April 24 Ikeda, Masuo. (Painter)
May 8
Saito, Akira. (Deputy Editor of Department of Foreign News, The Yomiuri Shimbun Company)
May 15 Ozone Makoto. (Jazz Pianist)
May 22 Izumi, Asato. (Essayist)
May 29 Konaka, Yotaro. (Commentator)
June 5
Otsuka, Kazuhiko. (Director General for General Administration Department, Japanese Patent Office)
June 12 Okamoto, Yukio. (Consultant)
June 19 Hayasi, Kaizo. (Film Director)
June 26 Konishi, Katsuya. (News Caster)
July 3 Hatta, Tatsuo. (Professor, Economics, Osaka University)
July 10 Aso, Keiko. (Columnist)
July 17 Miyamoto, Amon. (Stage Producer)
October 9 Sakai, Naoki. (Designer/Concepter)
October 16 Kusano, Atsusi. (Professor, Keio University)
October 23 Inose, Naoki. (Writer)
October 30
Kobayashi, Yotaro. (Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.)
November 6 Miyata, Hitomi. (President, Consultant Network, Corp.)
November 13 Baba, Yasuo. (Managing Director, Hoichoi Productions Incorporated)
November 20 Ebata, Kensuke. (Correspondent to Japan, Jane’s Defense Weekly)
November 27 Matsuyama, Yukio. (Editorial Advisor, Asahi Shimbun Publishing Co.)
December 4 Takami, Ei. (TV Personality)
December 11
Fukushima, Glen S. (Director of Public Policy and Market Development, AT & T Global Information Solutions Japan, Ltd.)
December 18 Kawaguchi, Yoriko. (Deputy Director-General for Global Environment Affairs, Environmental Protection and Industrial Location Bureau, Japanese Ministry of International Trade and Industry; Ex-Minister to the United States)
