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Adney Yoshio Komatsu (b. August 2 , 1923 ) was a General Authority of The Church Of Jesus Christ Of Latter-day Saints between 1975 and 1993. Komatsu was the first person of Asian descent to become a general authority of the LDS Church. Born of Japanese parents in Honolulu , Hawaii , Komatsu became a convert to the LDS Church in 1941 at age 17. He was the first Latter-day Saint of Japanese descent to become a Bishop of the church. Later, Komatsu became the first person of Asian descent to serve as a Regional Representative of the Twelve Apostles . In 1965 , Komatsu became the first person of Asian descent to Preside over a Mission of the Church; he was President of the church's Northern Far East Mission from 1965 to 1968 . On April 4 , 1975 , Church President Spencer W. Kimball asked Komatsu to become an Assistant To The Quorum Of The Twelve Apostles and a General Authority of the Church. In 1976 , when the calling of Asssistant To The Twelve was abolished, Komatsu was ordained to the office of Seventy and became a member of the First Quorum Of The Seventy . He served in this capacity until October 1993 , when he was given general authority Emeritus status and excused from full-time ecclesiastical duties. During his tenure as a general authority, Komatsu served for several years as the president of the Tokyo Japan Temple . Komatsu married Japan native Judy Nobue Fujitani in the Laie Hawaii Temple in 1950 ; the couple have four children. REFERENCES
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