Approval for Kinko Tonomura (and children) to travel to Canada, 1961.

Approval for Kinko Tonomura (and children) to travel to Canada, 1961.

Description

Title Proper Approval for Kinko Tonomura (and children) to travel to Canada, 1961.
Date(s) of material from this resource digitized 1961
General material designation
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Scope and content
This item is a letter written in English on January 13th, 1961. It is addressed "Dear Madam". From the Canadian Embassy, Tokyo. It details an approval for entry into Canada with Rieko, Takashi, and Mitsuko (children). It also contains instructures for how to obtain a Japanese passport. There is a post script note saying that Rieko and Mitsuko are Canadian citizens so they didn't need a medical examination. It is addressed "Mrs Kinko Tonomura, 66 Shokushi-cho, Nishino-kyo, Kyoto-shi. It is signed by J.E. Bryson, Vice-Consul for Canada in Japan.
Name of creator
The Tonomura family created these records.
Immediate source of acquisition
The digital copies of the records were acquired by the Landscapes of Injustice Research Collective between 2014 and 2018.
This record was digitized in full.

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Approval for Kinko Tonomura (and children) to travel to Canada, 1961.
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