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ICLAMATHFALLS, Oregon. 一It w £ IS year3 befひ;:eBenTa-keshita WQuW"miもthai he was .once confhveii in a con 一 t rat ion-camp in hisowri couptryにHe ■ was: too ash"med.
Takeshita, .44, ofぉic—ond, paUt w«3oiv&on110,000 J apanose A 加 ei;i cans deemed security risks ai)d evacuate id from (the West Coast in World胸'II ■after.':thも'Japanese :bb'mbed.'i*e1a-rlHarbor,
He. also 、vfCs one of about :2(R),'J^aT)es<& Americans ::fr0p1 CaHf<>riii& who gathered here
recently to commemc^ai^ their impnsonmein.
Whileカhe re at of the !^鋒n prepared " ho— its war dead, the Japaii会sもAmerickns , \^6i*e ■■coiidiMiiig''. Tnein价ial:.Servipes :in kl&寧th Falis for those wW浙 ed: '<xf. natリri^1c.ausejs at :ゅe''れ— arby Relocation "nip- —side Tule La",'calに
They also viさite^ the camp, which since beeひ脂.:the site of an. :eieiiientai.y scもool.
The1200 barracks that hdd up to 22,000 persbns -l)etween1"2 an41946 virUゅlly have disapp.
eared. Little r柳a ins of the eartip excがscatteredlength of barbed wire fence,幼occasional dilapidated building £md palfifid inetnoriea in the 1Y)i1iぉ of ttht^se wholived there..
The pain for the 50 retui'血g ex.-innvates ai)pear$ to h"elittle. おdo*. AVitli cro»vvde<ilivingrでon-, ditipns/ぉoqr food affiddisi^pt" on of noitti"iife.Iキhas mucfi 40 :、vHh shame and idisilhis-'ion,:へ.'.::::'、,::
"I COuゆsee the , frietids of niy famiiy i)cekinにou^もf their cur》ains," said /takeshita, re(^ allmghistrel? a1Tagもllto tHe
SanMi^, Caiif. bus station aTHTth"h!ist !eg of his Joorney to Me JUke/
"i stillぉa^vetiiat e兮rie,Uty feeling , it maォemefeei like aleper or a criminal,"
The Unit^ Statesゃvemnient neVeT pr9ve4 the dis][oyぉIかゃf
ケhey 、v扮,e insteid, rもgーrdled as a Potentialfぱth coluhulfor the Japan&sec;netnyon thもWest
Forもlie::,ery ?patriotic,' ■ Japan-■ ese American, Tule Lake Wis tW—\vorst the natk>tt,s:iOi^e-
iw^Tweried in1943 to & c«nt«T forthe"proVfn', dieloyaJ*
Dr' HaTかHartawikii,錄,Palo Alto,:C^liん,ke ment^y ゅt a9 a former eami)inmー hut a'3 the goverhc^r of tlie spfonso-rinjgr N 0, OiUぱ.-W的teriv N<rvfid« District CovmeU ofもお"pww-
"it should加tlbe the jrt»rpo-seto <Jwe)lon the injustices 6f the incarcーti(m. jlathiMy it is ぉr us td i^dedic8itもOurlivさa to sea that this formo;f quilt by ••■reason' of., ra0€:■■■• d0*3, npt: .:..oC€V|if. again."
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TUESDAY, JUNE18,1974
JapaneseOfllgiii
T咖纖rlds?
By GRAYCE YAMAMOTO ,
Grayce H, Yamamoto,むequ-ent New Canadian columnfst, st, arts her series on "Nisei: Best of Both 、Voi"Id8?" Originally from SlocanandNelson, B.C.,. Gray-ce ha^lived for a time in Japan. Currently sheIWes in Germanj\
、VebstefVThirdN柳Inter-iiat—alDictionaTy defines NI-プSEI. as a "son or daughter of I-'sseiゃarent多whd .:is -..boゆa"(i educated in Americ^,d especiニ ally in the U.S., distinguished fゅni Kibei <w>^o are NISEIraised in Japan).TJie term^NrSEi has yet, however, to be i|icor-poi;ate!d into the English language with the eぉse and understanding with which other Jゅケ nese 、v6rdsさvieh as tsimami,, 'k"-iate,, 'teinpura,, *Iiara-kiri,, *s^-yoharii, hも"^e f6und their tvay, 】h faetvれis stilla vei:ylong way fr, becom;mg a (WASP) household' word aiid tho,se who. are familair with terms suchお ISSEI, NISもI,SANSEi, KIBEI, cU^" are. those w it ha par"?uta? interest in and an acquaintance with things and persons Japanese. They are(JQubtl.ess most fam"iaT with tKe term >nSH)I for it is this generation of in^-raignint Japanese who have thus far m?ide the raost substantほli-mpact and impression upon the i:ountriぉinv?hich they were bom and raised, ma!'nヒCanada, the United States, and Brazil.
