2015
Yoshiyuki Kasai
Chairman Emeritus of Central Japan Railway

2014
Ambassador John V. Roos
U.S. Ambassador to Japan, 2009-2013

2013
Minoru Makihara
Senior Corporate Advisor, Mitsubishi Corporation

2012
Admiral Patrick M. Walsh
Commander, U.S. Pacific Fleet

2011
American Airlines

2010
The Honorable J. Thomas Schieffer
United States Ambassador to Japan, 2005-2009

2009
The Honorable Ryozo Kato
Japanese Ambassador to the United States, 2001-2008

2008
Dr. Shoichiro Toyoda
Honorary Chairman of Toyota Motor Corporation

2007
Richard W. Fisher
President and Chief Executive Officer of the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas

2006
George Takei
Actor

2005
Masatoshi Ito
Founder & Honorary Chairman, Ito-Yokado Group

2004
The Honorable Norman Y. Mineta
United States Secretary of Transportation

2003
The Honorable Yasuhiro Nakasone
Prime Minister of Japan, 1982-1987

2002
The Honorable Michael H. Armacost
United States Ambassador to Japan, 1989-1993

2001
The Honorable Daniel K. Inouye
United States Senator from the State of Hawaii, 1962 to present

2000
The Honorable Thomas S. Foley
United States Ambassador to Japan, 1997-2001

1999
The Honorable Hisashi Owada
Permanent Representative of Japan to the United Nations, 1994-1998

1998
The Honorable Walter F. Mondale
United States Ambassador to Japan, 1993-1996