Lights, camera, Sho(hei)-time!
Dr. Kazuhiro Yasufuku honoured at Ninth Annual Sakura Gala
Chef and author Caroline Ishii introduces Japan to Canadian food with a vegan twist
Yonseis and Goseis pack for unknown journeys
Citizens shocked when sakura trees donated by interned JC chopped down
Recognizing Shihan Kei Tsumura's 55 years of service and self defense
Victory against nuclear weapons in Toronto
Mark Sakamoto's 'Forgiveness' wins the Canada Reads competition
31 Jul 2017
Posted by Kelly Fleck 
Kyo Maclear takes you along with her on a serious soul-searching journey, observing the birds of Toronto in her memoir, Birds Art Life. Photo credit: David Wall. Set in Toronto, Maclear writes about her search for meaning and creativity through bird watching. She begins this journey by following...
Read more → 28 Jul 2017
Posted by Jonathan Eto 
Kailer Yamamoto, 18, has been impressing at Edmonton's NHL development camp after being drafted by the Edmonton Oilers in the NHL Entry Draft. Photo credit: Dr. Jonathan Eto. The third and final NHL draftee is Kailer Yamamoto. Born in Spokane, WA, this Japanese American is an NHL draftee like...
Read more → 27 Jul 2017
Posted by Anton Wagner 
Hiroshima and Nagasaki commemorations will take place in August. In last year's ceremony, lanterns were released into the reflecting pool at Nathan Philip Square. Photo credit: Sadaf Taqvi. On July 7, 122 countries voted in favour of the text of the UN treaty, with one opposed. Under pressure...
Read more → 29 Jun 2017
Posted by Kelly Fleck 
Staff associate Jane Kurahara, President and Executive Director Carole Hayashino, staff associate Betsy Young and Education Specialist Derrick Iwata in the resource center, the largest of its kind in Hawaii, at the Japanese Cultural Center of Hawaii. Comparatively, the entire Japanese population...
Read more → 26 Jun 2017
Posted by Jonathan Eto 
Gosei Nick Suzuki was selected 13th overall in the 2017 NHL Entry Draft by the Vegas Golden Knights on June 23 and 24th. Photo credit: Dr. Jonathan Eto. This year, an unprecedented three skaters of Japanese descent are expected to be drafted in the NHL Entry Draft on June 23 and 24 at the United...
Read more → 21 Jun 2017
Posted by Karri Yano 
Experience Japanese pop stars, ramen and making traditional woodblock prints in Toronto, through Japanese documentaries featured at the 2017 Hot Docs Film Festival. Photo credit: Ukiyo-e Heroes/Hot Docs Here is a look at a few of those films: 'Tokyo Idols', Kyoko Miyake In her latest...
Read more → 19 Jun 2017
Posted by Anton Wagner 
Setsuko Thurlow, a Hiroshima atomic bomb survivor and Hiroshima Peace ambassador received the Ahmadiyya Muslim Prize for peace in March. Photo: Setsuko Thurlow with the Austrian Foreign Minister at the 2014 Vienna Conference for the Humanitarian Impact of Nuclear Weapons. The Ahmadiyya community,...
Read more → 14 Jun 2017
Posted by Kelly Fleck 
UBC President Santa Ono was in Tokyo to sign the agreement on April 25 along with UTokyo President Makoto Gonokami and Max Planck Society President Martin Stratmann. The partnership will form the Max Planck – UBC – UTokyo Centre for Quantum Materials, an expansion on the partnership that was established...
Read more → 12 Jun 2017
Posted by Matthew O'Mara 
Years worth of drama bubble over in this Japanese film about family. Photo courtesy: TJFF And that's exactly what happens when Shuzo Hirata's (Isao Hashizume) wife asks for a divorce... as a 50th anniversary present. The bombshell request sends the family, who mostly live under the same roof,...
Read more → 09 Jun 2017
Posted by Kelly Fleck 
Emperor Akihito will be the first emperor to abdicate in 200 years with the landmark new bill passed by Japanese parliament. (Photo Credit: Official U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Achilles Tsantarliotis) Japanese Parliament has passed a historic bill allowing Emperor Akihito to abdicate the Chrysanthemum...
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