Page 1
Letter From KyO W Be Or Not To Ber
as suicide. A quick check with
7 Professbr T. Fuse; Kyoto, Japan me - -fundamental Tproblems ’in the' ongi people" who are suddenly th- Japan is concerned.
af ore-mentioned . psychiatric';the rown off balance from their ac- ’ The other sociological theory crime and r suicide data in . the
PART I: ories; First, Manhattan' Study,; a customed " Hfe-styles anri; values; was'- proposed' by. Professors - Hen world suggests that there is; in
between
ry and .Short. They argued .that deed some correlation
It is weU known that the Ja longitudinal study on / mental he It r-happeris' at! times^ of: -m
panese'.- have been/ historically a alth- in -the ^U;S., revealed that social1 'change- when the establi there 'is- ~an inverse correlation homicide and suicide (an inverse
. suicide-prone people. Japan’s lite less ’ than 25%" of all known? suici shed norms; values and life-styles betweeri-suicide and homicide. In correlation) . In European societi
rature and film abound in exam des who manifested some- type of bollapse; such as- at times of su- other words, in a cohesive,, tigh es where suicide rates have been
social very .high, homicide rates have
ples of heroic and at times tragic. mental illness.; the vast-majority dden prosperity->or-depression; tly-knit and’ formalized
socio basic findings. But, as will be been traditionally low. In a less
seppuku . (or' ritual suicide by were classified as suffering,, from From the standpoint of
disenbowlment) among the samu- manjic-depressiye reactions). But logical characteristics, ; statistical structure externalized aggression formalized society ; such as the
homicide) United States, homicide .7 rates’. V
rail Ahiorig the common folk; the that leaves 75% of 11. suicides data from -Europe and North ,A- against others (i.e.,
double sui6ide~has been a frequ totally unexplained by psychiat merica still" confirm Durkheim’s would be discouraged and cur have been extraordinarily high,
ent be cur rerice serving' as: a- sour ric reasons. As for Karl Meriniri- discussed- later,/some of his fin bed; hence aggression tends to and suicide rates have been rat--.
fCont.. nr P. 2")
ce of soap-operas for. .novelists ger’s theory," some_ types of-sui dings do riot hold up as far as take an internalized form such
and /film-makers in7 this. country. cide in Japan: definifely challen iiiiiiiiiiiiiimiiiiiHiHiiiiHiiHiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii»iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii|iiiiim
It is true. that, until 1965 Ja ge its validity. Seppuku or; Highly
pan:. had been
one of the "top- ritualized suicide and other "types
• ranking suicide -prone - countri es of jiketsu (self7murder) were coiri the world. Since then, howe- •mmited more often .than riot as
ver both suicide arid homicide part of the traditional code of
rates have been slowly but stea the warriors (Bushido) regardless'
dily declining. Today'Japan ranks of one’s felt aggression or ment
approximately tenth in the world al state. It was simply the expec
FRIDAY, MARCH 25,' 1977 '
TORONTO, ONTARIO
in_the suicide rates. Though ja- ted thing to do quite in line with
Vol. 41 — 23
pan has been, dethroned frorii • time-honoured customs and tradi iiiiiiiHiiiiiiiiaiiiiiiiiiHiii^^
Sits . “coveted’’ first place,- it can- tions.
ri ot b e denied that of m ore than
In addition to the afore-mentio
140 nations1 registered <in ~ the
psychological theories, we
> United Nations Japan still' occu- ned
.
pies :an~bhbrio'u^
in the' ■have wo’ sociological, theories of
; suicideT One: appro ach / introduced
world’s ' top' ten.
iSocial and behavioural scienti- -by a great French sociologistiri
^symbol is a cherry blossom -en- ~
• stsUhave hot yet .arrived, at a the latter part' of the 19th cerit- . OTTAWA. — A. travelling ex to the present. Historical photo-circling a maple -leaf 'which redefinitive theory of .suicide. The-' ?ury, considers, suicide to be ’ ari hibit entitled “The Japanese Ca graphs and ‘text' are used to' des-’
study, nadians 1877-1977” will be offi eribe the important and drama- : presents 'a. blend •of the two cul. .. ories of suicide can be divided “index of an individual’s
; tunes, J apanese and Canadian,
roughly , into two categories: so- * degree of integration into social cially opened at the'1 National tic role Canadians of Japanese
In conjunction with the photo
famous
study -Museum - of- Mah in Ottawa; It : ancestry have played in Canadays
eiological and psychological. In 7groups. In his
exhibit? a-- special Centennial pro.Europe and. .North America^both Suicide; Emile Durkheim rioted wall be bri^view .from' May 17 to development.
developed, to
i ~ This travelling exhibit is just gram-j has been
• government -agencies and'the ge that there /Had been fairly, const June30.^'
.show ‘ - fellow Canadians some . of
neral population .seem to sub- ant rates of suicide' among vari ■ -The exhibit' traces the History ;one of- the many events which
the - cultural contributions of Ja
- . scribe to' psychological theories ous social 'groups in Europe, re of the Japanese in Canada from will be taking plaice during the
panese Canadians. Displays such
that assume suicide behaviour " is gardless . of the iridiyjduril? moti the arrival of the first' ^immi Japanese 'Canadian. Centennial
as ikebana (flower
arrangemsomehow related- to? • emotional vation for suicide. For instance, grant, Manzo Nagano, in 1877 year celebration: -The Centennial
I ent), origami (paper
folding),
and psychological disturbances in he observed that there had been
. >-•
"
'. kite making," sumi-e (brush paindividuals. Hence any attemp- higher suicide rates among men
in ting) and martial arts will be
. ? ted suicides, are usually taken to' than among women (sex ratio);
cludes, will play a major role in presented at-the Museum of Man.
By BOB HORIGUCHI
•psychiatric ho spitals for ob serva- of these male suicides', bachelors
The Centennial program
has
serving the national interest -by
tion and analysis. This appro- had • ranked, first witHout an exTOKYO. — If^it can be expor
sociepromoting the: dairy industry and been funded by the Multicultural
' ach might be called a "psychiat _ ception
_
. ,in every -. European
. ..
ted, it’s good for the country.
of State)
ric” orientation. ' There may be ty, followed by the divorced, seincreases-the<acquisition of .for- Programs, (Secretary
_
of
Acting on this premise; a' phar eign currency. ■
and the National Museum
some justification for this app- 7 parated, widowed and
married
maceutical company is inviting
-The.’-'magazine quotes two spo Man (Secretary of- State).
-roach, because7it has Been-found (marital status); that Protest
newly—pregnant -women??to,....sell; it
Contact Mr. H. Suga phone
that'some suicides were preceded ants had much higher su^ide ra
On.
On
P.
I
their urine .in the'<national irite-.
782-4713.
by depression' (melancholia, .to be tes than the Catholics arid the
rest.
more exact) and
reduction iri jews (religious affiliation-); that
The' object of this bizarre cam
suicide was much more common
blood sugar!
paign, reports the Shukari BunAnother psychological orienta among non-commissioned offic
enlisted shun, is to collect the ingredi
tion, essentially Freudian, "assu ers’ than among the
SACRAMENTO. — Take
it of semantics said, “Well, in chil
ent for the manufacture of
a
mes that the human psyche has men; that suicide was more com
hormone that promotes fertility from- UJS. Sen. S.I. Hayakawa: dren’s terms, you don’t for No.
mon
among
the
aged
arid
the
dual impulses -=- Eros (life inst
It
isn’t easy to live, with a 1 but you do for No. 2.”
both in women and in cows.
inct) and Thanatos (death instHayakawa had just been brief
To achieve its purpose, says water shortage. '"
ict), both cf which co-exist side affiliation) than among the yo
Hayakawa lives where the wa ed on water and energy problems
the weekly, the firm has asked
by side iri the individual. Acc- ung and the unskilled workers,
nurses in gynecological' clinics to ter shortage^ is. most acute — in by :the_state officials.
■'Tording to this theory, suicide is that suicide sharply. increased
He was told that farm losses
San
Marin County, north of
- ' inot*necessarily a result'of emoti at times .of sudden ? prosperity distribute leaflets to patients as
will be about $4 billion, and food
they
rooms
vney leave consultation
—
------ — i Francisco.
ordepression;
that
suicide
inva
onal and psychological di sturb-.
State prices- will rise -—. with a prob
During the Republican
where they are about to become J
ance but a triumph of -the death riably decreased at times of war
told a able shrinking of export sales.
| Convention recently, he
and revolutions. -Out of
these mothers.
