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Asian American angle
in Alabama

Ikebana headmaster in Van. with 80 teachers

VANCOUVER/— The Head­ traduction of.the Headmaster Joi low at the Hotel Va neouver
master . of the Ikenobo I kebana and special guests and wel­ at 7:30 p.m. Cost for all those
addresses
will
take wishing to attend is $20.
Society of Japan' and eighty come
? -On Sunday, July 27, the exof his teachers will be in Van- place. ’
would
have
to
pay
their
way.
. By BILL HOSOKAWA ’
~Af 3’p.m. the'master will ' hibiti on wi 11 be • open to the
couver \for the
Vancouver
it-was too good an opp~ortuniThis sweltering city, deep in
-Chapter’s
‘ 'Goodwi II
Flower give a demonstration in the* public from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m.
ty. to pass up* His two-children
catfish , grits
and
seafood
Exhibition” on July 26 and thea tre. ’ Tickets are aval I gbl e y Al I those interested shuuld
quickly became adjusted to
at $5. At the conclusion of the contact the Ikenobo' Ikebana. gumbo
country,
on'e-time
27th, 1980 at Rdbson Square.
life in 'America, .and so did
cradle |/pf the ^ Confederacy,
/ iHead master Senel Ikenobo demonstration, a' film on the Society of Vancouver at Suite
his
wife.
Buying
Oriental
proheart of the \>l a ok civil rights
Will officio 1 ly open the proceed­ Ikenobo style df flower arrang­ 302, 160 East Street, ' North
visions was no problem. The
- movement, capital of Alabama,
ing with a1 "Ribbon Cutting ing will be shown continuously Vancouver, B.C. V7L 2Y8.
Kondos made friends with a
would seem to be an unlikely
: Ceremony” at 10 a.m: on July. until 7 p.m;'
Japan es e p nof e s son tea chin g
- place to. fi nd anything. with an
26th. At 2 p.m. the official 'in- ' . A banquetand receiption will
at nearby Auburn University,
Asian-American
angle;
But
and" With the Japanese wives iimHiiiiiiiniiiiimii!n!iimuiiiiiiiiiiimiimiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiniiHHiiiHii !iiiiiiii,i,Hii>^
they have become so ubiquitiof Am erica h •servicemen.
ous that their tracks are' every­
/ The final week of the Air
where.
'— Take,- _ for instance
"The College is devoted to a Nation­
al Security Forum in which
Dispatch,” the weekly newscivilians from various parts of
.paper published for Maxwell
Ao^ independent Organ for Canadians of Japanese Origin
the nation^ from a wide cross­
a n d Gunth er Ai r -Force Ba s es
section ~ of American life, are
here. Among its advertisers are
FRIDAY, JULY-4; 1980 '
'
TORONTO, ONT.
invited to attend lectures with Vol 44 — No. 52
Ebino- East (Oriental groceries
the officers and take part in .. ......................................................................... HimimiiiiiimimiiimiuiiiimiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimiimmiiHiiiiiim^
'^.and gifts);, Yue Chong Co.
their discussion -sessions, about
national security matters.
Tiki Village (Chinese and Poly­
Among those taki ng 'pa rt
nesian cuisine); and China
Pavilion (businessman’s spe- this year was Mrs. Patrica
- cial -— cashew ..chicken,; fried. Tukydd' Saiki (as in psyche, she
explains), member since 1974
' rice and egg roll $2.80).
Maxwell is the: site of the of the Hawaii State Senate.
Air War College where some- Senator Sa iki traveled farther
specter apprehended her at court recently, petite Kiyoko
By ZUHA1R KASHMERI
Toronto International Airport Nagasawa, 30, interspersed
of th e -most p rom i s i n g Ai r Force than any other participant,
colonels- and lieutenant colo­ but that wasn't aU that dis­
-BRAMPTON. — In Jamaica, on. April 30, the inspector and her testimony. with nervous
nels go through a TO-month tinguished her; She had been she was the first Japanese an RCMP constable were startl­ laughter and abstractions- on
'course of study designed: to a a educator for 12 years in documented as a Rastafarian, ed to hear her tell them it was _how mari-juana opens up her
- make them "better officers. private and public schools in and clan members consider a pity they could not taste the "inner world.”
But Mi s s N ag a sa wa d id not
This year’s class of -204 men Hawaii, delegate to the Hawaii her ‘“the chosen one” from wondrous joys of her 'mari-j­
admit fo any intention to inand women ;includes 16 from Constitutional ’ Convention >in
uana.
'
"the
mind-opening
Brampton
provi ncia 1 troduce
other countries, among- them, .1968,- member of the State
When a Canada Customs in - . In
of
Representatives
herb” to friends 'in Japan,
Lieut. Col. Kinji Kondo, of the House
where, she said, marijuana is
. Japan Air Self-Defense Forces.. 1968-74, and' two-term state
a> scarce commodity.
. He is the second Japanese to senator. She is a director of
The question was important
be invited - in tl^e 27-yea< Amfac, Inc., and; Hawaiian Air­
um and cost $60,000. The 17’
■NEW
YORK.

