Momiji celebrates its volunteers for National volunteer week
Enemy Lines: Artist Mayumi Lashbrook explores how fear can divide humanity
Revealing layers within: Miya Turnbull and Shion Skye Carter on cross-disciplinary collaboration
The exceptional ones: Grappling with use of Emergencies Act
Japonica goes digital: Momiji Health Care Society's innovative approach to fundraising
Artist Emmie Tsumura's Powell Street Festival poster design wins international communication award
Treasures from the Nikkei National Museum: Roy Matsui at Angler
Shapes in Between: New retrospective of artist Norman Takeuchi at the Ottawa Art Gallery
Finding Forgiveness: Director Stafford Arima on bringing the award-winning memoir to the stage
15 Jul 2014
Posted by Luke Galati 
Canadian filmmaker, France Benoit is searching for the woman, "Kiri" and her family who the song Kiri's Piano by James Keelaghan is based on to show them the film she made after being moved by their story four years ago. It all started in 2010 when the Benoit and her husband were going on a trip...
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11 Jul 2014
Posted by Luke Galati 
He’s a young Canadian making art outside Shibuya, Japan’s Time Square and Tokyo’s busiest intersections, attracting crowds to check out his latest work. “You’re in a sea of business men in suits, teenagers and then you see a white kid with a pen drawing. I like being a fish out of water,”...
Read more → 10 Jul 2014
Posted by Luke Galati 
Steps North of Yonge Dundas square at Ryerson University and underground in a small gym you can find the Ryerson Kendo club, carrying on the art of the sword. The class has grown since being founded five years ago by former Ryerson student Omer Hussain, who begged and pleaded to the Toronto Kendo...
Read more → 09 Jul 2014
Posted by Luke Galati 
Although he had impressed the Chicago Blackhawks scouts who came to watch him play throughout his season – seeing him rack up an impressive 64 points in 41 games – the Aurora teen knew they only had eight picks and there was some stiff competition. Sikura said that he didn't even expect to be picked,...
Read more → 09 Jul 2014
Posted by Matthew O'Mara 
Megumi Nishikura, left, and Lara Perez Takagi, right, produced and directed Hafu a film that discusses the mixed-race experience in Japan and the challenges that lie therein. Photo: Albert Siegel As a child of Japan and Spain, her mixed-race experiences have been “mixed” and her second documentary...
Read more → 07 Jul 2014
Posted by Matthew O'Mara 
On Friday, the weather system was classified as a typhoon and is currently turning northward about 340 miles south of Kadena Air Base, a U.S. Air Force installation on the island, according to Weather.com. A "Super Typhoon", according to Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory, is a weather...
Read more → 26 Jun 2014
Posted by Luke Galati 
Wheelchair basketball isn't just a game, it's a way of life. “It’s probably a once in a lifetime opportunity for the athletes and the fans,” Joe Higgins, one of the coaches of Canada's national wheelchair basketball team, said in an interview with Nikkei Voice. The 2014 Women’s Wheelchair...
Read more → 18 Jun 2014
Posted by nikkeistaff 
As a musician, she’s performed around the world, but found her first home away from home at the Blue Note in New York City. There she performed one-week sets for almost nine years, but now Toronto will be welcoming her at Koerner Hall on June 24. I had a chance to talk with Hiromi about her travels,...
Read more → 13 Jun 2014
Posted by Luke Galati 
For the next 15 days, the Japanese Canadian Cultural Centre will host the festival’s wide range of Japanese film from modern samurai flicks to the most visually stunning anime. When the lineup on the opening night extended down the hall and around two corners, some festival organizers began...
Read more → 13 Jun 2014
Posted by nikkeistaff 
Nayuta performed at The Rivoli in Toronto on May 16. It was their first time in Toronto. Photo: Yuhi Kimura During NMFT, the band seemed to enjoy performing with smiles all around and a lot of energy, which is the general personality of Kansai people and it helps them attract many people. The...
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