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The New Canadian
An Independent Organ for Canadians of Japanese Origin

TORONTO, ONT.
........ ............. —■--------- —।

FRIDAY, MARCH 23,1990

VOL. 54 — NO. 23

Sensitivity
key to
avoiding
insults

Toronto Princess Ball 1990
at JCC Centre March 31st
TORONTO. — Final prepara­
tions are underway for
Princess Ball 1990. The hard­
working committee is keep­
ing many of the details top
secret to heighten the excite­
ment, suspense and drama
surrounding the ever popular
event that selects our next
Miss Tokyo for Caravan 1990!
Tickets will be available at
the JCCC office and through
all contestants. Better rush to
get yours soon because they

won't last. Advance tickets
are $12.00/person and $15.00/
person at the door. Price in­
cludes admission and light
refreshments. A cash bar will
also be available.

Princess Ball, if you
haven't already reserved the
date is March 31st. The party
begins at 8 p.m., so be sure to
get here early to ensure that
you get the best spot.
— JCCC.

Old soldier returns
to different Japan
By ERIC L. DUE and
HITOMI NAKAMURA
(Japan Times)
TOKYO. — In a tiny, aging subur­
ban apartment up four flights of
stairs, sits a 71-year-old guerrilla
soldier — without a war. Bundled in a
sweater, his legs under a heated
kotatsu, Japan-born Shigeyuki
Hashimoto is confronted with a
foreign environment, an unfamiliar
language and a new mission: to learn
and adapt, and to carry on.
But 45 years of hit-and-run combat
against an overwhelming force, and

su, a Japanese steel company. Arriving
was no minor feat as, by that time,
Allied submarine activity had virtual­
ly decimated merchant shipping in
Asian waters.
Hashimoto's war, however, did
not really start until after Japan sur­
rendered. “I was in a responsible
post at the company,” he said, ad­
justing his hearing aid. “I was sum­
moned on August 15 to the Japanese
military headquarters where I was
told there would be an important an­
nouncement. That's where I heard
Japan had lost the war. I told my col­
leagues the next day.”
But a month later, on Sept. 17,
Hashimoto enlisted in a new engage­
ment that, in a way, he saw as the
pursuit of a goal promised by Japan.
The Communist Party of Malaya,
former foes of the Imperial forces,
was now waging war against British
colonial rule. Some of the insurgents,
including a CPM officer and a
Japanese who signed up, visited the
steel plant looking for recruits.
Hashimoto had no combat experi­
ence, although he had been trained
near the end of the war with about
100 of his fellow countrymen in basic
soldiering, in the event of an Allied

CBC-TV
drama
“Heartbreak Hoteru”
needs “Elvis”
VANCOUVER. — Well,
’“Rub Me Tender”! A search
Shigeyuki Hashimoto
was on recently for an Elvis
Presley look-a-like for a half­
the savvy of a jungle warrior, have
seen Hashimoto emerge as a sur­ hour CBC drama entitled
vivor. He has achieved a dream he
“Heartbreak Hoteru.”
carried for five decades. He has
Open auditions were held
come back. Now he must make it
at the Face to Face Films Ltd.
home again.
in Vancouver for the show.
‘I'm glad to be back,” Hashimoto
says. “There were times when I
Heartbreak Hoteru is about
thought I would never make it. But
two Japanese brothers and
I'm in a totally different situation
their struggle to hand onto
now, and there's a lot to learn."
Japan had reached the limits of its the family motel after their
political and military empire when, in
father dies. One of the bro­
1944, Shigeyuki Hashimoto, a young
thers had adored Elvis all his
government tax office worker and
life, and glimpses his idol for
graduate of Kaisoi Junior High
a brief moment at show's
School, took a ship to Malaya to work
as an accountant for Nichinan Seitet- end.

