LDS Church News,
Saturday, May 27, 2000
New Temple President
Masuru and Junko Tsuchida
Masaru Tsuchida, 62, Kitakyusyu Ward, Fukuoka Japan Stake, called as
president of the new Fukuoka Japan Temple, which will be dedicated June
11. President Tsuchida's wife, Junko Wakamatsu Tsuchida, will serve as
temple matron. President Tsuchida, currently first counselor in the Japan
Fukuoka Mission presidency, served as president of the Japan Missionary
Training Center, president of the Japan Sapporo Mission, stake president
and district president. He is a retired Church Educational System area
coordinator. He was born in Nagoya, Japan, to Syotaro and Suzu Ukai
Tsuchida. Sister Tsuchida is a former stake Young Women president,
counselor in a stake Relief Society presidency, seminary teacher and
Sunday School teacher. She was born in Nagoya, Japan, to Yori and Masako
Yamada Wakamatsu.
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