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pan Commemorates Beginning Of The Meiji Era 100 Years Ago

By JOE GRANT MASAOKA
Bearing a letter from the President of the United
The Shogun government was impelled to do some­
(Rafu Shimpo)
states. Commodore Matthew C. Perrv led a flotilla of
thing which was .unprecedented in mode than 600 years
warships into Tokyo Bay in July, 1853. The letter in­
of military domination. They sought the opinions of
^PAN IN 1968 commemorates the beginning of
sisted,
on the establishment of trade relations with the
the various Daimyo, or feudal lords, throughout the
""Meiji era one hundred years ago. Since the Issei
ruler
of
:
Japan.
After,
delivering
the
letter
in
a
cere
­
country, a step never before taken and which started
e in large-numbers from’Meiji Japan, the Meiji
monial'pageant Perry stated he would return the fol­
the deterioration of Shogun authority.
nnial is of great interest to North Americans
lowing year to draw up a treaty and departed to winter
^apanese ancestry. Moreover, as the possessors of
Despite the strong opposition of Daimyo to acqu­
in the China Seas.
uble heritage. North America and Japanese,
iescence
to the American demand, tlie Edo government
TM
S
gunpoint
ultimatum
created
consternation
at
ed
Issei, Nisei, and Sansei have historical and culn

ia
P^festIy
was powerless to carry out the will of the
s&at of the government, now known as Tokyo.
links with Nippon, some dating from before the
nation.
When
Perry returned in 1854, the Tokugawa
Ine Japanese were appalled by the size of the U.S.
■ ■ '/Meiji Restoration. The - advent: of the age of steam and
shogunate
signed
the treaty acquiescing in the use of
?^ac^ ships”, which steamed up the waters of the
T«bah burning steamships ’ plying the trade routes' to
two ports for limited trade. Other treaties with Eng­
bay straight in the face of rinds which sailing ships
^ America to seek, a coaling way station and
land, Russia, and Holland rapidly followed in the space
cou^no^ They saw the size of the weapons mounted
treatment for castaway mariners in Japan, a
of
two years and opened more ports.
on the ships which could outgun any of their shore
s^.«®Hitry then in isolation for more than two centuries.
These
treaties with European powers shattered the
defenses. This crisis split the government into diehard
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seclusion
and exclusion of the nation which had been
lesi&ters and realists who saw the^,only course was to
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Past ILC. Baby Contest Winners

