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Japanese Eating More Bread

Bias In The Academe Says
Nisei U. Of Windsor Prof.
By BILL HOSOKAWA

• TOKYO. —- The Japanese - are
- eating' more bread ?and- less ' rice,
which is good news for the Ame­
rican wheat grower but bad news
for the Japanese rice grower.
programs in the major U.S. and . :.It is also a headache for the
Canadian universities are domi­ ’Japanese government which-; has
nated by scholars who are not of to spend $1.2 billion a year or*
Asian descent , even though 'many expensive wheat imports when,
figuratively speaking, it has rice
are highly qualified.
3—- The mechanism that con- running out of it rars. •

To cope with the imbalance.
the. government food agency has
launched yet another campaign to
encourage people to eat more ri­
ce. -'Children, are getting
more
rice in their , school lunches. Food
processors willingsto develop new
food stuffs using rice are supp­
lied with free rice1.
Cooking seminars extolling the
virtues of Japan’s traditional- sta

pie are being held ail over ’.the
couintry. The
government
has
spent more than $1 million on. an
advertising campaign - stressing
the nutritional value of rice and
what just one more bowl a day
will do for the - country’s econo

the
You might riot suspect
my. ; .

■-■Although..Japanese still eat far
pleasant groves . of academe are
more rice than wheat, wheat is
one of the last stubborn strong^holds of subtle
discrimination;
But apparently they are to the
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trols distribution of
extent that about a year and half
grants and- the editing of articles
ago he prestigious 6,000-member
is dominated by non-Asians. For
Association for Asian’ • Studies example, of thie 16 members of
agreed to set up a special com­
the American Advisory Committ­
mittee to do something about a ee on the Japan Foundation, a
situation that had been bothering
maj or funding agency in Japanemany of the members.
se studies, only one is of Asian
on
It’s. called the Committee
descent.
• _
Scholars of Asian Descent (CiSTORONTO, ONTARIO
4— In many universities, fa­
-FRIDAY, APRIL 8, 1977
Vol- 41 — 27
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Studies will be meeting for its
are not fully accepted socially' by
annual- convention in New York
their colleagues and tend to have
. and CSAD will hold? some sessgreater problems in getting tenu­
. ions of its own to get its pro­ re, promotion and pay increases.
gram cranked up.
5— Asian specialists of Asian
I have heard-all this from Dr.
descent have been virtually ex­
Akira Kubota, a
Sacramento- cluded from senior positions in
born Nisei’ who is. an associate the State Department’ and other

THE NEW CANADIAN

Amnesiac.

Another Japanese World War Two
Straggler Found & Identified In Laos

government agencies.
_
. department of the University of
Well, all this being true and' de­
in Laos
BANGKOK. — A former Ja-(
Kakizawa
later
separated se soldier remaining
-.Windsor in Ontario, Canada. As
plorable what would the Crimmihe and presently a guard at the
panese soldier, suffering
from from his unit, .saying that
acting chairman of C’SAD, he wr-_
tee on Scholars of Asian
Des­ loss of memory and whose whe- J would fight for the sake of in- Japanese Embassy, to search for
ote to ask. -.whether I could get
cent hope to gain by newspaper
him.
reabouts had been unknown, has ’ dependence of Vietnam.
:something in the. public- prints
^xp^sure? The Japanese Government deThe request was made when
about his organization. That po­
been discovered -: alive - in Laos
.First, Dr. Kubota says, , CSAD
February Yamane returned to Tokyo in
dared him dead in
sed no problem^but I would need
and identified by his brothers.
wants to let as many people as
wh er eabouts February last year for a visit.
The anmesiac soldier is Kenju ■ 1966 without his
to know a lot .more about CSAD
possible know it exists because
Kakizawa, a former private first being ascertained.
before writing about it.
iShfihsaku, accompanied by his
of these and other problems. "A® class hailing-from Nagano Piref- I
Kakizawa

