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The New Canadian
An Independent Organ for Canadians of Japanese Origin

VOL. 49 — NO. 60

FRIDAY. AUGUST 16, 1985

Japan & Alberta businessmen
meet in Calgary strengthens ties

Stereotypical
Japanese
Father

CALGARY, Alta. — About counting for about $700
300 top Japanese business­ million in exports from the
men and 150 of their coun­ province annually.
terparts gathered in Calgary
At the Calgary conference,
May 20-22 to discuss oppor­ Prime Minister Brian Mulro­
tunities for doing business ney assured delegates of his
between their two countries. government's commitment to
The meeting, the eighth an­ improve Canada's investment
nual Canada-Japan Business­ climate. Alberta's minister
men's Conference, was one of Economic Development,
of two major events promot­ Hugh Planche, hosted a lun­
ing Canada/Japan business cheon for delegates.
ties in which Alberta has
The Canada/Japan Business
played a major role this year. Co-operation Committee was
In February, Alberta held an begun in 1978 to provide a
investment seminar in Tokyo forum where representatives
outlining business opportuni­ of the business communities
ties in the province for many of the two countries can en­
of the same key Japanese gage in frank exchange of
businessmen.
views on each other's tra­
Japan is Alberta's second ding, cultural and political
largest trading partner, ac­ practices.
Discussion focussed on
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Strawberry Fields to open Oct. 9
Gakuyukai reunion to honor
two classmates at Japanese
NEW YORK — Yoko ono, along with sons Sean (left) and
(right), at Strawberry Fields, a teardrop-shaped parcel of
Canadian Cultural Centre Sept. 7 Julian
Central Park dedicated to John Lennon. John and Yoko took

TORONTO. — Gakuyukai
will be having their social gettogether on Saturday, September 7th, 1985 at the Japa­
nese Canadian Cultural Cen­
tre.
This year, the Gakuyukai
will honour Frank Nakamura
and Harry Kumano, two of
the oldest Niseis in the Tor­
onto area who were class­
mates at the Vancouver Ja­
panese Language School.
Do you know how “Frank”
and “Harry” got their names?
If not, it would be interesting
to attend this get-together as
we will disclose how the early
Niseis got their English
names.
A Gakuyukai Alumni mem­
ber, Roy Ito, author of “We

TORONTO, ONT.

went to War” will be the
their last walk together there, before Lennon was murdered
guest speaker and will show
in December 1980.
us some slides.
Dinner starts at 6:30 P.M.
Hokkaido gives plants to University
Cash Bar opens 5:30 P.M.
of Alberta's Devonian Botanic Gardens
Tickets are $18.00 per person
and are available through
DEVON, Alta. — Governor structed. According to Gov­
your class representatives.
Takahiro Yokomichi of Hok­ ernor Yokomichi, the dona­
For further information, re kaido, Japan has donated tion symbolizes the exchange
tickets, please phone: Harry Japanese plants to the between the two provinces
Kondo — 221-7627, Kaz Suga University of Alberta's De­ and will strengthen and re­
— 824-3431, Shoji Takaha­ vonian Botanic Garden near confirm the ties between the
shi — 621-1259, Jackie Iguchi Devon.
two.
— 694-3953, Jane Tsujimoto
The donation commemo­
The Japanese garden is to
— 755-6408. Tickets are limi­ rates the fifth anniversary of be named after Dr. Yuichi
ted and sales will close on the special relationship be­ Kurimoto, a distinguished
August 28th, 1985. Purchase tween Alberta and Hokkaido. alumnus of the University
your tickets early, as tickets
The plants — 10 each of of Alberta and founder of
will not be available after the Japanese rose and lilac Nagoya University of Com­
August 28th. Masako Yoshida — will become; part of the merce. The garden is expect­
has a supply of tickets at Japanese garden being con­ ed to be completed by 1989.
the Centre office.
JCCC

By BILL HOSOKAWA
If there is suqh a thing as a
stereotypical Japanese, my
father would have fit. He was
short and stocky and had a
bristling moustache. He wore
glasses to correct severe
myopia. He worked hard until
late in life, when he decided
it was more
fun to take it
easy. He did
a pretty good
job of mangl­
ing the Eng­
lish language.
If he had ’
lived,
he
would be cel­
ebrating his 103rd birtday this
week, but alas he is long
gone.
What distinguished him
from most of his contempo­
raries was that he was a mar­
velous raconteur. He could
entertain his friends by the
hour with stories about his
experiences, about people he
had known, about things he
had seen. He made the fun
of his boyhood in rural Japan
a shared pleasure. He had his
audiences roaring in laugh­
ter, even though they may
have heard the stories many
times, about his misadven­
tures as a young immigrant
in the strange land called
America.
He loved to tell about go­
ing fishing and the big ones
that eluded him (although in
reality he was an excellent
fisherman), and going out to
shoot pheasant and stuffing
a cabbage into the pocket in
the back of his jacket to make
it look as though he were a
more successful hunter than
he was. He had a knack for
making those stories come
alive and he enjoyed enter­
taining his friend with them.
In short, he had a sense of
humor. He could be serious,
but he knew how to laugh. He
thought laughter was an im(Continued on page 2)

