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Japanese Newspaper: “Sunny to America: Two International Students Selected”

File includes a Japanese newspaper article featuring a teenaged Toyomasa Fusé and one other Japanese student as they are congratulated by General Douglas MacArthur as two of four selected winners of the Garisa (?) Scholarships to study in the United States. Fusé is quoted as saying that he will be attending a university in Missouri. Lois Fusé’s note on the context of the picture is written on the exterior of the original file folder.

Memorabilia

File includes Fusé’s student identification card and library card from Hokkaido Sapporo High School, dated Showa 24 (1949), tickets to Ninomiya (1949) and Fusé’s membership card from the Student Christian Association at Missouri Valley College (1951)

French Essays

File includes Fusé’s writings in French. Topics include his travel to France, French politics, Japanese society and film,, and multiculturalism in Canada.

Ontario Living magazine, August 1985 Issue

File includes one copy of the August 1985 issue of Ontario Living Magazine. The home that the Fusé family owned from 1976 to 2003 is featured for its traditional Japanese interior design aesthetics.

Toyomasa and Lois Fusé Welcome Dinner in Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan

File includes a photograph of Toyomasa Fusé, Lois Fusé, their son Kenji with many of Toyomasa Fusé’s high school friends as they gathered for a dinner in honour of the Fusé family on their visit to Fusé’s birthplace, the city of Sapporo. File also includes the guestlist for the dinner, outlining their connection to Toyomasa Fusé.

Mickey Club speech: Movies

File includes Fusé’s speech to the members of the Mickey Club, a public speaking organization. Fusé discusses Japan’s post-war cultural shifts and his own exposure to Western culture through watching films from the United States, the United Kingdom, France and the Soviet Union. He recommends that his audience watch movies from other cultures to broaden their understanding of the world.

Correspondence: Plans for “Tora-san” Joint Lecture

File includes correspondence and notes in Japanese and English regarding a planned joint-lecture about the film “Tora-san,” which would be discussed by the film’s director Yoji Yamada and lead actor Kiyoshi Atsumi in Toronto. Fusé writes to Mamoru Iwamoto, Executive Director of JETRO regarding the reply he received from Toshio Hatano, the New York Bureau President of the Asahi Shimbun newspaper. File also includes a letter written to Fusé by Kiyo Kurosu, a general manager working for Shochiku Corporation (a Japanese entertainment company)’s International Division.

Toronto Tora-san Movie Club

File includes handwritten notes, newspapers, emails and information on the Tora-san film series, which were used during informal meetings of the Toronto fanclub for Tora-san. The Japanese-Canadian newspaper clipping includes a photo of Fusé, founder of the fanclub, with Yoji Yamada, the director of Tora-san.

Correspondence: Kennedy, Robert F.

File includes a signed letter from United States Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy after Fusé wrote to him regarding the Vietnam War. File also includes a copy of the US Congressional Record regarding Kennedy’s position on the Vietnam War.

Newspaper articles regarding Fusé’s childhood and school life

File includes two newspaper articles, in English and Japanese respectively. The English article features an interview with Fusé’s friend Frank Jones, who recounts stories Fusé shared regarding his childhood during the United States Occupation of Japan and his first experiences living in the U.S. The Japanese article discusses Fusé’s scholarship to study in the U.S. and his academic career in North America.

Goji Tsushin: Fusé’s Essays and Lois Fusé’s translated letter for Goji Tsushin contributors

File includes Fusé’s contributions to the essayist collective Goji Tsushin, where authors agreed to each write essays at the same time each month, at 5:00 on the 5th day of the month), publish and share their work. File also includes a copy of Goji Tsushin’s publication and Lois Fusé’s english translation of a letter she sent to the other members of Goji Tsushin after her husband’s death.

Student Diary

File includes Fusé’s student diary for his first year as an international student in university.

Diary

File includes Fusé’s 1951 diary written in Japanese.

Diary

File includes Fusé’s 1952 diary written in both English and Japanese.

Diary

File includes Fusé’s 1953 diary written in Japanese.

Diary

File includes Fusé’s 1954 diary, written in both English and Japanese.

Diary

File includes Fusé’s 1956 diary written in Japanese.

Diary

File includes Fusé’s 1958 diary written in Japanese.

Diary

File includes Fusé’s 1959 diary written in Japanese.

Diary

File includes Fusé’s 1960 diary written in English.

The Kazoku – A Vanishing Caste?

File includes two articles written by Fusé on the topic of the Kazoku, the Japanese nobility. The Japanese article is a translation of the English original, first published in the second volume of the journal Asia Quarterly in 1972.

Japanese Canadians [edited collection]; edited with an introduction by David Fujino

File includes a collection of writing and lectures featuring Japanese Canadians’ lived experiences and areas of concern and expertise, which they shared with the Annex drop-in centre, which was a community space for Japanese Canadians located in the East York neighbourhood of Toronto. Fusé’s 1979 guest lecture on “Loneliness and Suicide” is transcribed in this collection.

York Gazette, vol. 11, no. 20

File includes an issue of the York Gazette, which contains an interview with Fusé titled “Cross-Cultural Study of Suicide Yields Surprising Finds.”

La Suisse: “Vague de suicides au Japon”

File includes a newspaper clipping from the Swiss newspaper La Suisse, which tells the story of singer Yukiko Okada’s suicide and that of Yoshiaki Kobayashi, a teenager. Fusé’s expert opinion is that the adjustment period during a shift to new environments can be stressful. For young Japanese people, these changes in relation to schooling and employment often occur in April.