Some
easte
­
lines. As . chairman of the
because the prosecutor’s office
history of the school.
rn efs at a Bank of Tokyo ■ office foot rhorrtboid hung point
The Japanese government Western Interstate Commission here said they felt uncomfort­ downward from the lobby used its discretion'and did not
Higher
Education,
she
charge her with importing nar­
told Kondo he could take his for
able with Isamu1 Noguchi’s ceiling, suspended by steel
cotics, an offence'with O'mini-family to Alabama but he
1 600-pound -Scupture hanging Cables. Hertel said the bank
better colleges and universities.
wanted- to use some of that mum seven-yedr penitentiary
overhead "like a guillotine.
Another. Asian. .participant
lobby area for more working term. Miss Nagasawa was on
So the bank put the sculp­
was Prof. Ge n e T. -H s i a o of
space,, and; thus decided to a Toronto stop en route to
ture down,, chopped it up and
Tokyo when she" was charged
take down the sculpture.
ern Illinois University. Born in stuck it ri aAwarehous^with possession of six pounds
Chekiang,
China,
Professor
' The sculpture, had fans; inBy AMY KIKICH1
Hsiao received graduate deg­ . '"It’s vandalism,, and .very re­ clud i ng Ada Louis e H uxtab I e, * of mari juana, worth about
$3,000, found; in; her suitcase.'
EDMONTON/— The Dept, rees at the University of Cali­ actionary,” the 75-year old
the New Yotk Times architec­
of East Asian Languages and fornia in Berkeley and is the Japanese American artist, one tural critic, who wrote that the
She solid the mariij.uano: was
author
of.
numerous
articles
on
of' the world’s foremost sculp­
'.Literatures will be established
for her own use, saying she
Sind-American and Si no-Japa­ tors. said. "I should think work provides "a: deliberate
at the U. of Alberta, _to be
contrast of a style, a studied acquired the habit when she
nese relations.
they’d a«k the artist before
operational in the fall of 1981.
converted to Rastafarianism
. There was a time not long they did something like that. and stunning transition from
A Selection Committee has
last September.
ago when bl ack, Asian and 1 guess somebody there did nt 19th to 20th century.”
already advertised for the
Provinial
Judge
Kenneth
A bank spokesman said No-,
Hispanic participants at func­ like’ it. 1 don’t know what to
first Dept. Chair. Dr.’ Hazel'Langdon, who; said he never
guchi was not told of the de­
tions like the National Security
Jones, EJCC member, who has
dreamed he would see the day
say.
.
Forum - were notable by their
cision because "the sculpture
13ut according, to Fred Hertel,
just left for Japan on a year’s
when he would consider such
absence, but that’s changing.
is the property of the bank.”
. Study Leave, was di rector of
executive vice president of the
a I arg e a mount as bei ng for
Noguchi agreed that he had
This particular gathering was
bank in New York City, the
the pre-department program
Cont. on page 3
enriched by the perspectives,
no recourse. ,
' and contributed crucially, to the
sculpture "was-^beautiful, but
provided by Americans whose,
shaping of the ' new depart­
ct number of people.thought it
backgrounds are outside - the.
was threatening or u n^afe.
ment.
/
Caucasian mainstream. Black
Those who had served on
"To get it out we had to- cut
faces were not uncommon
the Teaching staff this: past
among the Officers in the it up, and I’m- not sure, whether
year included Prof*. K. Ohta,
MIAME :— John Lennon has 72nd St. in New York. The^exstudent body. And the nation we can ever put it back toge­
Prof. Y. Miyakawa, Dr. Sonja
itself will be the stronger and ther again, although we tried been blowing his wad on real Beatle now owns seven of
Arntzen, Mrs. Kawashima, Mr.
better informed from the par­ to make rhe'pieces as big as estate in the past few months. these plush palaces, which run
C.K. Kao, Dr. J. Lin, Mrs. Hiruticipation of minority members. possible,” Hertel said. We or­ First there was the. twin pool about $500,000 each.' The. ki, and Mrs. Hiratsuka. Two
What’s even more important, iginally planned to winch it out Miami home for Yoko Ono, a latest is to house Yoko's fur
new instructors will give add­
no one' seemed to be surprised of a plate-glass window, but i 1 Oth anniversary wedding gift,
ed strength to the program in
and now a couple of more collection, we are told. Climate
taking it was bigger than one pane.
that
minorities
were
the fall: Sumi Ikeo and. Dr.
_
The
sculpture,
entitled -apartments at the exclusive control features were installed
(Moshi part. Integration is pretty much
Hiroko Terakura. >.
"Shint®” was made of alum in-[Dakota building at ,1 West by Fendi of Italy.
taken for granted any more.
Moshi)
-

