Omai: A Japanese-Korean fusion
Frankly Speaking: What is too much when in my 90s
Celebrating 30 years of twinning
Sayonara to a pioneer for Japanese baseball players in America
Musician Jessica Stuart looks for long lost friend in Japan
Take me out to the "besuboru" game
Hide Hyodo Shimizu: The right to education
Toronto Japanese Film Festival Review: Our Departures
02 Nov 2013
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By Mel Tsuji A 20-year-old pitcher from Fukuoka, Japan tossed a brilliant, one-hitter to lead his Warriors team to a 1-0 victory over Tanino in the championship game of the Japanese Canadian Sunday Baseball League. Kento Takemoto, who’s in Toronto on a working holiday visa to study English conversation,...
Read more → 01 Nov 2013
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By Matthew O'Mara TORONTO – Mas Yatabe has a spring in his step, and a bowler’s eye for strikes. With Amy, his wife, Mas has been bowling for the better part of his long life, and he won't be slowing down anytime soon. In February, Mas will turn 100 years old making him one of the most experienced...
Read more → 17 Oct 2013
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By Matthew O'Mara If you've ever wanted to get up close and personal with some of Honda's fastest racing cars, here's your chance. Following Lamborghini's steps in opening their collections to Google Street View, Honda has allowed Google cameras inside of its museum to give virtual visitors a tour,...
Read more → 17 Sep 2013
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By Robert Doi Following a frantic and tight conclusion to the regular season, the play-offs have also featured some extremely close games. The quarter-finals saw Jon Nagamatsu’s Wietzes Toyota team defeat Mike Ogino’s Birchmount Collision team 33 – 32 and Glen Kawaguchi’s Dundee Private...
Read more → 09 Sep 2013
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By Mizuki Ogi Only one Japanese player has beaten tennis stars like Novak Djokovic and Roger Federer. At only 23, Kei Nishikori (錦織圭) has spent his short career breaking records in Japanese tennis history. In July, Nishikori was competing in the Rogers Cup and the ATP World Cup in Montreal....
Read more → 21 Aug 2013
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By Dwight Wakabayashi It took a last inning rally and some defensive heroics to keep the Giants up 3-2 to eliminate the Tigers from the Japanese Canadian Baseball League playoffs this past weekend at the diamond down at beautiful Greenwood Park. The Tigers finished in second place during the regular...
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...
Read more → 12 Aug 2013
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By Frank Moritsugu It’s been a particularly strange season so far. Five former all-star players joined the Toronto baseball team and got forecasters predicting the Jays will finally get into the playoffs this time around. Despite occasional glimpses of top-flight play, our team keeps hogging...
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,...
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