Callum Farquhar, of the 83rd Fife (Cairneyhill) Scout Group, has been given a Point of Light award by Prime Minister David Cameron for promoting cultural relations with Japan, Dunfermline Press reported on 24 July.
Farquar has spent 25 years building links with scout groups and raised £10,000 in Scotland to help Scout groups in Iwate Prefecture following the Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami.
In addition to bringing Scottish Scouts to Japan, he hosted groups of Japanese scouts, for which he was awarded the Silver Cuckoo, the highest award in Japanese scouting.