THE NEW CANADIAN

1st Jpnz. documented as Rastafarian
gets three months for pot in Toronto

Sculpture by Isamu Noguchi destroyed

_ East Asian studies
for Univ, of Alta.

John & Yoko Lennon buy another
palace at $500,000 for Yoko's furs

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"Suicide Heights"

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Tokyo apartment complex favorite spot for suicides
Even in

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remote-areas of the
< than an hour’s train ride '
TOKYO.
There are known suicide site.
country, people immediate­
479 Queen Street West,
Since it opened in 1972, 60 from the complex.
signs posted around' the
Toronto, Ont. M5B 2A9
have
committed r Of the 60 suicides, only ly ask about the suicides
Takashimara
Apartment people
PHONE 366-5005
complex in northeast-Tokyo suicide there, some coming 10 were residents of the when they hear where we
, are from.”
asking residents to call the from as/far as 75 miles complex.
She said she has been;
police if they see any stran­ away to hurl, themselves "No one is sure why Taka­
CLASSIFIED
gers' lookings downcast or into oblivion from its^ con­ shimadaira became a gath­ stopped and questioned by
ering ground for suicidals. other residents when taking
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glancing skyward. They crete heights.
PERSONAL
may be planning to kill
Thelatest,on March 11, Unlike at Golden Gate a stroll. Such vigilance by
themselves.
was a 47-year old real est­ bridge (San Francisco) or apartment residents has
WI.DOWER Jo
late .50's
~ Takashimadaira, a spraw- ate broker who plunged 120 Japan’s Kegon Falls in stopped about 20 would-be would like to meet single or
ling complex of highrise feet to his death from a 14th Nikkb, romantic or turb­ suicides, but does-not make widowed 45 to 54 with view
apartments, has the unhap­ floor balcony. The man, the ulent passions seem out for za convival ^tmosphere, • to per man ent rel ati o ns h ip. ‘ if
, r
py distinction of being seventh to jump this year, place at these apartment she said.
suited to-each other. Box 10,
dominoes
with
their
drab
lived
in
western
Toko,
more
Despite
Japan

s
reputati
­
Japan’s newest nationally
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pastel z walls, tiny parks on for hara-kiri and kamiand antiseptically clean kaza, the nation’s suicide
Help Wanted
roads.
rate, 18 per 100,000 in 1978,
CANTOUR (International Ltd.,
“We are at our witfs end,” is not much higher than
said Hiroshi Kawasaki, pre­ the United States and is an 'Inbound/Outbond Tour
and
Wholesaler
sident of the Complex Resi­ lower than European nati- Operator
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ons like Sweden and Huii- based: in Vancouver, Briti sh
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be. ia
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which
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but
prone
Japan
until
recently
PARKING LOT (SOUTH OF LICHEE GARDENS)
nothing has been effective,” had few tall buildings — Citizen or have Landed Immi­
grant-Status^
he said.
still trails other suicide - Must be' oyer 19 years of
Two years ago a Shinto causes: such as hanging,
priest was invited to per­ drowning, talking gas and age.
Must be fluent in both spok­
form ceremonies to banish jumping in front of the
any evil spirits that might trains, said William Wethe- en English and Japanese
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be lurking in the area. He rall, a Berkeley graduate (Formd'l/Stq nda rd)
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No passersby have been
Wetherall said the con­ da: (maiinly British 'Columbia
injured yet by falling bodi­
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es, but steel nets have been cept of • “meiwaku,” the and Alberta)
Must have at least one seaput up over nursery schools strong Japanese dislike of
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and
parks
inside
the
comp
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des here to seek places out familiar with all aspecM of
“Many people are fed up
side their own neighbor­ tour-guide work.
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with living in such an en­
Interested
parties
please
hoods to die.
460 Dundas St. W.
vironment, especially those
“And because that apart­ forwa rd persona I res ume - to:
Toronto 2B ,Ont
with growing youngsters,
. C/O Mis s J a n' Leg au It
but very few have the option ment complex is so well pu­
And
Canada
Manpower
blicized
by
the
mass
media
of
moving,

