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Kyo Maclear awarded prestigious Trillium Book Award
Toronto author Kim Moritsugu launches her seventh book
The latest buzz around baseball star Ichiro Suzuki
Hiroshima Nagasaki ceremony looks at fallout of nuclear war
Sekigahara tells the forgotten stories of the battle
06 Feb 2018
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...
Read more → 19 Jan 2018
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...
Read more → 17 Jan 2018
Posted by Asahi Baseball Association 
The Asahi Baseball Association continues to look for Asahi descendants. This photo of the Asahi team lists the players names below in Japanese. Photo courtesy: George Sadakichi Iga. Through the efforts of Mr. Yobun Shima and the Asahi Family Network in Japan and Emiko Ando of the Asahi Baseball...
Read more → 15 Jan 2018
Posted by Anton Wagner 
Toronto Mayor John Tory presenting Setsuko Thurlow with the certificate at the city council meeting. Photo courtesy: Toronto City Council. Thurlow will be accepting the Nobel Peace Prize on behalf of the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN). The Nobel Peace Prize recognizes...
Read more → 20 Nov 2017
Posted by Kelly Fleck 
The evening was a celebration of the new wave of Japanese immigrants who came to Canada, after immigration laws were lifted in 1967. The room was filled with tables of Japanese and Western inspired dinner and desserts. The evening was filled with entertainment, from live traditional and contemporary...
Read more → 13 Nov 2017
Posted by Susan Yatabe and Ewan Craig 
These soldiers were students of the S-20 Japanese Language school in West Vancouver, and they were part of a group that was deployed to Southeast Asia in October 1945 to work for SEATIC (Southeast Asia Translator Interrogator Centre). They included five of the first six Nisei S-20 graduates; the six Nisei...
Read more → 06 Nov 2017
Posted by Kelly Fleck 
Japanese jump rope acrobats team up with Cirque du Soleil for an awe-inspiring performance. Photo credit: Benout Leroux. Presenting their newest show, VOLTA, a high energy acrobatic extravaganza, inspired by adrenaline pumped street games, like BMX (extreme biking) and jump rope. For the first...
Read more → 26 Oct 2017
Posted by Scott Kawaguchi 
Ryus Noodle Bar brings the same great ramen to new Toronto location. The mouth-watering, fan-favourite, Pork Blaster can be found on the menu at Ryus Noodle Bar. Photo credit: Scott Kawaguchi. Fortunately, great news came a month later when Ryus announced that they were opening a new location...
Read more → 24 Oct 2017
Posted by Kelly Fleck 
Instead what came of it was Kayoi Komachi/Komachi Visited, a heart wrenching story of unrequited love, that makes it's world premiere Oct. 26 to 28 at The Cultch theatre in Vancouver. The presentation brings together master performers of noh (a 14th century Japanese theatre art) including renowned...
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