Our warmest congratulations to former JCCC president Marty Kobayashi, who received Order of the Rising Sun, Gold and Silver Rays from Japan’s Minister for Foreign Affairs on November 3, 2015.
From the Consulate-General of Japan in Toronto’s media release:
Conferral of the Order of the Rising Sun, Gold and Silver Rays, upon the Former President of the Japanese Canadian Cultural Centre,
Marty Blake Kobayashi
On November 3, 2015 (Japan Standard Time), the Government of Japan announced the foreign recipients of the 2015 Autumn Imperial Decorations. Among the 89 foreign recipients is former President of the Japanese Canadian Cultural Centre, Marty Blake Kobayashi, who will receive the Order of the Rising Sun, Gold and Silver Rays in recognition of his outstanding contributions toward promoting Japanese Culture in Canada, strengthening and deepening friendship between Japan and Canada and consolidating the Japanese Canadian community. Upon the announcement, Fumio Kishida, the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan sent a congratulatory message to Mr. Kobayashi. A ceremony for bestowal of the decoration will be held in due course in Toronto.