By BILL HOSOKAWA
You may have noticed a
commercial on TV recently
that has to do with using your
hands to speak Italian. It's
been appearing so frequently
I don't know how you could
miss it. Anyway, the guy is
selling frozen pizzas or
spaghetti
sauce
or
something like that, I don't
recall for sure, and he says
the way to speak Italian is to
wave your hands and shrug
your shoulders and use cer­
tain words which I cannot
remember at the moment.
One way to look at this
commercial is to say it is the
most demeaning kind of ster­
eotyping, which I think it is.
But if there have been pro­
tests, they've escaped me.
Perhaps most people don't
think the commercial
stereotypes Italians and so
they think nothing of it. Mario
Cuomo doesn't think like
KLEINBURG, Ont. — Nicolette Uyeno (left) pours maple that, and neither does Lee
syrup into pitcher of Cheri Eason, 4, at Kortright Centre for lacocca. Everybody knows it,
Conservation in Kleinburg recently.
so why fuss about a silly TV
commercial?
Now let's look at this from
another angle. Suppose, in­
stead of a television actor
mimicking a stereotypical
Italian, someone was mimick­
TORONTO. — The Liason people of color, First Nation
ing a stereotypical Japanese,
Independent Filmmakers of Canadians, and visible mino­
hissing through his teeth and.
Toronto (LIFT) and The On­ rities. The aim of the Multi­
bobbing his head and grinn­
tario Film Development Cor­ cultural Dramatic Film Fund
ing toothy grins and saying
poration (OFDC) are pleased hopes to correct this situa­
“Ah, so” while peddling soy
to announce the Multicultural tion of under-representation
sauce or instant noodles.
Dramatic Film Fund (Pending by providing access to a
Some questions: How
final approval from the OFDC.) means of production. It is
would you as a Japanese
The project, initiated by the hoped that these filmmakers
American feel about the
OFDC, and administered by will continue in filmmaking
Japanese stereotype? What
LIFT, is to provide grants to as a form of expression.
would you do about it? And
For further information,
dramatic, independent film­
makers from visible, cultural, contact Lloyd Wong at LIFT, why?
Perceptions can be an un­
and/or linguistic minorities. 345 Adelaide Street West,
funny matter depending on
The film project itself need Toronto, Ontario M5V 1R5, or
the eye, or the ear, of the
not be about such issues, call (416)596-8233.
beholder. Some time ago I
and the definition of drama
learned that in Boston it's a
will include innovative ap­
no-no
for
newspaper
proaches. Eligibility for the
Jpnz. firms
reporters to refer to police
fund extends across Ontario.
vehicles as paddy wagons.
coached to be
The fund totals $85,000 per
Why? Because for some folks
year for a two year period. Ap­
good citizens
it brings back memories of
plicants may apply for up to
NEW YORK. — In an apparent ef­
days when male Irish im­
75% of their total budget, fort to defuse mounting tension over
migrants, often referred to as
with a maximum request of Japan' s so-called buying of America,
Paddy, were being picked up
$20,000. Recipients will be the New York-based Japanese
Chamber of Commerce has begun
frequently for public drunken­
selected by a jury process. giving tips to Japanese companies
Application deadline is May here on how to be good corporate ness.
Then just the other day I
citizens. <
1,1990.
learned that many Finns con­
The trade body has begun issuing
Because certain communi­
sider it an insult to be called
ties are presently under-rep­ 5,000 copies of an 85-page publica­
tion that teaches Japanese com­
Finlanders. A Finn wrote to
resented in film production

It's Maple Syrup Time!

Multicultural filmmakers
dramatic film funding

expertise, applications are
especially encouraged from

panies in the United States the im­
portance of volunteerism, which is
not well developed In Japan.

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category as Jap, Paki and
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explanation other than that
Finlander, while not truly of­
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from Poland and Czechs from
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changed several times, but the in­
dependence movement could not be
stopped. So in 1955, they started

so we didn't use the words — after
or before 1945.”
Tokyo had talked of independence
for the Malay people, but Japan
could not make it a reality, and, in the
end, turned the country over to Bri­
tain. “So,” said Hashimoto, “we
fellow Japanese decided to take over
the mission and realize indepen­
dence, for the sake of Malaya, and

By the time of the heavy 1948
assault, Hashimoto was a seasoned
veteran. In a firefight in 1947, and sur­
rounded by enemy troops, he and his
comrades had to charge the line to
escape. He caught a bullet in the
thigh in the process. The guerrillas

