Sri Lanka, Aug. 19 -- The 117th birth anniversary of Lady Takeko Yoshida, who introduced Japanese Preschool Education to this country, was celebrated with great pride in two places in Japan and Sri Lanka.

The 117th birth anniversary of Lady Takeko Yoshida, who took measures to provide higher education to Ven Banagala Upatissa Nayaka Thera, the pioneer in introducing the advanced preschool education system in Japan to this country, and who was instrumental in establishing the Sapugaskanda Yoshida Shokanji Preschool, the first preschool in the Japanese tradition in this country, in 1979, was celebrated on Saturday (16) at the Savara LankaJi Viharaya in Japan and Abeysekararama Viharaya. Sapugaskanda.

The birth anniversary celebration in S...