(19 June 2000) Zenkō Suzuki (19 July 2004) Ryūtarō Hashimoto (1 July 2006) Toshiki Kaifu (9 January 2022) Shinzō Abe (11 July 2022)* * : Awarded with the Collar Foreign recipients of the Order of the Chrysanthemum Collar Henri, Grand Duke of Luxembourg, 2017 Willem-Alexander, King of the Netherlands, 2014 Margrethe II, Queen of Denmark Harald V, King of Norway Carl XVI Gustav, King of Sweden Albert II, King of the Belgians, 1996 Philippe, King of the Belgians, 2016 Mohammed VI, King of Morocco, 2005 Abdullah II, King of Jordan, 1999 Tuanku Syed Sirajuddin, King of Malaysia, 2005 Hassanal Bolkiah, Sultan of Brunei, 1984 Jigme Singye Wangchuck, King of Bhutan, 1987 Juan Carlos I, King of Spain, 1980 Felipe VI, King of Spain, 2017 Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, King of Saudi Arabia, 2017 Grand Cordon Charles III, King of the United Kingdom Victoria, Crown Princess of Sweden Frederik, Crown Prince of Denmark Prince Joachim of Denmark Vajiralongkorn, King of Thailand Willem-Alexander, King of the Netherlands Norodom Sihamoni, King of Cambodia, 2010 Philippe, King of the Belgians François Hollande, President of France Toomas Hendrik Ilves, President of Estonia Valdas Adamkus, President of Lithuania Aleksander Kwaśniewski, President of Poland Vaira Vīķe-Freiberga, President of Latvia Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, President of the Philippines Nursultan Nazarbayev, President of Kazakhstan Mauricio Macri, President of Argentina Collar (deceased) Edward VII, King of the United Kingdom and Emperor of India (1841–1910) George V, King of the United Kingdom and Emperor of India (1865–1936) Wilhelm II, Emperor of Germany (1859–1941) Franz Joseph I, Emperor of Austria-Hungary (1830–1916) Victor Emmanuel III, King of Italy (1869–1947) Leopold II, King of Belgium (1835–1909) Emperor Gojong of Korea (1852–1919) Emperor Sunjong of Korea (1874–1926) Tuanku Syed Putra, King of Malaysia (1920–2000) Haile Selassie I, Emperor of Ethiopia (1892–1974) Sultan Ismail Nasiruddin Shah, King of Malaysia (1906–1979) Sultan Abdul Halim, King of Malaysia (1970–2017) Alfonso XIII, King of Spain (1886–1941) Dwight D. Eisenhower, President of the United States (1890–1969) Ernesto Geisel, President of Brazil (1907–1996) Sultan Azlan Shah, Yang di-Pertuan Agong (king) of Malaysia (1928–2014) Birendra, King of Nepal (1945–2001) Mahendra, King of Nepal (1920–1972) George Tupou V, King of Tonga (1948–2012) Suharto, President of Indonesia (1921–2008) Muhammad Zahir Shah, King of Afghanistan (1914–2007) Fuad I, King of Egypt and the Sudan (1868–1936) Faruk I, King of Egypt and the Sudan (1920–1965) Hussein I, King of Jordan (1935–1999) Norodom Sihanouk, King of Cambodia