2022 Spring Conferment of Decorations on Foreign Nationals

1 2022 Spring Conferment of Decorations on Foreign NationalsDecorationServices Major TitlesNameAgeAddress /NationalityGrand Cordon of theOrder of the Rising SunContributed to strengtheningbilateral relations and promotingfriendship between Japan and theUnited StatesFormer Ambassador of the UnitedStates to JapanJohn Victor Roos67 Hillsborough,California, ( )Grand Cordon of theOrder of the Rising SunContributed to strengtheningbilateral relations and promotingfriendship between Japan andIndonesiaFormer Vice PresidentMuhammad Jusuf Kalla79 South Jakarta,DKI Jakarta,Indonesia (Indonesia)Grand Cordon of theOrder of the Rising SunContributed to strengtheningbilateral relations and promotingfriendship between Japan andAustraliaFormer Prime MinisterAnthony John Abbott64 Sydney,New South Wales,Australia(Australia)Grand Cordon of theOrder of the Rising SunContributed to strengtheningbilateral relations and promotingfriendship between Japan andOmanFormer Minister Responsible forForeign AffairsYousuf bin Alawi binAbdullah Al Ibrahim80 Muttrah,Muscat,Oman(Oman)

2 Grand Cordon of theOrder of the Rising SunContributed to strenghtheningbilateral relations and promotingfriendship between Japan andTunisia* Former Prime Minister* Minister of International Cooperationand Foreign InvestmentMohamed Ghannouchi80 Ariana,Ariana,Tunisia(Tunisia)Grand Cordon of theOrder of the Rising SunContributed to strengtheningeconomic relations between Japanand Germany* Former President of the Federationof German Industries* Former CEO of DATEVD ieter Kempf69 Nuremberg,Bavaria,Germany(Germany)Grand Cordon of theOrder of the Rising SunContributed to strengtheningeconomic relations between Japanand the Philippines* Former Senate President* Former Speaker of the House ofRepresentativesManuel Bamba Villar Pinas City,Metro Manila,Philippines(Philippines) 2022 Spring Conferment of Decorations on Foreign NationalsGrand Cordon of theOrder of the Rising SunContributed to Rugby World Cup2019 held in Japan and supportingthe development of the rugby inJapanFormer World Rugby ChairmanBernard Lapasset74 Louit,Hautes-Pyr n es,France(France)

3 Grand Cordon of theOrder of the Rising SunContributed to strenghteningbilateral relations and promotingfriendship between Japan andMicronesia* Former Secretary of Foreign Affairs* Former Director of Secretariat ofPacific Regional EnvironmentProgramme (SPREP)Asterio R. Takesy77 Kolonia,Pohnpei,Micronesia(Micronesia)Gr and Cordon of theOrder of the Rising SunContributed to strengtheningrelationship between Japan andUN Women* Former Deputy President* Former Executive Director, UNWomenPhumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka66 Johannesburg,Gauteng Province,South Africa(South Africa)The Order of the RisingSun, Gold and SilverStarContributed to strengtheningeconomic relations between Japanand Azerbaijan* Minister of Ecology and NaturalResources* Chairman of the State Commissionbetween the Republic of Azerbaijanand Japan on Economic Cooperation* Former Head of Azerbaijan-JapanInter-Parliamentary Working GroupMukhtar Babayev54 Baku,Azerbaijan(Azerbaijan)

4 The Order of the RisingSun, Gold and SilverStarContributed to strengtheningeconomic relations between Japanand the United StatesFormer Acting Deputy United StatesTrade RepresentativeWendy Cutler65 Maryland, ( )The Order of the RisingSun, Gold and SilverStarContributed to promoting regionalexchange and mutualunderstanding between Japan andthe United States* Former Governor of State ofColorado* Former Mayor of City of DenverJohn Wright ,Colorado, ( ) 2022 Spring Conferment of Decorations on Foreign NationalsThe Order of the RisingSun, Gold and SilverStarContributed to promoting regionalexchange and mutualunderstanding between Japan andthe United States* Former Governor of Tennessee* Former Mayor of NashvillePhilip N.

5 Bredesen78 Nashville,Tennessee, ( )The Order of the RisingSun, Gold and SilverStarContributed to promoting bilateralrelations and friendship betweenJapan and Iran* Former Ambassador of Iran toJapan* Former Deputy Foreign Minister forPolitical AffairsSeyyed Abbas Araghchi59 Tehran,Tehran,Iran(Iran)The Order of the RisingSun, Gold and SilverStarContributed to strengtheningeconomic relations between Japanand India* Former President, Confederation ofIndian Industry* Chairman, Indo-Japan Chamber ofCommerce & Industry* Vice Chairman, The Sanmar GroupNarayanan Kumar72 Chennai,Tamil Nadu,India(India)The Order of the RisingSun, Gold and SilverStarContributed to strengtheningbilateral relations and securitycooperation between Japan andIndia* Former Foreign Secretary* Former National Security Advisor toPrime MinisterShivshankar Menon72 New Delhi,NCR,India(India)The Order of the RisingSun, Gold and SilverStarContributed to strengtheningbilateral relations and promotinginterregional exchanges andmutual understanding betweenJapan and IndonesiaGovernor of Yogyakarta SpecialRegionSri Sultan HamengkuBuwono X76 Yogyakarta City,Special Region ofYogyakarta,Indonesia (Indonesia)

