Japanese media have indicated that 3,990 people will receive prices as part of Japan 2025 honors of spring, Including former Prime Minister Naoto Kan and the former president of the House of Representatives, Tadamori Oshima.
Among the winners are 107 foreigners from 45 countries and regions, the Prime Minister of Laos, his Exeeay Siphandone, the former United States ambassador to Japan William Hagerty and the president of the International Olympic Committee Thomas Bach should also receive the great cord of the order of the Sun Sun.
Grand cord recipients and the highest gold and silver star prices will be presented with their decorations According to Japanese media.
Former Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew was conferred on the big cord of the Order of the Rising Sun in 1967.
In 2016, he posthumously received the Large cord of the Paulownia Flowers Order.
The other preceding recipients of the Grand Cordon of the Order of the Rising Sun are the former Singapore ambassador to Japan Lim Chinet Beng in 2004, the main minister GOH CHOK TONG in 2011 and the former Deputy Prime Minister Jayakumar in 2012.
In 2026, Singapore and Japan commemorate the 60th anniversary of the establishment of their diplomatic relations.
Earlier this month, Mr. Lee spoke of Japan playing a “useful stabilization role” In the Asia-Pacific region in the broad sense when launching the book, the Land of the Rising Sun and the Lion City: The Story of Japan and Singapore.
He said Singapore has welcomed Japan contributions to the region, Japan having been an “unshakable friend and partner” for more than half a century.
