2017 Autumun Conferment of Decoration on …

1 2017 Autumun Conferment of Decoration on Foreign NationalsDecorationServices Major TitlesNameAgeAddress( Nationality )Grand Cordon ofthe Order of theRising SunContributed to strengthening therelationship between Japan andthe United States on nationaldefense*Former Secretary of Defense*Chancellor of the College ofWilliam & MaryRobert M. Gates74 Washington state, ( )Grand Cordon ofthe Order of theRising SunContributed to strengthening therelationship in the field ofsecurity between Japan and theUnited StatesFormer Assistant to the Presidentfor National Security AffairsStephen J.

2 Hadley70 Washington,District ofColumbia, ( )Grand Cordon ofthe Order of theRising SunContributed to strengthening therelationship in the field of energybetween Japan and the UnitedStates*Former Secretary of Energy*Cecil and Ida Green Professor ofPhysics and Engineering SystemsEmeritus and Special Advisor tothe President of theMassachusetts Institute ofTechnologyErnest J. Moniz72 Brookline,Massachusetts, ( )Grand Cordon ofthe Order of theRising SunContributed to strengtheningbilateral relations and promotingfriendship between Japan and theUnited States*Former Secretary of State*Former Assistant to thePresident for National SecurityAffairsCondoleezza Rice62 Stanford,California, ( )

3 2017 Autumun Conferment of Decoration on Foreign NationalsGrand Cordon ofthe Order of theRising SunContributed to strengtheningbilateral relations and promotingfriendship between Japan andIran*Former Minister of Foreignaffairs*Former Ambassador of Iran toJapan*Former President of Iran andJapan Parliamentary FriendshipAssociationManouchehr Mottaki64 Tehran,Tehran,Iran(Iran)Grand Cordon ofthe Order of theRising SunContributed to strengtheningbilateral relations and promotingfriendship between Japan and theUnited Kingdom*Former Secretary of State forForeign and CommonwealthAffairs*Member of the House of LordsWilliam Hague56 London,The UnitedKingdom( )Grand Cordon ofthe Order of theRising SunContributed to promoting friendlyrelations and mutualunderstanding between Japanand Australia*Former Minister for ForeignAffairs*Former Member of the House ofRepresentativesAndrew Peacock78 Austin,Texas, (Australia)

4 Grand Cordon ofthe Order of theRising SunContributed to strengtheningbirateral relations and promotingfriendship between Japan andCambodia*Former Deputy Prime Ministerand Minister of Economy andFinance*Former Vice President of theCouncil of Development ofCambodiaKeat Chhon83 Phnom Penh,Cambodia(Cambodia) 2017 Autumun Conferment of Decoration on Foreign NationalsGrand Cordon ofthe Order of theRising SunContributed to strengtheningbilateral relations between Japanand the United NationsDevelopment Programme, andstrengthening bilateral relationsand promoting friendship betweenJapan and New Zealand*Former Prime Minister of NewZealand*Former Administrator of theUnited Nations DevelopmentProgramme (Former Under-Secretary-Genral of the UnitedNations and Former Chair of theUnited Nations DevelopmentGroup)Helen Clark67 Auckland,New Zealand(New Zealand)

5 Grand Cordon ofthe Order of theRising SunContributed to strengtheningbilateral relations and promotingfriendship between Japan andFrance*Former Prime Minister*Former Minister of ForeignAffairs and InternationalDevelopment*Former Mayor of Nantes*Former Member of the NationalAssemblyJean-Marc Ayrault67 Nantes,Loire-Atlantique,France(France)Gr and Cordon ofthe Order of theRising SunContributed to promotingdiplomatic and economicrelations between Japan andMalaysia*Former Minister of ForeignAffairs*Former Minister of Trade andIndustry*Former Minister of DefenseTengku AhmadRithauddeen88 Kuala LumpurFederal TerritoriesMalaysia(Malaysia)

