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tBt怖AGICtHEROESIN. THE W ST ORすOF* J A PAN. ByIvon iHorH，. il^ew YoiluぉoU, ttine-「,rt翁"d WinBtゃn,Pp. &00» "Ih ?rt«P» Attdp，"M 0.毒n.叫
:Re vie— by DONAtD附a服
■ih!sムscin.ati"ぉ,:.rii.oゅ、.g, .:artd. ery aatlsfy，nぉbooH'(races a.sin-[11 thMne'.. thropfghon.t .16 .'cent.
【nd:the.'live- bfぺninc of,'U.s.'.h，-
Of failure: Tragic Heroes In The Hi story Of Jap an
1:0*Si,iぃs tW:lU4ldiy、、vi'lttei、
startlln"ly:alive .:and: past ■eriis' become"recognizably those ofゆc'present.
Thlij is indce" pa" of Uid -atithoirV」p(:enL:St6h、g that: thr.
is a '..typically ■，1Ubeloved '-hei'o ''Who.sc caiでer.. ■■. :.jrej)j"esゅtS ■the v.ei"y' jftittUhesta 'of &n ,ethos. of',acc(implishem",". wh'osゃ.d.ea-，h: .is. *Wぉmporar;^.:.. Setb:ack whゅ'wiU:be ■ redeem— by::'W，
itievo6aW(^Milaps(j. of,:the' cause.
feels thaぃ"thi.3 pi"edileclloi、：fcii^ i、jBrocも、ho國wcrゃ.:,uii.ablひ.to achieve :ゃcii. r CO Here;t—e.: p^joe Uvea:: !Cヌn 1caふh us much .ぉboiit Japanese vA-luea:ヌnd scnslbi.lはy..ラ.'aTidノ'liidU i'pcゅ.'ゆout our 'o、vhノAs'、vp，l."'. ■■:*rhls'thcn:i3 the''.Bspc<;t of:.his.' tory',、ya|v、vhic|ith:e.:"■(>k is::c(m. cもrncf^', :art.d: Hie heroes: ai'e'ャaた tn与to T a ken I, Y0r02uにAHhn'a、n0 M.iko, SリguWara' 'no V.Mich'izan.e! 加nam々toi;io'.:Yoshitsuiie, 'Ku3u:
"okしMtisasWge, 'Ai、iakusa Shh'oに
n、oi'lにan丄tlic:.k.a.rtiikazc: jf.igMもr8 of'Uieャaciむc Wtu、：ノ :'l'，rop1their'-'livcs':、faUinでs 'a11. scefi:れ德ぉnyノ-rational.Vlewpp-
mustrates his thesis thatにほ piでcise-ly:thc' quality, of t^eィa,
•teenled:i'figuI'es: t:)imcs、: w(hiゅ iiv alio the i' culUn'e.'tnig.h.tノ.'Wもll have bcもn swc.pV under h(stoi'y.'s.
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DisUngui.shitig theJapanese'
koto.".TIio叫h Uilswo'r'd.:!"sii-
atwlatetl as "ainc"ily," the ail-.iま:：suggests, that:.".Impllf". ■tiops a.re: mu'c*h gーter:an,d:comに.： .ptiMS.')t.3::liぉto -: ■■.きt.,:'ャhomji'1 Moぉe's p.fayhig'jfor,the''g.r^ce."to , seゃthU、W6rld:At '11*11ぉ^,，リ1ト6ノ::： equality, .of '"piakoto''..:having'': asぺ ("■■'c||teHa -''not.'the: ..objecti.v.e 'Hg'M柳snes.3 '.of.: a ::cause, : :but:.: ■■thtT.hone'atjr W"h. ■ivhichノthe:.he-、■■■■■.
'NmNrnim冊mi训nnmn,immntHm
iMitndependefit Omdn如r CancM^ansbf Jo pane s« OHgin
XXXIX 一 86
TUESDAY, DECEMBER16,1975
Where The Critic多 阳まht細utBe,ini?
