Mindfulness in the city: Shoshin or beginner's mind
Treasures from the Nikkei National Museum: Nimi shoten mosaic
Kunji Ikeda explores stories from the stage in new podcast
Mata Ashita launch brings together Japanese Canadians from across the country
Treasures from the Nikkei National Museum: Mochi making at the Nishimuras
Lessons from a mountain town: Kokoro my life
The journey of a piece of furniture and family history
Recipe: Senbei-breaded chicken fingers
Lessons from Ochi: Healthy and mindful food habits
Exploring the sprawling and complex history of Japanese Canadian gardens
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 → 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 → 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...
Read more → 07 Feb 2017
Posted by Kelly Fleck 
The Nikkei Voice needs your help during these difficult times in the print industry to continue publishing. Each donation made will be doubled by the generosity of Marty Kobayashi. (Photo courtesy: Marty Kobayashi) The realities of the print news industry have caught up with us and, despite our best...
Read more → 21 Dec 2016
Posted by Akira Kobasigawa 
The Worldwide Uchinanchu Festival, the largest prefectural event in Japan ended with a grand closing ceremony on Oct. 30. Photos courtesy: Tami Sugie. The festival has been held roughly once every five years since 1990. It is meant to give a chance for Okinawans living abroad to come back to their...
Read more → 29 Nov 2016
Posted by Kelly Fleck 
Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne is met at Honda headquarters in Tokyo by ASIMO, the world’s most advanced humanoid robot. On the first day of her mission to Japan, Premier Wynne talked with Honda leaders about how to drive growth and support the auto sector. Honda’s Alliston, Ontario location is a teaching...
Read more → 18 Nov 2016
Posted by Kelly Fleck 
Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne discussed her upcoming trade mission to Japan and South Korea in a roundtable discussion with business, trade and cultural leaders in the Japanese Canadian community at the Japanese Canadian Cultural Centre on Nov. 19. Wynne spoke to a room of twenty business and community...
Read more → 16 Nov 2016
Posted by Kelly Fleck 
Min Yatabe and his wife, Lydia Yatabe, enjoying a bento lunch after the Remembrance Day ceremony. While there were five veterans at the ceremony, there were 211 Japanese Canadian soldiers that enlisted during the Second World War. Of those, 148 volunteers were included in the mass expulsion in British...
Read more → 14 Oct 2016
Posted by Asha Walker 
Priyanka Yoshikawa is the second 'hafu' beauty queen in two years to receive backlash online. Photo credit: Screenshot. The 22 year-old Tokyo native spent some time in Indian and the United States as a child before settling in Japan. The licensed elephant trainer is the second hafu to represent...
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