RIP: MUNEO YAMAMOTO, Founder of Japanese Language School in Siem Reap

CEOCambodiaNews · Post by **CEOCambodiaNews** » Thu Oct 12, 2023 11:57 am

Japanese School Founder Yamamoto Dies at 94
By Ung Chamroeun October 11, 2023 10:55 AM
PHNOM PENH – Muneo Yamamoto, the founder of a famous Japanese language school in Siem Reap, died on Oct.9 at the age of 94. He was known for his contribution to developing human resources in the tourism sector.

For citizens of Siem Reap, especially Japanese-speaking tourism operators, he was a hero for founding the Yamamoto Japanese Language Education Center and JHC Angkor Tours.

Yamamoto founded the center in 1996 at his own expense, based on the Social Contribution Support Foundation. He had the goal of "deepening the friendship between Cambodia and Japan so that Japanese tourists can work and achieve economic independence for Cambodians to help rebuild the country, which had been exhausted by the long civil war."

Students can get free Japanese lessons and graduates use their Japanese skills as tour guides and hotel workers.

In 2013, Yamamoto received the “Social Contributor Award” at the 25th Social Contributor Award ceremony arranged by the Social Contribution Support Foundation.

“I have a role like today because of Yamamoto”, said Oddar Meanchey police commissioner Huot Sothy.
Sothy is a former student in the 2nd generation of the center and expressed his condolences and gratitude to Yamamoto.

He said he had become what he was now because of Yamamoto who was an amazing Japanese philanthropist who used his own money to help students in Siem Reap and raised money for the school building fund.
Sothy said he wanted to preserve and pass on the memory of Yamamoto’s reputation to the next generation.

Yamamoto's funeral will be held in the Buddhist tradition at the JHC headquarters in Krous village, next to National Road 6. His body will be cremated on the evening of Oct.13.
https://cambodianess.com/article/japane ... dies-at-94
Originally written in Khmer for ThmeyThmey, this article was translated by Chhuon Kongieng for Cambodianess.

pissontheroof · Post by **pissontheroof** » Thu Oct 12, 2023 1:45 pm

I had 2 years in japan

. Looking back just from my memory it was very good there .
I loved japan for some reason before , during , and after I was there. .
I was lucky to be based ( my job I found ) on Shikoku island .
A city named matsuyama , and later saijo, both in Ehime prefecture .
The days before facebook & camera phones , so some few snapshots are long gone .
I dint even get an email address until some years later , so no addresses .
when i had got to leave my solitary confinement and settled into thailand

for10 years.
. 2 kids there and still married to their mother
tho we haven’t spoke for at least 12 years now . She got old .
Living and working ata thai restaurant in Seattle ..
… seeing obituaries these days really makes me think , my only real relative now is my big kid , born in USA

One thai kid is lost , and one is an enigma in his mind .
2 cambrodian kids , and one of them now is going to keep me alive until death do us part .
The only possession ( except for about a dozen iPhones

and ipads and MacBooks ) that I care about .

I knew a few Yamamoto’s
さようなら

HaifongWangchuck · Post by **HaifongWangchuck** » Thu Oct 12, 2023 10:41 pm

CEOCambodiaNews wrote: ↑Thu Oct 12, 2023 11:57 am Japanese School Founder Yamamoto Dies at 94
By Ung Chamroeun October 11, 2023 10:55 AM
PHNOM PENH – Muneo Yamamoto, the founder of a famous Japanese language school in Siem Reap, died on Oct.9 at the age of 94. He was known for his contribution to developing human resources in the tourism sector.

For citizens of Siem Reap, especially Japanese-speaking tourism operators, he was a hero for founding the Yamamoto Japanese Language Education Center and JHC Angkor Tours.

Yamamoto founded the center in 1996 at his own expense, based on the Social Contribution Support Foundation. He had the goal of "deepening the friendship between Cambodia and Japan so that Japanese tourists can work and achieve economic independence for Cambodians to help rebuild the country, which had been exhausted by the long civil war."

Students can get free Japanese lessons and graduates use their Japanese skills as tour guides and hotel workers.

In 2013, Yamamoto received the “Social Contributor Award” at the 25th Social Contributor Award ceremony arranged by the Social Contribution Support Foundation.

“I have a role like today because of Yamamoto”, said Oddar Meanchey police commissioner Huot Sothy.
Sothy is a former student in the 2nd generation of the center and expressed his condolences and gratitude to Yamamoto.

He said he had become what he was now because of Yamamoto who was an amazing Japanese philanthropist who used his own money to help students in Siem Reap and raised money for the school building fund.
Sothy said he wanted to preserve and pass on the memory of Yamamoto’s reputation to the next generation.

Yamamoto's funeral will be held in the Buddhist tradition at the JHC headquarters in Krous village, next to National Road 6. His body will be cremated on the evening of Oct.13.
https://cambodianess.com/article/japane ... dies-at-94
Originally written in Khmer for ThmeyThmey, this article was translated by Chhuon Kongieng for Cambodianess.

I wasn't aware there were enough Japanese citizens here to require the needs of a Japanese school, but then I guess there are a lot of Japanese academics in the work of restoring temples, especially the Bayon...

Post by **Username Taken** » Fri Oct 13, 2023 3:30 am

HaifongWangchuck wrote: ↑Thu Oct 12, 2023 10:41 pm I wasn't aware there were enough Japanese citizens here to require the needs of a Japanese school, but then I guess there are a lot of Japanese academics in the work of restoring temples, especially the Bayon...

Maybe you missed these snippets:

“I have a role like today because of Yamamoto”, said Oddar Meanchey police commissioner Huot Sothy.
Sothy is a former student in the 2nd generation of the center and expressed his condolences and gratitude to Yamamoto.

Students can get free Japanese lessons and graduates use their Japanese skills as tour guides and hotel workers.

pissontheroof · Post by **pissontheroof** » Fri Oct 13, 2023 7:22 am

Username Taken wrote: ↑Fri Oct 13, 2023 3:30 am
HaifongWangchuck wrote: ↑Thu Oct 12, 2023 10:41 pm I wasn't aware there were enough Japanese citizens here to require the needs of a Japanese school, but then I guess there are a lot of Japanese academics in the work of restoring temples, especially the Bayon...
Maybe you missed these snippets:

“I have a role like today because of Yamamoto”, said Oddar Meanchey police commissioner Huot Sothy.
Sothy is a former student in the 2nd generation of the center and expressed his condolences and gratitude to Yamamoto.

Students can get free Japanese lessons and graduates use their Japanese skills as tour guides and hotel workers.

Lets study this phenomenon :
How do you suppose he missed those ?
… He quoted the whole everything ..