’ instict over life instact. :
Hayakawa said the San Joawife
Those" receiving the
leaflets news conference that- his
■ "The third theory is based upon disparate observations based oh
are “requested” to contribute the- has imposed “pretty rigid dem quin-Sacramento River -Delta wo
a "postulate proposed by - - Karl collated statistical data for the
meaning uld have to become saltier be
ir' -urane up > to the. fourth -month ands on all of us,”
Menninger. He maintained - that past 200 years in Europe, Durk
of pregnancy, at a. fee of Y100- -of water to wash ’his tiny conuer- cause “there just isn’t enough”
heim
depeipped
a
typology
of
su
• -suicide was an- internalized _aggfresh water to .-release downstrea day. The laboratory- offers to tible car?
. ression- against the. self,- - while icide: egoistic, altruistic -and ano
It also means that vegetable am to dilute the salty ocean wa
provide -the necessary bottles di—
homicide was an externalized ag- mic suicide. The “egoistic” suici
_
’
scretly packed in cartons” and scrubbing water is saved for oth ter.
----■gressiqn 'against, others.. In this de seems to occur among people
Asked about congressional ac
to pick -up filled ■ bottles - each er uses-, and only one glassful of
theoryv-saicide'aud homicide are who are least integrated into so
day.' This' pick-up service, adds water -is allotted to teeth brush- tion to help deal with the eff
closely related to each? other and cial groiups (e.g., the non-com
ect of the drought, Hayakawa sathe leaflet, is available “either at ing.
missioned
.
officers,
the
Kamika
they differ only in' the direction
Pressed .for details on toilet I id he was “wondering to what
ze suicide pilots, etc.). The an- your office or your home.’
of expressed aggression.
|'' Such operation, the leaflet- con-- j flushing/ the former professor, of j degree legislation is necessary" “'Though' plausable; there are so- omic” suicide seems, to .occur am-
THE NEW CANADIAN
Travelling Exhibit 'The Jpnz. Canadians
1877-1977’ To Open In Ottawa May 17
Jpnz, Urine To Serve National Interest
Hayakawa Living With Water Shortage
as suicide. A quick check with
7 Professbr T. Fuse; Kyoto, Japan me - -fundamental Tproblems ’in the' ongi people" who are suddenly th- Japan is concerned.
af ore-mentioned . psychiatric';the rown off balance from their ac- ’ The other sociological theory crime and r suicide data in . the
PART I: ories; First, Manhattan' Study,; a customed " Hfe-styles anri; values; was'- proposed' by. Professors - Hen world suggests that there is; in
between
ry and .Short. They argued .that deed some correlation
It is weU known that the Ja longitudinal study on / mental he It r-happeris' at! times^ of: -m
panese'.- have been/ historically a alth- in -the ^U;S., revealed that social1 'change- when the establi there 'is- ~an inverse correlation homicide and suicide (an inverse
. suicide-prone people. Japan’s lite less ’ than 25%" of all known? suici shed norms; values and life-styles betweeri-suicide and homicide. In correlation) . In European societi
rature and film abound in exam des who manifested some- type of bollapse; such as- at times of su- other words, in a cohesive,, tigh es where suicide rates have been
social very .high, homicide rates have
ples of heroic and at times tragic. mental illness.; the vast-majority dden prosperity->or-depression; tly-knit and’ formalized
socio basic findings. But, as will be been traditionally low. In a less
seppuku . (or' ritual suicide by were classified as suffering,, from From the standpoint of
disenbowlment) among the samu- manjic-depressiye reactions). But logical characteristics, ; statistical structure externalized aggression formalized society ; such as the
homicide) United States, homicide .7 rates’. V
rail Ahiorig the common folk; the that leaves 75% of 11. suicides data from -Europe and North ,A- against others (i.e.,
double sui6ide~has been a frequ totally unexplained by psychiat merica still" confirm Durkheim’s would be discouraged and cur have been extraordinarily high,
ent be cur rerice serving' as: a- sour ric reasons. As for Karl Meriniri- discussed- later,/some of his fin bed; hence aggression tends to and suicide rates have been rat--.
fCont.. nr P. 2")
ce of soap-operas for. .novelists ger’s theory," some_ types of-sui dings do riot hold up as far as take an internalized form such
and /film-makers in7 this. country. cide in Japan: definifely challen iiiiiiiiiiiiiimiiiiiHiHiiiiHiiHiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii»iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii|iiiiim
It is true. that, until 1965 Ja ge its validity. Seppuku or; Highly
pan:. had been
one of the "top- ritualized suicide and other "types
• ranking suicide -prone - countri es of jiketsu (self7murder) were coiri the world. Since then, howe- •mmited more often .than riot as
ver both suicide arid homicide part of the traditional code of
rates have been slowly but stea the warriors (Bushido) regardless'
dily declining. Today'Japan ranks of one’s felt aggression or ment
approximately tenth in the world al state. It was simply the expec
FRIDAY, MARCH 25,' 1977 '
TORONTO, ONTARIO
in_the suicide rates. Though ja- ted thing to do quite in line with
Vol. 41 — 23
pan has been, dethroned frorii • time-honoured customs and tradi iiiiiiiHiiiiiiiiaiiiiiiiiiHiii^^
Sits . “coveted’’ first place,- it can- tions.
ri ot b e denied that of m ore than
In addition to the afore-mentio
140 nations1 registered <in ~ the
psychological theories, we
> United Nations Japan still' occu- ned
.
pies :an~bhbrio'u^
in the' ■have wo’ sociological, theories of
; suicideT One: appro ach / introduced
world’s ' top' ten.
iSocial and behavioural scienti- -by a great French sociologistiri
^symbol is a cherry blossom -en- ~
• stsUhave hot yet .arrived, at a the latter part' of the 19th cerit- . OTTAWA. — A. travelling ex to the present. Historical photo-circling a maple -leaf 'which redefinitive theory of .suicide. The-' ?ury, considers, suicide to be ’ ari hibit entitled “The Japanese Ca graphs and ‘text' are used to' des-’
study, nadians 1877-1977” will be offi eribe the important and drama- : presents 'a. blend •of the two cul. .. ories of suicide can be divided “index of an individual’s
; tunes, J apanese and Canadian,
roughly , into two categories: so- * degree of integration into social cially opened at the'1 National tic role Canadians of Japanese
In conjunction with the photo
famous
study -Museum - of- Mah in Ottawa; It : ancestry have played in Canadays
eiological and psychological. In 7groups. In his
exhibit? a-- special Centennial pro.Europe and. .North America^both Suicide; Emile Durkheim rioted wall be bri^view .from' May 17 to development.
developed, to
i ~ This travelling exhibit is just gram-j has been
• government -agencies and'the ge that there /Had been fairly, const June30.^'
.show ‘ - fellow Canadians some . of
neral population .seem to sub- ant rates of suicide' among vari ■ -The exhibit' traces the History ;one of- the many events which
the - cultural contributions of Ja
- . scribe to' psychological theories ous social 'groups in Europe, re of the Japanese in Canada from will be taking plaice during the
panese Canadians. Displays such
that assume suicide behaviour " is gardless . of the iridiyjduril? moti the arrival of the first' ^immi Japanese 'Canadian. Centennial
as ikebana (flower
arrangemsomehow related- to? • emotional vation for suicide. For instance, grant, Manzo Nagano, in 1877 year celebration: -The Centennial
I ent), origami (paper
folding),
and psychological disturbances in he observed that there had been
. >-•
"
'. kite making," sumi-e (brush paindividuals. Hence any attemp- higher suicide rates among men
in ting) and martial arts will be
. ? ted suicides, are usually taken to' than among women (sex ratio);
cludes, will play a major role in presented at-the Museum of Man.
By BOB HORIGUCHI
•psychiatric ho spitals for ob serva- of these male suicides', bachelors
The Centennial program
has
serving the national interest -by
tion and analysis. This appro- had • ranked, first witHout an exTOKYO. — If^it can be expor
sociepromoting the: dairy industry and been funded by the Multicultural
' ach might be called a "psychiat _ ception
_
. ,in every -. European
. ..
ted, it’s good for the country.
of State)
ric” orientation. ' There may be ty, followed by the divorced, seincreases-the<acquisition of .for- Programs, (Secretary
_
of
Acting on this premise; a' phar eign currency. ■
and the National Museum
some justification for this app- 7 parated, widowed and
married
maceutical company is inviting
-The.’-'magazine quotes two spo Man (Secretary of- State).
-roach, because7it has Been-found (marital status); that Protest
newly—pregnant -women??to,....sell; it
Contact Mr. H. Suga phone
that'some suicides were preceded ants had much higher su^ide ra
On.
On
P.
I
their urine .in the'<national irite-.
