From left: Dr. Chang Shik Yang and Mrs. Yasue Erikawa stand with Mr. and Mrs. Eiji Tokuno, at Mr. Tokuno's graduation, June 26, 2004

UTS GRAD NAMED TO CONTINENTAL LEADERSHIP January 10, 2006 On January 1, Rev. Eiji Tokuno, a Religious Education graduate of the class of 2004, was named Continental Director of the Family Federation for World Peace and Unification in Africa.

Rev. Tokuno, a native of Japan, graduated in economics from Toyama University. He served for many years as the national leader of the college student movement World CARP Japan. He matriculated to UTS in the fall term of 2001. While at UTS, he gained field experience with the American Clergy Leadership Conference in Chicago, IL, under the supervision of Bishop Ki Hoon Kim. He also spent several months at the Korean Language Institute at Sun Moon University, Asan, Korea.

Tokuno's final project at UTS was a study in the area of family ministry entitled, "How to Teach Purity and Marriage to Young Adults." Upon graduating, he undertook a one-year internship, again in Chicago, working in the field of social action and ecumenism.

In the spring of 2005, UTS Founder Reverend Moon assigned Tokuno to regional leadership in West Africa. Tokuno helped organize the events in Moon's recent global speaking tour in Mali and Nigeria, which were two of the three African nations in which the 85-year old UTS Founder spoke.

At an international meeting on the morning of January 1, Reverend Moon elevated Rev. Tokuno to the Continental Directorship. The continental headquarters are located in Nairobi, Kenya.

Rev. Tokuno becomes only the second non-Korean to assume the Continental Directorship for the FFWPU, the other being an American woman, Rev. Kathy Rigney, who also served in the post for the continent of Africa.

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