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Up-to-date Japanese Language Includes French, German, Spanish & English
TOKYO. -— A night baseball
game is a “nitah,” an air con­
ditioner is a “koolah,” and if a
girl is in the “mudo” she can go
to a beauty shop and get a “perma.”
- The country where this langu­
age is spoken is Japan, and so­
me people _ say that unless you
speak English, you’ll never un­
derstand modem Japanese.
•Staying “uppatodatu”’ in Ja­
pan is complicated by the firm
conviction that Western langu­

ign words used in that paper.
These are combined into a dicti­
onary published at year’s end.
Last year it was 535
pages,
including technical words
like
capital gain — “kyapitaru. gein” — and syndicated loan “shinjiketo ron”.- “There are some people criti­
cal of the introduction of fore­
Daily dictionary printed >
ign words, but they are in' the
One of Tokyo’s major newspa­ minority,” says a Japanese lin­
pers reserves space in each da­ guist. “I put them roughly in
y’s edition to explain new fore­ two main groups: conservative

ages — French, German, Spa­
nish, and above all English —are classy.
Older people complain they’re
unable to understand television
ads„ and those out of the coun­
try a few months say they have
a lot of catching up to do' when
they get home.

elderly professors, and collegeeducated housewives who
per­
haps want to show others that
English words are nothing spe­
cial to them.
“And then there are the emo­
tional complaints in newspaper
“Letters to the Editqr’s’ colum­
ns.-A middle-aged person
will
write in saying he ordered a hot
coffee in good Japanese at a
coffee* house — only to hear the
waiter shout back to the cook,
‘One hottb!”

Borrowed for sales message
Another Japanese said foreign
words are borrowed because they
have the connotation of
good
quality. “French words are used
by the fashion industry here be­
cause France has a fine reputa­
tion in that field.
“Likewise, many English wor­
ds are used for cars and machi­
nery.”
But the flood of foreign words

Cont. on P. 2

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The Tktt) Canadian
An Independent Organ for Canadians of Japanese Origin
Vol. XXXVIII 29

TUESDAY, APRIL 16, 1974

Toronto, Ont.

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Sgt Yokoi Critical Of Army
For Wasting His Life

Webster’s New Collegiate Dictionary
Budges Slightly On “THAT” Word

NEW YORK. — When it was Merriam, received, the publish­ der of usage was therefore not
j successfully adjusting to modern discovered by some watchdoggi­ ers refused to acknowledge the obliged to enter the world,” con­
I Japanese life, makes his living ng Nisei that the 1974 edition offensive nature of the abrevia- cluding that “Merriam’s entire
TOKYO. — An account ‘ by mainly by lecturing.
lexicography is founded on the
of Webster’s New Collegiate di­ tion found in our recordings.”
former Japanese army sergeant
principle of recording usage, not
the
word
His attitude is in sharp cont­ ctionary contained
Shoichii Yokoi of 28 years spent
In the same letter (to Ray­
prescribing it.”
Berkeley)
in hiding in the jungles of Gu­ rast to the attitude . of former “Jap” (sans period) defined as mond Okamura of
In a shift of posture, if not a
sub-lieutenant Onoda, who
re­ an abbreviation for “Japanese” from which the foregoing quota­
am is a best-seller in Japan.
turned to a. hero’s welcome in with no mention of its offensive tion was taken, David R. Rep­ complete turnabout, the publi­
Only two weeks after
the
nature, a number of Japanese A-' logle, president of Merriam, wr­ shers now appear ready to re­
publication of the 261-page Jbook Japan on March 12.
mefican individuals and organi­ ote, “Certainly if ‘Jap’ were - en­ consider the entry for its 1975
.Onoda, a graduate of an ar­
Road to Tomorrow, the Bungei
zations wrote letters of protest tered as a noun in that dictio­ printing. '
Shunju Publishing Co. announced my intelligence school, had been
H.B. Woolf, editorial director
to its publishers, the G & C Me­ nary, it would be noted as dis­
it had sold 100,000 copies and ordered by his former comman­
of dictionaries
for
Merriam,
rriam Company, last fall.
_
paraging; but fortunately, usa­
was printing more to meet a hu- der to remain on Lubang Island
wrote on Mar. 8 to Bob Polishuk,
Despite the number and vehe­ ge of ‘Jap’ as a noun has dimi­
and continue his espionage acge demand.
a librarian in the King County
boosted by tivities no matter what happe- mence of the complaints ' that nished and Merriam as a recor- Library System of Seattle, Wa­
Sales are being
the recent return to Japan of ned.
shington., who had earlier pro­
another imperial army stragg­
tested the “Jap” entry, as follo­
And this is just-what he did.
ler, former sub-lieutenant Hiroo It took the return of his former
ws:
Onoda, after 29 years in
the commander and Emperor Hiro“Mr. Replogle has passed on
TOKYO. — Nippon Calcula­ listed at 2.9 billion yen by a Ja­
jungles of the Philippine island hito’s surrender order, origina­ tor Co. and its' sales subsidiary,
to me your letter of Feb. 28 in' ’
panese credit inquiry
agency
of Lubang.
which you comment on the en­
lly issued in 1945, to bring him Busicon, have filed bankruptcy
and
Busicon

