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Pocket Of Japanese Brazilians Still Believe Japan Never Lost War
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TOKYO. — For years after : As years went by, the ranks
the end of World War II, the Ja- of the “winning team” were de­
panes e in Japan heard that ma- cimated until, as of 1973, there
ny of their compatriots in Bra- were only three families
conzil refused to accept
Japan’s si sting of 14 individuals still besurrender.
lieving in their own
fanatical
Among the Japanese in Bra- myth.
zil, these die-hards were called
How these people have lived
“kachigumi” (winning team) a- and maintained their mental ind those who believed Japan'had solation in Brazil is
described
lost the war were called “make? by the leader of the group in
gumi” (losing team). These are the current issue (February 19terms applied to teams of scho­ 74) of Bungei Shonju.
olchildren, playing a game aga­
The magazine carries an arinst each other.
/ tide, signed by Eiichi Higa, 65,

along with interview comments
by other members of his group.
The 14 persons making up Hi­
ga’s group, all of whom happen
to come from Okinawa, returned
to Japan on Now.. 18, 1973, with
financial assitance by the Govemment.
The reason for the
Government -helping their repartriation
was obvious. Seeing their fat­
herland with their own eyes would make them change their vi­
ew.
Yet, the experience has so far

had. no such effect on them. If
persons
anything, what these
saw in Japan of ,1973 reinforced
their conviction that Japan cou­
ld not have been
defeated in
the war.
Higa and his associates lived
in the suburbs of Toledo, about
200 kilometers from Sao Paolo.
Before the war, there
were
about 400 Japanese immigrants
there, but now the number is about one-half.
Immediately after Japan’s su­
rrender in August 1945,
there

was a great deal of confusion in
the minds of the Japanese in
Brazil.- It appears that no one
was quite certain of the outco­
me of the war, one way or the
other. Higa’s mental
isolation
began in those days, and being
a Japanese believing in Japan’s
invincibility in war, Higa accep­
ted the views of only those who
believed Japan had won. Within
a few months, however, he fo­
und the ratio between the “los(Cont. on P. 2)

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An Independent Organ, for Canadians of Japanese Origin
Vol. XXXVIII 10