Kawasaki
said.
Travel Service — Tel 977-7655
Immigration
The reason is price and it comes to mind when peo­
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ple
are
depressed
and
think
­
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ra is one of Japan’s biggest ing of a way to die,” he
Further details of the posisaid.
_
public
housing
complex,
Take advantage/of special group departures July
Hiroshi Imamura, psycho^ tion can be obtained after rewith 64 buildings containing
sume is recieved by • Cantour
5 and September 27, 1980 .
10,170
apartments
and legist at the Tsukura Univ, International Ltd.
For further information regarding,all your travel
about 30,000 residents. Be­ of Medicine and an expert
needs, contact FURUYA TRAVEL today I ! !
cause it is public, the rent on suicide, agreed that
for the average foiir-room, media publicity about Taka­
45-square meter cubbyhole shimadaira has encouraged Pot
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cost of a similar private to die.
personal use, acquitted Kiyo­
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apartment.
He added that "people ko Na gas a wo1 on th e traffi ckThe complex is also only feel more secure about ing charge.
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672 N®. 3 Rd., Richmond, B.C.
a 40-minute train ride to dying in a place where /Instead, he convicted her of
Phone 681-7251
1157 Melville St.. Vancouver, B.C.
central Tokyo, a mere hop others have gone before. simple possession and sent the
for most.Tokyo commuters. This feeling is especially petite, soft-spoken woman to
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Friday/July 4, 1980
CARD OF THANKS

Agincourt
Jo

We wish to express our
gpp reci a ti on to a l 1 ou r re­
latives, friends and neigh­
bours who shared our- sor­
4OMelford Drive, Unit 1
row i n ■ th e I o s s of - q d ear
Scarborough, Ontario
husband, father and 'grand­
M1B2G2
,298-3333
father
TAKEKUMA - KEN
KEN MURATA__________
MIYATA. We thank those'
Home* 291-0962.
who s e ca I I s, f 1 owe rs, gifts,
concerns -and medical- ex­
pertise helped' to sustain
him
during his hosipita I
confin em ent. and to those
. who remembered . hirp by
-sending telegrams; -flowers,
kod en a rid o th er thou ghtfu I
sympathy
-expres'sioos
Barristers & Solicitors
when he parsed ay/ay June
155 MAIN ST. W.
4, 1980.
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7 TOKYO. —• A middle-aged
mai e tra risi ent ha s been squat-/
ting in a self-made shanty on
a public road near the west.exit
of the .Japan National Rail­
road’s Shinijuku Station" for
about seven months now.
The vagabond, Hiroshi Misa­
ki,- 45t turns g deaf ear to the
complaints from store owners
who say. that the presence of
the hut mors the appearance
-of Shin j uku streets. - - Misaki counters the comp­
laints, saying that . his hut is
-not a hindrance to traffic and
that they are trying to bully
the weak.'
. , . . C
Mr. and Mrs. A. Brook
Tokyo metropolitan- govern­
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Miya- . ment officials are. at -a >loss
■ .over what.to do-with the case.
Mr. and Mrs. Tom Miyata
Misaki spurned Tokyo officials,
Mr. and Mrs. Min Miyata . saying,
you should
crack
down on corrupt offi cia Is rather
' Mr. and Mrs. Larry Miyathan bully the weak like-me,”
Ta . '
'■ .
when they visited him for "inand grandchildren. .
sipectiion- purposes” recently.
Misaki, who is from Osaka,
built, the six-foot, four-foot
wide hut on a section between
the Yasuda Life Insurance Co.
Building and a flight of stairs
Save fuel--Be warm
leading- to" an - underground
Typical price $40. total
shopping • plaza last Novem-