s
at
two
billion
yen.
try for ‘Jap^ in Webser’s New
Both men spent long years of out of the jungles.
papers with the Osaka district
Both firms’ assets and liabilities Collegiate Dictionary
and
in
privation rather than surrender
revealed
Perhaps the greatest contra­ court, a notification
have been frozen by court order. which you also quote a
long
after Japan’s defeat at the end st was in the appearance of the recently.
;
statement from the Japanese Aof the Second World War.
two men: Yokoi was weak, fil­
The company, which exported
The business failures were at­
We
Yokoi’s book is not a heroic thy and clad in rags, while On­ tributed to the credit squeeze, about 70 per cent of its produc­ merican Citizens League.
had
not
seen
this
statement
be­
tale of bravery in the
Pacific oda emerged healthy in old but rising costs, components short­ tion, saw output drop from 40,war. It is the story of a mar carefully patched jungle greens, ages and to severe price comp­ 000 units per month to below fore.
“We will be examining anew
who in his own words was “re- his hair cut short and his small etition in tire calculator field.20,000 as a result of the yen’s
evidence
for ‘Jap’ and for many
luctantly drafted” and thrown moustache and beard
neatly
Nippon Calculator, establish­ appreciation on foreign exchange • others entries in the New Colle­
into the'jungle to defend his co­ trimmed.
ed shortly after World War II, markets and as a result of mo- ' giate' in the Course of the pres­
untry. .
Onoda told a press conference had annual sales of about three re recent shortages of plastic» ent year, and appropriate revi­
It is also the story, of a man that he had been preoccupied du­ billion yen and employed about and various components.
sions will be made in the 1975
survive ring his 29 years in the Philippi­ 300 persons. Busicon’s sales we­
with a • strong will to
A company executive was qu- copyright printing when the evi­
refused
to
surrender ne jungles with the - resolute de­ re about seven billion yen and oted as saying, however,
who
that dence so warrants.”
because the strict code of the old j sire to “carry put my duties.”
its labor force totaled 100.
Nippon Calculator owns 20,000
The U.S. Government Printing
imperial army taught its soldiers
Nippon calculator was noted square meters of land in Osaka Office and the Library of Cong­
Commenting on Onoda’s ret­
to die rather than put down the­
assets ress are among major agencies
urn in. an interview, Yokoi said for having produced in 1971 the and Kyoto prefectures,
ir arms.
recent
with downcast, eyes that there world’s first calculator utilizing that should help considerably in which have decided in
Yokoi, who celebrated his 59th was a great difference between a large-scale integrated circuit. meeting commitments to credi­ months to use the abbreviation
birthday on March 30, in fact an ordinary soldier and an offi­
The company’s liabilities were. tors.
“Jpn” instead of “Jap”.
critizes the army leadership for
cer.
having compelled him to waste
Yokoi’s - book starts with his
his youth in the jungle.
. “It could have -been possible mother’s divorce and his subse­
for us soldiers to return much quent upbringing. After nine
years of primary education, he
earlier,” he writes.
LOS ANGLES — The tale of that they’d be sent to a reloca­
“It must have been quite an
was,
apprenticed
to
a
tailor
and
tion
camp.
It
was
worth
taking
another two Japanese Americans
experience for my brother and
“What a surprise to , know
sister-in-law — cut off from all
that army leaders, who had th­ was about to establish his own who chose to ignore the Army a chance,” she continued.
While her brother is not na­ t-heir people, even their closest
oroughly conditioned us not to "shop when a draft card sent him notices to evacuate in 1942 and
to
Manchuria
in
1941,
three
med,
the couple took the name relatives. And it must have gi­
stay in Los Angeles was related
surrender, have been living com­
outbreak
of
months
before
the
recently by Ruth Kurata Yama­ of Lee and passed as Koreans. ven them a sense of satisfaction
fortable lives as civilians since
the
Pacific
war.
To play it safe, they worked as — not buckling under the an un­
zaki.
surrendering themselves under a
Writing in the Kashu Main- domestics, sold their ear beca­ just decree but-defying the au­
In early 1944 he was sent as
white flag.
“Although it was the feeling a lance-corporal to Guam, which ichi, “he defied the U.S. gov- use it was registered in a Japa­ thorities and getting away with
of the times, those who sincere­ was in turn invaded by Ameri- j eminent and refused to go to a nese name, closed their bank* a- it. As for me, I wouldn’t have
ly absorbed the education of the can forces several months later. I concentration camp”, Mrs. Ya- ccount — though “there was a- missed relocation camp for the
Newly-wed, ways a nagging
apprehension world (Mrs. Yamazaki was at
mazaki
revealed.
period were stupid,” Yokoi wri­
The Japanese were
forced
and both being young and dar­ that they might get caught”.
Manzanar) —-that was quite an
tes.
deep into the island "jungles. He
A year later, the couple rejoi­ experience, too,” the Kashu Maiing, they decided to stay. “The
writes that those who did not
Adjustment ‘
worst that
could ' happen to ned the rest of the family, in nichi columnist of
“Urashima
Michigan.
Van
Winkle

