Order of the Rising Sun#2nd Class, Gold and Silver Star

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{{Infobox order

|title = Order of the Rising Sun
旭日章

|image = File:Grand Cordon of the Order of the Rising Sun.png

|caption = Grand Cordon of the Order of the Rising Sun (1st class)

|awarded_by = the Emperor of Japan

|type = Order

|founded=10 April 1875{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WiYYAQAAMAAJ&q=10%20%22April%22%20%221875%22%20rising%20sun%20japan |title=World Orders of Knighthood & Merit |publisher=Burke's Peerage & Gentry |year=2006 |editor-last=Sainty |editor-first=Guy Stair |pages=1257 |isbn=978-0-9711966-7-4 |quote=Order of the Rising Sun...Founded by the Emperor Meiji through the Council of State decree of 10 April 1875 |editor-last2=Heydel-Mankoo |editor-first2=Rafal}}|day =

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|for = Meritorious service to the state

|status = Currently constituted

|head_title = Sovereign

|head = HM The Emperor

|chancellor =

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|grades = 1st through 8th Class (1875–2003)
Since 2003:
Grand Cordon
Gold and Silver Star (Rays, Principal Grade)
Gold Rays with Neck Ribbon (Cordon, Middle Grade)
Gold Rays with Rosette (Cordon, Junior Grade)
Gold and Silver Rays (Double Rays)
Silver Rays (Single Ray)

|date = 10 April 1875

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|higher = Order of the Paulownia Flowers

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|same = Order of the Sacred Treasure
Order of the Precious Crown

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The {{Nihongo|Order of the Rising Sun|旭日章|Kyokujitsu-shō}} is a Japanese order, established in 1875 by Emperor Meiji. The Order was the first national decoration awarded by the Japanese government,{{cite web|url=https://www8.cao.go.jp/shokun/en/index-e.html|title=Decorations Bureau web site|publisher=CAO|access-date=5 November 2011|archive-date=29 December 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221229083008/https://www8.cao.go.jp/shokun/en/index-e.html|url-status=live}} created on 10 April 1875 by decree of the Council of State.{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WiYYAQAAMAAJ&q=10%20%22April%22%20%221875%22%20rising%20sun%20japan |title=World Orders of Knighthood & Merit |publisher=Burke's Peerage & Gentry |year=2006 |editor-last=Sainty |editor-first=Guy Stair |pages=1257 |isbn=978-0-9711966-7-4 |quote=Order of the Rising Sun...Founded by the Emperor Meiji through the Council of State decree of 10 April 1875 |editor-last2=Heydel-Mankoo |editor-first2=Rafal |access-date=22 June 2024 |archive-date=20 August 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240820155036/https://books.google.com/books?id=WiYYAQAAMAAJ&q=10%20%22April%22%20%221875%22%20rising%20sun%20japan |url-status=live }}{{cite web |title=WWII Japanese Order Of The Rising Sun 7th Class |url=http://quanonline.com/military/military_reference/japanese/rising_sun_7.php |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230927121355/https://quanonline.com/military/military_reference/japanese/rising_sun_7.php |archive-date=September 27, 2023 |access-date=5 November 2011 |publisher=Quan online}} The badge features rays of sunlight from the rising sun. The design of the Rising Sun symbolizes energy as powerful as the rising sun{{Cite web|url=http://www.au.emb-japan.go.jp/e_web/news/archives/Honours.htm|archive-url=https://archive.today/20110721015620/http://www.au.emb-japan.go.jp/e_web/news/archives/Honours.htm|url-status=dead|title=Embassy of Japan in Australia|archive-date=21 July 2011}} 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, Japan Self-Defense Forces personnel are awarded the Order of the Sacred Treasure for their long engagement in public service.[https://web.archive.org/web/20150529145720/http://www.sankei.com/politics/news/140715/plt1407150012-n1.html 元統幕議長への瑞宝大綬章は首相指示] Sankei Shinbun. 15 July 2015 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.[https://www8.cao.go.jp/shokun/shurui-juyotaisho-kunsho/tokasho.html Grand Cordon of the Order of the Paulownia Flowers] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221229083009/https://www8.cao.go.jp/shokun/shurui-juyotaisho-kunsho/tokasho.html |date=29 December 2022 }} 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.[https://web.archive.org/web/20210226103835/https://www8.cao.go.jp/shokun/yushikisha/290619shiryo6.pdf 栄典制度の概要. p.6] Cabinet Office (Japan) The Order of the Sacred Treasure 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 nature of the contribution to the state.[https://web.archive.org/web/20210226103835/https://www8.cao.go.jp/shokun/yushikisha/290619shiryo6.pdf 栄典制度の概要. p.5] Cabinet Office (Japan) 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.[https://web.archive.org/web/20220602075033/https://www8.cao.go.jp/shokun/seidokaikaku/juyokijun.pdf 勲章の授与基準.] Cabinet Office (Japan)

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).{{cite web|url=http://www.columbia.edu/cu/weai/news/gluck-risingsun1.html|title=Weatherhead East Asian Institute web site|author=Carol Gluck|publisher=Columbia University|date=1 May 2006|access-date=5 November 2011|archive-date=24 September 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924043754/http://www.columbia.edu/cu/weai/news/gluck-risingsun1.html|url-status=live}} The awarding of the Order is administered by the Decoration Bureau of the Cabinet Office headed by the Japanese prime minister. It is awarded in the name of the emperor and can be awarded posthumously.

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

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The Order of the Rising Sun is awarded to the following;[https://web.archive.org/web/20210226103835/https://www8.cao.go.jp/shokun/yushikisha/290619shiryo6.pdf 栄典制度の概要. p.10] Cabinet Office (Japan)

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 National Diet, 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 Prime Minister, Speaker of the House of Representatives, President of the House of Councillors, 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, Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary, Senior Vice-Minister, Vice Speaker of the House of Representatives, Vice President of the House of Councilors, or Judge of the Supreme Court.[https://web.archive.org/web/20210226103835/https://www8.cao.go.jp/shokun/yushikisha/290619shiryo6.pdf 栄典制度の概要. p.11, p.12] Cabinet Office (Japan)

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:

{{blockquote|By the grace of Heaven, Emperor of Japan, seated on the throne occupied by the same dynasty from time immemorial,

We confer the Second Class of the Imperial Order of Meiji upon Henry Waters Taft, a citizen of the United States of America and a director of the Japan Society of New York, and invest him with the insignia of the same class of the Order of the Double Rays of the Rising Sun, in expression of the good will which we entertain towards him.

In witness whereof, we have hereunto set our hand and caused the Grand Seal of State to be affixed at the Imperial Palace, Tokyo, this thirteenth day of the fifth month of the fourth year of Shōwa, corresponding to the 2,589th year from the accession to the throne of Emperor Jimmu."}}

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 and 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)

Notable recipients

= 1st Class, Grand Cordon =

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Abdelnasser Abdelfattah 1984-2025.{{Cite web |title=Abdelnasser Abdelfattah receiving the Order of the Rising Sun |url=https://shams-alyaoum.com/en/abdelnasser-abdelfattah-receiving-the-order-of-the-rising-sun/ |access-date=2025-04-05 |website=Magazine Shams Al Yaoum |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |date=2025-03-31 |title=Abdelnasser Abdelfattah He was awarded the Order of the Rising Sun by the Emperor of Japan. |url=https://shufunews.com/abdelnasser-abdelfattah-he-was-awarded-the-order-of-the-rising-sun-by-the-emperor-of-japan/ |access-date=2025-04-05 |website=Shufu News |language=ar}}

