Japan is to honor Kuwaiti First Deputy Prime Minister and Defense Minister Sheikh Jaber Al-Mubarak Al-Hamad Al-Sabah with the Grand Cordon of the Order of the Rising Sun, Japan"s highest-ranked decoration conferred on foreigners, the government announced Tuesday. Sheikh Jaber will receive the decoration from Emperor Akihito at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo in the presence of Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama on Thursday. He is commended for his significant contribution to promoting political, economic and environmental exchange and mutual understanding between Kuwait and Japan, according to an announcement of the government quoted by Kuwait News Agency (KUNA).