Toronto, Ont

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 8, .1974

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Nisei Musician Played With
Lionel Hampton Shot To Death
I who chose music as a profession, and one of the fewer still
Ine news report out of Re,
,
v
who made reputations as solid
no, Nevada, earlier this month
instrumentalists. Paul was even
was tersely factual.
more unique in that he could as
Under, a new state law which easily perform the classics as he
allows a capital murder charge could, and did for many years.
to . be brought against someone jazz. (He had been participating
accused pf tlie
pi'emeditated in a performance of “The Mes­
murder of more than one per­ siah” at the Pioneer Theater be­
son, Edward L. Smith, 46, may fore he was shot.)
receive the death penalty
for
From organizing and leading
the slaying of a San Francisco a band in the wartime camp at
Nisei and his wife.
Amache’, Colorado, he went on
The slain Nisei was Paul Hi­ to join a touring
midwestern
gaki. His wife was the former dance orchestra led by Lee Wi­
Bonnie Smith, once married to lliams. At a later point in his
the accused man.
career, he was offered a slot in
As reported in the West coast the brass section of the Texas
press, Smith, who was
under Symphony Orchestra. All this,
treatment for “his mental con­ it should be noted, occured befo­
dition,” shot and killed his for­ re and right after the end of
mer wife as she waited in a car World War II, a period not re­
for Paul outside - the Pioneer membered by Nisei as a time of
Theater auditorium. When Paul maximum- job opportunities.
emerged from the theater carry­
The most significant
break­
ing his trombone case, he, too, through in an admittedly tough
was shot by .Smith.
field was made by Paul in late
A native of San
Francisco, 1949 oi' early 1950 when he was
Paul Higaki was one of the re­ hired- by Lionel Hampton, who
latively small number of Nisei had himself been one of the fir­
st to break the so-called color
barrier in the big-time when he
played with Benny Goodman.
Paul was therefore a pioneer
in a way and in a time when
that had a meaning that it does
not seem to have today, for good
or ill.
Bv SALL GENE MAHONEY
His: brushes with racism-in-revOLYMPIA. — Among the se­ erse-sideways-whicheverway du­
veral new members of the Wash­ ring the Hampton band’s tours
ington State Legislature which of the South were reported here
convened here recently’was Cla­ some 20 year's ago when he was
rk .County’s Dick Kishimoto, the in New York for an engagem­
first Nisei ever to serve on the ent at the now-defunct Bop Ci­
ty. He told then of how he was
Washington body.
hotels in
The title of “busy man” fits refused lodgings in
-Rep. Kishimoto, R-49th District, which the Black members of the
was
of Hazeldell. Now he has added band stayed; of how he
the duties of a state representa­ allowed to appear on the same
tive, to a long list of activities. stand with the Hampton band
Kishimoto, 34, took his seat but not to blow his trombone;
indignities,
for the first time at the Legis­ and of other such
lature’s recent opening session the telling of which he always
to fill out the unexpired. term managed to inject with a serio­
of Richard L. Smythe, who re- comic perspective that some mi­
. signed. And Jan. 15 was the ght have mistakenly judged to
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first time that - Kishimoto had be lighthearted.
He was a helluva
talented
ever been in the state’s Legisla­
ture "Building, even' as a specta­ musician, and a helluva decent
person. • .
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Hamilton Sansei Captures Gold Medal
In Commonwealth Games Wrestling
CHURSTCHURCH. N.Z. — A
Hamilton, Ontario Sansei
was
one of
5 Canadians
winning
Gold Medals in wrestling ' at. the
10th Commonwealth Games held
here. Mitch Kawasaki captured
the Light Flyweight Gold Medal.

weight gold and William 'Benko, er.
Gordon Bertie of
Edmonton,
a 225-pounder from
Calgary,
won the super-heavyweight cha­ was the silver wimier in the fly­
mpionship.
weight class as Sudesh. Kumar,
The Canadian team, in winni­ a policeman from India, won the
ng half of the 10 classes, also title for the second time. Kumar
added the
light heavyweight, was champion four years ago.

A well-known judoka, Mitch and featherweight
gold to its
and the Canadian winners deth­ string of medals.
roned India as the Commonweal­
Terry Paice, a Lakehead Uni­
th’s No. 1 wrestling nation.
versity student from Thunder
Canada swept the two heavy­ Bay, won the light heavyweight
weight classes as Claude Pilon title; and Egon Beiler of Kitche­
of Ottawa, captured the heavy- ner was the featherweight winn-

Jpn. Youth Tending To Be Indifferent
TOKYO. — An alarming percentage of youths
tend to be
indifferent to and seek
flight
from society, according to a survey in which over 1,000 youths
including primary school pupils,
their mothers and teachers were polled.

Canada also had two bronze
winners; Taras Hryb• of Victo­
ria in the middleweight, class
and Steve Martin of
London,
Ontario, in the lightweight com­
petition.

Only one gold four years ago
Canadian wrestlers took a to­
tal- of eight medals. Four years,
agq at
Edinburgh,
Canadian
wrestlers also captured
eight
medals but only one was gold,
Ed Millard of King City, Ont.,
winning the heavyweight divisi­
ons!
- In the 1970 Games, India won
five wrestling gold and Pakis­
tan four. Pakistan did not send
a team to these Games.