6 The Order of the RisingSun, Gold and SilverStarContributed to strengtheningbilateral relations and promotinginter-parliamentary exchangesbetween Japan and Indonesia* Former Ambassador of Indonesia toJapan* Former Chairman of Indonesia-Japan Parliamentary League of theHouse of Representative of theRepublic of IndonesiaYusron Ihza Mahendra64 South Jakarta,DKI Jakarta,Indonesia(Indonesia) 2022 Spring Conferment of Decorations on Foreign NationalsThe Order of the RisingSun, Gold and SilverStarContributed to strengthening therelationship and mutualunderstanding between Japan andthe United Kingdom in the field ofthe judiciary* Former Justice of the SupremeCourt of the United Kingdom* Former Judge of the Court ofAppeal of England and Wales* Former Head of InternationalJudicial relations for England andWalesMary Howarth Arden75 London, ( )

7 The Order of the RisingSun, Gold and SilverStarContributed to promoting researchexchange and science andtechnology cooperation betweenJapan and United Kingdom* Former President, Royal Society* Nobel Laureate in Chemistry in2009 VenkatramanRamakrishnan70 South Cambridgeshire,Cambridgeshire, ( )The Order of the RisingSun, Gold and SilverStarContributed to strengtheningeconomic and business relationsbetween Japan and Egypt* Chairman of the Egypt-JapanBusiness Council (EJBC)* Chairman of Federation of EgyptianChambers of Commerce (FEDCOC)* Chairman of Cairo Chamber ofCommerce* Chairman of ElAraby Group ofCompanies & FactoriesIbrahim Mahmoud IbrahimElAraby69 Heliopolis,Cairo,Egypt(Egypt)The Order of the RisingSun, Gold and SilverStarContributed to strengtheningbilateral relations promotingfriendship between Japan andEgypt* Former Ambassador of Egypt toJapan* Former Assistant Foreign Ministerfor Mutilateral Affairs andInternational Security* Former Permanent Representativeof Egypt to the United Nations inGeneva* Former Ambassador of Egypt toItalyHisham Badr60 New Cairo,Cairo,Egypt(Egypt)The Order of the RisingSun, Gold and SilverStarContributed to strengtheningbilateral relations and promotingfriendlship between Japan andDjiboutiFormer Ambassador of Djibouti toJapanAhmed Araita Ali61 Djibouti,Djibouti(Djibouti)

8 2022 Spring Conferment of Decorations on Foreign NationalsThe Order of the RisingSun, Gold and SilverStarContributed to strengtheningeconomic relations and promotingacademic exchanges betweenJapan and Sweden* Former Governor of the SwedishCentral Bank* Former Executive Director of theNobel FoundationLars Heikensten71 Stockholm,Stockholm,Sweden(Sweden)The Order of the RisingSun, Gold and SilverStarContributed to strengthening therelationship between Japan andGermany on space cooperation* Former Director General of theEuropean Space Agency (ESA)* Former Chairman of the ExecutiveBoard of the German AerospaceCenter (DLR)Johann-Dietrich W rner67 Darmstadt,Hessen,Germany(Germany)The Order of the RisingSun, Gold and SilverStarContributed to strengthning therelationship and promoting mutualunderstanding between Japan andCARICOM* Former Secretary General ofCarribean Community(CARICOM)* Former Permanent Secretary ofMinistry of Foreign Affairs, Trade andIndustryIrwin Joseph Larocque67 Roseau,Dominica(Dominica)The Order of the RisingSun, Gold and SilverStarContributed to strengtheningbilateral relations and promotingfriendship between Japan andNepalFormer Ambassador of Nepal toJapanKedar Bhakta Mathema76 Lalitpur,Bagmati Province,Nepal(Nepal)

9 The Order of the RisingSun, Gold and SilverStarContributed to strengtheningeconomic relations between Japanand BangladeshFormer Chief Coordinator of SDGs tothe Prime Minister's OfficeMd. Abul Kalam Azad65 Dhaka,Bangladesh(Bangladesh)The Order of the RisingSun, Gold and SilverStarContributed to promotingacademic exchange andstrengthening the relationshipbetween Japan and Europe* Former President, EuropeanResearch Council* Former Director, Institut des Hautes tudes Scientifiques, FranceJean-Pierre Bourguignon74 Orsay,Essonne,lle-de-France,France (France)The Order of the RisingSun, Gold and SilverStarContributed to strengtheningbilateral relations and promotingfriendship between Japan andVietnamFormer Minister-Chairman ofGovernment OfficeMai Tien Dung63 Hanoi,Vietnam(Vietnam)

10 2022 Spring Conferment of Decorations on Foreign NationalsThe Order of the RisingSun, Gold and SilverStarContributed to strengtheningbilateral relations between Japanand Malaysia in the field of energy,environment, water and highereducation* Secretary General of Ministry,Enviornment and Water* Former Secretary General, Ministryof Higher Education* Former Vice-Chancellor, UniversitiTeknologi MalaysiaZaini Ujang57 Selangor,Malaysia(Malaysia)The Order of the RisingSun, Gold and SilverStarContributed to strengtheningbilateral relations and promotingfriendship between Japan andMalaysia* Former Secretary General of theMinistry of Foreign Affairs* Former Chairman of the Institute ofStrategic and International Studies(ISIS)* Executive Committee Member,Malaysia-Japan EconomicAssociation (MAJECA)Rastam bin Mohd Isa70 Kuala Lumpur,Malaysia(Malaysia)The Order of the RisingSun, Gold and SilverStarContributed to promotingeconomicexchange between Japan andMexico* Chairperson of Mexican BusinessCouncil for Foreign Trade, Investmentand Technology* Chairperson of Modelo GroupValent n Diez Morodo81 Mexico City,Mexico(Mexico)