Mustapa Mohamed (1950–), 2024{{cite web |title=2024 Spring Conferment of Decorations |url=https://www.my.emb-japan.go.jp/itpr_en/newinfo_29042024.html |website=Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan |access-date=29 April 2024 |language=en |archive-date=29 April 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240429032908/https://www.my.emb-japan.go.jp/itpr_en/newinfo_29042024.html |url-status=live }}
Tony Abbott (1957–), Former Australian Prime Minister, 2022{{cite web|url=https://www.skynews.com.au/australia-news/tony-abbott-receives-grand-cordon-of-the-order-of-the-rising-sun-from-japanese-government-for-service-to-strengthening-relations/news-story/8a7899ae37d506170e7015bd612acb6f|title=Tony Abbott receives Grand Cordon of the Order of the Rising Sun from Japanese government for service to strengthening relations|website=www.skynews.com.au|date=29 April 2022|access-date=23 December 2022|archive-date=25 December 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221225114723/https://www.skynews.com.au/australia-news/tony-abbott-receives-grand-cordon-of-the-order-of-the-rising-sun-from-japanese-government-for-service-to-strengthening-relations/news-story/8a7899ae37d506170e7015bd612acb6f|url-status=live}}
Creighton Abrams
Aziz Abduhakimov, 2022{{citation needed|date=December 2022}}
Syed Hamid Albar, 2019{{cite web|title=The Conferment Ceremony of the Grand Cordon of the Order of the Rising Sun on Tan Sri Syed Hamid Syed Jaafar Albar, Former Minister of Foreign Affairs|url=https://www.my.emb-japan.go.jp/itpr_en/newinfo_24102019A.html|access-date=2021-01-20|website=Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan|language=en|archive-date=19 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210119062727/https://www.my.emb-japan.go.jp/itpr_en/newinfo_24102019A.html|url-status=live}}
Edmund Allenby, 1921{{London Gazette|issue=32201 |supp=y|date=18 January 1921|page=572}}
James F. Amos, 2014{{cite web |url=http://www.hqmc.marines.mil/Photos.aspx?igphoto=2000792902 |title=Photos |website=www.hqmc.marines.mil |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140502032202/http://www.hqmc.marines.mil/Photos.aspx?igphoto=2000792902 |archive-date=2 May 2014}}
Michael Armacost, 2007{{cite web|url=http://www.mofa.go.jp/ICSFiles/afieldfile/2007/11/08/2007AutumnConfermentofDecor.pdf|title=2007 Autumn Conferment of Decorations on Foreign Nationals|publisher=Ministry of Foreign Affairs|date=2007-11-08|access-date=2015-11-30|archive-date=7 August 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110807052155/http://www.mofa.go.jp/ICSFiles/afieldfile/2007/11/08/2007AutumnConfermentofDecor.pdf|url-status=live}}
Richard Armitage, 2015
Pridi Banomyong (1900–1983)aka Luang Pradist Manudharm{{cite book|url=https://searchworks.stanford.edu/view/885445|title=Ma vie mouvementee et mes 21 ans d'exil en Chine populaire|author=Pridi Banomyong|language=fr|publisher=UNESCON|year=1974|access-date=1 December 2015|archive-date=1 May 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230501111907/https://searchworks.stanford.edu/view/885445|url-status=live}}
Arthur Barrett, 1921{{London Gazette|issue=32428 |supp=y|date=19 August 1921|page=6569}}London Gazette issue 32428, 19 August 1921
Edmund Barton (1849–1920), Former Australian Prime Minister, 1905Rutledge, Martha. (1979). [http://adbonline.anu.edu.au/biogs/A070202b.htm "Barton, Sir Edmund (1849–1920),"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110410112014/http://adbonline.anu.edu.au/biogs/A070202b.htm |date=10 April 2011 }} Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 7, pp 194–200; [http://www.gavmag.com/austpm/pm_barton.htm Scaramouche. "Sir Edmund Barton"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080720150459/http://www.gavmag.com/austpm/pm_barton.htm |date=20 July 2008 }}
Carol Bellamy, 2006Nagashima-Hayashi, Michiko. [http://www.unicef.org/infobycountry/japan_36482.html "Former UNICEF Executive Director receives humanitarian award in Japan,"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110607222321/http://www.unicef.org/infobycountry/japan_36482.html |date=7 June 2011 }} UNICEF web site (2006)
Felix von Bendemann, 1906British Library. "Handlist of Japanese Manuscripts Acquired Since 1984," [http://www.bl.uk/reshelp/pdfs/japmsscat.pdf 'Or. 14819 Certificate conferring Order of the Rising Sun on Admiral von Bendemann,' p. 3.] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121018002654/http://www.bl.uk/reshelp/pdfs/japmsscat.pdf |date=18 October 2012 }}
Abdelmalek Benhabyles, 2012{{cite web|url=http://www.dz.emb-japan.go.jp/bi.html|title=Ambassade du Japon en Algerie|website=www.dz.emb-japan.go.jp|access-date=18 August 2013|archive-date=21 September 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200921113052/https://www.dz.emb-japan.go.jp/bi.html|url-status=dead}}
Charles Reed Bishop (1822–1915){{cite web|title=First Hawaiian Bank Annual Report, page 15 "Bishop is later awarded the Grand Cordon of the Imperial First Order of the Rising Sun by Japanese Emperor Meiji"|url=http://www.bancwestcorp.com/Home/Annual%20Reports/FirstHawaiianDocs/FHB-AR2007.pdf|website=www.bancwestcorp.com|access-date=29 March 2011|archive-date=31 May 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110531232329/http://www.bancwestcorp.com/Home/Annual%20Reports/FirstHawaiianDocs/FHB-AR2007.pdf|url-status=live}}
Dennis C. Blair, 2001
Sepp Blatter, 2009FIFA: [https://www.fifa.com/aboutfifa/federation/president/honours.html Honors, Sepp Blatter] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090612224405/http://www.fifa.com/aboutfifa/federation/president/honours.html |date=12 June 2009 }}
Gustave Emile Boissonade (1825–1910), 1909
Walther von Brauchitsch (1881–1948), 1942
Sydney Brenner (1927–2019), 2017[http://www.oist.jp/news-center/news/2017/8/22/dr-sydney-brenner-former-oist-promotion-corporation-president-receives Dr. Sydney Brenner, Former OIST Promotion Corporation President, Receives Grand Cordon of the Order of the Rising Sun] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240820155113/https://www.oist.jp/news-center/news/2017/8/22/dr-sydney-brenner-former-oist-promotion-corporation-president-receives |date=20 August 2024 }} Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University, 22 August 2017
Laurens Jan Brinkhorst, 2009{{Cite web|url=http://www.japantoday.com/category/national/view/govt-honors-wbc-team-actors-scientists-in-spring-decorations|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110605135008/http://www.japantoday.com/category/national/view/govt-honors-wbc-team-actors-scientists-in-spring-decorations|url-status=dead|title=Japan Today|archive-date=5 June 2011}}
Vincent K. Brooks 2018
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Rudolf Burmester (1875–1956){{cite web |website=www.dreadnoughtproject.org |access-date=2023-09-15 |title=Rudolf Miles Burmester |url=http://www.dreadnoughtproject.org/tfs/index.php/Rudolf_Miles_Burmester |archive-date=8 September 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230908095510/http://www.dreadnoughtproject.org/tfs/index.php/Rudolf_Miles_Burmester |url-status=live }}
Erwin Bälz (1849–1913), 1905
George W. Casey Jr. 2010{{cite web|url=https://www.army.mil/article/49843/army-chief-of-staff-receives-order-of-the-rising-sun-decoration-during-japan-visit/|title=Army chief of staff receives 'Order of the Rising Sun' decoration during Japan visit |publisher=The United States Army|date=23 December 2010|access-date=5 November 2011}}
Krasae Chanawongse, 2004{{Citation |title=In Brief |newspaper=The Nation |url=http://www.nationmultimedia.com/home/IN-BRIEF-98069.html |access-date=25 February 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130603032401/http://www.nationmultimedia.com/home/IN-BRIEF-98069.html |archive-date=3 June 2013}}
Dick Cheney, 2018
Helen Clark, 2017{{cite news |url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/politics/100003591/Helen-Clark-decorated-with-top-Japanese-honours-for-diplomatic-work |title=Helen Clark decorated with top Japanese honours for diplomatic work |date=19 December 2017 |work=Stuff |access-date=19 December 2017 |archive-date=30 March 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190330182403/https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/politics/100003591/helen-clark-decorated-with-top-japanese-honours-for-diplomatic-work |url-status=live }}
James Wheeler Davidson (1872–1933), 1896
Kemal Derviş, 2009Former Administrator, UNDP{{Cite web|url=http://www.mofa.go.jp/ICSFiles/afieldfile/2009/11/04/2009_Autumn_Conferment_of_Decorations_on_Foreign_Nationals.pdf|title=2009 Autumn Conferment of Decorations on Foreign Nationals, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan|accessdate=9 July 2023|archive-date=16 February 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130216151211/http://www.mofa.go.jp/ICSFiles/afieldfile/2009/11/04/2009_Autumn_Conferment_of_Decorations_on_Foreign_Nationals.pdf|url-status=live}}
Karl Dönitz, (1891–1980), 1943
Malcolm Fraser, (1930–2015) Former Australian Prime Minister, 2006
Jerome Isaac Friedman, 2016
Bill Gates (1955–), Co-chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, 2020[https://web.archive.org/web/20220805221613/https://www.seattle.us.emb-japan.go.jp/itpr_en/00_000752_00001.html Mr. Bill Gates to receive 2020 Spring Decoration from the Government of Japan.] Consulate-General of Japan in Seattle
Robert Gates, 2017{{cite web |title=2017 Autumn Conferment of Decoration Secretary Robert M. Gates |url=https://www.us.emb-japan.go.jp/english/html/pressreleases/2017/order-of-the-rising-sun-gates.html |website=www.us.emb-japan.go.jp |publisher=Embassy of Japan |access-date=26 July 2019 |archive-date=26 July 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190726184637/https://www.us.emb-japan.go.jp/english/html/pressreleases/2017/order-of-the-rising-sun-gates.html |url-status=live }}
Thamir Ghadhban, 2016{{cite news|url=http://www.iraq.emb-japan.go.jp/Press_Releases/pr160429e.pdf