cent a “rebellious type” and 40
per- cent the “well adjusted ty­
pe.” The remaining 30 per cent
could not be classified
either
for lack of answers or ambigui­
ties. .
,
The survey has dispelled the
notion that children become less
The survey by the Tokyo Me- rebellious and escapist in natu­
Canada started off as the ma­
tropolitan Government said the re as they grow up. For instanin wrestling power in the Com­
trend had been promoted by ei­ ce, the children of an escapist
wanting monwealth when it won seven
ther a laissez-faire principle or type, especially those
account-* gold medals in the first British
an extreme intervention by tea­ flight from teachers,
Empire Games at Hamilton in
chers and parents and also by ted for 13 per cent of the pri1930. Then it began to slip. Ca­
an overemphasis on school mar­ many school girls polled. The ra- ।
te rose to 19 per cent at the ju­ nada won three wrestling gold
ks.
in
nior high school level and to a in 1934, one in 1938, two
A total of 1,226 pupils and sfurther 32 per cent at the seni­ 1950, and not another until 1966.
tudents at eight Tokyo primary
or high school level.
and high schools, and their mo­
The survey also said that fa­
thers and teachers were questi­
milies
falling in. “laissez-faire”
oned in the survey
conducted
under the direction of Prof. of- and “excessive intervention” ca­
Sociology Koji
Kashikuma at tegories produce 1,3 times more
children of the rebelious
type
Taisho University.
than “democratic- type” families.
In generalizing the results of
It was also found that the fa­
TOKYO. — Tokyo’s “Water­
the survey, Kashikuma said abo­ milies in which mothers- maint­
gate” incident was under police
ut 20 per cent of those sampled ain supremacy over fathers ereinvestigation recently,
making
were found to be of an “escapist
ated 1.6 time more children of newspaper headlines.
type,” slightly less than 10 per the “escapist type.”
Police said a watchman fell
All these meant that' family asleep after drinking sake — ri­
discipline and the positions of ce wine — and forgot to close a
a large bearing on Watergate in a Tokyo river. So- .
how well children adjust to the- me 70 houses were flooded beir environs. low floor level and a fire engine
Kashikuma said it is possible had to pump the water out.
to say that- every child today
Police said more than 50 mo­
tors at sawmills were flooded,
HAKONE. — Hakone in the is apt to play truant.
Kawanaga prefecture; which en- , . “The. characteristics dormant causing 50 million:;. yen. ($166,6
tered into sister city. relations in every child are awakened- by . ^) woith of damage^
with Jasper,
Canada in 1972, excessive, intervention by par-j They said they were irivestimay soon have similar ties with ents and a knowledge-emphasi-. gating the watchman on charges
| zed school education,” he said. | of “overflow by fault.”
Niagara Falls.

Ah So! Tokyo
Has Watergate
Scandal Too

Hakone &Niagara “^
Falls May Have
Sister City Ties

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Friday, February 8, 1974

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Banzai From Brazil

(Cont. from Page One)

