After the amendment, bestowal of medals for merit, i.e., bestowal of an order, has not been done in Japan; still, the Japanese government is using the word 'bestowal of an order' as well as 'awarding of a decoration' to express awarding of a decoration (for example, the section of the official gazette has not been changed its title from Bestowal of an Order to Award of Decoration.)
当該制度改正により、日本で勲等の授与（叙勲）という行為が適用されなくなった後も、政府は勲章の授与（授章）について授章のみならず「叙勲」の表現も用いている（たとえば、官報の叙位叙勲欄は叙位授章欄などへ変更されずにそのままの名称である）。