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THE NEW CANADIAN
An Independent Organ far Canadians ©f Japanese Origin
VOL.

— NO. 1

Foresee National Confab
|f i ’ CCA and Forming
jf Cultural Committee
V ” w 'a-t National JCCA meetmg ’N rhe year was held on
W : -May, December 17th, 1959.
topic under discussion
Th
executive
situation. A
wa
i
aort
on
the situation
gc
Wt ' ova;. as well as the figures
of A current account and the
pc rimy of a national conferdiscussed. This was left
. en<o
in uh element until the next genmeeting on January 20th.
■ Pendent Ed Ide, was to discuss
tb , w;th the Manitoba chapter
0] ’A visit to that province in
th ’.'.■lor part of December.
Cultural Committee?
B Th possible formation of a
cult.aw committee as an integral
p:.
a' the Community Centre
Mm- di-wisscd. It was decided to
se 1 outers to the Centre comir.
various women’s groups
in Toronto, the TJCCA and the
U
- ty Club of Toronto, as
w I as the Oriental Studies
Giorr. asking them to nominate
m
'.ers to serve on this comnr ' . A possible leader for this
gr o was discussed, but no deci.was made.
Form

History Progress
d| A summary of Ken Adachi’s
cr<" •'Country trip for the
NJ Vs History Project was
given next. Mr. Adachi is now
bars w Toronto compiling his
®>;is mid is in the urocess of
Jisg his trip.
He will be
.star; mg research work in Tor­
on: - i! the very near future after
wh .imm. he will be travelling
in 1 »amho and Quebec for two or
-(continued

on page eight)

Premier Kishi of Japan
Io Pay Visit to Ottawa
OTTAWA.—Premier Kishi of
Ja : . will pay an official two
day v:<g to Canada starting Jan.
21, h \wis announced earlier.
AH Vmc Minister Diefenbaker’s
off'.i s:.id in a statement that
Mr. K'shi is due in Ottawa at
11 a. ", mid will leave next day
at
w return to Tokyo.
lie v. O’ be accompanied bv
AiicU’" Fujujama, Foreign Affag - Minister.
.xThe Japanese
Premier will
conm • ■ Ottawa after a visit of
Severn' w.c- tc the United States,
design, i primarily to sign a U.S.ifairr'i - security treaty.

Looking Back At 1959.
Through The Pages Of The

New Canadian

JANUARY
Vancouver’s Mermaid of the Dolphin Swim Club, 17-year-old
Marg Iwasaki is named that city’s winner of “Junior Athlete of
1958” by the Vancouver Junior Chamber of Commerce. . . . The
Canadian Kodokwan Black Belt Association is officially* recognized
by* the International Judo Federation, Kodokwan, Japan. ._. . Author
of History* of Japanese Canadians in British Columbia, Ken Adachi
leaves for the Continent to soak some European sun and wine. . . .
National JCCA holds Roundtable Conference here with .Quebec,
Hamilton and Toronto JCCA Chapters, revealing that there is moral
and public support of the organization, though not in personnel.

FEBRUARY
Dr. Shinsho Hanayama is named to the position of Superintendent
of Buddhist Churches of America. . . . Word of Tokyo’s gift of 2,000
cherry* trees to the City of Toronto is climaxed following 6 months
of negotiations. . . . IG-year-old Sue Ohtani is named Toronto Jo

Breaking the soil for the first of the 2,000 cherry trees is Ambassador Hagi
wara of Japan and Mayor Nathan Philips of Toronto.

tive position, believed to be the first in the history of the organiza­
tion. . . . Saisei-Kai announces support of NJCCA’s intentions of
writing a History of Japanese Canadians. . . . Coaldale district's
Buddhist congregation purchases a building to be renovated for its
use as a church. . . . The marriage of commoner Michiko Shoda to
Crown Prince Akihito takes place to break a 2,600-year-old tradi­
tion. . . . National JCCA receives “green light” to write History of
JCs. . . . Masatoshi Umetsu of Burlington, Ontario is elected as the
new president of CKBBA with Frank Moritsugu as secretary. . . .
A rewarding dream of Yasutaro Yamaga comes true as the official
opening of Nipponia Home, Beamsville, Ontario, takes place with
Ontario and Ottawa VIPs participating. . . . Toronto JCs gift com­
plete set of Canadiana books to the Crown Prince and his bride. . . .
Montreal hosts Eastern Canada Buddhist Conference.

