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The New Canadian
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VOL. 46 — NO. 13
Japanese
seeking
penpals
are rejecting
African,
Asians
Anlndependentprgan;fOrCaniadi?ns^fJapaneseOrigiin________
~ TORONTO, ONT.
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 19,1982
Sanyo Electric named
Olympic sponsor 1984
Two other Japanese firms,
TOKYO — Sanyo Electric
the Molten Rubber Industry
Cd. of Japan was "recently Co. and Brother Typewriters,
named as the latest sponsor
have been named as the Gam
of the 1984 Olympics gaining
es’ official suppliers of bas
recognition as the official
video products for the Games. ketballs and typewriters.
The sponsorship agreement
Derek Tanaka
calls for Sanyo to donate vid
eo equipment including a full
is “All Star”
TOKYO — Japanese child
line of televisions, video re
ren, as well as adults, seem
cording systems and related
in Ontario
to be rejecting Africans and
accessories to provide for the
Junior Hockey
Asians when it comes to seek
need of the-Los Angeles Olym
ing friends in other countries.
RICHMOND HILL, Ont —
pic Organizing Committee.
Acco rd i n g to t he Interna
The company will also pro Sansei hockey player, Derek
tional Penfriends Society (IPF),
vide installation, maintenance Tanaka was chosen for the
many Japanese children _are
and repair services for the AH Star team in the Kennedy
seeking penpals in North Am
equipment and will make ah Division of the Ontario Junior
erica and Europe, but only a
undisclosed cash contribu Hockey League.
handful seem interested in
Tanaka, a high scoring for
tion.
corresponding with children
- In return, Sanyo will be ward for the Richmond Hili _
• from developing countriesJn
allowed to use the Los Ange Rams, was chosen along with
Africa and Asia..
les games “star in motion” his linemates, Rob Sapienza
However, about 120 letters
symbol and Olympic Eagle and John Kovacs.
a day are arriving at the IPF
The Rams are currently in
mascot for the sale and pro
third place in their division
office in Japan and the vast motion of its: products.
maj ority are frbm c h i Id re n i n
In a related agreement, behind Aurora Tigers and
developing countries seeking
which was announced along Markham Waxers. Recently
Japanese pen friends.
with the sponsorship during a they defeated the Hamilton
But of the 70 letters a day
consumer electronics show A's with the Tanaka-Sapienarriving from Japanese - most
in Las Vegas, Nevada, Sanyo za-Kovacs line combining for
ly high school students- look
was named as an official spon 15 points.
Japanese Canadian hockey
ing for penpals, only a tiny7
sor of the UnitedStates Olym
minority want to correspond
pic team, a spokesman said fans ask: Does the Sansei
with children from develop
the firm would provide the Hockey Team for Japan know
ing countries.
video equipment to help the about this guy/Tanaka*?^
Some 1,200 Japanese stu
team train for the 1983 Pan
Chef and bee win
dents are waiting up to two
American games and the 1984
TORONTO — Winners in
months on average for intro
Olympics.
ductions to children from the
“SanyoJs a world leader in the J.C.C. Centre Masquerade
West, while nearly 80,000 let
the field of consumer elect Dance held recently were
Mochi-tsuki” alive and well in B.C ronics and we welcome their Eileen Seko (as a chef), and
ters from Africa and Asia have
VICTORIA, B.C, — Yes, there are still some Japanese Can: participation in. the 1984 Ed Sand (as a bumble bee).
piled up at I PF.
But the IPF says it is almost adjans living in “Little England”, Victoria, B.C. Led by resident, Olympics,” Peter Ueberroht/ Ovbr 100 costumed revellers
impossible to match Japanese Tom Koga (swinging hard) and wife Hisako, some 50 families president of the organizing attended.
1 who belong to the Japanese Cultural Society here, made “mo committee said.
students with those, from de
,
veloping countries because chi” in celebration of NewSYear 1982. The small Japanese
“Our sponsorship decision
Japan 3rd in
the demand is so low from community celebrated the event some 10 days after the open- was made in support of the
consumption
Japan and so great from Afri- jng of the year at Cedar Hill Recreation Centre.
’
Olympic spirit, as well as
ca and Asia.
________————____ —
—
——;——— Sanyo' s corporate philosophy
of Coco Cola
About 2,600 South Koreans
J.C.C. Centre Spring: Festival Mar. 8,7 ^r*.1!^* TOKYO — Thirty six years
and nearly 10,000 Ghanaians
TORONTO — With the coming of a warmer season, the wor|d „ Tadahisa Takayama, ago, the American occupation
have sent Tetters recently
’ent of Sanyo E|ectric forces led by the late Gen. .
seeking Japanese pen friends, J.C. Cultural Centre will be springing its doors open to wei_
but almost all of those re come everyone and especially our Senior Citizens, to its an- qq ^j .
Douglas MacArthur landed in
nual
Spring
Festival.
—
~
/
quests have gone unanswered.
Sanyo is the second Japan- war-devasted Japan with at
The
weekend
will
highlight
the
TRADITIONAL
FOODS
of
The Japanesejchildren have
ese firm to be named as a least three cultural products x
JAPAN.
As
such,
a
diverse
assortment
of
individual
cuisines
apparently rejected-the calls
- sponsor of the Los Angeles Of America — democracy, pawill
be
available
to
teist
your
palates.
Once
again
the
Oriental
for friendship from the devel
Games. Like Sanyo, the Fcji per CUpS and Coke.
Bar
will
be
providing
refreshments.
oping nations because they
Film Co. also became a sponToday, the Japanese take
As
much
as
we
may
all
wapt
to
eat
the
day
away,
of
her
cul
are eager to follow trends in
. sor of the U.S. team.
democracy as a matter of
tural
features
will
by
vying
for
your
attention.
Demonstrations
music and fashion in the West
——-—
| course. Paper cups are noT
through Western pen f riends, of Sumi-e (Japanese brush painting), Ikebana (flower arrange
Danika Sawada I thing new. So coke has natments)7 Shodo (calligraphy), Odori (Japanese folk dancing)
IPF officials said7
urally become a necessary
wins
first
in
and
the
Martial
Arts
will
be
provided
continuously
throughout
. The IPF has called on more
dailyibeverage.
the
week-end.
_
_
Japanese to write children
Kiwahis speech
Gone are the days when
Making
this
year's
celebration
special
is
the
Festival
s
from developing countries.
TORONTO — A recent win many Japanese tasted Coke
tribute to our Senior Citizens. As an example, on Saturday, a ner in this year's ^Kiwahis as something bitter, recalled
3
C»Arv tollinn winner < “bento” box containing small samples of Japanese cuisine Festival was Danika Sawada John W. Georgas, President
Story telling winner wiu be provided to all Senior Citizens.
of Scarboro. Danika^ame of Coca-Cola (Japan) Co.