concluded.
them (if discovered) * would be
(Cont. on P.. 2)
He now is married, and after

By TOSHIO KOJIMA

Japan's Top Calculator Firm Broke

Reveal U.S. Nisei Pair Defied Evacuation

Page 2

Tuesday April 16, 1974 '

PAGE. 2

* Japanese. . .

(Cont. front Page One)' -

Identity Crisis Plagues
Japan Self-defense Force

The New Canadian

-everything | claiming “Walk!, in green
~ also is applied to
A member of Ethnic T^ress Talk!
in
green.

.
posto—

to

from mailboxes V—
Association of Ontario
sense,
but
That makes some
electronic remote control — re? Second Class mail
• ,--what about “47 Days; ■ Christ­
mocori. * - >
No. D-0366
mas?

.


The -words' are used freely in
T. UMEZUKI Publisher
college- lectures and in television; 'Most people”don’t understand. .GOTEMBA. — Sgt
Hiroshi tial, will. constitution for .its. reK. C. TSUMURA
English,- but that’s. not the point.
newscasts.
.
.
;
warm
unciation
of*
status:
:

Land,
sea.
English Section Editor
Fujinuma, sitting in a
It’s like using Japanese in an
KEN MORI
barrack equipped with-color, te­ and air forces, as well as other
“Many of. these words,' such
ad for a Japanese restaurant in
Japanese
Section Editor
war
potential,
will
never
be
ma
­
levision and stereo,
looked up
as ice cream or hamburger, ' we­
the Unite d State s.. Even though
'
—?•
re borrowed-because the objects
from his bunk and said he had/ intained.”
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most people - s eeing the ad won’t
' Toronto, Ont. M5V-2A9
Left-wing parties hailed the
they , describe were- new to Jap- understand it, it gives an aura few' complaints about life in Japanese self-defense
forces (S- decision. But the government an-,
an. Others, like
. ‘i-deeoro-jee’
366-5005
of something exotic and * intere­
nounced it was appealing to a
(ideology) wei?e .imported beca-'
DF)._
sting. '
- - use the Japanese ; word - for it
In- -a country where - “military higher court, and most observes
may -have been’ too broad in me­ • It‘s advertising* that’s . respon- forces” are. outlawed by. an ant­ expect the district court evenaning'and the foreign word was •sdble for most of the; imported iwar constitution,- the - SDF is tually to be overruled.
more precise/’ one Japanese pro­ words, used in Japan as in the Japan’s armed euphemism..
ruling,
Since' the September
U.S. to create a style of life.
fessor commented.
Help Warited
< Not any ’ army,
although its however, the SDF has'been the
So
when
a
Japanese

salary
“But sometimes we- complete­
troops wear military uniforms target of numerous well-publi- OVERSEAS
Courier
Service
ly JapaHize the word so that: A- man”. -gets ■ his Christmas, “bon- and carry advanced
weapons, cized/ but petty, annoyances. Se­ Canada Ltd. requires driver, su­
mericans have difficulty identi­ as” he can- watch the ads on the the SDF .has suffered from an veral cities have refused it any ite 501 344 Bloor Street- West,
fying it in our daily conversa­ “terebi” set and decide how to organizational- identity crisis for- use of municipal parks for para­ Toronto. Please phone before