|title=Conferment of Decoration for Mr. Thamir Al Ghadhban|date=29 April 2016|website=iraq.emb-japan.go.jp|access-date=9 July 2023}}

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Hendrik Pieter Nicolaas Muller (1859–1941)
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= 2nd Class, Gold and Silver Star =

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Craig Agena (1960–), 2014{{cite web|title=List of Order Recipients|publisher=Ministry Foreign Affairs Japan |url=http://www.mofa.go.jp/announce/info/conferment/pdfs/2014_sp.pdf|access-date=13 August 2017}}
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Rudy Demotte, 2016
Michael Donnelly, 2014{{cite web|title=Ceremony Confers Japanese Decoration Upon Professor Emeritus of University of Toronto |url=http://www.toronto.ca.emb-japan.go.jp/english/news/infocul-news/donnelly-reception.html|publisher=Consulate-General of Japan in Toronto|access-date=24 February 2017}}
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Todd A. Dozier, 2021{{cite web|title=Conferral of the Order of the Rising Sun, Gold Rays with Neck Ribbon upon Brig Gen Todd A. Dozier at Japan Embassy DC|url=https://www.trendsmap.com/twitter/tweet/1417897446689153025|publisher=Embassy of Japan in the United States|access-date=23 August 2021|archive-date=23 August 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210823201847/https://www.trendsmap.com/twitter/tweet/1417897446689153025|url-status=live}}
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Stanisław Filipek, 2006{{Cite web|url=http://www.pl.emb-japan.go.jp/relations/epizody.pdf|title=Wybrane epizody w historii stosunków japońsko-polskich Polish Embassy|accessdate=9 July 2023}}
Jack Fujimoto, 2011{{cite web|url=http://www.la.us.emb-japan.go.jp/e_web/2011f_jokun.htm|title=Recipients of Fall 2011 Decorations|publisher=Consulate-General of Japan in Los Angeles|access-date=27 November 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120426002536/http://www.la.us.emb-japan.go.jp/e_web/2011f_jokun.htm|archive-date=26 April 2012}}
Robert Garfias, 2005[http://www.actaonline.org/archives/whats_new/2005/May_2005.htm "California Ethnomusicologist Dr. Robert Garfias to Receive Japan's Order of the Rising Sun Award,"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081118012552/http://www.actaonline.org/archives/whats_new/2005/May_2005.htm |date=18 November 2008 }} Alliance for California Traditional Arts (ACTA) Archives.
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William Elliot Griffis (1843–1928), 1926Honor awarded in 1926: [http://www.adam-matthew-publications.co.uk/digital_guides/japan_through_western_eyes/chronology.aspx Adam Mathew web.] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081204175203/http://www.adam-matthew-publications.co.uk/digital_guides/japan_through_western_eyes/chronology.aspx |date=4 December 2008 }}
Mahdi Elmandjra, 1986Mahdi Elmandjra#Awards and decorations{{Circular reference|date=May 2017}}
Moto Hagio, 2022{{cite web|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2022-11-11/manga-creator-moto-hagio-inducted-into-order-of-the-rising-sun/.191807|title=Manga Creator Moto Hagio Inducted Into Order of the Rising Sun|website=Anime News Network|date=11 November 2022|access-date=11 November 2022|archive-date=11 November 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221111162208/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2022-11-11/manga-creator-moto-hagio-inducted-into-order-of-the-rising-sun/.191807|url-status=live}}
Percival Hall-Thompson (1874–1950){{London Gazette |issue=31811|date=5 March 1920|page=2865|supp=y}}
Jochem P. Hanse, 2007{{cite web|url=http://www.nl.emb-japan.go.jp/e/relation/hanse.html |title=former Commissioner of the Netherlands Foreign Investment Agency and Advisor to the SieboldHuis|publisher=Embassy|access-date=5 November 2011}}
Helen Hardacre, 2018{{cite web | url=https://ealc.fas.harvard.edu/hardacre-award | title=Order of the Rising Sun Awarded to Professor Helen Hardacre | access-date=20 March 2021 | archive-date=2 April 2021 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210402033641/https://ealc.fas.harvard.edu/hardacre-award | url-status=live }}
James Curtis Hepburn (1815–1911){{cite news|title=Japanese Order for Missionary|url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1905/03/15/101411015.pdf|work=The New York Times|page=13|date=15 March 1905|access-date=25 July 2009|archive-date=16 June 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200616021926/https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1905/03/15/101411015.pdf|url-status=live}}
Judit Hidasi, 2005{{cite web |url= http://www.mjgk.com/1/archivalt-hireink/78-archivum/78-7-hir |title= Hidasi Judit nyelvész, kommunikációs professzor kitüntetése |access-date= 2016-07-11 |date= 2005-11-09 |publisher= Magyar-Japán Gazdasági Klub |language= hu |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20160629172816/http://www.mjgk.com/1/archivalt-hireink/78-archivum/78-7-hir |archive-date= 29 June 2016 |url-status= dead }}
Yanosuke Hirai (1902–1986), 1972
Irene Hirano (1948–2020), 2020{{citation|newspaper=Rafu Shimpo|url=https://rafu.com/2021/10/decoration-conferment-ceremony-held-for-irene-hirano-inouye/|title=Decoration Conferment Ceremony Held for Irene Hirano Inouye|date=October 16, 2021|access-date=5 December 2021|archive-date=5 December 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211205193935/https://rafu.com/2021/10/decoration-conferment-ceremony-held-for-irene-hirano-inouye/|url-status=live}}
John Charles Hoad (1856–1911), 1906Honor awarded 1906: Perry, Warren. (1983). [http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A090318b.htm?hilite=John%3BHoad "Hoad, Sir John Charles (1856–1911)" in Australian Dictionary of Biography,] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110525020700/http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A090318b.htm?hilite=John;Hoad |date=25 May 2011 }} Volume 9.
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Jiro Horikoshi (1903–1982), 19731973, 3rd order of merit in Japanese honors system (Kunsantō), 1982 4th rank, court honor (jushii, posthumous)
Bill Hosokawa (1915–2007), 1987{{citation|last=Chuang|first=Tamara|newspaper=The Denver Post|url=https://www.denverpost.com/2017/01/24/coloradan-japan-award-order-of-the-rising-sun/|title=When an emperor is grateful: Coloradan awarded The Order of the Rising Sun|date=January 24, 2017|access-date=5 December 2021|archive-date=29 October 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211029064125/https://www.denverpost.com/2017/01/24/coloradan-japan-award-order-of-the-rising-sun/|url-status=live}}
John Howes, (1924–2017), 2003UBC Reports [http://www.publicaffairs.ubc.ca/ubcreports/2003/03dec04/03dec04kudos.html/ UBC Professor Emeritus Awarded Order of the Rising Sun of Japan] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110207020758/http://www.publicaffairs.ubc.ca/ubcreports/2003/03dec04/03dec04kudos.html/ |date=7 February 2011 }}. 4 December 2003.
