Complex sentence: He later wrote the book "The Edge of Now: new questions for democracy in the network age", published 2000, and was decorated with the award of Grand Cordon of the Order of the Sacred Treasure of Japan in 2001.
Split into simpler sentences: He later wrote the book "The Edge of Now: new questions for democracy in the network age", published in 2000. He was decorated with the award of Grand Cordon of the Order of the Sacred Treasure of Japan in 2001.