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The New Canadian
An Independent Organ for Canadians of Japanese Origin

I VOL. 49 — NO. 86
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Japan Govt, grants
awards to 3 Ontario
Japanese Canadians

Responsibility
to remember,
grace to forget
By VIC OGURA
During the 1976 Olympics
in Montreal, we Japanese
Canadians
ecstatically
cheered when Japan's top
male gymnast, in spite of a
broken leg, continued in the
team competition so that Ja­
pan could defeat Russia.
Whenever there is a local
event where Ikebana, the tea
ceremony, block-printing,
haiku, etc. is being spon­
sored, we tag along emotion­
ally to this galaxy of proud
achievements that exempli­
fies our country of origin,
Japan.
But than, is it right that we
become selectively myopic
and affiliate ourselves to only
those things and events that
soothes our ego? How do we
respond when someone says
“What morally bankrupt
hypocrites are we who can
parasitically lick the honey of
Japan's achievements and
conveniently hide or camou­
flage the side of shame!”
I remember achingly the
sight of an elderly distin­
guished Issei of Vancuver ex­
plaining the extenuating fac­
tors of life, and I remember
the sound of derision from
the audience, who could not
recognize the respect due
ones elder and the wisdom
with which he spoke. The
crux of the message was that
we should never forget, but
we should learn to forgive. He
explained the atrosities com­
mitted by Japan against Chi­
na, and yet when Japan sur­
rendered unconditionally,
China said they would not de­
mand compensation because
the new Japan would need
all their assets for recovery.
As a youngster I remember
singing the war-songs of Ja­
pan. As a community we in­
sulted the Chinese as “Chankoro”, and we spat at the na­
tive Indians the epithet “half
breed.” I suppose we were no
worse nor better than the
racists of today who scream
“Wop” “Paki” or “Pepsi.”
“What I wish to underline
here is that we were no bunch
of Angels.”
Today, there is a memorial
in China to remind all of the
atrocities committed by sci­
entists under the command
of General Ishii. We cringe
when we hear of the holo­
caust, and say with self-rightiousness “We could never do

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TORONTO; ONT.;

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 1985

By J.I.C.
OTTAWA. — On the occa­
sion of Culture Day in Japan
on Nov. 3rd., the Japanese
Government announced the
granting of awards to the
following three persons re­
siding in the Province of On­
tario:
Mr. Hatsutaro Hayashi —
Fifth Class Order of the
Sacred Treasure
Mr. Shinkuro Kozai — Sixth
Class Order of the Rising Sun
Mr. Takeo Nakano — Sixth
Class Order of the Rising Sun
Each of the recipients,

Seeing Double

while long and diligently pur­
suing his chosen field of
employment, has found time
to serve the Japanese com­
munity, outstandingly, and in
so doing has been a force for
good in bringing about better
understanding and goodwill
in the wider Canadian com­
munity.

A presentation Ceremony
in Toronto is being planned
for sometime in November of
this year at the official resi­
dence of Consul General Hiraku Oka.