I. HUMBLE ORIGINS
ypon their shoulders was placed the burden of provingr the !oyaHy and patriotism which their inarticulate immi"ant parents were unable to do. Th«ir parents, in th&伤ain, considered t^>emselves only temporary C«-nadkms; in h狄rt幼d mind, they were still"pwiese, e«ming » liying as beet tb«y could, with
the<iream of uUinmtelyi^etin^ ning 'to th^r' relatives -and. fa加i-liesleft bSWnd in Japan, to reレ h'e in. >a 'dej^ee'of comfort'otherwise impossiW(J for therirr: ..in thbse-tiines... :Many, :of 'covirsさ,辨-. tt!ed in..Cana<^a with' the hope.' of a new futひr^fひ?r themselves and their offspring; to provi-(ie for them the opportunities iand advantagjes which they, by reason of birth andc!*rcimi&ta"» nee, co&ld nもVer haVe attained ,n the st&tuS"<Jonsdous, rigidly s.truci;u.i..6^ .society. :W)iicV t|ie Japan they hadleft beliind.
外efiぉt J冲anese to an^i-Ye •in Canada was' a'幼i:or. by.- the
iumped sliipirti877 at !^^ew"Wもニ .stm&lister and es—tab1〗'shed'.himself 、お. salmon fishing 011,the Frぉe? River,: '..forerurmieT- of thousands, of .his,—. -Cbimtryme—n whoT "w.ould、.in. .iater": years follow hiip ihtlrat,cupation油d prosper. .:A'fter .豕ie、v. years, of ぉsh;'rig, hゃwever, KiB ^luil and w感to Gastowii 二 (VaricoUver) -wherも.he. :be—'cまe - a'.longshore" .man,:..but .his :waiiderlust'..again oVericom:e .himれd he spent— - yー 沐rs crossin宕ariぇre-crossing the Pacific imUl in1幼2, he finaHy settled in Vic—きand opened 81掘aIt storぉ,
The bulk ojf the immiれaTits came.aft€r thelaw ji—erinitthig eniigraUon: had been, passed in Japan in1886• In the firstde~ cadefollpwing, however, there were not more than1000 Jjipa~ nese.living, in .Canada> most of whom were fishermen. But soon thereafter, they came in increasing numbers, untilin1901, there were 4,738 Japanese, 97 of whiゅlived in B.C.
Most of them hud come fiom the agrarian (fanning) class, lured by the prospect of a欣-
Co" on P. 2
$1,300 CariingArts Fo鹏dation F鹏d
'TO R。 NT a — The Japanese GaJiadian CulturalCentre has been awarded a多l,30O.00Carレ 'ing CoiiiiTiUnity.' Arteャoundati-<mお.rant,,れ.、vas announced this wゃek, :'■
The grant 、villprovide authe^ ntic costumes .a'nd decorations, ffom Tokyo fふrまin the Tokyo I^villion of Metro Caraャaai加d for use'inoth、ei:multicuはurarfe曙'' stivals.
Aw&rds totalling多175,000 we" I'e grants to140 groups and in-' divi^&ls aci,ひss Canada by the Carling Community Arte Foundation.
The Foundation which 'was es.-tablぉhed by "^Carlhig O,Keefe Brewerieslast December, pxo-yides funding for eth加cUlt"ral projects.
