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
The legacy of the Dantai: The Fraser River Fishermen’s Association
A fork in the road: The life of Tetsuo "Sam" Sakaki, 1905-1982
RENTAL FAMILY: A BIG-HEARTED REMEDY TO LONELINESS
The Samurai in Our Closet: Uncovering long hidden family history
15 Oct 2013
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By Shoko Uchiyama Guitar Wolf’s front man, Seiji, ran up on stage. He looked out onto the crowd as a short introduction played and then zapped the crowd with his guitar’s first note. An electric current ran through the audience as they launched into their first songs straight from the band’s...
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09 Oct 2013
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By James Heron For Japanese film enthusiasts in Canada, summer is surely the most happily anticipated season. In June we have the Toronto Japanese Film Festival, July and August bring us the superb Japanese line-ups of the Montreal’s’ Fantasia and Montreal International Film Festivals and the season...
Read more → 08 Oct 2013
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By Miki Nomura and Mizuki Ogi From the 22nd to the 25th of August the Metro Toronto Convention Centre was filled with the people who wore the costumes of their favourite characters and acted like them. It was FanExpo Toronto, but not only anime fans had fun in this event. One who stood out amongst...
Read more → 07 Oct 2013
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By MATTHEW O’MARA TORONTO – Costumed, painted, caped, and colourful characters descended on FanExpo 2013 in Toronto’s downtown core. More than 100,000 attendees gathered this year to show off their costumes and meet the stars. And among the guests was Japanese American actor George Takei. Known...
Read more → 26 Sep 2013
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Rock and Roll! On October 1st, Guitar Wolf, purportedly one of the loudest bands in the world, will be hitting the Hard Luck Bar in downtown Toronto. The intimate location will be playing host to the Nagasaki-born band and if you go be sure to bring some earplugs! The trio made up of Seiji, the frontman,...
Read more → 17 Sep 2013
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By Kaori Fujishima Contemporary Japanese Literature is changing every day, and three writers visited the Japanese Canadian Cultural Centre recently to discuss what's happening in Japanese literature. Monkey Business is the only English literary journal that publishes contemporary Japanese Literature....
Read more → 13 Sep 2013
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By Miki Nomura On Sunday in the heart of downtown Toronto, the sound of taiko - Japanese drums - filled the air. The beating of the drums grabbed a captive audience's attention making them gaze onto the stage at Yonge and Dundas Square. There were nine women beating the drums with both power and enthusiasm....
Read more → 13 Sep 2013
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By Mizuki Ogi You might be thinking, what is Rakugo? Rakugo is a 400-year-old tradition of comic storytelling in Japan. Storytellers, wearing kimonos and brandishing fans and a hand towels as props, kneel down on a zabuton (a Japanese cushion) and engage the audience in elaborate skits. Depending...
Read more → 12 Sep 2013
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By Ian Harvey Leslie Helm’s Yokohama Yankee is an intimate memoir of his Japanese heritage and the rise and fall of his family’s businesses over five generations. But below the surface, it’s a narrative that operates on many more levels. On one plane, it is the painful journey to understand...
Read more → 10 Sep 2013
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By Kent Wilson Early in the morning September 2, 1945 the Second World War ended on the deck of USS Missouri. The American battleship--the last of its class ever built--loomed in Tokyo Bay under cloudy grey skies. Representatives onboard from Japan and nine Allied countries took 23 minutes to sign...
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