Toronto's Reel Asian Film Festival announces programming lineup
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Nostalgia Night honours churches that helped build the community
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Moment in History: Marie Katsuno's 'repatriation' on the USS General M.C. Meigs
11 Aug 2016
Posted by Lauren Scott 
August 11, 2016 marked the first ever Mountain Day in Japan. Photo Courtesy: Pixabay Other national holidays also pay homage to very specific things, these include Coming of Age Day in January, Greenery Day in May, Marine Day in July and Respect for the Aged Day in September. Japanese lawmakers...
Read more → 08 Aug 2016
Posted by Lauren Scott 
Emperor Akihito released a video message Monday, which suggests that he might renounce the throne. Photo courtesy: United States Marine Corps. "I am already 80 years old, and fortunately, I am now in good health. However, when I consider that my fitness level is gradually declining, I am worried...
Read more → 04 Aug 2016
Posted by Lauren Scott 
North Korea fired a mid-range ballistic missile into Japanese territory on Wednesday, causing the United Nations to quickly launch into action. Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe called Pyongyang's actions "a serious threat to Japan's security" and "an unforgivable act of violence," in a statement...
Read more → 02 Aug 2016
Posted by Matthew O'Mara 
"We are genki," says Sarah Campeau, a Japan English Teacher (JET) who will soon be teaching in Nara-ken, Japan. Campeau is part of a group of 185 JETs leaving Canada this year to participate in the program. Over 185 Canadian JETs will be travelling to the country this year, joining over 1800 teachers...
Read more → 27 Jul 2016
Posted by Kelly Fleck 
Police cars lined up outside of Tsukui Yamayuri-en, a home for the disabled, where 19 people were killed and 25 more injured in one of Japan's worst mass murders. Photo credit: Instagram. Uematsu allegedly tied up staff and took the keys for the residences in the facilities, according to local...
Read more → 23 Jul 2016
Posted by Kelly Fleck 
"Back then they simply said, 'a Jap is a Jap' and we lost our homes and freedom, even though two thirds of us were U.S. citizens," George Takei says in his Facebook video. In a video posted on his Facebook page, Takei relates Trump's fear-mongering about Mexicans and Mexican Americans to that of Japanese...
Read more → 21 Jul 2016
Posted by Lauren Scott 
Brigadier-General Steven Moritsugu was promoted to his position on June 3. Before his promotion, Moritsugu has seen a number of highlights in his career like his role in the military pullout from Afghanistan. Photo courtesy: Canadian Forces Brigadier-General is the highest rank a Japanese Canadian...
Read more → 14 Jun 2016
Posted by Matthew O'Mara 
Santaro J. Ono will stepping into the role as UBC's president and replacing Dr. Arvind Gupta who resigned from the university last summer. Photo courtesy: UBC/Flickr Ono is first person of Japanese descent to hold the role and, according to a profile on the university's website, the posting is a welcome...
Read more → 07 Jun 2016
Posted by Matthew O'Mara 
At the start of July Pamela Sugiman will become Ryerson's new Dean of the Faculty of Arts, and she's looking forward to it. Photo courtesy: Pamela Sugiman Sugiman joined the university in 2006 and became chair of the Sociology Department in 2012. Previous to that she held a tenure-stream position...
Read more → 06 Jun 2016
Posted by Lauren Scott 
Yamato Tanooka, pictured here, in this undated handout provided by an elementary school of Hokuto city shows Yamato Tanooka. Photo courtesy: Handout/AFP Tanooka's parents had left him at the side of the road as a punishment for misbehaving and throwing rocks at people and cars. His parents claim...
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