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21 Apr 2015
Posted by Ai Nagaoka 
When you're a professional on the go, wouldn't it be nice to not have to think about the clothes you're going to wear. Image courtesy: AirCloset To help solve the issue, a new service called AirCloset kicked off on February 3rd in Japan that offers an easy way to find new, fashionable clothing. Developed...
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20 Apr 2015
Posted by Yuichi Hibi 
Horses are quickly becoming a hot export for Canadian farmers, but the way they are shipping is sending a chill down the spine of Canadian activists. Photo by: Richard Bartz In Italy, horse meat is prepared as horse meat sausage. In France, horse meat fondue is a common way to enjoy the free-range...
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Posted by Jonathan Eto 
Calgary's Rhianna Kurio, left, and Aina Takeuchi, right, from Kushiro, Japan at the tournament day in Markham. Photo by Jonathan Eto The tournament features the top four teams in the league, hosted by Calgary, Toronto, Montreal and Boston culminating in a winner take all game on the final day. This...
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Posted by Matthew O'Mara 
An image of a hand-carved relief that was to go on auction at Rago Arts. The piece comes from a collection of art curated by Allen Hendershott Eaton (1878-1962) who had been given the items by Japanese Americans while he researched his book on the internment in 1952. Image courtesy: Rago Arts Japanese-Americans...
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Posted by Matthew O'Mara 
Karin Kei Nagano, left, and Mari Kodama, right, say playing together on stage felt only natural after living a life of music together. Photos by: Vincent Garnier And in April this year, the two will be playing at Bravo Niagara! Festival of the Arts on their second tour. Inside the intimate venue...
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Posted by Jun Kobayashi 
Casio's ZR1600 has a large screen that flips toward the photographer helping them take a 'selfie'. Photo courtesy: Casio The EXLIM-ZR1600 has a large screen that flips out toward the user and a 16 megapixel camera, which is twice the resolution of an iPhone 6's main camera and the camera that...
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Posted by Devon Rowcliffe 
Madoka Kitao, seen here, is the creator of game Let's Catch the Lion! and an internationally recognized shogi player. Photo courtesy: Madoka Kitao Shogi is Japan’s version of chess and was first played in its current form during the 16th century. The main difference between shogi and Western...
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Posted by Matthew O'Mara 
Toyota's i-Road at the Canadian International Auto Show. Photo by: Matthew O'Mara The small, three-wheeled electric vehicle travels at a maximum of 60 km/h and is part of the company's goals to reduce gridlock and pollution around the world. Toyota has yet to decide if they will be mass producing...
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Posted by Ai Nagaoka 
What Japanese companies should come to Toronto next? We've got some ideas. Photo courtesy: WMC. Story by: Ai Nagaoka and Jun Kobayashi This got us thinking, what other Japanese companies could make it here in the big T.O. and Canada in general? There's a whole host of innovative organizations in Japan...
Read more → 08 Apr 2015
Posted by Jun Kobayashi 
Sansho Nakamura performing with props regularly seen in Rakugo performances. Photo courtesy: Sansho Nakamura Sansho Nakamura, a young Rakugoka, was born and raised in Aso, Kumamoto. He studied at Tohoku University and also abroad in Florida before graduating and getting a job at one of Japan's...
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