Disaster Movies Financial
“Boomu” In Japan

inf team” arid “winning team’’ days after, it had left Okinawa
to be about 9 to 1.
i “Another had obviously been oHaving served in the Japanese Pened- Any letter which looked
army before emigrating to Bra- suspicious or carried messages,
zil, Higa, like many other Japa urging them to accept Japan’s
By BARRY SCHLACHTER
biggest buyers are pessimistic
burned. “And we
nese in Brazil, was a member ^e^ea^ was
college students. He says many
them
In . a film that
TOKYO
of the Veterans’ Association. Be- never replied to any of
of the young tried to escape the
recently opened here , a fright­ strictures of modern society in
cause the “losing team” began- during all these years.
dominating this association, hoDespite such efforts to safe ened prime minister of Japan Japan, then realized they could’wever, Higa and others formed guard themselves against “con watches helplessly as hordes of nt. As a result, they relate to
their own society. called Hokoku spiracies,” however, Higa’s gro panic-stricken citizens stampede the sense of doom in these new
Doshikai (Society of Comrades up reduced in size steadily. In through the collapsing city . of books.
to Serve the State) in 1949. Al­ 1955, - there were 12
families, • Tokyo.
Others say a recent prediction
A powerful earthquake
has ’
together 24. families joined it.
he recalls, arid in 1961, the numof an eartquake as strong as the
The first thing the society did ber was down to three. Five ye- hit, and in minutes skyscrapers one that leveled Tokyo 50 years
was to build a school on a plot ars ago, they had to close the topple and bridges loaded with ago has created a receptive at­
3.6
of rented land with
logs and school because the teacher left vehicles crumble,
mosphere for the doom books.
million people.
they employed a Japanese sch- Brazil for Japan.
But some scholars point out
Gasoline stations and petroch­
“I wish to emphasize that the
oolteacher.
that
a sense of fatalism long
spirit of Hokoku Doshikai was emical plant explode. Fire rages
The “Curriculum” there
laid
has been with the Japanese and
that we could never be wrong if through the rubble of Jhe city,
stress on the language and spithat pessimism may well be a
we obeyed the command of His i trapping those who survive the
ritual qualities, according to Hinational trait.
Majesty the Emperor,” says Hi- earthquake.
ga. One of the graduates of this I
The Japanase have had toSp we simply waited for
A tidal wave puts out the fire,
school is Taro
Hamahiga, 37 : ^a
earthquakes
an imperial command.”
but there is worse to come in the endure typhoons,
who returned to Japan with Hi­
and
intermittent
volcanic
erup­
Presumably, his group decided movie “The submersion of Ja­ tions. Scholars say they survived
ga this time. Hamahiga
sums
up what he had been taught the- to leave Brazil because the Go­ pan.” The Japanese archipela­ by resigning themselves to the
re: “Japan is a country with a J vernment of Japan showed in- go eventually slides beneath the inevitability of calamity.
surface of the Pacific.
history of 3,000 years and rei- terest in them.
Psychologist Hiroshi
Minami
And as Toho Movie Co., the
gned over by the divine Empe
“What mystifies me is
that
of Hitotsubashi University says
ror. Japan did not lose the war. there are people (in Japan) who maker of the film, has s learned, that unhappiness and misfortu­
Japan’s war aim was to liberate regard us as strange when we bad news is good business today j ne are not merely endured in
other Asians peoples from their say Japan won the war,” ■says in Japan. The film cost $1.3 mi- ; Japan, they are positively acceIlion to make and took in $5 mi- j
colonial masters. It was a holy Higa.
Ilion
on the first nine days iti^z,
war. That Japan lost the war is
To argue against those who“This attitude is close to maonly a enemy trick. Don’t belie­ believe Japan lost the. war, Hi­ was shown.
' sochism,” he wrote.
The “shumatsu-ron” —- the cave it.”
ga would cite many
“proofs.”
last
. This school was a consultatio- During the war, it used to be tastrophe boom — began
h •tenter for members of Hoko­ said that if Japan would ever year with the publication of the
novel on which the film was ba­
JAPANESE
ku Doshikai; according to Higa. lose the war, Brazilian laborers
sed.

The
Submersion
of
Japan

RESTAURANT
“In those years, I used to rece­ would deprive the Japanese im­
was
the
No.
1
seller
in
1973;
ive letters from home (Okina­ migrants of their land and wo­
more than 3.4 million copies ha­
wa). But they were all suspicio­ men. But this did riot happen.
ve been sold.
'
i
us. The more closely I examined
After 1945, a Japanese war459 Church St.
Other such books, a “Submer­
them concerning their., points, of ! ship visited Brazil; and the CroPhone 924-1303
origin, the more suspicious they wn Prince and Princess were al- sion of Japan” comic strip and
328 Queen St. W.
looked. The senders; were
my so there. Many Japanese goods now a quarterly magazine call­
Phone 863-9519
relatives and friends, to be su !* are found in Brazil. All these co- ed “After the Apocalypse” are
Toronto
re, but, judging from their con­ uld not have happened if Japan competing to satisfy the present
intereste
in
doom.
tents, the letters appeared to ha- had lost the war, according to
Closed On Mondays
A Tokyo publisher says the '
ve been mailed within
Brazil Higa.
not in Japan.”
Upon returning to Japan, he
Some of them had
tell-tale saw a prosperous Japan at Ha­
signs of conspiracy,. says Higa. neda Airport and in Tokyo. The­
One letter, for instance, appar­ se sights , only strengthened Hi­
ently reached him only
three ga’s conviction ever more.

