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Summary of Presentation (at the International Citizens Forum on War Crimes
and Redress)
The Legacy of Redress for Japanese Canadians
Tatsuo Kage,
( Greater Vancouver Japanese Canadian Citizens' Association
Human Rights Committee)
On September 22, 1988 Brian Molroney, the Prime Minister of Canada
announced Redress for Japanese Canadians in the House of Commons. He
apologized for unjust treatments which were motivated by racism -
uprooting,
incarceration and expulsion during and after the World War II and he
offered
redress for both individuals and the community. Redress agreement between
the government and the NAJC (National Association of Japanese Canadians)
stipulates an ex gratia payment of symbolic compensation of $21,000 for
surviving individual victims, funds for rebuilding the community and the
establishment of the Race Relations Foundation for the elimination of
racism.
In the process of the Redress movement Japanese Canadians successfully
appealed to the public that redress is a matter of democratic principle and
Human Rights. Many Canadians, including the First Nations and minority
groups, supported Japanese Canadians. By achieving Redress Japanese
Canadians assumed a special responsibility for becoming active advocates
for
the victims of violation of their rights whenever and wherever it may
occur.
From this point of view Japanese Canadians have been protesting the
revisionist interpretation of the history of Japan's invasion in Asia and
supporting redress for those who were victimized by the Japanese military
and
civilian authorities.
In cooperation with Chinese, Dutch, Filipino, Jewish, Korean Canadians, we
were involved with the following activities: 1) In 1997 we in Canada
collected
as many as 11,000 signatures in support of Professor Saburo Ienaga's
textbook
lawsuit in Japan; 2) In 1998 we supported a touring witnessing forum and an
exhibit relating to the lawsuit filed by the victims of Unit 731 biological
warfare. Further, 3) since the fall of 1998 we supported another lawsuit of
Chinese war victims filed at the Tokyo District Court - a case relating to
the
issues of Unit 731, the Nanking Massacre and Indiscriminate Bombings - by
collecting over 4600 signatures.
We suggest that with courage and insight the Japanese government could act,
in a similar way as the Canadian government did 11 years ago, toward the
victims of the Japanese militarism and colonialism by offering a sincere
apology and substantial redress payment.
Biographical Notes:
Tatsuo Kage, historian and professional translator, member of Greater
Vancouver Japanese Canadian Citizens' Association (JCCA) Human Rights
Committee. He was born in 1935, brought up in Tokyo. BA. and MA. from the
University of Tokyo majoring European history. Studied at T?bingen
University, Germany. After teaching political history as a professor at
Meiji
Gakuin University, he immigrated to Canada in 1975. In Vancouver, British
Columbia he worked with an immigrant and refugee service agency as a
counsellor. In the 1980's he participated in the Redress movement. After
the
redress settlement he worked with the NAJC Redress Implementation Program
as a coordinator. His
publications include: Nikkei Kanadajin no Tsuiho
(Exiled Japanese Canadians), Tokyo, 1998.