s
brothers
and
sisSo Dr. Kubota explained that
younger brother Sakuju, arrived
long as ■ our committee exists,”
ters,
including
Shinsaku,
a
cont
­
while about one-fourth of . the
ecture. ■
\ in Vientiane Feb. 12 and met with
he says, “The Association
for
Association’s members are of AHe was sent to French Indo­ ractor in Tokyo, did not believe the man who called himself * Yun’
Asian Studies sooner or
later
china in 1944 and was in Hanoi he was dead and they asked Yo­ and who was being cared for by
sian descent, they seem to
be
has to assist us in realizing an
shito Yamane, a former Japane- Yamane.
getting ^the short end of the deal
when the war ended in; 1945.
appropriate ethnic representation
both in and out of the organ! zahis
Yun had no memory of
jji every -aspect of Asian studies.
- ion. He cited five categories of
past but local residents said he
Second, there’s a need to get
problems facing scholars of A-apparently came to Savanakhet
the word out to the scholars of
sian descent:
after being captured by - the
1— The Association’s hierar­ A sian descent who may not bt
French forces during the indepen­
aware of what’s going on, ^and
chy is dominated by non-Asians.
dence war.
Only one„ Asian, Dr. Ping-ti Ho get them involved.
He was also found unable to
Third, CSAD needs all
the
of Chicago, was ever elected pretalk.
help it can get from everyone,
sident.,
.
It was found that he was able
2— Virtually all Asian, studies particularly the support of Asian
to write Chinese characters but
American communities of the U.
not the Japanese hiragana charS. and Canada- and the publicati­
By DR. A. SHIMIZU
acters.
ons that serve them.
HAMILTONS — 1977 marks the 100th anniversary of
the
believes
Shinsaku, however,
“Those who control
power first criming of the Japanese to the Canadian shores. The Hamilton
long-lost
in North America, whether they Japanese Canadian Centennial Society as one of its projects, will that the man is his
be politicians or scholars, rarely be holding a Conference on the . War Measures Act. The Japanese brother because of his physical
change - things unless and until Canadians as a whole have had the dubious distinction as. the only
NEW’ YORK. ;— During
the they are politically compelled to ethnic group in Canada upon, whom the full force of the powers le between his right eye.
1977 annual meeting of the As­ do so,” Dr. Kubota,. a < political under the War Measures Act was invoked during the Second World
Shinsaku and his brother visi■
.
sociation ‘for Asian Studies
in scientist observes. “Basically, we War. '
■Embassy in
The Hamilton Japanese Canadian Centennial Society felt it was ted the. Japanese
•/New York, March 25-27, the Co- have to Use political approaches bur duty as Canalians that we raise before the Canadian public the Laos recently and submitted to
mmittee’ on Scholars of
Asian to our problems, and to do so, we severe constraints on civil liberties^ which this measure imposed Ambassador Yasuo Yano a sta’ Descent held a regular committee
upon its citizens during the period of its invocation. Not only do w*3
tement of confirmation of the
have to activate Asian specialists
meeting and an open forum for of Aslan descent and their fri-1 feel that the Japanese Canadians were unjustly treated under the identity of their lost brother.
I War Measures Act during the Second World War but that the Act
scholars of Asian descent.-A su- ends. The.media, play a critical t
was invoked inappropriately during the October Crisis of 1970. The
Yano later asked the Laotian
mm ary of the proceeding^ of the­ role in creating such a political ( Committee felt that it would be an exercise in democracy to air
Government to permit the-broth­
his problem in a Conference. Thus the Conference will have two
se meeting's is as follpws:
climate—*
- .
components, the Japanese Canadian experience and October Crisis ers to' take over the custody of
Regular Committee -Meeting
• So there you have. it. You can
Kenju.
_Elected Pro?essor "" Young
_ get in : t ouch^;with Prof.
Akira of 1970.
In respect to this, Laotian. Go­
We invite-you to attend this conference.
Kun Kirii as ^ riev^ ^rqeniber v^ Kubota'.at the
Department of
The
Conference
will
take
place
on
Saturday,
April^23,
1977
at
vernment officials showed, a sym­
the Committee,. J3B®Sa^7^? < -Political Science, University of
the
Ewart
Angus
Auditorium,
McMaster
University
Medical
Centre,
pathetic stand and promised to
sor May! Ebihara^,wtHo;.;resiigried Windsor, Windsor, Ontario N9B
Hamilton, Ontario commencing at 9:00 a.m. Fot furt^ ™^°'^na, ”
from th^ Con^mittEe at the end 3P4, Canada. He will be happy on please write to Ms. Kit Ayers, Conference Office, 3H8,McMaster extent efforts to enable Kenju
to rejoin his brothers if
there
of the convention.
'
to hear from you and welcomes University Medical Centre, 1200 Main Street West, Hamilton Onta­
was definite proof.
rio, L8S 4J9 or phone 525-9141 Ext. 2182.
__ _
your support ____ _______________

