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
19 Jun 2019
Posted by Jonathan Eto 
Burlington celebrates 30th anniversary with Japanese sister city. Photo credits: Dr. Jonathan Eto. BURLINGTON — Burlington’s Sakura Festival was one of five special events celebrating the 30th anniversary of its twinning agreement with Itabashi City, a special ward in Tokyo’s Metropolis in Japan,...
Read more →
18 Jun 2019
Posted by Jonathan Eto 
Ichiro Suzuki retires from Major League Baseball. Ichiro Suzuki playing for the Miami Marlins. Photo credits: Dr. Jonathan Eto. With my dad volunteering as an assistant coach for our house league team, my mom in the stands and at times my younger sister, Anne, playing by my side, the love of baseball...
Read more → 17 Jun 2019
Posted by Kelly Fleck 
A photo taken of Jessica and Fukue when they were nine years old, in Saku, Japan. Photo courtesy: Ron Stuart. Nearly 30 years later, Stuart returned to Japan, this time with filmmakers Daniel Roher and Edmund Stenson, to find Fukue, in the CBC documentary, Finding Fukue. Listen to Jessica Stuart's...
Read more → 13 Jun 2019
Posted by Brian Yamashita 
Japan's Shikoku Island and Ottawa's Can- Am League go head-to-head. There will be special Japan-themed programming for the games on July 1 and 3, like in this photo of odori dancing in the stands, from a game back in 2015. Photo credit: OJCA. Games will take place at 1 p.m. on July 1, and 7 p.m....
Read more → 12 Jun 2019
Posted by Kelly Fleck 
Our Departures shows families can come in all shapes and sizes. Jun Kunimura, Kasumi Arimura and Ryusei Kiyama in Our Departures. Photo courtesy: TJFF She finds her husband's estranged father, Setsuo (Jun Kunimura) and convinces him to let the two move in. A widower, Setsuo lives alone and works...
Read more → 10 Jun 2019
Posted by Cary Rothbart 
Momiji Foundation unveils a plaque dedicated to Fred Sasaki. Fred Sasaki's children and their partners attended the small ceremony unveiling a dedicated plaque. Left to right: Karen Sasaki, Joan Sasaki, Paul Sasaki and Rick Grant. Photo credits: Cary Rothbart. The plaque is meant to be a special...
Read more → 23 May 2019
Posted by Jonathan Eto 
Taro Hirose of the Detroit Red Wings versus the Buffalo Sabres Victor Olofsson, during their game on March 27 at the KeyBank Center in Buffalo, N.Y. Photo credits: Dr. Jonathan Eto. With his idle time, he thought it would be funny to draft a fictitious player and enlisted the help of Sabres’...
Read more → 22 May 2019
Posted by Frank Moritsugu 
Portrait of Frankie Laine, Paramount Theater, New York, N.Y., between 1946 and 1948. William P. Gottlieb/Ira and Leonore S. Gershwin Fund Collection, Music Division, Library of Congress. Sorry that my column was not in the April issue. I was a bit under the weather and not up to producing it. I...
Read more → 21 May 2019
Posted by Kelly Fleck 
The new Canada Post Vancouver Asahi stamp booklet. The pack of 10 stamps comes in a booklet on top of a map of Vancouver's Powell Street area and an Asahi game ticket. Photo credit: Canada Post. Canada Post has released a new stamp that honours the Vancouver Asahi, the Japanese Canadian baseball...
Read more → Powered by WordPress Popup
