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
11 Jul 2014
Posted by Luke Galati 
He’s a young Canadian making art outside Shibuya, Japan’s Time Square and Tokyo’s busiest intersections, attracting crowds to check out his latest work. “You’re in a sea of business men in suits, teenagers and then you see a white kid with a pen drawing. I like being a fish out of water,”...
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09 Jul 2014
Posted by Matthew O'Mara 
Megumi Nishikura, left, and Lara Perez Takagi, right, produced and directed Hafu a film that discusses the mixed-race experience in Japan and the challenges that lie therein. Photo: Albert Siegel As a child of Japan and Spain, her mixed-race experiences have been “mixed” and her second documentary...
Read more → 18 Jun 2014
Posted by nikkeistaff 
As a musician, she’s performed around the world, but found her first home away from home at the Blue Note in New York City. There she performed one-week sets for almost nine years, but now Toronto will be welcoming her at Koerner Hall on June 24. I had a chance to talk with Hiromi about her travels,...
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13 Jun 2014
Posted by Luke Galati 
For the next 15 days, the Japanese Canadian Cultural Centre will host the festival’s wide range of Japanese film from modern samurai flicks to the most visually stunning anime. When the lineup on the opening night extended down the hall and around two corners, some festival organizers began...
Read more → 13 Jun 2014
Posted by nikkeistaff 
Nayuta performed at The Rivoli in Toronto on May 16. It was their first time in Toronto. Photo: Yuhi Kimura During NMFT, the band seemed to enjoy performing with smiles all around and a lot of energy, which is the general personality of Kansai people and it helps them attract many people. The...
Read more → 10 Jun 2014
Posted by nikkeistaff 
From left side, Go Yamada, Kie Katagi, Shin Kokawa and Noriyuki Inoue who are jizue members. At Lee`s Palace, Toronto before the live. Photo: Takeshi Kato With their combination of playing abilities and skill, the band has taken a new direction taking away their vocals to focus on how their instruments...
Read more → 03 Jun 2014
Posted by nikkeistaff 
Surprisingly, most of audience was Canadian and other nationalities. As ONE OK ROCK concert was mostly Japanese, I thought Next Music From Tokyo volume six would be the same. Even though in Toronto, I could find some Japanese while I was taking pictures, didn’t see any Japanese during event in Montreal....
Read more → 20 May 2014
Posted by Matthew O'Mara
Jazz is more Japanese than you may think. From June 19 to 28, the Toronto Jazz Festival brings together musicians from around Canada and the world in an eight-day showcase that's one of the world's largest with over 500,000 attendees listening in through a week of performances. And this year, the festival...
Read more → 16 May 2014
Posted by nikkeistaff 
Born in Vancouver and now living in Toronto, Tanaka has created a non-profit organization called Next Music From Tokyo and it’s about to host its sixth volume of Japanese artists. Going to Japan five to eight times a year, Tanaka scouts bands from Shibuya to Koenji, and brings them over to Canada...
Read more → 08 May 2014
Posted by Chris Hope 
“A musical?” says Leonard Nimoy, “on that?” He bursts out laughing. “A musical about the internment?” asks U.S. Senator Daniel Inouye, wincing, “No, I would have never imagined that.” Actor, activist, and media personality George Takei has an interesting life, but the new documentary...
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