Hamilton JC Centennial Project

Confab On War Measures
Act In Hamilton April 23

Asian Descent
Scholars Meeting
Reoort From N.Y.

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Friday, April 8/ 1977

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Bread Beating Rice . »* m> r»» ow>

TheNew Canadian

Scholars;.

Established in 1939
a)
To
create
a
greater
awaregaining and there is? no '•’sign the’ rice subsidies • have.’ pushed
the -’.i— Instructed: -the- / executive
'A member of Ethnic Press ness of the unique position, '..of
committee
of
;
the
(^nuhito
■ ' Association. of Ontario
price
tofour
times
the
world
course of battle -will be reversed ,
scholars
of
Asian
descent
within
and Canada Federation
Descent to I

■ Scholars -of Asian.
Rice has been a three-meal-per level. .

Second
Class-mail No.<00366
>
the-profession
;
b)
to
-serve,
as
a
Food officials .heaved a ' sigh •proceed with the. task of filling,
day staple since the dawn, of Ja­
of relief'when the 1976 rice-har- in other, vacancies in the Commi­ ■ forum to induce‘ and. / promote'
479 Queen Street "West,
panese history.greater
participatin'
of
s
scholars
Toronto^*
Oiit. M5V 2A9
ttee
by
.
working;
with
the
AAS
-But statistics show that’ per' vest was’ the. lowest in five yePHONE
36U005
of Asian-descent in the governan­
:
capita rice consumption peaked in ars, thanks to bad weather. But Secretariat.
— Decided to retain the pre- ce of the AAS, and c) To study
government
1962 and since that time wheat that still left the
unique to
has been inching ahead. In large with a surplus of 2.6 . million seift composition of the executive aid identify ;P^
scholars of Asian _ descent and to
committee.
tons from the «ye ar before.
measure the Japanese have them
<•— Passed the resolution to su­ assist in finding ways and means
Meanwhile^ rice consumption in
selves to- blame. ,
PERSONAL
After the Second W orld War the big cities has dropped to on­ pport the AAS Committee on the to .-'overcome the. -particular. probStatus of Women in Asian Stu­ lemsand thus improve their pro? A QUIET English .gentleman
the' Japanese - with American en­ ly half of what it was in 1962.
Government efforts to persua- dies - for; their efforts - to use - the fessiofrial effectiveness. ?
would like to m
Japanese
couragement, set out to impro­
i
Passed
a
.
.
resolution
urging
lady. Please reply: to The New
ve their traditional r^
fish de'Japanese .farmers to grow less ASS Newsletter to publicize the
President
Carter
to
.
appoint
an
Canadian, Box 10/ 479
Queen
diet by eating more body-building rice and ' more wheat have_ been Wey Case.
qualified St. j West Toronto, -M5V 2A9.
— Elected Professor . Akira equitable number of
Western food including "dairy, notoriously unsuccessful, one re­
level
ason being that the- rice subsidy Kubota chairperson of the' Com- Asian Americans to high
wheat and meat products.
federal government positions.
.
The results were soon visible as is more than twic^ as_much as mittee. .
,
Reviewed the realistic effec­
Instructed the - chairperson to
Japanese . teenagers began . to to­ the wheat subsidy. More impor­
940 MT. PLEASANT ROAD,
wer above their : astonished pa­ tant, mountainous Japan - is ' far. explore the possibility of an ad- tiveness of the existing govern-;
TORONTO, ONT. M4** 2L6
non-governmental
in mental ' . and
rents. In many Japanese homes more suited to growing rice than ditional committee ^meeting
2 BLOCKS NORTH
machineries to deal with discriAugust or. October :-1977. —
,- the traditional breakfast of rice- whet t. So is the climate.
OF EGLINTON
— Representatives of -the Co­ mination against scholars of Asi­
As a result, Japan has -to imp­
bean paste soup and pickles has
TEL. 488-1213
been replaced by coffee, toast and bit 97 per cent of the wheat it mmittee - met with the ..AAS .Se­ an descent.
^
OPERATED BY.

