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Nisei appointed director services Canada Dry

Japanese men living
longer despite notoriously
poor living habits

will include Quality Control TORONTO. — Mr. R.T. Kim- Dry Limited.
Mr. Kimura, a B.S.C. gradu­ and Extract Ma nufact ri ng.
ra has been appointed Direc­
“This appolnment recognizes
tor of Technical Services of ate in chemistry, was National
Canada Dry Limited. The an­ Quality Control-Ma nag er. Since Mr, Kimura’s important contri- .
nouncement
came
recently 1970 he has served the comp­ bution to the company's* high
from Mr.. NL. Bosworth,' Chair­ any in several technical capa­ standard of product performan,” said Mr? Bosworth.
TOKYO. —- Four generali­ life, the'se ailments typically man of. the Board and Chief cities including:, ah overseas
assignment. His' responsibility
zations about Japanese men, com e late r in I i fe — he nee th e .Executive Officer of Canada
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culled-from recent government extended life expectancy.
and .private studiesAmong Japanese men to­
— Most smoke. According day, stomach cancer is the
to a survey by the Health most prevalent form of cancer
Mi n i stry, 74 per cent puff an but is receding- as lung and
An Independent .Organ for Canadians #f Japanese Origin
average of 23* cigarettes a respiratory cancer increases,
medical re'searchers say.
‘day;
'
VOL. 44 — NO. 66
. FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 1980 '
TORONTO, ONT.
'In studing probable causes
— They Work long hours,
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for
Japan

s
*
increasing
life
take few vacations and com­
mute an hour or more between expectancy, researchers point
home and office;
to the national diet which is

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— They get little exercise, high in salt-possibly account­
partly because they live in ing for the high incidence o!
crowded cities where sports
'strokes • — and low in fat,
are limited and expensive;
which keeps heart disease at
— They live longer than
a much lower rate than in
men in any other maijor nation.
Western countries.
The Health Ministry’s “Life
“We Japanese should drink
Table,’’ released in early July,
says a newborn Japan male only one bowl of miso shiru
can expect to live an average .(bean curd soup) a day be­
cause we make it with so
of 73.46 years.
much 'salt," said Dr. Itsuzo
* Japanese,women have a life
‘Shigematsu, a director of the
expectancy of 79.89 years,
Japan
Institute
of
Public
but as they usually do not.
smoke and seldom have jobs Health.
The diet traditionally is
.after marriage, it is the Japa­
nese male that interests medic- dominated' by fish, cooked
rice, boiled vegetables, soy­
al researchers.

bean soup and green tea.
- His life expectancy ha’s been
Japanese eat much more meat
increasing rdpidly since World
today, but largely because of
War IL The United States and
restrictions on imports. Beef
other Western nations broke
amounts to only 4.4 per cent
the 50-year barrier around the
of the prate in inta ke, f igures
turn of the century, but the
show.
Japanese reached it only in
The casual observer can
1947.
watch legions of slim Japa­
By 1960, Japan’s male life
nese men passing any street
expectancy was 17fh world­
corner before seeing one who
wide and by 1979, Japan held
is fat Except for the, sumo
'second position behind' Ice­
wrestlers who forcefeed them­
land, where the average male,
selves to gain weight, fat men
life expectancy is about 73.6
are the exception i n Japan.
years.
An epidemiologist who fre­
Government authorities be­
quently travels’ to the United
lieve the sharp leap in Japan’s
States and Europe, Shigematsu
I if e expectancy aifter the wa r
discounts the theory that gene­
was due primarily to , medical
tic differences between Japa­
progress in treating .Infectious
nese and Western men account
diseases.
for the gap in heart disease
In 1937, such ailments as rates.
malaria, whooping cough*, dipIn 1974, the Jia st year for

Hayakawa re-introduces sovereignty
act saing U.S. should expel Iranians
WASHINGTON. — U.S Sen.
S. L Hayakawa (R-Calif.) re­
cently called for the enactment
of legislation he introduced in
March in order to dea 1 with
Iranians who are currently
conducting pro-Khomeini demonstrations *in Washington,