Four other J.C. 's from across
Canada receive Japan honors

TOKYO. — Japan's Asahi newspaper recently announced
the names of four more Japanese Canadians receiving honors
BEIJING. — Japanese identical twin marathon runners from the Japanese Government. They are: Mr. Kim Nakashima
Shigeru So (left) and Takeshi So strain across the finish line of Montreal, President of the Montreal Japanese Cultural Cen­
October 13 to win the fifth International Beijing Marathon in tre, receives the 5th degree Zuihosho; Mr. Yoshimaru Abe of
identical times of 2:10:23.00. It was the fourth time that the Winnipeg, receives the 6th degree Kyokujitsusho; Mr. Shige­
taka Sasaki, of Vancouver, receives the 6th degree Kyokuji­
brothers took the two top sports in the same marathon.
tsusho; Mr. Kanagashira Koyama of Montreal, President off the
Japanese Canadian Society, receives the 5th degree Zuihosho.
This brings the total off Japanese Canadians receiving
TOKYO. — A group of Ja­ original copy of his family
panese scientists are skepti­ register says he was the first honors this year to seven.
cal as to whether Shigechiyo
son of Masazumi Izumi, ano­
Izumi is really as old as the
ther record shows that he
Guinness Book of World
was legally adopted by Izumi
Records says he is.
in 1901, and the new registra­
Izumi, who Guinness says tion card did not mention
TORONTO — The honour­ nek promised to work with his
is 120, is generally thought to who his parents were.
be the oldest human being,
Many Japanese doctors able Otto Jelinek, Minister cabinet colleagues to ensure
and has been so listed in the specializing in the study of of State for Multiculturalism that a fair share of federal
record book since 1979.
the aged say Izumi is not as recently praised members of government advertising is dir­
Canada's ethnic media for ected to the ethnic media.
His birth certificate says old as claimed.
“Canada is a much richer
the Kagashima Prefecture re­
The Soviet Union, which the unique role they played
sident was born on June 29, once claimed citizens of be­ in strengthening our ethno­ country for your efforts and
1865.
tween 130 and 150 years old, cultural communities and I intend to ensure that your
But skepticism about Izu­ has admitted that this was providing them with a vehicle contribution receives the re­
for expressing their hopes cognition and support it de­
mi's real age became a topic not so, Dr. Matsuzaki said.
at a meeting of doctors in To­
His group believes that and aspirations to the com­ serves,” said Mr. Jelinek.
kyo last month.
Shigechiyo Izumi should not munity at large.
Mr. Jelinek was at a recep­
Dr. Toshihisa Matsuzaki of be regarded as the world's
Jpnz. picked for
the metropoitan government's oldest man without more sci­ tion for members of the
ethnic media from the Tor­
Institute for Studies of the entific proof.
No. 2 Interpol man
onto
region.
The
minister
Aged said that human life
TOKYO. — Akira Kawada,
noted
that
the
ethnic
media
span is thought to extend on­
director of the national police
Arthur
Hara
has a potential audience of agency's international crim­
ly into the 110s, and Izumi
receives
Order
more than 8.5 million Cana­ inal affairs division, has been
has passed that scientifically
dians whose cultural heritage elected chief of the police bu­
accepted limit.
of Canada
is neither English or French.
Matsuzaki and other doc­
reau of the Paris-based inter­
OTTAWA. — Mr. Arthur
Said Mr. Jelinek: “A critical national criminal police or­
tors say that old registration
Hara of Vancouver was ap­
element of our work to en­ ganization (INTERPOL), it
cards are often in error, citing
pointed as a Member of
sure equality of opportunity was learned recently.
a Japanese woman, believed
the Order off Canada re­
and access for all Canadians
to be 108 years old, who turned
cently at ceremonies at
His election was announced
involves communicating pro­
out to be 10 years younger
Government House. Mr.
gram details to those who in Washington recently on
when the process by which
Hara received the insignia
will benefit from them and the final day of the 54th ses­
her birth had been registered
from Governor General
this is where the ethnic media sion of the international bo­
was investigated.
Jeane Sauve.
dy's general assembly there.
provides a vital link.”
She had been given the bir­
During the ceremonies,
The minister also recogniz­
thdate of an older sister who
fformer Prime Minister
The post Kawada, 43, will
ed the importance of govern­
had died in infancy.
Pierre Trudeau was made
assume is the second high­
ment advertising in helping to
The doctors say that there
a Companion off the Order
est position in Interpol fol­
ensure the financial viability
is some doubt about Izumi's
of Canada.
lowing its secretary-general.
of the ethnic media. Mr. Jeli­
birthday, because while the

Identical twins win in identical times

Oldest man in the world a hoax?

Otto Jelinek stresses vital
role played by ethnic media

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Ogura ...
that!”
James Reston Jr. wrote re­
cently about a Prof. Kobay­
ashi of Hiroshima University.
To a hushed student body, he
somberly said, “It is said that
over 200,000 people were kill­
ed in the atomic-bomb at­
tacks on Hiroshima and Na­
gasaki. But this tragedy of
Hiroshima happened as a na­
tural cause of events. From
1931 to 1945 we Japanese
killed more than ten (10) mil­
lion Chinese, the majority
Chinese civilians. Have you
heard about that?”
Prof. Kobayashi continues
“When I take students to Chi­
na .. . students who were
brought up in affluence, who
have never seen poverty any­
where and don't know it ex­
ists, who have lived entirely
in peaceful Japan . . . they go
through cultural shock.”
Prof. Kobayashi concluded:
“ If this present trend of
beautifying the seamy side of
our history continues, history
could repeat itself.”
Recently on the occasion
of the 40th anniversary of the

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Friday, November 15, 1985

CANADIAN
(Continued from page 1)

(Continued from page 1)

Profile of recipients

United Nations, Prime Minister
Nakasone apologized for Ja­
pan's part in the second
World War.
In spite of adversity, in
spite of persecution, in spite
of past mistakes, with a
cleansing of the soul Man
has that unique God-given
talent to reach new heights in
human endeavour. The Japa­
nese Canadian community
can still attain dignity and
win respect by resolving re­
dress with mature perspec­
tive. Firmly we must insist
that the Government acknowledge the injustice of “evacu­
ation”, then we must go on to
the next step of negotiating a
realistic settlement.