tion.”
...
. ' find, the best “bargen.”
most of . its 23 years.
des, others will no longer recru­ noon, 961-8250.
A family that owns an auto­
it for them.

. But today morale is high. ~
Usage often baffling .
mobile is a “mycar” family.
1
EXPERIENCED book-keeper to
“I joined' to defend-- Japan,” . A dozen television stations trial balance. Excellent opportu­
If you are ~ complaining about

In addition to the ~ borrowed
said Sgt. Fujinuma without he­ have refused to air a 13-part nity for advancement. ’ North-E­
English .words spelled in Japa- not getting /paid, enough, 'you co­
sitation. A husky 25-year old, he SDF publicity film,- while a pri­ ast Toronto, Phone^ Mr.
King
- nese, there are wholesale impor- uld tell the boss you don’t-'have
vate ferry company declined to
plans
'to
make
the
SDF
his
car
­
492-1676.
.
■ - ts as well. The; English doesn’t enough, money .to buy “myhoueer. He is in the- SDF’s ground transport military vehicles for
always? appear to make. .sense,' se.” There’s even a soft diink
the SDF’s annual review near
,fqrces.<//7//i|;;?;/i/'?
„ but it’s evidently good adverti- called “mylime.” 7
It is a oped policvto
Tokyo.
He
finds
the
'mess
hall
'
food
have ths BIGHT POLICY
And if you don’t have the ca­
Surprisingly, morale in
the
actually not bad
* A major; department store on-2 sh to buy what you want, you agreeable
ranks7 has not been
affected.
William
Ltd,
ce 'installed / potted shrubs and- can always charge - it — on your at .all,” he added, and the.pay Observers' say this is because
satisfactory.
.
card;* of course.
- Insurance Agents
■ blasted off an ad/ camp aign pro. Ncw recruits 'receive roughly the; SDF had - experienced far
2 Carlton St. 10th floor
the same starting wages as blue- worse prejudice in the past. If
Toronto 2-A, - Ont.
(Cont. from Page One)
collar workersj
about. $155 'a anything, they say, things, are
Phone 368-4681
Yokoi . .
area of
month. In addition they get ro- getting better in the
' commit hara-kiri, (ritual, suicide) food supplies hidden in the jun­
' om and board, plus yearly bon­ public acceptance.
or die. in a final suicide - charge gle, but/later the survivors .ex­ uses-totaling- about $745.
| . Students - of the National De; - - were abandoned sick and star­ isted on what they could gleanWhat" disturbs Sgt. 'Fujinania fense Academy, Japan s.. West
from ‘ their surroundings, incluving.
Point .and Annapolis - combined,
They lived from day to day, ding'Tfrogs, lizards,- rats and co­ 'most about the SDF is the wor­ once were pelted with stones off
risome lack of discipline among
driven by the will to survive conuts.base. Other SDF soldiers were
'
and the hope that some
day
Yokoi says efforts-were made enlisted men,” he said.
frequently insulted in public.
Unlike the old^Japanese Impe­
rescue parties might come.
FULLY LICENCED
bo draw’ survivors but of ... the
Major
Kenji"
Ogihara,
'
an
offi
­
AUTHENTIC JAPANESE
•But most of- the 20,000 Japa­ jungle, -but notes that such calls rial Army, face slapping by su­
cer
based
at
Fuji
Gakko,
fecaperiors
is
a
punishable

