Lee Kuan Yew to be awarded with top Japanese honour
SINGAPORE — The Japanese government yesterday (Feb 2) announced that it has posthumously conferred the late Mr Lee Kuan Yew with one of the nation’s top honours, the Grand Cordon of the Order of the Paulownia Flowers.
SINGAPORE — The Japanese government yesterday (Feb 2) announced that it has posthumously conferred the late Mr Lee Kuan Yew with one of the nation’s top honours, the Grand Cordon of the Order of the Paulownia Flowers.
The late Mr Lee, Singapore’s founding Prime Minister, is the 19th foreigner to receive the honour. The order recognises the late Mr Lee’s contributions to “strengthening relations and promoting friendship between Japan and Singapore”, according to the Embassy of Japan in Singapore’s website.
The conferment of the Grand Cordon of the Order of the Paulownia Flowers will be backdated to March 23 last year, the date of Mr Lee’s death.
A Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesperson said Singapore is “deeply honoured” by the Japanese government’s decision to confer the honour to the late Mr Lee.