The Order of the Paulownia Flowers is an order presented by the Japanese government. The award was established in 1888 during the Meiji Restoration as the highest award in the Order of the Rising Sun
Prince Naruhisa Kitashirakawa
Daniel Inouye
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Daniel Ken Inouye was an American attorney, soldier, and statesman who represented Hawaii in the United States Senate from 1963 until his death in 2012. A member of the Democratic Party, he was the mo
Order of the Paulownia Flowers
…have been decorated with the order since 2003: 18 Japanese (three posthumously), three Americans (one of Japanese descent, United States Senator Daniel Inouye), one Indian (former Prime Minister of India Manmohan Singh), one Singaporean (the first Prime Minister of Singapore Lee Kuan Yew, awarded posthumously…
Official portrait, 2008
Inouye as a first lieutenant in the U.S. Army
Inouye (left) with his friend and future fellow senator Bob Dole (next to Inouye), playing cards while recovering at Percy Jones Army Hospital.
Inouye (far left) as exchequer of Phi Delta Phi, a legal fraternity at George Washington University, 1952