Japan nowadays awarded Air Vice Marshal (retd) conductor Mahmud with “Order of the Rising Sun, Gold Associate in Nursing Silver Star” for his contribution to rescuing 151 hostages from an craft hijacked by Japanese Red Army in 1977.
The 83-year-old Mahmud is among one hundred and five foreign recipients of “2017 Spring Imperial Decorations”, per a handout issued by Japanese embassy this afternoon.
As the Air employees chief, Mahmud contend a crucial role as a negotiant between Japan government and hijackers, UN agency taken a Japan Airlines flight, inserting the best priority on saving the lives of the hostages safely, same the handout.
“His dedicated effort created it doable for all 151 hostages to be reclaimed eventually,” the discharge scan.
The award giving ceremony are going to be persisted might nine at the Imperial Palace in Tokio wherever Japanese Emperor Akihito and Prime Minister Shinzo Abe are going to be gift, reports The Japan Times.
This year’s spring decorations can recognise for,080 Japanese and one hundred and five foreign nationals for his or her achievements in business, culture and also the arts.
Former Japanese Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori, 79, are going to be given the Grand Cordon of the Order of the Paulownia Flowers, the best honor during this spring’s commendations.
Ballad singer Miyako Otsuki, 71, whose real name is Setsuko Wakita, and author Aiko Sato, 93, can receive the Grand Order of the Rising Sun, Gold Rays with Rosette, the native newspaper adds.
