The government released a list of recipients of this year's fall decorations comprising 4,025 Japanese, including 318 women, and 61 foreign nationals for their contributions to society.
Among the 11 recipients of the Grand Cordon of the Order of the Rising Sun, the highest honor in the fall commemoration, will be Fujio Cho, 72, Toyota Motor Corp. chairman.
The 61 foreign recipients hail from 32 countries. They include Torsten Wiesel, 85, winner of the 1981 Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine and president emeritus of Rockefeller University, who will receive the Grand Cordon of the Order of the Rising Sun.
Other recipients include Saburo Kawabuchi, 72, honorary president of the Japan Football Association, who will receive the Order of the Rising Sun, Gold and Silver Star.
In the field of the arts, film director Nobuhiko Obayahi, 71, and national living treasure and Japanese doll maker Komao Hayashi, 73, will be honored with the Order of the Rising Sun, Gold Rays with Rosette.
Recipients in the academic field include Tomio Tada, 75, a professor emeritus of immunology at the University of Tokyo, who will receive the Order of the Sacred Treasure, Gold and Silver Star.
Hiromitsu Komatsu, 76, a Hiroshima Prefecture firefighter who has worked hard to train younger firefighters, will receive the Order of the Sacred Treasure, Gold and Silver Rays.
An awards ceremony will be held Thursday at the Imperial Palace with Emperor Akihito and Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama in attendance.