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Is ncim-E3^ersofNIS边ーare
enterlng吝ーreョさtanld1 nurs-
ing ht}l^6.s, ，nd san^eー have
reason toびe
concerned
at}out议ぬinぬ
relatives. Aぬ-
lnぬand re-
tirement IDrot>-
leps are as
much aでart of
V 一 ding scholarships for stu-
dents andぬettinぬsinぬleひto
ぬether. Those are the facts of
For these reasons puびlical-
tioコof the Enぬーish translation
of 77?e rvw7、pミyeaヽs、 a novel
びy sawaズo Ariズoshi {Kodan,
she-, $1产ぬ5) is timeーy. when it
wasでUCTIished in1ぬ72 inしa-
でan under the title KOさfoslz
コo W/7o, it sold a m三ion
coでies the first year.
Tプe stopy is set in contem-
でorary Tol^yo. The fDrinciでal
characters are Akーko Tachj-
びana, a middle-aぬed working
mother, and her fatherニn-law,
shiぬezo.
when st1iぬezo、s wife dies
unexpectedly, Akiko and her
own family notice shiぬezo
hasびecoョe quite senile.
They do not know whether
the condition wasびrouぬht
atiout by the deatliof his
wife, or whether she conceal.
ed his gradual deterioration.
Afdko、s hu St-and refuses
to taf<e an active role in cwrinぬ
for his father, and theぴcrden
falls on her. shiぬezo、s t6dズ
is hewlthズfor his aぬe, CTUt his
mind deteriorates steadily-.
He acts firひt like a child, then
like a tsCTy. He cries when he
is hcnぬrY, whjch is often. He
wanders awaズfrom home.
when he waives uでat niぬht he
is unaCTーe to find his way to
thのtoニet and Akiズo must
sleのでin thG same room v/ith
him to tひke nim octdoors.
Eventually he becomes in-
continent and Akiko must
wash hーm and diap-er him.
でhv-sicians are unaCTIe to
do amズthinぬfor shiぬezo.
Tokyo、s facilities for car inぬ
for the aぬed, particularly the
senile, are totaーーy inadequate.
There is noでlace to send Shi.
ぬezo; lie must t>e caired for at
home, his every needでro-
<ided for and watched contin-
ually so ttiat he does not
harm himself or those around
him.
Yet, when shiぬezo falls iーー，
AMズO tond her family desでer-
^tのーy serT toでrolonぬhis life.
Thのy realize he, and theズ，
wouldひe CTのtter off if he died,
ひut 0assessed t}y a feeーinぬof
ぬuiーt they do everything
possible to save him.
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Statement to
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solidaiity
しaでanese flutist at Niででonia Home
頃EAMSVーLLE, Ont. I Japanese fーutーst, Mーss Mーchlko Akao,
who apfbeared in Toronto as part of a crosS.Canada recital tour
sでonsoredぴy theレaでan Foundation, made a sでecーaー call at
the N，pponーa Home In Beamsvーlーe, ontarーo, on Friday, Nov-
ember l仿,19»4.
Following remarksひy Consul General HIkaru Oka, Miss
Akao sでolce to some 20 residents of the Home at>outプer
musical career and the traditional Japanese K3amlw00 flutes
whicプsheでlaysびotプas a soloist and ーn concert Wlt7 such
world-renowned orchestras as the San Francisco symphony,
the Philadelphia symphony, and the Newしaでan philharmonic.
Miss Akao also pーayecs two selections for her appreciative
audience tsefore joining them for refreshments and relaxed
conversation.
Mitsui Canada foundation
further inぬCanada-しaでan
friのndshiで& understanding
TORONTO. IIn1ぬ81,in
commemoration of 25 years
of its trading activity in Cana-
da, Mitsui & Co. (Canada)广td.,
established the Mitsui Cana-
da Foundation for theでur-
でose of furthering the under-
standing and friend-y rela-
tions CTetween the P50でーe of
Canada and theでeoでle of
This year, in the second
year of its activity, the Focn,
dation,s mainでroject is the
sponsorship of a stcdズtour
of Canadian Hiぬh School tea-
chers toしaでan from the1.0-
f.or-to and v加ncouvror areas to
observe the vJapaneseェiぬh
School education system, to
deep-en tプeir understanding
TJisei author is
1984 Wonder
t.os ANGE广ES. Iレeanne
wakatsuズ一 Houston, a£hor
one of the14 winners of the
1の»4 wonder wo mem Awards
presented at New Yorズ、s
Plaza Hotel Nov.14. warner
Co mョu n i cat ions sponsors
^he 3.yearoーd foundation,
which selected the winners
from more than1,400 names.
Each receives wのrant of
$7, go.
of Japanese education and
culture and toでass on to
yolinぬCanadians their otjser-
vatjons and reflections. If the
project turns out to tie suc-
cessful- the Focnosion will
sでonsor » similar tour an-
nually.
