UBC scholarship connects a Japanese Canadian family through the generations
Treasures from the Nikkei National Museum: Miss Okamura and Dr. Banno Wedding Newspaper Clipping
Cousins Janis Bridger and Lara Jean Okihiro share their grandmother's story in new children's book
Maiko Jinushi's "Intimacy and Distances" exhibition asks how we are together when physically remote
Mindfulness in the city: Slow food is soul food
Mata Ashita kicks off new season with workshop exploring family, ancestry, and origin stories
Treasures from the Nikkei National Museum: Edward Chutaro Banno's 1931 UBC Totem Yearbook
Hauntings of the past: Filmmaker Meredith Hama-Brown's "Seagrass" wins big at TIFF
Thornhill Sluggers win the 2023 JC3-Pitch Championship
Smashing stereotypes: Montreal play explores the multifaceted life of Kiyoko Tanaka-Goto
06 Oct 2015
Posted by Matthew O'Mara 
Good Luck Soup is an interactive website that allows you to listen to the stories of Japanese Americans both past and present about their experiences living in America. Photo courtesy: Good Luck Soup During the Second World War, Japanese living in North America were put into internment camps because...
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05 Oct 2015
Posted by Riku Kawahara 
An image of Japanese microbiologist Satoshi Omura. Photo courtesy: www.satoshi-omura.info The Nobel committee honoured the professor emeritus of Kitasato University in Tokyo along with Irish-born researcher William Campbell and Tu Youyou of China who is the country's first ever medical laureate. The...
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Posted by Hiroki Kitani 
A canister of Sivagus, which is sold online to refill bike tires. Photo courtesy: Japanese Ministry of Labor, Health and Welfare Known widely as “laughing gas”, N2O is being sold online, according to retail websites, for the purpose of pumping up bicycle tires, but some are using the inhalable...
Read more → 30 Sep 2015
Posted by Hiroki Kitani 
An image of an inter-city train in Indonesia. Photo courtesy: WMC The proposed high-speed line will connect the country's capitol, Jakarta, with Bandung, in a 140 kilometers stretch. China was selected over Japan because it provided $5 billion in loans without requiring a guarantee as well...
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Posted by Hiroki Kitani 
An image of the Duck Boat, the amphibious vehicle, that collided with the bus in Seattle killing four students. Photo courtesy: Ride The Duck. An amphibious tour vehicle strayed into oncoming traffic and collided with a tour bus that was carrying a group of international students. The collision...
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Posted by Matthew O'Mara 
The 2015 group of Japan English Teachers say farewell at a special event held the day before their departure to Japan. Photo courtesy: Consulate General of Japan in Toronto Some will teach in urban centres like Osaka, Tokyo, and Kyoto while others will stay in rural areas with small communities...
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Posted by Mel Tsuji 
Brazil's softball team at the PANAm Games was 60 per cent Japanese. Photo courtesy: Mel Tsuji The biggest surprise was on the baseball diamond where the Brazilian national womens’ team was entered to play in the very competitive softball division against the elite teams from Canada and the United...
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Posted by Matthew O'Mara Darwin Barney has played for the Chicago Cubs and LA Dodgers in the past. Photo courtesy: WMC Barney was traded to the Blue Jays this past Sunday from the LA Dodgers. He was on the Dodgers' Opening Day rosters, but spent most of the season playing in Triple-A. The 30-year-old player was born...
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Posted by Hiroki Kitani 
Pokemon GO is set for a 2016 release date and will allow players to battle and trade with each other. Photo courtesy: The Pokemon Company On September 10, 2015, The Pokemon Company announced that Pokemon GO, a new and free game for iOS and Android devices, will be released next year. The new game...
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Posted by Matthew O'Mara Long-time managing director of Nintendo Tatsumi Kimishima is now the company's 5th president. With slumping sales for the Wii U, speculation over the company's timing of its next console the Nintendo NX, and the ever-present pressure for the company to move into mobile gaming, Kimishima will...
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