Japan's astronauts interviewed at NASA

Meirokai 50th Anniversary Reunion
TORONTO — The 50th Anniversary Reunion of gradu­
ates. classmates and spouses of the Vancouver Japanese
Language School, vintage 1935, will be held at the Toronto
Japanese Canadian Cultural Centre, 123 Wynford Drive in
Don Mills, Ontario on Saturday, August 31st, 1985.
All those wishing to attend should immediately confirm
their intentions with Pat (Kawajiri) Adachi at the J.C.C.
Centre. Or phone 767-0003.
The August 31st gathering will begin with Registration
and a Friendship Hour from 5 to 6 p.m. Dinner starts at
6 p.m. Fee is $25 per person.

HOUSTON. — Candidates from the list of Japanese en­ Californians, particularly to
from Japan for America's tries in September and one those from Kagoshima Pre­
1988 space shuttle program will actually be aboard a shut­ fecture. He was one of 30
were interviewed for the first tle flight in 1988.
men and women who came to
time recently at NASA's
Naito is the lone woman the U.S. as part of the over­
Johnson Space Center here. candidate from Japan and seas study group sponsored
The candidates were identi­ she told the press she was each year by Minami Nippon
fied as; Chiaki Naito, 32; not conscious of her sex and Television Company. The
Makoto Mohri, 37; Tateki that she wanted to become local Kagoshima Kenji Kai
Uchida, 31; Junichi Kish­ an astronaut after watching has been sponsoring a wel­
igami, 30; Tetsuya Yagi, 29; one of the shuttle flights on come party for the young peo­
and Masanobu Ohira.
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ple each year and Ohira was
Three will be accepted
Ohira is familar to Southern among them.

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Hosokawa.. .
portant part of life and he
had a wonderful time helping
others to laugh.
How many Nisei do you
know with that kind of talent?
Oh, sure, there are guys like
Pat Morita, who makes a
good living as a comedian,
and the late Goro Suzuki, who
as Jack Soo could make peo­
ple laugh simply by looking
mournful. Guys like Butch
Kasahara, the singer, who
has great stage presence,
and the late Charlie Kamayatsu who, like my Dad, was
full of funny stories.
But they are the excep­
tions. Most of the rest of us
are overly earnest and sober­
sided, acting as if the weight
of the world's ills and sor­
rows rests on our shoulders
and it is our destiny, indeed
our obligation, to wear sack­
cloth until we succeed in
banishing them. How do I
know this? Just look at the
Japanese American press.
Scan this newspaper some­
time in search of levity. Are
you likely to find any other

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Friday, August 16, 1985

CANADIAN

New cancer drug introduced at Japan
14th Intn'I. Congress on chemotherapy

(Continued from page 1)
than in Pete Hironaka's car­
toons or Judge Bill Marutani's
countryboy accounts of the
delights of pickled mustard
greens? Rarely. If this news­
paper reflects the society it
seeks, we are indeed a lugub­
rious lot.
It can be argued, of course,
that there isn't much to
laugh about when you' re pre­
occupied with the injustice
of current racism and redress
for long-past wrongs, which
we are told we should be
doing.
Of course these are press­
ing matters. But surely there
must be more to life' that
anger, frustration and out­
rage, and more involved in
leadership than stirring up
these moods.
I' m grateful that my father,
who like most Issei lived a
life harsher by far than that
of Nisei and Sansei, taught
me the pleasure of laughter.
It would be a sorry thing to
forget how to smile, at least
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These two negative proper­
ties have so far prevented its
clinical application in West­
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The successful develop­
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of CPT-11, which is water
soluble and has significantly
reduced toxicity, was sub­
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Nitta contends that CPT-11
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carcinoma and a type of me­
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significant tumor inhibitory
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clinical tests on human pa­
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S. Tsukagoshi of the Can­
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Tokyo also agrees that CPT11 is a promising agent. “A
new drug (based on the CPT11) will be made available
from Japan,” he said.

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Friday. August 16, 1985

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PERSONAL NOTES
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88th year.
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This story was told to me in the
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The desire to control the future, I
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that we believe it is possible, we re­
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Learning languages —
Japanese in particular
By MICHIHIKO YOKOHAGI

HAIR CURLING — Sign that offends some Asian Americans.