Robert Huey, 2019{{cite web | url=https://www.hawaii.edu/news/2019/07/10/japan-grants-high-honor-to-uh-professor-huey/ | title=Japan grants high honor to UH professor | date=10 July 2019 | access-date=11 July 2019 | archive-date=10 June 2020 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200610203249/https://www.hawaii.edu/news/2019/07/10/japan-grants-high-honor-to-uh-professor-huey/ | url-status=live }}
Romuald Huszcza, 2012Embassy of Japan in Poland: [http://www.pl.emb-japan.go.jp/kultura/order.pdf Odznaczenie rządu japońskiego dla dr. hab. Romualda Huszczy, prof. UW, prof. UJ] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304071013/http://www.pl.emb-japan.go.jp/kultura/order.pdf |date=4 March 2016 }}
José Luis Ceacero Inguanzo, 1886
Keiichi Ishizaka (1945–2016), 2015{{cite web|title=Former RIAJ chairman Ishizaka Keiichi gets Order of the Rising Sun, Gold Rays with Neck Ribbon medal|publisher=Recording Industry Association of Japan|url=https://www.riaj.or.jp/news/id=152|access-date=5 December 2015|archive-date=8 December 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151208145324/https://www.riaj.or.jp/news/id=152|url-status=live}}
Muhammad Nurul Islam (1943–), 2012
Jean-François Jarrige (1940–2014){{cite web |last1=Thiébaud |first1=Jean-Marie |title=L'Ordre du Soleil levant (Japon):Titulaires français et étrangers |url=https://www.editions-harmattan.fr/auteurs/article_pop.asp?no=8247&no_artiste=5768 |website=www.editions-harmattan.fr |access-date=8 March 2021 |archive-date=20 August 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240820163306/https://www.editions-harmattan.fr/auteurs/article_pop.asp?no=8247&no_artiste=5768 |url-status=live }}
Kanō Jigorō (1860–1938)NNDB: [http://www.nndb.com/honors/288/000130895/ Order of the Rising Sun] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110626122755/http://nndb.com/honors/288/000130895/ |date=26 June 2011 }}; Kosho Kempo, [http://www.koshokempo.com/kano.html Kano Jigoro] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110713182648/http://www.koshokempo.com/kano.html |date=13 July 2011 }}
Peter Jost (1921–2016), 2011{{cite web |title=The Awards and Medals of H. Peter Jost – A New Acquisition! |url=https://ietarchivesblog.org/2018/04/10/the-awards-and-medals-of-h-peter-jost-a-new-acquisition/ |website=ietarchivesblog.org/ |date=10 April 2018 |access-date=6 January 2022 |archive-date=20 August 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240820163306/https://ietarchivesblog.org/2018/04/10/the-awards-and-medals-of-h-peter-jost-a-new-acquisition/ |url-status=live }}
Otto Hermann Kahn (1867–1934)Mortimer H. Schiff and Otto H. Kahn of Kuhn, Loeb & Co., New York, are among the American hankers who have been awarded decorations by the Emperor of Japan. Mr. Schiff was awarded the second class order of the Sacred Treasure and Mr. Kahn, Third Class Order of the Rising Sunhttps://www.jta.org/1927/10/09/archive/schiff-and-kahn-honored-by-japanese-government {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171026213556/https://www.jta.org/1927/10/09/archive/schiff-and-kahn-honored-by-japanese-government |date=26 October 2017 }} (retrieved 26 October 2017)
Kusuma Karunaratne (1940–)Perera, Suharshi. [http://www.dailynews.lk/2007/08/09/fea12.asp "Woman: An icon in the literary world,"] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110604141640/http://www.dailynews.lk/2007/08/09/fea12.asp |date=4 June 2011 }} Daily News (Sri Lanka). 9 August 2007.
Stephen Ira Katz, 2012Embassy of Japan in the United States of America: [http://www.us.emb-japan.go.jp/english/html/events/110411katz.html Conferral of the Order of the Rising Sun, Gold Rays with Neck Ribbon upon Dr. Stephen Ira Katz, Director of the National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120305004405/http://www.us.emb-japan.go.jp/english/html/events/110411katz.html |date=5 March 2012 }}
Dr. Nghiem Vu Khai, 2014{{cite web|title=Mr. Nghiem Vu Khai, Chairman of Vietnam - Japan Fraternity, receives Order of the Rising Sun 3rd Class|url=http://www.vietnamplus.vn/trao-tang-huan-chuong-mat-troi-moc-cho-ong-nghiem-vu-khai/277399.vnp|access-date=24 July 2016|date=21 August 2014|archive-date=18 August 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160818111255/http://www.vietnamplus.vn/trao-tang-huan-chuong-mat-troi-moc-cho-ong-nghiem-vu-khai/277399.vnp|url-status=live}}
Harue Kitamura, 2004{{cite web|url= https://alumni.ritsumei.jp/kouyuukai_news/post_895/|title= Alumni Association NEWS : Our alumni as the awardee of Spring, 2004 has been announced!! — Harue Kitamura, decorated (class of '52)|date= 30 April 2004|website= ritsumei.ac.jp|publisher= Ritsumeikan University|access-date= 3 May 2019|archive-date= 3 May 2019|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20190503190854/https://alumni.ritsumei.jp/kouyuukai_news/post_895/|url-status= live}}
Paul Joseph Koessler, 2018[https://www.ny.us.emb-japan.go.jp/decorations/2018/2/Koessler.html]
Larry Kominz, 2022{{cite web |last1=Rojas |first1=Cristina |title=PSU Professor Receives Prestigious Imperial Award from Japan |url=https://www.pdx.edu/liberal-arts-sciences/news/psu-professor-receives-prestigious-imperial-award-japan |website=Portland State University |access-date=29 April 2022 |date=28 April 2022 |quote=Professor of Japanese Larry Kominz received the prestigious Order of the Rising Sun, Gold Rays with Neck Ribbon this week. |archive-date=20 August 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240820163309/https://www.pdx.edu/liberal-arts-sciences/news/psu-professor-receives-prestigious-imperial-award-japan |url-status=live }}
Peter Kornicki (1950–), 2018{{cite web|title =Japanese Government honours Professor Peter F. Kornicki| publisher=Embassy of Japan in the UK|url =https://www.uk.emb-japan.go.jp/itpr_en/180306decoration.html|access-date=5 Feb 2025}}
George Koshi c. 1960{{cite web|url=https://www.njahs.org/misnorcal/honors.htm|title=MIS Honors & Awards|access-date=2020-02-29|website=National Japanese American Historical Society|publisher=MIS Association of Northern California|archive-date=8 December 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191208212924/https://www.njahs.org/misnorcal/honors.htm|url-status=live}}
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Miles Wedderburn Lampson (1880–1964)[https://web.archive.org/web/20080122001510/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,846994,00.html "Pax Britannica (3rd Class)"], Time, 16 May 1932.
Kuo-Hsiung Lee, 2011{{cite web|url=http://pharmacy.unc.edu/news/schoolnews/k.-h.-receives-rising-sun-award-from-japan |title=K. H. Lee Receives Rising Sun Award from Japan |access-date=2015-04-20 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130223084944/http://www.pharmacy.unc.edu/news/schoolnews/k.-h.-receives-rising-sun-award-from-japan/ |archive-date=23 February 2013}} 20 April 2015.
Yves Leterme, 2016
Carlos Rubio López de la Llave, 2014{{cite news|title=El talaverano Carlos Rubio recibe la Orden del Sol Naciente de Japón|url=http://www.latribunadetoledo.es/NoticiasFicha.aspx?id=ZBC61934A-EB35-FCAB-D389E49D58844EE5&|last=Colao|first=Leticia|date=11 March 2014|access-date=3 May 2016|work=La tribuna de Toledo|language=es|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160604104802/http://www.latribunadetoledo.es/NoticiasFicha.aspx?id=ZBC61934A-EB35-FCAB-D389E49D58844EE5&|archive-date=4 June 2016|url-status=dead}}
