Japanese Recipients of Pakistani Awards

 

            In recognition of outstanding services towards strengthening Pakistan-Japan relations, following Japanese individuals have been conferred awards by the President of Pakistan since 2000:

 

Year announced

Award

Name of Recipient

Venue/Year of Citation

23.3.2000

Sitara-i-Pakistan

Mr. Yoshimi Tanaka

Chairman, Japan-Pakistan Business Cooperation Committee and Chairman, Nichiman Corporation

Tokyo

23.3.2000

14.8.2004

Sitara-i-Imtiaz

Prof. So Yamane, Associate Professor, Department of Area Studies (South Asia, Urdu) Osaka University of Foreign Studies

Tokyo

23/3/2005

14.8.2005

Sitara-i-Quaid-i-Azam

Prof. Shigemochi Hirashima,

Professor Emeritus,

Meiji-Gakuin University, Tokyo

Tokyo

23/3/2006

14/8/2006

Sitara-i-Quaid-i-Azam

Prof. Hirashi Kagaya, Profesor  Emeritus of Osaka, University of Foreign Studies Osaka

Tokyo 23/3/2007

14/8/2006

Sitara-i-Khidmat

Mrs. Masami Hasegawa

Tokyo

23/3/2007

14.8.2007

Sitara-i-Imtiaz

Mr. Shun Imaizumi

Islamabad

23/3/2008

14.8.2008

Sitara-i-Khidmat

Prof. Yutaka Asada,

Associate Professor of Urdu, Tokyo University of Foreign Studies

Islamabad

23/3/2009

14.8.2009

Sitara-i-Imtiaz

Prof. Hiroji Kataoka,

Professor, Faculty of International Relations, Daito Bunka University

Islamabad

23/3/2010

14.8.2010

Sitara-i-Quaid-i-Azam

Mr. Mitsuo Horiuchi

President, Japan-Pakistan Parliamentarians Friendship League

Tokyo

9/9/2011