540 Eglinton _ Ave; W.
Toronto

I

Tokyo squatter
in centre
of Shinjuku

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He says he built the hut to
protect himself from the cold
and auto exhaust fumes, add­
ing. that he had slept in the
op en Tor ab ou t 10 years.
The shabby, hut is in strong
contrast to the deportment
stores and' other’ modern, chic
buildings standing nearby.
Lows! merchants were enrag­
ed- by Misaki's hut and asked
the metropolitan government
to - remove it ' immediately.
Meanwhile, Misaki has been
busy making additions to his
Shinjuku abode. In March, he
added another room.
that, unlawful occupation of
public property by private
structures wiII result in demo­
lition, Misaki’s shanty is not
a hind ra nee to traffic or a nuisance to passersby.
;
.In fa ct f Tokyo offi cia I s a re
unable to remove the hut from
a standpoint of human rights.
Mishki says he sweeps the
'road and. cleans his hut every
morning and that he never
harms people.
He has a' propance .gas
cooker. arid other household
utensils'
for “modern
and
comfortable living.”.

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9:45 a.m. Sanctuary, Pine Hill, Rest Haven
10:00 a.m. Westminster
10:30 a.m. Spring Creek
11:00 a.m. Glendale
7:00 p.m. Odori at City Hall

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No more laboring over hot stove as
“Dial a meal" kitchen revolt comes

Ho hum.

Japanese discovered
Interferon 25 years ago

Another Shizuoka cater­
vans.
The chain today had* 2,400 ing firm has adopted the
“The recent discoyery of the
TOKYO; — 1 nterferon, hail­
TOKYO, — A "kitchen regular employees in addi­ name of "Dinner Service.” ed as a new drug in the fight effectiveness of interferon treat­
revolution” is talking place tion to 2,000 part-time When it started three years against cancer,- really isn't so ment againtt cancer has raised
ago, it franchised Chinese
workers.
new, according to* research con­ great expectation but because
noodle
shops
before
branch
­
a
The client
Japanese housewives turn
ducted by Fuji Bank, Ltd. of the clinical experience- is still
ing
out
into
prepared
foods.
"family
set

from
an
illust
­
their backs on shopping lor
insufficient, the usefulness - of
Yoshi
Honda,
the
39-yearrated
booklet
and
tele
­
> food and their pots and
The existence of interferon, interferon as a new drug is not
pans, to rely on home-deliv­ phones in his order. Food old president of the comp­ a "protein produced by living yet adequately proven and
ered, precooked meals to sufficient for a four-mem­ any, disclosed to the maga­ cel I s of ma n a nd an i majs when full-scale clinical tests are
ber family meal is priced zine that his personal in­
feed their families.
researchers
for
they are invaded by viruses required,”
come
last
year
amounted
to
at
Yl,000.
An estimated." million-andand other a Men : agents,’ fir-si japan's second /largest bank
The
system
soon
found
a
half households, from Hok­
Wais discovered in Japan 25 ■said..
A late starter is the Teikaido in the north to Okin­ large number of takers and
They added that much reyears ago, an article in the
awa in the south, are now the Taihei chain’s annual shoku Co. that entered the Fu ji Ba nk Bu 11 eti n sa id . . -'
maihs to be done before the
catering
field
six
months
sales
are
now
estimated
at
being supplied daily with
Thea ccou nt exp lain ed that drugcan be put on the market,
ago
and
named
its
operati
­
assortments of dishes by Y70 billion.
the substance
was
simply •such as. developing technology
Ota
told
the
magazine
on
"Happy
Wagon.

three major catering chains,
for ensuring, a high degree of
as well as by. new, minor that he conceived- the idea
Yoshimichi Umeda, direc­ labeled as a viral inhibitor purity and equipment for mass
outfits that have elbowed when he resized that young tor in charge of the venture, and that it was-.several yeans production.
women
knew is reported by_ the weekly later’ when British' researchers - “It may take’ from three to
their way into this novel Japanese
and lucrative industry, says neither how to shop nor to aS saying that although pro­ making their own discovery, five - year..until' interferon pro­
gave .the cellular matter its'
the Shukan Shincho (April cook.
fits in this type of business
duced by- the. cell culture pro­
more fanciful name. ■
/ ,
^Nowadays,

