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Inter nationally/Jap抑's
By Bill H,kawa
For so鹏time I have been wondering: whyJapan, ，of the wひrld，s great in-du"ria1pひwers,faUs to take a mo re a dive role in internatiひnai politics. Japa-nきbusinessmゃA atidjapa. ，e prーucis havもspr纽d out fro Inゅe crowdedJlittle islands to themostdiststht
jy their factoileき,Jaimnー
ermcist reaches insei^rchカf pもtiroleum, <coaI, minerals, timber, !foodstuffs they can buy. Inbusiness they make their presence felt evもpy" where.
But when was thelast time Japan took a diplO" matic initiativeorcartie up with an innovative proposal in relations among nationき？ I cannot remきber wheji anything like that happened. Japan has beencontent tolemainlargely in the shadow bhhe United States, usually (although not always) folio wing and supporting the Americanlead, which is not always a a vise course these days.
Why must it be this way? One reason, of course, is that Jaきn is 、vithout military muscle and raliveprefers it that way Still,t"e are only two nations of any military consequence these days andlack ofdivisioa or atomiCeapcms are no rc?as-on for f3ilurぉto speak up 011 poHtica1issues. There m\i" bもotlifer, basic reasons.
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麵insほhぃmtosome erf them 、vぉpfovided recently
suyaraa, an eがtorialwriter foir the Asahi iie\ywape?*s Heseni me a coijiy (pf a talk hehadmad—to visiiing American cpngressmen inTok' yo. early this year,
"The. leadership in Japan isquUe dぱfereni from that in most Western democi^a-; cies," he said: "In order to attain thehighe^^5t post in Japanese society, the flair for har細ny， cooperaUdn, loyalty and patie歸are more important than breliance, intelligence, decisiリ veness or aggressiveness'纟
"Being a protege of and getting the favor of some mnuenUaトold man is a must for pro mo "on or success even in the politic"
field* IfMr.Caiterwere a Japanese, he couIdn，t have j咖6ed from thegovゃriior-shijp of a pi^efecture to the presidency of tlie Liber" DemocraticP"arl,(LDP)Jrt one step.
"Howlong a Japanもse lead—rdan survive depends in pre on havjlng fewoppone-nts than manyar^dent s聰 po?^eirs. Prime Minister Oit-iraおa typicalproduct of the Japa;iiese culture. He is very tpugh, p a ilent and skilled in defense and back-st戮ge maneuvering but he docs riotlike chall纽ge 01^ confrontatlQU. Heirttention-ぬly avoids Ijeiiig dist$ngu* ised， provocative and stimulating as aleader
"In Japan, bもing passi" and slow to act is byno means ademer". Rather; these characteristics are often regardやd as the sもcret in obtaining c(in sens眼I believe it is these characteristics of Japanese politics that have been bringing tragedy to Japan interna-tiorially and domestically .. IV Americans, the LDP government must seem to be interested only ih patchwork 01, makeshift policies brought abひut as a result ofoutside pressmes.，，
きspite the dynamic nature of Japanese society, Matsuyama describes his CO叫try as aland of the status quo "Havinglived in thもlJ.Sにf6r along tinte," He says, "I wondered why the Japan— are satisfied with siich tiny ho useもnar-row roads a^nd poorsewage systems: The indication is they p;pきr stability to cjra-siic chaiTge. Jkpan hきs 116 class problems, nひracial probl细s and the peopliJ seもm to、Vaiit thもgrもatest lyappiness for the gi'eぉes， nuittl)er in tems of materレ "riches and political free:
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yndei.these conditions, can Japan achieve greatness or 、voridlead!ership iri other than ;acommercialand economic sense? IVIany young Japaneselike Matsuyama think not. Whetherれ bothers them 01,not, I don，t know. But perhaps most of their fe"mv citizensiでalけ don,t care for greatness so long as there is plenty of the good stuff to go around:
THE
AjilmlゅeikUmt Org on for ConodKanr of JoponM翁Origin
V^OL. 44 — NO.19
TUESDAY, MARCHli,1980
TQRONTO, ONTARIO.
begin move to new Greenview Lodge
TORONTO 一 Recently thelssei residents of Spen-cer HotiseJbegantl)ieii:mov(^ to the new quarters of GireもnviewLiodgeinliori Mills, opposite the Plaza. Last year, at the mvitation of the manageきntひfSpen-(ier Hoー， The Board of Mpiiiiji Health CareS6ciも; ty inspected and decide-that the convenientloeaU-on and favorable concept of
やa r inおfor thもaged made IVfarch. Visit6rs are W 一 me till Is H办i)[ici nu)st de;sifabぉtci dropinsitidseefoir thcjm-fol^幽JapaineseCanadiaiiもselves theioV^ai^range*
化the Toroiitoarei.
