Kevin Lau's Kimiko's Pearl Symphonic Suite world premiere with Toronto Symphony Opera
Gary Kawaguchi conferred Order of the Rising Sun, Gold and Silver Rays
Omote: A melding of artistic expressions and experiences
Suzanne Hartmann's hybrid memoir explores convergence of personal and community stories
YAMATO: The Drummers of Japan to visit 35 cities in the U.S. and Canada with new program
Past and present collide in dancer Takako Segawa's new performance
Artist Miya Turnbull reveals the layers beneath in new solo exhibition
JCAM's Aurora Dance Group hosts a weekend of friendship and fun through Japanese folk dance
The Hollow Man: JC artist looking for community feedback
Author Lynne Kutsukake explores the bustling art world of '70s Tokyo in The Art of Vanishing
13 Sep 2013
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By Mizuki Ogi You might be thinking, what is Rakugo? Rakugo is a 400-year-old tradition of comic storytelling in Japan. Storytellers, wearing kimonos and brandishing fans and a hand towels as props, kneel down on a zabuton (a Japanese cushion) and engage the audience in elaborate skits. Depending...
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12 Sep 2013
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By Ian Harvey Leslie Helm’s Yokohama Yankee is an intimate memoir of his Japanese heritage and the rise and fall of his family’s businesses over five generations. But below the surface, it’s a narrative that operates on many more levels. On one plane, it is the painful journey to understand...
Read more → 10 Sep 2013
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By Kent Wilson Early in the morning September 2, 1945 the Second World War ended on the deck of USS Missouri. The American battleship--the last of its class ever built--loomed in Tokyo Bay under cloudy grey skies. Representatives onboard from Japan and nine Allied countries took 23 minutes to sign...
Read more → 06 Sep 2013
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By Kaori Fujishima and Riku Kaneko Every fourth Thursday of the month, there is a Bar near Ossington Station in Toronto that brims with artistic talent. It is called the Creators’ Lounge! Creators' Lounge (CL) is a Toronto-based project that scouts next-generation artists and gives them...
Read more → 05 Sep 2013
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By Matthew O'Mara Objection! While some video game film adaptations are great this one needed to take a few steps back from its source material. Ace Attorney (逆転裁判 Gyakuten Saiban, "Turnabout Trial") is the story of defense attorney Pheonix Wright's journey from being an apprentice to becoming...
Read more → 27 Aug 2013
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By Kaori Fujishima Artists who practice Batik are a rare find in Toronto, but for Sayaka Miwa, a dyeing artist, she works with this art form everyday. Batik is a technique used to dye fabrics. Melted candle wax is put on a fabric such as cotton and silk with a brush or a spray gun. Next dyestuffs...
Read more → 15 Aug 2013
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By Matthew O'Mara A snake curls through the upper halls of the Art Gallery of Ontario. Summer camps - some with younger and some older students - idly walk by looking up and pointing to the installation that winds its way towards Ai WeiWei's new exhibit at the gallery. Made from 883 backpacks,...
Read more → 08 Aug 2013
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By Norm Ibuki I received a phone message from my nisei Aunt Lorna in Barrie, ON: “Norman: I just saw a news report on CTV news about a group of students from Malvern Collegiate in Toronto who are going to Japan to see the 3/11 disaster zone. The Japanese Consul-General, Eiji Yamamoto, says that...
Read more → 06 Aug 2013
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Once a year, Japanese lanterns flow down the Gull River in Minden, Ontario. Since 2010, the township in Northern Ontario has hosted the Festival of the August Moon. Local residents and visitors paint Japanese lanterns to let them flow down a scenic river that runs through the town. It's a celebration...
Read more → 02 Aug 2013
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By Kent Wilson Sooner or later every politician has to take sides. Even the craftiest consensus-broker has to stick his or her neck out and ruffle some feathers once in a while. That's the curse of politics. Damned if you do, damned if you don't. It's a strange fact that even the most thoughtfully...
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