MAY
Queen Ohtani is depicted with runner-ups, Miss Agnes Shimono, second in
choice on the left and Miss Sally Abe, third by a slim margin on the right.

community’s Miss Valentine of 1959 at the Toronto YBS sponsored
annual event. . . . Total fund drive for the Toronto Japanese Cana­
dian Centre accumulates to $134,568.00, so states Centre officials.
. . . Fumi Toyota of the Kitchener-Waterloo Little Theatre is named
the best actress by the Western Ontario Drama League. . . . Tokyo
announces Japanese shipping firm s intentions of shipping in the
Great Lakes. . . . Toronto Kotobuki-Kai Second Pioneer Tour to
Japan departs from Union Station.

Alfred Grabber takes top honors at Judo Association of Cana­
da’s National Tournament held in Hamilton. . . . 41-year-old Ichiro
Katakami is named Toronto’s new Japanese Consul to replace Mr.
Endo who is recalled to Japan. . . . “T.U.” Umezuki urges reounciation of dual citizenship (Japanese and Canadian); results prove
very fruitful. . . . Mixed marriages in Japan between Occidentals

MARCH
The “Father of Canadian Judo”, Sen Kamino of Toronto passes
away. . . . The Canadian Government grants permanent residence
to Canada of several Japanese of non-permanent standing. ... Lil
Sakamoto is chosen Miss Sweetheart 1959 in Lethbridge, Alberta.
Stan Hiraki is elected to the presidency of Toronto JCCA with

pie HC Stork Derby
leadline is Jan. 16th
djlUr the tenth annual time, the
Tr-t Japanese Canadian baby
io:
in the New Year will be
10' n ed by The New Canadian.
Se.mms are urged to notify us
if any early births by phone or
etu r as soon as possible as we
touid like to announce the winlifer in the January 2(’th issue,
leadline for the announcement
»V norsens is Saturdav. January
^ti.
“Dales are that one or both
rarents must be of Japanese decent and the birth must take
flam in Canada. Time and date
tre to be confirmed by the ater-i ’-.g
physician
or
nurse.
iT me give the child’s name,
.vc _ t. exact time of arrival,
lost .tab parent’s names, adirtss city and province.

TORONTO, ONT.

WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 6, 1960

Official opening of Nipponia Home depicted was April 18, 1959. The Home is
not in its completion in the above photograph.

and Japanese total 4,782, Japanese Ministry officials announce. . . .
Only 109 arrivals to Canada from Japan out of the immigration to
Canada by ethnic origin numbering 38,198 are allowed to become
Canadian citizens. . . . Top three architect’s awards for Canadians
are won by Japanese Canadians: Gene Kinoshita, Donald Matsuba
and Nobuo Kubota, all of Toronto.
1959 TJCCA Table Officers: Front, Nancy Takeuchi, Denise Nishimura, Liz
Pearce and Agnes Shimono. Back: Friend, George Takahashi, Stan Hiraki, T.U.
Umezuki (Isseibu), Mits Sumiya and Ace Shirakawa.

an executive of 40, succeeding co-chairmen Mits Sumiya and Reg
Mori. . . . Mits Koga of then Kelowna, B.C. (now Vancouver), rolled
a perfect game of 450 while in the Kelowna Commercial Mens' Bowl­
ing League. . . . Dr. George Ishiwara is re-elected to serve as VanHayakawa pens another book titled “Our Language and Our World”.

APRIL
2.000 cherry trees, a gift of Metro Tokyo to this city is ofticially accepted and planted at High Park. . . . First executive meet­
ing of the Toronto JCCA votes and accepts Occidentals to the execu-

JUNE
Mr. Lawrence (Iwasaki) won the B.C. Master Artist Award for
hair stylists from the B.C. Hairdresser’s Association. He is the
brother of Vancouver’s swimming queen, Marg Iwasaki. . . . The
first Japanese ship to arrive in Montreal since pre-war was the S.S.
Takeshima Maru captained by J. Kato. . . . Vancouver United Church
clergyman, Rev. T. Mitsui said to the Vancouver Sun that we, the
Japanese Canadians are the worst offenders in hindering integra­
tion into Canadian society. We here in the East wonder ■ .'here he
acquired his information. . . . Jim Tamagi o* Calgary i • lected to
serve as the president of the Calgary Junior Chamber of Commerce.