The New Canadian has sponsored the New Year Baby Contest
for the past
years. A record of past winners include the
^TORONTO. — Ladies and gentle- delivered by Dr. A. Bernstein.
following-:
men! Introducing the winner of The
1951:
Robert K. Nakamura, Lethbridge, Alta. Jan. 1
The New Canadian extends con­
12:57 a.m.
1952:
Brenda J. Sakata, Swift Current, Sask. Jan. 1
Njw Canadian's 1968 New Year Baby gratulations to Christine Haruko and
1:05 a.m.
1953: Kenneth Sakaguchi, Toronto, Ont.
Jan.
2
^ntest: Christine Haruko Anzai!
2:30 a.m.
her parents. A year's free subscrip­ 1954: Arthur* Akira Ohno, Lethbridge, Alta.
Jan.
1
3:20
a.m.
^Miss Anzai, daughter of Mr. and tion to The New Canadian and a 1955:
June Ellen Nunoda, London, Ont.
Jan. 1
3:35 a.m.
1956: Michael Nash, Etobicoke, Ont.
baby gift will be forwarded rsoon.
Jan. 1
6:05 p.m.
Wescen^ *n Agincourt, Ontario, ar1957:
Brian
Minoru
Wakita,
Kitimat,
B.C.
Runner-up for 1968 was Mark War­
Jan. 2
a.m.
)35)
JFd on January 1st, 1968.at 2:53 p.m. ren Fujio Sano, son :of Mr. ..and Mrs. 1958: Dianne Akemi Nagai, Toronto, Ont.
1
6:37 a.m.
Jan. 1
3:35 p.m.
the New Mount Sinai. She was Frank Sano of 1216 York Mills Rd., 1959: Edward D. Suzuki, Winnipeg, Man.
1959: Stephen Kozai, Toronto, Ont.
ght in- 5W
Jan.
1
4:06 p.m.
~
' ■ ■-- ——Apt.- 304, Don Mills, Ont. Mark
■ue for
1960: Lloyd Tanaka, Toronto, lOnt.
Jan. 1
10:37 p.m.
Warren Fujio was delivered by 1961:
i withFrank
Koichi
Ui,
Vancouver,
B.C.
Jan.
3
12:40
p.m.
Dr. Thorhill at 1:50 a.m. on Jan­ 1962:
Corinne
Sakae
Yamamoto,
Vancouver,
:
B.C. Jan 2
10:58 a.m.
tre In Toronto, invitations are uary 3rd, 1968 at the Toronto
me to. V^ORONTO.--- Canadian busi1963: D. J. Masato Uyenaka, Downsview, Ont. Jan. 1
Yoshi J i?9®smen are being offered, the being extended to both Canadian East General Hospital.
3:45 a.m.
dhism opportunity to develop further businessmen and their wives to
1964:
Brenda
Lee
Ann
Inouye,
Toronto,
Ont.
Jan.
1
10:13 p.m.
Other contenders included Jo­
with Japan by attending, take advantage of a special tour
ical)”;t
1965:
Ken
Donald
Nimi,
North
Vancouver,
B.C.
Jan.
1
1:45 a.m.
f BudJ this year’s Osaka Internationa to Osaka leaving Vancouver nathan Iwao Izawa, son of Mr.
1966.
Barbara
J.
Nakagawa,
Dawson
Creek,
B.C.
Jan.
1
7:20 a.m.
-Trade Fair in April and touring April 16.
Yoga-U.-and Mrs. J. I. Izawa of 1818 Sud­
1967:
Randy
Charles
Okubo,
Chatham,
Ont.
Jan.
’hool>:$fe nation.
9
8:47
a.m.
The tour is being organized by bury Avenue in London, Ontario.
artkle.M^Through The Japan Trade Cen The. Japan Trade Centre; The
Te
New
Canadian
would
be
interested
to
hear
from
any
past
He arrived .at the Victoria Hospi­
winners or their parents.
Journal of Commerce, Vancouver; tal at 7:05 on January 10th.
the Japan Travel Bureau, Tokyo
The New Canadian extends
and Canadian Pacific Airlines.
congratulations to all our con­
The -tour will not. only offer
Canadians a chance to expand testants and extends a warm
. TOKYO.—'Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. and the
their trade contacts with Japan, welcome to enter next year. Good
YORK.—/Bantam Books, but in addition visitors will.-be
Mamichi Newspapers jointly announced a plan to preserve in Japan
4302
announced-Uapt. Allan- R. .able’to observe • Japan’s ’business, luck.
lor 5,000 years representative items of life in 1970.
./'^^worth’s book, “America’siCon- -operations at first hand. Visits
A rich variety, to be selected by a specially appointed commit-.centration Camps”, will be on the to Tokyo and an extended trip
of experts in different-field will be contained in Time Capsule
■ks™ds in paperback form- (95^)- to
Kong are included in
Expo 70, so built that the interior can be preserved for such a long
hi
RW>ughout the nation by Feb. T. the Hong
tour.
ppse
time,.at the site in Osaka’s suburbs of the Japan World
^yer to distributors and
Exposition. It is a modern version of the Rosetta Stone, believed
This is the sixth such tour of­
f'li^ stores, it said that Bos-- fered to Canadians and in past,