782-4713.
by depression' (melancholia, .to be tes than the Catholics arid the
rest.
more exact) and
reduction iri jews (religious affiliation-); that
The' object of this bizarre cam
suicide was much more common
blood sugar!
paign, reports the Shukari BunAnother psychological orienta among non-commissioned offic
enlisted shun, is to collect the ingredi
tion, essentially Freudian, "assu ers’ than among the
SACRAMENTO. — Take
it of semantics said, “Well, in chil
ent for the manufacture of
a
mes that the human psyche has men; that suicide was more com
hormone that promotes fertility from- UJS. Sen. S.I. Hayakawa: dren’s terms, you don’t for No.
mon
among
the
aged
arid
the
dual impulses -=- Eros (life inst
It
isn’t easy to live, with a 1 but you do for No. 2.”
both in women and in cows.
inct) and Thanatos (death instHayakawa had just been brief
To achieve its purpose, says water shortage. '"
ict), both cf which co-exist side affiliation) than among the yo
Hayakawa lives where the wa ed on water and energy problems
the weekly, the firm has asked
by side iri the individual. Acc- ung and the unskilled workers,
nurses in gynecological' clinics to ter shortage^ is. most acute — in by :the_state officials.
■'Tording to this theory, suicide is that suicide sharply. increased
He was told that farm losses
San
Marin County, north of
- ' inot*necessarily a result'of emoti at times .of sudden ? prosperity distribute leaflets to patients as
will be about $4 billion, and food
they
rooms
vney leave consultation
—
------ — i Francisco.
ordepression;
that
suicide
inva
onal and psychological di sturb-.
State prices- will rise -—. with a prob
During the Republican
where they are about to become J
ance but a triumph of -the death riably decreased at times of war
told a able shrinking of export sales.
| Convention recently, he
and revolutions. -Out of
these mothers.
’ instict over life instact. :
Hayakawa said the San Joawife
Those" receiving the
leaflets news conference that- his
■ "The third theory is based upon disparate observations based oh
are “requested” to contribute the- has imposed “pretty rigid dem quin-Sacramento River -Delta wo
a "postulate proposed by - - Karl collated statistical data for the
meaning uld have to become saltier be
ir' -urane up > to the. fourth -month ands on all of us,”
Menninger. He maintained - that past 200 years in Europe, Durk
of pregnancy, at a. fee of Y100- -of water to wash ’his tiny conuer- cause “there just isn’t enough”
heim
depeipped
a
typology
of
su
• -suicide was an- internalized _aggfresh water to .-release downstrea day. The laboratory- offers to tible car?
. ression- against the. self,- - while icide: egoistic, altruistic -and ano
It also means that vegetable am to dilute the salty ocean wa
provide -the necessary bottles di—
homicide was an externalized ag- mic suicide. The “egoistic” suici
_
’
scretly packed in cartons” and scrubbing water is saved for oth ter.
----■gressiqn 'against, others.. In this de seems to occur among people
Asked about congressional ac
to pick -up filled ■ bottles - each er uses-, and only one glassful of
theoryv-saicide'aud homicide are who are least integrated into so
day.' This' pick-up service, adds water -is allotted to teeth brush- tion to help deal with the eff
closely related to each? other and cial groiups (e.g., the non-com
ect of the drought, Hayakawa sathe leaflet, is available “either at ing.
missioned
.
officers,
the
Kamika
they differ only in' the direction
Pressed .for details on toilet I id he was “wondering to what
ze suicide pilots, etc.). The an- your office or your home.’
of expressed aggression.
|'' Such operation, the leaflet- con-- j flushing/ the former professor, of j degree legislation is necessary" “'Though' plausable; there are so- omic” suicide seems, to .occur am-
THE NEW CANADIAN
Travelling Exhibit 'The Jpnz. Canadians
1877-1977’ To Open In Ottawa May 17
Jpnz, Urine To Serve National Interest
Hayakawa Living With Water Shortage
Page 2
^.Friday, ^ch ,^, 4977 '
PAW 2
Suicide.
(Cont'd iroxn pagre P
The New Canadian
IRJjlS^^
her low. There as one problem- to ' Will note that the majority, of yo^ i perial Palace ; on August. , 15th, i gani^ations , in Japan simply eli?
A momber of/Ethnic Preas ?
this theory, however.'In ? Japan }-ungsuicides are -.the / unemployed,’1945, .'when ■the;;Empire of Japan minate some sub-contracts upon
Association of Ontario. '
both (homicide and suicide rates or unskilled workers .employed in surrendered to the Allies. Culling which / small-; enterprises ? depend.
' and Canada . Federation;
■have .been slowly but, steadily small or medium-sized enterpri- ■ through old Japanese newspaper It ■ is not difficult -';to : •understand
. Second 'Claaa\ mail No.' 00366
declining for the post’ ten" years! ses. This is an interesting phe-J clippings I was able to learn ab- therefore,' that employees of big
T. UMEZUKI PUBLISHER
suicides. I firms - in Japan 'have been -best
Hence social scientists . must take nomehoh: in Japan. .Those; who ha- out such^ collective
'
K.C. TSUMURA
~
the case of Japan quite seriously ve been removed from” the occu do not have the exact figure but protected from business fluctua
English Section Editor
in order to make? our scientific pational community in Japan se-„ I estimate that more han 50,000 tions, whereas the . counterparts
KEN MORI
an
small
firms
have
always:
had
Japanese
Section Editor
em to be very
susceptible to. military personnel - and an equal
theories cross-culturally ; valid. •
number of Japanese civilians co- to (bear the brunt of such ecbnosuicide.
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mmited their group suicide ah .the nific and business fluctuations^
$15.00 for one year.
' ;
Thirdly as opposed to single
latter
part
of
the
Pacific
War,
. 39.00,for Six.Months??- ~
Based upon my . research in suicide - (one’ person -suicide),-- Ja? Sixthly, on the basis of the li-:
Among
these
people,
were
milita
Japan in the past several .months pan is known for plural suicide.
mited available data,-it has been
Published? on every Tuesdays 7
there are the foil owing; characte The plural suicide in Japan can ry’officers, enlisted men, woun my observation ^
the student
and l^M*??-. ,?
all
ristics - in ’ Japan’s ■ - suicide patt be .-further divided into three subr ded and sick soldiers, and
suicide rate has been rather high
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sorts
of
civilians,
men
and
wom
erns. Firstly, -female -suicide ra types: double ..suicide - - (joshi ' or.
relative ‘Ate the college-age ’? po
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tes have been just about .the sa- love/suicide)^. family- suicide' (ik- en, young and old. ’This group pulation in Europe and-North A- A
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suicide
may
be
'most
difficult
to
mei;as "those cf men,especially ka-shinju) and group < suicide’
merica. But in the case of Ja
in" the past ten . years dr so.' AU (shudanjisatsu).? T.he: first cate understand for Canadians. Alb pan the student suicide rate (at
other western countries have.-his- gory, the double suicide, has be hough we do have some-examp the’university level) has been the
torically observed much , higher en quite common in - Japan,? tho les of such collective 'suicide .-in lowest among the similar age po
rates of
suicide among . . .men. ugh it <h as not been unknown in other ’ couhtries > (e.g., the Jewish pulation (which has a very high
Domestic Help Wanted _ :
This is certainly an aberration as Europe either:;. However, as yo stand at .Masada against Romans, peak' in suicide rates.) As afore- YOUNG man, to drive' : plain co
far as Durkheim’s observations ung people in Japan have beco Mexican junior military cadets menturned,” in the case, of Japan,
oking and light
chores<-for ..
are concemed.- It 'must be . men me freer in' choosing their own fighting off U^. marines at Cha- the vast majority of young su
small' family. .Phone . 741-7803 .
tioned here, however, > that- Ja mates • after the war, . this type pultapec, < General Custer’s stand icides in the age group 20-25 oc
(Toronto).. pan’s female suicide rates' have' of suicide has: 'understandably at Alamo, etc.), >The . Japanese cur 'among<the unemploy ed and
them.
