Modern Japanese awards

[Kvart]

Modern Japanese awards, do they exist?

We have the Rising Sun, Ribbon merit medal, the new sacred treasure, Culture order and so on?

But the Self Defence forces, don't they have any medals? I've never seen anyone.

[Paul L Murphy]

The JSDF award various ribbons for merit, long service, overseas service etc but no actual medals. JSDF personnel are eligible for the Rising Sun and Sacred Treasure, as are other Japanese citizens, but there are no specific military medals any more. I beleive that Japanese troops who have served overseas are allowed wear any UN or international awards for which they qualify but I have not yet seen photographic evidence to confirm this.

Regards,

Paul

[Ed_Haynes]

The defence forces have a range of ribbons, but no medals. See:

http://www.coleccionesmilitares.com/cintas/asia/japon3.gif

[Kvart]

I did not know anything of this.

Thank you :)

[Richard LaTondre]

The defence forces have a range of ribbons, but no medals. See:

http://www.coleccionesmilitares.com/cintas/asia/japon3.gif

Thanks for the nice reference. I know you probably don't know the answer as you didn't design the 'chart', but what is the differnce between the first ribbon to the left in the top row and the fourth ribbon to the right in the third row.

Is this source you have provided a seller of ribbons? I think I may have run across him when I was helping John Royston find a maker of rosettes.

Dick LaTondre

[No one]

Dear Gentlemen,

 

The ribbons are called "Bōei kinenshō":

 

 

And there are medals corresponding:

 

Exemples:

 

- # 5 :

 

 

 

- # 6 :

 

 

 

- # 15 :

 

 

 

Yours sincerely,

No one

[TracA]

No One,

 

Great post! JSDF ribbons. Also see Wikipedia at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japan_Self-Defense_Forces_Service_Ribbon#. Unfortunately the link entitled "Self Defense Forces Service Ribbon" is broken.

 

All the best,

 

Tracy

[No one]

Dear TracA,

 

Thank you. I forgot where I got the chart, so it was wikipedia!

 

 

 

 

Here is another medal (wikipedia in Japanese) # 18:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ribbons are given alongside the medals.

 

- # 5 :

 

 

Yours sincerely,

No one

 

Edited December 1 by No one

[TracA]

No One,

 

Great stuff. I hope that I do not go down this potential route for collecting. 🥲

 

All the best,

 

Tracy

[No one]

Dear TracA,

 

Well it's a forty-one medals challenge! The price is more or less around ￥10 000 for one medal and for the ribbons it's around ￥700.

 

I don't understand why members wrote "no actual medals".

 

It's evident that they exist and are worn on uniforms.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

- #4:

 

 

 

 

Yours sincerely,

No one

Edited December 2 by No one

[No one]

Dear TracA,

 

I just found out it's now a forty-three medals challenge, and the nubering has slightly changed!

 

 

Yours sincerely,

No one

[No one]

Dear Gentlemen,

 

2 ribbons / medals have been added, #32 & # 33.

 

 

Yours sincerely,

No one

[TracA]

No One,

 

Thank you for continuing to add to this thread. It is a great resource. I need to resist the challenge. 😁

 

All the best,

 

Tracy

[No one]

Dear TracA,

 

Flash News: Well there are now 48 ribbons / medals:

 

自衛隊千葉地方協力本部公式サイト

 

防衛記念章｜階級章等アクセサリー｜海自のファッション｜海上自衛隊八戸航空基地

 

Yours sincerely,

No one

[TracA]

No One,

 

Ugh, even more. I am going to use a slang term here: you are killing me with this. 😁

 

All the best,

 

Tracy

[No one]

Dear TracA,

 

I found other ribbons charts.

 

Some ribbons have changed their numbers and vice versa over the years.

 

It's very confusing (this is a understatement).

 

Fisrt, here are the charts:

 

- #1

 

 

- #2

 

 

- #3 (wikipedia)

 

 

- #4

 

 

- #5

 

 

- #6 (自衛隊千葉地方協力本部公式サイト)

 

 

Now an exemple, the easiest to find, the last one:

 

 

 

Yours sincerely,

No one

[Megan]

Oh dear, yet another rabbit hold to dive down on my website...

 

... it could so easily become a full-time job! Never mind, maybe once I retire (if ever, having too much fun teaching as well!).

[No one]

Dear Lady and Gentlemen,

 

Here are the 8 new ribbons:

 

 

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"Admiral Satoshi Saito is the head of the naval staff".

 

 

 

 

+:

 

 

Yours sincerely,

No one

[TracA]

This list grows and grows and grows. 😁

 

Tracy

[No one]

Dear TracA,

 

I was identifying the eight new ribbons that have been added since the third chart, #3 (wikipedia). 40 + 8 = 48.

 

Yours sincerely,

No one

Edited December 5 by No one

[No one]

Dear Gentlemen,

 

Here is the chart #3 (wikipedia) in English with the new numbering in red to facilitate identification of the ribbons.

 

Note: the # 43 was added on the English page (41 ribbons listed) and but not on the Japanese one (40 ribbons listed)

 

 

Yours sincerely,

No one

[No one]

Dear Gentlemen,

 

The chart #3 (wikipedia) in Japanese updated:

 

 

Yours sincerely,

No one