勘DWIGHT CHUMAN
[WPAN，S IMPERIAL COI^SPI. tACY. '3y David股rgamW.1239 "豕もa. 、Willianv'Morrow Co.，'Jnc.
■Almost withoutで3ccpeti0n,.:major: re Viewers j)j^rme(TDavid Ber-amini.'1( massive .work, "Japan's, 【mperialConspiracy," when 'it 'む-it app'earM on .boo.kstands': in
Only'.now inヽth.e face of Japan -leror Hir0hはo'3 recent state rijit 'to tKe. United States and in aitさrmatli.of•■ this country's >wn Watergate covゅp. episode は'Bergamini's 'bo.olt ',reascended 'ro?n :ゅe    academic ...dlsgTace. it w.as: sente.need: to "by most of ilie、 soHcalled ::"Asiaまtchers'， id.hiかricalh eavyweights'near-IF one "half, decade ago. into.' thg .10blie view as sc(mゃthi"g mo.re thai! a 'venge.a nee-filled conspir-itorialjii.3toi:iaT1，3 hallucinations.
B^amWa—C'GunsofApg-wt") Tuchman,..a .respited, chro-licky of - Qhi?ia.:hi$ti)ry.aivl''Wo..j 'Id-War U herse-lf,,callfe-d9erga-.-迈ini's ,Tyork'..a...valuable new 'bit. of fresh.iiiformation :on' wartime —n,..--but then precee^ed' io k^ゅ训author's bold assー-otts. a'n:Oc:t. .24;..-197:1 'revlew rtich: appeared in :'J^ゅWorM".
In.labeling Ber辟mini，s :-thesis •nnteliable," "Vyahi-Tuchii，n wto-. "i邻nk， because—liぉal"iin-sini^le. an&wゅ,distracts i^eniion from —the: !fandftRental ぉial forces-and the multiple .facets -Oftjm^.circiirnstance, 'pwp* ト—pure- <:h.apce,^th&t.c6m-to deteiinine-a.iV&tkin，s des-That individualislikely to ^ the m'anif&t?ti6n， not t—he t—or,-of a dynamic that is aレ ready p?ぉent^"
Clwuao" Mii^ - "Thelure- of a Ccffl邻iraみUieory is. that.." 0-"s.hnpもifles hiStory for .us, Ne> n^inii how intriciite the con. ーcy —ia; once ifs .la.id ■• bart "BO 'longer--have, to stumble ^^豕h theof 'impalpable ^ric*lfore", mixed 'rapUve*
^^^'nj: whom — to blame: i)aTri<!
Bergamini's ノmassiv.e' thriller, "Japan's Itn^rial Con印ii^acy," attempts .toノsolve' World War II in' the Pai;ific 'this way." ■，
How.ever, in defenぉe:of,Bergaニ mini, Richard Hallo ran wrote in Saturday Review:thsit the aut> hor，s: sources 、、vere .ejctensive .and :impreさsiye. and that Berga-.mini,s,massWe research .tempted on， to conclude ."that majority of scholars and journalists who are. students ..of Japan have b-een innocent' babes for. mo re. than, a quarter o.f 'a century." But, even 'HtiHoran ..ended .his rev;e、v國of the book with a, c叩-out,:joining the: rest.of Bergamんi's critics iんC ailing .his tlies is .to.o, simplis-. tic....
■Bevgamini 'reacJied .the •concW-sion that Hi r oh it 0: was not the •ImperialPuppet that polieおhie hist.oi:iaris 'have' des.cribe.d for .years in.texもooks,' b.ut that he was a. fゃrmidabie warleader; tireless, dedicated,, n^eぉculous， clever, a"d patient..ん'man of super〗oi'.intも. iがt,:'Hirohito， .in :'Bergaiiiini'S view, inheriUd..iifom his..!great: grandfather, 'Emperor -Me"i,...a mlS3 ion ■ to .rid .Asia of-white 'meii.