. TORONTO — Mako Ishi of
This 2-day event; is scheduled for Saturday and Sunday,
Now, Georgas emphasized,
Islington, Ontario won first March 6 & 7 between 1:00 and 6:00 p.m. Admission: Children first in 4 the cSpeech>^^
Drama^s ^SoloSpeech cate Japan is the third biggest
place in the Kiwanis Music 5() centSj Adults $1.50, Family rate $3.00 Sen ^Citizens &
gory for ^1-3-year-blds and consumer of Coca-Cola after
Festival Open Story Telling jqqq members free. For more information, please contact
thesiUhited States and Mexico;
under.
V
category.
the JCCC Centre.
I
k -
~
VOL. 46 — NO. 13
Japanese
seeking
penpals
are rejecting
African,
Asians
Anlndependentprgan;fOrCaniadi?ns^fJapaneseOrigiin________
~ TORONTO, ONT.
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 19,1982
Sanyo Electric named
Olympic sponsor 1984
Two other Japanese firms,
TOKYO — Sanyo Electric
the Molten Rubber Industry
Cd. of Japan was "recently Co. and Brother Typewriters,
named as the latest sponsor
have been named as the Gam
of the 1984 Olympics gaining
es’ official suppliers of bas
recognition as the official
video products for the Games. ketballs and typewriters.
The sponsorship agreement
Derek Tanaka
calls for Sanyo to donate vid
eo equipment including a full
is “All Star”
TOKYO — Japanese child
line of televisions, video re
ren, as well as adults, seem
cording systems and related
in Ontario
to be rejecting Africans and
accessories to provide for the
Junior Hockey
Asians when it comes to seek
need of the-Los Angeles Olym
ing friends in other countries.
RICHMOND HILL, Ont —
pic Organizing Committee.
Acco rd i n g to t he Interna
The company will also pro Sansei hockey player, Derek
tional Penfriends Society (IPF),
vide installation, maintenance Tanaka was chosen for the
many Japanese children _are
and repair services for the AH Star team in the Kennedy
seeking penpals in North Am
equipment and will make ah Division of the Ontario Junior
erica and Europe, but only a
undisclosed cash contribu Hockey League.
handful seem interested in
Tanaka, a high scoring for
tion.
corresponding with children
- In return, Sanyo will be ward for the Richmond Hili _
• from developing countriesJn
allowed to use the Los Ange Rams, was chosen along with
Africa and Asia..
les games “star in motion” his linemates, Rob Sapienza
However, about 120 letters
symbol and Olympic Eagle and John Kovacs.
a day are arriving at the IPF
The Rams are currently in
mascot for the sale and pro
third place in their division
office in Japan and the vast motion of its: products.
maj ority are frbm c h i Id re n i n
In a related agreement, behind Aurora Tigers and
developing countries seeking
which was announced along Markham Waxers. Recently
Japanese pen friends.
with the sponsorship during a they defeated the Hamilton
But of the 70 letters a day
consumer electronics show A's with the Tanaka-Sapienarriving from Japanese - most
in Las Vegas, Nevada, Sanyo za-Kovacs line combining for
ly high school students- look
was named as an official spon 15 points.
Japanese Canadian hockey
ing for penpals, only a tiny7
sor of the UnitedStates Olym
minority want to correspond
pic team, a spokesman said fans ask: Does the Sansei
with children from develop
the firm would provide the Hockey Team for Japan know
ing countries.
video equipment to help the about this guy/Tanaka*?^
Some 1,200 Japanese stu
team train for the 1983 Pan
Chef and bee win
dents are waiting up to two
American games and the 1984
TORONTO — Winners in
months on average for intro
Olympics.
ductions to children from the
“SanyoJs a world leader in the J.C.C. Centre Masquerade
West, while nearly 80,000 let
the field of consumer elect Dance held recently were
Mochi-tsuki” alive and well in B.C ronics and we welcome their Eileen Seko (as a chef), and
ters from Africa and Asia have
VICTORIA, B.C, — Yes, there are still some Japanese Can: participation in. the 1984 Ed Sand (as a bumble bee).
piled up at I PF.
But the IPF says it is almost adjans living in “Little England”, Victoria, B.C. Led by resident, Olympics,” Peter Ueberroht/ Ovbr 100 costumed revellers
impossible to match Japanese Tom Koga (swinging hard) and wife Hisako, some 50 families president of the organizing attended.
1 who belong to the Japanese Cultural Society here, made “mo committee said.
students with those, from de
,
veloping countries because chi” in celebration of NewSYear 1982. The small Japanese
“Our sponsorship decision
Japan 3rd in
the demand is so low from community celebrated the event some 10 days after the open- was made in support of the
consumption
Japan and so great from Afri- jng of the year at Cedar Hill Recreation Centre.
’
Olympic spirit, as well as
ca and Asia.
________————____ —
—
——;——— Sanyo' s corporate philosophy
of Coco Cola
About 2,600 South Koreans
J.C.C. Centre Spring: Festival Mar. 8,7 ^r*.1!^* TOKYO — Thirty six years
and nearly 10,000 Ghanaians
TORONTO — With the coming of a warmer season, the wor|d „ Tadahisa Takayama, ago, the American occupation
have sent Tetters recently
’ent of Sanyo E|ectric forces led by the late Gen. .
seeking Japanese pen friends, J.C. Cultural Centre will be springing its doors open to wei_
but almost all of those re come everyone and especially our Senior Citizens, to its an- qq ^j .
Douglas MacArthur landed in
nual
Spring
Festival.
—
~
/
quests have gone unanswered.
Sanyo is the second Japan- war-devasted Japan with at
The
weekend
will
highlight
the
TRADITIONAL
FOODS
of
The Japanesejchildren have
ese firm to be named as a least three cultural products x
JAPAN.
As
such,
a
diverse
assortment
of
individual
cuisines
apparently rejected-the calls
- sponsor of the Los Angeles Of America — democracy, pawill
be
available
to
teist
your
palates.
Once
again
the
Oriental
for friendship from the devel
Games. Like Sanyo, the Fcji per CUpS and Coke.
Bar
will
be
providing
refreshments.
oping nations because they
Film Co. also became a sponToday, the Japanese take
As
much
as
we
may
all
wapt
to
eat
the
day
away,
of
her
cul
are eager to follow trends in
. sor of the U.S. team.
democracy as a matter of
tural
features
will
by
vying
for
your
attention.
Demonstrations
music and fashion in the West
——-—
| course. Paper cups are noT
through Western pen f riends, of Sumi-e (Japanese brush painting), Ikebana (flower arrange
Danika Sawada I thing new. So coke has natments)7 Shodo (calligraphy), Odori (Japanese folk dancing)
IPF officials said7
urally become a necessary
wins
first
in
and
the
Martial
Arts
will
be
provided
continuously
throughout
. The IPF has called on more
dailyibeverage.
the
week-end.
_
_
Japanese to write children
Kiwahis speech
Gone are the days when
Making
this
year's
celebration
special
is
the
Festival
s
from developing countries.
TORONTO — A recent win many Japanese tasted Coke
tribute to our Senior Citizens. As an example, on Saturday, a ner in this year's ^Kiwahis as something bitter, recalled
3
C»Arv tollinn winner < “bento” box containing small samples of Japanese cuisine Festival was Danika Sawada John W. Georgas, President
Story telling winner wiu be provided to all Senior Citizens.
of Scarboro. Danika^ame of Coca-Cola (Japan) Co.
