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
30 Nov 2015
Posted by Matthew O'Mara 
Whalers from Japan will be hunting 333 minke whales this year. Photo courtesy: WMC In a statement, Hunt said that the Australian government doesn't accept that the hunt is being done for scientific research and that the International Whaling Commission’s Scientific Committee has raised questions...
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26 Nov 2015
Posted by Hiroki Kitani 
A photo taken at the 2012 Toronto Kohaku Utagassen show at the JCCC. Photo courtesy: Toronto Kohaku Utagassen “Kouhaku Utagassen” started in 1977. The singing contest includes both male and female singers who brings their voices to the stages in various styles. The event is one of the largest...
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Posted by Riku Kawahara 
A Japanese ukiyo-e style woodlock print in Edo period of Japan by Kuniyoshi Utagawa (1797-1861) describes a tattooed man at that time. Image courtesy: WMC According to a survey from the Japan Tourism Agency, 56 per cent of Japanese hotels and inns will not allow visitors with tattoos to enter...
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Posted by Ailin Oishi-Stamatiou 
Finding a good sleeping position is a good first step in preventing snoring. Photo courtesy: WMC The proportion rises to 40 per cent after age 40 and 45 per cent after age 55. It can be an intermittent or a regular problem that can lead to daytime tiredness and sleepiness. The two most common adverse...
Read more → 23 Nov 2015
Posted by Matthew O'Mara 
Michael Maddeaux is a film production student at York University and is in pre-production for his short film 'Kazuko'. Photo courtesy: Michael Maddeaux In his youth, he was angry at the injustice of what he and his family suffered during that darkest days of the Interment. As he aged, he had a chance...
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Posted by Samantha Whyte 
Janice Fukakusa has lead an incredible career in banking and says her parents and mentors played a large role in who she is today. Photo courtesy: RBC She was inducted into Canada’s Most Powerful Women Hall of Fame and was selected as Canada’s CFO of the Year by Financial Executives Canada,...
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Posted by Matthew O'Mara 
Washington Governor Jay Inslee, left, and City of Roanoke Mayor David Bowers, right, both invoked the Japanese-American Interment in light of the continuing refugee crisis in Syria. Photos courtesy: WMC “My neighbors were locked up by the federal government and sent to camps for years,” Inslee...
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Posted by Hiroki Kitani 
A catfish could be the saviour of Japan's eel industry. Photo courtesy: Pixabay Associate professor Masahiko Ariji has developed a catfish that has the same taste as an eel in the wake of it being added to the International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources's Red List of Threatened...
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Posted by Kelly Fleck 
Philip Nozuka drew on his personal experiences as an Asian Canada for his role in 'Banana Boys'. A banana is what five young men finding their way in the world call themselves in Factory Theatre’s production of Banana Boys. “Personally I would never identify myself as a banana boy in a positive...
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Posted by Hiroki Kitani 
Shibuya ward in Tokyo is one of the first in Japan to have the certification that would allow same-sex couples the same rights as everyone else. Photo courtesy: WMC Hiroko Masuhara, 37, and Koyuki Higashi, 30, received the certification and became the first couple to register their partnership with...
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