Consulate-General of Japan Conferred Awards
Decorations Conferred by His Majesty the Emperor of Japan
Japan honors Hon. Philip N. Bredesen, former Governor of Tennessee
2021
Japan honors Hon. Steve Beshear, former Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky
2020
Japan honors Ms. Leigh A. Wieland, Former CEO of Japan-American Society of Tennessee and Former Director of the Tennessee Export Office
Japan honors Ms. Christine Karbowiak, Former Chair of the Board, Japan-American Society of Tennessee
2019
Japan honors Ms. Donna D. Fraiche, Honorary Consul of Japan in New Orleans
Japan Honors Mr. William M. Turner, President of Japan Society of New Orleans
2018
Japan honors Honorable Don Sundquist, Former Governor of the State of Tennessee
Japan honors Mr. Robert A. Turner, Former President of Japan Club of New Orleans
2017
Japan honors Colonel Douglas Charles DeLaMater ( Ret.)
Japan honors Dr. Robert Brown, Chair of Japan/America Society of Kentucky
Japan honors Mr. Jack O. Bovender Jr., Co-Chair Emeritus of the Advisory Council of the Nashville Cherry Blossom Festival
2012
Japan honors Senator Lamar Alexander
Japan honors John Owen Haley, Professor of Law at Vanderbilt Law School
Japan honors Dr. Masako Wakabayashi, Former President of the Japan Club of New Orleans
2011
Japan honors Mr. Robert C. Arnett, Former President of the Japan-America Society of Tennessee
2009
Japan honors Martha Layne Collins, Former Governor of Kentucky
2008
Japan honors Dr. James E. Auer, Vanderbilt University Professor
Japan honors Dr. Jack Strong, Louisiana State University Professor
Japan honors former Honorary Consul-General Edward Nelson
Foreign Minister's Certificate of Commendation
Ms. Kumi Alderman, Executive Director of the Asian Culture Center (ACC) of Tennessee
2021
J. Paul Watkins Professor Emeritus, University of Tennessee
2020
Cheekwood Estate & Gardens
Belmont University
Mr. Michael S. Mitchell, Former President, Japanese Garden Foundation
2019
Japan honors Ms. Mieko Kikuchi, Member of the Japan-America Society of Mississippi Board of Directors
Japan honors Ms. Lousa R. Mesich, Vice President, Chattanooga Sister Cities for Tono
2018
Japan honors the Japan Society of New Orleans
2015
Japan honors Ms. Shigeko Uppuluri of Oak Ridge
Japan honors the Hon. Karl Dean, Former Mayer of Nashville
2014
Japan honors the Tsuru Hendersonville Friendship Committee of Hendersonville
Japan honors the Hot Springs-Hanamaki Sister City Program
Japan honors the Japan-America Society of Mississippi (JASMIS)
2013
Japan honors the New Orleans Museum of Art
2012
Japan honors Mrs. Seiko Igarashi of Memphis, Tennessee
Japan honors Leigh Wieland, CEO of Japan-America Society of Tennessee, Inc.
2011
Japan honors the Japan-America Society of Tennessee, Inc (JAST)
2010
Japan honors the Japan/America Society of Kentucky (JASK)
Consul General's Certificate of Commendation
Dr. Yuki Matsuda, Ph.D., Professor of Japanese, Department of World Languages and Literature, University of Memphis
John Gale, Japanese Language Instructor, Tennessee Language Center, receives a Consul-General’s Commendation
2019
Megan Deville, President of the Mid-South JET Alumni Association, receives a Consul-General’s Commendation
Yoko Hatakeyama, Senior Lecturer of Japanese at Murray State University, receives a Consul-General’s Commendation
2018
Kumi Alderman, Executive Director, Asian Culture Center, receives a Consul-General’s Commendation
2017
Memphis Botanic Garden receives a Consul-General’s Commendation
2014
Jack and Barbara Bovender, Co-Chairs of the Nashville Cherry Blossom Festival Advisory Council, receive a Consul-General’s Commendation
Ian and Megumi Reynolds receive a Consul-General’s Commendation at Imoni Kai