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» The Japanese Cultural Society of Maui has honored Shinichi Suzuki and Sayoko Kobata with its annual Nihon Bunka Award, which recognizes people who excel in an area of Japanese culture and arts and share their knowledge to perpetuate the culture. Suzuki, a retired officer with the Maui Police Department, is the world's highest-ranking aikido instructor outside Japan. Kobata, who resides in Makawao, is a teacher of kimono sewing and dressing, Japanese doll making, ikebana (flower arranging) and tea ceremony. She is also a third-degree black belt in kendo (Japanese fencing). » The Bubel/Aiken Foundation has named Susan Rocco and state Sen. Suzanne Chun Oakland as recipients of its "Champion of Change" Award. Both are advocates of full- community inclusion of people with disabilities. Rocco, a single mother with a 23-year-old son with disabilities, has been a longtime director of the Special Parent Information Network (SPIN), a resource information newsletter for parents of disabled children. She is also the primary caregiver of her son, brother and aunt, who have health disorders or challenges. Chun Oakland is chairwoman of the Senate Committee on Human Services and vice chairwoman of the committees on Health, and Judiciary and Hawaiian Affairs; and co-chairwoman of various task forces relating to early childhood education and care, child protection, elder abuse, long-term care and other issues.
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