Located at 880 Law?*enee Aye.is just a 5邻inute drivもtotiie J,C.C,(Centre where many pr膽r柳s of interest willJbecome more availaきto the Issei residents. The moving of the Issei from SpぉncerHひuse is tひbe completed by mid-
Fund raising at ClentMay 23 for planned LerhonGreeklReunion
TORONTO. — Aleunioii is piaimed for those who jlived at the B.C. Security Commission Relocation Camp atLemonCrek,BCに
Over 30 years have passed since weふent our separate ways so perhaps we should ge,t together tひi^ecalland teersforMomijにHealth
mentpirovidiBd foir thie、 el4， erly at (ireeiiview.
J^s most ofthejssefヌre not fluent iiv EngHsIi,some p;resence of Japanese staff can give tii柳a trem, dous boost. NEEDED AT PRESENT 一 ASSISTANT FOR THE KITCHEN 一 a pers6ri wUh sonie J^nひwledge of Jaj)ane!se food. Any person interested in tliis project is urged to apply promptly for sudi employment to M iPaulMitchell— Administrator (531-2280 oi, 534-9993) or enquiries to Mrs.MaryObata (239-6889). At Spencer House, vひluii-
ren^in，isceゃo?tth，さ气;p wiきh 8011&丄&1111ま，ce. Oミ；じa re Society provided nihon nostalgically, talk a bout those bygone days of "gaman" Wi: ，;aoレ and "ganbari" which enabled us to reach into new areas shoku lunch once aweek. of achievement that wenひwenjひy.And you'llbe able to AIsひfor the past year, a meet friends aiiid/'tonari-guini" members from Dogwood, volunteer Nisei n乖e， Mrs. Elm, Fir, Gilead, Holly and Juniper Streets.
Ex-Lemon Creeker&are urged to keep Saturday, August 30th 1980 (Labour Day Weekend ojien for the REUNION at the Prince Hotel,DonlVlills. Asなstarter, afimd， rjiising dan(je is to be held at the JC CulturalCentre, on i^riiay. May 23rd. Watdi these coluituisfoi,details to follow. " AS. Kobayashi
Jean Yamanaka has been assisting with the medical consultations once a week. 一Dr. Fred Shtiahara一 Chairman Momiji Health Care Society
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Mainfactor'behind，schoolgirl'sswe邻of MissJpn.
ByBOBHORIGUCHI
TOKYO — She does not have a face ihVt would la unciI the Jegendarythou-saiid ships, Itef bust is a far cry from that of Doll5^ Part on andぉ今rlegs are no match fortho" ofMがlもrt(? Di由idi.
But that did niot preyent 17-year-old Junk o ICuwaba-ra from recently being crowned wUh the Graiid Pi'ix in the>Iiss JapanCoit-test after eli m mating1,653 rivals.一 、
Thei'iea柳for her victory, aUnbuted by the Shukan Shincho to Shizuko Wada， 、vhoI'uns the annual beauty competition,おthat ('unlike歸st Japanese, she has a high-slung derriere."
"It isn，tlarge," Miss Vt;ada is quoted by the magazine as adding "hut il has substance."
1nfac仁IVIiぉKviwaJb^ra,S proportion^   are 78-55-86 when measiu,ediiiceiitiine' She in just157 em
A junior in the schooldivision of Aoyama GaHuin, IVJisiS Kmvabara， who al. ways 11 ad ambitions to be-c卿eaiis?ctress，幼ys the weekly, entered the contest in Februarylast year w片en the first ti^yoiits were held.
Sh$ did so without informing her parents who, while disapprovijng of her action, felt she 、vo函not last in thei,ace， acc6i,ding to Uiふmagazine.
To their surprise, ho、v'-6ver， she 、von the T()kyo distri" contest in August* By November, she was among the top10 contestants.
In the December finals, she 、vas givenliUle chance to win. Her nine rivals, all
older, showed ^ong per-sonaUtieisWliile allMissKu-'wafera had to offer wぉ the simple but neat airs of a schoolgirl — aside from liei* well:pi,Qpoition(^d der-riere， that』s.
The u?twoi]itied publicity that folio胸d hervictoiT at the beautyshowbrpughも frcfwns among the —ool anithoi|HieS.
('We are neitherもinbai"-rassedlior happy that our studentぉ6dy Jias produced aIVliss .7apan," a spokesman for thesich6or commented, "but this was a、vh6llyim-expected event. Besides/her being a Miss Japゆhas no relation to schoolacUvUies^ nor with thee"cation pro* cess. It does not seem to fit into the pattern of a stu. dent，s me"
He then went on to say
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