People's Honour Award
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is one of the commendation bestowed by the Prime Minister of Japan
. The award is not restricted to Japanese nationals. The award was created in 1977 and Sadaharu Oh
, a Taiwanese national, is the first one to have been bestowed it.
Prime Minister of Japan
The is the head of government of Japan. He is appointed by the Emperor of Japan after being designated by the Diet from among its members, and must enjoy the confidence of the House of Representatives to remain in office...
. The award is not restricted to Japanese nationals. The award was created in 1977 and Sadaharu Oh
Sadaharu Oh
Sadaharu Oh, or Wang Chenchih , is a retired Japanese-Taiwanese baseball player and manager. He batted and threw left-handed and primarily played first base. Oh, who was born in Sumida, Tokyo the son of a Taiwanese father and a Japanese mother, had originally signed with the powerhouse Yomiuri...
, a Taiwanese national, is the first one to have been bestowed it.
Recipients
| Date (Prime Minister) | Recipient (Age) | Occupation | Reason | Other Awards | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1977 September 5 (Takeo Fukuda Takeo Fukuda was a Japanese politician and the 42d Prime Minister of Japan from December 24, 1976 to December 7, 1978.He was born in Gunma Prefecture and attended Tokyo Imperial University. Before and during World War II, he served as a bureaucrat in the Finance Ministry and as Chief Cabinet Secretary... ) |
Sadaharu Oh Sadaharu Oh Sadaharu Oh, or Wang Chenchih , is a retired Japanese-Taiwanese baseball player and manager. He batted and threw left-handed and primarily played first base. Oh, who was born in Sumida, Tokyo the son of a Taiwanese father and a Japanese mother, had originally signed with the powerhouse Yomiuri... (37) |
Professional Baseball Player | the world record for home runs(868 home runs) | |
| 2 | 1978 August 4 (Takeo Fukuda) |
Masao Koga Masao Koga was a Japanese composer and guitarist known for creating melodies, and a pioneer of Japanese popular music. He was regarded as a notable figure for establishing the genre enka, though Koga considered that he was a ryūkōka composer... |
Composer | Accomplishment as a composer | 従四位 勲三等Order of the Sacred Treasure Order of the Sacred Treasure The is a Japanese Order, established on January 4, 1888 by Emperor Meiji of Japan as the Order of Meiji. It is awarded in eight classes . It is generally awarded for long and/or meritorious service and considered to be the lowest of the Japanese orders of merit... Medal with Purple Ribbon 銀杯一個(菊紋) |
| 3 | 1984 April 19 (Yasuhiro Nakasone Yasuhiro Nakasone is a Japanese politician who served as Prime Minister of Japan from November 27, 1982 to November 6, 1987. A contemporary of Brian Mulroney, Ronald Reagan, Helmut Kohl, François Mitterrand, Margaret Thatcher, and Mikhail Gorbachev, he is best known for pushing through the privatization of... ) |
Kazuo Hasegawa Kazuo Hasegawa was a Japanese film actor. He appeared in 290 films between 1927 and 1963.-Filmography:Filmography of Kazuo Hasegawa include :* also known as Crossroads, Crossways, Shadows of the Yoshiwara or Slums of Tokyo... |
Actor | Accomplishment as an actor | 勲三等Order of the Sacred Treasure Order of the Sacred Treasure The is a Japanese Order, established on January 4, 1888 by Emperor Meiji of Japan as the Order of Meiji. It is awarded in eight classes . It is generally awarded for long and/or meritorious service and considered to be the lowest of the Japanese orders of merit... Medal with Purple Ribbon 銀杯一個(菊紋) |
| 4 | 1984 April 19 (Yasuhiro Nakasone) |
Naomi Uemura Naomi Uemura was a Japanese adventurer. He was particularly well known for doing alone what had previously been achieved only with large teams. For example, he was the first person ever to reach the North Pole solo, the first ever to raft the Amazon solo, and the first ever to climb Mount McKinley solo.-Early... |
Adventurer | Successful ascent of the highest mountains of the 5 continents | |
| 5 | 1984 October 9 (Yasuhiro Nakasone) |
Yasuhiro Yamashita Yasuhiro Yamashita is one of the most successful judo competitors of all time. He currently works as an instructor or advisor for numerous organizations, including Tokai University, the International Judo Federation, and the... (27) |
Judoka | Accomplishment as a judoka | Medal with Purple Ribbon 銀杯一組(菊紋) |
| 6 | 1987 June 22 (Yasuhiro Nakasone) |
Sachio Kinugasa Sachio Kinugasa Sachio Kinugasa is a former Japanese baseball player with Hiroshima Carp. He is nicknamed Tetsujin, meaning "Iron Man".... (40) |
