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
23 Mar 2017
Posted by Frank Moritsugu 
Recent events raise questions of rising racism in Canada. It has been nearly 30 years since the Redress settlement was signed in Sept. 1988. Photo courtesy Archives of Canada. And here we are seeing the ugly word “racism” in newspaper headlines so often again. A recent Toronto example: the York...
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16 Mar 2017
Posted by Shoko Uno 
'Your Name' is the fourth highest grossing film in Japan of all time and is set to premier in Canada on April 7th. Photo courtesy: Funimation. Director Shinkai is famous for his beautiful animation with sophisticated scripts. The film is based on his own novel, published only a month before...
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Posted by Kelly Fleck 
Dr. Santa Ono, who is named after a Japanese folk story samurai, is the first Japanese Canadian president of the University of British Columbia. Photo credit: Paul Joseph/UBC. Dr. Ono, whose parents emigrated to Canada from postwar Japan, was born in Vancouver at St. Paul’s Hospital, while his father...
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Posted by Jonathan Eto 
After a scary experience in Jakarta, the singer makes her her return to the stage at the Mod Club in Toronto. It had been more than a year since Grannis performed and almost two years since she had been on a Canadian stage. It was an uncharacteristic disappearance, but she's had far from a normal...
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