to have been buried in 196 B.C. in Egypt and discovered in 1799
lath’s book was “the incredi-. years businessmen have found it
by an officer of Napoleon’s army.
^
story of the 110,000. to be an excellent vehicle for
.. ^e e^act place and time for this Expo commemorative project
TOKYO. — Another comet has
^Americans who were herded into. ■creating new avenues of business
M
re™ain undecided. Further details will be worked out' by
jeen discovered by two interna­ Matsushita
Sf internment camps during with Japan.
and the Mainichi.
tionally known Japanese amateur
War II — their crime:
Osaka,
which
will
be
the
site
astronomers, Tsutomu Seki, 37,
. They also announced the completion and burial of another
sJ^anese ancestors. Here’s the
' unbelievable story of how it hap- of Expo ’70, is Japan’s commer­ of Kochi prefecture, and Kaoru s™i..ar capsule in Osaka in 1970. But, this is intended to be opened
cial and industrial hub with a keya, 23, of Shizuoka prefec- a er 30 years, in .2000 to see how well the contained items can be
opened.”
^population of over three million ;ure. They reported the dis­ preserved underground.
people. From a modest begin­ covery to the Tokyo A stronomical
ning back in 1954, the Osaka Observatory. which confirmed
Trade Fair'has-become one of the the find.
■outstanding trade shows, display­
The observatory in turn has
ing; technical innovations achiev­ notified
the find to the interna­
ed by industries throughout the | tional-bureau
of the Smithsonian
:~
O*—Popular stage-screen world.
TOKYO.—“Keiko, a Japanese,” a national sensation.
Observatory in
Astrophysical
R76 S1"^1 Katsuya Nakadai will -make
Over 10,000 foreign and 2,300,a Japanese radio documentary
A Japanese vernacular in San
173 t^aPPearanee in an Italian out- 000 Japanese buyers have explor­ Boston, U.S.A.
on the difficult life of a child of Francisco reported the incident
IIlIllF rSS? action film drama known ed this market place during-past
The bureau will shortly an---- '
as a “macaroni” Western. Fairs. The Trade Fair runs for nounce to the world the d'iscov- mixed blood in Japan which won and helped to introduce Miss Ko­
an “Encouragement Prize” durto hei* present husband, Na­
ma^e in Rome.
a three-week period and has re­ ery of the new comet, which will ing'last year’s national art festi­ seki
thaniel Clark, a career Navy man.
^JJa^adai is particularly known corded as much as $194 million be called “Ikeya-Seki II.”
val, will be translated into En­ The Clarks reside now in San
« ^t^s war ^Pic drama “Ningen- in total business ventures in a
According to the Japanese Ob­ glish and published, in the United- Francisco.
§ .-^
(“No Greater Love”) single year. This is a combina- servatory, Ikeya found the comet States late this year.
Miss Koseki’s letter was edit­
15® “Seppuku” (“Harakiri”), the tion of $19,300,000 in imports, 29,
in observations from his home
Author of the 'Volume will be. ed and published as a book last
having won critical ac- $54,640,000 in exports with the at .about 5:25 a.m. Friday, Dec.
listed as Keiko Koseki. Miss Ko­ fall. It caught the eye of Cowell
abroad. He will star in the remainder in domestic transac­ in Hamana, county, Shizuoka.
seki, 20, of mixed Negro and Publishing’ Co., publishers of
titled “The Specialists,” tions.
Japanese
blood,. .wrote. about her Look magazine, who will release
w^ he directed by AntoThe Trade Fair is alternated
life
in
Sasebo,
the navy port the English version next fall.
^ Celvibetween Osaka and Tokyo each Japanese A cto r ~ Signs
where she was born, and in To­
Among possible translators of
left for Rome on January year and attracts over 36 coun­
kyo where she grew up under the the volume are listed Edwin O.
For
"Green
Berets"
Role
* r^? arrive in time for the shoot- tries as exhibitors. The exhibits
cold stigma of being a “kurom- Reischauer, former U.S. ambas­
°f fhe film which will start range from machinery to sundry
HOLLYWOOD.—-Japanese act­ bo” and daughter of a “pan pan.” sador to Japan; Donald Keane,

