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Tanase, Takio (1929-2006)
Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 2006 May 1 p. 3
Birth date: 1929
By Ryan Miller
Mennonite Mission Network
TOKYO& #8212; Takio Tanase, one of Japan's earliest Mennonites and an influential leader in the Mennonite conference of Hokkaido and the Tokyo Area Fellowship of Mennonite Churches, died April 6. He was 77.
Tanase served as a pastor for 48 years, from 1958 until his death. He also made an impact on the Japanese church as a translator, translating many key Mennonite texts into Japanese.