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Friday, February 8/1974

Personal Notes Across Canada

, Obituaries

CARDS OF THANKS

Mitsui * Company
Dates And Doings
Canada Capital
At $6. Million
United. Church Married Couples Dance. March 9

NISHIDA
TORONTO. — With Lead oTORONTO. — The .Married Couples Club of the Toronto Japa­
We wish to express
our
RAYMOND, Alta. — Passed ffice in Toronto and
branches nese United Church will be sponsoring a Dinner & Dance at the
heartfelt appreciation to our
away in Raymond Alta, on Ja­ in Vancouver, Calgary and Mon- Four Seasons Sheraton Hotel on Saturday, March 9th; dinnei- at
friends and relatives for thenuary 19, 1974. Mr. Tatsuzo Ni­ treal^ Mitsui & Co.
(Canada) 7:00 p.m., dancing 9 p.m. — 1 a.m. Robert Paul and his .orchestra
ir many acts of kindness, me­
shida at the age of 93 years. Be­ Ltd. is today capitalized at $6 — $25 per couple. —- T.J.U.C.
ssages of sympathy and bea­
sides his loving wife, Sumie, he million.
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utiful floral-tributes during
is survived by three sons, Take­
Since a representative . office
our recent
bereavement in
shi, of Nakusp B.C., Eddy Tsuy­ was first opened in Toronto in VON Provides Professional Help At Your Home
the loss of dear mother.*
oshi ,of Calgary and Walter Wa- 1955, it has grown from a oneTORONTO. — If you are caring for a sick person in your fa­
taiu, of Medicine Hat, Alta., two man-plus-secretary operation in­
Takeru Furuya,
daughters, Mrs. George (Mari­ to a significant factor in Canada mily, the VON will be glad to provide professional help and advi­
on Tatsue) Kadonaga of Blair- -Japan trade, employing 120 peo­ ce, and the kind of" treatment your doctor recommends. Perhaps
George Minoru Furuya,
there’s an easier and more effective way for you to care for the
more Alta., Mrs. Ken
(Katie ple.
Joe Toru Furuya
patient
and look after yourself, too. To arrange the visit of a nur­
Misao) Kamitomo of Raymond,
18.7 percent of Japan’s total se, telephone 363-5621.
sixteen grandchildren and three exports to Canada and 17 per­
*
*
great-grandchildren.
cent of Canada’s total exports
The funeral service was held to Japan are now traded throu­
SAY IT WITH
on Tuesday, January 22, at 8 gh Mitsui. These are estimated Radio Free Women Public Meet. At Gladstone Lib.
TORONTO. — RADIO FREE WOMEN is a non-profit co­
P.M. in. the St. Augustine’s Ain-, at some $200 million and $1'64
FLOWERS
mmunity organization working to establish a non-commercial, non­
glican Church (Lethbridge) with million respectively.
profit
FM band community radio station in Metropolitan Toronto.
SHARON'S FLORIST Canon G.G. Nakayama officia­
Mitsui came to Canada In 1954
Programs presently being prepared by the community with
ting.
Peter Sasaki ; ju^ j
Family inteiment service was in response to a suggestion by RADIO FREE WOMEN are being aired on Radio Varsity at ^the
Qm-WlDE oEuVERY
Govern­ University of Toronto, 96.3 on your FM dial with Rogers cable on
held
on
January
23rd
in the Canadian Federal
TEL. 425-2122
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zons between the two countries
Individuals or community groups interested in preparing pro­
Cementary.
be broadened. It was the first grams on issues of' concern to them, will .be given technical and
Japanese company to have full- production assistance by RADIO FREE WOMEN. Public meeting
time representation in Canada.
will be held monthly in the Gladstone Public Library at
1089
Bus: 961-5511 Res: 429-6206
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Originally, Mitsui was enga­ Bloor Street West, at 8 p.m. The next meeting is on Wednesday,
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THE YOUTH OF JAPAN — The winter 1974 issue of Global
dia, Pakistan, Burma, Malaysia
By MARK FRANKLAND
Courier, the colorful and beautifully produced magazine of Japan
and Singapore by recent history
Air Lines, carries a story of more than passing interest to Japa­
TOKYO — A few years ago and have left an
imprint by
nese Americans. It is about the young people of Japan, written by Hollywood produced a movie ca­
language and education
that