Professional Baseball Player | world record for consecutive games played | |
| 7 | 1989 July 6 (Sōsuke Uno Sosuke Uno was a Japanese politician and the 75th Prime Minister of Japan from June 3, 1989 to August 10, 1989.He was born in Shiga Prefecture and attended the Kobe University of Commerce... ) |
Kazue Kato (Hibari Misora Hibari Misora was an award-winning Japanese enka singer and actress. and was the first woman in Japan to receive the People's Honour Award, which was awarded posthumously for her notable contributions to the music industry. Misora recorded 1,200 songs, and sold 68 million records. After she died, consumer demand... ) |
Singer | Giving the people hope and dream via songs |
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| 8 | 1989 September 29 (Toshiki Kaifu Toshiki Kaifu is a Japanese politician who was the 76th and 77th Prime Minister of Japan from 1989 to 1991.- Career :He was born in Nagoya City, Aichi Prefecture, and was educated at Chuo University and Waseda University. A member of the Liberal Democratic Party , Kaifu ran successfully for the Diet in 1960 and... ) |
Mitsugu Akimoto (Chiyonofuji Mitsugu Chiyonofuji Mitsugu , born June 1, 1955, as in Hokkaidō, Japan, is a former champion sumo wrestler and the 58th yokozuna of the sport. He is now the head coach of Kokonoe stable.... ) |
Yokozuna | Record for wins as a sumo wrestler | |
| 9 | 1992 May 28 (Kiichi Miyazawa Kiichi Miyazawa was a Japanese politician and the 78th Prime Minister from November 5, 1991 to August 9, 1993.-Early life and career:Miyazawa was born in Fukuyama, Hiroshima Prefecture, and graduated from Tokyo Imperial University with a degree in law. In 1942 he joined the Ministry of Finance... ) |
Takeo Masunaga (Ichiro Fujiyama Ichiro Fujiyama , born as , was a popular Japanese singer and composer, known for his contribution to Japanese popular music called ryūkōka by his Western classical music skills. He was born in Chūō, Tokyo, and graduated from the Tokyo Music School. Although he was regarded as a tenor singer in Japanese popular... ) |
Singer | Giving the people hope and encouragement via songs with beautiful Japanese language | 従四位 勲三等Order of the Sacred Treasure Order of the Sacred Treasure The is a Japanese Order, established on January 4, 1888 by Emperor Meiji of Japan as the Order of Meiji. It is awarded in eight classes . It is generally awarded for long and/or meritorious service and considered to be the lowest of the Japanese orders of merit... Medal with Purple Ribbon 銀杯一個(菊紋) |
| 10 | 1992 July 28 (Kiichi Miyazawa) |
Machiko Hasegawa Machiko Hasegawa , January 30, 1920 – May 27, 1992, in Taku, Saga Prefecture) was one of the first female manga artists.She started her own comic strip, Sazae-san, in 1946. It reached national circulation via the Asahi Shimbun in 1949, and ran daily until Hasegawa decided to retire in February 1974... |
Manga Manga Manga is the Japanese word for "comics" and consists of comics and print cartoons . In the West, the term "manga" has been appropriated to refer specifically to comics created in Japan, or by Japanese authors, in the Japanese language and conforming to the style developed in Japan in the late 19th... artist |
家庭漫画を通じて戦後の我が国社会に潤いと安らぎを与えた | 勲四等宝冠章 Medal with Purple Ribbon |
| 11 | 1993 February 26 (Kiichi Miyazawa) |
Ryōichi Hattori Ryoichi Hattori was a Japanese pop and jazz composer. Katsuhisa Hattori is his son. He had a great influence on Japanese pop and was awarded the People's Honor Award. Japanese jazz was downtrodden during World War II, but he created a jazz boom in Japan after the war. He composed many songs for various artists... |
Composer | 数多くの歌謡曲を作り国民に希望と潤いを与えた | 従四位 勲三等Order of the Sacred Treasure Order of the Sacred Treasure The is a Japanese Order, established on January 4, 1888 by Emperor Meiji of Japan as the Order of Meiji. It is awarded in eight classes . It is generally awarded for long and/or meritorious service and considered to be the lowest of the Japanese orders of merit... Medal with Purple Ribbon 銀杯一個(菊紋) |
| 12 | 1996 September 3 (Ryutaro Hashimoto Ryutaro Hashimoto was a Japanese politician who served as the 82nd and 83rd Prime Minister of Japan from January 11, 1996 to July 30, 1998. He was the leader of one of the largest factions within the ruling LDP through most of the 1990s and remained a powerful back-room player in Japanese politics until scandal... ) |
Kiyoshi Atsumi Kiyoshi Atsumi Kiyoshi Atsumi , born Yasuo Tadokoro , was a Japanese film actor.... |