Discussed
the prospect of
cretary-Treasurer/
to
inform
the
uses
for
bread,
cakes,
noodles,
eggs.
NAMIKI & TANOUYE
rice spaghetti and livestock feed. Mo­ latter that the Committee will be' actively participating in, the .no­
Instead of lunching, on.
his re than half of this comes from -submitting its list of names to minating process of the election
bals’ dutifully prepared by
the 1978 AAS Nominating Com­ of positions in the AAS structu­
wife the busy. - white collar- worker the United States.

CLASSIFIED

J NT Auto Service

mittee.
,
.
~ res.
—- Examined the 'special im- Those who have any suggestion
on this matter should contact any migratib-u related problems faced t
member of the Committee. There by non-citizen scholars of Asian
•are ' approximately- 30 : positions descent.
.
— Emphasized- the need, for
to be elected within the
AAS
structure in 1978.
: * further research on discrimina­
— Reviewed the progress of tion in the academic environment.
—- -Explored the desirability? of.
the statistical analysis of
the
conducting- research on-fresh-Bh.
AAS membership data.- '—■
-— Examined .the
possibility Ds and graduate students of Asi­
for the Committee to take up a an descent/ ’
-— Reviewed the. feasibility, of
case or two which would have. a'
general impact in the; areas ’ of cooperating with- related organiaffirmative action, “retrenchment ’ zations - such as the Asian Ame­
of Asian studlies programs, ’app­ rican Assembly for Policy Re­
ointment, granting of tenure, pro­ search (Professor Winberg Chai
I of City < ollege of New York).
motion, and the like.

•-The’government food agency,
which-handles the purchase of fo­
reign wheat, tries to keep-enough
on tond to. last for two or three
months, regardless of
market
fluctuations. The result is that the
government often -sells-wheat for
less than the purchase price.
This, in turn, has caused Ja­
pan’s fiercely, assertive rice, far­
alone.
■And despite a chronic rice sur­ mers to charge the government
wheat
plus, rice isn’t cheap.''Government v’th subsidizing foreign
farmers at their expense. Food
and agriculture officials are of­
ten pelted with rice by . angry

may surp down a bowl of nood
less or pick up a hamburger. ..
Most families will eat rice for
Japan,
dinner, but- in today’s^
rice has to share the table with,
more meat, fish and vegetabes.
This is especially true of young­
er Japanese who have decided
rice
that man doesn’t live by

farmers.

^ —— Intensively examined
the I .—_ Discussed' the implications
Court
set of criteria on the basis of wh­ of the pending Supreme
(Bakke)
ich the Committee may decide .to reverse discrimination
take up a case described in; .the
preceding passage.
, j_ Agreed that the Committee
should continue to work closely
with the AAS Committee on the
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CARD OF THANKS:
The family of the late Art­
hur (Art) ? Watanabe wish' to
express their appreciation to
: relatives, friends and business
associates for their sympathy
- and kindness in the loss of a
dear husband, father and bro­
ther.

