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Canadian background gives Hayakawa special perspective for Senate Foreign Rei. role
WASHINGTON. — “Be­ said Sen. S.I. Hayakawa chanceries across the globe. ions on bur international
ing born of Japanese pa­ (R-Calif.) who recently won
“Given the timid and relations,” he declared.
rents and brought up in a coveted spot on the U.S. don’t-rock-the-boat attitude - His prime targets abroad
Canada with a strong Bri- Foreign Relations Commi­ that pervades the foreign will be Soviet expansionism,
ish education, I have always ttee. He immediately served policy establishment in our ^restrictive trade practices
seen American’s foreign af­ notice that he will be a burr government. I think a West­ in Europe and Japan arid
fairs problems from a some­ under the saddle of the St­ ern voice can add a great radical anti-U.S. regimes in
what special perspective,” ate Department and many deal to the vigor of discuss­ Asia, Africa and Latin AOHBEB

o? Japanese Origm

An Independent Organ for

Vol. 43 — No. 13

Friday, February 16, 1979

TORONTO, ONT.

Dr. S. I. Hayakawa

merica.
Canadian Japanese Writers Included In an interview, Hayaka­
wa said one of his highest
priorities will be improved
relations with Mexico.
“We’ve treated Mexico
shabbily for an awful long
time,” he remarked.
Hayakawa’s appointment
By DWIGHT CHUMAN erly Hilton Hotel.
to the foreign relations
Clavell said he is back­ panel, which is considered
LOS ANGELES. — In a
ing the concept of such an one of the- most prestigious
bold and generous move
award with the hope that assignments on Capitol Hill,
intended to capture arid
the best entries for the was forecast earlier when
preserve the Japanese Aten years will provide it was noted that the GOP
Contest hopes to inspire Nikkei writing merican Experience and to next
a starting point for the do­ leadership privately passed
“SHOGUN” AUTHOR James Clavell (2nd left) foster the development of cumentation of a living Ja­ the Word that Hayakawa
hands “Miss Teen Sansei of Calif. General chairperson writing talent ariibng Ahad an inside track on the
Yo Takagaki (right) ten checks for $1000 each to fund mericans of Japanese anc­ panese American history.
the American-Japanese National Literary Award, a new- estry, noted novelist-direc­ “It’s your story, told thro­ job.
ugh the eyes of the commu- “Minority Leader Howard
ly:established short story writing contest for Japanese
tor
James
Clavell
has
do
­
American
Canadian writers. Looking on are 1978 Miss
Baker, who backed Hayaka­
Cont. on Page 2
Teen Sansei titlist Sharon Kawasaki (2nd right) and nated $10,000 to fund an
wa, said Foreign Relations
Miss Teen runner-up Anne Kawagoye. The $10,000 will “American-J apanese N atiwas the “most popular” pa-.
provide the first-place cash prize- for the contest over onat Literary Award” for
nel this year — with 15 Re­
the next ten years. The winner of the first annual A J the next decade. .
publicans vying for three
NLA competition will be announced in conjunction with
Announcement
of
the
un­
the 1979 Miss Teen Sansei of Calif, pageant July 14 at
spots.
the Beverly Hition Hotel.
Photo By Garry Miyatake precedented, Clavell-back“Hayakawa will be a good
ed award was made at a
addition,” said Bakei> “He
, dinner meeting held recen­
will bring a special insight
tly at the Yamato Restau­
to the committee that will
rant in Century City atten­
be most useful.”
ded by Clavell, members of
The committee is expect­
the local Japanese Ameri­
ed to be the first battlegro­
can press corps, writing
und of what promises to
TORONTO. — The Ontario Advisory Councils on contest committee members
be the biggest Senate fight
Senior Citizens, The Status of Women, and Multicul­ and representatives of the
of the' year — ratification
turalism are looking into the needs of immigrant wo­ “Miss Teen Sansei of Calif.”
men in Ontario. The interest is not limited to new arri­ “Because I am a writer
of a new strategic arms
vals, but extends to those who may have lived in Ca­
limitation treaty with the
nada for years. Women who have immigrated to Cana­ and because I have benefi­
Soviet Union. Hayakawa,
da are invited to complete the following questionnaire ted greatly from my asso­
who recently returned from
and return it to the Ontario Advisory Council on Multi­ ciation with Japanese and "Lyra's Mom'" By
a fact-finding trip to Mos­
culturalism, 700 Bay Street, 2rid Floor, Toronto, Onta­ Japanese Canadians
and
rio M5G 1Z6, and mark the envelope “Immigrant Wo­ Americans, establishing this Ms. Aiko Suzuki
cow, said he’s open-minded
men’s Questionnaire”.
writing award is my way
TORONTO. — Toronto but “inclined against” SA
1. How long have you lived in Canada?
of repaying the communi­ Nisei artist, Aiko Suzu­ LT.
2. Where do you live in Ontario? ... ........
If he ends up leading a
3. Do you speak English? ... ....
ty, Clavell, the author of ki’s polyproylene fibre
4. Do you read English? .......................
such epic, - bestselling no­ suspension work entitled conservative charge against
5. Do you speak French? ......................
the treaty, he will find
vels
as

