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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.”

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

File includes Fusé’s Master of Arts degree, awarded by the University of California, Berkeley.

File includes Fusé’s course notes and seminar reports from his graduate studies in history at the University of California, Berkeley.

File includes Fusé’s personal translation of Momozo Kurata (also known as Hyakuzo Kurata, 1891-1943)’s 1922 play “The Priest and thtet Disciple.” The translation is dedicated to Fusé’s aunt, who was a devout Buddhist.

File includes a note containing Lois Fusé’s eulogy for Toyomasa Fusé and a pamphlet for his funeral

Fonds consists of manuscripts, personal and professional files, objects, sound recordings and interviews pertaining to Fusé’s expertise in the field of suicidology, autobiographical accounts of his personal life, cultural differences that he observed between North American and Japanese society, and biographical accounts of the Indian nationalist leader Subhas Chandra Bose. The fonds has been arranged into three series: Personal files, Professional files, and Manuscripts.

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.

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.

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.

File includes two posters related to Fusé’s guest lecture in Sweden on the topic of student radicalism.

File includes two testimonials written by Dr. Alvin L. Evans, Professor Emertius at St. Paul’s College, for Fusé’s book “Suicide, Individual and Society,” which was published by Canadian Scholar’s Press.

File includes prepared notes and presentation

Item includes an interview with Fusé conducted in English regarding his book “Suicide and Culture,” an interview with Fusé conducted in French regarding the 1980 National Film Board (NFB) Documentary “Japan, Inc.” and recordings of contemporaneous Japanese televsion shows and advertisements. The first interview (in English) with Fusé begins at timestamp 00:02:00 and ends at timestamp 00:11:00. Fusé discusses his book “Suicide and Culture,” the “Hungary Pattern” of suicide and the increase of suicidal ideation with age in some cultures and Japan’s history of suicides for atonement, such as the two suicides of aviation crew members in the aftermath of the Japan Airlines Flight 123 tragedy in which 520 passengers were killed. The second interview (in French) begins at the timestamp 00:11:30 an ends at 00:57:50, with discussion of the documentary “Japan, Inc.” an NFB documentary about the fast-paced and collective-focused work culture in Japan and the lessons it could hold for more individualistic Western work cultures. From timestamp 01:11:00 to the end of the tape at 01:19:33

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.

File includes Fusé’s contribution to Margaret Scotford Archer (editor)’s comparative sociological volume Students, University and Society, titled “Education in Japan.”

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

File includes Fusé’s article in Sociological Inquiry, titled “Sociology of Knowledge Revisited: Some Remaining Problems and Prospects.”

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.

File includes a biographical sketch of Fusé’s life and his curriculum vitae for the years 1991 and 2003.

File includes documents and correspondence related to Fusé’s role as Japanaese Socialist Party leader Seiichi Katsumata’s press secretary and interpreter during his tour of New York City and American universities.

File includes Fusé’s college yearbook in his third year of post-secondary studies at Missouri Valley College in the United States.

File includes three issues of Rikka: The Six Beautiful Essences, a Japanese Canadian magazine. Fusé contributed articles and served on the magazine’s Board of Editors.

Series consists of Toyomasa Fusé’s professional files and media appearances related to his study and publication of research on sociological issues in the 1960s and 1970s and his contributions to the study of suicide and methods for suicide prevention. Series also includes two framed awards relating to his achievements in the field of suicidology.

File includes notes and a draft of Fusé’s book focused on Subhas Chandra Bose, the Indian National Army and the Greater East Asia Conference of 1943.

File includes a total of 9 photographs. File includes 8 photos featuring Toyomasa and Lois Fusé with “Tora-san” director Yoji Yamada and actor Kiyoshi Atsumi first in Japan and later in Toronto. File also includes one photograph of director Denys Arcand in the Fusé home.

File includes 9 photogaphs of Fusé as a young adult, as he attended Missouri Valley College during his undergraduate studies and the University of California, Berkeley for his graduate and doctoral studies.

File includes

File includes photographs of members of the Fusé family in Sapporo during Toyomasa Fusé’s childhood and young adulthood. It also includes a photograph of the Fusé family tomb in a Sapporo cemetery.

File includes photographs of Toyomasa and Lois Fusé reuniting with the former’s friends and teachers.

File includes 3 photographs and a note related to Fusé’s birthday party for his 62nd birthday.

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.