. TORONTO — Mako Ishi of
This 2-day event; is scheduled for Saturday and Sunday,
Now, Georgas emphasized,
Islington, Ontario won first March 6 & 7 between 1:00 and 6:00 p.m. Admission: Children first in 4 the cSpeech>^^
Drama^s ^SoloSpeech cate Japan is the third biggest
place in the Kiwanis Music 5() centSj Adults $1.50, Family rate $3.00 Sen ^Citizens &
gory for ^1-3-year-blds and consumer of Coca-Cola after
Festival Open Story Telling jqqq members free. For more information, please contact
thesiUhited States and Mexico;
under.
V
category.
the JCCC Centre.
I
k -
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Plant a ShadeTree That
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THE
NEW
CANADIAN
Japanese women jazz dancing
4 their way to svelt figures
Friday, February 19; 1982
The New Canadian
Established 1939
Second Glosi;-Moill No. 0366 ; ;
A member of Ethnic Press <
TOKYO — Japan's tradi- “All, That Jazz” and “That's
Association of Ontario
By VIC OGURA v
tiorial image of female beauty ' Entertainment,” visits - to Jaand Canada Federation
I asked my Nisei;friend the other day, “To what extent are _a blushing, modestlysrnil- pan by the American Dance
Publisher & Japanese Editor
your Sansei children (age from 14-22) aware of and participate jngMadame Butterfly in her • Machi nW and the Alvin Ailey
. -/'.KenzoMdri ,'
English Editor
in the perpetuation of their heritage?’’ H is prorpdt reply was CO|Orf u | kimono — is sti 11 to be Dance Team, a still-strong
Kei Tsumura
. “little and Nil: they are aware of their heritage but are tod busy seen jn ^e streets of Tokyo, disco craze' and a spate of TV
" Published on Tuesdays and;
with their social, recreational and academic life that they have But modern Japanese women commercials featuring modern
Fridays
dance routines.
meagre time for the abstracts of the past.”
in increasing numbers,are
479 Queen Street West
: Then T read the recent column by “Sansei” lamenting .the finding their way to beauty
The leotards acceptance as
Toronto, Ont ’M5V2A9
- lack of: Sansei community comm itments, and I was encqurag With the eightbeat quickstep fashion adds to jazz dance
PHONE 366-5005 ’
popularity. Women bothwanted in that leadership is Iike an arrow in that the poi nt Is always of jazz dancing.
the smallest butthat's where the penetration begins.
There are today more than ' ed to* wear leotards and need
Here in Montreal, due to the dedication of a meritorious 300 jazz schools in Tokyo a way to si im down so they
, few, exposure and continuance of the Japanese arts, crafts,• alone, many, of which sprung wo u I d I ook good in t he m,
CLASSIFIED
x folklore, and academe is practiced.
up in the past yeejr to meet said Reiko Takebe,, who runs
Today I happened to drop by the Montreal' Japanesecultu- the desires of females from another Tokyo dance school.
FOR SALE
- ral Centre and I was literally overwhelmed by the festivities three to 63 to shape up with
Dancers have even spilled
Jewellery Business, es* 4hat were in progress. It was the senior citizens's first New the help of this latest mixture out of the schools and into tablished in 1932, celebrating
Year's get-together and the Gochiso was centered around of athletics and fashion.
the business world. Japan Air its 50th anniversary. One of
Mochi and OzonL Inspired by Mrs. Rei Nakashima and Mrs.
For women who have grad Lines, like many companies, Toronto's oldest boyers of
Sachi Shimo, what this group of Nisei, Sansei, new arrivals, uated from yoga class and has begun weekly classes for coins, gold and other pre
etc. have accomplished is a minor miracle, sustained essen find the winter cold aggra- female employees, hiring a cious metals. Retailers of an
tially by the labour of love.
yates their tennis elbows, famous dancer to supervise. tique and estate diamonds,
A Japanese sociologist once said the essential difference jazz dancihg, Japan/ s version
/-“After sitting in the office jewellery, silver etc. Centrally
between Japan arrd the cultures of the other countries lies in of aerobic dancing, is a bless all day it ' s a good way to re located with 9 year lease.
the degree to which Ohn-Giri is practiced (Ohn-Giri is that ing. They find no better way lease tension,” said Akemi Gross sales over $600,000.
Debit-Credit system whereby through our lifetime one owes or to relieve the tension of city Tsuchiya, 22, aTakebestu- Large consignment business.
life, slim down and look pretty ; dent. She said so many .qfher Price $556,000 for inventory,
is owed).
•Thus, in years past, when a child was born in Japan, he or in the process.
fellow workers at a large com- fixtures and good will, free of
she immediately carried^a lifetime debt to the emporor; the
Tuck those tummies in and pany are interested in danc all encumbrances. This comcountry, and to the parents.. With This backdrop it becomes shake those hips, the instruc ing that they plan to start a
pany is ripe for franchise.
slightly easier to understand the dedication and fervor with tor shouts' as about 30 ’wo class.
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which the Kamikazi suicide pilots died, for from birth- loyalty, men, mostly housewives,
“It's good for me, mental
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- patriotism, dedication and respect was instilled.
strut and kick to a Stevie ly,” said Kumiko Torigai, a
And so when one sees today the eclectic manner whereby Wonder song at the Ikuko popular television reporter
we, as distant as Montreal, have preserved the best of our past Kanemitsu Modern Bal let who began classes after visit
and especially that tradition of respect towards ones elders, it School, Japan's largest ing Kanemitsu's school for a
story. “When I'm dancing I
is indeed an inspiring and humbling experience.
dance institution.
Alan J. Lerner, the songwriter was confronted by a friend,
Women in their 40s and don't think about anything
-.“Anan^your son is reilly lucky, he has three hits in a row’”, to 5qs, who may have arrived in else.”
which Lerner senior retorted, “Yes, my son is lucky; as a mat- ' a prim kimono, sweat ?and
In a nation wherezfads are
ter of fact, the harder he works, thejiickier he gets!”
swivel to the music. Children;
We of the Japanese Community are indeed lucky to have look uncertainly as their as numerous and short-lived
as the spring cherry blos
SKI these dedicated people who perform the sometimes saintly mothers gyrate.
tasks and make the performance seem so ordinary that too
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“When my mother started soms, ho one can say how
often we take them for granted.
1201 Bloor St W.
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were shocked if a woman Kanemitsu said some schools
SHIATSU DOHJOH
raised her leg,” said Ikuko have opened with no more
Kanemitsu, 52, current head than a signboard, a record
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- they get started they can bex
proprietor
n quite bold in their move only the serious students to
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learn basics of ballet.
ments.”
