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Tom Berezowski, Aichi k-9 SAR Founder

Born in December 1st 1952 in Poland, traveled extensively mainly in Scandinavian countries gaining military and aviation knowledge. In Aarhus (Århus) where while polishing his flying skills, he met his Japanese wife Emiko Noguchi who were studying Danish literature whom he married in 1974 and both decided to move to Japan. From the very beginning Berezowski worked as an English teacher to support his family (daughter Katherine was born) and simultaneously studied canine behavior based on his previous experience through contacts with wolves long before science showed academic interest around 1990.

Decisive influence of Kobe Great Earthquake on Berezowski's course of life.

In 1977 Berezowski retired as a pilot on international airline routes and started an English-conversation school at his home in Okazaki only to change his interest in Search And Rescue in 1995 when an earthquake of an incredible destructive power occurred and whose death toll exceeded 6,000 lives. He based his decision on facts that his experienced in helicopter and airplane handling, CO military rank, knowledge in Search and Rescue procedures and experience with dogs were exactly what qualified him to become a pioneer in K-9 Disaster SAR handler in Japan where not even one of such a dog existed.

Training in the USA