The' .legislation, S.2437, pro

CNE choses paintings by Nakamura
TORONTO/' -— Two paint­
ings by artist Mary Nakamura
appeared at the Canadian
National Exhibition Art Gallery
recently. Her 2 paintings were
amo ng 105 s el ected fro m over

The
300 ent ri e s s ub m i tted
paintings appeared at the-Arts
and Crafts Building; and were
sold during the course of the

Dr. S. I. Hayakawa

should put the Iranians in concentration camps, the way we
during
did
the
Japanese
World War Ik" S.2437 —- “The
American Sovereignty Protecti­
SAN PEDRO, Calif. — A cutting his throat with a.pocket
on Act’’-—- which amends the
Japanese ayto transport ship knife, detectives said.
Sa kai's bio o d s o aked U.S. code allowing the Presid­
Mr,
ca pt a in, despo n d ent lbeca u s e
body
was
found
recently ent to declare as “alien ene­
more than 200 cars were da­
mies" nationals of any coun­
maged during a voyage from at the .stern of the fourth
try Which perpetrates a “pre­
Ja pa n, co m m itted su icide h ou rs deck of.the Fuij^Maru. Police
datory incursion"* into U.S.
after the vessel docked in Los found four large gashes on

his stomach and two more missions aboard.
Angeles, police said recently.
gashes on the sides of his - “This bill," Hayakawa said,
Takuya Sakai,^5 3, apparent­
“is not a. comp I ex instrument.
ly attempted. to commit hara- neck.
Hara-kiri, a ritual form of 1t provides for a straightfor­
kiri but failed and ended up
suicide, was formerly practiced ward amendment of a section
by- Samurai warriors facing in the United States Code,
execution or^disgarce. While dating back to 1798 that deals
still practiced /occasionally, it with war and national defense
has not been customary in and addresses the question of
htheria and cholera were re­ which comparative statistics
’alien enemies.' "
sponsible for about 44 per exist, the death rate from
modern times.
The fiery Japanese-ancestry
cent of the nation’s_ deaths, heart disease from Japanese
The Fuji Maru, owned by
xTQKYO. — A “mysterious Tokyo Senpaku 'Kaisha Ltd., lawmaker said in order to in­
and by 1947, tuberculosis re­ men was 44 per 100,000,
mained the No. I killer in comipared to. the world-high ma i Iman" baffIed residents in left Yokosuka, Japan on Aug. voke the enemy provisions of
Tokyo's Shinjuku area rece- 1 11 On its second day out, the law in the case of Iran, the
U.S. rate of 293 per. 100,000.
Japan.
'
netly by putting 10,000 yen crewmen told police, the ship U.S. must clarify U.S.
Shigematsu
.notes
however,
In 1979, only seven per cent
to include embassies such as
notes in their mailboxes.
experienced ballast problems
of Japan's deaths were attri­ that heart disease is on the in­
A dentist in Shimo-Ochiai and took on 1,500 tons of the one seized last year by
buted to infectious diseases, crease in Japan, and attributes
Iranian 'militants.
found an envelope in his mail- water.
qnd strokes had become the this primarily to smoking.
“The legislation 1 propose
Aug. 8
The water flooded , about
leading cause- of death, fol­
/Researchers also believe the box around 8, a.m
50,000
yen
in 200 cars out of an estimated does exactly that,” Hayakawa
lowed by cancer heart dise­ health of Japanese men bene­ containing
declared. “It would spell out
1,000-2,000 vehicles aboard.
ase, diabetes and liver ail­ fits from the ralative lack of 10,000 yen notes.
that the phase now in the law
“1 thought that perhaps a
In a suicide note found in
comipetition
within
companies
ments.
patient put it there to pay for his quarters, Mr. Sakai expre­ ’any invasion or predatory in­
Doctors point out that while forradvancement, .as promotion
an overdue bill, but there was ssed concern for damaging the cursion is perpetrated, attempt- the infectious diseases often is generally based on seniors
ship and its cargo.
Cont. on page 2
strike people in the prime of
Cont. on Page 2

Japanese ship captain commits suicide
when 200 cars damaged during trip

Mystery mailer

delivers

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vides for the apprehension, re­
straining and/or removal as ali­
en enemies nationals of a fon
eign nation making a “pre­
datory incursion” against the
territory of the United States.
Hayakawa' received ■ heavy
criticism from fellow member.'
of Congress In March when
he was. quoted as saying, “We

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Friday, September 5/1980

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Mailman ...

Japan non-smokers are taking their
. 'In the same area, around 3 afresh air" battles-to high court/
Cont. from Page 1

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Tlio Newtek

Established in 1939
no name on the envelope or
^Second-Class mail No.<0368
explanation of any kind,” he p.m., a co m p any “ e mp I oyee ::
from:
that
:
despite;'/pressure
TOKYO. —^ Japanese non­
A 'member of ' Ethnic Press
said later/ after: calling Shi? notified police that he had
’ Association of Ontario
smokers, blown into a corner medical groups/ it has no
found
1
0,000.
yen
in
his
firm

s
fuku police.
L
. and Canada Federation "
by -th e nation’s' puffe rs, have plans' ’ to- - change Jhe mi Id
- *
.
Published on Tuesdays and
Around 9:30 a.m., an office, mailbox.
gone to court to - assert, their warning - ion _each - pack of
They chedked -other mail­
. Fridays
girl in a condominium in Nakaright to breathe the fresh air. cigarettes: “For the sake of.
t Publisher & Japanese Editor
Ochiai-opened her office mail- boxes- in the building and
heaIth
let

s
,
be
.
careful
about
The ..lawsuit is O' “last re­
Kenzo Mori
• box and found a 10,000 yen f b u n d two m o re of th e n ote s. .
smoking too much.”
English Editor
' note inside. She went through ' With'no clues foun'd, both sort,’’ said Midori -Nakata, a
Stomach;
cancer
is
increasKei Tsumura
all 21 mailboxes in'the hall police and recipients are baffl­ leader ' of ^the . .anti-smoking
Circulation Manager /
ing. Yeaxly' deaths from lung
and found 10,000 yen notes ed, but one resident said he movement arid orie of-four
>K. Sho
cancer have 'increased' from
plaintiffs
in
the
.
claim
againsthoipes
the
mystery
mailmanin all 11 of them, before re­
five per 100,000 to 12 per
SUBSCRIPTION
porting her discovery -to police. would “strike again- soon." - Japanese National Railways
x ' $12. for 6 months
(JNR)
the
Japan
Tobacco 100,000 in~ the past 20 years,
$20. per year
the
National
Cancer.
and Salt Public Corporation says
Cont. from Page 1
Center.:

479 Queen Street West;
and the government.
“Japanese smoke mainly to
Toronto, Ont. M5B 2A9
The suit now being heard
ed or threatened against the expel those Iranians who have
PHONE 366-5005
relieve
stress,
and
strong
territory of the United States caused disturbances and “who •in the Tokyo .District Court warnings about, damage to.
seeks symbolic damages, the
from a foreign nation or gov- further mock us.” '
health might even have the
equivalent
of
up
to
^^$465.

The
United
States
of
Amer
­
the
ernment’ includes:
effect of driving 'people to
from
JNR
for
failure
to
provide:
ica
must
no
'longer
remain
seizure or holding by a foreign
Help Wanted 7
smoke more/’ Higuchi said1.
non-smoking

coaches
and
helpless
in
this
humiliating
nation or government of, o
' BABYsitter needed. Live out,
He said -the. corporation
the aiding or abetting by a condition. The American Sove­ "intolerable’‘ to non-smokers.
spent $500,000 last year on regular work week. 8:30 a.m.
foreign nation or government reignty Protection Act will put
The semi-government Tobac-- its “smoking clean” campaign.
to 5' p.m. One baby. Phone
into
the
hands
of
the
President
of- any' individual or group in
co Conportion, which monopo­ Posters and ads featured, well- 424-2210 (Toronto).
seizing or holding, the premis­ powers^that are clearly im­ lizes tobacco sales in Japan/
know n p eop lea ski n g s m oke rs
es or a diplomatic mission of plied in the U.S. Code of 1798, and the Health and Welfare
, TRAVEL consultant wanted.
to: keep their smoke* out . of
the United State's; or ‘second, the senator insisted.
and Welfare Ministry .are ac­ their neighbors, eyes, and their Must be ^able to speak" Japa­
“I am trying to give Presi­ cused. by the non-smokers of
the seizing or holding of such
nese for Prince Hotel . office.
butts of the floor."
dent
Carter
some
legal
In
strupremises which also, involves
Must- have two years or more
neglecting Lio; promote public,
Kakefuni
Ito,
an
official
at
men’s to work with,” Hayaka­ hygiene by not informing, the
experience. Phone 22'3-7831.
Tokyo
Shinjuku
railroad
station
. ,agent of the United States as wa continued. ”1 would be people - of. the dangers of
— the busiest in Japan with
iDO YOU live near highway
grateful for'an- immediate res­
a hostage.’’—
smoking.
s..-_
more than a million. usei;s a 427? And are you thinking of
iHayakgwa
said' that if ponse, since our. hostages, have
Miss Nakata, '27/ who form- day — said the number" of going back to work? We need
S. 2437 had beei?enacted, ear­ been in Iran nine months.”
’ ed
the
“Organization
to .butts discarded on platforms general office help. Please
The Senate Judiciary Com
lier, President Carter would
Establish the. Right/to Hate •has decreased sharply since phone: Japan Food Corp. 624have more options at: his dis­ mittee has referred H'ayakaSmoke" two year ago, said i.n pre-campaigndays
when 3206. (Toronto). .
- : ,
posal. Under current circum­ wb’s bill to the Office of Manan' interview that JNR ignored 230,000 -butts a day were.
stances, he sdid, the most ap- ■ agement and Budget ‘for - re­
repeated pleas for more non­ swept up by railway workers.
propriate action would be to view. .
smoking space on trains.
“People are much more
Non-smokers
■traditionally aware
of
inconveniencingsmoking
' have
been
railroaded
in others - with- their
Japan, where • 35 ■ million out now. Ito said.
- - . /
of a total population of 1.15
Saito, an official . of
million, including 73 per cent JNR’s passenger service statiALL HEEL HEIGHTS
LATEST STYLES
of adult men, are smokers. on, said there was inadequMENS 4 and up
LADIES 2 and up
There are an estimated 6.4 ate demand” to increase nonMEDIUM & WIDE FITTINGS
million women smokers.
s m oki ng ca rs o n 1 o n g -di st a n ce
r
There'are few places where trains. He. said one of the. 16
/
a Japanese smoker cannot cars on the “Kodama” bullet
1328 Queen St. West
light up. The few exception in­ train out of Tokyo has oper­
Phone 531-1931 Toronto
clude department stores, gaso­ ated- as a non-smoker- for
line stations, rush hour com­ several years, but- the.; car is
muter trains, and — since the often empty "because- many
anti-smoking movement arose ’'families use the line: and the
■ a few years ago — the wait­ man of the house- wants a
INSURANCE
ing rooms of some national place to smoke.
JNR does not offer a non­
hospitals.
“The real problem,’’ 'Miss smoking car on the’ "Hikari”
463 Eglinton Ave. W.
Nakata said, “is that the gov­ bullet trains, which make, few­
Toronto, Ont. M5N 1A7
ernment is making too much er stops^ but plans to do so
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The number of smokers has
tough on smoking.’’
OUR CUSTOMERS, AT JOY LOY
Masatoshi Higuchi, a .public declined slightly in .the past
PARKING LOT (SOUTH OF LICHEE GARDENS)
few years .because of concern
ation, said his organization about health and the rising
earned the equivalent of $2.6 cost of cigarettes,, now 80 cents
billion for the national trea­ a pack l°t popu ^ar bra nd s.
■■|B||VA
460 Dundas St. W.
sury and 2.75 billion for local But it will be years before­
PVKU ■ A
Toronto 2B ,Ont.
Japan, controls its smoking
government in 1978.
to The
extent
of
"We respect the. rights of habit
Travel Service — Tel: 977-7655
non-smokers, but believe pro­ the United States and Europe,
blems should be resolved by Miss Nakata said.
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“We could at least be proud
improving the manners o»
AIR LINES and CP AIR
smokers rather than boning in the past-that fey/ Japanese
A
women
smoked.
But
that
too
Take advantage of special group departures July
the issue in ■ court,
Higuchi
5 and September 27, 1980
said.
,
_ has changed with more equsexes. I too used to
He said the Tobacco Corp­
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college because I
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Personal Notes Across Canada*'
Birth

Jinya Tanaka
Issei pioneer

Ikeda of Soka Gakkai is
denounced in new book

Harashima, 41, is the second
TOKYO. — A former editor
of the SeikyO Shimbun, an or­ son of ^Koji Harashima, ihe
TAKAHASHI
SCARBOROUGH, Ont. — Mr.
gan to the Soka Gakkai, a lay first chariman of Komeito, - a
and Mrs. Maisami Matsuyama,
TORONTO. — Mrs. Kimiyo
TORONTO. —' One of the organization of a Buddhist political arm of the religious (nee Margaret Katsumoto) are Takahashi, passed away after oldest members of the Japa­
(oined- the group
sect, , will shortly publish a group.
haippy to announce the birth a1 lengthy illness at Princess nese Ca no di an com mu n ity - in, book portraying Daisaku Ike-, after he graduated from Waseof a . daughter ‘‘Naomi” on Margaret .Hospital on August Metro1, Jinya' Tanaka, 97, died da, chief of the Buddhist sect, da University. He became .the
July 31,
1980 ^af Toronto' 21, 1980. Beloved mother of on August 27th, 1980 at the as the. man “who had exterme- editor of the organ in 1974 but
General<^Ho'spital. Mother and Bryan and daughter of Mrs. Chelsey Park Nursing Home in ly distorted the (group’s) doct­ quit the group late last year.
ch i I d d o i n g fi ne. A g ra nd Ka'getsu. ’ Dear sister of Hai, Mississauga.
rines, in an attempt to enhance,
Before he began writing the
daughter for Mr. Heishiro Mat­ Mrs. Tak Huang, Mrs.'Aki Ide,
Born in 1883' in Hassaka, his own dignity among his book, Harashima said he had
suyama1 and for Mr. and Mrs' Mrs.. Sachi Hyodo, Aki(ra),
Japan, Tanaka was conscipted followers,” it was learned rece- exercised what he called the
Juichi Katsumoto?
Tadashi. Dear aunt of several
most
rigid,.
self-criticism”
into~ the Imperial; Army at an
ni eces and nephews.
early age and was - stationed
The
doctrines
originated against his past errors , he
•Earle Elliott Funeral Home., in Manchuria during the Russofrom the Nichiren Shoshu, a committed by supporting Ikeda
CARD OF THANKS
Japanese War in 1904.
¥ *
Buddhist sect headquartered at in his antagonism against the
temple authorities.
We wish to express our
After the war he spent the Daishakufi Temple at Fuji,
- TANAKA
sincere gratitude to all shar-*
Leaders of the Soka Gak­
several years at his parents Shizuoka Prefecture.
ed our sorrow in the lass of
TORONTO. — Mr. Jinya
the kai, however, flatly rejected ‘ Takashi
Harashima,
farm near' Hassaka and imour beloved .motheq grand­
Tanaka, 97, passed away on
Harashima’s allegations jgaauthor of the book entitled
1911.
migrated
to
Canada
in
mother
and
great-grand
August' 2'5th1 ‘1980 , at Chelsey
inst the honorary president,
"iLetters
to
Mr.
Ikeda,

also
mother. The beautiful floral
Park Nuri ng Home in Mississ­
Tanaka worked for a few
saying all of them are groun­
tributes, cards, telegrams' auga, Ont. Be loved h u sba nd. years at various fobs qn , the denounces Ikeda for having dless.
T^nd koden are gratefully .of the late Kisa Tanaka, dear Vancouver area and ’finally ignored the" wills of the temple
father of Zen. (of Hamiliton), saved up enough money to authorities on various impor­
acknowledged.
Nobby and Eizo both of Toron­ ouy a small boat a nd set hi m- tant religious problems.
Shizuye Tagami (Nelson,
to, sadly missed by '7 ,grqnd- self up as a commercial fisher­
Ikeda, concurrently honora­
man in Skeena, B.C.
children.'
Ichiro and Tamiko Taga­
Installations
ry president of the Soka Gak­
'Earle Elliott Funeral ‘Home,
At
'
the
outbreak
of
World
mi (Nelson, B.C.) '
• Siding Soffit & Fascia
at Toronto Buddhist War II Tanaka was rounded kai, therefore is fuUy respon­
Funeral
It sure, and Kazuko Tagami
• Rainware
Prospect Crematorrium. up along with other native sible for causing the fierce
Church.
I
[Vancouver, B.C.)
• Storm windows/doors
hostility between the temple;
Japanese in the province and.
.Masao and Sadako Taga­
Metro Toronto Lie. B1971
and Soka 'Gakkai members, he
taken to■ an internment camp
mi' (Vancouver,-B.C.)
Mas Aida — 755-6505
charged.
HATASHITA
'in New; Denver B.C. He was
Ydshiro and Kimiko Taga­
released in 1948: and moved
TORONTO.-- Mrs.; Toshiko.
mi (Nelson, B.C.) ,
(Tosh) Hatashita (nee Nagai) to Hamilton where he worked
Suyeo and Helen Tagami
The New Canadian
for
the
now-defunct
Duff
Meat
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479 QUEEN ST. WEST, TORONTO, ONT. M5V 2A9
(Nelson, B.C.)
passed away at home on

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■He moved to Toronto in
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Curve Lake, Eric, a nd; Li a., Ba c- years for the T. Eaton Co. as
han (grandmother) of Sarena, a janitor before he retired.
MicheHe. and. Rachel. Sister, to
. Tanaka leaves three sons,
Shizuko, Chiyoko, Natsue,the.
Zen of- Hamilton, Nobby and
late Kazuo of Japan and Miyo­
Eizo of Toronto; and < seven
ko '(-Mrs. Jay Chmielewski) of
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Rise in mother-son relationshps ; . .

Incest is a growing problem in Jpn.
udes reflects their sole desire ren. She said he had been in \are expressed while hostess
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to send their son . to good love with a1 female bar man­ hand feeds him.
ATHLETIC SHOES
school, which ’guarantees a ager and was. neglecting his
At a tunkish bath, which are
1201 Bloor St. W.
stable life for. him as an erm childen. She demanded that very popular among Japanese
Toronto, Ont
532-4267
ployee of a big company. Call­ she would, take action on them men, he doesn’t actively work
ed "education mamas," many as a guardian. An inspector on a girl, but lies down and
mothers spoil sons who are of the family court where the passively receives the girl's
preparing for .exams by serv- case was brought found that service. ■
ing might snaoks and tahing, the old woman and her adop­
At the. office, younger fe­
care of all details of their dai-. ted son had sexual relations, male workers attend men serv­
- The sexual relationship bet­
ly necessities. Daughters aren’t but that the son had rejected ing tea', running personal, er­
Save fuel— Be warm
ween ar mother and a son is
usually expected to study that, her for the bad girl.
Typical- price $40. . total
rands a nd s ewi n g a fa lien
becoming one of the most ser­
hard.
iEven without actual -sexual button on a jacket.
using CHIP
program
ious social' issues in Japan.
At the same time, mothers relations^ a man who has lived
Please call
Though mothers and son who
In
some
cases,c
man
who
are often sexually frustrated. with ai mother so closely tends
regularly sleep together may
Japanese's
husbands
spend to regard any woman as a is only half-adult mentally
not be that many; the poten­
585-0659
long hours . outside home and substitute mother. And this employs physical violence on
tiality of incest is high. The
9 to 12 a.m.
2 to 4 p.m.
go to hostess-bars and Turkish type of man . is increasing in his mother .or wife, when
factors which caused the phen­
bath's for sexual pleasure. Sexy' Japan. Many, women are, eith­ things don't . work out as he
omenon involve >'many cur;ent
TV shows and women's maga^ er consciously or subconscious­ Wishes.
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problems in Japanese society
All these phenomena, from
'zine articles,xon liberated sex ly, playing a! mother’s role.
such ds small apartments,. hot
my observation, come from
lives stimulate wives, but most
competition to get in schools,
At home, such a man can’t the fact that the Japanese soc-.
of them don’t have a chance
husbands' long working hours,
take care of himself. When he iety has put an extraordinary
to meet other men.
isolation in urban life and so
comes back from - work, he emphasis on the economic de­
Moreover,
rapid
develop­
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;just takes off all his clothes velopment since the country
ment of city life in Japan
and leaves -them behind him lost World War 41. Working S
Kimi KawanOi a reporter for'
1232 Danforth Ave.
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hasn’tfostered proper social or
and take's a bath. When out of life has aways been given pri­ EToronto, Ontario M4J 1M6
the Asahi Sh'ibun, an influentiS
community activities. So, very
the bathi he eats a late supper ority, while private life has
al n ati onwiid e d ai I y, rece ntly
often, neither a mother nor a
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prepared by his wife. The wife been neglected. There has'
published ai book, "A Mother
son have clo'se friends, male chooses underwear, socks, a
and Son in a^ Closed Room" in
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or female. They are an only
shirt, a suit, and’ a tie for the among most » Japanese ^men,
Japanese/ The 246;page book
friend for each other.
next morning, just as his moth­ that is, to enter a good school,
Is based on a compilation of
Extraordinarily close relati­ er used to do before his marri­
a series of articles she wrote
join a big company, and
onships
between
mothers and age. Many reports say' Japa­
for the newspaper last sum­
maintain- good relations .with
Sons first -surfaced .in the late nese husbands hardly say any­
mer.
his bosses and colleagues.
1960s. Mothers started to ac­ thing
than
"furo"(bath), Men’s
and women’s roles
Ms. Kawana reports; in her company sons who have ent­
proprietor
"meshi" {meal) and "neru" have been distinctively divid­
book that 110 mother-son in­ rance exams for universities.
JON ONODERA
(sleep) to; their wives.
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each
cest cases were brought into Several years, later, some moth-,
489-4654 ■—- 481-8805
one telephone sex counseling ers moved into their son’s; ap­ • Outside the home, a man other’s territory -have been
(Business)
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stops Ay at a bar_ after work. rare.. Also, since Japanese his­
service center4 in Tokyo in a. artments to take care of him,
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year ending last September. leaving their husbands alone/ There, the female manager of tory didn't go Through an era
Toronto
Other incest cases numbered. It is how a common practice a small bar is called "mamq’‘, of individualism, the issue of
childish
complaints eich individual’s privacy has
302. Of the 15,000 ca l Is the that companies prepare wait­ almost
counseling service receives in ing rooms for mothers at; wel­ about his boss and colleagues never been taken seriously.
one year± 110 may sound un­ coming ceremonies for new
important. But these telephone
male college graduates.
calls from sons2 ‘ranging in
When grown up, tjiese sons
Extra Short34 to 46/Short 36to46
age from 14 to 35, suggest a
face new problems, Yasushi
ForAU Gentlemen Shorter Than Average
lot more, similar cases in
Narabayashi, a Tokyo psychiJapan must remain unreport­
atrtist specializing in sex pro40 liitel^ jDrtje,Unit 1
ed.
bIems, recalled the;story of an
ScarborbugHOritaifo .
Of the 110 cases, 32 callers elite bureaucrat. Until the age
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said they began having sexual of 28, he lived with his moth­
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bating. This is the biggest his boss recommended he get
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who drank semen, but his
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