■ been always higher than those of' been' on the decline." Peculiar to seem . to outclass - all • of
then among the ^unskilled work
PERSONAL.
women in Europe. It-seems that. Japan, however, have been the Japanese history abounds an nu ers. I believe one reason .to acc
WANT to meet Japanese Cana- _
Japanese women’ have been as Other two types of suicide beha merous examples/e.g., 47 ronin,: ount for this differential is the
d ian o r J apanese lady ?in ; Ca nada :
susceptible as meh to pressures of viour. It. has. been ,a> common' oc Byakko-tai or White Tiger Squ relative., degree of pressure in the
who would , be willing to , share <
life and social stress. For - inst currencez in ■• Japan ■. that.j^. either ads in Aizu, etc.). It is quite di university life. Inconceivable ;to
life together. 'She should: be - wi- .
ance, Japan’s “iye”. system (the mother or : father or. both'in., co fficult to make a scientific study North Americans, no
Japanese ling to share the outdoors and
of this, phenomenon because coll
family7 household system)’
has llusion- commit suicide;
university'-students “fail to gradu farming. Age 30 to 35. All. rep
faking
ective
suicide?
has?
b
always
been particularly 'stressful
for • their children .-along. It ■ -is < .inte
ate from universities. It is diffi lies will be answered. Send lettJapanese women.This is the stan resting for me?to? observe . that enshrined in hero .worship, natio cult to enter a university of’ one’s
ers to The New Canadian, Box /
dard explanation- offered by ma the Japanese public seems to ex- nal . glorification and legend.. Spa own choice, but it is c quite easy
10, 479 Queen Street West, To- ’.
ny Jap an es e social sc i entists. 1! et press^much sympathy .for such ce does, not permit me to /go on to \ graduate from; the university.
my own analysis of the
same family suicide. pacts. But there in detail. but I definitely obser Hence ‘ in Japan much, more cre
-data suggests that the married is ■ an important question invol- ve the evidence of “glorification dits given to the university one
women • have the lowest suicide ved.here: is it suicide or homici- of death’* in Japan’s folklore,re- has entered rather than the uni
rate of all women who committed • de ? As far as parent or parents ligion "legends, and in scholarly versity he may have graduated
suicide; in other words', marital are concerned, it' is genuinely a and philosophical writings (eg., from i(the situation is reversed
status correlation is. identicarwith suicide; but more often than not Hagakure? Bushiby. . /Yoshiba in Europe and North America).
Shoin as well as in the writing
that of - men. This is;, / indeed a they take along, their
Japanese students .(work extre
children
of
Moto-orn
Norinaga,
.
etc.
)
It
is
bit strange. In the - traditional without the latter’s consent. -In
mely hard in their primary and
Japanese family sy stem- the Japa that event, it could be consider an important task for-future. Ja high-school days, but the pace of
nese bride married into.' the brid ed as a homicide.' There might pan-specialists to fully explore study, and academic pressure, de
egroom’s family (yome-iri).;,-hen be two reasons for the .prevalen this death motif in the Japanese creases sharply -upon
entering
/
ce the
wife-and-m other- in-law ce of'this family suicide. .One is psyche..and values.
the university. University studconflict has been■ a. kgeiid; ?in that in view of the; still underFourthly, suicide rates .in Eu ent^lifein Japan, therefore; is
this- country. If Japan’s /.family developed welfare? system an Ja rope ' and North. -- America, /have., an.: enviably- relaxed one for. North
system is indeed -related = to high pan,'parents with suicide : in mind been'-always higher . in urban ar? Americans; It is_ a time for .them
suicide rates, then you. should ex may honestly believe that. Reaving eas than in rural -areas. But in to?.think about life leisurely (as
pect the highest suicide rate -am:? their children behind without any Japan this isreversed. It seems most Japanese students are fu
ong married women rather than prospect of support .and
care thattheexposureto life stress lly supported financially, by their
single women. ’ Some ' “ Japariese seems more cruel. The .other;re-? has been greatest in r rural are-r parents), travel .overseas, dabble
social scientists argue- that t J ar ason may .be that- Japanese par as in this country .■'-Because of in .music; and -philosophizing, fre
pan’s feudalistic. family, system ents still consider their children thex tightly-knit values and str quent ; coffee-houses, indulge in
broke down.;after-1945' ‘and -they to be their property or belongings ong group ■ cohesion in Japan’s extra-curricular activities of all
point out, quite correctly,
that to dispose of at their discretion. rural community, the . alienated, sorts, etc. In short,, academic pre
65% of the newly-married orga
ostracized and - deviants' do . not ssure for daily study is far -less
The last category in this “plu
nize nuclear families.-:Yet of the
seem to ibe able to. bear group here in- Japan than in North Aremaining 35%. of extended fa ral” suicide is the group or co sanctions:'
merica. Japanese? students, like
—- milies (in which man and- wife llective suicide, especially mani
their counterparts. elsewhere, can
.Fifthly,, suicide rates have belive with their parents), the- 'ma fested in the last phase of World
reia£ln- “suspended membership”
_ _ ___
II. To the best of my know- • en much higher among .the -emprried women -■ still have.- the - low War
in^the/pccu-patm
ledge;
no
scientific
study
of
.this
.?^
-of
small
and
medium-siz
est rate of suicide:? Hence the
-ffee from pr^suf^s of life.^ This’
has ed enterprises than among those
reason for very high suicide- ra- group suicide phenomenon
may account forytheir low suici
tes among Japan’s women (the ever been,made by the'Japanese, 6f large-scale organizations. Ja- de rate in Japan fin contrast to
highest rate in the world) must including a study of the Kamika pan - is ? _a -^group-.oriented ./.speiety hiigh student- suiciderrates.? . in
ze pilots' and gyokusai _ (collecti and group^life has been sinaqua
bd found elsewhere.
.
xNorth America. '
■Secondly, suicide- rates in the ve military -suicide). The latter, non for centuries. It has been
West reach a peak for the age or gyokusai, is the . suicide phe the time-honoured tradition in Ja
group 60 or older. -In the -case nomenon in which' both Japanese pan" that membership in large-sc
many ale organizations (e.g., big firms)
of Japan, there have be^n? always soldiers and civilians , in
their brings incredible fringe benefits
two peaks in suicide rates: the South Pacific isles made
age grouD, 20-25 and the group futile suicide charges against the and protection through life-emp
over 60. .Hence Japan has been overwhelming American military loyment practices. 'Hence at tim
a country where the youth pop forces. In another case, a consi es of massive economic .and- bu
the
ulation has been extremely susc derable number of Japanese^botih siness crises . it has been
eptible to suicide- When'you scru military and civilian, committed small business that has been hit
tinize the statistical. 'data^ on suicide right in front of the Im- hardest. Large-Scale business or-
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her low. There as one problem- to ' Will note that the majority, of yo^ i perial Palace ; on August. , 15th, i gani^ations , in Japan simply eli?
A momber of/Ethnic Preas ?
this theory, however.'In ? Japan }-ungsuicides are -.the / unemployed,’1945, .'when ■the;;Empire of Japan minate some sub-contracts upon
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both (homicide and suicide rates or unskilled workers .employed in surrendered to the Allies. Culling which / small-; enterprises ? depend.
' and Canada . Federation;
■have .been slowly but, steadily small or medium-sized enterpri- ■ through old Japanese newspaper It ■ is not difficult -';to : •understand
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declining for the post’ ten" years! ses. This is an interesting phe-J clippings I was able to learn ab- therefore,' that employees of big
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suicides. I firms - in Japan 'have been -best
Hence social scientists . must take nomehoh: in Japan. .Those; who ha- out such^ collective
'
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the case of Japan quite seriously ve been removed from” the occu do not have the exact figure but protected from business fluctua
English Section Editor
in order to make? our scientific pational community in Japan se-„ I estimate that more han 50,000 tions, whereas the . counterparts
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an
small
firms
have
always:
had
Japanese
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em to be very
susceptible to. military personnel - and an equal
theories cross-culturally ; valid. •
number of Japanese civilians co- to (bear the brunt of such ecbnosuicide.
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Thirdly as opposed to single
latter
part
of
the
Pacific
War,
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Based upon my . research in suicide - (one’ person -suicide),-- Ja? Sixthly, on the basis of the li-:
Among
these
people,
were
milita
Japan in the past several .months pan is known for plural suicide.
mited available data,-it has been
Published? on every Tuesdays 7
there are the foil owing; characte The plural suicide in Japan can ry’officers, enlisted men, woun my observation ^
the student
and l^M*??-. ,?
all
ristics - in ’ Japan’s ■ - suicide patt be .-further divided into three subr ded and sick soldiers, and
suicide rate has been rather high
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sorts
of
civilians,
men
and
wom
erns. Firstly, -female -suicide ra types: double ..suicide - - (joshi ' or.
relative ‘Ate the college-age ’? po
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tes have been just about .the sa- love/suicide)^. family- suicide' (ik- en, young and old. ’This group pulation in Europe and-North A- A
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suicide
may
be
'most
difficult
to
mei;as "those cf men,especially ka-shinju) and group < suicide’
merica. But in the case of Ja
in" the past ten . years dr so.' AU (shudanjisatsu).? T.he: first cate understand for Canadians. Alb pan the student suicide rate (at
other western countries have.-his- gory, the double suicide, has be hough we do have some-examp the’university level) has been the
torically observed much , higher en quite common in - Japan,? tho les of such collective 'suicide .-in lowest among the similar age po
rates of
suicide among . . .men. ugh it <h as not been unknown in other ’ couhtries > (e.g., the Jewish pulation (which has a very high
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far as Durkheim’s observations ung people in Japan have beco Mexican junior military cadets menturned,” in the case, of Japan,
oking and light
chores<-for ..
are concemed.- It 'must be . men me freer in' choosing their own fighting off U^. marines at Cha- the vast majority of young su
small' family. .Phone . 741-7803 .
tioned here, however, > that- Ja mates • after the war, . this type pultapec, < General Custer’s stand icides in the age group 20-25 oc
(Toronto).. pan’s female suicide rates' have' of suicide has: 'understandably at Alamo, etc.), >The . Japanese cur 'among<the unemploy ed and
them.