January. He rill be .away goods, not including machine or Hiroshi Hisamune has signed She mailed her manuscript to the
Columbia University professor
'
rhe Haiyuza troupe, modern tools and automobiles which are
popular “Good Eevening, This is and authority on Japanese liter­
for
a
role
in
John
Wayne's.

The
^ of drama, for about two shown in specialized fairs.
Usaya Morhisige” show early ature; and William Elliot, pro­
^» gffiBtlths.
Green Berets.”
□ young
oi Jensbut no!

Sa"e Centre Offers Japan Bizz Tour

U Bosworth's Book
Or Paperbacks

Japan's 5,000-Year Time Capsule Idea

Astronomers SekiIkeya Discover
Another Comet

.. s^Wirakiri' Actor In,
^ccironi Western

Japanese-Negro Story

last -year.- Itsybroadcast created' fessor - at; “Kanto University/

Page 2

Saturday, January 20, 195s

PAGE 2

Judo and Karate Receive Grants
From Dept. National Health & Welfare Japan Camera Leads C J. Hockey League Action (

the 7th Canadian Judo Championships in Saskatoon on May 18th, 1968. This is, an official Cana­
|,
■TORONTO. — The representa­ busy that'game.
dian Kodokan Black Belt Association sanctioned
The
Urabe
Insurance
forward
I1
tives of Japan Camera and Duf­
event.
ferin Cleaners battled to a 2-2 were nothing to write home abou- S
either as they played with - >
Karate received $685.00. This will go towards tie in hockey action last week. minimum
of effort and with lh- 8
Mas Mori was volunteered in­
holding the Eastern Canada Championships in to minding the Dufferin nets tie heart.
The Urabe marksmen were P
Montreal this spring. This event is officially sanc­ when regular Jerry Yamashita
John. Fujiwara, Chuck Saito, Bnn'’
missed
the
game,
due
to
the
bliz
­
tioned by the National Karate Association.
zard ■which hit Toronto. Mas is Ariza and Dick Terashita. All I
*
$
normally a forward for the. stu­ the Urabe goals were scored in |
Largest of the grants announc­ diomen. There was a 10 minute similar fashion;, the insurant- 1'
ed by the minister, $32,310, goes delay in the game.
men simply waited until one <1 ’
to the Canadian Amateur Basket­
It was. an exciting game once the photog defensemen committed fc
ball.
Association.
It
will
cover
an error and capitalized.
|
VANCOUVER. —Pretty Japanese Canadian figure skater. Miss
half the travel costs of athletes it got under way. Dufferin took
Yamada
Studio
has
proved
to
Sarah Kawahara last week captured fourth place in the Canadian competing in the senior men’s an early 2-0 lead and after that be a real surprize this season |§
Women’s Novice skating championships held in Vancouver. Miss and women’s and junior men’s Japan Camera was hard pressed They had a great first half, In
to get back their momentum.
Kawahara garnered 379.7 points. Winner was Madeline Begg of and women’s championships.
It was Frank Shiraishi all the ing only one of its first - 1
The championships are to be
North Vancouver with 386.2 points.
way
for whenever he was on games. For a while they were
conducted this year in the form
ice, he completely dominated the league leaders. But they k>
Miss Kawahara lives in Toronto.
of four regional playoffs and a the
managed only one tie in the 1
four-team final. The senior men’s the play. Under his leadership six attempts. This qualifies them
championships will be held in Dufferin put on a fine showing for the league cellar.
the home town of the Atlantic against the league leading came­
This surprising turn-about can
regional winner; the senior wom­ ramen. Frank scored both of the be attributed to their forwards y^
D
G-men

s
goals.
The
assists
went
TOKYO.—Kokichi Tsuburaya, .The bloodstained body in pa­ en’s at the home of the Western
Ken Davie and Ted Hayashi. Because of trades, and drop­
Japan’s Oly m pic marathon jamas and lying on his bed was regional winner; the junior men’s to However
the cameramen are outs, Yamada has been striped’."^
bronze medalist in. the 1964 To­ found at 11 a.m. by Lt. Masaki at the Pacific regional winner’s no mean team.
And in the second of its forwards. With the iokyo Games committed suicide re­ Koizumi, 23, a wrestler, who lives home grounds; and the junior
period they once again demon­ wards having little luck around |;^
women’s at the home court of the strated
cently in his quarters at the in the next room.
their overwhelming pow-. the nets, the staunch defenseTsuburaya’s bronze medal was Central regional champions.
Ground Self-Defense Forces Phy­
er.
George
Naka started the Ja­ men, which Yamada once boast-t^g
sical Training School in Asaka, the only medal Japan won in the
The Canadian Amateur Ski As­
have had to carry the ^
track and field events of the 1964 sociation was granted Fitness^ as­ pan Camera machine rolling with ed,
Saitama prefecture.
play
and hence have lost some^
sistance amounting to $25,705 to a tip-in off the pass of Pat Ki­ of theii’ effectiveness on the Wue-^
Tsuburaya, 27, a second lieu­ Tokyo Olympic Games.
Abebe Bikila of Ethiopia won conduct national championships tamura.
tenant and a physical education
Willy Naka decided to keep line.-Gen Hamada, Roy Koba-fiJ|
the
marathon in 2 hours 12 min­ for senior and juniors in alpine,
instructor in the GSDF, killed
it
in the family as he picked yashi and Glen Katsuyama can ^
himself by cutting his carotid utes 11.2 seconds.
cross-country and jumping
up
Japan Camera’s second and really cover-up in their own end,^
Tsuburaya, who hailed from events.
artery with a razor, blade.
game-tying
goal off a scram­ but too often they get caught up^
Sugakawa City, Fukushima pre­
The Canadian Soccer Football
fecture, received a deafening ova­ Association will conduct national ble in front of the Dufferin net. behind the play because of theu^
tion when he returned to the Na­ championships in senior and jun­ Tom Maikawa and Roger Inamo­ attempts to get goals.
tional Stadium as the second run­ ior regional playoffs and final to were in on Willy’s marker.
Mas Mori played a fair game, Schedule:
ner. But he was overtaken by with the aid of two Fitness
January 21 3:00 p.m. Urabe J'l
BARRISTER, SOLICITOR
the runner-up, Benjamin Heatley grants totaling $18,620. , One all tiling considered, and in the
second
period
he
was
instrumen
­
NOTARY PUBLIC
of Great Britain to settle for the hundred and eighty athletes,
Insurance vs. Dufferin Cleaneis
third place. Tsuburaya’s time coaches, managers and officials tal in preserving the tie for the
4:00 p.m. Yamada Studio v ■ ?
2 Carlton St., Toronto
was 2:16.22.8.
Japan Camera
will participate in the senior DC-men.
Room 1805
George Shimono is deserving
He also placed sixth in the playoffs and final, while 160 will
January 28 3:00 p.m. Yamad1
293-4281 (R«s.)
366-6388
of
laudets for his playmaking Studio vs. Dufferin Cleaners
10,000 meters in the same Olym- take part in the junior champion­
from the Japan blueline. But by
4:00 p.m. Urabe Insurance v
pics.
ships.
away, Frank Shiraishi was Japan Camera.
NOTE FOUND
J
A $15,024 grant to the Cana­ “and
TEAM STANDINGS
tish
“I am too tired to run any dian Volleyball Association will the” player of the game.
G W T L
The studiomen thought highly
more.” Tsuburaya said in the support national championships
2 J f
7
12
Japan Camera
4 ! 1'1
note'he left to his parents and for both men and women, junior enough of Mas’s, work between Urabe Insurance
12 5
pipes to allow him to re­ Dufferin Cleaners
2 I
4
12
family.

