Glenn
Jul 5, 2004, 11:06
From Berklee's website (http://berklee.edu/bt/161/bb_japan.html):
On June 9, the government of Japan bestowed the Badge of the Japanese Imperial Order of the Rising Sun (gold rays with neck ribbon) upon Lee Eliot Berk. In a letter, Masuo Nishibayashi, consul general of Japan, stated that the award was made in recognition of the meritorious service Berk has rendered promoting friendly relations and mutual understanding between America and Japan.
I guess he really deserves it. I remember there being a lot of Japanese people there when I was there. So much so, that anytime I saw an Eastern Asian person, my first thought was that he was Japanese, and I was usually right.
On June 9, the government of Japan bestowed the Badge of the Japanese Imperial Order of the Rising Sun (gold rays with neck ribbon) upon Lee Eliot Berk. In a letter, Masuo Nishibayashi, consul general of Japan, stated that the award was made in recognition of the meritorious service Berk has rendered promoting friendly relations and mutual understanding between America and Japan.
I guess he really deserves it. I remember there being a lot of Japanese people there when I was there. So much so, that anytime I saw an Eastern Asian person, my first thought was that he was Japanese, and I was usually right.