Not a communist, Hashimoto, and
seven of his countrymen, including
Kiyoaki Tanaka, joined the party's
movement as a means to that end.
Their initial countribution to the
cause were the 100 captured British
weapons they used in basic training.
Hashimoto went with a bond to the
north. Tanaka went with another
force southward. They would not
serve side by side until the early
'60s. By then, the rest of their com­
patriots would be dead.
The two would carry on until 1989.
Fighting was sporadic in the early
postwar years, as the CPM grew into
a cross-border force that at its peak
numbered 20,000, including Malays,
Chinese, Thais, Indian and other
ethnic elements. Britain, meanwhile,
was consolidating its power base in'
the colony.
Then, on the night of June 20,
1943, British and Malayan troops
launched an all-out assault on the in­
surgents and their sympathizers. The
combined strength of the military
was to eventually number 400,000,
Hashimoto remembers. The guer­
rillas, however, had learned of the
campaign and had fled to the moun­
tains.
“We fought agianst whatever force
came against us,” Hashimoto recall­
ed. “The fighting was very severe in
the beginning. The British first
thought they could beat the CPM in
three months. Then they said six
months. But still they couldn't win.
The British governor had been

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attack.
“Japan had lost the war. We didn' t
care about the past anymore,” he
said. When the CPM visited, “we
were no longer enemies, so we decid­
ed to fight together for independence.
My fellow countrymen and I also
didn' t want to suffer the humiliation
of being taken prisoner by the British.”
Japanese troops, as well as
workers, were compelled to sur­
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touted the Greater East Asia Co­
Prosperity Shpere — independence
from colonialism under guidance
from Tokyo. “That was just an idea
boasted by Japanese colonists. It
meant no true independence,” Ha­
shimoto said. "We all knew that,

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makeshift shacks and enough tree
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KAWAHARA
TORONTO. — Mr. Tokio
Kawahara passed away at
Scarborough Grace Hospital
on March 6, 1990. Beloved
husband of Yaeko. Dear
father of Lind and Janice. Son
of Chikae and the late Zenji
Kawahara. Brother of Bob
and his wife Margaret of Thor­
nhill, Akio of Japan, Miyoshi
of Weston, Reiko of Scar­
borough, and Kazuko of Japan.
Ogden Funera Home. Funeral
service in chapel. Cremation.

SAKAKI
VANCOUVER, B.C. - Mrs.
Hisayo Sakaki, aged 78, pass­
ed away peacefully in Van­
couver on February 25, 1990.
Predeceased by her hus­
band, Tetsuma Sakaki in
1980. Survived by 3 sons and
3 daughters, Tom and wife,
Yuki,Ted and wife Marion,
Aiko (Marion) and husband
Tye Akagi, Kay and husband
Min Sugimoto, Ruby and hus­
band Derek Ireland and Ken ’
WATANABE
and wife Laura, 18 grand­
TORONTO. — Mr. John
children and 1 great-grand­
Isao Watanabe suddenly at
daughter.
Sunnybrook Medical Centre
Funeral service held at the on March 4, 1990. Beloved
Vancouver Japanese United
husband of Katie. Loved
Church with the Rev. Ichiro
father of Derek and Jodi. Dear
Noshiro officiating. Inter­
son of Hedeyaski and Hatsue
ment held at Forest Lawn Watanabe of Scarborough,
Burial Park, Burnaby.
Ontario. Brother of Mrs. Julie