and senior. The championships the
4 6 Si
2
12
Yamada
Studio
main
'
there
for
their
game.
In the note to his parents, 1 su- are scheduled for McMaster Un­
Anywhere — Anytime
PLAYER
STANDINGS
buraya added, “I am so sorry iversity in Hamilton, March 7 Wayne Shimizu played out.. The
A P p®l
G
stratagem
was
to
no
avail
as
21 i
15
6
Frank
Shiraishi
that
I
gave
you
so
much
trouble.
Air—Ship—Bus—Rail
and 8.
20 0
9
11
the insurancemen of Gertrude Roger Inamoto
I would have liked to live with
Tours—Hotei—Sightseeing
14 0
8
6
Ken Davie
Urabe
blotted
out
the
hapless
14
Travellers Cheques
8
6
George Shimono
you.”
,
photogs 4-0.
5
13 si
8
Tsuburaya also expressed in
Doug
Fujiwara
^
Obtainable
FIRE — THEFT — AUTO
12 Ei
3
9
Whenever the photogs dared Dave Mitobe
the note his deep appreciation for
a
Travel, Accident
ci
11
3
8
Al
Shishido
trespass on Urabe territory, Mat George Nishikawa
4
the aid and kindness of his family
Consult
11 t
7

and Baggage Insurance
Nakamura was good enough to Rick Mori
8*
11 li
3
by naming all members.
11 2
8
3
stop them in their tracks. On Sam Tanaka
11 si
BRINGING SOMEONE OVER?
8
3
the other hand Mat was not very Daley Baba —

OTTAWA.—The Japanese martial arts of Judo
and Karate have again received recognition and
support to hold national championships by the
Department of National Health and Welfare.
Fitness and Amateur Sport grants were announced by the Hon. Allan J. MacEachen, Minister
of Health and Welfare.
Of the two martial arts, judo received the lion’s
share of $7,782.00. This will go towards holding

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top teams were matched against each other. Yas Shinde and hi;
team curled their way to an early 9-0 lead and scored an ea?
14-8 win to move into sole possession of first place.
Archie Kamiya’s team had a 14-3 rout over Sam Murakami'
team. Sam was absent for the game and Gene Ohashi tried vainly
to keep -the score respectable. Archie’s team has now gone 7 game
in a row without a defeat and has moved into a tie for secow
with Gord Kai, two points out of first place.
Hide Hirowatari let Rod Matsuo sneak away. to an earl]
5-0 lead after 4 ends of play but came on to defeat him 7-5. Hide
team of Janet Matsukubo, Ed Tanaka and Jane Uchikata took a &
the 5th end, 2 more on the 6-th end to tie the score and then sto»
one each on the 7th and 8th ends to steal awav the victory.
In other games, Tosh Nagano swept by Herb Sugie 10-d ■«
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President Johnson
Personal Notes Across Canada
To Be Reelected
panese Movie "Chichi to ko" In Hamilton Jan. 25 Says Japan Seeress Obituaries
Births

? Dates And Doings



HAMILTON.—The Playhouse Theatre on Sherman Avenue in
-nilton on Thursday, January 25th from 7:30 p.m. will show
apanese movie “Chichi to ko”. This event is sponsored by the
nilton JCCA. The film is presented by the Toronto Japanese
sulate General.
Everyone is welcome to attend this highly regarded movie.__ T.U.