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Kanemitsu, whose school
The popularity of jazz danc
has eight branches with 1300
(Business) (Residence)
ing
has
done
much
to
dispel
students, said Japanese cdncern with physical fitness has th® association of the odori540 Eglinton Ave., W.,
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limited
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'
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THE
NEW
CANADIAN
Japanese women jazz dancing
4 their way to svelt figures
Friday, February 19; 1982
The New Canadian
Established 1939
Second Glosi;-Moill No. 0366 ; ;
A member of Ethnic Press <
TOKYO — Japan's tradi- “All, That Jazz” and “That's
Association of Ontario
By VIC OGURA v
tiorial image of female beauty ' Entertainment,” visits - to Jaand Canada Federation
I asked my Nisei;friend the other day, “To what extent are _a blushing, modestlysrnil- pan by the American Dance
Publisher & Japanese Editor
your Sansei children (age from 14-22) aware of and participate jngMadame Butterfly in her • Machi nW and the Alvin Ailey
. -/'.KenzoMdri ,'
English Editor
in the perpetuation of their heritage?’’ H is prorpdt reply was CO|Orf u | kimono — is sti 11 to be Dance Team, a still-strong
Kei Tsumura
. “little and Nil: they are aware of their heritage but are tod busy seen jn ^e streets of Tokyo, disco craze' and a spate of TV
" Published on Tuesdays and;
with their social, recreational and academic life that they have But modern Japanese women commercials featuring modern
Fridays
dance routines.
meagre time for the abstracts of the past.”
in increasing numbers,are
479 Queen Street West
: Then T read the recent column by “Sansei” lamenting .the finding their way to beauty
The leotards acceptance as
Toronto, Ont ’M5V2A9
- lack of: Sansei community comm itments, and I was encqurag With the eightbeat quickstep fashion adds to jazz dance
PHONE 366-5005 ’
popularity. Women bothwanted in that leadership is Iike an arrow in that the poi nt Is always of jazz dancing.
the smallest butthat's where the penetration begins.
There are today more than ' ed to* wear leotards and need
Here in Montreal, due to the dedication of a meritorious 300 jazz schools in Tokyo a way to si im down so they
, few, exposure and continuance of the Japanese arts, crafts,• alone, many, of which sprung wo u I d I ook good in t he m,
CLASSIFIED
x folklore, and academe is practiced.
up in the past yeejr to meet said Reiko Takebe,, who runs
Today I happened to drop by the Montreal' Japanesecultu- the desires of females from another Tokyo dance school.
FOR SALE
- ral Centre and I was literally overwhelmed by the festivities three to 63 to shape up with
Dancers have even spilled
Jewellery Business, es* 4hat were in progress. It was the senior citizens's first New the help of this latest mixture out of the schools and into tablished in 1932, celebrating
Year's get-together and the Gochiso was centered around of athletics and fashion.
the business world. Japan Air its 50th anniversary. One of
Mochi and OzonL Inspired by Mrs. Rei Nakashima and Mrs.
For women who have grad Lines, like many companies, Toronto's oldest boyers of
Sachi Shimo, what this group of Nisei, Sansei, new arrivals, uated from yoga class and has begun weekly classes for coins, gold and other pre
etc. have accomplished is a minor miracle, sustained essen find the winter cold aggra- female employees, hiring a cious metals. Retailers of an
tially by the labour of love.
yates their tennis elbows, famous dancer to supervise. tique and estate diamonds,
A Japanese sociologist once said the essential difference jazz dancihg, Japan/ s version
/-“After sitting in the office jewellery, silver etc. Centrally
between Japan arrd the cultures of the other countries lies in of aerobic dancing, is a bless all day it ' s a good way to re located with 9 year lease.
the degree to which Ohn-Giri is practiced (Ohn-Giri is that ing. They find no better way lease tension,” said Akemi Gross sales over $600,000.
Debit-Credit system whereby through our lifetime one owes or to relieve the tension of city Tsuchiya, 22, aTakebestu- Large consignment business.
life, slim down and look pretty ; dent. She said so many .qfher Price $556,000 for inventory,
is owed).
•Thus, in years past, when a child was born in Japan, he or in the process.
fellow workers at a large com- fixtures and good will, free of
she immediately carried^a lifetime debt to the emporor; the
Tuck those tummies in and pany are interested in danc all encumbrances. This comcountry, and to the parents.. With This backdrop it becomes shake those hips, the instruc ing that they plan to start a
pany is ripe for franchise.
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And so when one sees today the eclectic manner whereby Wonder song at the Ikuko popular television reporter
we, as distant as Montreal, have preserved the best of our past Kanemitsu Modern Bal let who began classes after visit
and especially that tradition of respect towards ones elders, it School, Japan's largest ing Kanemitsu's school for a
story. “When I'm dancing I
is indeed an inspiring and humbling experience.
dance institution.
Alan J. Lerner, the songwriter was confronted by a friend,
Women in their 40s and don't think about anything
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In a nation wherezfads are
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Friday, February 19, 1982
Personal Notes Across Canada*
WEDDING,
*
NEW
Rage 3
CANADIAN
SlX trillion yGn tblSuild n©W
city outside Tokyo's sphere
FALK
ABE
WINNIPEG — Yumi Abe,
daughter of Mr. & Mrs. Y. Abe
exchanged marriage vows,
with Jack Falk on Sunday,
December 27th, 1981, at the
Carletori Club. In town for the
wedding were Mr. Shin Homma (Vancouver B.C ), Mr. &
Mrs. Ken Harasym (Surrey
B.C.), and Dr. & Mrs. Steve
Nelson (Minneapolis, Minn.,
. TOKYO — It would cost ‘ Scholars and politicians check list, the National Land
. about 6 trillion yen to con- have been making proposals Agency selected over a dozen
MARUYAMA
appropriate sites. They are
, TORONTO — Mr. Tuck Ta struct a new city outside the . to transfer various functions
scattered all over Japan, and
kashi Maruyama passed away Tokyo sphere where all func- of Tokyo elsewhere since the
at East General Hdspital on tions of the capital would latter half of the 1950s. The the agency will reduce the
February 4, 1982. Beloved be transfered, according to foothils of Mt; Fuji and north number of candidate sites
husband of Tye, dear father of calculations by the National ern Kantb have been named
while studying the proposed
as sites.
Land Agency.
/
Randall _and Mrs. Gheryl
Rix
On the basis of a 17 point transfer methods.
The
agency
has
been
work
chards. Brother of Ka{y ( rsKano), Daisy (Mrs.. Oshiro), ing since fiscal 1979von a
Norma, Jane, Hen, Paul, Ken, plan for Tokyo in the 21st
century that would solve the
11 Q A \
Jack and Wayne.
x
Complete service at Gif- problem of crowding in the
fen-Mack Chapel. Cremation. capital. On the basis of data
Late Greeting Omitted
obtained and various calcula
Western Japan. Ogawa said it
TOKYO — Resource-poor
Due To Bereavement.
tions, the agency intends to
FUJINO
has been so successful that
Japan, which imports 99.8
draft
concrete
plans
to
shift
TORONTO — Marion Fuji
the Tokyo Power Co., the big^
percent of its oil needs, has
Harold & Mary Kimoto,
no, beloved wife of the late various-government agencies launched the world/ s first
gest of Japan's 14 power
outside
Tokyo
by
the
end
of
Port Alberni, B.C.
