WOMEN DIRECTORS DOMINATE TORONTO AND VANCOUVER FESTIVAL LINEUPS
Artist A.S.M. Kobayashi brings life to government documents in 'Electric Neon Clock'
Lifting the layers behind the mask: Miya Turnbull and Shion Skye Carter on 'Omote (面)'
Author Jeff Chiba Stearns brings yokai and folklore to Japanese Canadian history
South Side Samurai Munetaka Murakami rides into Toronto
Vancouver Japanese Film Festival launches in September
Miho Suzuki explores accent bias and identity in "The Improper Identity" at Toronto Fringe Festival
Kate Kamo McHugh retraces ancestors' journeys across Canadian landscapes
Author Keiko Honda on the stories we inherit and the ones we pass on
Kimiko's Pearl album, featuring the ballet's original score, contends for two Juno Awards
17 May 2016
Posted by Jonathan Eto 
Annie Sumi, 22, is on three-month tour of Ontario right now and gaining momentum with each show. Photo by: Jon Eto Highlighted with big names like Canada’s Tegan & Sara, the Strumbella’s, Lights and others, it's also an opportunity for networking and showcasing rising new artists like...
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10 May 2016
Posted by Matthew O'Mara 
Jai West plays Mak, a mysterious driver and worker, in The People Garden alongside Pamela Anderson. Sweetpea (Hemingway) goes to Japan in order to break up with Jamie, her rock star boyfriend, only to find that he's gone missing in a mysterious forest while shooting a music video. Mak (West) is sent...
Read more → 13 Apr 2016
Posted by Theresssa Takasaki 
Sideways: Memoir of a Misfit is available for purchase via Diaspora Press, the Japanese Canadian Cultural Centre, the Nikkei National Museum and Cultural Centre, and Nikkei Books. At the Moriyama Nikkei Heritage Centre at the JCCC, author Diana Morita Cole hosted a reading of her book Sideways:...
Read more → 12 Apr 2016
Posted by Joshua Mostow 
Wakashu with a Shoulder Drum Hosoda Eisui (fl. 1790–1823) from the Sir Edmund Walker Collection. Image courtesy: ROM Viewers new to Edo-period prints often have difficulty distinguishing wakashu—essentially teen-age boys—from young women; both often wear long, ‘furi-sode’ sleeves and colourful...
Read more → 08 Apr 2016
Posted by Chris Hope 
Lawrence Gowan is the lead vocalist and keyboardist of the band 'Styx', but also performs solo. Photo by: Jim Simonson "I'm very happy and honoured to be participating in the Japanese Canadian Cultural Centre's Sakura Gala and helping to support the educational mandate of the Centre,” Gowan...
Read more → 07 Apr 2016
Posted by nikkeivoice 
John Ota, left, Hitoko Okada, center, Michelle Chermain Ramos, right, talk on their discussion about promoting Japanese Canadian artists. Photo by: Matthew O'Mara The event held in early April brought together artists from around Ontario for a number of brainstorming seminars from discussing networking...
Read more → 05 Apr 2016
Posted by Matthew O'Mara 
Aya Shimamura has returned to Japan with her father following their release from an internment camp and it's a tough transition. Image courtesy: Penguin Random House During the Second World War, the mass diaspora of the Japanese across the world came to a shuddering halt. These Nikkei had migrated...
Read more → 14 Mar 2016
Posted by Shohei Omata 
Monkey Majik has long been a bridge between Japan and Canada. Photo courtesy: Monkey Majik The band's goal with their latest album is to make your heart flutter, but it also mark the 10th anniversary of their major debut. They have also produced a music video for their song Delicious featuring...
Read more → 11 Mar 2016
Posted by Shohei Omata 
This year marks five years since the Great East Earthquake and Tsunami, but a documentary shows us how the world stood up for Japan in its time of need. Photo courtesy: Tohoku Tomo Tohoku refers to the Tohoku region in North Eastern Japan and Tomo means friend, and the film follows a number of volunteers...
Read more → 08 Mar 2016
Posted by Matthew O'Mara 
'Debris' follows artist Pete Clarkson in Tofino, BC who created sculptures from the flotsam that washed ashore in Canada after the 3.11 earthquake and tsunami. Photo courtesy: NFB John Bolton is a filmmaker based in Vancouver, BC and his company Opus 59 Films focuses on the performing arts, literary...
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