RENTAL FAMILY: A BIG-HEARTED REMEDY TO LONELINESS
The Samurai in Our Closet: Uncovering long hidden family history
JAPAN SENDS ITS BEST TO TIFF AND VIFF 2025
Suzu Hirose shines in two films coming to Canada this autumn
The lasting legacy of Frank Moritsugu, 1922 - 2025
Japanese Canadian veterans street banners in Vancouver
Kevin Lau's Kimiko's Pearl Symphonic Suite world premiere with Toronto Symphony Opera
Gary Kawaguchi conferred Order of the Rising Sun, Gold and Silver Rays
Omote: A melding of artistic expressions and experiences
Suzanne Hartmann's hybrid memoir explores convergence of personal and community stories
20 May 2014
Posted by Matthew O'Mara 
Matheson’s goal was simple, attack a single unit. Under the control of Toronto Shogi Club president Colin Ng, it was a task a little easier to say than to actually do. Within minutes, Matheson’s army lay in ruin. It was a swift defeat and one that the new player was totally unprepared for. “I...
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20 May 2014
Posted by Matthew O'Mara 
Jazz is more Japanese than you may think. From June 19 to 28, the Toronto Jazz Festival brings together musicians from around Canada and the world in an eight-day showcase that's one of the world's largest with over 500,000 attendees listening in through a week of performances. And this year, the festival...
Read more → 16 May 2014
Posted by Dwight Wakabayashi 
Do you know where your Genten is and how important it is to where you are today? Talk x GENTEN's third panel event was held this week at The Japan Foundation in downtown Toronto and featured inspiring stories from athletes Carlos Newton and Miyuu Yamamoto. The technical definition of genten means...
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Posted by nikkeistaff 
Born in Vancouver and now living in Toronto, Tanaka has created a non-profit organization called Next Music From Tokyo and it’s about to host its sixth volume of Japanese artists. Going to Japan five to eight times a year, Tanaka scouts bands from Shibuya to Koenji, and brings them over to Canada...
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15 May 2014
Posted by Matthew O'Mara 
TORONTO -- A media launch for Kampai Toronto 2014 was held today at the Japan Foundation. On May 29, Kampai Toronto will host its third-annual sake preview and tasting for the general public in Toronto's Distillery District. The media launch gave new details on the event and showcased the first-ever...
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Posted by Matthew O'Mara 
While that may sounds like the punch line to a joke, for many Canadians this past winter was one of the most frigid on record. But as May arrived so too did the warm weather, but none of Ontario’s thousands of Sakura trees blossomed as they were scheduled to. Only late in the month did the signature...
Read more → 08 May 2014
Posted by Chris Hope 
“A musical?” says Leonard Nimoy, “on that?” He bursts out laughing. “A musical about the internment?” asks U.S. Senator Daniel Inouye, wincing, “No, I would have never imagined that.” Actor, activist, and media personality George Takei has an interesting life, but the new documentary...
Read more → 07 May 2014
Posted by Norm Ibuki 
After Bryce’s dad, Tameo Kanbara, was released from the prisoner of war camp in 1946, there were only two choices: move east of the Rocky Mountains or to war-torn Japan. To be sure, the government’s plan was to make sure that Japanese Canadians were dispersed across Canada so as to protect them...
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Posted by Matthew O'Mara 
Go, Go Power Rangers! If you were born in the 90s, you probably heard the Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers theme in your head, and soon the rangers might be coming back to theatres. On Wednesday, Haim Saban and Lionsgate announced a deal that would bring a new live-action film of the iconic kids show....
Read more → 06 May 2014
Posted by nikkeistaff 
Next Music From Tokyo volume.6 is coming up on May 16 and 17 in Toronto, and May 19 in Montreal and May 21 in Vancouver. Japanese bands will be traveling to Canada bringing their varied sounds to us, but let's get to know one of the bands a little better. Japanese band Kinoko Teikoku has performed...
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