TORY O.—-Aside from the elec­
TORONTO. — Ted and Hilda
YOSHIKI
tion of President Johnson for
Mitsubata (nee Fujii) are very
another term, “many changes” in
COOKSVILLE.—Tokusoke Yo­ happy to announce the birth of
the roster of world leaders will
occur during 196S, according to shiki of Cooksville, Ont. Pas­ a son, Timothy Brian Tadao, 7
a prediction made by seeress sed away at Queenway General lbs. 141-j oz. on
December 20th,
Kototome Fujita, who "was the Hospital on January 3rd, 196S
1967.
A
brother
for Sharon.
guest at the recent “This Is Ja­
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pan” program of the Foreign in his 94th year. Funeral serv­
Special thanks to Dr. N. Yoneice was held on January 5th at yama.
Club.
, Andrew's Anglican Congregation Union Serv3 Correspondents
The 29-year-old prophetess, Japanese United Church in Tor­
TORONTO.—St. Andrew’s Japanese Anglican congregation will whose psychic powers were first onto with the Rev. M. Norisue
holding their monthly union service on January 21st, at 11:30 discovered when she was seven officiating. Burial at Park Lawn
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years old, related some, of the
i. The rector will deliver the sermon on the “Divine Law And successful predictions that she Cemetery on Jan. 6th.
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man Regulation”. The church choir will sing the anthem.
has made, including the selec- Following the service, the congregation will hold a New Year’s tion of the Crown Prince’s bride,
the railroading of the ratification
:ial. Everyone is cordially invited to attend. —Rev. K.I.
of the U.S.-Japan Security Trea­
ty, and Sato’s rise to power in
succession to Ikeda.
^Ksansei Kai "Surprise Party" Slated For Jan. 20th Miss Fujita, who emphasized
MEMBER OF C.R.CA
- _ TORONTO.—Saturday, January 20. Mark it on your calendar! that she is “not a fortune teller”
FLAT
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SHINGLING
makes predictions based on
i jfe a surprise party sponsored by'the Nisansei Kai. Dress is casual but
intuition, answered questions ra­
eavestroughing
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refreshments will be served. What’s the surprise? Find out pidly and directly. She stated
ALCAN
SIDING
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Saturday, January 20. Contact Tam, 255-1442; Michi, 532-6347; that she can only answer “seri­
.Gene, 421-5940; Marion, 233-1597. This function is restricted to ous questions” and does not
members only, so, if you haven’t joined, contact Roy for your make predictions about baseball
TORONTO
NISEI OWNED
or Sumo results.
membership card at 757-8356. —N.K.
Vietnam
TOSH NISHIJIMA
TrCOHERING ONTARIO
8
Replying to one question, she
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said that she does not foresee
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word “peace” connected with
f TORONTO.—The CJHL is happy to announce the names of the Vietnam in 1968. The war is like­
mners of its annual turkey draw, picked on January 1, 1968. Con- ly to be intensified. Later, be­
satulations!
cause of public opinion, the situ­
| If you (a winner) have not been contacted or if you know ation will turn calmer but by
® ,o ja winner- who has not been contacted, please have him "write Mr. that time, war will break out in
Begins Jan. 13th Through Feb. 3rd.
fen Katsuyama at 53 Anewan Dr., Scariboro. We have been un­ some other country — “either a
de to reach all the winners.
very cold or very hot country,”
I
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| First Prize — L. Wile, 102 Westminster Ave., Toronto 3, Ont. she added.
| Second Prize — Mrs. C. Naka, Huttonville, Ontario.
_ The Vietnam situation will con­
Exclusive Noritake China
I Third Prize — C. Fujiwara, 31 Condor Avenue.
tinue to smoulder in 1968 and in
Fourth Prizes — John Mann, 2275 Victoria Park Ave., Apt. 208; 1969 but “strategy in a different
Archie Kamiya, 80 Forest Manor, Apt. 616, Willowdale, Ontario; direction will be adopted,” she
Gal Searles, 183 Linden Avenue, Scarboro, Ontario; Colby 447-0497; said.
Louise Ockender, 2212 Egliiiton
" ’
Ill replying to another ques­
Avenue West, Apt.
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tion, she said that North Viet^^Pf^Y 9—6
Tel. 463-7831
namese troops would not carry
Fridays 9—9
□ver 100 Attend Japanese Immig. Liaison Meet out large-scrale attacks via Cam­
bodia.
By T. UMEZUKI
Kototome Fujita, who is regu­
larly consulted by Japanese poli­
TORONTO.—Some 100 persons attended the Japanese Im- tical and business leaders, made
Welcome Japanese Canadian Frionda
Igjgrants Liaison Committee New Year gathering and general the following predictions in re­
^meeting held on January 12th at the Toronto Buddhist Church. ply to questions:
-—A turning point in world af­
^Veteran members and many new faces enjoyed the warm social
fairs will come in mid-summer
tnrosphere and interesting films presented by the local Japanese this year. Japanese politics will
'5Onsu^a^e General such as “Bunraku”.
be greatly affected by some big
event occurring abroad.
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The group’s new organ — mimeographed — called “Shin Issei”
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0^^ew Issei, was introduced and distributed to all those attending. also, a turning point will come
126 Elizabeth Street at Dundas, Toronto
in 1968. The man who is to suc­
Yamamoto, Vice-president, gave a brief address at ceed him is still “imperfect.”
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inception of the meeting. General Secretary Mr. Y. Hashimoto Mao’s successor will be neither
