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
LiterAsian writers festival spotlights the diverse voices of Pan-Asian authors
Canada and the Atom Bomb photo exhibition at Toronto City Hall
Treasures from the Nikkei National Museum: Sumitsubo belonging to Kenichi Maeno
A ladder across the globe: Collaborative project connects Canadian and Japanese artist
Taiko master Kiyoshi Nagata on 40 years of taiko
Kimiko's Pearl unites three Nikkei artists to tell Japanese Canadian story through ballet
Artist and author Keiko Honda on Accidental Blooms and plunging in the unknown
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,...
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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 → 27 Jun 2014
Posted by Luke Galati The women, who are now in their eighties, along with supporters, picketed outside the Japanese embassy to show their discontent towards Philippine President Benigno Aquino III, who they believe should have spoken up on the issue of “comfort women” during his most visit to Japan on Tuesday. The...
Read more → 18 Jun 2014
Posted by Matthew O'Mara 
International contractors are leaving the country in droves amidst reports of escalating violence targeted towards state security forces and oil field companies. New Delhi's Foreign Ministry stated that 40 of their construction workers have been kidnapped in Iraq and the Turkish Foreign Ministry...
Read more → 12 Jun 2014
Posted by Matthew O'Mara 
According to the Manichi Shimbun, lawmakers are revising an immigration law that would allow foreign skilled workers to stay in the country indefinitely. The law would also simplify passport control procedures for foreign tourists making it a little easier to visit the country. Foreign workers...
Read more → 10 Jun 2014
Posted by Matthew O'Mara 
Mississauga mayor Hazel McCallion was given the Order of the Rising Sun in recognition of her efforts to build relations between Canada and Japan. The award, a sun surrounded by rays and a rosette, is Japan's fourth highest honour with the likes of actor George Takei as recipients. Some 80 Japanese...
Read more → 09 Jun 2014
Posted by Luke Galati Shari Nihei Fredrickson, the mother of a six-year-old from San Francisco, sure hopes so. Before her son Baylor Fredrickson was diagnosed with Acute Myelogenous Leukemia, a rare form of the disease, he played on a little league baseball team playing back catcher. His little league baseball coach...
Read more → 09 Jun 2014
Posted by Matthew O'Mara 
Not only can he identify Woodstock brand chimes just by looking at them, he can tell the difference just by hearing them. It’s a skill that makes him special, a savant as some would say. “It started when he was about 3-years-old, I guess having autism kids take interest in what you could...
Read more → 04 Jun 2014
Posted by Matthew O'Mara 
A group attended the ceremony among them was architect Raymond Moriyama and representatives from the 75 Japanese Canadian families who helped build the original Japanese Canadian Cultural Centre. The new heritage centre is a hands-on space where people are able to learn not only about the Japanese...
Read more → 03 Jun 2014
Posted by Matthew O'Mara 
When Ralph MacLean traded his quiet, yet troubled, life on the Magdelene Islands for the ravages of war, he never thought he’d fight from the confines of a prisoner of war camp. In 1941, he would be transported on a Japanese Hell ship from Hong Kong to Japan where he would live life on the very...
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