“JAPSS” offends Asian Americans
WEST HOLLYWOOD, Ga. Mayor Valerie Terrigno said
June 21 that she will investi­
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Since the sign apparently
does not violate any city or­
dinance, Terrigno said she
would ask the city attorney to
see if any state or federal law
prohibits racially offensive
signs.
Pacific Citizen

TOKYO. — Skiing on grass,
a popular sport in Europe and
the U.S. which was invented
by a German in 1960 for train­
ing snow skiers during the
summer season, has become
popular in Japan.
The Japan Grass Ski Asso­
ciation was officially launched
to promote grass skiing in Ja­
pan, Kentaro Hattori, presi­
dent of the association and
chairman of K. Hattori Co.,
said.
The association plans to
hold a grass ski festival in
Sugadaira in Nagano Prefec­
ture on July 20, which is to
select members of Japan's
team for the world champion­
ship competition to be held
September in West Germany.
Grass skiing, which requires
skills similar to snow skiing,
is like a combination of ice
skating and roller skating
down grassy slopes, an offici­
al said.
“The skis have been much Catch Japan's infamous
improved in 15 years to the
“Skirt Slashing Devil”
extent that they are now
TOKYO — Police arrested
harmless to grass,” he ex­ a 22-year-old dishwasher,
plained.
charging him as the notori­
ous “Skirt Slashing Devil”
who told authorities he diver­
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commute by slitting young
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ACCOUNTANTS
officials said recently.
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Police said Shintaro Ogawa
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estimated he slit the skirts
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20s and 30s. The Chinese res­
rr taurant employee was caught,
razor blade in hand, as he
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Through
in a crowded subway train.
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every morning and get mad at
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the people,” Ogawa was
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quoted in the mass-circula­
SUITE 505
tion Yomiuri newspaper after
TORONTO, ONT.
his arrest. “I'd cut the wo­
757-5184
man's skirt as a diversion.”
Police said none of the
women were harmed physi­
cally and apparently none
knew the rear of their skirt
had been slit in long slashes
until they exited from the
packed rush-hour trains.
The slasher also cut small
pieces from the women's,
athletic shoes
garments which he kept in
1201 Bloor St. W.
his wallet as souveniers,
Toronto, Ont.
532-4287
police said.

JUNNKASHINO

TOSH IWAI

TOKYO — A friend of mine retir­
ing under the age limit started on a
course of study in ancient church
Slavic. Since then, he has been tak­
ing lessons once a week.
He cannot tell how many years are
needed for him to learn to read Slavic
literature, but he says he will try
anyway.
This kind of language study is a
little more than a matter of interest
in which utility does not count for
much. For a sport, it is like hitting
balls in a batting cage at a practice
range. It is interesting in its own way,
but the pleasure of playing baseball
is quite another thing.
Any language can provide, depen­
ding on the attitude and the envi­
ronment of the person who studies
it, either an interest he could take
for pleasure or something he would
eventually like to make use of. Peo­
ple studying Japanese in Japan are,
it would seem, apparently learning to
use it. Are they really?
For example, an allien resident
working with Japanese who do not
understand a foreign language or
living in a neighborhood where every­
body speaks Japanese, would be
compelled to study Japanese. He
would, therefore, study Japanese so
that he could use it.
On theother hand, quite a few of
those working in Japan do not use
Japanese in the workplace if all
their colleagues understand their
language.
However, they are ready to speak
some Japanese when they meet
others or when they are in the
country on a business trip.
But some still wouldn't for all
that, because interpreters being on
hand to help them or Japanese
bothering to talk to them'in their
tongue could make Japanese almost
unnecessary to them.
They could only be that way for
keeps if they would go nowhere on
a trip except to Nikko, Kyoto, Ise
and the other international tourist
resorts and stay away from the
tourist homes and purely Japanesestyle hotels which do not offer the
big-hotel accommodations that can
. be engaged in English.
I see some of my school pupils
look embarrassed when I ask them:
“Where do you use your Japanese?”
They say, “I only use it in school.”
They are studying Japanese in
Japan for the sake of studying and
with little thought of using it. To
these students, the study of Japa­
nese makes little difference from the
study of ancient church Slavic which
I mentioned earlier.
Language study is, in itself, in­
teresting to- some people, and so
they can continue their studies. This
is to them what Hindu philosophy or
the theory or relativity is to those,
who take delight in attending lec­
tures on that subject as they are
organized in a fashionable culture
center.
Many of the scholars who have
translated noble foreign classical
literature for introduction into Japan
say they have never used the lan­
guage for practical purposes.
After all, few of the Japanese
students who have studied English
have occasion to use it for practical
purposes. However, these students
are not content with the way they
are.
They are eager for an opportunity
to use it. That is why, at the sight
of a blue-eyed visitor strolling a
tourist resort, they may be tempted
to yell out, “This is a pen” — the
first English sentence they learn at
school — to see if it gets across
to the foreigner.
It can safely be said that people
continuing their linguistic studies for
pleasure are few and far between.
It is no easy matter to continue
on a difficult course of study without

KEN OGAKI

Gertrude Urabe

North York Board of Education
JAPANESE LANGUAGE CLASSES

Registration and classes take place at:

Georges Vanier Secondary School
3000 Don Mills Rd. E.
(Don Mills Rd. & Sheppard Ave.)

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Regi st rat ion:

Saturday, September 7
9:00 - 11:30 a .m.

Classes start:

Saturday, September 1'i
9:00 - 11 :30 a.in.

For more information:

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Ken Gould

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225-6661, ext. 'i90

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Japanese 11 - Intermediate

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