Koji Tasaka Order of the Sacred Treasure

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Certificate reads, in Japanese:

1989, April 29th.

5th class Order of the Sacred Treasure.

Awarded by the Emperor of Japan

To Mr. Koji Tasaka

With a stamp of the Japanese Prime Minister Noboru Takeshita

Numbered: 10478

Certificate has a letter on the back written by Sousuke Uno, Minister for Foreign Affairs, Japan, which reads: "Mr. Koji Tasaka; Please accept my most sincere congratulations on the conferment, in recognition of your outstanding contribution, of The Order of the Sacred Treasure, Gold and Silver Rays, and my best wishes for your continued good health and happiness. Sousuke Uno, Minister for Foreign Affairs" There is also a letter in Japanese from the Consul General of Japan, Vancouver.

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.

The digital copies of the records were acquired by the Landscapes of Injustice Research Collective between 2014 and 2018.

This record was digitized in full.