■ been always higher than those of' been' on the decline." Peculiar to seem . to outclass - all • of
then among the ^unskilled work
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women in Europe. It-seems that. Japan, however, have been the Japanese history abounds an nu ers. I believe one reason .to acc
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Japanese women’ have been as Other two types of suicide beha merous examples/e.g., 47 ronin,: ount for this differential is the
d ian o r J apanese lady ?in ; Ca nada :
susceptible as meh to pressures of viour. It. has. been ,a> common' oc Byakko-tai or White Tiger Squ relative., degree of pressure in the
who would , be willing to , share <
life and social stress. For - inst currencez in ■• Japan ■. that.j^. either ads in Aizu, etc.). It is quite di university life. Inconceivable ;to
life together. 'She should: be - wi- .
ance, Japan’s “iye”. system (the mother or : father or. both'in., co fficult to make a scientific study North Americans, no
Japanese ling to share the outdoors and
of this, phenomenon because coll
family7 household system)’
has llusion- commit suicide;
university'-students “fail to gradu farming. Age 30 to 35. All. rep
faking
ective
suicide?
has?
b
always
been particularly 'stressful
for • their children .-along. It ■ -is < .inte
ate from universities. It is diffi lies will be answered. Send lettJapanese women.This is the stan resting for me?to? observe . that enshrined in hero .worship, natio cult to enter a university of’ one’s
ers to The New Canadian, Box /
dard explanation- offered by ma the Japanese public seems to ex- nal . glorification and legend.. Spa own choice, but it is c quite easy
10, 479 Queen Street West, To- ’.
ny Jap an es e social sc i entists. 1! et press^much sympathy .for such ce does, not permit me to /go on to \ graduate from; the university.
my own analysis of the
same family suicide. pacts. But there in detail. but I definitely obser Hence ‘ in Japan much, more cre
-data suggests that the married is ■ an important question invol- ve the evidence of “glorification dits given to the university one
women • have the lowest suicide ved.here: is it suicide or homici- of death’* in Japan’s folklore,re- has entered rather than the uni
rate of all women who committed • de ? As far as parent or parents ligion "legends, and in scholarly versity he may have graduated
suicide; in other words', marital are concerned, it' is genuinely a and philosophical writings (eg., from i(the situation is reversed
status correlation is. identicarwith suicide; but more often than not Hagakure? Bushiby. . /Yoshiba in Europe and North America).
Shoin as well as in the writing
that of - men. This is;, / indeed a they take along, their
Japanese students .(work extre
children
of
Moto-orn
Norinaga,
.
etc.
)
It
is
bit strange. In the - traditional without the latter’s consent. -In
mely hard in their primary and
Japanese family sy stem- the Japa that event, it could be consider an important task for-future. Ja high-school days, but the pace of
nese bride married into.' the brid ed as a homicide.' There might pan-specialists to fully explore study, and academic pressure, de
egroom’s family (yome-iri).;,-hen be two reasons for the .prevalen this death motif in the Japanese creases sharply -upon
entering
/
ce the
wife-and-m other- in-law ce of'this family suicide. .One is psyche..and values.
the university. University studconflict has been■ a. kgeiid; ?in that in view of the; still underFourthly, suicide rates .in Eu ent^lifein Japan, therefore; is
this- country. If Japan’s /.family developed welfare? system an Ja rope ' and North. -- America, /have., an.: enviably- relaxed one for. North
system is indeed -related = to high pan,'parents with suicide : in mind been'-always higher . in urban ar? Americans; It is_ a time for .them
suicide rates, then you. should ex may honestly believe that. Reaving eas than in rural -areas. But in to?.think about life leisurely (as
pect the highest suicide rate -am:? their children behind without any Japan this isreversed. It seems most Japanese students are fu
ong married women rather than prospect of support .and
care thattheexposureto life stress lly supported financially, by their
single women. ’ Some ' “ Japariese seems more cruel. The .other;re-? has been greatest in r rural are-r parents), travel .overseas, dabble
social scientists argue- that t J ar ason may .be that- Japanese par as in this country .■'-Because of in .music; and -philosophizing, fre
pan’s feudalistic. family, system ents still consider their children thex tightly-knit values and str quent ; coffee-houses, indulge in
broke down.;after-1945' ‘and -they to be their property or belongings ong group ■ cohesion in Japan’s extra-curricular activities of all
point out, quite correctly,
that to dispose of at their discretion. rural community, the . alienated, sorts, etc. In short,, academic pre
65% of the newly-married orga
ostracized and - deviants' do . not ssure for daily study is far -less
The last category in this “plu
nize nuclear families.-:Yet of the
seem to ibe able to. bear group here in- Japan than in North Aremaining 35%. of extended fa ral” suicide is the group or co sanctions:'
merica. Japanese? students, like
—- milies (in which man and- wife llective suicide, especially mani
their counterparts. elsewhere, can
.Fifthly,, suicide rates have belive with their parents), the- 'ma fested in the last phase of World
reia£ln- “suspended membership”
_ _ ___
II. To the best of my know- • en much higher among .the -emprried women -■ still have.- the - low War
in^the/pccu-patm
ledge;
no
scientific
study
of
.this
.?^
-of
small
and
medium-siz
est rate of suicide:? Hence the
-ffee from pr^suf^s of life.^ This’
has ed enterprises than among those
reason for very high suicide- ra- group suicide phenomenon
may account forytheir low suici
tes among Japan’s women (the ever been,made by the'Japanese, 6f large-scale organizations. Ja- de rate in Japan fin contrast to
highest rate in the world) must including a study of the Kamika pan - is ? _a -^group-.oriented ./.speiety hiigh student- suiciderrates.? . in
ze pilots' and gyokusai _ (collecti and group^life has been sinaqua
bd found elsewhere.
.
xNorth America. '
■Secondly, suicide- rates in the ve military -suicide). The latter, non for centuries. It has been
West reach a peak for the age or gyokusai, is the . suicide phe the time-honoured tradition in Ja
group 60 or older. -In the -case nomenon in which' both Japanese pan" that membership in large-sc
many ale organizations (e.g., big firms)
of Japan, there have be^n? always soldiers and civilians , in
their brings incredible fringe benefits
two peaks in suicide rates: the South Pacific isles made
age grouD, 20-25 and the group futile suicide charges against the and protection through life-emp
over 60. .Hence Japan has been overwhelming American military loyment practices. 'Hence at tim
a country where the youth pop forces. In another case, a consi es of massive economic .and- bu
the
ulation has been extremely susc derable number of Japanese^botih siness crises . it has been
eptible to suicide- When'you scru military and civilian, committed small business that has been hit
tinize the statistical. 'data^ on suicide right in front of the Im- hardest. Large-Scale business or-
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'.Friday; -Mafcii' 25, 1977^
^
^ CARD OF THANKS
• We wish to express our" sin
cere gratitudetoour < many,
friends' and relatives ’ for> their
words, and acts;: of : kindness,
expressions of sympathy, flo: ral tributes, telegrams', and;
koden in - the recent loss of
our dear husband; father,j Ishi
matsu Katai;
Mrs/Ayakb Katai ?
Mr- & Mrs; Kenr.^
•-CARD OF THANKS ' VWe wish to express our sin
cere;-'gratitude to ’ our “ many
friends' and relatives for their
kind words, telegrams; floral
tributes and; koden . during the
recent loss / of beloved Fusa
Ichikawa.
. Mr. & Mrs. George lchikawa & Family, 7
^ Thunder Bay.Ontario.
Mr.;& Mrs. T. Omoto,
Kapuskasing, Ontario
Mr. & Mrs. S. Kurio,
Agincourt, Ontario ;
Mr. Mas Ichikawa, .
" Thunder Bay, Ontario.
Mr. Bob_Ichikawa^ <
”
’ Thunder Bay, Ontario.
Mr. Shigeo Ichikawa, r
Kapuskasing, Ontario
CARD OF THANKS
At this tame ' w.e._ wish to:
express ^our heartfelt appreci.
ation-to our many, many :friends, neighbors and relatives
: for their infinite//kindness,
words of comfort 'and for the
many beautiful; floral tributes
during the sudden loss of our
dear Shigeki, loving husband,
and gentle father.
