Joy Hendry, alumna of SAME and emeritus professor of anthropology at Oxford Brookes University, received the 'Order of the Rising Sun, Gold Rays with Rosette' from Ambassador Tsuruoka at the Japanese Embassy on 26th July 2017 in recognition of her outstanding contribution to promoting Japanese Studies in the UK. Among her many books are Marriage in Changing Japan, Becoming Japanese: The World of the Pre-School Child, and Wrapping Culture: Politeness, Presentation and Power in Japan and Other Societies. For further details, click here and here.
