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public助wellas atenthu-siasticortidal,apd public welc卿e3. For their parもthe Japaneseザere equally insensitive about the j)Ug:ht of American slaャ扭ゅd wWle finding •chto beimi)rもssed about* they ーr6 alsp scornfulof "nfamUiar Ameri(ian customs. 、
TThe^Jajpaniese ddegation Jia^three ーders;ゃrie of whomIt adl^eeii i夸nt to W"iJh the other two. AH three >yer<^ primaryfunctio-n—eぉ/lネrgely unimaginative arid with virtually no
"As we s— ，hem，，:
By BillHoso"wa Beca職for most of us
unfcwptunately， often the onl"language， we getjnost of our information from English-language sources. This柳Ues even to material about J邵an; we ?^ead books about Japan written in English by Ettglish>spea' k，ttg au沐drs沐lto saw theit subje<jtsfron\ aんrejgrieビs
Hiusjj have kccesきto many boむkさin Engliきh about mo do re Matthew CalbraitiTPerry，s mission to おpan in1853, but af纽,t able to read wh、at the Japanese themselves said about that history-making event. みndwe can read manyac， coi?nts of the first official Japanese missto to the Uiiitもd States in1860なom the American vievt^point， Irnt have only Iimitもd access to the Japaneseversi-
Comes now a concisも Voil! I tie thjtt provides us insights from both sideS. It is titled "As We Saw Them" (Ui^iversity of California Pぉ"，$14 95> toie author is Masao Miyoshi， Japan. borribi?t a natui,aHzed Ameiican, who is prof兮ssor of Eiig〗ish at theUiviversity of CaHforhia and Chi cage University. Completely bi-lingujil，he was able to stud>^ oiigirtal Japanese documents at Kokkai Tosho. kan a I id Daig"ku Shiryo HensaftjoinTokyQ as wel】 asreseardi American soui*-ceきin >fe、v Y()i，!; Cil^.
TPidsistlie ,TyOf the experiences and ob鄉vatト ons of the 72，man delegatト on that sailed across the Pacific an American ^y^r-ship (they were hoi"riby seasick most of the tiinり， lゅding inきan Francぉco March 29，1860. After being received .、v打mly， the party continued on to Panama, crossed th(| IsUimiis, and sailed to Wa Kington •
In view of ah alm6st insurmountable communications baj.riei,,れis a woniier tiiat the mis:sion was as successfulas it was. Miyo* shi tells I IS ho、v even casual conversation had to betran-j^ated from Japanese to Dutch to Enjj;lish and back again by inten)i'eヒrs 、vho were far from adenuate.
The Japanese encountered crude racialslurs from an   insensitive American
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Ont, invests in 6SA project to help exports【o Japan
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REX DALE, Out — A 多45,000 firrant to the Canadian Standards^ Association (CSA) to testC终na鋒n pro-ductsfo? export to Jaimn w朋announcedirecently by まilister of Industry and T6urぉm Larry Grossntan,
Under & reciprocal treating arrangement> nine eiec. trkalappliances and topIS manufactured by Black and Decker, (Canadian Geiiieral Electric andCAMCO —11 "tested at the qsA,s flex-dalofaciUty and ce柳ied
under Japan's Electricai Appliance and Material ControlLiaw.
Tl^isinnoVation ov€?r-co取es. a major banker to sellinぉCanadian products in the Japanese market.
TH麵雄
Vol.M4 — No,10
in for CondiiiUiW服みJ<ipaneiK*C)ri<Biiv
FmDAY,FEB， 8,1980
TORONTO, ONTARIO
r腸re insui"ccnce expired: •
autho|4ty to do mOTふthaiti ca的out insMiicti，きm Tqkyo, or Yedd a3 thecaがt-alw&scSilled iti ihbsetimes.
While the Japanese nussi. on ha^i gresitlong-1やrm impact on relations between ihie two coiu^tries,Miyoshi found that with oril^^ a few exceptions in^jividual ，ittbei's were not greatly mfluenced by their experience, tte explains that most of them were men of action rather th an t hi tikeis and philosophers.
One notible exception )vas Fukuzawa . Yu!dchi， tevered as foundei,of J(eio University. Fukiizawa was a prolific writer (he also f(^imdefi anewspjiper) and helpedinti,ゎdwce.贺estern thought tひa Japan thirsting fit )r info rm? it ion.
