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;ftt^ amieasy day,* tOok • Uxioutto Don 1suburb of To她to City, " visit tKe J^pim欲 CulturalCent!*, ft eentrebuHt by thftC^ina-
,Kuts.ukake met Us " the .<foor,抑d before we >th€ detai!wi report of the structure it is neces' tolearn〖he his to ryひf the project.
依on!.v 2,000 (S,OOO N.C.) Jnpanese families -to. In the entire <iomini(m,there are 。nly2,V: ,,Japanese,れe 8»000 individualJapa-:piedged an average of |400' each. Some business^
lite Canadian Baak, this jprojeet wms助柳.
profit organLt"ion,cwTiedlSjOOOjOOOof th^ $4,WW,-000 projects The eomimmity put^hasedif<mr>«cre jwperty out aide of t"oroato.
This project poured i" firit fouiKUtiorithm y«ars ago.,ゃy, everything is pai(i foreweW the咖rtga^.
Utilizinにthe fadliti" and xooitts for Jftpan^secQt-turalclasses, ikebana, tea饮reim^iiy, judo, k«Hl<vbnwh pねintin^ karate andlectureftUfmct mi my Japanese and Caucasiansねtake up the opportunity and "-temi the classes regtiljirlyv Meeting rooms »r« used regularly by theRotary Club, »nd the掘inWtcJwn .ho!(is the Japanese cooking classes.
The largeamiitorium is used for dances and beneむt
お卿ieieきwithiride aagU knt the judo^lcendo m|kt8 from Japu up^ tivo <li^lays in th« Centre* It h«s been i woiMforfol kifhmio^ for Ute c"ixeasofQanadktovi«itthUCe»tre«
In the抑rroundinf areft^the trvee «iid th« moVM^ of,《nd block out the freewmy.
We talked of th« futui** Co a Id the «*ir Ceiitnr of Metropolitan T6柳to be ^we, W« think to• W«—am ■<mly淋"叫"for ,the tt*em«ndott« job .ticeomi)Hfth"
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An Indepen^ntOrgiin for Con ad ions of Jopme鍵Origin
saturday, december16,1967
STRENGHT for the BKIDGE 錄^9t
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【0noeY Diary Bares S挑她Of War
'•YO. — A d〗ary belonging Prime' Minister P^i-Koiwe that, gives a detail-咖t of how senior states-moved to oust Gen., Hidefci !rom prermersnip in .an to emlthe \、'ar has been ■cred in rひkyo.
d:ary'' fouiii among per-e,tsleft by a Nip, Kaisha employee who di^nl ■between June 2.1and July years ago, covers a month's
iConoe served as Prime itt. three times before Ja-ptoged into the war. He himself on Dec.16,1945, 1» was named a .war crim-
,o:herd;ary has beenleft ?if !ate statesman, accord-to his柳.:Mich:itaka, ICo-«to confirmed that the belonged to his father, ?diarj' w'a;^ found recenはy 麵ro Kuniagai, an NYK ゃ'while he w助going .aartic!esleft by his late .,'、,o.m_a$a,. 、、.ho also work-7 It is: a mystery
ae diary was in Kumagai,s 'めさbecau:?e nobody on 、"noe'ふ.or - Kuraagai,s ゃheaトd that Prince Ko> «kJ the N'YK employee had personalcomaヒt.
,nd-th^ scene .peace dubbed the "coup of statesmen," were made .Jane1944 when the war 'ゾコトung('(i into the wM*t "上the ImperialNavy ノ加涯:ed in the Mari-■^fs in〖he Padfic» s d:-ary alsoぉマes a {>f Konoe and other ,"^:e^e:; who worked to Jja^e -,vヒtithe United ^ぉ::a:n under » new
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disclosed in the Kcmoe diary'is that .ths prince .、、'as:seriu'us】y consi(i'edng putting:, 'an: emlt*o the war one year.before Japan's surrender .for these reasons:
1. The 、var should be ternまaぃ ed from a humanitarian point c)f view.
2. Thjj aiin of breaking the so-call^ A BCD encirclement a-gainst Japan,.'as' mentioned in the Impe"al.Rescript. ,on ■■ War declaration,', had 'already bee^n achieved.