Norman Macrae (1923–2010), 1988{{cite news|title=Norman Macrae|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/culture-obituaries/books-obituaries/7847594/Norman-Macrae.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220112/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/culture-obituaries/books-obituaries/7847594/Norman-Macrae.html |archive-date=12 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|work=The Telegraph|access-date=12 October 2011|location=London|date=22 January 2010}}{{cbignore}}
Paul Magnette, 2016
William P. Malm, 2020
Mike Masaoka, 1968{{cite web|url=http://archiveswest.orbiscascade.org/ark:/80444/xv25720#ID2QJXTEBG1JFZONZ0VVVAXYEGOPHK0ZS3BN2PV0EL2GQQ1SHOHIPM|title=Mike M. Masaoka papers, 1931–1991|access-date=2020-02-29|website=Archives West|location=University of Utah Libraries, Special Collections|date=2019|archive-date=9 November 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191109071709/http://archiveswest.orbiscascade.org/ark:/80444/xv25720#ID2QJXTEBG1JFZONZ0VVVAXYEGOPHK0ZS3BN2PV0EL2GQQ1SHOHIPM|url-status=live}}
Matthew H. Molloy, 2013[https://www.kadena.af.mil/News/story/id/123347733/ 18th Wing commander presented Order of the Rising Sun] , Retrieved 21 August 2013.
Kyuzo Mifune (1883–1965), 1964{{cite book |last1=George |first1=Stuart |title=A Supplementary Dictionary of Sports Personalities |chapter-url=http://www.oxfordreference.com/view/10.1093/acref/9780191752186.001.0001/acref-9780191752186-e-176 |website=Oxford Reference |publisher=Oxford University Press |access-date=15 October 2018 |date=2014 |isbn=9780191752186 |chapter=Mifune, Kyuzo |archive-date=20 August 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240820163328/https://www.oxfordreference.com/display/10.1093/acref/9780191752186.001.0001/acref-9780191752186-e-176 |url-status=live }}
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Edwin McClellan (1925–2009), 1998Honor awarded 1998: [http://opa.yale.edu/news/article.aspx?id=3985 "McClellan Named Sterling Professor of Japanese"], {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100727125216/http://opa.yale.edu/news/article.aspx?id=3985 |date=27 July 2010 }} Yale Office of Public Affairs. 3 February 1999.
Seang Nam, 2020{{cite web | url=https://www.information.gov.kh/detail/381741 | title=H.E. Neak Oknha Seang Nam Receives Japan's Decoration | access-date=14 January 2020 | archive-date=20 August 2024 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240820163826/https://www.information.gov.kh/detail/381741 | url-status=live }}
Edward Gage Nelson, 2008[http://www.nashville.us.emb-japan.go.jp/en/events/2008/Ed%20Nelson%20reception%20summary.htm "The Government of Japan honors former Honorary Consul-General of Japan in Nashville"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130526081212/http://www.nashville.us.emb-japan.go.jp/en/events/2008/Ed%20Nelson%20reception%20summary.htm |date=26 May 2013 }}, Consulate-General of Japan at Nashville website. 4 June 2008.
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Bobby Charlton, 2012{{cite web|url=http://www.jfa.or.jp/eng/topics/2012/134.html |title=Sir Bobby Charlton awarded Japanese Order |publisher=jfa.or.jp |access-date=2014-04-04}}
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William Elliot Griffis (1843–1928), 1907
Kenji Ekuan (1925–2015), 2000{{cite news |url=http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/business/02/09/15/japanese-designer-behind-iconic-soy-sauce-bottle-dies-85 |title=Japanese designer behind iconic soy sauce bottle dies at 85 |date=2015-02-09 |publisher=ABS-CBN Corporation |access-date=2015-02-11}}
Selçuk Esenbel (1946– ), 2007https://www.tuba.gov.tr/tr/haberler/akademiden-haberler/prof.-selcuk-esenbel-modern-japon-tarihine-bilimsel-bir-yolculuk {{Bare URL inline|date=August 2024}}
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Fujiko Fujio A (1934–), 2008{{cite web|url=https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/11/03/national/more-than-4000-people-including-75-foreigners-to-be-decorated/|title = More than 4,000 people, including 75 foreigners, to be decorated|date = 3 November 2008}}
Glen Gondo, 2013{{cite web|url=http://blog.chron.com/societydiaries/2013/05/japanese-government-honors-glen-gondo/|title=Japanese government honors Glen Gondo|first=Molly|last=Glentzer|date=6 May 2013|access-date=2015-11-30|archive-date=8 December 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151208075230/http://blog.chron.com/societydiaries/2013/05/japanese-government-honors-glen-gondo/|url-status=dead}}
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Mohammad Hatta (1902–1980), 1943
{{ill|Reiko Hayama (architect)|fr|Reiko Hayama|lt=Reiko Hayama}} (1933–2025), 2011
Steven Heine (1950–), 2007[http://asianstudies.fiu.edu/page.php?c=a_recent "Recent Awards,"] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090119120121/http://asianstudies.fiu.edu/page.php?c=a_recent |date=19 January 2009 }} Florida International University, Asian Studies. 29 April 2007.
Asao Hirano (1926–2019), 2001Consulate General of Japan in New York, [http://www.ny.us.emb-japan.go.jp/en/c/vol_09-4/title_04.html "Government of Japan to Honor Dr. Asao Hirano,"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111003000633/http://www.ny.us.emb-japan.go.jp/en/c/vol_09-4/title_04.html |date=3 October 2011 }} 2001.
Terumasa Hino (1942–), 2019{{cite web |url=https://www8.cao.go.jp/shokun/hatsurei/r01haru/meibo_jokun/kyokujitsu-13tokyo.pdf |title=令和元年春の叙勲 |publisher=Cabinet Office (Japan)|access-date=2020-04-03 |language=ja |trans-title=conferring of decorations in Reiwa 1 (2019) spring}}
Joe Hisaishi, 2023{{cite web |url= https://www.jiji.com/jc/article?k=2023110300161&g=pol|title= 旭日大綬章に片山虎之助氏三浦友和さん、久石譲さんに小綬章―秋の叙勲|access-date= November 3, 2023|work= Oricon|date= 3 November 2023}}
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William Imbrie (1845–1928), 1909{{cite journal | title=Alumni William (Miller Kisselman) Imbrie, D.D. | journal=The Princeton Seminary Bulletin | volume=23 | number=2 | year=1929 | page=572}}
Iskandar Jalil, 2015
Randall Sidney Jones, 2015{{cite web|url=http://www.oecd.emb-japan.go.jp/en/pdf/On_Decoration_English.pdf#1 |title=Randall Jones Order of the Rising Sun |publisher=OECD |access-date=2014-04-29}}
Rena Kanokogi (1935–2009), 2008{{cite web|url=http://www.ny.us.emb-japan.go.jp/en/c/2008/japaninfo0812.html#1 |title=Consulate General of Japan in New York's Office |publisher=Ny.us.emb-japan.go.jp |access-date=2011-11-05}}
Gō Katō (1938–2018), 2008
Kihachirō Kawamoto (1925–2010), 1995{{cite web|title=Puppet animation producer dies|url=http://search.japantimes.co.jp/rss/nn20100828a4.html|work=The Japan Times|access-date=29 August 2010|date=28 August 2010}}
