Japanese woman bequeaths large sum of money to NCKU

Focus Taiwan
Date: 2017/09/09
By: Chang Rong-hsiang and Kuan-lin Liu

Taipei, Sept. 9 (CNA) National Cheng Kung University (NCKU) in southern Taiwan on

Su Huey-jen (蘇慧貞, right) and the Izumi family

Saturday received a check for NT$12.77 million (US$424,885) from the family of a deceased Japanese woman, whose father once taught at the school.

The check was presented to NCKU President Su Huey-jen (蘇慧貞) by the seldest on of Miyoko Izumi, who had willed half of her assets to the university before her death in 2015.

According to her son Kohei Izumi, she wanted the money to be used to provide scholarships for NCKU students, which would help preserve the memory of her father Professor Iso Momose, one of NCKU’s first Japanese teachers.    [FULL  STORY]

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