Mr. Hatsutaro Hayashi
His active participation in
Born in Canada, Mr. Haya­
the work of the Toronto Bud­
shi was educated in Japan
dhist Church began in the
and returned to Canada in
year he arrived in Toronto in
1935 at the age of 24.
1947, serving as its President
He was among the earliest
for almost 10 years between
of the Japanese Canadians to
1956 and 1969. Also, he re­
move to Toronto area in the x sumed his efforts in the fur­
early 1940s. With character­ therance of education and was
istic enterprising spirit he set
instrumental in the founding
up the Niagara Iron Works, of
of today's Toronto Japanese
which he was President from
Language School, serving as
1947 to 1976.
its Principal from 1949 to
It was in the early 1960s,
1966.
when the aging Issei were
From 1949 to 1969, Mr.
gradually turning over their Kozai was a valued employee
leadership roles in the Japa­ at Canadian Pacific Railways.
nese community to the Nisei,
Mr. Takeo Nakano
that Mr. Hayashi began in­
Service to the community
creasingly to assume respon­
has characterized much of
sible duties in various organ­
Mr. Nakano's life since his
izations: the Japanese Cana­ emigration to Canada in 1920
dian Cultural Centre in its
at the age of 17.
building fund campaign; the
In 1923, soon after he
Toronto Japanese Canadian
began work with a pulp man­
Citizens Association — Issei
ufacturing company in Wood­
Division (with particular in­
fibre, B.C., he helped found
terest in its Welfare Branch),
the “Isshin-kai” (a welfare­
serving as its Vice-President
friendship centre for the
and then President for 15
town's Japanese communi­
years between 1970 and 1985
ty) and remained a key worker
(currently President); the Koin the association until 1938.
tobuki-Kai of which he was
Since coming to Toronto in
President since 1983; the
1943, where he was to work at
Kisaragi Club of which he is
Canada Packers until 1969,
currently Vice-President. To
Mr. Nakano has served acti­
these efforts he has brought
vely with various Japanese
his background of a long,
community organizations: The
active association with the
Toronto Japanese Canadian
Toronto Japanese Anglican
Citizens Association — Issei
Church.
Division’ the Kotobuki-Kai,
Mr. Shinkuro Kozai
serving as Secretary for over
Mr. Kozai's contribution to 10 years to the present; the
the Japanese community in Japanese Canadian Cultural
Canada has been notable par­ Centre, in its building fund
ticularly in the fields of edu­ campaign from 1958-1963;
cation and religion.
the Toronto Japanese United
Within a few years of his Church, as an Elder.
emigrating to Canada in 1929
Mr. Nakano is also well
at the age of 25, he was known in “tanka” poetry
engaged in the teaching of circles. In 1964, his “tanka”
the Japanese language at became the first successful
Port Essington, B.C. and later entry from Canada in Japan's
at Nanaimo — an activity to annual Imperial Poetry Con­
which he devoted himself un- test.
til 1941.

Winning or losing is transi­
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tually but morally builds a
firm foundation for future
generations. In the chronicle
of history, it is not the tem­
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sonal wealth that counts, but
the nurturing of character
through knowledge and wisdom that endures.