Opeiiating nationally and under •of. an indepen-
Japanese Behind In HowTb Holiday
TOKYO. — The J孕ji)3nese fall bゅind other advanced nations in regardto spending their kis, ure nwnhents, theKyodひNews
A p anelbすadvisors t<) the !n-tern^"onaにiVadもand Industry minister has cojne up wij^h it? result ofa;さutvey itc^inducted injapanand abroadduriiig the periわd ofぉy-Septerbfcrl诚 year. ゝ
The survey e^pVered a total of 2667i)eねons ovei^tl^e age 18 froni 20ぉferent coimtri".
"They includ;ed Aisapulco, Mexi' co;- (?8^me3, FVancぉCorfu, Gire-.e<^; and Rim:-nぉItaly. InJai:i幼, 3367 perso够卞ere coiiUict" .-ajt
The survey化3wed young of--fice wiwkers.: conaitituted' th^:iio" ゆin ant.: port ton 。f.Japfine3き'pk^-asm^ seekers in sharp contrac?J;^ wはVtheWesUin pattern m
Idpon Dress Designer FlnedFor、In decent Display' WhSe Streaking
TOKYO. — The Tokyo Summary Court recently fined 31-year old Japan«se dress designer Hiroeki Kemnochi10,000 yen ($35) foir "indecent display" in str幼king through a str«t thr汰 (Uys before.
Officials said this was the first ti鹏a streaker wae fin«d in J ft pan.
which holidayniakeぉincluded both young, a mi —old...
.In 'Jap叫::ithose 'betwieen 'thき agゅof18 ai><i 24 constituted 3;S.l,ir cent oftouriste Visiting pleasure多pots. On the oもー
per cent ofもhose vacf^ぉoning at t^ie aire^ ^vert 45 yもarsるf iige or: over.. Vacationing for 'iess thタh a
沐も.Jap&nesf40.§ percent, followed by i^icieewJio speaVd o« ne to two w^eks, 2^ per cent; and tJitee wejefes to :ぉe mo«€h, 10 percent.
Onもto/-:two-w〜k '-Vaca"opArfi werelargest iれn"mber iiT the y.S. ani<d I^in Am^ericafi coirn-tries,, while ii> >est European Ti"i0'ni3, .the bulk — of v襄c多tibfn^. Were otrt. three to. if our 'weeks .-
.The survey ako indicated that foie,:gners save part of theiri^C" gulai* earnings in order to tra^ velwhile the Japarvese depend on boTiQses幼d extra income. Television yiewing" constituted the greatest pastime &t home and abro(Kl
Bat Westerners rejraTded as next "st jassodation with friends and outdoor sports T«rhil€ the Japanese preferred the pleasures c< the home.
In sport a , swimn^ng and picnicking w«re favored in iToreign countriesi and bovrling, bs9e^U 抑d goぱin J»]>aiv
细t Board <^f Tnisfte紐,the Foundation provides assistance to Canadians ofallculturalbackgrounds that theymigrht preserve andlearn more about theiir own: cultufal'hei"itage artd al-' So develop a d《epei'ai)pteciation a'nd tolerance:, for t:hatof. others.
Commenting on the Foundation's fundirtg to <late, the Chair-m an-CGeneralManager, Marie McCひrinick stated that assistance for 220 diverse muItkuIturaレ projects迈beadyli貼beeni)rt)vi-dcji aや—a .totalcost 'exceeding slレ 妙tlyovei^ one quarter million 'doilars.
PrugCrim辨In Shof^ltier ease
TOICYO. — Dirug crhnゃin tlゅan increased sh&Tply over fiscal1973, e$peda]ly hi he:rom andsti加.lant druぉ,buにthe number of diugab^seぉhe;re is lower than otheriajor indus-trialnationsi a government .re-portrecently. …
irsonson charge ofimrcotics yi-olatio叫a12»i p;er ceiit increa-. sa oirer thepreviou&yeaar, the report雄id.
Tho站arrested oh cKarge^s sti加lant 4nig rdaM crHnes 1botal«d 8610, & 78,1cent spai fromfisca! m2.
Most of these drugs are smuggled and distributed in Japan by crime oは幼itatkms, the re> port »d<J«cL
Totalnumber of narcotics addicts was 6465 of which加ly 74 were "criminalafcuaere," aa-thひritj^ »afd. Others w^re described as those who were umJer "medical treatment for painful disease/,
pril1幼d ends Mar. 31of tbc following year.
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