George Kerr (1937–), 2010{{cite web |url=http://www.britishjudo.org.uk/home/GeorgeAkihito.php |title=British Judo Association |publisher=Britishjudo.org.uk |access-date=2011-11-05 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110718205342/http://www.britishjudo.org.uk/home/GeorgeAkihito.php |archive-date=18 July 2011}}
Keisuke Kinoshita (1912–1998), 1984Honor awarded 1984: [https://www.theguardian.com/obituaries/story/0,,322133,00.html Bergan, Ronald. "A satirical eye on Japan: Keisuke Kinoshita, film director; born December 5, 1912; died December 30, 1998,"] The Guardian (Manchester). 5 January 1999.
Joy Kogawa (1935–), 2010{{cite web|url = https://www.vancouver.ca.emb-japan.go.jp/en/special_en/2010/fall_conferment.htm|title = British Columbian Awarded Japan's Prestigious Order of the Rising Sun|publisher = Consulate-General of Japan in Vancouver}}
Sachi Koto (1951– ), 2021{{citation |title=Sachi Koto was conferred the Order of the Rising Sun, Gold Rays with Rosette | newspaper=The Atlanta Journal-Constitution |date=December 3, 2021 |url=https://www.ajc.com/news/atlanta-news/former-cnn-news-anchor-sachi-koto-was-conferred-prestigious-emperor-of-japan-award/ZA4YH4YLG5AUVOX34TEOZ7SSTU/}}
Włodzimierz Kwieciński (1955–), 2012{{Cite web|url=https://jaap.pjwstk.edu.pl/wodzimierz-kwieciski-odznaczony-orderem-wschodzcego-soca-zote-promienie-z-rozet/|title=Włodzimierz Kwieciński odznaczony Orderem Wschodzącego Słońca, Złote Promienie z Rozetą|date=17 June 2012|accessdate=9 July 2023}}
Tommy Lasorda (1927–2021), 2008[http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20081203&content_id=3699995&vkey=news_mlb&fext=.jsp&c_id=mlb Lasorda honored by Japan], MLB.com, 3 December 2008
Liao I-chiu (1936–), 2014{{cite web |author=Central News Agency |title=Taiwanese aquatic breeding expert wins Japan's Nikkei Asia Prize |url=https://www.taiwannews.com.tw/en/news/3714035 |website=taiwannews.com.tw |date=30 May 2019 |publisher=Taiwan News |access-date=30 May 2019}}
Charles Von Loewenfeldt, 1987{{cite web |url=https://scontent-b-sjc.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-frc3/1530500_10152110747598996_1262192147_n.jpg |title=Archived copy |website=scontent-b-sjc.xx.fbcdn.net |access-date=15 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140614094941/https://scontent-b-sjc.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-frc3/1530500_10152110747598996_1262192147_n.jpg |archive-date=14 June 2014 |url-status=dead}}
Alfred Majewicz, 2002{{cite web|url=http://www.staff.amu.edu.pl/~majewicz/doc/CV_afm_pl.pdf|title=Alfred F. MAJEWICZ, professor tytularny zwyczajny, doktor habilitowany|access-date=15 January 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130522161708/http://www.staff.amu.edu.pl/~majewicz/doc/CV_afm_pl.pdf|archive-date=22 May 2013 |url-status=dead}}
Leiji Matsumoto, 2010{{cite news|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2010-11-06/leiji-matsumoto-shigeru-mizuki-earn-government-honors |title=Leiji Matsumoto, Shigeru Mizuki Earn Government Honors |work=Anime News Network |date=2011-11-01 |access-date=2011-11-05}}
Hazel McCallion, 2014{{cite news|title=Mayor Hazel McCallion Awarded the Order of the Rising Sun|url=https://www.mississauga.ca/city-of-mississauga-news/news/mayor-hazel-mccallion-awarded-the-order-of-the-rising-sun/|access-date=18 June 2022|publisher=City of Mississauga|date=10 June 2014}}
Rokusaburo Michiba, 2007{{cite web |url=http://www.ifood.tv/network/rokusaburo_michiba |title=Rokusaburo Michiba |publisher=FutureToday Inc |access-date=2011-11-05 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130507112528/http://www.ifood.tv/network/rokusaburo_michiba |archive-date=7 May 2013}}
Frank A. Miller, 1929{{cite web |url=http://www.missioninnmuseum.com/collect_culdiv/culd00002.htm |title=Mission Inn Hands on History, Frank A. Miller Order of the Rising Sun |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100828152605/http://www.missioninnmuseum.com/collect_culdiv/culd00002.htm |archive-date=28 August 2010}}
Nobuko Miyamoto, 2022{{cite web |url=https://www.toho-ent.co.jp/news/65766 |title=宮本信子「旭日小綬章」受章しました |date=3 November 2022 }}
Shiro Floyd Mori, 2012{{cite web|title=Conferral of the Order of the Rising Sun, Gold Rays with Rosette upon Mr. Shiro Floyd Mori, National Executive Director Emeritus and former National President of the Japanese American Citizens League (JACL)|url=http://www.us.emb-japan.go.jp/english/html/pressreleases/index.htm|publisher=Embassy of Japan to the United States|access-date=7 November 2012|date=6 November 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121024185414/http://www.us.emb-japan.go.jp/english/html/pressreleases/index.htm|archive-date=24 October 2012}}
Raymond Moriyama (1929–2023), 2003{{cite news |title=Raymond Moriyama receives Award From Emperor of Japan |url=https://www.canadianarchitect.com/raymond-moriyama-receives-award-from-emperor-of-japan/ |access-date=9 June 2022 |work=Canadian Architect |date=4 February 2004}}
Kent Nagano, 2008{{cite web |url=http://www.sf.us.emb-japan.go.jp/archives/PR_e/2008/pr_08_1207.htm |title=Maestro Kent Nagano Awarded Order of the Rising Sun |publisher=Consulate-General of Japan in San Francisco |date=2008-12-07 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120513035407/http://www.sf.us.emb-japan.go.jp/archives/PR_e/2008/pr_08_1207.htm |archive-date=13 May 2012 }}
Masaya Nakamura (1925–2017), 2007[http://www.coinoptoday.com/newsflash/news/namco-usa_2007-07-11_nakamura.html NAMCO AMERICA INC – Masaya Nakamura receives prestigious award] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080723194632/http://www.coinoptoday.com/newsflash/news/namco-usa_2007-07-11_nakamura.html |date=23 July 2008 }} coinopTODAY.com, 25 October 2007 (retrieved 2007-25-10)
Olivia Newton-John (1948–2022), 2021
Hideyo Noguchi (1876–1928), 1915Honor awarded 1915: Kita, Atsushi (2005). Dr. Noguchi's Journey: A Life of Medical Search and Discovery, p. 196.
Krystyna Okazaki, 2007
Gustaf Wilhelm Olson (1876-1955), 1955{{cite news |title=Japan to Honor Gustaf Olson |publisher=The Honolulu Advertiser |date=5 August 1955}}{{cite news |title=Consul Olson Feted At Reception |publisher=The Honolulu Advertiser |date=31 August 1955}}
David Ono, 2022{{citation |last=Muranaka|first=Gwen|title=Ono Emotional at Conferment Ceremony | newspaper=Rafu Shimpo |date=March 1, 2022 |url=https://rafu.com/2022/03/ono-emotional-at-conferment-ceremony/}}
Ivica Osim, 2016{{cite web|url=http://www.oslobodjenje.ba/sport/nogomet/osim-dobio-priznanje/187675 |title=Ivica Osim dobio priznanje vlade Japana |date=24 July 2013 |publisher=OSLOBODJENJE}}
Daniel Ost, 2015{{cite web|url=http://www.be.emb-japan.go.jp/english/archives/news_151222.html|title=Embassy of Japan in Belgium |website=www.be.emb-japan.go.jp}}
Kenneth Oye, 2018{{cite web| title=2018 Spring Conferment of Decoration on Foreign Nationals| url=https://www.mofa.go.jp/files/000358977.pdf}}
Edwina Palmer, 2018{{cite press release|author= |title=The Conferral of the Order of the Rising Sun, Gold Rays with Rosette upon Dr Edwina Palmer |url=https://www.nz.emb-japan.go.jp/files/000415613.pdf |location=Wellington, New Zealand |publisher=Embassy of Japan in New Zealand |date=2018-11-03 |access-date=2018-11-05}}
