Past and present collide in dancer Takako Segawa's new performance
Artist Miya Turnbull reveals the layers beneath in new solo exhibition
JCAM's Aurora Dance Group hosts a weekend of friendship and fun through Japanese folk dance
The Hollow Man: JC artist looking for community feedback
Author Lynne Kutsukake explores the bustling art world of '70s Tokyo in The Art of Vanishing
LiterAsian writers festival spotlights the diverse voices of Pan-Asian authors
Canada and the Atom Bomb photo exhibition at Toronto City Hall
Treasures from the Nikkei National Museum: Sumitsubo belonging to Kenichi Maeno
A ladder across the globe: Collaborative project connects Canadian and Japanese artist
28 Oct 2013
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By Matthew O'Mara You’re blindfolded, about 9-years-old, and being wheeled onto the studio floor of a mysterious game show. The producers interviewed you and you had a chance to ask them a few questions, but you left knowing that this is, ‘The best game show ever made.’ With that in your...
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25 Oct 2013
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By MATTHEW O’MARA Hatsumi – One Grandmother’s Journey Through the Japanese Canadian Internment is a finalist in the Welfare Education Category for NHK’s 40th Japan Prize. Hatsumi is a powerful film and now it is competing against an Oscar winner for the top spot. No one was more surprised...
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By Ailin Oishi-Stamatiou With the recent advances of technology in greenhouse farming, refrigeration and freezing, food processing and transportation networks, most produce is conveniently available year round. However, vegetables, fruits, and fish harvested when ripe and at their peak and consumed...
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By Kaori Fujishima Contemporary Japanese Literature is changing every day. Monkey Business is the only English literary journal that publishes contemporary Japanese Literature. The publication is edited by professor Ted Goossen who specialize in Modern and Contemporary Japanese Literature at the York...
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By Cassandra Kobayashi A friend and I dined at Aotoya on a recent Friday night, delighted that it is matsutake (pine mushroom) season. The tri-fold menu has many photos to help diners select, supplemented with numerous handwritten signs on the walls and counter in English and Japanese featuring current...
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By RIKU KANEKO At Otakuthon in Montreal, amid the costumes and cosplay, a whole different kind of fashion was seen on stage. Liisa Savinov-Mountain is the top model at The Kimono Show held at the anime convention, and we had a chance to speak with her about the challenges of modeling. Originally...
Read more → 15 Oct 2013
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By Shoko Uchiyama Guitar Wolf’s front man, Seiji, ran up on stage. He looked out onto the crowd as a short introduction played and then zapped the crowd with his guitar’s first note. An electric current ran through the audience as they launched into their first songs straight from the band’s...
Read more → 09 Oct 2013
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By James Heron For Japanese film enthusiasts in Canada, summer is surely the most happily anticipated season. In June we have the Toronto Japanese Film Festival, July and August bring us the superb Japanese line-ups of the Montreal’s’ Fantasia and Montreal International Film Festivals and the season...
Read more → 08 Oct 2013
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By Miki Nomura and Mizuki Ogi From the 22nd to the 25th of August the Metro Toronto Convention Centre was filled with the people who wore the costumes of their favourite characters and acted like them. It was FanExpo Toronto, but not only anime fans had fun in this event. One who stood out amongst...
Read more → 07 Oct 2013
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By MATTHEW O’MARA TORONTO – Costumed, painted, caped, and colourful characters descended on FanExpo 2013 in Toronto’s downtown core. More than 100,000 attendees gathered this year to show off their costumes and meet the stars. And among the guests was Japanese American actor George Takei. Known...
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