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Suzu Hirose shines in two films coming to Canada this autumn
21 Oct 2013
Posted by Ailin Oishi-Stamatiou 
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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21 Oct 2013
Posted by nikkeistaff 
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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Posted by nikkeistaff 
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
Posted by nikkeivoice 
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
Posted by nikkeistaff 
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...
Read more → 05 Oct 2013
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By Riku Kaneko "Teppan Kenta” is a Japanese Teppanyaki restaurant in Toronto that opened on September 5th, 2013, and the restaurant's popularity is skyrocketing with Torontonians. For those who don't know, Teppanyaki is a style of Japanese cooking that involves using a iron skillet to cook everything...
Read more → 04 Oct 2013
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By NIKKEI STAFF BRAMPTON, ON — On October 17th, 2012, the local City Council approved official names for three community parks. One of them was Teramoto Park, which the Brampton Guardian newspaper reported, “Honours the memory of one of the first Japanese settlers in Brampton.” This settler’s...
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