Boye De Mente, author of several books, on that country. He re­ lled The Barbarian and The Ge­
will not disappear for a genera­
ports that outwardly, young Japanese “are probably more Ameri­ isha. It was an East-West ro­
tion, and perhaps not ev'erywhe- canized than the youth of any other country.”
mance and its herd (the “bar­ re then. True, Buddhism came
De Mente continues: “Millions wear jeans; some young men barian” of the title) was Town­ to Japan from India, but that
weaxi their hair long; most dig rock and American pop tunes; Co­ shend Harris, the first Ameri­ was centuries ago, since
then
untry and Western music are gaining in popularity; young Japa­ can ambasador in Japan in the the faith was waned in India
nese go bowling’, swimming, dancing, hiking, picknicking, car-ri­ middle of the last century. The and been considerably altered at
ding and to the movies. Their rooms and apartments? are filled hero was played by John Way­ Chinese and Japanese hands. A
with posters. They like hamburgers and hot dogs as well as rice ne and who better to represent good test is to ask who would
Western man — clumsy, perha­ feel more at home in Delhi, Ran­
and fish.”
. *
beneath goon or Kuala Lumpur; an EnDe iMente also notes some striking differences: “But despite ps, but warm-hearted
the prevalence and popularity of dating, a significant percentage the tin skin: a decent and scru- gl i shman o r a Japanes e. In nine
of young Japanese speak favorably of ‘o-miai,’ the traditional sy- table giant among the delicate cases out of ten it would be the
stem of arranging* marriages. At present some 80 per cent of the and baffling Japanese.
former.
Ever since-Puccini wrote Ma­
annual million-plus marriages in, Japan are love marriages (‘reThe only Asian countries with
nai’) but tradition continues to play an important role even in dame Butterfly the Japanese ha­ which Japan genuinely has mu­
these matches. Many xparents still insist on employing the services ve been typecast to play in me­ ch in common are China (inclu­
of an influental ‘nakodo,’ or matchmaker. Introductions are arra­ lodramas of conflict and passion ding Taiwan), Korea and Viet­
nged with suitable’ prospective spouses, but marriage is not for­ between East and West. Type-ca­ nam — the chopstick world (the
ced. If the couple simply are not attracted to one another, meetin­ st, that is, by the West because chopstick,' being arguably
the
gs are ended amicably and the nakodo looks around for another the Japanese do not see them­ most sophisticated tool for eatselves as right for the role at
prospect;”
that man has invented, is a wo­
The Issei and Nisei were achievement oriented, a part of the all.
rthy symbol of the great civili­
In the first place, modern Ja­ zation that produced it).
ethnic heritage that has not always won the admiration of some
elements of the Sansei and Yonsei community. But their contempo- panese do not much care to thi­
But Japan has problems even
riaries^ in Japan' apparently retain that characteristic. De Mente nk of the world as naturally di­
fitting* into the chopstick world.
writes: “The most impressive characteristic common to almost all vided into East and West. They
right?) The Chinese mainland is cut off
the young Japanese I meet was an extraordinary drive to improve feel (and aren’t they
themselves both morally and educationally, and an abiding am­ that Europeans and Americans by politics and even were the
two countries politically compa­
bition to achieve something worthwhile for themselves and their who make this distinction often
tible the difference in size wo­
country.” One student expressed his ambitions in this way: “To imply that the West is better,
uld make their relations
diffi­
study more; to learn more; to strive for more ‘human’ relations and richer because it is clean,,
cult. Japan’s relationship
with
clevei’ and Christian.
with people.”
Korea is still poisoned by me­
De Mente reports that a recent bank survey of unmarried JaNaturally the Japanese
ob­
mories of Japanese colonization.
panese men and women up to age 30 showed 86 per cent save re- ject at being included
in this The Vietnamese have been isola­
gularly, and the average unmarried man “has his sights set on never-quite-as-good East.
