Consulate Activities
2025/8/28
Foreign Minister’s Commendations for FY 2025
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan announced that the 100th Infantry Battalion Veterans, the 442nd Legacy Center, and the Military Intelligence Service Veterans of Hawaii will receive the Foreign Minister’s Commendations.
These three organizations have, for many years, worked to preserve and pass on to future generations the identity and glorious achievements of US military units primarily composed of Japanese Americans, through activities such as preserving and exhibiting historical materials, holding memorial services, and public relations activities. Through these activities, the three organizations have contributed to the preservation and dissemination of the history of Japanese Americans in the United States, thereby contributing to the improvement of the status of Japanese Americans in the United States, and significantly contributing to the deepening of mutual understanding and the promotion of friendly relations between Japan and Hawaii, and consequently between Japan and the United States.
The Foreign Minister’s Commendations are awarded to individuals and groups with outstanding achievements in international fields, in order to acknowledge their contributions to the promotion of friendship between Japan and other countries and areas. The Commendations also aim to promote awareness and support among the Japanese public for the activities of the recipients.
These three organizations have, for many years, worked to preserve and pass on to future generations the identity and glorious achievements of US military units primarily composed of Japanese Americans, through activities such as preserving and exhibiting historical materials, holding memorial services, and public relations activities. Through these activities, the three organizations have contributed to the preservation and dissemination of the history of Japanese Americans in the United States, thereby contributing to the improvement of the status of Japanese Americans in the United States, and significantly contributing to the deepening of mutual understanding and the promotion of friendly relations between Japan and Hawaii, and consequently between Japan and the United States.
The Foreign Minister’s Commendations are awarded to individuals and groups with outstanding achievements in international fields, in order to acknowledge their contributions to the promotion of friendship between Japan and other countries and areas. The Commendations also aim to promote awareness and support among the Japanese public for the activities of the recipients.