6 2017 Autumun Conferment of Decoration on Foreign NationalsGrand Cordon ofthe Order of theRising SunContributed to strengtheningbilateral relations and promotingfriendship between Japan andLatvia*Former Vice Prime-Minister andMinister for Defense*Former Minister for ForeignAffairs*Former Minister for Defense*Former Chairman of SaeimaGroup for interparliamentaryrelations with Japan*Member of the EuropeanParliamentArtis Pabriks51 Riga,Latvia(Latvia)Grand Cordon ofthe Order of theRising SunContributed to promotingexchanges and friendly relationsbetween Japan and Taiwan*Honorary President, OverseasStudents Japanese ScholarshipAssociation*Former Managing Partner,Formosa Transnational Attorneysat Law*Former Consulting Lawyer,Interchange Association Taipeioffice*Former Director, Association ofEast Asian RelationsRai Haumin78 Taipei City,Taiwan 2017 Autumun Conferment of Decoration on Foreign NationalsThe Order of theRising Sun.

7 Goldand Silver StarContributed to developing Japan'sfutures market and promotingunderstanding of Japan*The Founder of FinancialFutures and Chairman Emeritusof the CME Group*Chairman of the CME GroupStrategic Steering Committee*Former Council member of theUnited States HolocaustMemorial Museum*The founder and member ofCommittee on Conscience at theUnited States HolocaustMemorial MuseumLeo Melamed85 Chicago,Illinois, ( )The Order of theRising Sun, Goldand Silver StarContributed to developing Japan'sresearch and education in thefield of science and technology*Former CEO/President,Okinawa Institute of Science andTechnology Graduate University*Former Member of theEstablishing Committee,Okinawa Institute of Science andTechnology Graduate University*President Emeritus, OkinawaInstitute of Science andTechnology Graduate UniversityJonathan Dorfan70 Palo Alto,California, ( )

8 The Order of theRising Sun, Goldand Silver StarContributed to promoting friendlyrelations and mutualunderstanding between Japanand the United Arab Emirates*Former Ambassador of theUnited Arab Emirates to JapanSaeed Ali Yousef Al Nowais68 Hague,The Netherlands (UAE) 2017 Autumun Conferment of Decoration on Foreign NationalsThe Order of theRising Sun, Goldand Silver StarContributed to developingJapanese studies and promotingunderstanding of Japan in Israel*Honorary President, IsraelAssociation of Japanese Studies*Professor Emeritus, HebrewUniversity of Jerusalem*Former Chairperson, Israel-Japan Friendship Association*Former Chair, Depearment ofEast Asian Studies, the HebrewUniversity of JerusalemEhud Harari82 Tel Aviv,Israel (Israel)

9 The Order of theRising Sun, Goldand Silver StarContributed to promotingacademic exchange and mutualunderstanding between Japanand Indonesia*Former Rector of SyarifHidayatullah State IslamicUniversity*Former Director of GraduateSchool of Syarif HidayatullahState Islamic University*Former Deputy for SocialWelfare of Office of Vice-PresidentAzyumardi Azra62 Tangerang Selatan,Banten,Indonesia(Indonesia)The Order of theRising Sun, Goldand Silver StarContributed to promoting friendlyrelations and mutualunderstanding between Japanand UkraineFormer Ambassador of Ukraine toJapanMykhailo Dashkevych77 Kyiv,Ukraine(Ukraine)

10 2017 Autumun Conferment of Decoration on Foreign NationalsThe Order of theRising Sun, Goldand Silver StarContributed to strengtheningfriendly relations and mutualunderstanding between Japanand Uganda* Former Ambassador of Ugandato Japan* Former Minister of State, Officeof the Vice-President* Former Minister of State forInternal AffairsJames Boliba Baba72 Kampala City,Uganda(Uganda)The Order of theRising Sun, Goldand Silver StarContributed to strengtheninglegislative exchange and friendlyrelations between Japan andEthiopia*Former President of the Ethio-Japan Parliamentary FriendshipGroup*Former Chief Government WhipRoman Gebreselassie61 Lideta Sub-city,Addis Ababa,Ethiopia(Ethiopia)