Conferral of the Order of the Rising Sun, Gold Rays with Neck Ribbon upon Professor Rien T. Segers, professor emeritus and founder of the Center for Japanese Studies, Groningen University (January 23, 2020)

February 4, 2020

On January 23, 2020, a ceremony was held at the Residence of Japanese Ambassador to confer“The Order of the Rising Sun, Gold Rays with Neck Ribbon” upon Professor Rien T. Segers, professor emeritus of the University of Groningen, the founder and Managing Director emeritus of the Center for Japanese Studies at the University of Groningen, as well as professor emeritus of Asian Business Strategies at the International Business School of Hanze University of Applied Sciences.
During the ceremony, Ambassador Horinouchi delivered a congratulatory speech and conferred the decoration upon Professor Segers after presenting the Patent of Decoration.
Close friends, family members and people from academic and business communities were present to congratulate Professor Segers on his decoration.
 

November 5, 2019

On November 3, 2019, the Government of Japan announced the foreign recipients of the 2019 Autumn Conferment of Decorations.
Among them, Professor Rien T. Segers, professor emeritus of the University of Groningen, the founder and Managing Director emeritus of the Center for Japanese Studies at the University of Groningen, as well as professor emeritus of Asian Business Strategies at the International Business School of Hanze University of Applied Sciences, will receive “The Order of the Rising Sun, Gold Rays with Neck Ribbon” in recognition of his exceptional contribution to the promotion of academic exchanges and mutual understanding between Japan and the Netherlands.
 

The Order of the Rising Sun, Gold Rays with Neck Ribbon