Series consists of Toyomasa Fusé’s personal records, which detail his childhood in Sapporo, academic life, hobbies The records in this series include correspondence, interview responses in newspaper articles, diaries, school yearbooks, notebooks and photographs.

Item includes Fusé’s Certificate of Merit from the Ontario Psychological Foundation , which was awarded in recognition of his work in understanding “the multicultural aspects of suicide.”

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.

Item includes a VHS cassette with a recording of the Omni 2 program ____., which features an interview with Fusé about his research and life.

File includes interview notes written by Fusé on the topic of suicide as a major social issue in Japan and methods for suicide prevention.

Item includes one VHS cassette featuring Professor Alfons Deeken’s 9-part educational series “How to Face Death,” which was originally broadcast on Nippon Hōsō Kyōkai (NHK, Japan Broadcasting Corporation) in 1993, and the CBC Radio-Canada documentary “Cine Club: Voyage a Tokyo,” which was likely also recorded in 1993. “How to Face Death” is separated into the following 9 parts: 1. Introduction (00:00:00 to 00:30:00), 2. Grief Work (00:30:00 to 00:37:25), 3. 12 Stages of Grief (00:38:00 to 01:06:00), 4. Fear of Death and Death in Art (01:08:00 to 01:37:00), 5. Hospice Care, 6 Stages of Grief and Life Review Therapy (01:38:00 to 02:07:00), 7. How Children Process Death (02:38:00 to 03:07:20); 8. Thnking about Your Mortality, Life Review Therapy and Preparing for Death (03:08:00 to 03:37:00) and 9. Hospice Care (03:38:00 to 04:07:00). “Cine Club: Voyage a Tokyo,” is documentary film analysis of the central themes used in the 1953 film Voyage a Tokyo (also known as Tokyo Story in English and Tokyo Monogatari in Japanese). It frames “Tokyo Story” as the seminal postwar depiction of Japanese family life already drastically different from the traditions and family structure of that of the first half of the 20th Century, and contrasts it with life in Tokyo during the 1980s and 1990s, with its many technological advances, Westernized lifestyles and social problems. Included in both the film and the documentary is a focus on the Japanese relationship with the dead.

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.

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.

File includes a copy of the Japanese music magazine “Music Communication.” Fusé’s article on “Stress and Music Therapy” is included in the magazine on page 134.

File includes essays and course work completed by Fusé during his undergraduate studies in the Department of Sociology at Missouri Valley College.

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.

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)

File includes memoir writing composed by Fusé, instructions for entering the seniors’ memoir writing contest and articles in Japanese and English respectively.

File includes course readings from a seniors memoir writing course Fusé attended and his own memoir writing for the class.

File includes the Japanese manuscript for Fusé’s book “Marginal Man’s Perspective.”

File includes an invoice and correspondence with Tokyo Tosho Publishing, regarding the publication of Fusé’s book “Marginal Man’s Perspective.”

File includes a partial draft of Fusé’s unpublished work, Marginal Man’s Perspective.

File includes an excerpt containing chapter 5 of Fusé’s book “Marginal Man.”

File includes drafts of Fusé’s manuscript for the unpublished book “Marginal Man’s Perspective.”

Series consists of Toyomasa Fusé’s unpublished manuscripts for a book on Indian nationalist leader Subhas Chandra Bose and the Greater East Asia Conference of 1943, his autobiography “Going My Way,” and “Marginal Man’s Perspective,” Fusé’s semi-autobiographical examination of his worldview and identity, which he believed was shaped by his existence as a ‘bicultural’ individual living between two different cultures.

Item includes a 2013 draft of Fusé’s book “An Outsider’s View of Japan and Japanese People.”

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.

Item includes one VHS cassette featuring Fusé and Tal Perry’s interview on Jerusalem On Line, an Israeli news program hosted by Mike Greenspan. Fusé and Perry, the director of the Jerusalem-based crisis helpline Eran. both participated in the Crisis Help Line conference in Tel Aviv. The interview centres on the training and importance of crisis services. The segment begins at the timestamp 00:10:00 and ends at 00:20:21. They discuss the difference between “telephone befriending” and psychotherapy when speaking with people in distress. Fusé also discusses the growth of crisis helplines in post-Soviet Union nation states, which were not accessible before the collapse of the Soviet Union.

File includes Japanese newspaper articles featuring Fusé discussing Student Radicalism.

File includes reproductions of newspaper coverage from the Hokkaido Shimbun of the Greater East Asia Conference. Fusé was 12 years old when the conference took place and bore witness to the arrival of East and Southeast Asian delegates in Tokyo, Japan.