Eijiro, passed away on Febru
firms, decided to build a plant
project to use com fueL
Robert & Isobel Kimoto, ary 4, 1982 at Princess Marga fiscal 1983 (March 31, 1984).
later this year capable of pro
The
agency
has
been
study®
coa
‘
°'
mix
.
U
|
e
t
/
Ucluelet, B.C.
ret HospKal. Beloved mother
ducing 900,000 tons of com
ing
four
possible
methods:
(1)'
burn,
"9
power
stations
startTom & Mary Kimoto, of Donald, David, Marcia,
fuel by 1984 and five million
ing in 1984.
a
‘
‘
package
t
ransf
er
’
’
i
n
wh
ic
h
Ucluelet, B.C.
(Mrs. R. Parr), Delores (Mrs. S.
tons per year in 1988.
Yutaka Ogawa, a spokesman
all
government
related
funcLydalI). Loving g randrpother
“The main secret of our
for /the semi-governmental
Card of Thanks
tions
of
the
capital
are
trans
of seven.
com fuel is a special additive
Electric Power-Development
We -wish to express our
ferred
outside
the
Tokyo
Earle Elliot Funeral Home.
made from naptha. About 0.1
Co., said the pioneering com
sincere appreciation to: our
sphere;
(2)
a
“
separate
transFuneral service at Toronto
percent of the additive keeps
mercial application of com
many friends and relatives
Japanese United Church. Pro- fer” in which Diet related
the pulverized coal mixed
fuel is part of an effort to
for their kindness and sup?
fields,
government
,
offices
spect Crematorium.
with oil at a steady and proper
handlingpermitsandgovem- drastically reduce reliance on
'port extended during this
intensity for about a month ?
CARD OF THANKS
ment enterprises and judicial oil, which now provides 75
time of sorrow.
without the heavier coal par
per cent of the country's
^Also our sincere thanks for
offices
and
museums
are
out
The family of the late
ticles sinking,” Ogawa said.
It follows exthe beautiful floral tributes,
side Tokyo; (3) Diet related energy.
Carole' Ikeda wish to ex
periments in the United
Japan now consumes 7.7
koden, telegrams, and kind
fields only are moved out. of
press their sincere appre
States, Canada and other inmillion barrels of oil per year
words of comfort during our
the Tokyo area while others dustrial nations.
ciation for the beautiful
at 71 thermal power plants.
would be moved to places
recent bereavement.
floral tributes, koden,
According to Ogawa, one The use of com fuel by all the
within
the
Tokyo
sphere;
and
Jack Abe
cards, and kind words of
ton of com fuel will contain
plants would cut oilconsump(4) only government offices
Michiko Abe comfort during recent be
roughly a half-ton of oil and- tion an estimated 3.1 million
handling
permits
and
the
gov
Bob Abe
reavement.
barrels a year.
ernment enterprises are to be another half-ton of pulverized Katsi Abe ,
Sid and Marie Ikeda,
coal. Each coal particle will
The plants, however, dan
moved outside the Tokyo
Grandchildren
David and Laurie
be smaller than 0.1 millimeter expect only a marginal cut in
sphere.
in diameter.
costs, Ogawa said. One ton
If-a new city were const
He said a ton of com fuel of com fuel now costs estiNOTICE
ructed 606,000 people would
can generate 3953 kilowatts mately $198.20 a ton; while
May we remind the former residents of Minto and
have to move the i r p I ace of per hour, compared to coals one ton of oil costs $228.
Bridge River area that a Reunion will be held on Saturday,
residence in the case of (1),
Users will have to remodel
August 21st, 1982 in Vancouver, B.C.
543,000 in the case of (3) and 3038 kilowatts and 4790 kilo oil-burning furnacea ‘as well,
522,00 in (2). If a city already watts for oil.
For further information please contact one of the
Test burning of the fuel be- although Ogawa said this will
existence
is
used,
the
num
in
following:
cost less than converting to a
gan early last year at EPDC' s
ber
of
people
having
to
move
Ms. Chizu Uchida, 6532 Grant St., Burnaby, B.C.
coal-only operation,
.
Takehara Power Station in
V5B-2K8.
could be reduced to 50 per
cent of the above figures.
Mrs: R. Saimoto, 1842 West 37th Street,
Vancouver, B.C.
In the case of (4), in which
OPEN Mon Fri. 12:06-2:30 5:00-10:00
S^. 5:00-10:00
Mrs. S. Kobayakawa, 2521 Parker St.,
80 percent of state agencies
' Closed Sundays S Holidays
Vancouver, B.C. V5K 2T2.
would remain in Tokyo, only
-123,000 people would move.
The land cost would be the
greatest in the case of (3),
three to four trillion yen.
ALL
HEEL
HEIGHTS
LATEST STYLES
MENS 4 and up
LADIES 2 and up
MEDIUM AND WIDE FITTINGS
Low Low Prices
Japan plans commercial use
of Cam fuel by the year 1984
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WEDDING,
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NEW
Rage 3
CANADIAN
SlX trillion yGn tblSuild n©W
city outside Tokyo's sphere
FALK
ABE
WINNIPEG — Yumi Abe,
daughter of Mr. & Mrs. Y. Abe
exchanged marriage vows,
with Jack Falk on Sunday,
December 27th, 1981, at the
Carletori Club. In town for the
wedding were Mr. Shin Homma (Vancouver B.C ), Mr. &
Mrs. Ken Harasym (Surrey
B.C.), and Dr. & Mrs. Steve
Nelson (Minneapolis, Minn.,
. TOKYO — It would cost ‘ Scholars and politicians check list, the National Land
. about 6 trillion yen to con- have been making proposals Agency selected over a dozen
MARUYAMA
appropriate sites. They are
, TORONTO — Mr. Tuck Ta struct a new city outside the . to transfer various functions
scattered all over Japan, and
kashi Maruyama passed away Tokyo sphere where all func- of Tokyo elsewhere since the
at East General Hdspital on tions of the capital would latter half of the 1950s. The the agency will reduce the
February 4, 1982. Beloved be transfered, according to foothils of Mt; Fuji and north number of candidate sites
husband of Tye, dear father of calculations by the National ern Kantb have been named
while studying the proposed
as sites.
Land Agency.
/
Randall _and Mrs. Gheryl
Rix
On the basis of a 17 point transfer methods.
The
agency
has
been
work
chards. Brother of Ka{y ( rsKano), Daisy (Mrs.. Oshiro), ing since fiscal 1979von a
Norma, Jane, Hen, Paul, Ken, plan for Tokyo in the 21st
century that would solve the
11 Q A \
Jack and Wayne.
x
Complete service at Gif- problem of crowding in the
fen-Mack Chapel. Cremation. capital. On the basis of data
Late Greeting Omitted
obtained and various calcula
Western Japan. Ogawa said it
TOKYO — Resource-poor
Due To Bereavement.
tions, the agency intends to
FUJINO
has been so successful that
Japan, which imports 99.8
draft
concrete
plans
to
shift
TORONTO — Marion Fuji
the Tokyo Power Co., the big^
percent of its oil needs, has
Harold & Mary Kimoto,
no, beloved wife of the late various-government agencies launched the world/ s first
gest of Japan's 14 power
outside
Tokyo
by
the
end
of
Port Alberni, B.C.
