Frankly speaking: Thankful for another great Arigato Day
Carleton University dives into Japanese Canadian redress history
Soccer star Tsubasa Endo greets fans during Japanese Heritage Night
Finding inspiration in real life
Author Sarah Kuhn on becoming the (super)hero of your own story
Learning how to move forward versus moving on
Chieri Uegaki honours her father's legacy in new book
Kyo Maclear's new childrens' book tells the story of a Nisei trailblazer
East meets West on the runway at Anime North's Kimono Fashion Show
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,...
Read more → 08 Aug 2013
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By Scott Kawaguchi His name is Munenori Kawasaki. He is from Japan. He is Japanese. And with every game he plays for the Toronto Blue Jays, his legend grows. Called up from the AAA Buffalo Bisons to replace the injured Jose Reyes on April 13th, 2013, Kawasaki was not originally expected to stick...
Read more → 05 Aug 2013
Posted by nikkeistaff By: Michael Nobuto I’ve been a bowler for over 20 years and not in the, ‘I go bowling with my friends or family once in a while’ kind of way. I bowl in leagues, somewhat competitively. Bowling to me is a sport, it’s a competition. I grew up with bowling, watching my parents bowl, bowling...
Read more → 05 Aug 2013
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By: Dwight Wakabayashi TORONTO - The Japanese Arashi JR ice hockey team went undefeated in five games to take home the Asian Hockey Championships Competitive division title on the Victoria Day long weekend. It is the second year in a row that the team of Japanese and Japanese Canadian youngsters...
Read more → 02 Aug 2013
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By George Uyeda KAMLOOPS - Shortly after World War II many interned Japanese families were allowed to move into the Interior of B.C. and made the city of Kamloops their home. Amongst these families were a small group of young Japanese men who wanted to pursue and create a baseball team. This...
Read more → 24 Jul 2013
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By Dwight Wakabayashi TORONTO - The 2013 Japanese Canadian Baseball League season is in full swing down on the diamond at Greenwood Park, and the season has had its full share of surprises throughout the league. The most exciting news of the off-season was the addition of a seventh team to the long-time...
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