Overview
- The government announced the 2025 Autumn Decorations on Nov. 3, listing 3,963 awardees nationwide.
- Recipients include 2 for the Grand Cordon of the Order of the Paulownia Flowers, 935 for the Order of the Rising Sun, and 3,026 for the Order of the Sacred Treasure.
- Former Upper House Speaker Hidetaka Otsuji and former Supreme Court Chief Justice Saburo Tokura received the highest honor, with Toshirō Mutō and author Setsuko Tsumura also among named honorees.
- Women accounted for 427 recipients, or 10.8 percent, and private‑sector civilians totaled 1,910, or 48.2 percent.
- Aichi reported 127 local decoration recipients and 40 Medal of Honor awardees (38 individuals, 2 organizations) and set the prefectural presentation for Dec. 2 at the Aichi Prefectural Office auditorium.