They
ted by their own recent sad hi­
saving approximately $13,000 before he. marries. The immediate know that while they
remain, story but centuries of contact
goal of the average young* woman is to save some $4,000 by the in spite of many- missionaries, with the non-Chinese people of
remarkably un-Christian,
they Southeast Asia as well as Fren­
time she is1 23 years bld.”
What can. you say to that but “Wow”. I don’t recall seeing are certainly as clean and clever
ch rule have made the Vietna­
any statistics about the thrift habits of young Americans, but as any people in the West . and mese a special case. And their
when’s the last time you met a young man who planned* to sa­ soon will be richer than most. country, with its jungles
and
ve $13,000 before he married? Some years ago there were figures
So they prefer to divide the monsoons, is as strange' to the
that indicated the average Japanese family has the equivalent of world into north and south, a dir Japanese as it is to a north Eu­
a year’s income put away in savings, but it would seem $13,000 is vision which puts them with the ropean.
considerably more than a year’s income for the average young un­ rich and powerful nations of the
Nothing shows the ambiguous
married Japanese.
world and glosses over the ma­ attitude of the Japanese to the
In a different vein. De Mente reports that he -found-young tter of their Asian-ness.
part of the world where they li­
Japanese have?a “positive-appreciation for the practical -realities
Every now and then Japanese ve better than where they cho­
of their national, situation.” He found them critical of four things: liberals or the press make a gre­ ose to* spend their holidays ab­
The educational system, which makes it necessary for children to at to-do about Japan being an road. Last year nearly 1,400.000
cram almost from early childhood to win entry into a major u- Asian nation and what that me­ Japanese went abroad, only half
niversity if they aspire to top managerial positions; Japan’s exce­ ans. For example Prime Minis­ of them to Asia. Thirty per cent
ssive dependence on the U.S. in economic and political areas, me- ter Kakuei Tanaka has been cri­ went to the U.S., and 12 per cent
ning the students would prefer to see Japan as part of the world ticized for visiting the U.S., We-, (a remarkable figure when you
community rather than just an American bloc; the deteriorating st Europe and Russia before ca­ remember the distance) flew to
environment as a result of the nation’s preoccupation with an e- lling on Japan’s neighbors in So­ Europe. It is also' instructive to
ver-expanding economy; and finally, the failure of other nations utheast Asia . But the truth is see where the Japanese chose to
“to understand and give appropriate consideration to” Japan’s that “Asia” and “Asian”
are go in Asia. Hong Kong was by
unique circumstances, a crowded island nation dependent almost very unsatisfactory words
for far the most popular. Its chief
entirely on other nations for both raw materials and markets.
describing a large and heteroge­ attraction for Japanese is that .
“For the youth of Japan to contemplate their future with neous part of the world. As A- it is a cut-price shoping centre
enthusiasm and good spirits,” De Mente concludes, “requires an sians the Japanese find thems­ (Swiss wathches, Scotch whis­
extraordinary amount of confidence, energy, and ambition — all elves lumped together with a lot ky) for foreign tourists.
of which they seem to .have in abundance.”
of people with whom they have
South Korea, which is closest
In many respects, if one is to accept this admittedly super­ little in common except mem­ to Japan, came a*poor
third,
ficial survey, it would seem the youth of Japan have been more bership fo the human race.
witness to Japanese coolness to­
successful than Japanese Americans in adapting and adopting the
The British have more in co­ wards the place: only the chea­
best of the two Pacific cultures to their own peculiar needs.
mmon with many
countries in pest of Japan’s package tours
Asia. They- are still tied to In­ go to Korea.'

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