Rotary International President-elect (2012-13) Sakuji Tanaka
Rotary Club of Yashio, Saitama, Japan

Sakuji Tanaka was chair of the Daika Company and president of the National Household Papers Distribution Association of Japan. He also has been vice president of the Yashio City Chamber of Commerce. Sakuji has served Rotary as a director, Rotary Foundation trustee, regional Rotary Foundation coordinator, and training leader. He was chair of the 2009 Birmingham Convention Committee and the Permanent Fund Committee for Japan, and served on the Polio Eradication Advocacy Task Force and Future Vision Committee. Working with his district, Sakuji helped to construct a school building in Bangladesh, and he has established an endowed Rotary Peace Fellowship. He has received the RI Service Above Self Award and the Foundation’s Distinguished Service Award. Sakuji and his wife, Kyoko, are Benefactors and Major Donors.

RIPE Sakuji Tanaka would like to see Rotary continue its work as THE vital force to improve our communities, and to see Polio eradicated once and for all as a threat to world health.

To do this work, Rotary needs active, involved clubs and well trained club presidents, a task which Lone Star PETS is prepared to do.