun, Gold and Silver Star.

In academia, Kazuhiko Komatsu, 73, folklore researcher and former director-general of the International Research Center for Japanese Studies, and others will be awarded the Order of the Sacred Treasure, Gold and Silver Star.

In arts and culture, author Kenzo Kitakata, 73, cooking critic Yukio Hattori, 74, whose real name is Yukihiko Someya, actor Hiroshi Tachi, 70, and others will receive the Order of the Rising Sun, Gold Rays with Rosette.

The total number of female honorees comes to 412, unchanged from the record-high figure for this year’s spring honors.

Foreign honorees, from 60 countries and regions, total 141.

A ceremony to present the grand cordon, the Order of the Rising Sun, Gold and Silver Star, and the Order of the Sacred Treasure, Gold and Silver Star, will be held at the Imperial Palace on Nov. 11.

Emperor Naruhito is slated to meet only with the recipients of the decorations, as he did this spring, due to the novel coronavirus epidemic.

JIJI Press

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