; To the many Issei friends,
thank you for enriching his
life with wisdom,' inspiration
and with pride fin his heritage.
To the many Issei friends,
thank you for sharing in his
fulfilled years of happiness. ..
..Special thanks to'Bob, a . ve
ry special friend, to Tami and
the Japanese Canadian Cultu
ral Center, his “second home”,
"where he spent * many, meanin
gful and happy hours, and to
the Nipponia Home where his
thoughts were ever close, for
their most beautiful and me-'
morable tribute. .
He has taught us compassi
on, love and
understanding
for our fellow: man<; . Above
all. how to live: fully^each day
^ith hbpe^for the future and
With renewed strengths to end
ure. . ■ ■
■
We will all miss his warm
smile and., his. laughter.; but
Shigeki will always" be with
us in pur hearts.,_
As he always wished the very best to all his friends, may
we extend his feelings to all
of you.
L /.
Shirley Sora
Alan, David, Randy, April.
PAGES
Personal Notes Urine.
[ Dates & Doings ]
kesmeh for the Sankyo Zoki Co;,
a subsidiary of the major Sankyo
'
: ; KATAI
Pharmaceutical Company, as say
TORONTO)..'—— The Sangha-Dana “Miss Tokyo” candidate will- be
TORONTO. '—- Mr. . Ishimatsu ing ‘ that HCG, a / gonadotropic
Katai, 70, " passed aiway .on ■ Feb. hormone formed in' the placenta' nominated at the gala. Centennial Hanamatsuri Dance, Saturday,
Ap1^ 2 at.8:00. pjn. at the Toronto Buddhist Church. She will re18, 1977 at St. Michael’s Hospi that promotes the activity of the present TBC at the forthcoming Toronto Caravan.Disc jockey light
tal. Funeral was held5 at the Ja ovaries, is extracted from -the refreshments $3.00. per person. Everybody welcome; come out and .
&W)rt your group’s effort! Call your -rep now for tickets.
panese United Church officiated urine of .pregnant women.
by^ the Rev. H .Iwai on Feb. 21, < ’ This , substance - is ..found'’; in .
"/Table Tennis Tournament will be held bn. Saturday/ April 2
from
. .1:00 p.m. at Social Hall of Toronto' Buddhist Church. Ages
such
.
minute
quantities
that
1,000
WiiOsliBftaill®
liters of urine are needed to ex ^.?18 .yris. .Supper at 5:30 p.m. Youth ’dance from "7:30. Admission
tract 1 gram of pure HCG. The *ice. Call, Jerry Kawaguchi 231-6300 for more information.
“Hanamatsuri -Family Bowling” on Sat. April 9 from 2:00
.
KAMIKURA
amount contained in the
urine
p.m. at Olympia Edwards. Supper at church at 5:30 p.m. Fabulous
VANCOUVER. — Shigeo Ka- “eaches a peak in the third mo Hanamatsuri Concert immediately; after from 7:30 p.m. Don’t miss
mikura, 68, passed'-away on Janu- nth of pregnacy but drops off this fun event for whole family. Call Lefty Ito 465-8893; Robert
— TBC
ary 29th, 1977 at Mount Sti Jo- sharply. after the fourth m onth, Tanaka 461-6594 or Jerry_Kawaguchi 231-6300.
! septi Hospital. Funeral- . service. making it. uneconomical to conti
; was held -on Feb. 2nd . at Seicho nue the extraction process after
no lye Church of Vancouver and. that."
488 Dundas St. W.
interment at Forest Lawn ceme ” Makoto Takizawa, one of the
Toronto 2B, Ont.
tery.
.
/ - — .
company's spokesman, is reported
Yes, it finally came
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To beat the cold by young
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"that up-to 1960 a large volume
and
old
■
■
Are you packed? Here
are
WATANABE
■ of this necessary ingredient was
Health stamina food from Ja- the Furuya special tours.
TORONTO. — Mr. r - A^
making it possible to
’ pan •.
April 24 Spring Group to Ja
' (Art) Watanabe, 50, passed away manufacture large quantities: of
GOMA NO SEI
pan'.
( in„Toronto General Hospital on ROG for export to the United
Get one for. yourself and one May 21 Weekend in Boston
- March 16th, 1977. Beloved hus States and England,: but that as
for your 'mom and dad. You May . 28 Brasil Nippon Festi
band of Teruko . (Terrie j Goto, Japan’s economy began to grow
need one this winter.
val ■ Tour
. dear father of Loraine,brother of the supply decreased, probably
Have you heard about the fa- July 23 Banff,- Rockies, VaneGeorge, Thomas and Mrs. Floren duexto the' fact that more women
bulous **Tsuru Botan”... It is ouyer home coming,
ce Tamur “of. Ottawa..
/■
went out to work
instead of
new rice and is. equally tasty Sept. Issei .Nisei. Fun Tour to
The late Mr. Watanabe operat staying at home.
as our Kokuho or Matsu.
V Europe ed Takara Jewellers in Toronto. - Director Toshiumi Wada
of
Try one today for change of. Oct. 2 Autumn Group to Japan
■ Earle Elliott Funtral
Home. the Tedkoku Zoki Co., the lar
Pace*
■ | and many more to come.
•Service, at Toronto Japanese Uni gest firm of its kind in Japan,
ted Church. Interment Highland blames the drop, in urine supp
Memory Gardens.
ly ^to modernization of the sewa
TWATA SPRING TOUR TO JAPAN
ge. system:
<
DEPARTURES
RETURN
’“The increased installation of
April 09
May 09
2
UMETSU
fli^ toilets has^ i^
the coll
June bi
Mr
BURLINGTON; Ont
May 14 '
' June 13
he
Jack Toru Umetsu, 60;<6f Burlin ection of urine difficult,”
May 21
<
'
June 20
gton passed away on
March lamented.
June 11
. ; July
He said his company had aban
July
05
.
August.
24
17 th, 1977 after a short illness."
doned
the
practice
of
collecting
■July 16
August 15
Fimera Service/ held at DodAugust 13
urine-to
manufacture
HCG
and
September
12
sworth arid Brown in - Hamilton,
Hawaii Nassau (Bahamas) & other Islands plus all . pais now importing either the fini
officiated by the Pastor W. Har
ckages
tours are all available.
shed product or a semi-finished
ms.
Toronto — Vancouver return for as low as ,$222.00. Ple
. concentrate. Its sources of supply
ase contact K. IWATA for more information.
The late Mr. Umetsu was a
L are < India, .Turkey and /■ South
respected Judo Sensei who devo“where flush
tedi many years of has life to the * American countries
v
Head. Office. 1115 E. Hastings,■ Van. 254-5101
j sport. The funerai was toilets are few,' ”> he added.
artr and
L:' Another- hormone that promoTour Office 1040 W. Georgia; Van. 684-5101
attended .by many friends in the
tes fertility in women and
is
Toronto Office 162 Spadina Ave. 869-1291
martial arts.
also
extracted
from
urine
is
KEN KUTSUKAKE
Interment at White Chapel MeHMG, according to the magazine.
moriaV Garden on March 21st,
It is used in - conjunction . with
HCG and is said to have been
one of the factors, responsible in
the. birth of quintuplets in Japan
last year. ;
A
Produced - by: the
pituitary
gland, it promotes the maturation
of the ova. It can be found in lar
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ge .quantities in the urine of wo
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^
^ CARD OF THANKS
• We wish to express our" sin
cere gratitudetoour < many,
friends' and relatives ’ for> their
words, and acts;: of : kindness,
expressions of sympathy, flo: ral tributes, telegrams', and;
koden in - the recent loss of
our dear husband; father,j Ishi
matsu Katai;
Mrs/Ayakb Katai ?
Mr- & Mrs; Kenr.^
•-CARD OF THANKS ' VWe wish to express our sin
cere;-'gratitude to ’ our “ many
friends' and relatives for their
kind words, telegrams; floral
tributes and; koden . during the
recent loss / of beloved Fusa
Ichikawa.
. Mr. & Mrs. George lchikawa & Family, 7
^ Thunder Bay.Ontario.
Mr.;& Mrs. T. Omoto,
Kapuskasing, Ontario
Mr. & Mrs. S. Kurio,
Agincourt, Ontario ;
Mr. Mas Ichikawa, .
" Thunder Bay, Ontario.
Mr. Bob_Ichikawa^ <
”
’ Thunder Bay, Ontario.
Mr. Shigeo Ichikawa, r
Kapuskasing, Ontario
CARD OF THANKS
At this tame ' w.e._ wish to:
express ^our heartfelt appreci.
ation-to our many, many :friends, neighbors and relatives
: for their infinite//kindness,
words of comfort 'and for the
many beautiful; floral tributes
during the sudden loss of our
dear Shigeki, loving husband,
and gentle father.