3. h is into】erab:e to force any more, sacrぱice on .the people. .■
Pゅce Konoe's desire, according to the diary, 、yas to.end the war by shifting all the war responsibilities .on .Tojo alひne.,
■The 'diary sugges^t that Konoe was resigrned' to the.p^ossibnity of Japan surreiKkring to'the Allies unconditionally.
Konoe 'states t'hat the 'most horrible thing was a po&siWe Comnumist revolution rather th?n ■defeat'in war.
He wrote that in the event that Allied powerslanded in Japan in the final ■■ phase of〖he -war, there, wゅpossibilities that Sanzo Nosalca'' Commumst w4io was active at Y印an in China, might make a move .to bring ykuo Oyama, a.Socialist who— 、vas in Chicago, to. Japan and or gari-«e a go.veminent.
Prince Konoe, the diary' states, wanted to hav.e. Marshal'Hi s aichi Teraochi or i*rinf:e Higashikuni take over the" reins of govern-' m"t in saccee<Eng Tojo,
"Hie diary 'had between its pag^-es an official resij:nation1etひr written in Wack ink.
Kenji Tomita, formサchief secret a rv of 'the' first and the second Cabinets formed byj^^nce iConoe> and former roemBer of the 'Hotwe of Co one Hlors, ccn-diary was that of the
Konoe* ■who is presently pres-iie Heiw» OilCo., a!so -resi^nmtion 'leは枕.was 1^ Prince K怖oe
f his onfor^Uble having draft«f the for the on D«L16»ld44, the prince, he ー」y testify that
J.C.C. Centre X鹏Tree Awaits GHIs
TORONTO.—If a Christ瞎tree can be described as ordi nary, ■• the'ever green standing 5n the foyer of the'Tor onto'Japanese Canadian Cul-|turalCentre looks as similar as'any fbuncT in r\ thou'ミand homes across theland — rainbo、v-】ight€<f, t〗'nsel-flickering,- and smelling of resinous pine.I3ut here the difference entfs.
The J.C. CuUura1'Centre■ tree.not.:only, heralds the approach of Christmas 'butoffers,'underneath the. arms of its boughs, a space whereおft parcels
Que. In dependent At Japan'多Expo 70
MO NT REAL.—The province ofQuebec, Canada, willtake part'in''the Japan World Exposはion , 一 .Osaka,1970 independently ■'from 'Canada, the Japan Association .for the' Exposition, informed recently.
It 、vil! be.the firtt ti'me that a region of a country other than the host natiひn wi】ltake.part in the exposition independenty.
can be placed for the. Children's AU! Society MeれopoHはn Toronto.
For the fourth, annualyear,ぉfts of toys ami. dol!s 'from under this' tree'willbe given .to children without' parents and homes. Gifts h氣ve already starting to pile' under. tiiiy» tree for thiwe beautifullittle..people who卜desperately need .love. A.tiny dollcuddled in a pair of tender arms may ■mean the world to alitUe girl, or.a hockey atick can'open a tr iumph ant ■ stairway of dreams' for a boy.
Vane Oliver JC Students Win ICCA Schoktrahips
VAN'COUVER.—The Van. J CCA annually awa«ls a scholarship 'to. a student .of Japanese descent, studying at. the University, f>f British Colリmbia amounting to'多100,00.
This year a new, scholarship was. instはuted, of the .^ame amount;, tらa ■ student of Jaipanese'. desCent attending Simon FrBiier University in Bumaby.
The recipients this year were:
UBC — Mr. Art hi If Edamuは,3934 Rupert St" Vanc(iuvcr, B.C. S.F.L*. — Miss Joy Miyazawa, 4676 Fairiawn, Bumaby. -B.C.
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JoponExpects Biggest Year*end Bonu拿
TOKYO, — Corporate emplひyづcent gain, over 'the'mid-summer ees are expected to get history's bpnos* ムtt^t vear"eiK? bonuses between noit and Dec. 31thanks to a幼s" rained business boom.
As a vvhole, they willpocket 15 percent more allowance than at last year>end- Topping t.he list is the publishing indastry* tnd)ed by brmdcastin^ and ma* chii^ery industries^
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•Rie丄C. CulturalCentre ap" peals to jUIJ.C.,8 in thk season of !^indn柳and giving' to make a visit to th« Centre, 'and place a wn^)ped gift under the t,.
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