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Original Call: (LDS Church News-21 Mar 1987 ©2001 Deseret News Publishing Co.)
Yasuo Niiyama, 42, assigned to the Japan Sendai Mission; Mitaka Ward, Tokyo Japan Stake; stake president; former region executive secretary, stake executive secretary, high councilor, and bishop's counselor; served mission in Japan, 1963-65; owner of language and international business training firms; received bachelor's and master of public administration degrees from BYU; born in Kobe City, Japan, to Yoshio and Tsujiko Murakawa Niiyama; married Tomiko Moulton; six children. She is Primary teacher, former ward Primary and Relief Society president, and Relief Society instructor; born in Sendai, Japan, to Arlo and Eiko Hatakeyama Moulton.
Update Mar 2007: (courtesy Tracy Rogers)
Since his release in 1990 as a Mission President, Pres. Niiyama has served as a Regional Representative in Japan, among other callings. From April 2002 to April 2008 he served as an Area Authority. He was responsible for Church Public Affairs in Japan.
Elder Niiyama also currently is President and CEO of the Selnate Group of Companies, which include Interac Co., Ltd., Selnate Co., Ltd. (Japan) and Selnate USA Co., Ltd., with a branch in Provo, Utah (Selnate International School). These companies are dedicated to education, and teach businesses, governments and public schools all over Japan. These companies currently employ over 1,600 full-time teachers in public schools, for example, and his companies have a strong reputation for quality instruction and high moral values. |