Lin Piao nor Chou En-lai but
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^®e a reP°rt which revealed that the Toronto JCCA has granted someone not generally known in
^^sum of $200.00 to the committee to carry on activities. This Japan at present. A “sign” relat­
^^nt is a gesture of thanks to the new group for their tremendous ing to this successor will come
in last December’s variety concert to commemorate the 25th in 1968.
Pres. Johnson
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It was also announced that a sum of $50. be allocated to the opinion is critical of President
l®pir which sang and won the hearts of many at the concert. The Johnson, he still enjoys a solid
group of supporters and will be
?Wlr ^rouP has already started practices with new members.
reelected because “he has more
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work to do.”
CROWN LIFE
—A world leader may meet a
For best arrangements
violent end, but it will be in a
Reserve ahead of time.
lWIW»i«H*nzni
non-English speaking country.
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—In Japan, when the weather
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Miss Fujita, who said she read's
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said that Prime Minister Sato
was pleased when she predicted
that he would assume the helm
of government and commented
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in effect since the banishment of Portuguese in 1638. Europeans Enlightenment” as his reign was termed, was then but a lad of
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cerned with imposing political stability and the freezing of the
Feudal Japan ended and modern Japan began in 1868 as a
social classes in a hierarchy.
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dependent, adventurous people, but from 1600 Tokugawa leyasu ma, Choshu and other leaders to give up their hereditary estates
and his heirs regimented their society.
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trator at the top. Those eligible to this privileged aristocracy their lands and consequently of all their power.-This demand was
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were the samurai who were distinguished by long and short swords unexpected by the Tokugawa, and they resisted. The Battle of
worn on their sides. Below the samurai or shizokn came the peasant, Toba-Fushimi, two small strategic villages on the highway between
Osaka and Kyoto and another battle at Ueno Park in Edo followed,
followed by the artisan and last, at the bottom came the merchant.
but the Revolution was accompanied by little loss in lives.
The commoners or heimin were the no-ko-sho, farmers-artisansSamurai, as the disappearing remnant of the feudal era, took
business men. The merchants although attaining affluence and
the influence which goes with it were nevertheless officially down­ the loss of their privileged status hard, especially the curtailment
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considered to be unproductive. The superior status of shizoku was elite class.
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revealed in one instance by the decree that only the aristocracy
Some say the 1869 Alameda Colony of Japanese in California !^
both English and Japaanese flu-X
could wear silk with commoners restricted to cotton. But this were samurai expatriates. Members of this Colony were ignorant who can .work - well with attactii
restriction did not stop the merchants who although wearing outer of agriculture and had to hire Caucasian farmers to teach them women and who wishes a potential »
of $1500 a month. Write Box
garments of cotton had silk linings and undergarments of the for­ since they knew no other trade. When the Iwakura Mission of 1871 come
Willowdale, ./Ontario for appointae^
bidden fabric.
came to San Francisco, it is believed that Ambassador Iwakura
The Tokugawa shogunate had kept a tight grip over the persuded them to return to their native land and that no punishment
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But so-me irreconcilables under the leadership of Saigo Takamori urst and ' ‘Wilson area. Phone ' (dtrl W
threats, to the Takugawa rule.
defied Tokyo. These were Satsuma samurai who soon found in 789-7371, (evenings) 633-9376. (Toronto).;^
Political stability had been achieved at the cost of ironfisted battle that their swords could not cope with citizen soldiers with
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The new Japan fully was aware of its backward status. When excellent, .wages, phone after 6
turies and yielded a domestic tranquillity equal to that experienced
the
Iwakura Mission called on the treaty powers to revise the 366-1651 Saturday, 233-8352 (Toronto).
by any state at that time.
unequal treaties which granted .extraterritorial rights to foreigners,
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An incident of emotional impact which marred
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__ peace the Japanese were rejected because they were not considered on the
during that period was the problem which arose from the 47 Ronin.
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who avenged the death of their lord. Ronin means masterless same level of development and stability as the European nations.
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Resolved to correct this disparity Japan, as it had a thousand 923-7825 (Toronto).
samurai. A lesser lord had been so insulted hy a higher lord that
he drew his blade and wounded' his superior. Stringent rules for- years earlier in learning from China, sent its students to countries