(continued on page eight)

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SPORTS
Experts Claim Visiting Japanese Olympic Hockey
Team Playing Exhibition Games Fast and Agile

d^tes ^nd doings
Vancouver YBA Begins Term With Kitamura
fleeted President; Activities Are Plentiful
^ ANCOUVER.—To begin the the Somen-kai members, as t
new term, the Vancouver Junior had a party at. the church,
I LA has welcomed many new proceeds from this affair will
members, and hopes to maL this toward
the Junior Y
year a successful one. The new fund.
president is Dave Kitamura.
This year, the club
Those elected to assist him" are: new membership card printed
Vice-president, Keiko Kojima; as the ones used the
secretary, Eileen Taguchi: trea- year proved to be unsatisfactory
suier, Eddie Okano: social con- An activity looked forward to i
Aenors, Keiko hada and Sue Ko­
yanagi.
Airport. Current activities made
A party Avas held at the home it impossible to do so but the club
of .president. DaA’e
Kitamura hopes to get around in the near
earlier last month Avhich had a future.
good turnout and an enjoyable
To end 1959 and begin a new
time was had by eA’eryone.
year, the Vancouver YBA had a
As the members of VJYBA did party on January 2nd at the
not attend the Basketball Tour­ church. Everyone was invited and
nament in Seattle recently, some had a grand time.
of the club members spent the
In closing-, the VJVBA would
afternoon of Dec. 26th bowling like to congratulate Reverend
at the Totem Lanes. For the most- and Mrs. S. Ikuta on the birth of
part, it' Avas the first time and a son.
some proved to be a’ciw g-ood.
; On Dec. 27th, the Junior YBA
girls babysat Avith children of