; To the many Issei friends,
thank you for enriching his
life with wisdom,' inspiration
and with pride fin his heritage.
To the many Issei friends,
thank you for sharing in his
fulfilled years of happiness. ..
..Special thanks to'Bob, a . ve
ry special friend, to Tami and
the Japanese Canadian Cultu
ral Center, his “second home”,
"where he spent * many, meanin
gful and happy hours, and to
the Nipponia Home where his
thoughts were ever close, for
their most beautiful and me-'
morable tribute. .
He has taught us compassi
on, love and
understanding
for our fellow: man<; . Above
all. how to live: fully^each day
^ith hbpe^for the future and
With renewed strengths to end
ure. . ■ ■
■
We will all miss his warm
smile and., his. laughter.; but
Shigeki will always" be with
us in pur hearts.,_
As he always wished the very best to all his friends, may
we extend his feelings to all
of you.
L /.
Shirley Sora
Alan, David, Randy, April.
PAGES
Personal Notes Urine.
[ Dates & Doings ]
kesmeh for the Sankyo Zoki Co;,
a subsidiary of the major Sankyo
'
: ; KATAI
Pharmaceutical Company, as say
TORONTO)..'—— The Sangha-Dana “Miss Tokyo” candidate will- be
TORONTO. '—- Mr. . Ishimatsu ing ‘ that HCG, a / gonadotropic
Katai, 70, " passed aiway .on ■ Feb. hormone formed in' the placenta' nominated at the gala. Centennial Hanamatsuri Dance, Saturday,
Ap1^ 2 at.8:00. pjn. at the Toronto Buddhist Church. She will re18, 1977 at St. Michael’s Hospi that promotes the activity of the present TBC at the forthcoming Toronto Caravan.Disc jockey light
tal. Funeral was held5 at the Ja ovaries, is extracted from -the refreshments $3.00. per person. Everybody welcome; come out and .
&W)rt your group’s effort! Call your -rep now for tickets.
panese United Church officiated urine of .pregnant women.
by^ the Rev. H .Iwai on Feb. 21, < ’ This , substance - is ..found'’; in .
"/Table Tennis Tournament will be held bn. Saturday/ April 2
from
. .1:00 p.m. at Social Hall of Toronto' Buddhist Church. Ages
such
.
minute
quantities
that
1,000
WiiOsliBftaill®
liters of urine are needed to ex ^.?18 .yris. .Supper at 5:30 p.m. Youth ’dance from "7:30. Admission
tract 1 gram of pure HCG. The *ice. Call, Jerry Kawaguchi 231-6300 for more information.
“Hanamatsuri -Family Bowling” on Sat. April 9 from 2:00
.
KAMIKURA
amount contained in the
urine
p.m. at Olympia Edwards. Supper at church at 5:30 p.m. Fabulous
VANCOUVER. — Shigeo Ka- “eaches a peak in the third mo Hanamatsuri Concert immediately; after from 7:30 p.m. Don’t miss
mikura, 68, passed'-away on Janu- nth of pregnacy but drops off this fun event for whole family. Call Lefty Ito 465-8893; Robert
— TBC
ary 29th, 1977 at Mount Sti Jo- sharply. after the fourth m onth, Tanaka 461-6594 or Jerry_Kawaguchi 231-6300.
! septi Hospital. Funeral- . service. making it. uneconomical to conti
; was held -on Feb. 2nd . at Seicho nue the extraction process after
no lye Church of Vancouver and. that."
488 Dundas St. W.
interment at Forest Lawn ceme ” Makoto Takizawa, one of the
Toronto 2B, Ont.
tery.
.
/ - — .
company's spokesman, is reported
Yes, it finally came
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To beat the cold by young
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Health stamina food from Ja- the Furuya special tours.
TORONTO. — Mr. r - A^
making it possible to
’ pan •.
April 24 Spring Group to Ja
' (Art) Watanabe, 50, passed away manufacture large quantities: of
GOMA NO SEI
pan'.
( in„Toronto General Hospital on ROG for export to the United
Get one for. yourself and one May 21 Weekend in Boston
- March 16th, 1977. Beloved hus States and England,: but that as
for your 'mom and dad. You May . 28 Brasil Nippon Festi
band of Teruko . (Terrie j Goto, Japan’s economy began to grow
need one this winter.
val ■ Tour
. dear father of Loraine,brother of the supply decreased, probably
Have you heard about the fa- July 23 Banff,- Rockies, VaneGeorge, Thomas and Mrs. Floren duexto the' fact that more women
bulous **Tsuru Botan”... It is ouyer home coming,
ce Tamur “of. Ottawa..
/■
went out to work
instead of
new rice and is. equally tasty Sept. Issei .Nisei. Fun Tour to
The late Mr. Watanabe operat staying at home.
as our Kokuho or Matsu.
V Europe ed Takara Jewellers in Toronto. - Director Toshiumi Wada
of
Try one today for change of. Oct. 2 Autumn Group to Japan
■ Earle Elliott Funtral
Home. the Tedkoku Zoki Co., the lar
Pace*
■ | and many more to come.
•Service, at Toronto Japanese Uni gest firm of its kind in Japan,
ted Church. Interment Highland blames the drop, in urine supp
Memory Gardens.
ly ^to modernization of the sewa
TWATA SPRING TOUR TO JAPAN
ge. system:
<
DEPARTURES
RETURN
’“The increased installation of
April 09
May 09
2
UMETSU
fli^ toilets has^ i^
the coll
June bi
Mr
BURLINGTON; Ont
May 14 '
' June 13
he
Jack Toru Umetsu, 60;<6f Burlin ection of urine difficult,”
May 21
<
'
June 20
gton passed away on
March lamented.
June 11
. ; July
He said his company had aban
July
05
.
August.
24
17 th, 1977 after a short illness."
doned
the
practice
of
collecting
■July 16
August 15
Fimera Service/ held at DodAugust 13
urine-to
manufacture
HCG
and
September
12
sworth arid Brown in - Hamilton,
Hawaii Nassau (Bahamas) & other Islands plus all . pais now importing either the fini
officiated by the Pastor W. Har
ckages
tours are all available.
shed product or a semi-finished
ms.
Toronto — Vancouver return for as low as ,$222.00. Ple
. concentrate. Its sources of supply
ase contact K. IWATA for more information.
The late Mr. Umetsu was a
L are < India, .Turkey and /■ South
respected Judo Sensei who devo“where flush
tedi many years of has life to the * American countries
v
Head. Office. 1115 E. Hastings,■ Van. 254-5101
j sport. The funerai was toilets are few,' ”> he added.
artr and
L:' Another- hormone that promoTour Office 1040 W. Georgia; Van. 684-5101
attended .by many friends in the
tes fertility in women and
is
Toronto Office 162 Spadina Ave. 869-1291
martial arts.
also
extracted
from
urine
is
KEN KUTSUKAKE
Interment at White Chapel MeHMG, according to the magazine.
moriaV Garden on March 21st,
It is used in - conjunction . with
HCG and is said to have been
one of the factors, responsible in
the. birth of quintuplets in Japan
last year. ;
A
Produced - by: the
pituitary
gland, it promotes the maturation
of the ova. It can be found in lar
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ght the topics■ rangeHrem Gre? oid the heavy, burden .of .national
WITH FLOWERS
at' Britain to Canada to? Japan/ debt as her pro rata share . of
sharon s
lorist
-Jack' said he -was one of /the Canadays-debt. '.QuebecTs. share .of
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because he-could not see -much be as high - as seventeen billions
City wide delivery
future- in that ‘ country. Being./a because -much ■'.of the . off-setting
WilL hold their ^imual Mating, on^m^
Peter Sasaki
assets
are
not
A
of
.the
..type
that
Britisher, he.said, he still hoped
from 3.p.m. Supper will Ke served at 5 p.m. at Nikko Garden.
can"
ibe
r
'liquidated
-to
cover
the
Britain, wbuld come' out of her
'
' ‘
7 '
current problems- and
become debt.
strong again. But he’ 'could not . That’s - a powerful ^argument against -the possibility - of Quebec’s
be too optimistic.
—
According to^hinij -the
labor separation. But^ someone pointed'
union in.. Britaiiri ^has become " so but, -why did the . Canadian igov- . /tiuuL—;*wna.— aacA. i- ■ strong- that:, it was-, able bo run * emmentget itself /.in/such’/a- debt,
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pretty
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man
empire
:
took'.va
long
~
tame.
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With / a rich country - like ..-Ca
The • decline and fall of the 5 Britidh empire _ — . and of Britain nada ^having so -much : trouble,
how come Japan -is' able < to/make
is taking- much Jess time.