Mrs. Terrie Teruko Wata?
nabe,
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friends and relatives for their
words and acts of
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TORONTO.------ The Japanese Oanadian Cultural Centre is a? bee­
hive of action in preparation for the “Fashions of the Century,-” It
will be presented by the Centre Auxiliary on April 16, Saturday,
from 7:30 p.m. at the Centre —-an evening of nostalgia, fun and
entertainmet for all ages as we unfold the history, of the Japanese
n Canada. ■
The $5.00 admission will include refreshments and lucky door
prizes. There is a special Senior Citizens admission of $3.00
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LOS ANGELES. — My bar­
CHATHAM, Ont.
Mr.'Yuma ber, a Nisei of about 56 or 57.
Osaka, 79, of 11.1 Eugenic Street says, he is about ready to “hang
> ah Chatham, Ontario passed away /em up.”
any­
I suddenly at St2 Joseph’s Hospi-' . Nobody gets' a haircut
tai on March 18th, 1977.
His more,” helamented.
One reason is that one dosn’t
wife, Tomie - Osaka, predeceased
in ,1952. Surviving are three da­ look so untidy with slightly lon­
ger hair as in the days when a
ughters Mrs. James
(Matsuye)
Yako and Mrs. George (Yuriko) short' haircut was the' vogue.
TORONTO. — Bon Odori practices for 1977 will commence on
A
few
years
ago
if
the
hair
Tuesday, April 12th at the Toronto Buddhist Church. Children’s
Nishizaki, both of Chatham and
practices
will commence on Friday, April 15th and Sunday 17th.
started
to
touch,
the
collar
of
Mrs. Harry (Patricia) KadohaDancers intending to dance in the Centennial Bon Odori are urged
one’s Shirt, it looked unsightly.
ma
ma. ui
of ccaruuiu,
Scarboro; one
one sdh
son,, jxu
Kazuo
^uu
to
start turning out from the beginning as new members will be
of-Scarboro. Ten ■ grandchildren I Kow- 6to“ hair is hanging down
. .,.
.
: taught from the first night.
and one brother, K az uitehi bsaika - ^^ the shoulders , there is no- |
Time — 8:00 p.m., place Toronto Buddhist Church, 918 Baof Japan. One daughter,
Mrs. | ^mg un sightl y about hair tou- i thurst St.
That’s Tuesday, Friday and Sunday afternoons 12:30 after ser­
Robert (Marjorie) Ayukawa and , c^n^ the collar.
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Chapel” of the Stephen-Alexan­
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Sunday, third customer for the day. It
was 5 p.m> when I stepped into
March 20th with Bishop Kosaka
of Hamilton Buddhist
Church his shop. And he opened his doors
officiating. A family service was at 9 a.m.
“Can’t even pay the rent
at
conducted with interment in Ma­
this rate,” he said.
ple Leaf Cemetery.
He‘s thinking about going back
to commercial fishing, a business
he gave, up because he wanted
to “take it easy” at a less hectic
! §
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I wonder how many other Nisei
and Issei barbers, who ^haven’t
gone back to barber school or
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CENTENNIAL BANQUET which will officially inaugurate Cent­
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1977. '
The Centennial Society feels that this first major event should
be a memorable occasion---- -one for the history books-----and Dr.
Noble Hori and his Banquet Committee are working towards that
end.. ■
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■ '
It has now been confirmed that Senator Croll will be
guest speaker. Senator Croll is remembered as an outspoken supporter of the Japanese Canadians during the immediate post-war
years when they resumed ■ their'Struggle for the franchise. A number of other'distinguished and special guests are invited and'it is
anticipated:. that several members of he Manzo Nagano family will
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and ceremonial speeches, there will be a pre-dinner cocktail hour
when old-time friends can get together, a pictorial display, a superb
roast beef dinner, odori entertainment,, door prizes, table
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'Friday, April 8- 1977< PAGE 4

Tokyo Primary School Caters To New “third Culture” Japanese
no the absence of recognized manu- lied at a senior high of
the
return to. this country every year. ol abroad; - thus „ having had no the absence of recognized manuKyoto* University of E dueatioh. A
Out of the.150 pupils, 68 retur­ . experience ' of ;f receiving forinal als for teachers and of establish­
primary school of 'the • Departcurriculum.“