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It is unfortunate that the pho­ of exhibition games in Canada
tograph received by this office and the U.S. before denarting to
on the Japanese Olympic Hockey the Winter Olympics at Squaw
team, released by its publicity valley on February Sth.
department, does little justice in
They appear in full stripe uni­
reproduction. HoAvever, it should forms, look small and young-, the
prove interesting for Canadians average age being 24, and the
to view how- other countries have weights range from 132 to 176
progressed in playing this Cana­ pounds.
dian dominated and invented
Star of the team is forward
sport. The team’s itinerary is Isao Ono, 26, who. like coach Hi­
published herewith. Unfortun­ roki Onigura, played on the Ja­
ately, it does not cover the Mon­ panese team in the 1957 world
treal and Toronto locales.
championships in Moscow. Few
o
o
o
of the other members have pre­
viously taken part in interna­
VANCOUVER.—The 17-member visiting Japanese Olympic tional competition.
TOKYO.—Japanese goods in
Before the team leaves from
hockey team, within hours of its Fort
_ The New Canadian will appre­ general now enjoy a higher re William
on
Jan.
30th,
it
will
arrival here in Canada, had their
exhibition games at the fol­ ciate new subscribers, in this, the putation abroad because of imfirst workout last Saturday and play
beginning of another decade. We proved quality, the semi-official
lowing locales:
was announced by local hockey
wish
for more persons of Japa­ Japan Export Trade Promotion
Jan.
9th—Chilliwack,
B.C.,
experts to be fast and agile.
nese
ancestry
to subscribe to The Agency (JETRO) said.
The team -will play a number 11th—Powell River, B.C. 13th__ New Canadian for vital news
This was a marked change
Kamloops, B.C., 16th—Medicine
Hat,
Alta., 18th—Lethbridge. concerning- Japanese Canadians from past reputation that Japa­
Alta., 20th—Regina, Sask., 22nd as . well as interesting stories nese goods are cheap but are of
should
interest every poor quality, JETRO said.
—Brandon, Man., 24—Winnipeg, which
reader.
J ETRO’s white paper on a sur­
Man., 27—Kenora, Ont., 29th
For the new subscribers, we vey of Japan’s overseas markets
Fort William, Ont.
Mr. Hisao Kuwata of Winni- ^11 give the special 64-page spe­ observed that because of improv­
Christmas issue free of ed quality, designs and trade
Pec and Mr. James Dunn, former cial
charge,
and ask that all friends practices, a wide range of goods,
31—Toronto. New Year's Day service
president of the Canadian Ama­
at .Buddhist Church . 8 p.m.
encourage
to subscribe to not only textiles and sundries,
teur Hockey Federation, are re- This paper. others
Subscription is $6.00 but also a number of heavy and
P °rted to have do ne mu ch of the
January
—one year; $3:50 fol^ oneHialf “chemical industry products have
work to enable the Japanese foi
year.
won high praise.
9—Toronto. Nisei Students' Club's An­ team to play its exhibition games
nual Bowling Nite at Olympia Edward throughout Canada.
The agency predicted an in­
Alleys. 7:30 p.m., dance will follow
crease
of about 17 pei’ cent in ex­
Our
Readers
Write:
at University Settlement House about
9:30.
ports this past year over 1958. It
16—Montreal. Campus Club Scholarship uiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiniiniiiiiiij
ascribed the increase to world­
Why Can’t JCs Be More wide
Dance at McGill Union.
business recovery and to ef­
16—Montreal. Homemaker's Club's New
forts
of Japanese producers to
Heedful
at
Xmas
Time?
Year Party at Community Centre.
improve
the quality and designs
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20—Toronto. National JCCA executive
Editor:
of
their
products.
meeting at 415 Spadina. Ave. 8:00 p.m.
WEDNESDAY 10-PIN. Dec. 23: T. Washarp.
The white paper said exports
During the Christmas rush
23—Toronto. Nisei Students' Club's an­ f99n?yaThl 588 (243); Kaide Shimizu 562
to the United States increased by
nual Glenn Miller Nite Dance at UNF UZO); Joe Tsujimoto 554 (203); Bud period,
discussion
was
made
Paine 536 (201); Clare Ward 536; Ken
Hall. $1.25, 8:30-12.
amongst fellow postmen about 53 percent but shipments to
Osaka 529; Ken Doi 524; Tets Ikeda 524Roy Sasaki 517; Jack Cooke 514; Barney Xmas boxes to the postmen, and South-east Asia showed only an
Ozawa 512; John Nishimura 511; Ken
of how nearly all the people re­ 8 per cent gain. Exports, on the
™°rltsu5u 510; Ben Eto 505; Sub Miike
member their postman during other hand, to Africa dropped by
502; Tak Ariza 501.
it is a good policy to
the Christmas and New Year about 10 per cent.
have the RIGHT POLICY
Transistor radios made the
period.
Team Results: T. Muraki 4-0 over Y.
Consult
Onizuka;
Bennette's
Trophies,
Best
greatest
percentage increase in
I, being a Japanese Canadian,
Cleaners, S,
Ariza,
Snelgrove Real
exports,
the
report said, having
was put in a rather ticklish posi­
WALES and DUNCAN
Estate, D; Aoki, 3-1 over Barnicke BA
tion in trying to explain why the gone to the U.S., Southeast Asia,
Service, K. Osaka, Male Shoppe, B
INSURANCE AGENTS
Ozawa and G. Tanaka Jr.; R. Sasaki, Japanese Canadians do not re­ Europe, middle and near East,
G. Anzai, S. Eto and R. Turner split 2-2.
member their postman. I shall Africa, Latin America, Australia
464 Yonge Street, Toronto
and New Zealand.
Phone WA. 1-3171
BEST-BESTWAY. Dec. 14: Len Boor- not take the time to delve into
The report said cotton goods
5,an 5p9; 8*11 Sumi 636; Ed Utsunomiya my reasons at this time.
626; Gord Smith 625; Mits Kuroda 605;
Most
of the postmen in my and other traditional Japanese
Tak Moriyama 601.
station stated that the Japanese products maintained a stable po­
*
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DEC. 21: Joe Tehara 634; H. Moritsu- Canadians are getting the most sition in overseas markets.
gu 616; Mits Kuroda 611; Bob Miyauchi mail (Chrismas cards, magazines,
IDEAL FACILITIES
607; Frank Teshima 605.
papers, etc.), but at this time to
Ladies: Amy Sogawa 653.
show appreciation, the JCs do
*
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not take time nor show any signs
DEC. 28: Bob Miyauchi 708; Roy Chiba
WEDDINGS
697; Frank Nakamura 637; Sam Yamada of thanks to the mailman at all.
I appeal to the public to please
632; Len Boorman 614.
SOCIALS
Ladies: Mrs. M. Skinner 698.
try to remember their mailman
during
the holidays. Thank you.
Consider tne advantages of
MACHINE CO.