Eijiro, passed away on Febru
firms, decided to build a plant
project to use com fueL
Robert & Isobel Kimoto, ary 4, 1982 at Princess Marga fiscal 1983 (March 31, 1984).
later this year capable of pro
The
agency
has
been
study®
coa
‘
°'
mix
.
U
|
e
t
/
Ucluelet, B.C.
ret HospKal. Beloved mother
ducing 900,000 tons of com
ing
four
possible
methods:
(1)'
burn,
"9
power
stations
startTom & Mary Kimoto, of Donald, David, Marcia,
fuel by 1984 and five million
ing in 1984.
a
‘
‘
package
t
ransf
er
’
’
i
n
wh
ic
h
Ucluelet, B.C.
(Mrs. R. Parr), Delores (Mrs. S.
tons per year in 1988.
Yutaka Ogawa, a spokesman
all
government
related
funcLydalI). Loving g randrpother
“The main secret of our
for /the semi-governmental
Card of Thanks
tions
of
the
capital
are
trans
of seven.
com fuel is a special additive
Electric Power-Development
We -wish to express our
ferred
outside
the
Tokyo
Earle Elliot Funeral Home.
made from naptha. About 0.1
Co., said the pioneering com
sincere appreciation to: our
sphere;
(2)
a
“
separate
transFuneral service at Toronto
percent of the additive keeps
mercial application of com
many friends and relatives
Japanese United Church. Pro- fer” in which Diet related
the pulverized coal mixed
fuel is part of an effort to
for their kindness and sup?
fields,
government
,
offices
spect Crematorium.
with oil at a steady and proper
handlingpermitsandgovem- drastically reduce reliance on
'port extended during this
intensity for about a month ?
CARD OF THANKS
ment enterprises and judicial oil, which now provides 75
time of sorrow.
without the heavier coal par
per cent of the country's
^Also our sincere thanks for
offices
and
museums
are
out
The family of the late
ticles sinking,” Ogawa said.
It follows exthe beautiful floral tributes,
side Tokyo; (3) Diet related energy.
Carole' Ikeda wish to ex
periments in the United
Japan now consumes 7.7
koden, telegrams, and kind
fields only are moved out. of
press their sincere appre
States, Canada and other inmillion barrels of oil per year
words of comfort during our
the Tokyo area while others dustrial nations.
ciation for the beautiful
at 71 thermal power plants.
would be moved to places
recent bereavement.
floral tributes, koden,
According to Ogawa, one The use of com fuel by all the
within
the
Tokyo
sphere;
and
Jack Abe
cards, and kind words of
ton of com fuel will contain
plants would cut oilconsump(4) only government offices
Michiko Abe comfort during recent be
roughly a half-ton of oil and- tion an estimated 3.1 million
handling
permits
and
the
gov
Bob Abe
reavement.
barrels a year.
ernment enterprises are to be another half-ton of pulverized Katsi Abe ,
Sid and Marie Ikeda,
coal. Each coal particle will
The plants, however, dan
moved outside the Tokyo
Grandchildren
David and Laurie
be smaller than 0.1 millimeter expect only a marginal cut in
sphere.
in diameter.
costs, Ogawa said. One ton
If-a new city were const
He said a ton of com fuel of com fuel now costs estiNOTICE
ructed 606,000 people would
can generate 3953 kilowatts mately $198.20 a ton; while
May we remind the former residents of Minto and
have to move the i r p I ace of per hour, compared to coals one ton of oil costs $228.
Bridge River area that a Reunion will be held on Saturday,
residence in the case of (1),
Users will have to remodel
August 21st, 1982 in Vancouver, B.C.
543,000 in the case of (3) and 3038 kilowatts and 4790 kilo oil-burning furnacea ‘as well,
522,00 in (2). If a city already watts for oil.
For further information please contact one of the
Test burning of the fuel be- although Ogawa said this will
existence
is
used,
the
num
in
following:
cost less than converting to a
gan early last year at EPDC' s
ber
of
people
having
to
move
Ms. Chizu Uchida, 6532 Grant St., Burnaby, B.C.
coal-only operation,
.
Takehara Power Station in
V5B-2K8.
could be reduced to 50 per
cent of the above figures.
Mrs: R. Saimoto, 1842 West 37th Street,
Vancouver, B.C.
In the case of (4), in which
OPEN Mon Fri. 12:06-2:30 5:00-10:00
S^. 5:00-10:00
Mrs. S. Kobayakawa, 2521 Parker St.,
80 percent of state agencies
' Closed Sundays S Holidays
Vancouver, B.C. V5K 2T2.
would remain in Tokyo, only
-123,000 people would move.
The land cost would be the
greatest in the case of (3),
three to four trillion yen.
ALL
HEEL
HEIGHTS
LATEST STYLES
MENS 4 and up
LADIES 2 and up
MEDIUM AND WIDE FITTINGS
Low Low Prices
Japan plans commercial use
of Cam fuel by the year 1984
ME. EAST
SMALL SHOE SIZES
ALBERT'S SHOE STORE
1328 Queen St. West, Toronto
Phone 531-1931
pj ini IVA
1“ U n U ■
Travel Service
460 Dundas St. West
Toronto, Ont. M5T 1G9
Tel: 977-7655
Tour to Washington D.C. April 9 —12
During the Easter Weekend, we are visiting Washington on a chart
ered bus. Join us. There are lots of fun on our chartered bus Tour.
Tour to Hawaii
More and more Niseis .and Sanseis are visiting Hawaii. How about
you? Join our big group this summer and visit this fascinating island.
More the Merrier. On return, you can visit Los Angeles, Las Vegas and
the Grand Canyon to complete the grand tour of the West.
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Pag*: 4
Friday, February 19, 1982
CANADIAN
Japanese divorces: gaining but not all as it seems
By Kiyoaki Md#a
the rise ever since.
.
TOKYO — The imor^ssion
In 1963, the number of dihas been gaining ground for? vorce' cases drppped to the
on thesubject, divorce creat-
About employment after at-
ed a boomlet.
~
It was also incited by wo-
taming adulthood 47 percent
°^®”en”® ^
a8®J|®^n°”® the^cT that
h- ^ ir.s of-.^ag-jci 15 feel to-day about their future status
S /"^
P°^-’™.^
m
During the last decade, the ports by divorcees, on how
Only 22 percent said they of whaVthey would actually ~
figure steadily rose to 108;000 they “won” reasonable terms
would continue to work all- do ^ adults?these data may
in 1972, to 132,000 in 1978, to _pf divorce from; their unmar
their life, and 28 percent want- Yet indicate the-trend of the
136,000 in 1979 and to 142,000 -sonable spouses. times.
