Despite his words being lost in translation during his first visit to the country as prime minister, Japan has bestowed its highest order on Bob Hawke.
Mr Hawke, flanked by his wife Blanche, received the Grand Cordon of the Order of the Rising Sun at a ceremony in Canberra today.
Japan's ambassador to Australia Shigekazu Sato said the former prime minister was a "truly, great Australian statesman".
(The Australian)
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