UBC scholarship connects a Japanese Canadian family through the generations
Treasures from the Nikkei National Museum: Miss Okamura and Dr. Banno Wedding Newspaper Clipping
Cousins Janis Bridger and Lara Jean Okihiro share their grandmother's story in new children's book
Maiko Jinushi's "Intimacy and Distances" exhibition asks how we are together when physically remote
Mindfulness in the city: Slow food is soul food
Mata Ashita kicks off new season with workshop exploring family, ancestry, and origin stories
Treasures from the Nikkei National Museum: Edward Chutaro Banno's 1931 UBC Totem Yearbook
Hauntings of the past: Filmmaker Meredith Hama-Brown's "Seagrass" wins big at TIFF
Thornhill Sluggers win the 2023 JC3-Pitch Championship
Smashing stereotypes: Montreal play explores the multifaceted life of Kiyoko Tanaka-Goto
13 Oct 2023
Posted by Robert Doi 
2023 JC3-Pitch Champion Thornhill Sluggers. Back (left to right): Oscar Wu, Ryan Terakita, Trudon Riddle, and Tsai Yeh. Front: Leo Wong, Justin Ogino (captain), Larry Kimura (sponsor), and Katherine Kwong. Absent: Albert Chai, Gracie Steckroat, Derrick Terakita, and Tsao-Ling Yu. Photo credit: Robert Doi. They...
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14 Sep 2023
Posted by Robert Doi 
Players and their families enjoying the league’s final BBQ of the season following the semifinal games. Photo courtesy: Robert Doi. Nick Chung’s fourth-place Thornhill Toyota squad lost all three regular-season meetings with Andrew Lok’s first-place Back2feet, so expectations were low heading...
Read more → 16 Jun 2023
Posted by Andrea Sakiyama Kennedy 
Ottawa Asian Hockey Classic lower rec champions Asian Invasion during the tournament on Mother's Day weekend, May 13 to 14. Photo credit: Marc Lafleur/Marc LaFleur Photography. “I had participated in a similar tournament in Toronto, and I thought, why not create a tournament in Ottawa,”...
Read more → 24 May 2023
Posted by Deanna Cheng 
Ryan Kimoto spars against another participant of Sumo Sundays at the Vancouver Japanese Language School and Japanese Hall in Vancouver, B.C. on Sunday, March 12, 2023. Sumo Sundays is a monthly indoor drop-in session in the city, organized by a grassroots group of organizers, which focuses on learning...
Read more → 16 Aug 2022
Posted by Kelly Fleck 
Ohtani Canada celebrates baseball star on and off the field. Members of Canada's largest Shohei Ohtani fan club, Ohtani Canada. Left to right: Jonathan Seki, Lise Hawkins, and club president and founder Dave Pollard. While Ohtani ended up signing with the Angels, Pollard was drawn not only to Ohtani's...
Read more → 19 Jan 2022
Posted by Jonathan Eto 
Los Angeles' Angels Shohei Ohtani playing the Toronto Blue Jays at the Rogers Centre, June 17 to 20, 2019. Photo credit: Dr. Jonathan Eto. “Sho-Time’s” incredible 2021 season is hard to sum up in words. What he has accomplished is awe-inspiring. Our last update was just before the All-Star...
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07 Aug 2020
Posted by Jonathan Eto 
Bob Izumi talks to Nikkei Voice about how his father hooked him on fishing, fuelling his lifelong passion and reflecting on his 30 year career. Japanese Canadian angler Bob Izumi at the Spring Fishing and Boating Show in Toronto. Photo credit: Dr. Jonathan Eto. Born in Chatham and raised by a single...
Read more → 12 Nov 2019
Posted by Kelly Fleck 
Judo coach Hiroshi Nakamura during the Canadian Olympic Hall of Fame induction ceremony at the Glenn Gould Studio in Toronto on Oct. 23. Photo credit: Moe Doiron/Team Canada. “I have been in Canada for 51 years and working for judo. Thinking of Canadian people and the Canadian Olympic Committee...
Read more → 16 Sep 2019
Posted by Danielle Canhoto 
Toronto FC soccer star Tsubasa Endo meets with fans after a tied game with Orlando City on Aug. 10 at BMO Field in Toronto. TORONTO — It was a chilly evening for the Toronto Football Club (TFC) who set out to play Orlando City on Aug. 10. For some fans, it was just another game, but for the Japanese...
Read more → 19 Aug 2019
Posted by Jonathan Eto 
Japanese MLB pitchers showcase their talents in Toronto. Los Angeles Angels Shohei Ohtani was in Toronto, June 17 to 20. Photo credits: Dr. Jonathan Eto. “Sho-time,” as he is affectionately known, is the first two-way player in nearly a century, since Babe Ruth last hit and pitched regularly...
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