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07 Jan 2016
Posted by Shohei Omata 
Pac-Man, one of the highest-grossing arcade games of all time, will be taking on a much different style of video game for a new generation of player. Photo courtesy: Moff Band Bandai Namco, an arcade, mobile, and home video game developed based in Japan, stated in a press release that Pac-Man...
Read more → 30 Dec 2015
Posted by Shohei Omata 
Yo-Kai Watch the Movie 2 beat Star Wars: The Force Awakens in ticket sales, but not in total revenue. Image courtesy: Nintendo Last Week, Yo-Kai Watch the Movie 2: King Enma and the 5 Stories, Nyan! (what a title) beat Star Wars in ticket sales with over 975,000 tickets sold during its opening...
Read more → 30 Dec 2015
Posted by Matthew O'Mara 
Dr. Harry Nikaido was anything but a normal doctor, but his eccentricities are why the people of Bow Island loved him. Image courtesy: Bretton Loney They wear long white coats, usually don a stethoscope, and have pristine offices where they only practice part-time during the week. It's rare to find...
Read more → 17 Dec 2015
Posted by Kelly Fleck 
Dancers pose during Denise Fujiwara's Eunoia. Photo by: Jeremy Mimnagh “I saw Natsu Nakajima perform and I knew immediately that is something that I wanted to do, but mostly that I wanted to learn from her,” Fujiwara says. “She seemed to know things that I hadn’t seen in other choreographers...
Read more → 16 Dec 2015
Posted by Matthew O'Mara 
A Japanese water spirit known as a "Kappa" as illustrated by Shigeru Mizuki. Image courtesy: Yōkai Daizukai On Monday, after a several weeks of battling injuries from a fall, Mizuki died at 93 years old. Mizuki was considered a specialist in telling stories that involved yokai, or Japanese...
Read more → 23 Nov 2015
Posted by Matthew O'Mara 
Michael Maddeaux is a film production student at York University and is in pre-production for his short film 'Kazuko'. Photo courtesy: Michael Maddeaux In his youth, he was angry at the injustice of what he and his family suffered during that darkest days of the Interment. As he aged, he had a chance...
Read more → 18 Nov 2015
Posted by Kelly Fleck 
Philip Nozuka drew on his personal experiences as an Asian Canada for his role in 'Banana Boys'. A banana is what five young men finding their way in the world call themselves in Factory Theatre’s production of Banana Boys. “Personally I would never identify myself as a banana boy in a positive...
Read more → 16 Nov 2015
Posted by Matthew O'Mara 
Nikkei Voice: How was Interrogation received during its first run? Evan Mackay: Audience members who have spoken to us have been appreciative of the perspective we brought, but there is much room for discussion and debate about many sensitive issues this material explores. Hopefully people will not hesitate...
Read more → 10 Nov 2015
Posted by Hiroki Kitani 
Kiyoko Suizenji performed at the Japanese Canadian Cultural Centre in a charity performance to benefit Japanese Social Services. Photo courtesy: David Ohashi The concert celebrated the 50th anniversary of Canada's acceptance of Japanese immigrants in the 1970s, but it was also a special anniversary...
Read more → 10 Nov 2015
Posted by Diana Duong 
'The Japanese Lover' crosses times and generations to tell its prescient story. Her latest novel, The Japanese Lover, traces a secret affair that spans more than half a century, transcending war, borders, social class, different races and culture. It begins in the late 1930s in San Francisco,...
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