offense.
nese troops on the island died. were usually- made after the aCUISINE
And since the SDF does not ha­ led-that his parents had advised
rea
had
been
sprayed
by
.gunfi
­
Yokoi writes that ? larger gro544 Rideau St., Ottawa
ve the legal * status of an * army, him again st wearing hi sumform
re
and
by
Japanese
with'
U.S.'
ups 'broke up into small *ones,
Reservation For Ozashiki
its* members can resign’ with -but outdoors shortly after his enlist­
but their composition .was conti- flags. flying behind them.
fire- ment.
Call 233-1850
7
nuaUy -changing because “quarr- . Yokoi believes most survivors short notice', like police or
■ ’
That was 22 years ago when
Yakitori Restaurants Limited
r els started v over trifling things — including two' who. 'remained men.said,

Smiling,
the
seargent
harsh
memories-of
the
Pacific
•—— mainly food. — among people with him —- died, after- a devas­
-“It’s not as bad as the Boy Sco- war were still fresh and
the
irritated by the,strain of hope- tating typhoon hit Guam' in 1963
uts
yet.
But
discipline
is
pretty
SDF appeared as the. postwar
wiping- out many sources
of
’ less day-to-day life.’’
low.

.
7.
successor to the Fascist-run Im­
-At the'outset, there were still food.
The
mood
at
Fuji
Gakko
is
re
­
perial Army ~
_
/ Yokoi was finally
capturedlaxed.
Officers
do
not
shout.
Ra
­
“Now the civilians come up to.
by S'- local patrol party on Jan.
254, 1972, and -even then feared ther they suggest, .like helpful me on the street and say, ‘keep
elder brothers. *
'
up the good work,’ ” Major Ogi­
for his life after-being taken.
Sgt.
Fujinuma
did
notfind
hara told a visitor.
. * '
' In his first press conference,
Authentic Oriental Gifts
particularlydistressing
the
re
­
Public opinion surveys taken
Yokoi, said: “I would like to? say
cent*
district
court
decision
that
Kimonos & Accessories
by newspapers show most Japa­
that for- the sake' of the- empeSDF
ror' and Yamato Damashii (the, declared the 230,000-man
nese support the SDF. As many
Noritake China
Japanese samurai spirit)' I con­ uneonstitutional. (About 152,000 as 80 per cent of the Japanese
man SDF men are in the ground say they recognize the necessity
<463 Eglinton-Ave.W.
tinued to live.”
forces branch of the SDF; some of the self defense forces, com­
phone 489-8611
- He added: “I come back,? brin­ 37,000 men in the naval branch,
SHOP
pared to only 58 per cent who
ging the. rifle which I?accepted and ' about 41,000 in ' the
air thought so in 1965.
—_
from your majesty . . .1 return
arm).
'
\
733 Danforth Ave.,
it to your majesty. I fcel asha­ • The ' controversial ruling was
Increasing public, support has
Toronto"
med I could not fully do servi­ made in connecti on with a suit been won . through paying care­
ce* for your, majesty.”
Phone Store 463-3426
challenging
the
government’s ful attention to public relations,
Home 469-0293
.But he. said 'on television re­ right to build a Nike missile, site SDF officers said. The SDF has.
cently
that he does not remem­ over the obj ections - of local re­ taken active part in disaster re­
Japanese . Food
Deliver’ Evenings
ber what he said in those ear­ sidents.
lief projects and in their own lo­
and Saturdays
ly press, conferences.
The district court judge ruled cal welfare programs.*
But legally, the' SDF is .still
against the missile . site, finding
Japan’s' defense
structure
in neither a military force nor a
conflict 'with' the^ country’s paci­ welfare agency, and conditions
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TORONTO JAPANESE GOSPEL CHURCH
■ St. John's Presbyterian. Broadview at Simpson Ave.
SERVICES:
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ners, rather than in money alo­
ne. This could: hardly happen in
.TOKYO. — A
foreign-run America.” ' ’7"
* -’ .
f emale- escort service in ’ this
land known traditionally for its ' She said escorts should -be
appealing; demure women,. - its “witty, attractive, charming and
geisha and its thousands of club intelligent, for a client may Avant
a quiet conversation- or he may
hostesses ?
want an’ evening of dinner and’
; Yes, is the answer. of a yo- dancing at a club.”
ung American women who has
The rules prohibit -'going to­
started one.
pri vate rooms, hotel or otherwiThe aim said Mary ’ Adele se, but there is no time
limit
Rees, a tall, honey - blonde from set. for the escort service.
Fayetteville, Tenn.,? is" to provi-'
“Unfortunately,” Miss • Rees
: de bilinguals escort girls.for bo­ said, “I’ve had to turn down ma­
th Japanese, and foreign busin- ny - good Japanese girls because
■ essman.