Donald Richie, 2005{{cite book |last1=Yasushi |first1=Akashi |title=ドナルド・リチー |date=2013 |publisher=International House of Japan |isbn=978-4-924971-36-3 |url=https://gw.i-house.or.jp/opac/library?func=function.opacsch.toshoshozodsp&view=view.opacsch.newschdsp&lang=eng&shoshisbt=1&shoshino=0000029101}}
Takao Saito, 2010{{cite news|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2010-04-28/golgo-13-saito-sunset-on-3rd-st.s-saigan-win-medals|title=Golgo 13's Saito, Sunset on 3rd St.'s Saigan Win Medals|work=Anime News Network|date=2010-04-28|access-date=2015-11-06}}
Ian Michael Scher, 2021{{cite web|url=http://www.za.emb-japan.go.jp/files/100183799.pdf |title=Spring Conferment of Decoration from Japan The Order of the Rising Sun, Gold Rays with Rosette, Mr. Ian Michael Scher |publisher=Embassy of Japan in South Africa|access-date=2022-03-25}}
David Bowman Schneder, 1917Pierson, Delvan L. (1918). The Missionary Review of the World, January to December 1917. pp. xiv.
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Peter Schreier, 2019{{cite web|url=https://www.mofa.go.jp/files/000533919.pdf |title=2019 Autumn Conferment of Decoration on Foreign Nationals|website=mofa.go.jp|access-date=9 July 2023}}
Manmohan Singh, 2007{{cite web|url=http://www.in.emb-japan.go.jp/Press_Releases_Embassy/PR05-07.html|title=Embassy of Japan in India: Press Releases from the Embassy|website=www.in.emb-japan.go.jp}}
George Shima (1864–1926)Yoshimura, Toshio. (1981). [https://books.google.com/books?id=oux1AAAAMAAJ Conferral of the Order of the Rising Sun, Gold Rays with Rosette p. 53.]
Terry Shima (1923–), 2013Honor awarded 2013. [https://www.us.emb-japan.go.jp/english/html/pressreleases/2013/order-of-the-rising-sun-2013-shima.html "Conferral of the Order of the Rising Sun, Gold Rays with Rosette upon Mr. Terry T. Shima"]
Tatsuzo Shimaoka (1919–2007), 1999Honor awarded 1999: [https://www.theguardian.com/obituaries/story/0,,2241892,00.html Whiting, David. "Obituary: Tatsuzo Shimaoka; Japanese potter steeped in folk traditions who became a cultural ambassador,"] The Guardian (Manchester). 17 January 2008.
Setsuko Shinoda (1955–), 2020{{cite web |date=28 April 2020 |url=https://www.nikkei.com/article/DGXMZO58555300X20C20A4CR8000/ |title=春の褒章660人・22団体落語家の春風亭小朝さんら |publisher=Cabinet Office (Japan) |access-date=1 May 2020 |language=ja |trans-title=Decorations in spring: 660 people and 22 organizations}}
Joseph Bower Siddall (1840–1904), 1909{{cite web|url=https://www.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details/collection_image_gallery.aspx?assetId=983007&objectId=3299704&partId=1|title=Image gallery: medal|website=British Museum}}
Dragan Stojković (1965–), 2015{{cite web|url=http://sport.blic.rs/Fudbal/Svetski-fudbal/271663/Piksi-za-Blic-Meni-orden-Srbiji-priznanje |title=Piksi za "Blic": Meni orden, Srbiji priznanje |publisher=Blic |access-date=2015-04-30}}
Sukarno (1901–1970), 1943
Koichi Sugiyama (1931–2021), 2018{{cite web |last1=Komatsu |first1=Mikikazu |title=Dragon Quest Composer Koichi Sugiyama Receives The Order of the Rising Sun Award |url=https://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2018/11/02/dragon-quest-composer-koichi-sugiyama-receives-the-order-of-the-rising-sun-award |website=Crunchyroll |access-date=9 October 2021}}
Hiroshi Tachi (1950–), 2020{{cite news|title=舘ひろしが旭日小綬章を受章「思いもかけぬ栄誉」 |trans-title=Hiroshi Tachi receives Order of the Rising Sun |url=https://www.nikkansports.com/entertainment/news/202011020000740.html |work=Nikkan Sports |access-date=2020-11-03 }}
George Takei (1937–), 2004{{cite web|url=http://www.georgetakei.com/bio.asp |archive-url=http://webarchive.loc.gov/all/20010922010033/http://www.georgetakei.com/bio.asp |url-status=dead |archive-date=2001-09-22 |title=George Takei, bio notes |publisher=Georgetakei.com |access-date=2011-11-05 }}
Takeo Okuno (1926–1997), 1997
Brian Taniguchi (1951–), 2023{{cite web|url=https://www.honolulu.us.emb-japan.go.jp/itpr_en/20231102.html |title=2023 Fall Imperial Decoration |publisher=Consulate-General of Japan in Honolulu|access-date=2023-11-09}}
Kip Tokuda (1946–2013), 2012{{citation|newspaper=Rafu Shimpo|url=https://rafu.com/2013/07/former-washington-state-lawmaker-tokuda-dies-at-66/|title=Former Washington State Lawmaker Kip Tokuda Dies at 66 |date=July 18, 2013}}
Masanobu Tsuji (1902–1961), 1942Honor awarded 1942: Tsuji, Masanobu. (1997). Japan's Greatest Victory, Britain's Worst Defeat, p. 108.
George Tsutakawa (1910–1997), 1981{{cite web|last=Tarzan Ament |first=Deloris|url=https://www.historylink.org/File/5426|title=Tsutakawa, George (1910–1997)|work=Historylink.org|date=2003-03-15}}
Morihei Ueshiba (1883–1969), 1964Honor conferred 1964: North Austin Tae Kwan Do: [http://www.natkd.com/aikido_timeline.htm "Chronology of the Life of Morihei Ueshiba, Founder of Aikido."]
Raymond S. Uno, 2014{{Cite web|url=https://www.denver.us.emb-japan.go.jp/en/culture/topics/2014/11032014.html|title=Japan Imperial Decoration The Order of the Rising Sun, Gold Rays with Rosette conferred upon Judge Raymond S. Uno, Former President of National Japanese American Citizens League (JACL) - The Consulate-General of Japan in Denver|website=www.denver.us.emb-japan.go.jp|accessdate=9 July 2023}}
H. Paul Varley (1931–2015), 1966Honor awarded 1996: [http://www.columbia.edu/cu/ealac/profiles_faculty.html Columbia University, Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures, Faculty Profiles]
The Ventures, 2010
Sadao Watanabe (1933–), 2005Sadao Watanabe official website: [http://www.sadao.com/biography/index.html biography] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161114191347/http://www.sadao.com/biography/index.html |date=14 November 2016 }}
Tetsuya Watari (1941–2020), 2013{{cite web|url=https://www.nikkei.com/article/DGXNASFS0201M_S3A101C1PE8000/ |date=3 November 2013 |title=秋の叙勲、渡哲也さんら4193人旭日大綬章に御手洗氏 |language=ja |trans-title=2013 Autumn medal |publisher=The Nikkei |access-date=2020-08-15}}
William Scott Wilson (1944–), 2015{{cite web|url=http://www.miami.us.emb-japan.go.jp/documents/2015-11-3%20Press%20Release%20(Wilson%20EN).pdf |title=Conferral of the Order of the Rising Sun, Gold Rays with Rosette, upon translator William Scott Wilson |publisher=Consulate-General of Japan in Miami|access-date=2015-12-08}}
Teruaki Yamagishi (1934–), 2008http://www.yamagishi.com.br {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120726163917/http://www.yamagishi.com.br/ |date=26 July 2012 }}
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Alfred Russell Stone (1902–1954), 1954
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2023 On 23 January 2024, Ambassador Hiroshi ISHIKAWA held at his residence the conferment ceremony for the 2023 Autumn Conferment of Decoration bestowed upon former President of Ship for Southeast Asian and Japanese Youth Programme (SSEAYP) International Singapore (SIS), Mr Tan Soon Hoe BBM PBM PBS. Mr Tan received the Order of the Rising Sun, Gold and Silver Rays for his significant contributions for promoting youth exchanges and friendship among Japan, Singapore and other ASEAN Member States.