Actor | 映画「男はつらいよ Otoko wa Tsurai yo Otoko wa tsurai yo is a Japanese film series starring Kiyoshi Atsumi as "Tora-san" , a kind-hearted vagabond who is always unlucky in love. The series itself is often referred to as "Tora-san" by its fans... 」シリーズを通じ人情味豊かな演技で広く国民に喜びと潤いを与えた |
Medal with Purple Ribbon 銀杯一個(菊紋) |
| 13 | 1998 July 7 (Ryutaro Hashimoto) |
Tadashi Yoshida | Composer | 「吉田メロディー」の作曲により国民に夢と希望と潤いを与えた | 従四位 勲三等旭日中綬章 Medal with Purple Ribbon |
| 14 | 1998 October 1 (Keizo Obuchi Keizo Obuchi was a Japanese politician who served in the House of Representatives for twelve terms, and ultimately as the 84th Prime Minister of Japan from July 30, 1998 to April 5, 2000. His political career ended when he suffered a serious and ultimately fatal stroke.... ) |
Akira Kurosawa Akira Kurosawa was a Japanese film director, producer, screenwriter and editor. Regarded as one of the most important and influential filmmakers in the history of cinema, Kurosawa directed 30 filmsIn 1946, Kurosawa co-directed, with Hideo Sekigawa and Kajiro Yamamoto, the feature Those Who Make Tomorrow ;... |
Film Director | 数々の不朽の名作によって国民に深い感動を与えるとともに世界の映画史に輝かしい足跡を残した | 従三位 Order of Culture Order of Culture The is a Japanese order, established on February 11, 1937. The order has one class only, and may be awarded to men and women for contributions to Japan's art, literature or culture; recipients of the order also receive an annuity for life... 銀杯一組(菊紋) |
| 15 | 2000 October 30 (Yoshiro Mori Yoshiro Mori is a Japanese politician who served as the 85th and 86th Prime Minister of Japan starting at 5 April 2000 ending 26 April 2001. Described as having "the heart of a flea and the brain of a shark," he was an unpopular prime minister mainly remembered today for his many gaffes and situationally... ) |
Naoko Takahashi Naoko Takahashi is a Japanese long-distance runner competing mainly in the marathon. She is widely known for her victory in the women's marathon at the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney, a performance that stands as the current Olympic record. At the 2001 Berlin Marathon, Takahashi became the first woman to break the 2... (28) |
Athlete | Athletics at the 2000 Summer Olympics - Women's marathon Athletics at the 2000 Summer Olympics - Women's marathon The Women's Marathon event at the 2000 Summer Olympics took place on September 24, 2000 in the streets of Sydney, Australia.-Medalists:-Abbreviations:*All times shown are in hours:minutes:seconds-Records:-Startlist:-Intermediates:... Gold medal |
銀杯一組(菊紋) |
| 16 | 2009 January 23 (Taro Aso Taro Aso was the 92nd Prime Minister of Japan serving from September 2008 to September 2009, and was defeated in the August 2009 election.He has served in the House of Representatives since 1979. He was Minister for Foreign Affairs from 2005 to 2007, and was Secretary-General of the LDP briefly in 2007 and... ) |
Minoru Endo | Composer | ||
| 17 | 2009 July 1 (Taro Aso) |
Mitsuko Mori Mitsuko Mori , real name , is a Japanese actress. In May 2009, she became the first actor in Japan to have performed 2,000 times. She was born in Kyoto, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan.On May 11, 2009, Takeo Kawamura announced that Mori would be awarded the People's Honour Award.... |
Actress | ||
| 18 | 2009 December 22 (Yukio Hatoyama Yukio Hatoyama is a Japanese politician who served as Prime Minister of Japan between 16 September 2009 and 2 June 2010, and was the first ever Prime Minister from the modern Democratic Party of Japan.... ) |
Hisaya Morishige Hisaya Morishige was a Japanese actor and comedian. Born in Hirakata, Osaka Prefecture, he graduated from what was known under the old education system as Kitano Middle School , and subsequently attended Waseda University. He began his career as a stage actor, then became an announcer for NHK, working in Manchuria... |
Actor | ||
| 18 | 2011 August (Naoto Kan Naoto Kan is a Japanese politician, and former Prime Minister of Japan. In June 2010, then-Finance Minister Kan was elected as the leader of the Democratic Party of Japan and designated Prime Minister by the Diet to succeed Yukio Hatoyama. On 26 August 2011, Kan announced his resignation... ) |
Japan women's national football team Japan women's national football team The Japan women's national football team, or Nadeshiko Japan , is a selection of the best female players in Japan and is run by the Japan Football Association . Japan defeated the U.S... |
winning the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup |