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The medium is
still the message

Tina Takahashi retains judo title m iapan
Montreal won a bronze in /the
wpmen’s^open section.
_ Other 7 women’s
bronze under-86 and open classes;
medal ' winners were: Nicole Phil Takahashi of Ottawa ip
Forget/ ‘Mohtfedr under-61 the under-60 kilo g roup; Kevin
kiloS"; - Andree Barrett/ Quebec Doherty of Toronto in the un­
under! -72,-kilos . and
Sara der-78 category and Joe Meli
•Hgckett, Fprt . Saskqtchewan,- .of Lethbridge tn the under-'95
z division-.
. Lorraine Methot of" .Sept Alta., pyer-72 kilos. — •
In men’s Louis' Jani of
Iles,’ Que./-was-' third- in 2 the

Japan
NAGOYA
Ottaw's Tina Takahashi - kept
her 48-kilog‘ram ' title' by de;
feeing Muliana Tanto' ot ' In­
donesia' recently in the Pacific
Rirh ; invitation :judb champion-

.A A-By VIC,.OGURA- ‘ ’ AA
(Montreal N.C. corespondent]

With the recent death of Marshall McLuhan, the prophet of
“The medium is the. message” and the recent release of: the
Iranian hostages,/you had-two international events;"one in-'
.voling an individual who during-his.life time evolved.a-the.ory
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recognized around the world and-validated at -universi^ies^-a^
a-distinct course in the area of communications; and the other
involving 52 hostages whose claim-into history is more as a
catalyst in that, they .were merely incidental pawns/in a de­
vilish game of chess where the: stakes ; were ..not- who would
' win but’who would-lose the least.
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Recently I belaboured the fact jthat .we have a tendency
An Independent Organ Tv Canadians of Japanese Origin
to overly cater to: and sympathize--’with mediocrity. In? rshort,
we have become the victims of communications, .wfeere, in the
absence of real heroes we are fed. figments to the imagination
' FRIDAY, . FEB: .27, 1981
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TORONTO, ONT.
and our natural thirst for ideals fosters this fantasy..'No other VOL 45J—NO. 15 T
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-ages.
■'
;
The latter were-a group of ordinary American citizens w^o
went to work one, day and were seized as prisoners and were
kept in-house arrest for-444 days. Period'. They did not volun­
teer nor was there anything’heroic“Tn their captivity. It was
a matter survival under duress" and they somehow, managed
- . to exist. But America needed..,a hero, oi.something heroic;.
Chrysler and employment were' going down, Inflation A,nd
interest rates were going up, American prestige wap going
.TORONTO.,. 7T-- Matsushita' .O’Connell said-recently the ef­ ordered. It was argued that
nowhere, and Carter had- to hang his campaign hat some­
fect of Matsushita’s actions Sherway lost thousands ofz
where, so they took-,mediocrity;and. through the media literally Electric-.. of ;Ca nada Lfd.,,. a
on Sherway Appliances Ltd., dollars in sales because It
Mississauga-based. ^
made—a mountain out of a molehill: : * h-?
j
A
couldn’t get The equipment.
Of recent date4 there has been fa tremendpus back-lash from Carrying on business ;as Ppna-< had been devasting.
t

Electronics firm fined for encouraging

the American Vietnam veterans who are ..bitter in cpjnparing .sonic Canada,; has. been; finpd | < The court was ''told. that
O’Connell
said problems
thier fellow Americans as compared, to the emotional edul- $50,0Q0 .after being, -found;
Shenway ran into trouble with began in 1975 when the
ation given to the hostages.
; .guilty of ^attempting Uo ^en-, Matsushita ‘ after placing an Technics label was introduced •
I am prompted to mention; the above because there are.
times when we Canadians, of Japanese descent are inclined? to' ..courage .high prices ,and rep advertisement in FM Gudie in into the hi-fi market. He said:
1976;
offering it was to be sold through
indulge in self-pity. We too were victims; of circumstances, fusing to supply - one ^of, its .December
and there were tragedies inyolved, -but..-the'.ultimate measure-, dealers.
stereo equipment at less than select - retailers
in
mainly
of our heriosmmust be reflected not .in how jye, endured but

The charges laid: under the Matsushita’s2' /suggested ‘ list high price areas’.
in perspective how we* have progressed and matured in spite
Sherway Appliances
Ltd:,
of the gauntlet of prejudice we travelled. One must Idok aL 'Combines Inyestigation > Act; price. caused
"irreparable
things in .a positive manner and the past should-be, a lesson /elates to incidents occurring ’ Shortly after, that, Matsu­ was
and a springboard into the future. -Unfortunately,., .there.-ere- between- 4976;pnd . 197,8,, Zf , shita refused to supply Sher- harm’’- by Matsushita’s "out­
~ those who, would carry the springboard like .some cross .foreverj
a‘ County Court judge Hugh, way with the goods it had right, flagrant contravention"
indulging in martyristic self-flagellation.
....
. ^. •
of the combines act, he said.

Sansei teacher's handball program produces champions
Ca nadian handball champion- very -hard and very bouncy, k ton• ’board, of -education in re(Hamilton Spectator]
wasn’t having much success gards to ' handball 'and rac
when 1 :first introduced the
BURLINGTON, Ont. — "My from Tecumseh. game to the -kids.;But about onal develop.ment . days he
vice-principal and principal' . An .Ontario , singles , and
shows other teachers how they
champion ' in . the a year and abalf ago, a fel­
are just amazed that at 8 doubles
low in -the United'States de­ can incorporate handballUnto
o'clock in - the/morning kids sport,, Brian. Goto began teach-?
their physical education pro­
_are outside- in the snow or' Xng handball to the students? veloped a ’family’; ball. It's
thersame .size as. a handball, grams;
"rain'
playing
handball, five years .ago.
/- .
J
butlt's lighter ,an4 it-doesn’t
"When 1 don’t have courts
Tecumseh physical , education
"We have a , recreational
hurt, the hand as much-when, available because of other
teacher Brian Goto said.
■•program a- of1 handball ■ q t, ..^
you strike'it. ' *
.
commitments like basketball,.
Handball isn’t ,one of the school, that was basically
?"The advent of the new i| get a lot,of heat from the
started
.because
of
my
per
­
most popular sports in .Ont­
ball " has really changed, things; kids because they want court
sonal
interest
in
the
.^
I
ario,-but you’d never know it
time. _
'
_
by the activity at Tecumseh thought it pould be, a very
in our club."
.
"Our kids love the game.
valuable
part
of
the
physical
elem e n tary scho ol in BurlingIt’s been a very successful pro­
Instructs teachers
education = program, .especial­ ; ’
ton.
A member of the. Opatrio gram and the benefits are
ly since schools a re<so teamBefore classes begin, dur­
oriented. hfelt.an area of in­ Handball Association execu­ great/ In fact, we had a
ing the .day and after school,
recently
tive, 35-year-old Goto has tournament z quite
dividuality Awas needed." /
students are playing handball
Two-week classroom ; 'sessi­ written q program for the Halboth indoors and outdoors/
;
ons ' dealing :WithA handball
Five courts have been cre­
ated in the"-gymnasium by rules and techniques are qlsq

Japan hading feminist dies I

painting or taping lines on offered/
/the floor and walls. There are ~ ‘ The game at Tecumseh is
TOKYO. - -r-4 ;Fusaye . * .Ichi­ unions, Yuaikai, and edited

147 students of the Tecumseh not exactly- the same type- of
Handball Club/ doubles and handball seen rat the/YMCA, kawa/ Japan’.s leading femin; its (journal, Working Woman.
singles tournaments are held however. - For example, . few 1st. and. xi cetera h member of
In 1918, she organized the
the
/Diet
.(Parliament],
.died
regularly, and court booking players wear; eye g oggles or
New Woman’s
Association,
gloves,
d
maximumof
two
of 20-minute duration have to
which''sought revision of laws
walls
are
used
anc[
the,
ball
A<
tegchen
and
newspaper
be made 24 hours in advance.
barring women from partstudents play with is much
And how about this for q
the women’s department.-.of
statistic. Of the-17-member softer.
Continued on page 2
one. of Japan’s earliest trade
Ontario team at last years ~ * 'The reg ula r ha ndball is

Nisei balloon

around world
.MUSCAT,

Don

Ida,

Nisei, .Ta nd

Oman. — Pilots
47, an American

Anderson,

Maxie

46, took -off from 'Egypt re-

cently.. aboard

balloon

their

helium

Jules Verne,

named

after the author of Around the
World in 80 days..

Breaking 19 hours of radio
silence that had their follo­

wers concerned, the two Am­
ericans

attempting

to -float

around the world in a record

10 days told a Massachusetts
radio ham recently they had

crossed

over /Oman

on

a

course taking them just south
of what they feared most —

-

Iranian air space.

Referring
ports

that

/

earlier

re-

the -balloon

had

to

sprung a leak, Anderson said:
"I don’t think we have a leak,

1'm not sure.’’ They ho]
cross the Himalaya mountains

over the weekend.

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Friday, TeK,27th. 1931

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Friday^ Feb, 27th) 1981
CARD OF„ TH ANKS

Personal Notes Across CanadaT
r

NISHIMURA' ”

;

; '

HIKONE,, Japan.,
Mr.
Hikotaro-Nishimu ra • 79, /pass­
ed away oh Dec. 31, 1980 at
Hikone Hospita D Funera 1 was
held at Hassaka-Cho, Hikone-

iving are wife Masu Nishimura
and sons in Ottawa and
Toronto.
^

^*

^*

HIRAKIDA,

VANCOUVER. -’ Mr. Katsumi Hirakida' /passed’ a
? on .January 29, 1981 . of a
heart attack. Survived- by . son
Joe
and
daughter-in-law
Florence, 2 daughters, Mrs.
Nobby (Sally) Hashimoto/and
* Mrs. Roy (Aiko)' Imamura, 10
brothers,
grandchildren,
Takashi, and wife Aiko, Eddie
and wife Margaret, 2 . sisters,
MYs. Ma su hiro (I ts uko) H arada
and Shizue Morio in Japan. *

*

*

UI

ST. JAMES£ Man. —
cally, on January 19, 1981,
at her home, 472 Lyle Street,
St. James, Mrs., Wesu Lucille
(Winnie) Ono, aged 70 years.
Mrs.xOno w,as born on Feb­
ruary 14x 1910 in New West­
minster/ B.C:/~ She was pre­
deceased - by her husband
Takio Ono in 1940 and came1
to Winnipeg in 1947.
A devoted and active mem­
ber of. the New Democratic
Pa rty, St. - James United Church
and the-St- James Horticultur­
al Society; she-strove .to make;
our society - a much better
a nd more. beautiful' place. Her?
life of dedicated • service is
■remembered by her many dean
friends. -: ;
Sh e i s s u rvived by h er
d a ugh te r, Pa t Ma akli ng, Pa t ’ s
hu sba nd Al a nd • g ra ndchild ren
Holly and Hal; and /by her
daughter Judith .Sachi Whit­
man and grandchildren. Jong-,
than and Tricia.
Funeral service was held on
January 27, 1981, at the St.
James United Church, 234
Pa f kview Street, : St. J a mes;
with Rev. J.H. South and
Stanley Knowles officiating.
Ipterment ’ in
Glen
Eden

of Toronto.
Funeral services at Vancou­ SHIMOTAKAH ARA -

MONTREAL. — Dr. and Mrs.

Izumi
officiating. George Shimotakahara -'recent­
Rev.
Glenhaven Memorial Chapel. ly announced the marriage of
Cremation
at
'Vancouver their - second
son ' David
Crematorium.
Jeffrey
to... Miss
Pandora
Roberts- on January 3,
in-

CARD OF 'THANKS

David

Our sincere thanks to
many relatives and friends
for
their
kindness
and
sympathy; also floral tri­
butes, koden, and tele­
grams in the recent loss of
husband and father.

Ottawa.

-

Mg rg a ret Naka mura
Howard
and
Gloria,.

are

1981

Bob and Doreen Lem

for

dancers

the

Atlanta Ballet Company and'

reside in Atlanta,-Georgia.

Birth
Gordon

VANCOUVER.

and Ursula (nee Schulz) Kura­
hashi recently announced the
Christine, 6 lbs. 14 ozs., born

January

25,

Hospital.

The

1981

at .Grace

proud

grand­

Ku ra ha shi a nd Mr. a nd Mrs.
Willie
Schulz. z Greatgrand­

proprietor

mother is Klara Helms tetter.

(Business)

(Residence)

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Toronto

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LADIES 2 and up
? MENS 4 and, up
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shared <our
friends who
sorrow in the loss of my_
dear husband, Joseph Iso- ’
Jima, beloved • father, of <
Brent-and Ryan.
j

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and many acts* of kindness.
- Mrs. Sherry S. Isojima Mr. & Mrs. M. isoijima
• Mr. & Mrs. F. Chihaya
Mrs. M. Adachi
Mr. & Mrs. R. Kaneen
Mr. & Mrs. R. Nomura
Mr. & Mrs. P. Vale
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, The deep concern and ;
compassion
of
friends,
neighours
and
relatives
have sustained us. in our
tragic loss of our beloved
Mother and Grandmother
Wesu (Winnie) Lucille Ond<
Our heartfeltLthanks to all
who share our sorrow, and
and to Stanley Knowles,

Wilson , for the beautiful .
service. Sincere thanks also J

to the active and. honorary
pallbearers, all -those who
provided food and service;
following the funeral and ?
to those whose donations
have honoured our Mother’s •
passing. Mom would be j

pleased that her dreams of
more
better,
beautiful society have been
nourished by donations- in
tribute- to her. She is at
rest in . ”a land of everla sting peace and (joy- ’.

parents are Mr. and Mrs. Ken

HYLAND
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We wish to express our

..Pandora „ and

birth- of their baby girl. Lisa

Nakamura

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CARD OF THANKS

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CARD OF THANKS

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ver Buddhist Church with the

J.C.C. Centre Film Festival March 7 & 8

a n d tel egram s i n • t h e' re cent a
n’ TORONTO/ — The J.C. Cultural Centre’s Annual Spring
loss/ of .our beloved husFestival for 1981 is once again upon us, as two full days of
-father
Minoruband, <
games, ' exhibits,' demonstrations (Shodo; Ikebana,- Sumi-e,
Otaguro
Martial'Arts, Odbri), and various forms of entertainment are
Mrs. Amelia Otaguro.
planned for your enjoyment on Saturday & Sunday, March
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7 & 8 from 1 to 6 p.m.
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In keeping with this year’s theme “Games of Japan”, we
Storm & Kay Otaguro ;
invite .you and your family to participate and brush up on the
many traditional' games which require skill, intelligence .and .
Yutaka & Chiyeko Nishi­
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You can also . try; some more of your favourite Japanese
Peter & Lucy Fedchukdishes and sample from our Japanese bar. Admission: adults
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Japan’s birthrate in 1980 falls to

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Continued from page ,2

Irig/^fth /those fetters: 'Punch5 memory! which gives it other
oth er keyrrancl /it: cd n cl elive r
statistics,
or
irregular- conijugatidris _ like pronuciatioris,
"bite-bit-bitten "^ and /'bad- •any _geherjal- information/ the
worse-worst.”
~
.
software' used by..Graig was
’. TOKYO.-Jhe . Health and ;cline, rand that the!./average'; ! to th e de ere ds e 1 ri4 the riu mb er)
developed . by; -Friends/Amis
Welfare Ministry said recently q,ge of The'nation’s .population! forybyng women in. their late ■ The' gadgdt/can also* memo­
Inc., the same company that
that the. number .of persons would continued© rise. ■
ri J^ds/1 the age grou^ with’ the’ rizes simple ;messqge of up
tied... up with Timco’ and re-,
born-during 1 980 < had fallen
The ministry ppt,. the, total /highest rate of childbirth. ‘ T// to.32, words at a time.
cently'“sold “its'’knowhow to
to the lowest -level since the number of births last 3yeqr at: ; The total.. number/:of women
Two -.other' ppints'about the Matsushita. ■
'
ra^ed'
26/.
for;Instance,fell
in:
end of World W,ar 1-1.
around 1,586,000, '57,0Q0 less
crhdcliine make, it superior to
Matsushita' plans to make
* . f980 by' .aboutq6 1,000 from .the;- Crdigi,pf• ■ the . Lexicon.'.Jt
The ■ ministry based , this than the 19Z9 figure... r
a model that’, will surpass
.conclusion on a survey .it con-, / ' This shows that the.sl980, The previous.. yea^ leyel; ac-' -has r a ^battery^ lifespan'-of'
even the. Craig in versatility.
1 ;000~ hours as rapposed. to, the
ducted on the number of bir­ birthrate for‘ every f 1,000' 'of cording cto th'e^ ministry. ■/ '"For instance, we can/connect
The number' of women,-, iri six. dr seven hours ;of. its Am/
ths, deaths, marriages _ and the population' was'13.66 perit to q Video display/to get a
divorce around ' the country .sons, and that one baby was; 'this agergrobp is; expected to ierdcdn 'rivals-. This, is because
clearer picture -or to a prin­
during the . January-October, born every 20 seconds in 1980 .decrease annually' until 1983.( it- usesnra long-lasting metal
ter to get a,hard copy," says
The ^ministry officials bolsd raxide-battery zsimilar . to the
(every 19 seconds in 1979). ;
period last year. ‘
Matsushita
Ken
-The ministry officials-- at- attributed the^ decline in the. ■ones-.use.dt in < autpmqtic-ex-*
Officials of' the /ministry
Shimba.
.
said that the- birthrate for tributed the. sharp decline in birthrate- to ' the -decrease in' „posure/.cameras. .The ? letters
^Matsushita are sellings its
this y.ear would further__.de- the number” of, births in 1980? the number of . children per ralso/dre easted; to- read. Sharp,
new^ products in the U.S. under
household.
' The figures showed ' that /rix which defines letters- more it .Quasar .-and
Panasonic
TljSCkT babies^ died'^before clearly .than other models. . ‘ brands from early this year,
their -first- ‘birthday, d ' sharp
'iLexicdh’s
LK230OO ' model by about the middle of 1980.
-decline f'rorri 71979/' / ’has" a fnore/imited vdcabulhowever, - these
Barrister & Solicitor
2 ilnfd'rit'' -mortalitydeclined, dfy -—- about 1-;100 wdrds in
still
sharply- iri' comparison with each of its .two . interehdrige- translating ' machines
leave a lot to be desired. 'At
155 Main Street West ' -| 1979, increasing; the /propdrtr able modules/' ' —
'' '
best they are only electronic
on -of elderly deaths.* The
_ _ Stouffville, Ontario
If .can perform' slightly bet­
dverdigd' life span 7of a_-Japa- ter than Slia’rp Tn the Sens's dictionaries with limited voc­
L0H1L0
ALPINE X-COUNTRY
abularies. So why is there, a
j " -.*
' n ese-* mow" 73.46; fo r. /menj - gri d
that
.it
can
translate
<
snort
1201 Bloor St. W.
demand at all for these pro­
640-5454 78.'89. j for ~ w.o men,- -, will-, -th u s
sentences
*
like
"I
gb"
s
into
Toronto, Ont.
532-4267
j
ducts?
be leveling „off, the ministry
French/ But that sentence is
- "The Japanese are allergic
saief/" r
I
rend ered u ng fg m nh atically as
to looking up words in a
"Je allef" "because its French
'dictionary. They had to do.it
I
verbs are lirhited to infinitive
- j'APJtNESE.;^’
all
through
their
school
forms. The' proper - French/ of
RESTAURANT
days,’’ says a Sharp spokes­
course, is "je vais.”
man. "With gadgets, it can
Craig’s M; 100/ model is' the be fun.’’
!
.
Japanese restaurant/tavern
^closest
t
.among
the
three
pro
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A; ‘ 459 ‘ Church • Sts.
-/ Another, question thqt'-anat
ducts to Joeing an honesf-tp. Phone 924-1303
lysts ask is which company
INSURANCE
goodness translator, and a
•will capture the biggest share
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of' the growing market. And
- .' J<-tMSAw:'!7^
main
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bodyis
prog
rammed,
to
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that’s still unsettled. -The in­
At 195 RICHMOND ST., W.
463 Eglinton Ave. W.
f
handle /two ,janguges, say;
Toronto, Phdne 977-9519 i .English ancj Japanese. But if dustrial competitors are close­
-Toronto, Ont. M5N 1A7 L
460 Dundas St. -West,
ly' watching ' each
other’s
a separate capsule is inserted
ph one 489-8611
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moves. The state of the art
Home:' 449-9293
^into-the .machine, it ;wilL.come
18
co.uld advance at such speed
ra.uV with ran additional French
that, one entry could
be
, or Spanish„ .translation. But
quickly surpassed by a newer
.like. Lexicon,- its ' nouns pre
limited to' the" singular ‘^6rm one.
5ana its ri oh-English verbs-to

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