Would Be a Pleasant
Gift at This Time of Year

JETRO Paper States
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Jane 55; Scarboro 45; Yonge 41 and
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—H.M.

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ESSSSSSSSSSSSSSS

The. Toronto J CCA wishes to
acknowledge its thanks to the
near 400 persons who attended
me i\ewr Year’s dance at LINK
Hall oni Friday. January 1st
Thanks ;■also g'o to the male memb-We
at

lowship who. in glorious colored
g-rass skirts, leis. ahd ‘•bras”.
presented a timely hula dance
during the .ha If time en terta i n ment. Thank you too, to the SoL ommittee and decorators
for

Things Are Out of Place
Since New Year's Dance
Are you the person who can’t
see without sunglasses? Chances
are if you can’t, you are the per­
son who dropped the pair of pre­
scription sunglasses at Toronto
JCCA’s New Year dance on Ja­
nuary 1st. The description of the
is brown with the wording
Knox Optical.
Will the owner
please phone Stan Hiraki at RO2-4o00 or the TJCCA office to­
night only between the hours of
S:00 p.m. and 10:30 p.m. at WA.
2-6519 to claim the article.
Now, if you’re a male and the
carcoat you’re wearing is slight­
ly on the loose or snug side,
chances are you too had a time
The description of the coat is tan
colored, suburban, three-quarter
length. A mistake was made in
donning- the attire and can be
rectified by contacting Ken Fuji­
moto at LE. 6-68.15 or Reg-theculprit-Johnson at HO. 6-4906. It
has been said by Reggie that
there will be no charge for the

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Information, Reservation
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RU. 1-9123

TJCCA Thanks Everyone
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Wednesday, January 6, 1960

Looking Back.

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P^fe\\?oY?f
Federation of Business and
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Canada states that the Japanese are
tour of Jan™* f
'°rllfor C^adlan emigration, following her
boui ot Japan. . , . After three official months of
*
operation,
it is

Buddhist Church
Typhoon Vera, the world’s third largest disaster, smashed its ■way across the face of Japan doing its worst around

THE NEW CANADIAN
Authorized as second class mail
Post Office Department, Ottawa’
T.
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, RI,„ Japanese Section Editor and
Advertising Manager.

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Mayor Sarto Fourier of Montreal and spouse
are seen receiving a gift fromi
Captain J. Hori celebrating first arrival of
Japanese ship since pre-war to Montreal.

learned that a person, or persons of the JC community are trying
to demoralize the name of the Nipponia Home with vicious rumors’
Lethbricige Herald looks atJ Southern 4L
Canadian Government need not apolofollow°4 the US rlhe 3 treatment during hostilities with Japan
descent
aP °gy t° its citizens of Japanese
x
National JCCA commissions Ken Adachi to write
^“T5” Canadians. . . . Japan Air Lines opens de»
. ' offices which includes one in Toronto. . . Canada and Jnm'i
sign international pact for peaceful use of atomic power.

fcr™^’‘ was sported
that he is also contemplating an­
other cross-country trip, fam
Fukushima gave a financial retrip Wth regai’d .t0 Mr- Achi’s

xrThe last to.pic of discussion was
5^® visit to Winnipeg and Fort
Mr. T. Sumi of no^’defunct Kitsilano Japanese Language School Ass'n and William, by President Ed Ide D
friends are making
nese
donaHon towards National JCCA's History of Japa- Ias reP°ried that the Manitoba
x• •
-S opresident Edward Ide and History treasurer Harry Fukushima chapter of . the NJCCA had paid
to the right of Mr.
^ls,en^re trip and in view of
, ie fact that he would be mak
a IFmg a s de trip to Fort Wi l am
JCCA matters, ?t
a
v°ted to reimburse the Mani­
toba chapter by a nominal sum.
meeting adjourned with a
leminder that the next general
meeting of the NJCCA would be
?orn °n ^ednesday, January 20

