OKAMATSU Family Scholarship for Japanese Studies

Award descriptionFour scholarships of $1,800 each have been endowed as a memorial to his parents by Mr. Yoshihisa Okamatsu and members of his family, Kuniko, Akemi, Tadashi, Chieko, Hironori, Kuninori, Yoshihiko, Saori and Jooji. It is awarded to students studying the Japanese language at UBC. Mr. Okamatsu is a private citizen who has long been interested in furthering cultural relations between Japan and Canada, as well as other countries. Previously, he gave to the University a collection of Japanese handmade paper, and on 11 November 1977, he established this scholarship as a means by which he hopes that people in both countries might draw closer together in the cause of world peace and understanding. In April 1978, Mr. Okamatsu made a supplementary gift that brought the fund to its present value.