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1978 Seisho Kina Kuwabara, C.M.
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Montreal, Quebec
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For the promotion of understanding between Japanese and Canadian cultures. Her voluntary teaching of Japanese customs and language before, during and after the Second World War, culminated in a Canadian school of Japanese flower arrangement in Montreal.
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1978 Tsutae Sato, C.M.
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Vancouver, British Columbia
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Honorary principal of the Vancouver Language School, in recognition of half a century spent in teaching his native tongue to Japanese Canadians and of his enriching Canadian society by the introduction of the best elements of his own culture.
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1979 Takaichi Umezuki, C.M.
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Toronto, Ontario
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Publisher of The New Canadian, a Toronto newspaper printed in Japanese and English. For nearly sixty years he has devoted himself to the welfare of Canadians of Japanese origin and still acts as spokesman for their senior citizens.
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1982 Hide H. Shimizu, C.M.
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Toronto, Ontario
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During the Second World War, she played a vital and voluntary role in enduring that Japanese Canadian children in British Columbia received a proper education. This she did by organizing schools in camps and by supervising teacher training. After the war, she assisted in the social adjustment of Japanese evacuees in Toronto. Over the years, she has also been committed to church and community affairs.
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1983 Yuzuru Kojima, C.M.
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Richmond, British Columbia
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“Jim” Kojima is one of Canada’s leading masters of judo. He received his black belt at nineteen and became a leader in judo organizations and a delegate to the Canadian Olympic Association. He is the first Canadian, and the youngest in the world, to have received the International Judo Union ticket.
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