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.

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.

File includes manuscripts written by Fusé for several different projects in 2015

File includes articles written by Fusé in Japanese.

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.

File includes drafts and the published biographical profile featured in the Japan Foundation’s publication.

File includes correspondence and invoices from the publisher of “Japan and the Japanese People as Seen from the Outside” regarding mentions of the book on Japanese-Canadian webpages and the publisher’s quote for Fusé to buy out unsold copies of his book.

File includes Fusé’s invitation from Bengt Thordeman to the Nobel Prize presentation ceremony for Yasunari Kawabata, the first Japanese author to receive the award.

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.

File includes Fusé’s high school senior notebook, which includes notes from his teachers and classmates bidding him farewell in his graduating year.

File includes Fusé’s drafts of his unpublished book on Subhas Chandra Bose and the Greater East Asia Conference and one newspaper article on the Indian National Army, a collaborationist army led by Bose in aid of the Japanese empire.

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.

File includes a Japanese manuscript proof of Fusé’s autobiography.

File includes a partial draft of Fusé’s autobiography “Going My Way,” alternate names that were considered for the English title, and an invoice for manuscript editing and printing at the Japanese Canadian Cultural Centre.

File includes the Japanese manuscript of Fusé’s autobiography.

File includes the Japanese draft manuscript of Fusé’s autobiography “Going My Way.”

File includes handwritten drafts of Fusé’s autobiography.

File includes an edited English manuscript version of Fusé’s auotobiography.

File includes an edited English manuscript version of Fusé’s auotobiography.

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.

Item includes a recording of Fusé’s suicide seminar at a Buddhist organization in 2003. In the lecture, Fusé provides the Western etmology of the word ‘suicide,’ and its negative connotations (e.g. being defined as self-murder) in Western countries and contrasts it with over 30 different terms used to describe acts of suicide in Japanese, with indication of the motive and the number of people involved in the suicide. He makes additional references to Eastern and Western cultural differences as he compares Western individualism to Japanese collectivism, which are further showcased in the Western film “Shane” (1953) and the Japanese comedy “Tora-san.” As this lecture took place during the Iraq War, Fusé discusses the suicide attacks committed by Al-Qaeda hijackers that crashed two passenger airplanes into the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center in New York City on September 11, 2001. He explains that the tragedy caused his pacifist stance to waver momentarily and reignited memories of his own wartime experience, with memories of kamikaze pilots flying overhead and his military training as a teenager in the final years of the Second World War that prepared him for the same fate, had the war not ended in 1945.

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

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.

File includes an event poster for A Special Suicide Study Rounds for Ontario Suicide Prevention Week, where Fusé appeared as a guest speaker on the topic of “Suicidology: Some Remaining Problems for Future Research.”

File includes drafts of an unpublished manuscript by Fusé.

File includes Fusé’s dissertation “A Sociological Analysis of Neo-Orthodoxy in American Protestantism: A Study in the Sociology of Religion,” submitted to the University of California.

File includes Fusé’s 1951 diary written in Japanese.

File includes Fusé’s 1959 diary written in Japanese.

File includes Fusé’s 1960 diary written in English.

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

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

File includes Fusé’s 1956 diary written in Japanese.

File includes Fusé’s 1958 diary written in Japanese.

File includes Fusé’s 1953 diary written in Japanese.

Item includes a recording of the 56th Couchiching Conference (1987), which includes a discussion featuring Fusé and Black activist Jan Douglass on the World After America Panel. The panel begins at timestamp 00:38:10 and ends at 00:56:00. Fusé talks about his early years as a student studying in the United States in the 1950s and his eventual disillusionment with the country due to what he perceived to be its “moral and visionary decay” from the late 1960s onward, where the pursuit of “freedom” and “Individual pleasure” led to “excessive individualism.” Fusé also discusses the possible causes of higher suicide rates in Canada (14% in 1987) compared to the United States (12% in 1987).

File includes correspondence with Jilian Yorke, an author, cross-cultural consultant and translator working in Japan.

File includes Fusé’s correspondence with Nancy Xia, a member of the Christian organization Alpha.

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.

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.

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.

File includes correspondence with academics and publishers regarding Fusé’s book “Suicide, Individual and Society.”

File includes Fusé’s article in Concilium: Church and World, issue number 4, titled “Religious Institutions in the Light of Sociological Theories of Institution. File also includes the article in German.