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
29 Nov 2016
Posted by Kelly Fleck 
Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne is met at Honda headquarters in Tokyo by ASIMO, the world’s most advanced humanoid robot. On the first day of her mission to Japan, Premier Wynne talked with Honda leaders about how to drive growth and support the auto sector. Honda’s Alliston, Ontario location is a teaching...
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24 Nov 2016
Posted by Jonathan Eto 
Smoke's poutine eating contest brought Hapa Japanese American eating champion, Matt Stonie, to Toronto. Photo credit: Dr. Jonathan Eto. Major League Eating (MLE) is the world body that oversees and sanctions all professional eating contests and rank their competitors like the PGA would their golfers,...
Read more → 21 Nov 2016
Posted by Frank Moritsugu 
Frank Moritsugu at the Japanese Canadian War Memorial in Stanley Park, on Remembrance Day, 2014. Photo credit: John Endo Greenaway. When I was growing up, the special day used to be known as Armistice Day after the ending of the Great War in 1918. And nisei like me eventually learned that many...
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Posted by Kelly Fleck 
Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne discussed her upcoming trade mission to Japan and South Korea in a roundtable discussion with business, trade and cultural leaders in the Japanese Canadian community at the Japanese Canadian Cultural Centre on Nov. 19. Wynne spoke to a room of twenty business and community...
Read more → 16 Nov 2016
Posted by Kelly Fleck 
Min Yatabe and his wife, Lydia Yatabe, enjoying a bento lunch after the Remembrance Day ceremony. While there were five veterans at the ceremony, there were 211 Japanese Canadian soldiers that enlisted during the Second World War. Of those, 148 volunteers were included in the mass expulsion in British...
Read more → 14 Nov 2016
Posted by Kelly Fleck 
Jeff Chiba Stearns' documentary, Mixed Match, explores when mixed race is more than an identity, but can be a matter of life and death. Photo courtesy: Jeff Chiba Stearns. Fortunately there is a treatment for MDS, a bone marrow transplant, which would essentially restart her immune system and allow...
Read more → 07 Nov 2016
Posted by Kelly Fleck 
Kogawa's book, turned children's opera, Naomi's Road, will be directed for the first time by a Japanese Canadian in its Toronto debut. Soprano Hiather Darnel-Kadonaga stars as 9-year-old Naomi, in Tapestry Opera's premiere of Naomi's Road. Photo courtesy Dahlia Katz. The opera was an adaptation...
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Posted by Kelly Fleck 
The taiko pro candidly shares how he started his career in taiko, Nagata Shachu's upcoming concert season and new DVD. Photo courtesy Nagata Shachu. In the Tokyo pavilion, the Japanese taiko group, Osuwa Daiko, were invited to perform. It was here that young Nagata watched a taiko performance...
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