IsseiWWIvet, Ryoichi勘bayashipaぉ然
VANCOUVER. - One of the last surviving members of the Japanese Canadian Expedi歸 Uortaty Force who "rved in World W3rOne, Mr, Ryoichi
Kobayashi of Vancouver passed a^vay orv October13th，1979• He was 88.
Mr. Kobayashi set Veti with the192nd Battalion.
Heissurvived by w"e M柳-ko, 4 sons,1daught状，and n^any grr印"Udren. Services ゃerehelld at the Vancouyer Buddぉt Church.
THE
»nt Organ fof Conodiam c^Japon參M0ri9tn
VOL. 43 一 NO. 87
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER16,1979
TORONTO, ONTARIO
Wing of home for他e a get I for J,C. 薩画,薩n翻画麵iji幽
TORONTO. — TheMorti-iji Health Care Society recently aimoimcもd that an aぉreettient has been made \yith Metro^ Toronto pepart-mもnt of SocialServices that one wing of C站tkview-Wy-chwood Towers — an extended care ho me operated by Metro — willnow be used to accommodate Ja-panese Canadians.
This decぉioii came about after many months ctf nggO" tぇajioii辨d discussion by t" Societyゃith Premier Davis, Health MmぉterDen-
nis Timbrel andlocalitteiti-faもrきot provincialparha.-mもnt on both sides of thg
The wing to be used at Castleview-AVychwood Tか yver9 fe 011 the sーitd floor with 40 beds. The Society feels it may take up to12 months to fillthe a Hot ted premises, because the wing is presently full3^ occupied.
"Any Japanese Canadian elderly is eligible for the' "Towers"    provided Uv" he or she can meet certain medicaland other qualifi'
Vein* Buddhisf7S anniv. & dedication
VANCOUVER. - A掘i-cation and 75th Anniyeぉary service willbe held at the Vane Oliver B14ddhist Church ro m m em orating the of fi ciゆNovember 25th. opening of their new church.
The D e Heat ion sei*vice wHr be he!d (m ' S"urday， November 24th and the 75tliAnniversa* Service is to be he Id on Sunぉy，
Jap a nto produce ownenHched リixmiump6wer reactQrfuel
TOKYO. — Japan started to en del1natural Uranium recently んprodiicefueしforiぉ nuclear po\Ver reactors, xiews sources reported.
Japanおthe dghth country in thevyorld to attain the tさch-nology,沐hi6h also can produce materおi for* nUdeai* bprnbs.—
OffWals o重the power readtor and Nuclear Fu6lDevelopmient Corporation wete not imtnedia-tきlyav ailable foircamment,
Kyodo News Service reported tilat the pUblicrcorpo?"纟tion activated 1000 centrはugaf separators to attain enriched ufanium contairi，ng3.2.per cent IJrani-um 235 at Us Ningyoぉdge PIa fit in Ok a yam弓prefecturee, southwestern Japan.
The p!ant， which was constructed over nine years with at I investment of al)out S200 m冊on, w川go Into fulloperation inlate1981using 7000 separators, Kyodo said.
Then, the enriched uranium it produces willbe suf"cient to fuelalight water reactor 、vUh a capacity of half a million kilowatts, it said.
The ，nitiat!on ceremony at
thePidge PlanVvさs attended by
Science —at^dェ丝hoq10 gy^Sfやll<3y dlirectoi>GeneralIwazo Kahe" F^yodo said.
Japan, the world's second largest user of commercial nuclear energy,lias bee" to tally dependent on the Uhifed States for its supply of dnrichもd uramum*
ThenewspapれAsahiShhti-buii said the nもw plant would useも5 t6ns of domestici^lly p^oducedjnalural uranium and the rest would be purchased from Fi"aiicら
TJie nさwspaper said Japaii m!ゅt be able 、0 supply o^e-third or one-fourth oiIts enriched uranium needs in the 19，.:..、
Production oi atomic bombs ! require $ highiy enriched uranium of mo re than 90 per cent. The Asahi said Japan was wit-l，ng to receive supervision by the IniternationalAtomfc Energy Agency to show that Japan !s not producing such highly enriched uranium，
The government declared in •1968 that the nation would not produce, possess 01* bring in nuclear weapons.
cations; foi:e^xample ， for 序dicalre參ns they c |]i^t bゃlooked sifat )ioihき or be acco mi ho dated in places like Spencer Ho meOr Nipponia Home.
"The Castleview-Wych-wood Towまjs centrally located on Christie, just north of Dupont Stteet and iseasily accessible by Christie or Dupont Quses. It is a Ilew building^ポth bright, clie枕ft(l，larまe峰]ni-priャate roomsj it is sもrvice4 bymir-se^ and staff who hもip the residents with all their pre. sonalamenities.
"Members wlio iitsp^ed the Towers were very jm-pressei with the excellen<!e of medicaland otherservi， ces.，They fecithat senioi* JC，s can live (^omforiably there and relatives can be assured that the residents wbuld receive the best of care. At present the Towers has two Japanese speaking "aff tut^ We Iiave been • sui，ed that mo re willbe hi redばI needed.
"Further mo relimited Jす paneさecuisine \yillbe offe: red, patient; number Ui-icreasぉ.The Society ifit^nds to consult wijth th袒T0wも1^ a dm inお的t ion and provide yolunteer seirvices asれis now aoing at Spencer House," they added.