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bade the drawing of a sword inside the castle compound of Edo which excelled in certain ways. To England students went to learn;
about maritime affairs of the navy and shipping, to France for ROOM and. board wanted for a ycung ^
on pain of death.
man. arriving-from Japan end o! Ira:-®
Edo officials decreed the death penalty by ordering the offender military science but switched to Germany when ^Bismarck defeated ary.
North or Central prefered but Mt®
to commit suicide and declared his lands forfeit. His samurai lost the French, to Germany for medicine, to France for law and to /essential.
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the
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for
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their status and became ronin. Forty-seven of these ronin took an
366-5720 (Toronto.)
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oath to revenge the death of their master but knowing that the
metsuke would be suspecting such action decided to divert suspicion eaucation and set up a Ministry of Education in 1871 erecting;
away from themselves.
thousands of schoolhouses and training tens of thousands of teach­
ers.
The leader of this band ostentatiously entered the life of a
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stole into the house of their master’s enemy and decapitated him
and several retainers.
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'The commission of this act in full knowledge of the conse­
quences made them national heroes. They exemplified the Bu­ hostesses at the many cabarets, tion over the Ginza area, in To­
shido code of self-sacrificing loyalty. The government debated the bars and night cluibs in Tokyo kyo, 10,660 of the estimated 16,to es- 000 hostesses working in theproblem of their fate and finally decided to permit them the honor- will find it more difficult
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able death of harakiri or self immolation Thev remain revered £ P the eyes of tax collectors many drinking establishments in
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trom now on.
the area made, declarations last
The Tokyo Tax Administration March.
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This feudal society known as the Tokugawa period' was nearing
its end wnich was hastened by the coming of foreigners following Bureau revealed recently that a
The Tax Office, however, was
the treaties.- The Tokugawa rulers, the in-group for two and a half new system will be enforced from able to collect taxes from only
centuries, having foisted these unpopular foreign admissions upon January 1 under which income 3,800 of them because the tax­
the people, were wide open to attack. Dissident, young out-group received by such hostesses will able amount after deductions on
samurai rallied mass support with banners: “Honor the emperor be taxed at the source, similar to income declared by them was
_ expel the barbarians!”
wages paid to salaried workers. low.
T , However, they changed their anti-foreign but not their antiA similar system is expected,
iokugava stand when they saw how puny their military strength to be applied to hostesses work­ llllllIlllllIIlIlIlIllIIllllilllllklllllllllllllUlllllIIIIllIIllIllIIlIIlllllllllIHllllIIII
was before the onslaught of Western warships. It was in 1863 ing in other parts of the country
when British gunships cannonaded the Satsuma clan capital of from Jan. 1st. this year.
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Under the system, a hostess
warriors who had gotten out of hand. Again, the following year receiving /daily
allowances or
^imAeVv-C- °f Dutch’ Frei}cb, British and U.S. gunboats shelled monthly wages* from the opera^•-bimonosek1 in retribution for the firing upon and damage to tor of a
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±hey showed how well they learned when in 1866 the Toku- office in March for income obl So^’ornment sent its sword-wielding samurai to punish the Gained through tips and other reChoshu for its anti-Edo plots. The Choshu recruits in battle af- venues, such as contract money,
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ized navy. Tnus, Satsuma and Choshu deserted the anti-Western hostesses at cabarets and night
reactionaries and gave added impetus to the revolution ending the clubs had been making final de- .
feudal Tosugawa period.
clarations on their income once
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Toku^"'a regime still held swav ovei’ the land but a yeai’ in March. Their revenues
even its backers were becoming disenchanted with Edo rule’ and had been regarded as business
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were increasingly convinced
emperor, long
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kept in
in the income, as in the case of shop
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“^>ni,luon °t the Tokugawa regime had been ownership of most of the tax officials found it verv
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Edo, but these revenues were now inadequate to pay the mounting of 'such girls.
cosU of government. There was no nation-wide svstem of taxation
Also, the taxable amount is
Ine treasury was near depletion.
very small since the hostesses
It had been a decade and a half since Perrv’s coming, and are allowed to deduct 40 percent

there were rising fears of Western imperialism among leaders who of their revenues for clothing
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