New York Times: “Loyal Samurai’s Suicide: An Alarm Bell for Japan?”

File includes a letter from the New York Times’ Tokyo correspondent David E. Sanger and a photocopy of Sanger’s article on the suicide of Ihei Aoki, a close aide of former Japanese prime minister Noboru Takeshita. Fusé contributed his expertise in the cultural importance of suicide throughout Japanese history to Sanger’s article.

Financial Times of Canada: “Suicide rates and The Swedish Lie”

File includes newspaper clippings of the article “Suicide rates and The Swedish Lie” by Robert Fulford of the Financial Times of Canada. Fusé is interviewed regarding the Swedish Lie, a phrase originally coined from misinformation on Swedish suicide rates by United States President Dwight D. Eisenhower.

York University articles

File includes three articles published by York University (including York Gazette) that feature interviews with Fusé. Titles include “Measuring Tragedy,” “Global suicide rates reveal surprising patterns,” and “The Pen is Mightier than the Couch.”

Introduction: “The Need for Suicide Prevention”

File includes an introduction written by Fusé for an unknown publication. To advocate the need for suicide prevention, Fusé tells the story of two individuals who committed suicide, which he had previously featured in one of his books.

Social Welfare and Suicide Prevention pamphlets

File includes three Japanese pamphlets with articles by Fusé on the topics of mental health and suicide prevention. One pamphlet is related to Fusé’s book Jisatsu to bunka (translation: Suicide and Culture). The other two pamphlets were distributed by a social welfare organization.

bits magazine, vol. 11, issue 4

File includes two copies of bits magazine, a Japanese Canadian magazine based in Toronto. It includes an interview with Fusé regarding his work in Suicidology and his perspective on the topic of suicide in Japan.

Correspondence: Nawa, Shosuke, Hokkaido Shimbun

File includes correspondence with Shosuke Nawa, an employee of the Hokkaido Shimbun, regarding a double suicide and assistance with research on the Showa Era (1926-1989) and Subhas Chandra Bose. Two Hokkaido Shimbun news articles are attached to Nawa’s letter. Lois Fusé’s annotations on the original envelope provide some context for the articles enclosed.

Subhas Chandra Bose Book: Indian National Army Research

File includes articles compiled by Fusé on the subject of Subhas Chandra Bose’s leadership of the Indian National Army during the Second World War, the Subhas Chandra Bose Academy and information on and correspondence with prospective Japanese publishers for the Bose book Fusé wanted to write.

Personal Recollection: “Subhas Chandra Bose in Tokyo”

File includes Fusé’s personal recollection of seeing Indian nationalist leader Subhas Chandra Bose in person as Bose and other Asian leaders arrived for the Greater East Asia Conference hosted by the Empire of Japan in 1943. Fusé describes his experience going to Tokyo with his father to witness the event, expresses his admiration for Bose and his long-held desire to write a book about Bose.

Japanese Newspaper: Fusé on the 59th Anniversary of Japan’s Defeat in the Second World War

File includes a Japanese newspaper article featuring Fusé’s commentary on the legacy of the 59th anniversary of Japan’s defeat in the Second World War. Fusé shares his recollection of the end of the war, war films, the Tokyo War Crimes Trial, the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki and his perspective on Japanese war crimes in China, particularly those committed by Shiro Ishii’s Unit 731. This article was printed on August 6th, the anniversary of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima.

Autobiography: early drafts, “Hello, Megumi and Kenji” Writing format

File includes an outline of Fusé’s goals in writing his autobiography and his early drafts depicting certain events in his life. This draft manuscript is written in the style of letters to Megumi and Kenji Fusé, the author’s children. File also includes a note from Lois Fusé with context on the manuscript’s development and Fusé’s review of the autobiographies of Kay Redfield Jamieson and Norman Ender.

“Going My Way,” draft manuscript, chapters 1-10

File includes chapters 1, 2, 3 and 10 from the manuscript of Fusé’s unpublished memoir “Going My Way.” “Going My Way” includes the author’s lived experiences, research interests, important figures in Fusé’s life, and his views on important political, cultural, and socio-economic events that impacted Japan from the Meiji era (1867-1912) to the end of the 20th Century.

“Going My Way,” draft manuscript, chapters 13-16 and 20

File includes chapters 13, 15, and 21 from the manuscript of Fusé’s unpublished memoir “Going My Way,” a short biography of Fusé’s life and correspondence with Kaoru Murakami, editor of Japanese journal publisher Kurashi-no-Techosha (letter and pamphlet are in Japanese). “Going My Way” includes the author’s lived experiences, research interests, important figures in Fusé’s life, and his views on important political, cultural, and socio-economic events that impacted Japan from the Meiji era (1867-1912) to the end of the 20th Century.

“Going My Way - Some Random Notes of a North American Samurai”

File includes notes for Fusé’s memoir, a bibliography of his books and a draft manuscript on United States General Douglas MacArthur, who was nicknamed the “Blue-Eyed Shogun” by the Japanese during his tenure as Supreme Commander of the Allied Powers during the Occupation of Japan. Notes and bibliography are written in English and Japanese.

Going My Way – Reflection of a Wayward Samuri [sic] in North America: draft manuscript, chapters 1, 4-18

File includes chapters 1 and 4 to 18 from the manuscript of Fusé’s unpublished autobiography “Going My Way.” “Going My Way” includes the author’s lived experiences, research interests, important figures in Fusé’s life, and his views on important political, cultural, and socio-economic events that impacted Japan from the Meiji era (1867-1912) to the end of the 20th Century.

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