A fork in the road: The life of Tetsuo "Sam" Sakaki, 1905-1982
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
22 Oct 2015
Posted by Gil Asakawa 
Gil Asakawa in Tokyo in the early 1960s, living out his cowboy dreams like any American kid, except he was in the land of the samurai. Photo courtesy: Gil Asakawa Facebook was just getting started when the book was originally published, and frankly, Asians have found our voice and carved out a significant...
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20 Oct 2015
Posted by Matthew O'Mara 
Justin Trudeau, pictured here, is the 23rd prime minster of Canada. Photo courtesy: Party website Last night, the Liberal party won a majority government with 184 seats. It was a stunning victory for the party that fell to just 34 sates in the 2011 election. In a speech following the win, Trudeau...
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Posted by Hiroki Kitani 
Takashi Miike has long had a focus on yakuza in his films, but his latest takes this focus onto a more fantastical scale with vampires and demons. Photo by: Matthew O'Mara Some films are thoughtful and beautiful while others are dynamic and wondrous, and then there are the zany and crazy films like...
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Posted by Hiroki Kitani London mayor Boris Jonson, pictured here, knocked down a 10-year-old in the street rugby match, but the mayor and student shook hands after. Photo courtesy: WMC During a game of touch rugby in Tokyo, Johnson accidentally cannoned against 10-year-old Toki Sekiguchi and they fell down on the little...
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Posted by Riku Kawahara 
An image of the reactors at the Sendai Nuclear Power Plant. Photo courtesy: WMC Kyushu Electric Power Company said it restarted the No.2 reactor at the Sendai Nuclear Power Plant, located in Kagoshima prefecture, on Japan’s southern island of Kyushu. The two reactors were built in 1985 and 1986,...
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Posted by Frank Moritsugu 
I sat on a bench at Maryvale Park to watch the last few innings of the 2015 slopitch season. One thing that quite impressed me was how these playing oldsters were so into it. Photo courtesy: Pixabay I’ll never forget when Woody Herman’s version of ’Tis Autumn came out in the early 1940s....
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Posted by nikkeivoice 
Miss Hokusai from Production I.G. tells the untold story of a Japanese artist's daughter whose work has largely gone uncredited for her entire life. Photo courtesy: WMC By: Hiroki Kitani and Riku Kawahara Films by East, South and Southeast Asian artists in Canada, the U.S., Asia and all over...
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Posted by Hiroki Kitani 
Ichiro Suzuki, 41, seen here at a batting practice with the Miami Marlins, will celebrate his 42nd birthday on October 22nd. Photo courtesy: Dr. Jonathan Eto. Suzuki's contract comes with a $2 million option for 2017, which means he could be sent down to the minor leagues to play, according to Jon Heyman...
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Posted by Riku Kawahara 
Devin Setoguchi at a press conference before the tryouts for the Maple Leafs. Photo by: Jonathan Eto In late September, Setoguchi was invited to try outs for the Toronto Maple Leafs, but he didn't make the team. Disappointed with the results, he began looking elsewhere for opportunities in professional-level...
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Posted by Matthew O'Mara 
Good Luck Soup is an interactive website that allows you to listen to the stories of Japanese Americans both past and present about their experiences living in America. Photo courtesy: Good Luck Soup During the Second World War, Japanese living in North America were put into internment camps because...
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