he
is
quoted
10 issue).
are rel&tivedy small, it can
cess will become available in
Now
th e
anno u n ceme n t s
And it is not only in ur­ as saying, "girls go. to work become a paying propositi­
large quantities and /from five
ban areas that these con­ after finishing school and on when carried out on a earlier this year of success in to 10 yea ns-/until “the method
the United Statesin using in­
venient lab or-saving servi­ then get married. Their large scale.
ces are thriving. Farmers’ mothers do not have time
"We can purchase the terferon to. treat certain forms Ing will be in practical us^
wives are also becoming to teach them to become necessary foods at whole­ of cancer and in Switzerland in the Fuji Bank researchers
clients in substantial num­ good housewives.”
sale prices like supermark­ producing the substance thro­ predicted.
For
distributors,
the ets do,” he says, "but we ugh genetic engineering have
bers, the weekly reports.
Doctors in North America
research and deshifted
(the
The brainchild of Shoki- Taihei chain uses neighor- have the advantage
of
;
m eanwhile, are. conti n u i n g to
veTopment limelig'ht to those
hood
milkmen
and
news
­
chi Ota, a soy sauce manu­
not having any losses.
get encouraging results from a
paper
delivery
boys,
giving
countries.
facturer in Chiba Prefec­
;
continues,
he
cancer
This, ”
liimited
number
But not to be overlooked
ture, this type of catering them an additional source "is because, unlike the
patients being treated with in­
are the pa railed res each and
service was launched seven of income:
we don’t
supermarkets,
terferon. Tests’have shown that
development efforts in Japan,
Following
4n
the
foot
­
years ago. Today, his Taihei
have perishables that re­
interferon works against bone
where leading pharmaceutical
steps
of
Ota,
Shigeaki
Shi
­
chain operates 38 kichens
main unsold since we pre­
and breast cancer as well as
companies have been doing
mada,
a
former
baker,
where cooked foods are
pare just enough dishes to
against leukemia and cancer
prepared and packed, then started the Yoshikei Group meet the orderswe receive.” basic research on Interferon of the lymph system. When
for close to 10 years. From
sent to 320 outlets where in Shizuoka City five years
The reputation, of these 1972 to 1974, the Science and larger supplies become - avaiil.
fish and meat preparations ago.
able, it also’ will ‘be tried
Adopting a fanchise sys­ home-delivered meals is Technology Agency in. Japan
are added to what Ota has
tem, he gradually expand­ "good on the average,” ac­ •subsidized the studies under ag ai nst bow ef" and. lung
named "family sets.”
cording to the weekly. The
The latter are than deli- ed his outlets so that his largest segment of •ustom- a special research program. cancers.
A big ho I dup in g a i n i ng a
vered to distributors who’ chain today blankets Japan ers consists of households The Ministry of' iHealth and final stamp of approval on
make the round of oust- from Sapporo to Naha. It living in independent one- Welfare did the same from interferon is the expense inomers in their respective delivers 100,000 sets of pre­ family houses, followed by 1975 through 1977 for drug volved'in making it in sufficient
development and in 197'8 and
- /
areas. using refrigerated pared dishes daily.
those in condominiums and
1979 for cl i mica 1 _ tests.
The .-American , Cancer Society
those who live in large,
The New Technology Deve­
■fecently^paid $2 million for
high-rise apartment comp­
Major Samurai film director Hiroshi
lopment Corportion,. a special
40 billion units of interferon
lexes, indicating that the
enterprise
under
the
jurisdiction
Inagaki of seven isqmuai fame dies
painstakingly produced by the
clientele is dominated by
of the Science and Technology
middle-income, white-collar
cell culture method.

TOKYO. — Hiroshi Inagaki, of Japan’s feudal days.
Agency, recently commissioned
Officials also say the. cost
In
1955, his “Miyamoto worker families.
a major.samurai movie direc­
two Japanese pharmaceutical
of a: single injection of inter
Some wives, liberated compa ni es,
tor, died of cirrhosis of the Musashi,” retitled in English
Mldoriya
and feron ha s' to be broug ht d own
z H^er at a hospital In Tokyo, “The Seven Samurai,” starring from their kitchen chores,
from today’s' price of $75 to
Toshiro Mifune won the Best have taken up tennis or cation of what ibey and others about $ 1 if the drug is to gain
doctors said. He was 74.
as
pastimes, have learned in the laboratory. ■general acceptance.
Staring as an actor at the Foreign Film Academy Award; volleyball
age of 17, Inagaki directed Inagaki won the Grand Prix in while others just stay home
more than 10'0 films, during his the 195h Venice Motion Picture to watch television, adds
the magazine, but it also
nearly five decade-long career. Festival for “The Ricksha Man,
The New Canadian
points
,
out
that
this
boom
also
starring
Mifune.
Most of his works were of the
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