King
Rat,


Tai“
Lyra

s
Mom

(shown
6. Do you read French? ..... . ........
above with artist) was himself pitted against Ca­
7. Would you like to improve your English through Pan” and “Shogun”, said.
The First American-Ja­ recently purchased
by lifornia senior senator, Ma­
lessons? Yes ( ) No ( )
8. Do you heed more information m your own panese National Literary the External Affairs De­ jority Whip Alan Cranst­
language on Government Services ........
Community Award will seek to identi­ partment to become part on, a leader of the pro-SA
Services j...:.:. :
Legal matters
~....... Employee Ri­ fy the year’s finest short of their collection called LT Forces.
ghts, Employers Obligations ......
Family Law .......... story reflective of the Ja- “Canadian Tapestries.”
Besides taking aim at the
Other ........... .
State Department and the
9. What is your age? ...............
e
. panese Experience in the Once the department’s co­ Kremlin, Hayakawa also is
Americas. The first-place llection of art is comple­
<?10. Are you single ... ....
Marrried ...... ...... Di­
winner of the writing com­ te, these works, includ­ expected to use his new
vorced
.. Widowed ...............
11. If you have children, what are their ages
petition will be presented ing Ms. Suzuki “Lyra’s post to raise hackles in
12. Do you work outside the home? ....... Full a check for $1000 at the Mom” will put on tour other parts of the globe.
time... ...... . Part-time ................
He plans to lead a trade
Answers are treated confidentially. Your name and 1979 “Miss Teen Sansei” pa­ outside of Canada.
geant July 14 at the BevCont. on Page 2
address are not required.
O.A.C M.

Shogun author donates
10.000 for Nikkei contest

Ont. Advisory Council issues
questionnaire for immigrants

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Friday, February 16, 1979
.■mmwiDimiiiM

Jpn. thought
comfortable
Annex Dinner Raffle Draw Slated
place by
For February 24, 1979
;TORONTO.•—'As you all must know, the financial
situation of the- Annex has been less than stable and
foreigners
the need to becd'ihe^ more self-sufficient financially,

Personal Notes

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Obituaries

CARD OF THANKS
The family of the late
Jiartfes Noboru Usami, wi­
th5 deep "appreciation, wi­
sh 7 to thank our many
friends; far and near, for
all the kindness extendded to him during his
ig illness, ’ and for the
expressionsv of sympathy
received through teleg­
rams, the; many beautiful
floral tributes and koden.
Mrs. Toki Usami and
Glen
Mr. & Mrs. Rodney Usami
; Mr. & Mrs. Masaru To­
motsugu
Mr. & Mrs. Toru Idenouye \ 7
•Mr. &' Mrs. Hideo Idenouye