...One. 'of' the.柳—ゆimportant poipts' Be'rgam in i iAak，.s. in .this: ."k deま-with the.-.mytlHnaii-ipg process eitant'irTall-socie.Us. ITe—taycs .of the iiMisき-'blindness of -foreign histori&ns and states, th—at, in. :his. dpinioii, 'W^!Stem sciiolar3ノIia.ve failed to u'n.cover anythinぉ-,ai)ouキ.the. history, of Japan, they ,v?きre no卞'purpo.sefully. dir€c"d t、o.,-.
'^Wぉtem -observers, in Japan," :，rote B«rjg;aniinij-.'T>eset as.-ever with the ..1ingxiisぉc and-, .cuひurpl .confusions, can.-failt。-::,'nらUce inyt^ng-that.;s/n，t de1—iterately pciinUd out io'them."
-Bergamini,.. who. sp"ks and 'reads. Japanese, .biised .hi多work on t-he—diaries of four key mwiar-. o加さthe:Empザor-andTa s.ecret h5.stoiy of the .]^peroゥfeijrn. Onuj auch sources "iuient，'the m«in(^ri" of Jtipftn's wartime Annjf--Chici of Staff, .Gene"1 Hゅnie Sugi女&ina, showed that
J邻an's Whaling Industry Agree To Ad opt
;n;EW YORK. — Japan's whaling: iiM?ustry'will fuUy respect the.'iie\v: 'r卿urce management' foi:mula'ノa49pted .at. th，ノ' 《^une' 1975 .meeting of the:International Whaling Com mission (iW(i)i according to. the '.Japan .Whaling Association.'
.The .ne.w. formula.ゅposes. a hiirVesting .inoratori咖,'"'or total: ban, oTi'spedes whMe' populations have fallen more than10 p.er cept
bel"v maximum sustaiiVable yレ' もld.'levelsに.It bringS".a】l:'w。rid <>• cea，ほunder .IWC quota, systems for the :firSt. time,:, including':the. NoHh Atl.antic, 、vhich hぉne-vci'..bef(nふbeen regulated,
A's..a.画resuは,t.hei.« will.be .き .■con>plete. haU,to..all..sd whaling in the. Noi'th…Pacific, and '"West .Indian Ocean, in ■ the :…southern ■hemisphere,, and to.alしma〗fe sperm whaling ,in .the vicinity 'of
Toronto Japanese, I;Cinguctge School's 3Branc"sんtixic，s Mcm"tudents
TORONTO. —•■ The' Toronto Japanese .'Language ■ Schoolcoirt-mence4'it&'nひv (erm In .September wはh, a total.of 98 studente ■enrolling in Griade one .in tl^.e 3' schQols. WitJ^ -a.sludent:p.ひipulatU)n number ing. :845 and 28.t eachers,.cl.asses'a re held: e Very Satii?day hi6rning'from 9.a'nv-toノ12'ni)Oii.ー.
1. 'Orde. Schoolbranch .saw a to A a1-of: 42 students enrolling'in ■Grade1with .an iadditional13 attend in   the special adult —cl败
:"Totalst'jde.nts150.
2. 'Wexford Coilegiate branch: had 33 st'idents in Grade1.
■—-Total-.,students,31.. .3.'Je.ckin'an Sch6oレbranc" w,h i ch:.o f fera,. advanced: c ourseミ''，h ad I ■ 23-stuck rits in 。rade'l.ゝ'. ：.■— Totalstud exits114.
ComjietitorsFor Detroit
NEW. YORK:— Th feJapanes" can',be :tougぉ'icoin—itors. .For examplも,while Detroit, was
that iも'would not be .!)0S-Siも!e :to meet stringent: n^id-7Q*s ■ iede-rtl'aiitoniobile- pollゆ on"control s—dards, '"Kie H"onぉ—Motor Comptny, X«-t<!" —Wa^iiie.Hy .ぉた ぉ;4ng'-a " s. tratifieId cllarge" en-, gine.—th two'coi?obリstkm cJiam-
siilt — available in Hcwida'- .CV-OG加ode1/ aiutomobi!e'.— -Is a b—igh-mileageゃiigin^ --れat. e多sはy meets.- the--higも"t. pol—luHon^coji-trol"ndards. pow con—template<^ .Detroit cont-inu" .to. .ai"gueズof more time....
