Japanese Canadian Baseball League celebrates 50 years
Serving up oversized smiles at Powell Street Festival
Caroline Ishii shares soul and soul food in new memoir
Runs in the family: Alex Shimo and Leslie Shimotakahara, authors and cousins
Norichika Aoki traded to Toronto Blue Jays
Annie Koyama celebrates a decade of comics and kicking-ass
Birdwatching in Toronto shapes author Kyo Maclear's memoir
Gosei Kailer Yamamoto drafted to the Edmonton Oilers
UN votes to abolish nuclear weapons ahead Hiroshima Nagasaki commemorations
The Japanese spirt of aloha: Japanese Cultural Center of Hawaii preserves Japanese culture
19 Sep 2017
Posted by Scott Kawaguchi 
Fifty years of strikes, bloops, balls and blasts. Photo credit: Scott Kawaguchi. On Sept. 2, as the Japanese Canadian Baseball League (JCBL) celebrated its 50th anniversary at a special mid-season banquet at the JCCC, baseball took a backseat for a week as the league took a moment to celebrate its past...
Read more → 03 Aug 2017
Posted by Kelly Fleck 
When Japanese outfielder Norichika Aoki found out he was traded to the Toronto Blue Jays on Monday, he received a text from Munenori Kawasaki, a former Blue Jay favourite. Photo credit: Keith Allison. Kawasaki left the Blue Jays in late 2015 and is now playing with the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks...
Read more → 28 Jul 2017
Posted by Jonathan Eto 
Kailer Yamamoto, 18, has been impressing at Edmonton's NHL development camp after being drafted by the Edmonton Oilers in the NHL Entry Draft. Photo credit: Dr. Jonathan Eto. The third and final NHL draftee is Kailer Yamamoto. Born in Spokane, WA, this Japanese American is an NHL draftee like...
Read more → 26 Jun 2017
Posted by Jonathan Eto 
Gosei Nick Suzuki was selected 13th overall in the 2017 NHL Entry Draft by the Vegas Golden Knights on June 23 and 24th. Photo credit: Dr. Jonathan Eto. This year, an unprecedented three skaters of Japanese descent are expected to be drafted in the NHL Entry Draft on June 23 and 24 at the United...
Read more → 07 Jun 2017
Posted by Kelly Fleck 
American columnist 'uncomfortable' with Japanese driver winning race near Memorial Day. Takuma Sato driving for Super Aguri F1 at the 2007 British Grand Prix. Photo credit: Rob Snell/Wikimedia Commons “Nothing specifically personal, but I am very uncomfortable with a Japanese driver winning...
Read more → 10 Feb 2017
Posted by Kelly Fleck 
Kisenosato (right) performs his first duty as yokozuna, a ring entry at the Meiji Shrine, to a crowd of 18,000 people on Jan. 27. Photo courtesy: Wikimedia Commons. The 30 year-old Yutaka Hagiwara, whose sumo name is Kisenosato, has created a buzz in Japan after winning the Emperor's Cup in the New Year...
Read more → 24 Nov 2016
Posted by Jonathan Eto 
Smoke's poutine eating contest brought Hapa Japanese American eating champion, Matt Stonie, to Toronto. Photo credit: Dr. Jonathan Eto. Major League Eating (MLE) is the world body that oversees and sanctions all professional eating contests and rank their competitors like the PGA would their golfers,...
Read more → 08 Sep 2016
Posted by Jonathan Eto 
Munenori Kawasaki as DH in Blue Jays 4-2 win at Fenway Park September 21, 2013. Photo credit Jonathan Eto. As teams and fans are gearing up for a push to post-season success, let’s take a look at how our Japanese players have performed so far this season: Munenori Kawasaki, age 35: 2B/3B, from...
Read more → 23 Aug 2016
Posted by Kelly Fleck 
Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike waves the Olympic flag and introduces the world to the 2020 Tokyo Games and 'Super Abe'. Photo credit: Fernando Frazão/Agência Brasil. Rio Mayor Eduardo Paes and International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach handed the Olympic flag to Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike. Wearing...
Read more → 17 Aug 2016
Posted by Kelly Fleck 
Kei Nishikori wins the first medal for Japan in tennis in nearly 100 years. The last time the country won a medal in tennis was Ichiya Kumagai in the 1920 games in Antwerp, Belgium. Photo credit: TheGonza, Wikimedia commons. "I didn't know what to do from 5-2, I got a bit tired, and he started playing...
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