Bussei Con vent ion*
EasternYo鹏gBu(l他ist
TermedHi ghi y Successful
的lto Ml"0に—As far baj<ik as Septen、bef"1976,、ゆen our young l)cb"phi and adultlfaadゃi.s retui'ned fi'dmOhica;gへぉheyVv"'e quite ea!geivi;o acceptおiimj>recedente<ir^sp6nsi"b|ilitiy。f hosting along幼-taibllsh^^Eg如tern You tig Buddhist Leggue coiw伤iti6n in ibro由. Wh en the oughtぉiTSt;ocゅi7"editoもli鄉,it Nvasanelぉted oJiallenge but;v^rhもn the day& itiぉitもpled， the ta"sks纟emed sooveTwiiehningeven beyond ohe，s:i加agination;wihat it "Willtake to sponsoiv&ucha<kmY^il-,U(m.. :      ノ.ノ-.'    V    ■::》：■■..■■.■..:.,::■::.'•::.  '..,.:.ノ： '. 、 — •■
From the yery outset, it was understood thatわhぉwillぉe a conference for the yQung，<90 t<heyoimg should pian it. There wきre exams,1)art 'はmeworkaiid many athletic and &ocialih|oursf<»:t;he veryyひung. Theれdulもsl)eing very con:cenved exjyress" this aiudety in many W£iys. In.the caseひf Tor onto, the Bud list Ohurch assured the yoAng BucMWs/ts'，ぉha"t the chvirch 'be'hindtihe conference 、vholehさ及rtedly An 4 that it willassume any financial"deficitth^ 1"i妙'toocur，thiswa&veJ7jrea'ssur.ing.
As in many cases, sex me )o:f us are vもryreluctantんcommit ourselves to the verylast mi nute, and this conferencewasメ no exception. The young piaimersヽVere rathei^worri^ about the poor reponse, Init at tiiielast minute reservations began pouring in and U was a'lmostp節d柳ひnkwnaro"imd the convention !i幼dqu^4te"S as to where to .jnit them up. The Prince HoteVf狄ilHies were boo"kもd to the very brim， and so somei^eservations had to be referred U> " iiear，by ,hひtel.Some out-of-towneぉ柳'itched plans and came a day e肌'lier， this added to the eoTifusiひii.By Friday, Sept. 3rd， theTe-gi&tration,lps"pitalれy， and transportation commUtees were high gear. When thelarge corvtingent; fr她Chicago arrived or it wo buses, iぃvivs .a'llhireadiness..
The opening service started ;prk)mptly as annoimeed at 9 in the nuu'ning. As他edele>grates came into theTOom, they \yere exposed to a taped conve;rsaticm of Tor加bo，s yひimg people "Iking ftbout thetheme;fort)hecoひveTiti(m， "writingon、hewa〗l:."
Vさry few knowwhai the theme meant when they received the initialbrochure. These few days should produce an un(ier由n-ding or the nveaming or the theme, each coming to _gripsw【tih re« ality &i、d gain sin insight into this theme.
Thefirsぃday, afitortheop&nhig sei'vice, the adults went to-uiiiig but the young people rejnaぉed for seininars, There were sen 》、ie foiu.teen groups with threeleaders in each. Theseleaders wore carefully咖3ena11(^ oriented previous to <the conf卿nce. Theenfcii'ehoterc(iinpoimd was bustling with yovingpeo»pIe eagerly diwuぉingvadous subjects relevant to the conference.
CONFERENCE SATURDAY EVENING
After ad ay in semmars, every erne r q qui red relaxatdon. By seven in the evening, the bustl'inglflbbywa^ deserted, !t seemsthきy wentdひwひtawn to，the EX and other entertainment areas and be-fore they did makethegraTKl exodus they promised to be at the SimcJay morning sらryice.
Visiting ministers and 、viyes and other ofぉciaLs werfe feted by TBC4tKaぉura restaurant fc^foreぉ)ning in aレai> open' house at Uielshiurぉ.
TORONTO pANA
W'hile tl>e e<>njference was in fuU swing ait Princんthe social comn"ttee of tliきTひi'onto Dana$ was at church preparing; the Iunoh for Sunday.