USAMI
TORONTO. — Mr. James
Noboru Usami passed away
on January 27th, 1979 at
Scarboro General Hospital
rather than having to rely on government grants has
TOKYO. — Most foreign in his 62nd year.
been a major issue;7 A. review of our incomes and ex­ residents think Japan is Beloved husband of Toki
penditures for 1978; .has revealed that we haven’t done basically a comfortable pla­
Usami, and loving father
too badly in the area of fund-raising and that the new
committee after assessing the experiences of our first ce to make one’s home, but of Rodney and Glen. Dear
year has decided to pursue the matter of raising funds are disturbed by the rumb- son of Mrs. Mon Usami and
with new, improved ideas. A major concern will be to try lings of earthquake and the late Toyosaku Usami
and NOT DRAW TOO HEAVILY ON THE RESOUR­ the yen appreciation, acc­ and brother of Kyoko (Mrs.
CES OF THE COMMUNITY These funds of course ording to a recent survey.
Masaru Tomotsugu).
will enable the Annex to continue to provide our edu­
“Scarborough”
The survy on foreign at­ Jerrett
cational resources, services and - unique programming
ideas for the Japanese Canadian Community.
titude toward the Japanese Chapel. Interment Mount
Our major fund raising event for this winter is the and living in Japan, was Pleasant Cemetery.
“2 Japanese Dinners For Two Raffle” which is conducted by an insurance —
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scheduled to be drawn on Saturday,
February company. It covered 300 A‘ ALLAN
24, 1979 at our 1st ANNEX ANNIVERSARY PARTY,
merican
and
European
resi
­
at the Annex, beginning at< 7:30 p.m. We welco­
HAMILTON,
Ont.
me the whole Japanese Canadian Community to visit dents of Tokyo and Yokoha­ Mrs. Ethel Allan, wife of
)
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us. ; '
ma picked at random from
the
late
Roy
D.
Allan,
pai
WITH FLOWERS
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ssed away on January 10,
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The
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When asked what factors honored by over 100 Nisei
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OUR CUSTOMERS, AT JOY LOY
(Business) ; t (Residence)
in Japan caused them the who came from as far as
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540 Eglihton Ave. W.
cent named earthquakes and Vancouver to express
Toronto
and the threat of natural their appreciation. Also ho­
; disasters, and 37 percent noured at this
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ey wished.
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Writer explains how Japan’s lifetime employment system works
been employed at the orga- sinss is long and the ceil- • their organization lias im (many
_ business
nization and vhow many de-; ing high. Therefore it is not proved product quality, sh-. c^P°f
away
Taichi Sakaiya is the pen pendants he has.
advisable to discharge ex-s« orieneu
ortened me
the time required-with the seniority wage sysname of Kotaro Ikeguchi, 43,
cess employees during a ! for delivery and heightened j tern and partially revise
Takes Shape
who retired frohi the Inter­
slump. The slump will end morale and discipline in the the■•.■lifetime employment synational Trade and Indust­ Today, the great majori­ before long and ■ more new workshop. The structural stem in order to get away
ry Ministry on Oct. 1, 1978. ty of Japanese accept this employees will have to be inclination toward excessi­ from the burden of those
He has been active as a wri­ practice as a matter of co­ recruited — with added re­ ve competition of Japanese unique practices.
ter since he published the urse. Actually, however, it cruiting, and training exp­ business enterprises has At the same time, emplo­
novel “Yudan” three years is a very unusual practice enses — if excess employees helped to quicken the pa- yees’ loyalty to the organi­
ago on the theme of a that finds few' parallels in have been fired.
ce of growth and recove- zation will weaken and the
built-in inclination of Japa­
sudden stoppage of oil supp­ the world. Accordingly, it
Thus it stands to reason ry from slump of the Ja- nese business corporations
ly to Japan, calling upon is regarded as a unique Ja­ to retain somewhat exce­ panese economy.
toward
over-competition
his reservoir of firsthand panese labor-management ssive but skilled employees
Wins
Praise
will lessen; That is, with the
Japanese
information on
even
during
a
slump.
The
business and social structuThis unique system began J unwillingness of Japanese These phenomena have won en(j..of high economic growpraise in the United: th, the Japanese business
res.
taking shape in the mid-19-business organizations to high
States and European coun-1 worjd will most likely find
*
30s but it was not until af-1 discharge their employees
’ I tries and the lifetime empnecessary to go back to
ter
the
World
War
II
that

results
from
such
When a Japanese is empl­
ac ua loyment and seniority wa- •
Euro.’American type of
the
system
became
univerr
exper
i
e
nce.
oyed by a ••■business enter­
ge system that fornvthe fo-; ra£jonai labor-management
sally
observed.
That
is,
it.i
prise or at a government was almost unknown dur !
undation of the unique Ja­ rrations.
Special Characteristics
office,
intends

