On 17 June 2014, Ambassador Keiichi Hayashi bestowed the Order of the Rising Sun, Gold Rays with Neck Ribbon upon Ms Janet Hunter, Saji Professor of LSE, in recognition of her significant contribution to deepening and developing Japanese Studies, and promoting mutual understanding between Japan and the United Kingdom.
A reception was held after the ceremony and was co-hosted with Suntory Holdings Limited and Toyota PLC, as Professor Hunter belongs to The Suntory and Toyota International Centres for Economics and Related Disciplines (STICERD).
|