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Ceremony held in President’s Office to confer Order of the Sacred Treasure to Professor Emeritus YOSHINO Katsumi
2023.5.25 Thu
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Ceremony held in President’s Office to confer Order of the Sacred Treasure to Professor Emeritus YOSHINO Katsumi

On May 24, 2023, a ceremony was held in the President’s Office to confer the Order of the Sacred Treasure, Gold Rays with Neck Ribbon of the 2023 Spring Conferment of Decorations to Professor Emeritus YOSHINO Katsumi.

Osaka University held this conferment ceremony for Professor Emeritus Yoshino, who was unable to attend the ceremony hosted by the government in early May. Among the attendees at the ceremony held at the president’s office on May 24 were Dean KUWABATA Susumu and Professor OZAKI Masanori of the Graduate School of Engineering.

The order and certificate were conferred by President NISHIO Shojiro, who congratulated Professor Emeritus Yoshino and thanked him for his contributions to education and research at the university over the course of many years.

At the gathering following the ceremony, a lovely conversation was held in which Professor Emeritus Yoshino spoke about his time at the university.


As mentioned in the article published on April 29, 2023, five members of Osaka University (including Professor Emeritus Yoshino) were awarded the Order of the Sacred Treasure in the 2023 Spring Conferment of Decorations.

The Order of the Sacred Treasure, Gold Rays with Neck Ribbon

  • Professor Emeritus FUKUZUMI Shunichi (Graduate School of Engineering)
  • Professor Emeritus TSUKIHARA Tomitake (Institute for Protein Research)
  • Professor Emeritus YOSHINO Katsumi (Graduate School of Engineering)

The Order of the Sacred Treasure, Gold and Silver Rays

  • FUJINO Koichi (Former Director, Department of Medical Technology, Osaka University Hospital)
  • WATANABE Masato (Former Director, Administration Department, University Libraries)
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