Tlie Momiji Health Ca?*e Societぇhas set卯an ad hocきーi辨ion committee headed by Dr. Roy Shinpbii. Aiiyone who reqiiires mirs-inきcare should have his or 旨physician complete the appropriate application as soon as possible ai]id紂nd it to Dr. Roy Shinobu, North York GeneralHospital, 4001Leslie St. Willow-dale, Ont" M2KlEl
Application forms are also available from Dr. Shinobu or Dr. Fred Sunahara， 9J Otler Cres. Toronto (783-
Myfathefs (hie Last Wish
By SACHI SEKO
My fathもr had onelastwぉh an4 that was to die inj hospital. Among the many fea1r9 that plagued him allhislife, was the dre&d of cohvalescent hノomes, Thelast part of his l"e'strave， was in the coinpatiy ()f thosft hethistもd, allゅrofes' sio加!s. He did not ask for nor did he want to， be sMii:ouh4ed: byれiefidsoraciiiiaintai^ces.
it was his goodfoHune t卩 haveiJiも(?onsぉnt careoicour ce印edi surgjeoiis. ]Motfi!ngき ;hヌs iDomfoii: was ?sip^びd by ，tot:ated n^irf;es. And each day, our fさmil)^4octor
typiciき！ of the ii^6ky , • father iもd that he乡hcnild die the way he, wisihed at the age
He jeft in"ructions as to "is finaljriteさ,a smairfamlly gtavesideseiryice. H is dおねStも
or pompor(iereiiionywa， an al)さolute trait, partieuiariy when it came to〜nerdls, for he ha3 avoided ati;endinjg th6sぉ of our best family、 friもiid and his wife.
Secreted here and there in his house were discovefd other scraps of papers wれhspecific requests. Thelanguage madき them appねr c6mniands, wliieh ofcourse， they wete. Andhざ knew that however difficult or absufd so me were, I would see that h!s wishes were hilly conveyed.
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affec;tion belonged to mygrand， fath^, who怖ated and kept my safe, smallwoITId. And it had been Grai)dfatlier，s money that Supported thr6ugh 拜father's various, bungled business ventures. 、
111 hislast yearsにmy father inゃeht"d "toi*ytiiathe polished like sづme We咖red piece of silvもr, He tried to tellus wh9t a g09diaーr he had been,3ti]^p0rゅd an4 raised us. Thaち—'i"ythlngrhai been for hisl鄉iiy, U wSさn，t a vもry gpoi stbrめbecaiisei it Was the
N^ymother"wh0がed sjx yeat3もarlierattlieagieむt 69, hadalvv野s saiid she nui?st try to outlive him. That W she prece- hiih in —th, his chiぉren would sever co，et> tions to him. And that she wd， liWnot hold us toblaipe. She had kiiown and enduredぉs tyranny;^
After thew^it^Vas shも who kもj)t us a family,印car， ceraUon co加plei:ed his emasculation. Hぉiears became so enlarges, hedr!fted from job fi) job. H fell on my mother to support the family, somethnes' taking three menialjob3 in a day, ;She, who was bom 16 better things. And when the strug(-. giebecairie too great, she called me' home from college. We needed a family bvisiness because it was the only way my father wo did work.
，was the oldestchiW, the first to attainleg (a rage. Since We bad astrans(e,(rela"on- ; my parents were then bo仇 ship, nもVer thatひ£ parent and j pitizens 0/ Japan, and " a child, except in a most biolo* parolee because of the war, the
gU^alsense. After his death, I tried tかlocate somed[iildhood linkto Wm. It wpuldぉave beeri nice to haveおひ me miemory to touch and embroider. BuHhe?:e .were none. My allegiance and
surv墜v6s
tain toilet
TOKYO, — A newborn babywhicJi fellthroiigh the toilet hole of a spee飾g trぉn如ceiitけ休as found ali>^e and ci^ying five,nd a half ho— after the mishap. Railautiioritieis said sもven trains passed over the in-; he wanted sometWnsi to drink, fa" boy before it was final-トshouドhaたknown betきr，
riemembered how my mother
business>vas purchased in my name. I wept that day. I， whひ h^d been told by CJrandfatlier to make certain that I/knew wjiat I cried for. I wept for my freゃdom, despite tnymother's promise that she needed me ontj; ayeai*. My sjervitude last:ed 24years, freedom eo-mhig at the death of niy mother. I Rejected aH offもrs her jewきlry and money, her books and art.1only w抑ted tひbe released from him, his phy$icalabusもand his mental torment.
isaw him the day before'he died. Maybe1expected a "th幼R you",som"hingrhe never saま《 in allthe years of mylife. Or a " piease", as I as H e 4 whもther
ly discovered.
used t;6 wWsper, " sia ye", arid
An officialof th€PTokyo make the most、orrow仙ex-B iii wさy security office said press ion that passed tor a that a 44-year old woman smile, as I suffered hぉrelent-apparently lost conscio， n， and dropped the baby down   the toilet minutes aftもr going intolabor and giving birth to the baby on the paぉenger train, which was travelling a bout 30 mph at thelime.
He said that the seven-pound baby was taken to the Japanese Red Cross Hospitalwhere it waslisted in serious condition with head injuries from the fall.
less wra仇She called it his "ingratitude",
He waslike afaucet, running warm and cold water. The warmth, was reserved for outsiders. I only knew the stinging, splash of Ws scorn. I \Vas remlnde"f thislast week, 一 as I received the courteous condolences of those who made time to telephone or to callat the house. They remembered hhn as a good man. I am sure he was.仙t allI can confirm is that helived a long and good
me.