Actually^ divorce in Japan is ed to work until they had a
in 1980. _
Taken as such, they may
baby.
still
relatively
.rare,
compared
These figures seem to sug
Asked about what kind of corroborate other signs that
gest that there were how two with other industrialized na
auger further stability of Jap
tions where,-ironically, divorce occupation was most suitable,
major factors at work:
anese society on a Jai rly long
the
largest
majority
of
45
pers
proceedings
are
much
more
1. More women were able
cent chose “full-time house- term basis such
, , as thex seem-,
to support themselves after cumbersome, if not entirely wife
” While other popular 'O^Y perpetual control of
divorce probably because of impossible.
government by the conser
Furthermore,
.there
are
callings
cited
were
nursery
the improved economic con
many indications that this school teacher, pet shop man- vative party
ditions of the nation.
2. They werd becoming state of affairs is likely to reJapan Research: Caffein Not Carcinogen
mentally more independent main, suggesting the basically
of their male spouses. '
stable nature, of Japanese
TOKYO -— Goffee drinkers, pure water, one-third drank
Yet, statistically speaking, society.
_
,
water with a 0.10 per cent caf
take
heart:
A
Japanese
patho
The
basic
fact
is
that
the
even the 132,000 divorces of
feine solution andone-third
1978 meant only 1.14 case per nation under the postwar Civil logist who earlier said caffeine drank a 0.20 per cent caffeine
h000 population while in Code is not really divorce-, is a carcinogen has reversed solution, Takayama, 5°, said.
his findings.
1897; or 80 years previously, proper
Dr. Ehozo Takayama recent
^Endorsing this assumption
there were approximately
124,000 divorces filed when -- is a recent poll conducted by ly said he erred in his 1974-76
the population was only about the Yomiuri Shimbun with a experiments with rats fed
sample of 13,000 persons in various amounts of caffeine.
one-third that of today.
On the basis of the actual terviewed at 250 places around The 300 rats were divided into
number of married couples the country with a response three groups, but 60 per cent
of the rats who drank pure
the 1977 figure constitutes ' rate of 71 percent.
ALL CASH
water
caught
colds
which
The
poll
results
seem
to
in
only .44 percent that is, less
FOR YOUR HOME
developed
into
pneumonia
than one-half on one percent dicate a “reverse” trend —
IF WE DON'T SELL itand died. The pneumonia
toward conservatism.
of all marriages failed.
WEBUYIT!
To the question, “What is epidemic altered the longe
It was in these Years that
ASK ABOUT OUR GUARANTEE
women commentators active your view on divorce?” asked vity of the control group,
FOR FREE APPRAISAL
ly encouraged wives to resort in the survey, 53 percent pre Takayama said.
Dennis
At that time Takayama
to divorce if they found their ferred the answer “It should
Masuda
married life unsatisfactory or be avoided as much as possi made statements that caf
ble by effort” and 14 percent, feine was a carcinogen.
their husbands boring.
He said recently that after
They would often cite anoth- “It should be avoided at all
1885 LAWRENCE AV E
realizing his mistake he per
er misleading statistic, name- cost
These figures represented formed .the same-two-year
ly, that in 1977, for instance,
there was one divorce for a further tendency toward experiment again, beginning
conservatism since the same in 1979.
each sik .new marriages.
One-third of the rats drank
Citing such figures gave journal's previous survey on
The latest experiment
the same issue conducted in
Another reason may have the totally false impression
1979 when the corresponding showed no significant differbeen that not many women that one out of six couples in percentages were 52 and 10. ence in the cancer rates
preferred independence to Japan ended up in divorce,
Likewise, those whocon-amongthe three groups of
even an unsatisfactory mar- and in short, divorce was be
J
dohed or accepted divorce as rats.
coming
very
common.
ried life.
After 1965, however, the
vln reality, however, only one something that “could not be
helped” registered 29 percent
"MISTER
trend became reversed and out of 230 marriages failed,
the divorce rate seems to
Nonetheless, spurred on by this time — a decline when >
ALUMINUM"
compared
with
34
percent
two
have been consistently, on a number of “how-to” books
.
Installations
years ago. 1
• Siding Soffit A Fascia As for demerits of divorce, .
: r
• Ra.nware
70 oercent said it “made the
• Storm wlndows/doors
children unhappy’’, reflecting
PHONE
Metro Toronto Lie/ B1971
the prevalent parental conceFn
465-8020
.
Mas Aida — 755-6505 .
for children. ;
This tendency was also en
dorsed by the fact that to the
question of "whether divorced
-parents should remarry or not,
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Similar signs were noted in
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another poll (also reported by
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the Yomiuri Shimbun in July
640-5454
Home 291-0952
this year) conducted by Kazu
ko Fukaya, an assistant pro. fessor at Tokyo Gakugei Uni
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pointed to a definite inclina
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Thursdays closed
married life rather than a I
career.
’
some time’that Japanese
home is disintegrating — to
an extent, at least — as test
ified to by, among other things
the rising divorce rate.
Such a trend has been view
ed with both alarm and glee,
depending upon who views it.
Those who are alarmed are
concerned that the increas
ing number of broken homes
would contribute to more ju
venile delinquency.
Feminists, on the other
hand, find it a wholesome
sign because they point out,
the “long sufferring” Japan
ese women are now asserting
themselves by divorcing their
errant and/or tyrannical husbands
~
Neither view, however,
seems to be entirely valid be
cause cold statistics, closely
studied, paint a different
picture.
Under the prewar Civil Code,
divorce procedures were uni
laterally in favour of the hus
band.
x
The major revision of the
law- in 1947 under the post
war Constitution removed the
“sexist” element, and, fur
thermore, made divorce pro
cedures easy and simple.
Yet, paradoxically, the di
vorce rate steadily declined
during the first two postwar
decades, perhaps reflecting
the fact that the revised law
made it impossible for a hus
band to divorce his wife ar-
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Japanese divorces: gaining but not all as it seems
By Kiyoaki Md#a
the rise ever since.
.
TOKYO — The imor^ssion
In 1963, the number of dihas been gaining ground for? vorce' cases drppped to the
on thesubject, divorce creat-
About employment after at-
ed a boomlet.
~
It was also incited by wo-
taming adulthood 47 percent
°^®”en”® ^
a8®J|®^n°”® the^cT that
h- ^ ir.s of-.^ag-jci 15 feel to-day about their future status
S /"^
P°^-’™.^
m
During the last decade, the ports by divorcees, on how
Only 22 percent said they of whaVthey would actually ~
figure steadily rose to 108;000 they “won” reasonable terms
would continue to work all- do ^ adults?these data may
in 1972, to 132,000 in 1978, to _pf divorce from; their unmar
their life, and 28 percent want- Yet indicate the-trend of the
136,000 in 1979 and to 142,000 -sonable spouses. times.