CONVENTIONiSUNDAYさきRVICE，ATぉUDDHISTX)mJI^)H
One of the major concerns aもoutgodjig tb the TBC is，king, but this 、yas I solved for the conf^e?ice by gaining access to nearby put^licschooliorparldnぉ.Oux' teenages werゃstationejd atv&-i'iouspokits to direct cars to (;iiiき.lot. ，
Fひrtiimitely, the weather was in our f&vimr.It was co(^レand comfoit^le,forWiUiout fair weather, it might have been upbea^a-blもat chひr"asiぃw?si(办nding r^om onl,,vdth overflowing Worsh^peifs. The momin«,« message wasおvert by Key. Ryo Im、 amura wbo^e wavekivgth readied the young people ， he bs'iiiseW is_an under伤irty minister from Hawaii,
CONVENTION BANQl3ETAi<JD BALL
んconVention ia not幼convention withit ia banc^uel;andや ba化The h^iablei幼comprised of young people, to鹏.the pun, "Sans € is". The toastauist枕wasヌoy Kuaano, , Torontolawyer the grace was given by Rev. Ron Miyaimiraゃf M id west. Bud-Temple, another "幼nsed,，， and the aft打dinner speech vras givenl>y Rev. Ryo Imamura^ Other members at the head tebl，we-"leaみrs from various centresむomChica詐，SeabixK)k， Hammon， Montreal,Clevc】幼d and Toronto. 、 j ,
An oM time Buss*r from Chicago commented, Its hard to to top this cofmntton"' an^ as he vas making this observation, erne
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TOKYaー Women'slU) mo. yemetvts have alongwAy to go to reach theirgoalu in Jゅan, & ptr^iva" auryey imJi汰tedi,eceiト tly;. ■
かer half ctf the: mstle office Woi4cei'8 polledcoiisider >von)erv inc^l>^le of holding managerial jX)沐3, while one«thrirdthiiikser-yiiVg tea to men ertiployeesお part Q重woman's job in the xwt-
The survey, coyeHng336掘Ue collもr加enwoiぉvs in Tokyo, 、vascond\i(5t€d byapa'ivMもmoney lending ageni;yfoi' wゃmゃn to find Tttゃn,s views on working women,
outゅ"hh;d of J邵an,9 woi'k force of som6 56 mUHon.
Th« survey siho、vcd that 62,7 jjer cent of theI'esjKmtJents tihou-まwomen — ex鄉t for a Ve.
I'y few are unfitれr mauagcHiU posts ;38,4 per* centヽvolcoined 、vomcnexecutWes; ftnd8,9 thenい ught; appointing" them to highei office is unsound.
As for women sei'viiig tea "、 the office; S8.4 pei、ceut'replie<1 it isoi、e of the fe歸le 、vorkもi's' ''important,' di"i(\s;36,6. per cent voiced a'pprei?iaUon iぇtiicy did it "wUUngly; -and the rest ha<): no fi>ply.
AnlrKUpきndent Org ion forConadicmso孚Jo pones • Origin
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FR][DAY, SEFTEMBER24,1976       TOR6NT0, 6NTAtU0
Topic Of Seminar At Letiibridge Univ.
I/ETWBRIDGE. ~~ As aprelude to the Ja5>a-        Outstanding Japanese Canadian academics are
nese Canadi幼Onteimialin1977, the Political Science Department of The Uniマeぉity of Leth-bridge^willhold a 3-day seminar on October14-15-16. Entはled "The J a panose Experieiice in North America," the conference willdealprincipally on the C&iiadian perspective, past a ndp resent.
AsianAmericarisIgnored By U,Sに Census Says' Rep. Spark AAdtsunaga
AVASH!INGTON. — Chargdng もhat Asian Americans and Pacific Island j>eoples have been laTJ^dy ignored by the U.S. Census Bureau, alegrislaぉon has been introduced by Rep. Spark M. Ma-teimaga, D-I^awali, to remedy 他e sH加tion.
