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VOし邻一NO. 69
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER14,1984
Japanese in Hollywood
By HARRY HONDA
We continue the fascinating series penned by Bob Okazaki about the Japanese in the early days of Hollywood —the film industry.
[Now that JACしis well into the redress campaign,けis
Tajiri, in his preface to the Okazaki series, had underlined the Hollywood factor for influencing the American public to accept the mass evacuation of Japanese Americans in1042. Since the silent days, many films were portraying Asians (Chinese and Japanese) as exponents of treachery and villainy. In exploring this genesis of the Yellow Peril stigma, tenBroek' Barhart and Mat son in the opening chapter to their "Pre-judにe, War and the Constitution" (1954), report the Japanese spy stereotype was ftrst presented in a1909 film, "The Japanese Invasion," in which a I Japanese valet of an American army officer was seen to steal vital miHtary secrets making possible an attack on the Pacific Coast . . . Many Nisei remember Peter Loire as a Japanese secret agent as a good guy in the late '30s, but they may not recall Hollywood dropped the detective stories because anti.Japanese feeling was running too high in America.けwas not until the ,50s that Asians were portrayed as human in the films.)
Now to the Okazaki film chronicl6S—
By BOB OKAZAKI
Probably the best remembered Issei scenarist of the 1920s was Yutaka Jack A be, who doubled as actor and assistant director, studied wr'iting under novelist G. Morris and sold stories to the studios, including two starring Sessue Hayakawa in "Lo tusしand" and "Tale of Two ゅ/)〃"uec/ on page 2,
Two Ca附omia ministers to speak at Buddhist meeting
By ROBERT隱ONAKA
しETHBRIDGE, Alta. — Two ministers from CaHfornia are scheduled to keynote the sixth annual Alberta Buddist Conference inしethbridge on Sept. 28, 29 and 30.
Rev. Gibun Kimura, retired head minister of the Fresno Betsm'n, and Rev. Arthur Ta-kemoto of the Vista Buddhist Temple w川be the guest speakers. This year's theme, "Humbly Reflect on the Nem-
(Kokoro no Kagami Wa Nenv butsu, Utushite Miyo Waga Sugata), is the1984 Buddhist
Churches of Canada theme and has been borrowed by the ABC.
The three.day meeting wHI be held at bothしethbridge Buddhist churches and the El Ranch o Mo tor Inn , the last being the location of activities on Sept. 29. 、
The program of events includes cMscussion groups in English and in Japanese, ac-tjvけies for youth, poster contest, and a variety of other s的sions. Partにipants are 6x-pected to attend from throughout the province.
Japan《mafia, has new chief
Japan's1984 Antトnuclear poster
TOKYO — This year's Japan ant "nuclear poster (above) was presented to Hiroshima Mayor Takeshi ArakI on May 23. Designed by Kiyoshf Awazu of the Japan Graphic Designers' Association, the poster depicts17 birds ch,rping for peace. Th,s is the second year the association made an anti-nuclear
Herbert Norman subject of public meeting on Sept.17
TORONTO — "The Life and Legacy of Herbert Norman" is the tme of a public meeting featuring Roger W. Bo wen, edけor of the recently published "E.H. Norman His Ufe and Scholarship", on Monday, September17,1984 from 7:00 to 9:30 p.m. at Alumni HaH, Vにtoria College, Universけy of Toronto. The evening is presented by Canada-Japan Society of Toronto in cooperation wけh the U. of T. and the Joint Centre on Modern East Asia.
Who was Herbert Norman?
Bom of Canadian missionary parents, at Karuはawa,
Japan, in1909. Author, a it the age of 31,of classic study of Japanese modernization,
Moぉ/77 Sねぉ.Key advisor to McArthur during the Occupation, later senior Canadian representative in Japan-Accused 一in the Unけed States — of being a communist and a Soviet agent, while serving as ambasador to Egypt in1957, Norman com-mけed suicide,
Today, almost 30 years after his death, honoured in
Japan, lはtle known in Canada, Herbert Norman remains a subject of controversy. An extraordinary Canadほn.
TOKUSHIMA - Ignoring repeated polにe calls for cancellation, more than 300 gangsters gathered in this Shikoku Island city July10 to wはness a local underworld group leader assume the top position of Yamaguchi-gumi, Japan's biggest gangster organization.
The ceremony was held at a Japanese inn for Masahisa Takenaka, 50, who earlier was named successor to thelate Kazuo Taoka, who died three years ago after reigning over the powerful Yamaguゅi,gumi organization for many years.
The gangsters assembled in Tokushima after apparently making telephone contacts among themselves instead of by mail to avoid police detection.
Yamaguchi-gumi has had am internal dispute over the succ6Ssion issus.
At the ceremony, Takenaka receh/ed a dagger from Tao-ka's widow Fumiko in a symbolic gesture marking Take-naka's formal ascension to the top of the organization.
Authorities earlier told various gangster groups that
make up Yamaguchi-gumi not to hold the ceremony.
PoHce reportedly learned of the move to hold the ceremony in Tokushima on July 2. They found the next day that a reservation had been made 3t the inn.
Formal invitations are nor 二 ma"y sent to the parties involved, but this time the gangsters were said to have kept in touch by telephone.
Police said the gangsters, representing over 90 groups, had come to Tokushima from various parts of the country
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Vancouver丄C. girl, 8, killed when hけby truck
VANCOUVER — An eight-year-old Nikkei gけl was killed recently when she was struck by a truck at 70th and Southeast Marine in Vancouver.
Police said To mo mi Taka-hisa was alone when she ran into the path of an oncoming five-ton truck. No charges are pending against the driver of the truck, whose name was not re leased.
Shirley Yamada runs 4th in Etobicoke vote
TORONTO — Toronto Nlse, Uberarlan Etob,cok6 Centre, SWiley Yamada, ran the recont federal elections, リ
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