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By ELLEN ENDO-DIZON
Henmi (Hemmy) passed away
Every so often, I delude myself in­
peacefully at her residence
to thinking I lead a relatively normal
life. It'd be tough to find anyone on October 31,1985. Beloved
more average. Married. Two kids. wife of the late Sokichi Hen­
Two automobiles in the carport of mi. Dear mother of Jack
our average-sized family home. VCR. and Robert. Grandmother of
Microwave oven, 12-speed blender.
Douglas, the late Robert,
Church on Sunday. Medium income.
John, Tom, Karen, Shelly.
Charge account at Montgomery Ward.
Earle Elliott Funeral Home
Why, our family might even qualify
as the subject of a Norman Rockwell “Cook Thompson Chapel”.
portrait except for one thing: We're Funeral service conducted
not normal! This is more than self­
from the chapel. Prospect
effacing drivel. I've come to the con­
clusion I'm staring a bald fact Crematorium.
square in the eye.
Oh, I will admit Jesse, the kids,
and I look adorably average partaking
of Sunday brunch in our dress-up
clothes every week, but we're only
diverting attention away from our
unusual existence as a (ugh!) show
biz family.
Everyone in the family is an actor
— my husband, my daughter, my
son. Everyone, that is, except me. I
also work in show business, but I'm
“behind-the-scenes,” as they say.
So, I like to think that makes me the
sane one.
A typical week at our house includ­
es the usual: Getting the car washed;
a trip to the supermarket; dropping
the kids off at school; a couple of
PTA meetings; birthday dinner at the
in-laws; cleaning the fish tank; and a
visit to MacDonald' s for a large order
of fries. Normal, right? I thought so.
However, there are a few items I
failed to include, like casting calls,
tapings, location shots, rewrites, re­
hearsals, wardrobe, make-up, “a-aand action!” — ail part of our fami­
ly's lexicon.
The past several weeks have been
quite demanding for the actors in my
family. Jesse plays the lead role in an
episode of the new NBC series,
“Misfits of Science” which aired
November 1). He' II also be appearing
in “Trapper John, M.D.” on CBS as a
kidney transplant donor and on
NBC's “Remington Steele” as' a
criminologist.
Honestly, how many wives greet
their husbands in the evening with:
“Hi, honey, how was your
transplant?” or “By the way, are you
falling out of the window today or
tommorrow?”
Not be to outdone, Stephanie did
her share of performing as a teenage
Valley girl on “Family Ties.” The epi­
sode was broadcast Thursday, No­
vember 14, on NBC.
It took her nearly a week to regain
her normal speech pattern, i was cer­
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water.
Little three-year-old J.P. could
have been spending his time at pre­
school, making replicas of small ani­
mals out of Playdoh, but no-o-o-!
Well, actually, most of the time he
was playing at pre-school . . . except
for an interviw for a commercial for a
fast-food chain and another one for
Kleenex. What a ham! Just like his
Daddy!
So, you see, I'm the only normal
one in this family. Of course, when a
person thinks she's the only one
sane individual around, it's generally
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Jpnz. monk is world's
top tree peonies expert
By ANN AUMAN
TAIMA, Japan. — a Buddhist monk
at a 1,300-year-old temple in this
country town is 58 years old, wears a
monk's traditional brown robe,
shaves his head and tends his gar­
den every day.
But Takahiro Somei quickly shat­
ters the Westerner's naive image of
what he should be. He also drives a
new Toyota (sometimes over the
speed limit), relaxes at home with a
video-cassette recorder, keeps in
touch with his parish by portable
cellular telephones and travels to
Toronto to meet fellow horticulture
experts.
Somei's lifestyle shouldn't be so
surprising, after all, this is modern
Japan — a huge mass-consumer so­
ciety where it's important to keep up
with the Satos while preserving cher­
ished traditions.
Somei is part of those traditions,
having inherited from his father the
task of caring for the peaceful tem­
ple and its 7,000 trees and plants.
People who know the eccentric
monk say he does remarkable things
with rare peonies. In the winter, he
covers them with little bamboo tee­
pees to protect them from snow and
chilling winds. He even grows a vari­
ety that blooms in the winter.
“He's the foremost expert in the
world on tree peonies,” said Henry
Landis, a Toronto peony expert and
former general counsel for the On­
tario environment ministry. “The
man is really hooked on peonies.
When he saw my hybrid peonies his
jaw fell down and he simply said:
‘Ahhhhhh.’ ”
Somei has travelled to Toronto and
Hamilton, and has been in close con­
tact with Landis since 1975, trading
plants back and forth across the
Pacific, Landis says Somei might
visit Toronto again in the spring.
Landis introduced the most impor­
tant group of tree peonies outside of
Japan to Somei. The Lutea hybrid, as
it is called, was first developed by
Canadian William Saunders.
Back home, Somei greets 70,000
visitors a year, mostly Japanese, who
come to light incense to Amida Bud­
dha at his temple's central shrine.
But for many the real attraction is the
peony trees and plants that have
made both this ancient temple and
Somei famous in Japan and among
peony lovers in Canada and the
United States. Somei loves to talk
about his beautiful plants and eager­
ly invites tourists to visit his temple
and stay at his large guest house.
Tree peonies are so rare that ex­
perts like Somei spend their lives try­
ing to breed them. Most of his bloom
from April 20 to May 5 — though one
unusual variety spreads its scarlet
flowers in winter even while surroun­
ded by deep white snow.
Somei says tending the plants is
an important part of his day-to-day
chores as a priest.
“We cut flowers from the trees,
put them in a vase and offer them to
Buddha,” he said through an
interpreter. “We think everything we
have is a gift from Buddha so we
think everything we have we should
offer ..to Buddha.”

