PM Gonsalves receives award from Japan

Prime Minister Dr Ralph Gonsalves on Tuesday, May 28, 2024, officially received the Order of the Rising Sun from the Government of Japan.

Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs of Japan, Hosaka Yasushi, presented the Order of the Rising Sun award, on behalf of his country.

Dr Gonsalves said he was humbled by the award and received it on behalf of the people of St. Vincent and The Grenadines.

On Monday, April 29, 2024, the Government of Japan announced its conferment of the high national decoration of the Grand Cordon of the Order of the Rising Sun on PM Gonsalves.

This announcement made in Japan was followed by a letter of congratulations from the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Japan, Kamikawa Yoko.

The Order of the Rising Sun was established in 1875 by the Japanese Emperor. In its design, there is the central feature of the rays of sunlight from the rising sun. This symbolizes energy as powerful as the rising sun. (API)

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