Nails, Terry and Ron.
KIKUCHI
Ogden Funeral Home. Fu­
EDMONTON, Alta. - Mrs.
neral service held at Toronto
Kiju Kikuchi passed away
Buddhist Church. Cremation.
peacefully on March 8, 1990.
Predeceased by her husband
YAMAMURA
Matao in 1966 and is survived •
by her eldest son Bill of Ed­
TORONTO. — Mr. Roy Sue­
monton and his family and ki Yamamura passed away
grandchildren, six daughters, peacefully at Scarborough
Nobuko Sakai, Fumi Yasuda, General Hospital on March
Kay Tsujiuchi, Sue Michibata, 10, 1990 in his 83rd year.
Chris Shiozaki, Shirley Beloved husband of Mariko,
Petgrave, all of Toronto, On­ dear father of Bonnie and
tario and eighteen grand­ Sam Fukuzawa. Dear grand­
children and sixteen great­ father of Karin, Leslie and
grandchildren.
David. Brother of Josie Mu­
Funeral service held at rakami and Yaeko Murakami.
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10235 — 101 Street, in Edmonton.
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Manitoba JCCA Annual 1990
Keirokai Dinner April 22
WINNIPEG. — The Manitoba JCCA will hold their Annual
1990 Keirokai Dinner on Sunday, April 22,1990 at Southwood
Supper Club, 1855 Pembina Highway. Cocktails at 3 p.m. and
dinner at 4 p.m. Cost is $20 per person. R.S.V.P. to Chris Dike
667-2911 or Theresa Oye 888-0205.
This event is to honor the senior JC citizens in our com­
munity. If anyone knows of any seniors over 70 years should
contact Chris Oike.
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Annual Ikenobo Ikebana show
March 25 at Edwards Gardens
TORONTO.— The Ikenobo
Ikebana Society of Toronto
will hold its 27th Annual
Ikenobo Ikebana Exhibition
on Sunday, March 25, at the
Civic Garden Centre in Ed­
wards Gardens, Don Mills,
between 1:00-5:00 p.m. with
the theme “The Ways of
Ikebana and the Tea Cere­
mony”
The Floral Hall of the Cen­
tre will be decked with col­
ourful displays of distinctive
Ikenobo spring arrangements,
while on the stage a demon­
stration of Chanoyu or
Japanese Tea Ceremony will

be presented by the pupils of
Sofu Teruko Shin, a unique
opportunity to view two of the
traditional aesthetic Japanese art forms.
In addition there will be a
display and sale of flower
vases made exclusively for
the show by local artisans.
The Tea Room with Wes­
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has always proved popular
providing rest and enjoyment
to a relaxing Sunday after­
noon. Admission $3.00 per
person. Everyone welcome.
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Nembutsu.” Everyone is"
day, April 8, 1990 — the
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of the birth of Buddha.
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BEAMSVILLE, Ont. — An
exciting informational even­
ing and delicious dinner will
be held Sunday April 1 at the
JCCC. A cocktail reception
and cash bar will commence
at 4:30 followed by dinner at
5:30 p.m. and an information
program at 7:00 p.m. Tickets
are available by contacting
Charlie Ogaki at 438-1789.
Plan to attend and buy your
tickets early.
EXECUTIVE OFFICES
Until our new building is
completed at the corner of

Markham Road and Kingston
Road, the Momiji Health Care
Society has Executive Of­
fices at 683 Mount Pleasant
Road, Suite 203, Toronto,
M4S 2N2. The telephone
number is 485-4490 and our
FAX number is 485-5016.

CHANGES IN PERSONNEL

Mr. John D. Calvert has ac­
cepted the position of Ex­
ecutive Director of the Momiji
Health Care Society. Mr.
Calvert was formerly the Ex­
ecutive Director of the
Albright
Centre
in
Beamsville, Ontario which is
Fems exploited
the 11th largest senior's
in Japan,
complex in Ontario. This new
position commenced January
lawyer says
LONDON, Ont. — Japan's 1, 1990.
Ms. Junko Tanigawa is the
economic miracle rests on
the widespread exploitation Co-ordinator of the Momiji
of working women, says a Elderly Persons Centre and
lawyer who teaches wo­ Day-Care Program. Junko has
men's studies and law at now been with Momiji six
months and has met many of
Kansai University in Osaka.
Women make up 90 per our seniors and their families.
Mr. Dick Takimoto has
cent of Japan's part-time
work force, and as part-time resigned his position at
workers they are ineligible for Momiji but has been ap­
promotion and regular pointed to a position on the
benefits, Sylvia Brown said Board of Directors commenc­
during a lecture at the Univer­ ing in January 1990. The
Board of Directors wishes to
sity of Western Ontario.
On average, women earn 51 thank Dick for his many years
per cent less than men, of service and hard work that
Brown said, adding that the he put into Momiji. Dick will
disparity between male and continue to operate the
female earning power in Momiji computer and oyer
Japan is larger than that of see the records for the fundraising campaign.
any other industrial country.