Friday, November 15, 1985

CANADIAN

Women of Jpnz. descent
best breast cancer survival
ATLANTA. — Researchers
in Hawaii have found that wo­
men of Japanese descent
have a better chance of sur­
viving breast cancer — the
most common cancer among
U.S. females — than women
in four other ethnic groups.
Researchers with The Na­
tional Cancer Institute, The
Cancer Research Center of
Hawaii and the University of
Hawaii at Manoa studied the
survival rates for 2,956
women with breast cancer
between 1960 and 1979. Japa­
nese women had the highest
rate of surviving more than
five years after diagnosis.
Chinese women's survival
rate was worse, proceeded by
Caucasians, Filipinos, and
Hawaiian (or part Hawaiian)
women.
The study, reported* by the
U.S. Centers for Disease Con­
trol (CDG), compared survival
rates rather than actual num­
bers of survivors, since diffe­
rent numbers of women from
each ethnic group were stu­
died to begin with.
The reasons for Japanese
women's higher cancer sur­
vival rate are not really under­
stood, said Dr. Leslie Boss, a

Peonies are perennials of the but­
tercup family, often double-flowered
with large pink, white, red or yellow
blossoms.
Somei writes books and articles on
their care, lectures and often appears
on television in Japan. “He's not
monkish at all. He's a very modern,
enterprising businessman,” Landis
said.
Somei and his wife, Nobuko, live at
the temple in Nara prefecture, at the
base of a hill surrounded by rice pad­
dies.
Their two university-educated
sons have taken jobs in large cities,
although Somei expects one will re­
turn some day to take over the temple.
Parts of the temple date back to
the year 670 A.D. when it was built by
emperor Tenchi; the rest from 1810
when it was restored. The temple
complex consists of walls surround­
ing separate buildings housing the
central shrine, Somei's home and a
large residence for at least a dozen
guests.
Sekko-ji, as the temple is called in
Japanese, has been nicknamed
botan dera, or tree peonies temple,
and it belongs to the Jodo sect of
Buddhism.
Visitors can stay at the temple
Japanese-style for 4,000 to 5,000 yen
($22 to $28) a night including two
meals and lessons about peony trees
and Japanese culture.
“Sometimes people eat flowers
and roots,” Somei said, adding that
certain varieties were commonly us­
ed to relieve what he called “wo­
men's pains.”
Somei grows 660 varieties of peo­
nies that come from all over the
world — including Canada, the
United States, China and France —
and is currently trying to graft a
Chinese peony tree for his Canadian
friends.
His day begins every morning at 5
a.m., when he gets up to clean the
temple, pray to Buddha and ring the
temple bell to beckon worshippers.
The temple opens at 7 a.m. and wor­
shippers arrive, light incense and
donate money, which helps pay
Somei's salary. He spends most of
his day tending the plants and writing
about peonies, but also performs
more traditional duties like officiat­
ing at weddings and visiting the j
homes in his parish during religious
I
festivals.
Gregarious and outgoing, he de­
lights in telling the history of his tem­ j
ple and all the details of his favorite |
trees — many of which he grew up
with.
He also shows guests through the
golden shrine with its collection of
1,000-year-old artifacts and, some­
times, he even lets his visitors swing
the giant log that rings the temple's
old iron bell.
For more information on peonies
and Somei's methods, call Dr. Henry
Landis at 221-5060 in Toronto. And
you can write to Somei at the fol­
lowing address (he has translators
who can read English): Takahiro
Somei, Sekko-ji, Someno, Taima, Kittakatsuragi-gun, Nara Prefecture
639-02,
Japan.
Telephone:
074-548-2031.

National Cancer Institute re­
searcher in Bethesda, Mary­
land, “It may be genetic, it
may be a large dietary factor;
it' s very difficult to say.”
Even when the rates were
adjusted for stage of cancer
at diagnosis, patient age and
socio-economic status, there
was little change in the rela­
tive survival rates of the five
ethnic groups, the CDC report
said.
Scientist suspect a com­
bination of factors are res­
ponsible for the higher sur­
vival rate among Japanese
women, including social and
economic factors, because
studies have found that when
cancer patients of different
ethnic groups are under me­
dical supervision, their sur­
vival rates are about the
same.
Regardless of ethnic fac­
tors, the extent of a patient's
cancer at the time of diagno­
sis “is clearly the major de­
terminant of survival,” the
CDC said in its Morbidity and
Mortality weekly report.

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