To explain the West to the very insular JapiUiese. "Fukuza、v扭not only had to Uivーwords andゃh，es， or borrow them from CKinese and other, languages, In it to make sure as weU that the read，
be easy enough to cohiI 、yoi,dsfof /postage stamp§， and Hr^sers， and"cecter am，， buレれおnolaughinjpf matt0r tio crもate expressions equivalent "ibeirty，， Vほht， or 'eゅality， in a ianguagelong soakゃd ini the hierareh!c， authoritarian. feti糾ethos in whichiio siich conceptsおisted."
Unfortunately, Fリkuzawa became convinced that Westenv nations had b>" come wealthy and powerful thrcmgh mi mar >^ powfer and Japan, too,则st follow the military road. He involved himseW in hnper-ialis tic schemes against Korea and CMna，Miyoshi
tcMs us.
Yoi，，H find this a most interestingr book and Miyo shi deserves oi"，thanks fof 、vrはing it.
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輔诉reg,麵w(M)d柳h画e節良^
NEW WESTMINSTER, B.C. — An old woo delV ho me burst into flames thatsmiff， ed three J.C.lives,、 and the community of Queensboi*o
Six-year"old Laurie Suto and her18^ear-oid brdther, Honnie，die4 when a fire, causさrf ieh is beifig pi[*0" bed, turned family hoime into an inferio. Their five brothers an4 sisters escaped, so me with burns, and their father, Tomishi,雖d later. Their mother, Iieona，
was Seriously burned while despもrately' hunting for Laurie who had crawl uれ4er a bed.
T咖ishi had beきih poor condition in Vancouver GeneralHospitalwith seve-re bums. His wife waslist-ed as fair.
IllQueensbo^ro, thatlittle corner Qf New Westminster on the other side of the river, the neighbors we re coining to the aid of their own. ノ
In    Spagnol，s grocery
TheRev,lchiroNoshkoisnev\r MQiit. Jpnz. United Church in in ister
MONTREAL. 一 The MontrealJapanese United Church has anew mi pi si^r. He is the Rey.IcWrqfNos-h—， 一
A welcoihinsrluncheor ^^^"14 for tjie Reverend and his wiJfeるiTJai^uaLf;^ 27th.
"Sinee my arrivalinIMon trea!,Ihaゃen，t doneaiiiy-tliin|: othei* than preaclim|r onきpi id ay， said Rev. Nos-Mr6. Aも如ーprぉent timさ， tny wife and f 3re busy adjusting our selves to the I lew
enyironm—叫dゅe Cana dian way ofliving."
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WINNIPEG. — Bowkr AぉOdaguchi of Winnipeg hasqualified in the Cana， dian Ten-Pin Fejjer孕tion Scrきtch Tournament and has advanced to tjie Pi;ovin, dさlFinals. TThもy w山be hdd in Marcぉ，
to KYO. — Toyota Mo tor
Co., Japaneselargest auto* maker which set new re. cord"n dbniestic sales and exports ml979， is ho ping to better its own performance in this new year,-boosting domestic sales by about five per cent and exports by almost11per cent.
Toyota executives told the year，s first press con-
ference that their company is hoping to sellan estimated 1.7 milHo 11 units in the domestic market and1.52 mniion units overseas this year.
In1979， Toyota sold 2:99 million passenger cars and trucks in Japan and overset, a performance which
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store a gallon jug wasstack-ing up with paper money. Ten ho meぎwere ready for any of the Suto kids, an4 廳re offei:s were flooding in And RoyalBank manager John Devlihhぉopened account mimber 760，042 to take donations for the Suto trust fund. The community centre was receiving goods and clothes.
"Italians, East Indぉns， Russi咖,Sloyaks and some native Canadiaris) that，s Queensboro，，， said Lorraine TJiwaites,not able to choke back allthe,ars the Suto tragもdyha4cゅsed:
"People here are the way they usedtobe, and the way they should be?" she said. "TKもy，re right there Vi^hen you jieied」them. YoudcmH ever have toi ask."
Her house is aro加d the corner^〖rひm where fisherman Toitiishi Suto and his^ feniilyji虽止!ぉきさfor atleast 20 —1*8, and slie ?sc<M)rd(ii-ating the help commg iiu
iVo Qf the Suto youngsters, Johny， seven, and Mark,10， were beingtr—ted for smoke inhalation at id some injuries in Royal Columbian Hospital,
Eddie， ait15， now is th、 oldest in ihゃf?iii>ny stillat home (a 11 older daughter is
I^inda,13， and Danny,12. we "reported at VGHtobe —th tlieir mother.
The fire insurance on the Suto，s house expired the Friday before. No one was s戲whe仏er a "grace" clause existed thaぃvould extend the coverage*
The Sutoslost another son about10 years a扣when he fellfrom the family fish-boat and drowned.