-.Si|nna〖ly，：:Sony 、 Corporation has.p-erfecUNTHs Betam"- ho迈e video TV system,-whie]V it is' teat-injuicーg in JipAn,. The加iち which wm carry »loffy多2,295
pr;ce .when intr<i^upe<lhere cont-ぉ.h^' a tinier tha，. wiil 'ail.iow. pe* opie to:"pe,'shows:ゅejr i:anhot initially-watch.forlater-pUiyihg. They willeven be'able't^.watphi say,加e—channelw.hi!e .5i迈u^UA， oーy video"tapinj:クnother ch处
pulれ.feature: wUh^ —t" advert]^ .sers is a., pause 'cまrb! th^it 』ow the vjぉer to blocぉont
On.らe again,' this' 'is— a.、87stem 6tber. m幼Qf，ctare](;s are meivly t;alkinjr 'abonぃIMs eaUmated ，W'おme,. 7,500 of the BeUmp .sぉtC"tns haye b«.(Mi so!<lin .Jipan in th—last four, months:—The com-piiny'has stated iha" " th»t price-it. is asking,, .thei be^inni' Fillnot be ft Jowleader. Rather, it willma" m做"rtd wen <V sorb the high InUiAlnmk"hi豕 a:nd service -costs^ Sony
East付n Australia. Fin \^h.aHng. willalso be b.anned'in     but one regio'iv in the Antaf"6 and in the NbrthAtlah"c.
The., Association'..きaid, ."Our. decision' is b^sed,oれみj^an，s. «>•,■ ramitni€.nt—to both—prot<ctk>?1«n<l pーent use of .whale reso.urc化 Tぉe newIQ per:cent.:.guideline .w〗lli)rotect一 species'long'befo.—,' ゅey. even: approach:endanれred..: levels..
■•"Implementation df,the.., new, form'nlawi:lrequire'furtheir'i^r, ■ganization and' reduction of 'Jaー pin's. whaling:in—try, ,howー' vffi despite 0ur、con;si^erable雄-ノ, cri".ce,. we' are'<>onfident. ，t'ノwHl be-.possi.ble for. iisパひcontinti" •whaling undei"screntifk;»Uir.-;ju3t-,:: ifi€d resource managemeiitViM;jiiへ' I'dples. •. .• •ゝ
"We estitn-aぉ-.that neyr. latbns .wUl.'cul Japaft's "w"l.e meat .pro duct ion 、i^加s wbalii^ year.ゆ.1fiss-iljan.:40,齡：,:tons from. iastヽyeai,s:幼，OOO-ヽtons.' Consid^ing that J^p4n，s.   t»t" ■domeaUc'.b»Bf pro<|actk»i aiiio*^ —* :to.le，3   ーh 300,000: '.tons, this r led 一 km. will:diぉtly:: affect Japanese diets, 'which —■ii^r^le meat S;S &rrinvaluaWe'p， tein.ぉnrce..
'■-■-"A pi:otein-p歐.natkip, j«^«n' has:: a. id—rieね，itment   to.:
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ヽ，，-is-..our..sinc晰hp"'〜t extren5istゃns^enrat^ . gToops'-in 'nop.whaling |Uktk>n8:.T»W-now dis^onthiQe. boycoH —campaigns., ami'otー .inflamitoひ.antUaiwD'.' tic He5 which work against th« spirit- of-inte;iiat^)Bla1.e^^p^-— •tion'-to WMc'hnyd iき.ぉvoted.
w haling grh>uj;« ?iave .employed • boycotts aiid otbcr.e.xtretoist efforts t^'-ズore«.Japan.to:.多ul?Bft"-' to. &' glojba! 'moratoi^um -on all -comnfjercSalwlviMiig. Their «f-. forlshiveeマeft reached US• —public .sc)iools, ..where墓叫\*^-
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