Mackenzie King opens the atomic Pandora's box
Giant pigeons carry messages of love and gratitude in Toronto
Bob Izumi, a Canadian pioneer in fishing
Momona Tamada brings iconic character to life
Debbie Ridpath Ohi on putting love and heart on the page
Best of the Toronto Japanese Film Festival (the lighter side)
Hiroshima 75 years later: An interview with survivor Setsuko Thurlow
An Issei's memoir from an earlier pandemic
Peek behind the photos: Interview with food photographer Vincent Noguchi
19 Dec 2019
Posted by Kelly Fleck 
Oscar Oiwa, Dreams of a Sleeping World, rendering, 2019. This is a rendering of the mural Oiwa will create at the Pacific Asia Museum at the University of Southern California. The mural will be part of Oiwa's solo exhibition, Dreams of a Sleeping World, at the University of Southern California's...
Read more → 14 Nov 2019
Posted by Kelly Fleck 
Author Kyoko Nakajima at the 'Authors on Tour' event with the Toronto International Festival of Authors in Union Station on Oct. 27. Inspired by the stories her grandmother would tell her about living as a housewife in Japan during the 1930s and 40s, Nakajima found herself interested in the daily...
Read more → 21 Oct 2019
Posted by Kelly Fleck 
Yonsei receives funding to create film about Lethbridge Nikkei. Screenshot of The Nikkei Way pitch video. Gordon is producing a new documentary, called The Nikkei Way, dives into the history of Japanese Canadians. It also explores how the community is now ingrained and influences the wider Lethbridge...
Read more → 18 Oct 2019
Posted by Jonathan Eto 
Yonsei Garrett Kato during his show at the Pheonix Concert Theatre in Toronto on July 4. Photo credits: Dr. Jonathan Eto. But July 4 was something special. Two friends who started out as buskers on the streets of Byron Bay in Australia, took the stage for a show filled with tears, love and laughter....
Read more → 17 Oct 2019
Posted by Kelly Fleck 
Atsuko Maeda stars as Yuko, in director Kiyoshi Kurosawa's new film, To The Ends of the Earth. Photo courtesy: TIFF. With his newest film, Kurosawa takes a detour into the genreless film, with To The Ends of the Earth. The film takes on a different and understated, but a much more relatable kind...
Read more → 16 Oct 2019
Posted by Kelly Fleck 
Consul-General of Japan Takako Ito presents the Foreign Minister's Commendation to Nagata Shachu artist director Kiyoshi Nagata. Photo credit: Kelly Fleck. The group has composed over 100 original songs, performed yearly concert series and toured around the world. Also focusing on educational...
Read more → 27 Sep 2019
Posted by Kelly Fleck 
Toronto Dance Theatre dancers performing GH 5.0 by Hanna Kiel, which the company will perform in at Fall for Dance 2019 on Oct. 2. Megumi Kokuba is on the far right. Photo credit: Omer Yukseker. Okinawa, the southernmost island of Japan, has its own unique, rich culture, with distinct dance styles,...
Read more → 18 Sep 2019
Posted by Emily Putnam 
Carleton's art gallery launches collaborative new exhibitions. Installation view of Cindy Mochizuki’s Sue Sada Was Here at the Roedde House Museum in Vancouver, BC for the exhibition Memories of the Future III (2018). Photo credit: Rachel Topham Photography. As the curator and co-curator of two upcoming...
Read more → 28 Aug 2019
Posted by Karri Yano 
A trip to Hong Kong lights the spark for author Leslie Shimotakahara's new book, Red Oblivion. Photo courtesy: Dundurn Press. When sisters Jill and Celeste Lau reunite with their father, they barely recognize the unconquerable self-made man. His housekeeper says his collapse followed the anonymous...
Read more → 27 Aug 2019
Posted by Kelly Fleck 
Growing up, Sarah Kuhn rarely saw characters that looked like her, now she changing that. Growing up as a hapa, Japanese American, Kuhn rarely saw characters that looked like her in the stories she loved, sci-fi/fantasies or romantic comedies. Even more rare were stories where Asian girls and women...
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