The motivation for this pro-
ject originated at this year、s
Ca5ada,japs5 Businessmen、s
Conference held in May in
スoびe,しaでan, where thのTour,
ism Sector of the ca亂9y
しaでan Business Cooでe ration
Committee resolved to foster
and suででort cultural and
sでorts exchangesびetwのen
Jaで如n and Canada that will
contribute to CTetter under-
standing and friendship- be-
tween the two countries.
The Tourism sector mem-
t>ers inぴoth countries agreed
to suででort this year、s Foun-
dation project; inでarticuーar
cでAir in Canada and Hotel
Okura in J aでan (t5th comps-
njes tjeinぬchairmen of tプe
Tourism sector in their re-
spective countpY)， w三pro
<ide必ssistance to theでroject
vvitプresでect to ts5sでortatfoコ
and accommodation. Also,
Canadian companies in the
Tourism sのctor made eicash
contribution to the project.
vaーuttひle assiSt£tnce in the
planning tond co.ordlpation of
TORONTO - On No v. 21,
1ぬ84, the Toronto J CCA Red-
ress Committee, which claims
to have a mandate from all
レaで但nese Canadians in tプe
Toronto area, voted on a m9
tlon to withdraw Its {Toronto
しc COmmunity、s) support of
tプのactions t-einぬtaズwn CTy
the National Association of
Japanese Canadians (NAJC)
to redress the injustices of
world War =•
Desでlte suggestions CTy
several m em tiers thwt such
an enormous decision should
notびe made without fuーー con-
scltatjon with the entire com-
munity, the motion was mass-
ed withlひyea votes,ぬnai-
votes andひix aCTStentions.
(several of the committee
members were away in ot-
tawei on this daズto attend thの
release of the NAJC Redress
rorief to the media.)，
We relieve that you never
ぬave this sでlinterぬrouでa
mandate to act onズour CTe-
half. It has nのver held a p>ut>lic
meeting to seek community
endorsement. To realize a
form of redress satisfactopY
to the largest ncmびer ofしa-
でanese Canadians, we relieve
that the following are absolu-
tely essentia--:
(1)Solidarity of allしaでan-
ese Canadians in one national
movement. Fragョstation
w三onーズsのpve those oででosed
to redress.
(2) ThosのWI10 claim to rep-
resent Toronto Jc、w must
receive yocr mandate throuぬh
the democraticでrocess, Every
oででortuコity must CTeぬiven to
all Jaでemese Canadians af-
fのctのd by wartime events to
maズe their wishesズコovvrL
(3) The aCTOVe minority
grouでmust CTe stoででed from
でretendlng to represent the
entire Toronto community In
activities harmful to and
separate from the NAレC na-
tional redress iveョent.
we need to suででort each-
other In on.going relations
with the Government of Ca-
nada and we mustびe so//cy
witプthe NAしC. we need your
Give us your nwme, address
and telephone numひer for
notices of future meetings
and membership ーnformation.
If it is convenient toズou,
p>lease use the Membership-
Aででーication Formでrjntのd
herewith.
Redress workshop
Onしanuar7 20, from 2:00 to
刀edrのss worl^sプoでat theしa-
でanese Canadian cultural
Centre,123 Wynford Drive,
Don Mills, to invite theでcぴlic
to discuss various aspects of
Redress. We hoでe you wーーl
attend this meetjnぬand tal^e
でart in determining whwt the
majority of us want on this
implopta5t issue.
--The Toronto Ch5でterメ
zational Association
ofしaでanese Canklians.
wesleズFujiwara, M.D.,
president, 222-1666.
Executive memびers: Darryl
ェay a Shi 593-9841,Kunio Hi-
daka (1)898.3156, Stan Hiraki
4s.4905, Bill Kobayashi 884-
0829- Jim Kobayashi 4Ge.e400,
Dennis Madokoro 266.8886,
Marcia Matsui 76s985, Matt
Matsciの25-7GG7,スen之oma
690.5117, Roger Ob at a 2:39-
6889, Matthew Oku no S9-
2721,ェarrY Yonekura 447-
5879.
ヽco/7f/y7にecz C5でaere 2、
c^hri的tmaM concellto aid
し.c.のーderーy on Dec, 20th
TORO之TP I With the festivities of chュstmas ringing
and rushinぬall around cs, Toronto、sしaでamese Canadian com-
munity has not forぬottron our eldwrlズcitizens, the -ojii.san--
1.0 raise funds for the care of our elderーズーssei aind Nisei(！),
a christmMS Concert will be held on Thursday, DecひmCTer
20th,1ぬ84 starting 8:00 pm. at the Holy Trinity Church (CTehind
the Eaton centre)，11Trinity sqsre.
Theでroぬram will include Nis改i writer-レoy Koぬawto, Mcthor
of the award vvinninぬ"obasan--, who w三be offのrーnぬthe oでen-
jnぬrem torズs tonij a readinぬof h®rでoettY. y05A7/7f0 sasa/r/ wj=
offer a few confections on the <iolin, JiョAttwood wilーびe pーay,
inぬtheでiano, and chisaズo Et2ズorn will disでーaズher vocalvーr.
All readers of Thn Nのw Canadian如re cordially invited to at-
tend an enjoyable evのning of good classicalandしaでanese
music. Admission is free.
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