Matsuna:g« has asked for the establぉlwnent of a Censirs Advd-sory'Coiwmi&sion for A:si an and Pみ(?iific Jsland Americans.
l\he 'bill,introduced recently, yvould also require fche Census B"i辨u *<v gather and publish regiilafly staぉeti^;s,on A由n aivd Padfic. Is1ait4 Americans r^sM-inぉin Jfawaii, C^H^., Alaska,
and other stated.
"dn states with si if id ant "umbers of Asian A饥やrleans and Pacificpeoples, a real prol)l柳ari^ when it comes to identifying tli《iT.' chafaoteristies 幼d their needs," Miitsvmaga sala.
"In Haw汰ii, for exam pie,もhe census data aiでtabulated on the basisひf"w)hJte，" "black," "Spanish-speaking," and "oゎhersノ，
"The tabulations have shown that Hawaii's population iさ39 perc!&nt White,less thanゎne per cent black aiid over 60 5)er cent "others," thelawmaker said.
"We are at quite a disadvantage hi trying toi;equest an^i im-plement funding from various federal pro grains due to tlie aibsen-ce of detailed census data."
A more detail.breakdown is esserttialforthe pr6per delineation of socia" cultural,economi(?, hei'lth ，d other j)裤l鄉s.
Because of the increase in im-migrtation from他もiiation^ of Asi在n and the Pacific duringも he ia沐20 yejirs， a moreかline&ぉon of thesゃproblems is critit^ to tlve 'properぉljocati油of fedei;a】' state andlocalresources, hさcon-chid led.
'pぉlUci pants in the pr e sent at ion with Dn David ミuzuki' notedUBC geneticist, delivering the keynote address. DivTed Aひki，UBC and Dr. Go id cm Hirせb汰yashi， University of A】beHa willbe pabsenting papers.
Dr. Akira Ichikawa, of the U-niveristy of Lethbridge willmoderate ai'ound-taもle discussion "Japanese in North America: Ethnic Success Story ?" with panelists Gordon Hirabayasihi， Edison Uno, Ted Aoki, David Iwa-asa and LaurelFujimagar*i.
Edison Uno is alecturer and cpnsuHant of Asian-American Studies at SanFrancisco State University and an active member of the J邵anese American Citizens League, D"d Iwaasd is with the Department of Finance, Ottawaムa f<ii'mei，South Al: berten^ith. an aibiding interest
幼他A冊iver幼ry Stamps
TQKYO.一饰e Minis!try of Posts and 'Telecommur^ cat ions willissue two1dm!Is of comme" mora^iv)^ postage stamps op Nov.10 in hひnひr of tih* 50th &nni-Tcpsary this year of the accession むf the Emperor, to the throne.
One stamp :willdepict a scene of "Maniai-Raku," a tradHional form of comic dancing， while the other willbe a desigrn of
the imperialcoach the Enipero* Hirohito iwie at the enthronement ceremony.
The ministry wilトぉsue35 million of each stemp, botli of which willsellfor 50 yen "8 cents).
-In addition,10 million sheets containing both stamps willbe so】d at post offices and .thn)ugh mailorder.
in Japanese Can^aiis) Lam'el Pujimagari, a jx?liぉcai science sfcuderit.
S. L Hayakawa HIts Thやse Career Pbliticos
J^NOHO SA2MTA FJE, 一 R<;-tvゅlication S^natprialnoiniiiee S. I. Haywaka says theAihenc^ps —uld ruひfor pひfelico您peand 'ぉt an end to pfof^ioilalゃolト ticianarwhQ make aぉfetiinS ca-1でぉT out of pplijbics,,,
.Hayakawa said his Democratic opponen"t, Sen. John Tunnもy, "j"ecei^lyぉiled to a卯ear on ihe Senate floor to supportゆamendment to the mergybiUU had authored."に
A widely ki)o罪semaniicist/ Haya)c柳asaid he ought to be elected in November to bring c la-riijcation toleぉs)ature bills "so we allean understand thtm without legalinterpretation."
Hayakawa spoke to100 persons at an invitationalluncheon recently in his first campaign appearance in San Diego County.