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
04 Oct 2013
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By NIKKEI STAFF BRAMPTON, ON — On October 17th, 2012, the local City Council approved official names for three community parks. One of them was Teramoto Park, which the Brampton Guardian newspaper reported, “Honours the memory of one of the first Japanese settlers in Brampton.” This settler’s...
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26 Sep 2013
Posted by nikkeivoice 
Rock and Roll! On October 1st, Guitar Wolf, purportedly one of the loudest bands in the world, will be hitting the Hard Luck Bar in downtown Toronto. The intimate location will be playing host to the Nagasaki-born band and if you go be sure to bring some earplugs! The trio made up of Seiji, the frontman,...
Read more → 19 Aug 2013
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By Matthew O'Mara It was a class for the history books. In Aurora on July 29th, some of karate's highest-ranking masters made a historic trip to Canada in order to teach a special seminars to some eager black belts. The senseis came from Japan, Alaska, and the United States all in effort to bring...
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By Matthew O'Mara Over the weekend, Nikkei Voice was invited to participate in The National Ethnic Press and Media Council of Canada exhibition at the Canadian National Exhibition. It was a great chance to meet other members of the council and experience the diversity of Canada's press all in one spot....
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Posted by nikkeivoice By Matthew O'Mara A snake curls through the upper halls of the Art Gallery of Ontario. Summer camps - some with younger and some older students - idly walk by looking up and pointing to the installation that winds its way towards Ai WeiWei's new exhibit at the gallery. Made from 883 backpacks,...
Read more → 09 Aug 2013
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If you don't know what Ultimate Frisbee is take a look at this! Ultimate Frisbee is a high-intensity sport that combines the strategy of football, the physicality of basketball, and the speed of soccer and hockey. It's an intense sport and Toronto Rush was just crowned champions of the American Ultimate...
Read more → 08 Aug 2013
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By Dwight Wakabayashi The Japanese Canadian Baseball League is set to begin the 2013 playoffs on August 11th, at Greenwood Park and based on the tight results of the regular season schedule, the run to this year’s title will be a very close and hotly contested affair. All seven teams made the playoffs,...
Read more → 07 Aug 2013
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On Tuesday, a crowd gathered in Nathan Phillips Square in downtown Toronto to commemorate the 68th anniversary of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. A number of speakers were on hand at the commemoration including Canadian actress and activist Shirley Douglas and Andrew Thurlow, son of Hibakusha...
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Once a year, Japanese lanterns flow down the Gull River in Minden, Ontario. Since 2010, the township in Northern Ontario has hosted the Festival of the August Moon. Local residents and visitors paint Japanese lanterns to let them flow down a scenic river that runs through the town. It's a celebration...
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Posted by nikkeistaff By: Michael Nobuto I’ve been a bowler for over 20 years and not in the, ‘I go bowling with my friends or family once in a while’ kind of way. I bowl in leagues, somewhat competitively. Bowling to me is a sport, it’s a competition. I grew up with bowling, watching my parents bowl, bowling...
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