We-commonly -think of-1 Canada such a quick i recovery ifrom wo?
as being closer in. bur make-up rid recession and the petroleuni
to Great Britain -'than the Ame shock, someone - wanted - to /know?
ricans are. Is it possible
that - That-was a- tough quest!on/ to
Canada is going to follow- the answer. But we - did -toss ^around
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path taken .by . Great Britain ? ~ a-fewideas.
173 DUNDAS STREET WEST. TORONTO
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^For some reason, Japan does
There are some gloomy indica
tions. ' At one j time Canada had not have to break up -giant ^.^r-•SOB HOUR FREE PARKING FOR
the secorid ■ highest standard of porations for fear of - reducing
ORE CUSTOMERS. AT JOY LOY
Reservations: 366-2164 living in the world (next to the competition. In fect amalgama
PARKING LOT. (SOUTH OF LICHEE GARDENS)
is encouraged-by - the t govern
Seven Days A Week U.S.) . Now Canada ranks sev tion
ment if -any of the -major .corpo
enth or lower. \
difficulties.
A financial .columnist recently rations runs- into
wrote that Quebec, will not sepa- Like - the wayKanematsu swall.owed up Gosho, Nisho absorbed
Jwai, • and' ’Ataka;>about^be
taken under the .; control ? of- C.
The New Canadian
Itoh. Would a Japan based. supALL. HEEL HEIGHTS
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the - work ethic among its -work
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ers, ‘and the - tendency- towards
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panese - -manage - to s accumulate,
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corporations - are - foreign owned ? ■
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. <
And is the scenario still ope
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rative that Japan "will overtake
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TORONTO, ONT. M4P 2L6
2 BLOCKS NORTH
OF EGLINTON.
TEL. 488-1213 .
' OPERATED BY
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NAMIKI & TANOUYE
A Letter from Montreal
Canada-Britain-Japan
> - Problems. Discussed -
ERNESTJQMORI
/ »-. .4V w> K'’X' V •.... *!V t.« '4- *,>’"j'^ ’IK’.’*."*,-’’ : *• U ;*’ " •>.•..*“»»■■-:' ^>.» -■■■->"“’
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' Through >
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TOM OMURA
7M41A4
• - At a discussion- the /other . mi- -rate because - she could. -, .not ...aff^
__S AY IT
ght the topics■ rangeHrem Gre? oid the heavy, burden .of .national
WITH FLOWERS
at' Britain to Canada to? Japan/ debt as her pro rata share . of
sharon s
lorist
-Jack' said he -was one of /the Canadays-debt. '.QuebecTs. share .of
"942 PAPE AVE.
many who had .recently immigra the debt would be seven .billion
TORONTO. ONT. ~
ted to Canada-'from Great Britain dollars, -but s the Obligations .would
TEL: .425-2122
because he-could not see -much be as high - as seventeen billions
City wide delivery
future- in that ‘ country. Being./a because -much ■'.of the . off-setting
WilL hold their ^imual Mating, on^m^
Peter Sasaki
assets
are
not
A
of
.the
..type
that
Britisher, he.said, he still hoped
from 3.p.m. Supper will Ke served at 5 p.m. at Nikko Garden.
can"
ibe
r
'liquidated
-to
cover
the
Britain, wbuld come' out of her
'
' ‘
7 '
current problems- and
become debt.
strong again. But he’ 'could not . That’s - a powerful ^argument against -the possibility - of Quebec’s
be too optimistic.
—
According to^hinij -the
labor separation. But^ someone pointed'
union in.. Britaiiri ^has become " so but, -why did the . Canadian igov- . /tiuuL—;*wna.— aacA. i- ■ strong- that:, it was-, able bo run * emmentget itself /.in/such’/a- debt,
EBEET - METAL WORK ~
position
?
So
Quebec
can
’
t
"aff-L
things
pretty
much
=
the
—
way
it
~ . KAVESTROUGHING
Barristers ?& Solicitors
.
ord
to
separate
?
Is
Canada
go
3601 LAWRENCE AVE. E.
-wanted, and in < the process: the'
Isn’t- it
SIMMS DEALE* :
7
workers were- losing, their, work ing deeper i into debt ?
Scarborough, Ontario
possible that some -more ^pros
Telephone :431-1500
TORONTO :
ethic.
" ' —
"
29,1-7554
155 MAIN ST. W.
perous
province
.might
-get-/fedThe decline and if all of the Ro-,
: NISEI OWNED.
Stouffville, Ontario ■
up and say, enoughs let me . out ?
man
empire
:
took'.va
long
~
tame.
Telephone: -294-6393
With / a rich country - like ..-Ca
The • decline and fall of the 5 Britidh empire _ — . and of Britain nada ^having so -much : trouble,
how come Japan -is' able < to/make
is taking- much Jess time.
We-commonly -think of-1 Canada such a quick i recovery ifrom wo?
as being closer in. bur make-up rid recession and the petroleuni
to Great Britain -'than the Ame shock, someone - wanted - to /know?
ricans are. Is it possible
that - That-was a- tough quest!on/ to
Canada is going to follow- the answer. But we - did -toss ^around
'
*
■
path taken .by . Great Britain ? ~ a-fewideas.
173 DUNDAS STREET WEST. TORONTO
Japanese restaurant/tavern j
^For some reason, Japan does
There are some gloomy indica
tions. ' At one j time Canada had not have to break up -giant ^.^r-•SOB HOUR FREE PARKING FOR
the secorid ■ highest standard of porations for fear of - reducing
ORE CUSTOMERS. AT JOY LOY
Reservations: 366-2164 living in the world (next to the competition. In fect amalgama
PARKING LOT. (SOUTH OF LICHEE GARDENS)
is encouraged-by - the t govern
Seven Days A Week U.S.) . Now Canada ranks sev tion
ment if -any of the -major .corpo
enth or lower. \
difficulties.
A financial .columnist recently rations runs- into
wrote that Quebec, will not sepa- Like - the wayKanematsu swall.owed up Gosho, Nisho absorbed
Jwai, • and' ’Ataka;>about^be
taken under the .; control ? of- C.
The New Canadian
Itoh. Would a Japan based. supALL. HEEL HEIGHTS
LATEST STYLES
479 QUEEN ST. WEST, TORONTO, ONT. M5V <2A9
-vanational - corporation /retain its
MENS 4 and up
LADIES 2 and up
for which
Please find enclosed^ $
Japanese identity,-orwould it? ta
MEDIUM & WIDE FITTINGS
^ Renew my subscription.
ke -the - Japanese domestic - market
. year/months
# Enter my new subscription for
for_a ride? 2
How is ' Japan -able .to «retain
$15.00per year
$9.00 for 6 Months
the - work ethic among its -work
1328 Queen St. West.
ers, ‘and the - tendency- towards
NAME (MR. MRS. MISS)
Phone 531-1931 Toronto
group effort ? How do. <>the- i Ja*.
panese - -manage - to s accumulate,
ADDRESS
capital "for its -industries, unlike
Canada - where - so -many -of -her llllllllllllllllilllllllllllllllllllllilllllllllllllllllllllllllllilllllllllllllllllllllllllll
PROV
CITY
corporations - are - foreign owned ? ■
POSTAL CODE
How will Japan weather . the
storm that is the result of; her'
- Phone 273-5696
672 No. 3 Rd., Richmond, B.C
very • successes. -What k about th®
JlllllllllllllillllHIIIillllllinilllllllHlIIHIIHMniHlllllllllll.lllllilllllllHIMI^
Phone 681-7251
cries- for quotas-- .against Japa-. 1157 . Melville St., Vancouver, B.C..
FURUYA MEISHO? TOUR NO. 2
riese exports, for -reciprocal, imp
GROUPDEPARTUBE TO JAPAN
orts * by ' the- Japanese ? *. CanJaAPRIL 10
MAY 1
ptan increase her imports .over
MAY
6
APRIL 3
and above her needed imports of.
MAY 23
APRIL 28
MAY 24
- Tour the yold Boston, Cambridge, Harvard & Plymouth.
MAY6
raw ^ materials. and. energy ?
MAY
8
MAY
27
Try the famous roast beef and Sea Food.
. <
And is the scenario still ope
MAY 8
JUNE 5
rative that Japan "will overtake
\ Boston Pop?/Redsox /Baseball? Bonsai? Fully escorted.
MAY 29
JUNE 26
U.S. in .the earlypart of 21st
YOBIYOSE iKANKODAN
century "a-s the first • industrial
As usual, Yobiyoshe-kankodan . will be ready from July
; nation in - the' world.
8th, 1977. Please ask for details from us.
'460 DUNDAS ST. WEST TORONTO
? - r
TEL:, 363-0655
. . - - For Information concerning all your Travel needs.
Please contact us.
Uso
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Canadian
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