Actually^ divorce in Japan is ed to work until they had a
in 1980. _
Taken as such, they may
baby.
still
relatively
.rare,
compared
These figures seem to sug
Asked about what kind of corroborate other signs that
gest that there were how two with other industrialized na
auger further stability of Jap
tions where,-ironically, divorce occupation was most suitable,
major factors at work:
anese society on a Jai rly long
the
largest
majority
of
45
pers
proceedings
are
much
more
1. More women were able
cent chose “full-time house- term basis such
, , as thex seem-,
to support themselves after cumbersome, if not entirely wife
” While other popular 'O^Y perpetual control of
divorce probably because of impossible.
government by the conser
Furthermore,
.there
are
callings
cited
were
nursery
the improved economic con
many indications that this school teacher, pet shop man- vative party
ditions of the nation.
2. They werd becoming state of affairs is likely to reJapan Research: Caffein Not Carcinogen
mentally more independent main, suggesting the basically
of their male spouses. '
stable nature, of Japanese
TOKYO -— Goffee drinkers, pure water, one-third drank
Yet, statistically speaking, society.
_
,
water with a 0.10 per cent caf
take
heart:
A
Japanese
patho
The
basic
fact
is
that
the
even the 132,000 divorces of
feine solution andone-third
1978 meant only 1.14 case per nation under the postwar Civil logist who earlier said caffeine drank a 0.20 per cent caffeine
h000 population while in Code is not really divorce-, is a carcinogen has reversed solution, Takayama, 5°, said.
his findings.
1897; or 80 years previously, proper
Dr. Ehozo Takayama recent
^Endorsing this assumption
there were approximately
124,000 divorces filed when -- is a recent poll conducted by ly said he erred in his 1974-76
the population was only about the Yomiuri Shimbun with a experiments with rats fed
sample of 13,000 persons in various amounts of caffeine.
one-third that of today.
On the basis of the actual terviewed at 250 places around The 300 rats were divided into
number of married couples the country with a response three groups, but 60 per cent
of the rats who drank pure
the 1977 figure constitutes ' rate of 71 percent.
ALL CASH
water
caught
colds
which
The
poll
results
seem
to
in
only .44 percent that is, less
FOR YOUR HOME
developed
into
pneumonia
than one-half on one percent dicate a “reverse” trend —
IF WE DON'T SELL itand died. The pneumonia
toward conservatism.
of all marriages failed.
WEBUYIT!
To the question, “What is epidemic altered the longe
It was in these Years that
ASK ABOUT OUR GUARANTEE
women commentators active your view on divorce?” asked vity of the control group,
FOR FREE APPRAISAL
ly encouraged wives to resort in the survey, 53 percent pre Takayama said.
Dennis
At that time Takayama
to divorce if they found their ferred the answer “It should
Masuda
married life unsatisfactory or be avoided as much as possi made statements that caf
ble by effort” and 14 percent, feine was a carcinogen.
their husbands boring.
He said recently that after
They would often cite anoth- “It should be avoided at all
1885 LAWRENCE AV E
realizing his mistake he per
er misleading statistic, name- cost
These figures represented formed .the same-two-year
ly, that in 1977, for instance,
there was one divorce for a further tendency toward experiment again, beginning
conservatism since the same in 1979.
each sik .new marriages.
One-third of the rats drank
Citing such figures gave journal's previous survey on
The latest experiment
the same issue conducted in
Another reason may have the totally false impression
1979 when the corresponding showed no significant differbeen that not many women that one out of six couples in percentages were 52 and 10. ence in the cancer rates
preferred independence to Japan ended up in divorce,
Likewise, those whocon-amongthe three groups of
even an unsatisfactory mar- and in short, divorce was be
J
dohed or accepted divorce as rats.
coming
very
common.
ried life.
After 1965, however, the
vln reality, however, only one something that “could not be
helped” registered 29 percent
"MISTER
trend became reversed and out of 230 marriages failed,
the divorce rate seems to
Nonetheless, spurred on by this time — a decline when >
ALUMINUM"
compared
with
34
percent
two
have been consistently, on a number of “how-to” books
.
Installations
years ago. 1
• Siding Soffit A Fascia As for demerits of divorce, .
: r
• Ra.nware
70 oercent said it “made the
• Storm wlndows/doors
children unhappy’’, reflecting
PHONE
Metro Toronto Lie/ B1971
the prevalent parental conceFn
465-8020
.
Mas Aida — 755-6505 .
for children. ;
This tendency was also en
dorsed by the fact that to the
question of "whether divorced
-parents should remarry or not,
INSURANCE
Donald I; Kimura
Reservations: 977-2164
the largest block of respond
Barrister A Solicitor
Gertrude Urabe
ents (38 percent) favoured re
OPEN
EVERYDAY
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463 Eglinton Ave. W.
marriage “in the interests of
155 Main Street/ West
40 Melford Drive, Unit 1
Toronto, Ont. M5N1A7
the children.”
” ”
Stouffville, Ontario
460 Dundas St. West,
Scarborpugh, Ontario
Similar signs were noted in
_ phone 489-8611
LOH 1L0
M1B 2G2
298-3333
Toronto, Oirt.
another poll (also reported by
Home 449-9293
KEN MURATA
the Yomiuri Shimbun in July
640-5454
Home 291-0952
this year) conducted by Kazu
ko Fukaya, an assistant pro. fessor at Tokyo Gakugei Uni
A4T REALTY CANADA LIMITED
versity with a sample of about
Toronto Reai Estate Board Memoer
1,400 girl students in the first
JUNNKASHINO
Beauty Salon
and second years of nine
AND PARTNERS
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junior high schools in the
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Tokyo Metropolitan Region
ACCOUNTANTS
Toronto, Ont.
and service please .call
and Nagoya.
FIRST REXDALE PLACE
Telephone 535-1992
155 REXDALE BLVD
v
The results of the survey
TOSHIE HAYASHI
SUITE 406
Mon. — Fri. 9 to 6 p.m.
pointed to a definite inclina
' 1533 VICTORIA PARK AVE.,
REXDALE,
ONT.
M9W
5Z8
Sat.-9 to 3 p.m.
?
\
SCARBOROUGH. ONT.
tion among the sample toward :
1-2607
M1L ZT3
745-9800:
Thursdays closed
married life rather than a I
career.
’
some time’that Japanese
home is disintegrating — to
an extent, at least — as test
ified to by, among other things
the rising divorce rate.
Such a trend has been view
ed with both alarm and glee,
depending upon who views it.
Those who are alarmed are
concerned that the increas
ing number of broken homes
would contribute to more ju
venile delinquency.
Feminists, on the other
hand, find it a wholesome
sign because they point out,
the “long sufferring” Japan
ese women are now asserting
themselves by divorcing their
errant and/or tyrannical husbands
~
Neither view, however,
seems to be entirely valid be
cause cold statistics, closely
studied, paint a different
picture.
Under the prewar Civil Code,
divorce procedures were uni
laterally in favour of the hus
band.
x
The major revision of the
law- in 1947 under the post
war Constitution removed the
“sexist” element, and, fur
thermore, made divorce pro
cedures easy and simple.
Yet, paradoxically, the di
vorce rate steadily declined
during the first two postwar
decades, perhaps reflecting
the fact that the revised law
made it impossible for a hus
band to divorce his wife ar-
YORKLAND
^ 752-7740
JACK
|HEMMY
ikkci
'?
sukiyaki
Agincourt
jloonii
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