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
12 Mar 2018
Posted by Kelly Fleck 
Yayoi Kusama's Infinity Mirrors creates an unprecedented demand at the AGO. Yayoi Kusama. 'Aftermath of Obliteration of Eternity,' 2009, Installation view at the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden. Wood, mirror, plastic, acrylic, LED, black glass, and aluminum. Collection of the artist. Courtesy...
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15 Feb 2018
Posted by Kelly Fleck 
Naoko Takenouchi's intimate art exhibition explores the instinctual process of creating art. Photo credit: Naoko Takenouchi. Takenouchi is a celebrated Canadian glassblowing artist, who has received mid-career grants from the Canada Council for the Arts and has been commissioned to craft the Governor...
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Posted by Kelly Fleck 
TOKYO — A recent survey in Japan found that 60 per cent of single women are not interested in romantic relationships because they are too busy and tired from work. The survey, from Japanese dating website cocolini.jp, found that women are too exhausted from working to be interested in dating....
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Posted by Jonathan Eto 
Gosei Kailer Yamamoto brings the heat to sub-zero hockey arena. Yamamoto represented Team USA at the International Ice Hockey Federation's first game in tournament history to be played on an outdoor rink, Dec. 29, 2017. Photo credit: Dr. Jonathan Eto. Over 44,000 roaring fans filled the seats...
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Posted by Judge Maryka Omatsu 
Last seeing each other 75 years ago, two Niseis look up to see each other across the table. Bill Kobayashi , JoAnne Maikawa and Donnie Shimotakahara, (Bill’s sister-in-law) at the special luncheon at Momiji Health Care Society. Photo credit: Judge Maryka Omatsu. Along with 300 Niseis, I waited...
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Posted by Dr. Vinay Jindal 
Setsuko Thurlow accepts Nobel Peace Prize for the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons with a stirring and inspiring lecture. Berit Reiss-Andersen, Beatrice Fihn and Setsuko Thurlow at the Nobel Peace Prize ceremony in Oslo. Photo courtesy: ICAN The audience at the Nobel Peace Centre...
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Posted by Kelly Fleck 
The snow falling in Hama-rikyu Gardens in Tokyo. Snowstorm brings delays to planes, trains and automobiles. Photo courtesy: TAK1701D/WIKIMEDIA COMMONS. The storm brought cancellations to flights, delays to trains and buses as well as highway and road closures, as snow fell throughout the day. This...
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Posted by Kelly Fleck 
Japanese Canadian author makes the CBC competition shortlist. Mark Sakamoto with his memoir, Forgiveness. Photo credit: Matthew O'Mara. Each year the CBC hosts Canada Reads, a "battle of the books" competition. Five Canadian celebrities each chose a book for the competition's shortlist. These...
Read more → 24 Jan 2018
Posted by Irene Shimoda 
Brigadier-General Steven Moritsugu receiving the insignia of Officer of the Order of Military Merit from Governor General Julie Payette on Friday, Nov. 10, 2017. Photo Credit: Sgt Johanie Maheu, Rideau Hall, OSGG Her Excellency the Right Honourable Julie Payette, Governor-General and Commander-in-Chief...
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Posted by Jordan Stanger-Ross 
Loyalty to the British Empire is taught to these second and third generation Japanese children in an Internment Camp in British Columbia circa 1942. Jordan Stanger-Ross, University of Victoria Three hundred protest letters written by Japanese Canadians in the 1940s were recovered from Canada’s...
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