Koji Tasaka Vancouver Japanese Language School Award

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One framed certificate, in Japanese and English, presented to Mr. Koji Tasaka. The English text reads: "A TESTIMONIAL OF SINCERE APPRECIATION PRESENTED TO MR. KOJI TASAKA, IN HONOUR AND WITH DEEP APPRECIATION OF THE UNSELFISH DEDICATION AND DISTINGUISHED SERVICE GIVEN TO THE SCHOOL OVER THE YEARS SINCE RE-OPENING, WHILE SERVING AS DIRECTOR AND AUDITOR WITH TOTAL CONSCIENTIOUSNESS, COMMITTED TO WELFARE OF OUR SCHOOL AND COMMUNITY. Dated October 11, 1992 at Vancouver B.C. VANCOUVER JAPANESE LANGUAGE SCHOOL"

Koji Tasaka was the patron of the Tasaka family. He was the third child and second son of lsaburo and Yorie Tasaka, he became the oldest son when Hajime, second child and first son, died as a youngster. He served as President of the Japanese Canadian Citizen's Association, was a life long member and Steward of the Japanese United Church, and was teacher and principal of the Japanese Language School before the war and after the internment.

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