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UNESCO Aid in Educating
World on Japan Planned

JULY
Moriram ^'’'n™ ^Lm® “ V.a“ouver designed by Raymond
J mSMA'pwk
o,00(> jam-pack Toronto JCCA's annual picnic
J x- ■ • • • B-C- Salmon net fishing fleet goes on strike
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22-yecn-old Tokyo model, Akiko Kojima
v ins the Miss Universe title at Long Beach, California.
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QxTOvy?‘—The Education MiniIwaO^If^
WOUH S6nd
ship to lyao
Utsumi, school commisP]Tr attacbed to the ministry’s
Elementary and Middle Schools
foi^wStem Ca^
home from Europe
leaves
western Canada for NJCCA history research tour.
to ,WeI1mgton, New Zea­
AUGUST
land, m order to propose the ex­
change of latest textbooks amonfliS’ht service from Tokyo to Toronto inaugurated
NOVEMBER
5
8 travelling time from Japan to he?e
countries of the world
°
se^f^ra^
Civic Auditorium to Centred wpXXd^^
H1 -the T°ronto Jannete Canadian HJhe
be made at
appomted with Sam Hagino as its chairman
JC His- the coming 3rd regional seminar
nnviiazuha CtilI s Kevue from Japan on its American

tour.
dSe
wilt”’ "^ ^^-OO before actual launching of fund for T
Printed publications
• ■ • . ilonyama and Watts architectual work of a Halfway
oPenmg February 1
through February 26 in the New
SEPTEMBER
Zealand capital under the spon­
sorship of UNESCO.
Toronto Bestway ousts Chatham to regain
the TJCCA Softball
The seminar in Wellington is
scheduled to be attended by deleh3168^111 2f countries including
the U.S., Britain, the Soviet
Union
and many South-east M
Asian countries.
The first seminar, which m
part of UNESCO’s work to proJ1?0^ cultural exchange between
the East and the West, was held
in Pans in 1956 and the second
m^hng in Tokyo last year.
,
e JaPanese delegation to th®
forthcoming seminar will take uu
the serious misrepresentation of
?nd its people in foreign
textbooks.
°
Hundreds
of
such foreign
school textbooks were displayed
rn t PPblic exhibition at Mitsukoshi Department Store early in
December.
Asiatic Studies .at the University of
Many of the 600 foreign text­
books
on display carried strange
Centre
CanWHh S.P°“S°|er Sam Ha^o of Bestway Cleaners (in white shirt) the
Toronto
of JaPau.
Cicero"^
Toronto JCCA Challenge Trophy from Chatham Niseis _______
Detroit.
which depicted Japan of half a
,
1Ca5° Were --Presented aom me united States while Hamilton
and Toronto represented the Canadian teams.
Hamilton, Chatham S^r^^^^^
C0"Se des>ed ^ landscape arehi- ce^ury or even 100 years ago.
P^X
“ ““ d ‘"'^ “ sigpifieant TT\rrconJa,pan Committee
of
UNESCO has already sent to
to
Trophy . . Kazushege Hirasawa, editor of the Japan Times
+ Y ZeaIand speciments of 9?
textbooks now used in schools in
DECEMBER
this country as well as many re­
i™^^ SS ,fU^ ^»’“ Terence books for children’s "edu­
cation.
OCTOBER
The Japan committee hopes inhe
f
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Institute of Metropolitan^Torontm C°
information about Japan
^BB-Uponsoi^
George
historF Project under chairmanship of
and Die Japanese people in over­
seas- textbooks would be comple­
George huuKa. . . . First Japanese freighter to see the Great T
^•°r d ^ldo Tournament in Tokvo come 1960
Our
?r the twenty-sfeond time
P C1Si tely eliminated through the text^nYes.}n Toronto harbor in the company of NC editor Ken Morf
. The oook-exchange program.
bhe is the Muneshima Maru. ... Dr. Shinsho HinnvnL
J I Centie Fund Drive under the new committee raises over
$285,000
Buddhist Churches of America arrives here on' goodwil^tour towards meeting the $320,000 goal for the community.
As a matter of fact, the comand to assist in celebrating the 10th anniversary of° the Toronto
nintee has been approached bv
—photos by Jack Hemmy bntain and Taiwan for a supplv
of modern Japanese textbook
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