ned ‘ from the U^S. •■ and 11 • from. education in Japan before .coming ed
The brief history of being con­ ment 'of Education at Kobe Uni- ...
'‘ /
back here.”
Australia. The rest were
with ' pupils handicapp ed verity and its junior high had
He said, (however, “other, retur- fronted
:
from 32 countries.
15 and 45, respectively.
- There are 18 'returnees in the .nees were , in Japanese-school or in their mother language, coupl­
The added capacities of all- the
first grade, 25 in the second, 27 attended „,a Japanese class
on ed with the fact that each pupil
needs personal guidance, makes schools mentioned ar e a Tar cry
children who' return to
Japan in the third, 27 in. the. fourth, 23 weekends in the countries Where
it hard for • educators ' to compile from the demand (5,000 at the
after years of living abroad. Mo­ in the fifth and 37 ih the sixth. their parents resided.”
most.)
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such materials.
About half of them (75) stay­
Japanese schools' have —been
stly sons and daughters of-tra“We count on the
on-the-job
Moreover, /“research-coopera­
developing ■ ding house -employees, 'diplomats ed abroad for two or,, three years. operated mainly in
training for each teacher to de­ tion”’ schools, both private - and
and bank .employees, they are of­ Slightly more than one-third. of countries whereas in. developed
velop skills1 required of ’ ‘ taking •public, are not legally .bound to■
ten better at English than at Ja­ them (53 ) ' spent an , averageof countries Japanese families have
care of these 'returnees,” . the .accept returnees. In other words,
panese and go through the cultu­ four to five years in foreign co­ -usually sent their/children . to lo­
principal said. :
'
it is up to schools whether or
cal schools-— until quite recently
re shock of-Various degrees.
: untries.
The school ■ principal,' - Shoichi Some are anxious to have Ja£ ' Instead of segregating retur­ not they take them and howmaMore than 150 returnees enroll­
ed at the Higashiyama Primary Nakayama; said “The returnees p anese. schools established beca­ nees from their classmates for
The situation further deteriora­
School form only., the tip of the h ere have diverse . backrounds. use of. the intensive competition intensive Japanese rehabilitation
non-research-codperatidn
iceberg. Three to five thousand Some of them finished kinder­ in entering desirable senior- high course/ all of them are put into tes at
an ordinary class on; the
first school where there are only one
Children of six to 15 years of age garten and entered primary scho- schools here" at home. :
day of entering this school, they or two returnees in the entire stix
■“How good or- bad their Japa-said. ’
z
dent body.
nese is at the time of arriving
A" one-hour rem edial Jap anese
back at japan depends . on vari­
Under
such
circumastances,
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class and an English conversa­
rURUT A Toronto », Out
ous factors. . You have to
take
teachers -Who already. feel burde­
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into
account
in
what
kind
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returnees divided into three gro­
Yes, it finally came

