Akira Watanabe (Scouting)
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Akira Watanabe | |
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渡辺昭 | |
| Watanabe in 1943 | |
| Chief Scout of the Scout Association of Japan | |
| In office 1974–2003 | |
| Preceded by | Saburō Matsukata |
| Succeeded by | Shōichi Saba |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1901年12月25日)December 25, 1901 Takanawa, Tokyo, Japan |
| Died | July 23, 2005(2005年07月23日) (aged 103) Tokyo, Japan |
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Akira Watanabe (渡辺昭) (December 25, 1901 – July 23, 2005) was the seventh National President of the Boy Scouts of Japan from 1974 to 2003, and served on the World Scout Committee of the World Organization of the Scout Movement.[1]
Background
[edit ]A count/earl as a member of a Kazoku, he sat in the House of Peers and was known as the "last school friend of the Showa Emperor".
In 1977, Watanabe was awarded the 124th Bronze Wolf, awarded by the World Scout Committee for exceptional services to world Scouting, at the 26th World Scout Conference.[2] In 1979 he also received the highest distinction of the Scout Association of Japan, the Golden Pheasant Award.[3]
References
[edit ]- ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2008年07月05日. Retrieved 2008年08月29日.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ "Recipients from Japan". Archived from the original on 2013年10月14日. Retrieved 2008年08月29日.
- ^ 䝪䞊䜲䝇䜹䜴䝖日本連盟 きじ章受章者 [Recipient of the Golden Pheasant Award of the Scout Association of Japan] (PDF). Reinanzaka Scout Club (in Japanese). 2014年05月23日. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2020年08月11日.
External links
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