City of Toronto

You Too Can
Help Run City Hall
Every year Toronto City Council advertises for applicants
from the public and appoints citizens to various committees,
boards and commissions that make decisions on a variety of
matters, such as the management of public facilities, the
physical layout of the City, and the development of
community services. These appointments give Torontonians
from a variety of backgrounds a chance to volunteer their
skills to help run the City.

City Council wishes to ensure that its committees, boards
and commissions reflect the diverse nature of Toronto’s
population and invites all residents to consider this
opportunity. Applications from women, people with
disabilities, and racial and ethnic minorities are especially
encouraged.

The City of Toronto’s procedure requires that anyone
interested in appointment must attend an introduction
seminar relating to the agency of interest, where application
forms will be available. Introduction seminars for the City of
Toronto Book Awards Selection Committee and the Board of
Health will be held on Wednesday, April 4,1990, in the
Council Chamber, City Hall at the times shown:
Time

# of Vacancies

Book Awards
Selection Committee

7:00 p.m.

3
(2 year term)

Board of Health

8:00 p.m.

1
(18 month term)

Agency

If you have any questions regarding application
procedures, you may call 392-0476. TDD Users call
392-7354
The Nominating Committee of City Council will
recommend qualified candidates for these positions.
Only residents or ratepayers of the City of Toronto are
eligible. Attendance at the introduction seminar relating

to the agency of interest is a pre-condition to applying for
appointment.
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Soldier...
neutralize up to 30 people. When the
enemy changed tactics and spread
out during patrols, the CPM
employed smaller, grenade-size

booby trap mines.
“At first, we had accidents with
our mines and some of our people
were hurt. Some lost their legs,”
Hashimoto said. “But we studied and
improved our equipment.”
During their struggle, cash for
arms and food was supplied by sym­
pathizers, mainly local farmers aware
of their fight for independance.
Weapons were bought on the black
market or smuggled in from China,
through Thailand. Such support was
thwarted, however, as the British
relocated entire village populations
to urban areas, Hashimoto said.
“Farmers would give us tapioca
and rice,” he reminisced. “But the
British colonists were cruel. It
became very difficult then. Whenever
elephants came near, five or six men
would go out and shoot them for
food. We couldn't farm because we
were always moving, and fields were
easily spotted by airplanes. We in­
stead ate snakes, tigers, monkeys,
large birds and wild boar.”
In a jungle warrior's life, however,
the greatest enemies are disease and
decay. “There were times when our
shirts decayed and we had nothing to
wear. Our pants wore out and were
made into shorts. We always kept
our weapons in good condition, but
sometines we had to fight when we
were sick.”
Malaria, meanwhile, killed half of
Hashimoto's comrades. “I could
stand it when my colleagues died in
fierce battle, but when they fell to
disease ... I couldn't attend to the
other Japanese when they passed
away, for we were in different troops.
I only heard later that they had died.
We marked their graves, but as we
kept moving, many of the bodies
were dug up by wild animals.”
Malaya achieved its independence
in 1957, but Hashimoto and the CPM
kept up their struggle. Part of Bri­
tain's terms in giving up the colony
was that the new regime continue its
fight against the outlawed party,
Hashimoto said. Leaders of the CPM
offered to help repatriate Hashimoto
and the other Japanese the same
year, but they refused, not wanting to
surrender as a precondition. He also
neither wanted to betray the
whereabouts of nor abandon his
corps. By that time, his Japanese had
been replaced by Chinese. He went
by the Chinese name Ku-Fu.
But he still carried a torch for
Japan. Such was his desire to even­
tually return that he even decided
against having a wife and family in
the mountains. “I talked to the com­
munist leader to make it clear that we
did not join the CPM for politics. We
are Japanese nationals, but we want
to fight together for independence,”
Hashimoto said. “We were treated
like high-class officials. We were
determined to go back to Japan, once
independence was established.”
When the terms proved unaccep­
table and age became a factor,
Hashimoto and Tanaka began serv­
ing — in 1962 — in the rear, pro­
viding armaments and logistic help.
With the Vietnam War, the various
communist guerrilla movements in
Southeast Asia took on a more in­
dependent tone. And arms supplies
from China through Thailand virtually