ighborhood each-, returnee; lived
in one class, often regard retur­
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To beat the cold by young
ups by age.
and for how long,” r he said.
nees as an “added burden’’ rather
April 24 Spring Tour to japan
The English class is designed
and old
Such factors as the age
of
than: an “asset’, who might help
to help returnees retain- their' aHealth stamina food from Ja- May 06 Sprang Tour to Japan ;
children - at which they departed
the rest of the class' get better
b ility in their bilinguality for its
pan
May 21 Weekend in Boston
understanding of . other -culture.
and returned and the quality of
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primary' purpose and to pr ovide,
May 28 ^Holiday in Greece
their local schools are also im­
■ 'Pupiis unprepared to - mix. with
them with, the
opportunity to
Get one for yourself and one July 7 Summer Tour- to Japan
portant determinants, he said..
•“unwind,” / according to the- ~ sch­ those brought up in - different
for your mom and dad. You
July 23 Rockies — ‘sold out
cultures and with different valu­
He also : pointed out that- their ool authorities.
need one' this 'winter.
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progress in the language is af­
Have you "heard about the fa­
The returnees in the. Higashi­ es tend to look upon returnees
to -Europe Deluxe; .,
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fected by how much they are yama Primary* School are appar­ as “aliens,” teasing the
latter
bulous “Tsuru Botan”„ It . is
exposed to -Japanese at home. new rice and is equally tasty Oct. 02 Autumn Tour to Japan
ently luckier than others both .in about their inability to eat, for
as our Kokuho or Matsu. ......—
By the same token, how long terms of experienced
teachers example, natto (fermented soy­
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beans).
it takes 'each returnee to recover and “experienced” peers.
Try one today for change of from Japan, call us today.
Feeling . intimidated, the retur’ from-Cthe culture shock
varies • . 'A survey, conducted by the Ma­
pace..
from one person to another. His nis try of Education; in 1974, sho­ rees withdraw into a shell. One
or her’ character (introvert or wed that .the--number of returnees such returnee came to a remedial
extrovert) and determination to had totaled 6,852 from 1971 to Japanese - class , one Saturday af­
stick with other pupils, hold the 1973 (4,560 primary school pu­ ternoon at Shibuy a .Primary Sch­
key to success , in adjusting him­ pils and 1,635 junior high stu­ ool: The second grader did not
speak at all for a while, but op­
self or. herself.
dents).
ened his mouth: when one of the
The acceptance of returnees by
It
revealed a sharp upsurge
their peers in' a class : and the in -the number of returnees:-1,543 three Voluntary teachers addres­
A BIOGRAPHY OF ISSEI PIONEER, RYUICHI YOSHIDA,
enthusiasm^ of each teacher
to hi 1971, 2,180 in 1972 and 3,129 sed him in English.
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TOKYO.— One primary school
" in Meguro Ward, Tokyo,
has
been frequently visited by
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and-other media people because
' a new breed of Jitpanese children.
are enrolled there.
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help them out are the prerequi­
sites to successfully ' bringing
them back into Japanese educa­
tion;the' principal; emphasized.
Pupils ht the Higashiyama Pri­
mary School can mingle with re­
turnees”:-; without difficulty' . by
virtue- of the fact that returnee
pupils enter'their, classes daily,

Fujio Mizuno, • secretary gene­
in 1973.
These returnees were found to ral of Japan Overseas-. Educatio­
the
have been concentrating in the nal Services, stressed that
plight of returnees justified more
Kanto and Kansai regions.
Government attention since eco­
Tokyo topped all areas in the
nomic, 'financial and diplomatic
1'egion with 2,685., There
were
activities engaged in by their pa­
1,202 in Kanagawa Prefecture,
527 in Hyogo , and 454 in Osaka. rents were feeding many Japa­
They were followed by Chiba nese mouths here at home.

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returnees, one from Rotterdam,
other
the' Netherlands and the
from i; Los i Angeles, were admitted - into’ the .-.school.
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Given , the concentration of■’retumees in the two regions and
rapid rise in their numbers, the
ministry has designated
seven
primary schools ( five in the
two areas), 11 junior high and
nine senior high schools as Kenkyu^‘(research) Kyoryoku (coo­
peration) . schools.
As of 1975, the seven primary
schools accommodated 296 returnees in the junior highs and thoin the senior highs reached

The services mail
textbooks
and teaching-materials to Japanese families in foreign countries
.where neither' Japanese schools
and Japanese; classes , are yet to
be provided. It also provides counseling to incoming and outgo­
ing Japanese families. —-

The Education' Ministry wants
to open two senior high schools
designed mainly to accommodate
The turnover of returnees is
returnees in _the Tokyo area in
I heavy - , since. their parentsalter­
the spring of 1978- if funds may
nate - working- here and abroad.
be appropriated by the' Finance
The parents > are: required to over­
Ministry in-the fiscal 1977.
come ‘procedural ‘.diffi^
to 300, and 274, respectively.
One official in the ministry
As for national
universities
have their children admitted into
had
Japanese schools because
they the Tokyo Gakugei University: lamented that politicians
often return - here after a new had three classes with a total., ca­ been uninterested in educational
retur■school .- year
starts — in July pacity for 45 in its primary scho- problems - associated with
or August — and have to . wait 61 and the equal number of class- nee s becau.se .more’ than 200,000
until April of the next year.
es with the same capacity in its-' Japanese including 18,000 children of compulsory school
age
The . basic problem in
regard junior high school.
to the education of returnees is

Fifteen returnees. were

enro- cannot -vote.

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