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
28 Aug 2019
Posted by Karri Yano 
A trip to Hong Kong lights the spark for author Leslie Shimotakahara's new book, Red Oblivion. Photo courtesy: Dundurn Press. When sisters Jill and Celeste Lau reunite with their father, they barely recognize the unconquerable self-made man. His housekeeper says his collapse followed the anonymous...
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27 Aug 2019
Posted by Kelly Fleck 
Growing up, Sarah Kuhn rarely saw characters that looked like her, now she changing that. Growing up as a hapa, Japanese American, Kuhn rarely saw characters that looked like her in the stories she loved, sci-fi/fantasies or romantic comedies. Even more rare were stories where Asian girls and women...
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Posted by Kelly Fleck 
This Time Will Be Different explores how mistakes from the past trickle down through generations. Pictured above, the cover of Misa Sugiura's new book, This Time Will Be Different. Around the same time, Sugiura attended her Japanese Canadian uncle's funeral. She discovered he was named after Mackenzie...
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Posted by Melissa Kawaguchi 
Chieri Uegaki's new book, Ojiichan's Garden, was inspired by questions she wishes she asked her father. Uegaki is the author of Ojiichan's Gift, as well as other children's books like Suki's Kimono, Rosie and Buttercup, and Hana Hashimoto, Sixth Violin. She visits her grandfather in Japan every...
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Posted by Kelly Fleck 
Kyo Maclear's new book, It Began With a Page How Gyo Fujikawa Drew the Way. Text by Kyo Maclear / Illustration by Julie Morstad / Courtesy Tundra Books. Fujikawa began with a blank page and created children's books that imagined a bigger, better world, away from societal constraints of race and gender....
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Posted by Scott Luk 
One of the models at the Kimono Fashion Show, hosted by Kimono Bijin at Anime North on May 25. Photo credit: Scott Luk. Anime North is Toronto's premier anime convention, held annually at the Toronto Congress Centre. This year was no exception and the ever-growing love of anime has subsequently...
Read more → 19 Aug 2019
Posted by Jonathan Eto 
Japanese MLB pitchers showcase their talents in Toronto. Los Angeles Angels Shohei Ohtani was in Toronto, June 17 to 20. Photo credits: Dr. Jonathan Eto. “Sho-time,” as he is affectionately known, is the first two-way player in nearly a century, since Babe Ruth last hit and pitched regularly...
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Posted by Kelly Fleck 
Yonsei embraces the philosophy of peace and harmony in beekeeping practices. Mariko Kawano with her rooftop apiary, Heiwa Honey, at the Japanese Canadian Cultural Centre in Toronto. Heiwa means peace and harmony in Japanese and is the philosophy Kawano brings to her beekeeping. While showing...
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Posted by Jonathan Eto 
Japanese American Collin Morikawa, 22, turned heads during his professional debut at the RBC Canadian Open in Hamilton on June 9. Photo credits: Dr. Jonathan Eto. Collin Morikawa, 22, of California is of Japanese and Chinese descent. A third/fourth generation American, but first generation...
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Posted by Michael Abe 
The Fukuyama family built up a flourishing fishing company. (Pictured): One of Howe Sound Fisheries boats. Photo credit: Susan Fukuyama. At the launch, I spoke about Susan Fukuyama and her family. A Sansei, third generation Japanese Canadian who lives in Victoria, Susan has a deep family history...
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