{"product_id":"9781456855109","title":"Jack's Japonica","description":"This book is dedicated to the late Principal Tatsue Sato (1891-1983) and  \u003cbr\u003ehis wife, Hanako, for having spent fifty years teaching Japanese language,  \u003cbr\u003einsisting us second-generation Japanese Canadians, the Nisei, to be good  \u003cbr\u003eCanadian citizens. When the Pearl Harbor attack took place (December  \u003cbr\u003e7, 1941), he immediately called to assembly about a thousand students to  \u003cbr\u003edeclare firmly to stand loyal and faithful to Canada. This occurred while  \u003cbr\u003eI was in England serving with the Canadian army. He was later awarded  \u003cbr\u003ethe Order of Canada in 1978 for his enriching Canadian society by the  \u003cbr\u003eintroduction of the best elements of Japanese culture. And the school  \u003cbr\u003ewhere he had taught, still running today, was designated a historic site by  \u003cbr\u003eVancouver, British Columbia, on June 25, 2000.","brand":"Xlibris Corporation","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47140972921072,"sku":"9781456855109","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781456855109_p0.jpg?v=1763864610","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781456855109","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}