= 6th Class, Silver Rays =

File:JPN Kyokujitsu-sho 6Class BAR.svg

Mutsuko Minegishi, 2024{{cite web|title=Japanese Imperial Commendation awarded to Grand Master Mutsuko Minegishi|url=https://www.hagatna.us.emb-japan.go.jp/itpr_en/11_000001_00636.html|date=4 November 2024}}
Fadi Aoun / Lebanon (2022)Japanese Embassy to Lebanon website
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Kuniichi Iwata (Specialist) (1919–2014), 1995
Bolesław Orliński (1899–1992), 1926
Fudeko Reekie, 2013{{cite web|title=Fudeko receives Japan's Order of the Rising Sun|url=http://www.westernadvocate.com.au/story/1462743/fudeko-receives-japans-order-of-the-rising-sun/|publisher=Western Advocate|access-date=1 October 2015|date=29 April 2013}}
Shigetaka Sasaki (1903–1993), 1986
Shigeo Uota (1906-1998), 1985{{cite web|title=Award from the Emperor of Japan presented to Shigeo Uota|url=https://oac.cdlib.org/ark:/13030/c86m3517/?brand=oac4&layout=metadata|publisher=Online Archive of California|date=29 April 1985}}
John Wilson (Captain) (1851–1899), 1895
Yun Chi-sung (1875–1936), 1905{{cite web |title=한국사데이터베이스 |url=http://db.history.go.kr/id/im_108_01806 |access-date=2022-03-16 |website=db.history.go.kr}}

= 7th Class, Green Paulownia Leaves Medal =

File:JPN Kyokujitsu-sho 7Class BAR.svg

In 2003, the 7th and 8th levels – named for leaves of the Paulownia tree, long used as a 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.

Leonard Kubiak (1899–1939), 1926Orliński, Bolesław. "Moje wrażenia z lotu do Tokjo" Lwów 1933, p. 79.
Shōjiro Kuwazoe (1876–1953)https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/memories/LYXL-XXQ

= 8th Class, white Paulownia Leaves Medal =

File:JPN Kyokujitsu-sho 8Class BAR.svg

= Class unknown =

File:JPN Kyokujitsu-sho blank BAR.svg

Aung San (1915–1947)
Edvard Beneš (1884–1948), 1928
Jane Birkin (1947–2023), 2018{{Cite web|url=https://www.jackroad.co.jp/shop/pages/hermes_birkin_en.aspx|title=Jack Road|website=www.jackroad.co.jp}}
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Robert Lawrence Eichelberger (1886–1961)[https://web.archive.org/web/20060209141928/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,776066,00.html "Uncle Bob"], Time, 10 September 1945.
Alfred John Ellis (1915–2020), 1989{{cite web|url=https://www.sfu.ca/advancement/donors/a_john_ellis.html|title=A. John Ellis|work=Simon Fraser University|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140319232225/http://www.sfu.ca/advancement/donors/a_john_ellis.html|archive-date=19 March 2014}}
Granville Roland Fortescue (1875–1952)Arlington National Cemetery: [http://www.arlingtoncemetery.net/fortesc.htm Granville Roland Foretscue]
Frank B. Gibney, Sr. (1924–2006), 1976{{cite web|author=Cynthia Peters|title=Frank B. Gibney, 81, One of the Nation's Preeminent Experts on Asia and President of the Pacific Basin Institute at Pomona College, Has Died|url=http://www.pomona.edu/news/2006/04/10-Frank-Gibney-Dies.aspx|publisher=Pomona College|date=4 April 2006|access-date=21 April 2011|archive-date=16 May 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110516095150/http://www.pomona.edu/news/2006/04/10-Frank-Gibney-Dies.aspx|url-status=dead}}
Józef Gieysztor{{Cite web|url=http://www.oko.com.pl/uploads/ochotnik/16/200911211927039edc7f.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100613140621/http://www.oko.com.pl/uploads/ochotnik/16/200911211927039edc7f.pdf|url-status=dead|title=Jeszcze jeden globtroter?|archive-date=13 June 2010}}
Louis Grondijs (1878–1961)
Hosoya Jūdayū (1840–1907)
Ibrahim of Johor (1873–1959)
Isao Kataoka (1936–2015), 2008{{cite web|url=https://www.jihf.or.jp/photo_gallery/detail.php?id=593|title=前JIHF副会長片岡勲氏「春の叙勲で旭日双光章を受章|date=12 May 2008|website=Japan Ice Hockey Federation|language=ja|access-date=1 November 2024}}
Cargill Gilston Knott (1856–1922), 1891Honor awarded 1891: Penicuik Community Development Trust (UK): [http://penicuikcdt.org.uk/Cargill_Knott.html Cargill Gilston Knott]
Wiesław Kotański, 1986{{Cite web|url=http://www.uw.edu.pl/pismo/kwart_0601/kotanski.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130524124408/http://www.uw.edu.pl/pismo/kwart_0601/kotanski.html|url-status=dead|title=Professor Wiesław Kotański (1915–2005) wybitny uczony, japonista, wychowawca pokoleń|archive-date=24 May 2013}}
George Frederick Kunz (1856–1932)
Charles de Limburg Stirum (1906–1989)
Henryk Lipszyc, 1992{{cite web|url=http://www.civitas.edu.pl/pub/studia/studia_podyplomowe/Dyplomacja_EFWF.pdf|title=amb. Henryk LIPSZYC}}
Lionel W. McKenzie (1995)
George F. Morrison (1867–1943)
Musa Ghiatuddin Riayat Shah of Selangor, Sultan of Selangor (1893–1955)
Ozaki Yukio (1858–1954)Ozaki, Yukio. (2001). The Autobiography of Ozaki Yukio: The Struggle for Constitutional Government in Japan, p. 393.
Godfrey Paine (1871–1932), 1918Honor awarded 1918: [http://www.rafweb.org/Biographies/Paine.htm RAF web page]
Hugh Talbot Patrick 1994Honor awarded 1994: [http://www.columbia.edu/cu/weai/reed_newsletter/The%20Reed,%20Spring%202007.pdf Weatherhead East Asian Institute, The Reed]
Rossiter W. Raymond (1840–1918)
Takamine Hideo (1854–1910)
James R. Wasson (1847–1923), 1874Honor awarded 1874: [https://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9902E2DB1730E033A25751C2A96E9C94659ED7CF "A Victory for the Chinese; Japanese Driven with Heavy Loss from Ping-yang"], The New York Times, 22 August 1894.
Franciszek Ziejka{{cite web|url=http://lubiehrubie.pl/wiadomosci/spotkanie-z-prof-franciszkiem-ziejka-1|title=WIADOMOŚCI - Spotkanie z prof. Franciszkiem Ziejką|last=emabe.pl|date=23 October 2011}}
Ivan Ivanovich Zarubin (1822–1902), 1881{{langx|ru|«Полный послужной список Корпуса Инженер Механиков Генерал-Майора Зарубина 1-го» (ЦГАВМФ СССР Фонд 406 опись 3 дело 960 лист 21 (оборотный))}}; {{langx|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: [https://www8.cao.go.jp/shokun/en/index-e.html Decorations and Medals]
Decoration Bureau: [https://www8.cao.go.jp/shokun/en/orders-of-the-rising-sun.html Order of the Rising Sun]
Japan Mint: [https://web.archive.org/web/20130105120056/http://www.mint.go.jp/eng/operations/order/medalsofhonor.html Production Process]

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