dried up.
Hashimoto, however, managed to
keep up with Japan, by reading news
that was supplied by contacts in
Hong Kong. He was eventually able
to pick up NHK radio broadcasts,
and, in more recent years, watch
videotapes that were smuggled in
from China, including Japanese TV
dramas in Chinese. “ ‘O-Shin' and
‘Suna no Utsuwa’ were my favorites,”
Hashimoto remembered.
Recalling news of the death of
Emperor Showa, Hashimoto said, “I
think the Emperor struggled in the
years following the war to restore
Japan to its present wealth. Some
people say he was the main force

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that drove Japan into war, but I don't
think so. I think he was a peaceloving person. He is the sovereign,
and I have the most respect for His
Majesty. But he should not relate to
politics. It will do no good.”
The CPM continued fighting into
the '70s, although the force's
popularity was on the decline, as
were its numbers. Hashimoto and
Tanaka, meanwhile, continued mak­
ing mines and providing support,
from a base camp near Betong on the
Thai-Malaysian border. Although
rumors had surfaced in the mid-'70s
that there were Japanese fighting
with the rebels, they were- never
substantiated. It wasn't until last
year, during a time when the CPM
was engaged in peace talks with the
Malaysian and Thai governments,
that verification came.
Hashimoto, disabled by a stroke
suffered three years ago, and
77-year-old Tanaka wanted to come
home. With hostilities ceased, the
two were airlifted to a base in
Thailand, where Hashimoto gave his

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His first shock on arriving in
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of eternal summer,” said Hashimoto,
sitting by the kotatsu in the
Yonamoto, Yachiyo city, Housing
Corporation apartment, in chiba
Prefecture, that is owned by his
brother, Noriyuki, 64. “It is the first
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“I believed he was alive,” said
Noriyuki, “though I didn't hear from
him or have any proof. I heard rumors
about 10 years ago that two
Japanese were alive in the jungle liv­
ing under Chinese names. I thought,
however, that there was little chance
that he would come home.”
Old schoolmates were on hand to
greet Hashimoto and Tanaka when
they arrived at Narita airport. After a
hospital checkup, both were releas­
ed. Tanaka, whose wife had waited
for him in Kobe, went to live with
relatives in Kyushu, Hashimoto,
formerly of Kamakura, Kanagawa
Prefecture, remained in Chiba.
“Japan has changed a lot,”
Hashimoto said. “I didn't recognize
the faces of my schoolmates.” To
help him remember, his former
elementary schoolers gave him a
photo scrapbook.
Said his brother's wife, Takeko,
64, of Hashimoto's return: “When he
first came to our place, we held a lit­
tle welcome party at the local
clubhouse. Neighbors greeted him
warmly. One girl even gave him a lei

made of origami cranes.
“At first he threw Chinese words
into his speech when he couldn't
find the right Japanese word,”
Takeko said. “But as he remembered
and talked of his memories, his
Japanese gradually recovered.”
Though his blood pressure is high,
his speech slowed by the stroke, and
his hearing is impaired, Hashimoto is
still ambitious, and energetic. Every
morning he practices the Chinese ex­
ercise “chi-kun.” He says, “When it
gets warmer, I think I will start taking

walks.”
Unlike other Japanese of his age,
who have retired and who can look
back on a corporate career and meet
old colleagues, Hashimoto is a
displaced warrior whose mates have
perished. Instead of the mountains
that were his home, he is now confin­
ed by the dimensions of typical
Japanese urban life.
As his brother looks on, he con­
siders his agenda. First, when his
health improves, he plans to make
contact with the families of his fallen

compatriots.
“To tell the truth, I don't feel like
I'm retired. I want to study about
Japan today, especially how the
country became so prosperous,” he
said. “I will decide my future after I
learn more about the present. There
must be something I can do from
now.”

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