Momiji celebrates its volunteers for National volunteer week
Enemy Lines: Artist Mayumi Lashbrook explores how fear can divide humanity
Revealing layers within: Miya Turnbull and Shion Skye Carter on cross-disciplinary collaboration
The exceptional ones: Grappling with use of Emergencies Act
Japonica goes digital: Momiji Health Care Society's innovative approach to fundraising
Artist Emmie Tsumura's Powell Street Festival poster design wins international communication award
Treasures from the Nikkei National Museum: Roy Matsui at Angler
Shapes in Between: New retrospective of artist Norman Takeuchi at the Ottawa Art Gallery
Finding Forgiveness: Director Stafford Arima on bringing the award-winning memoir to the stage
10 Sep 2015
Posted by Hiroki Kitani 
Overseas survivors of the Atomic Bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki will have their medical expenses fully covered by the Japanese government. Photo courtesy: WMC On September 8, 2015 Japan's Supreme Court ruled that overseas survivors of the Atomic Bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945 should...
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10 Sep 2015
Posted by Matthew O'Mara 
A home in the City of Joso floods as the Kinugawa River overflows. Photo courtesy: Twitter The City of Joso required helicopters to airlift citizens out after severe flooding caused by an overflowing Kinugawa River. At least eight people are missing and many more are still waiting to be evacuated. Takuya...
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Posted by Frank Moritsugu 
Unagi is a freshwater fish and is often served barbecued on top of a bed of rice. It's delicious and salty, and a staple Japanese dish. Photo courtesy: WMC And picking up my chopsticks, I enjoyed every bit of this meal. The only thing missing was a bit of fukujinzuke, the so-called seasoned vegetables...
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Posted by Hiroki Kitani 
Japanese rock band ONE OK ROCK will be performing live across North America while on tour until November 16th. Photo courtesy: WMC ONE OK ROCK originally formed in 2005 and the band has gaining in popularity ever since. It consists of four members with singer Takahiro Moriuchi, guitarist Toru Yamashita,...
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Posted by Dominique Bautista 
An aerial view of the University of British Columbia's campus. Photo courtesy: WMC “It’s About Time: UBC as a Place of Diverse Minds” is a research project that seeks to discover the names and stories of UBC’s first Asian Canadian graduates. What was attending UBC like for an Asian student...
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Posted by Matthew O'Mara 
Liisa Savinov-Mountain has worn a kimono at a variety of events, but says she was concerned about showing respect to Japan's culture. Photo by Susan Paige. Visitors at the exhibit were given the chance to pose beside Claude Monet's Impressionist oil painting La Japonaise while wearing full kimono. Outrage...
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Posted by Hiroki Kitani 
A cat stands in front of Ushitora shrine as part of Cat Street View, a project created by the Hiroshima Tourism Board. On Tuesday, September 1, 2015, the Hiroshima Tourism Board unveiled the world’s first online map created from a cat's point of view. The images taken low to the ground give...
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Posted by Hiroki Kitani 
This logo designed by Kenjiro Sano is no longer the official emblem being used by the Tokyo 2020 Summer Olympic Games. Image courtesy: WMC Japanese designer Kenjiro Sano was accused of plagiarizing the designs that are similar to a logo created by Olivier Debie for the Liege Theatre in eastern...
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Posted by Matthew O'Mara RCMP maintain that Atsumi Yoshikubo, a 45-year-old Japanese psychiatrist who vanished last year in the North West Territories, planned to disappear in the wilderness. Photo courtesy: RCMP The items found along with the body, police say, are “without a doubt” items that belonged to her. Police...
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Posted by Gil Asakawa 
Want something to read? Well look no further than this essential reading list. Image courtesy: Amazon One book I’m in the middle of reading is Standing Tall: The Extra/Ordinary Life of Mizuko Takahashi Nomura, by Sansei artist, filmmaker and film professor Art Nomura. It’s a biography...
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