.he usually
z.
i;r .. ing much of the Taisho < This practice has impar- panese labor-management The switch, however, can­
practice have become sub- not be made quickly. For
X The most important I
Sh™a i
special
jects
of research.
some time to come? Japan
periods.
The
practice
proj
to
the
present
Japanese
bu
I
pro-1
bu.
consideration for a Japane>
However,
it
was
only
dubably had its origin in the

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the !’ siness
world.
is ...
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will t continue an annual gr­
se youth, when graduating difficult days immediately I corporate employees, strong ring the days o ig
owth of about 6 percent and
from high school at 18 or after the war when the pay loyalty to their employer, omic growt . ., &
ese in doing so, the switch fr­
19 or from college at 22 or
systems
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the
23, in choosing his job is level was set very low as a As long as they are protec- Japanese economy. Once om the present structure,
device to provide workers ted by the life-time employthe balance sheet of bene­ with the minimum amount ment system and the seni- the growth rate begins dip­ geared to high economic
growth, will have to be ma­
fits at the time of his re­
ping,
trouble
sets
in.
they
de little by little. Japane­
tirement that may come of wage necessary for sur- ority wage system,
When the number of new- se business managers will
vival. However, what stren- share the same fate as thebetween the ages of 55 and
ly employed is reduced i11 ______
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have
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60. This is because most of
a lowgrowth economy, the J nique of management, the
them anticipate to continue system was the high rate • rpjie secolld is the low le- pyramid-shapped age com so^alled“human ware” ap­
working at the same orga­ of economic growth that J vej of unemployment and position of employees of a
nization until retirement. In began in the early 1950s the inherent intensity of business enterprise rapidly proach, that does not de­
Japan, the employer seld­ and continued for 20 years, competition among business crumbles. The number of pend on employees’ loyalty
om discharges his emplo­ When the economy grows corporations. It is only na­ older employees increases to their organization.
yees and the employees ra­ at a high rate and each en-1 tural . that the number of in proportion to the decre­
terprise grows bigger, most ( unemployed is small berely change jobs midway.
ase in younger workers. In
Regular Salary Increases business organizationss re- cause corporations do . not time, the shape will change
Moreover, most Japanese emit annually more work- * discharge employees even from a pyramid to a dia>
workers count on their em­ ers that the year before, j during a slump. Instead, th- mond in which the top is
ployers (in both private bu­ When this continues for 10’ere arises within the enter- small, the middle swollen
siness and public office) to or 15 years, the composition j prise those without a job and the bottom small too.
find them a new job upon of employees, broken down • or the so-called “unemploIn other words, the ratio

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retirement due to the age according to age (or the yed’ employees
of higher-paid, older emplimit and that is usually length of employment), numbers. Therefore busin­ loyees to the total number
granted. It can be said wi­ will take on a pyramid sha­ ess management becomes
thout exaggeration that for pe with the younger work­ very difficult during a sl­ ing in a yearly increase ini—
Japanese youth, the first ers outnumbering those in ump. This explains why the
business performance of : personnel costs even withjob he gets determines his the upper age brackets.
JAPANESE
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During this period, an em­ at a low level even by pay- loyed in Japan.
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salary increases are obser- other hand, the younger ■ ir employees at work. This
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ved for a prescribed pe- employees can look forward \ is where over-competition this neiw situation is that
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receives promotions, too.-current wage is relatively apparent in exports than
That is, the pay scale is ba- i low, because an annual wa- i in domestic marketing. It
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As a result, the law of for the years to come. In inclination toward excessi­
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j wage system is beneficial to Japanese corporations.
equal work) is not obser<
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ch they share a common fa­
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NAME (MR. MRS. MISS)
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— the wage —- is decided
not by the content of work lifetime employment syst- j the end result is greatly
ADDRESS
performed but by the parti- em. When the basic econo- stepped up exports.
These two phenomena
cular circumstances of the mic trend is toward high
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PROV.
/Seller, the worker. These growth, a slump is short । have benefited the JapanePOSTAL CODE
circumstances include how and its bottom is shallow I se economy in the past. Emhe ,i< how long he has while the period of good bu-, ployers, strong loyalty to
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