■ of their home curfews. I cannot
Part of her advertising pitch expect an escort girl to
say
. for Executive Service Ltd., ‘ sa- when she’s with - her
client,;
. ys: “If you find that night, af­ “Well, I have to go now, bye,
ter night of -entertainment is be­ and leave him alone?’ . r .
ginning to wear you- down. . .
Miss Rees declined , to disclose
we can provide beautiful, charm­ how business has been, but she
ing and entertaining escorts of indicated that most, of the calls
all nationalities.”
to her. office in downtown To­
A lot of. business in
Japan kyo have been from foreign bu­
.
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long has been conducted in bar’s, sinessmen.
“It’s just started but I’m sure
night clubs, restaurants and on
golf courses. Miss • Rees said she we’re < on the right track,” she
' thinks that :many ■ businessmen said..
:
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a
first
engagement,
~ the
are trying tp find a “way out of
. boredom” and that a ' professio- escort girls-'get -1000 yen or a; nal escort
service can - help bout $3.50 per hour, one third
of the contract amount. For se­
them.
“Many foreigners complain - to cond or more engagements with
me that it takes a week in To- the same client, she -gets 2,000
; kyo to sign, a contract,' while it yen per hour.,
Miss Rees said. She decided to
only takes -a few days in. other
.start
the- escorts business ' after­
countries,”’ she said- in an intertraveling to Europe,as a student
-view. . ’
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.More than 150 girls have app- working in Washington,-p.C., for
the White House conference ser­
lied for jobs with the
service
since _ it opened recently. About vice and the Navy and Air For-:
L 50 have been accepted, she said, ce exchange service, .and after
including two Germans and one spending a year in Hong Kong."
In the British.. Crown Colony,
American. - The reason for turn­
ing: down most of the
others, she said, she did' some phono­
she added, - was . because
of graphy and worked for a secre­
their lack’ of foreign language tarial 'and an escort service. It
was there she got the idea of co­
fluency.
< ming to Tokyo and opening her
/ Miss. Rees said . there is -no a- own firm.
ge limit, but. those who' have’
She said she plans to..stay on
been’ hired range from’ 18 ter 35. here for. some time, but that in
They speak either English, Spa­ six years or so from now'“Pd li­
nish, French -or Italian ,and so­ ke to. be standing in front of a
me still attend college. - . ’
double-door refrigerator -with my
kids
hugging my apron.”
“I was-’surprised at their inAnd she added: “Please don’t
■ tellectual level,” Miss Rees said.
“It seems to me that many of ask my age becanse I’m much
them are interested in
using younger than I think I ought to
'languages- as - they meet f oredg- he to start this business.” a ’

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