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
04 Nov 2013
Posted by Matthew O'Mara 
Without the black suit, thick-rimmed glasses, and imposing posture, you could barely recognize Judge Masa from Japanizi: Going Going Gong. Soft-spoken and reserved, Mark Masayuki Hashimoto, Masa's real-world alter ego, seems to be the exact opposite of his character on the television show. But after...
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28 Oct 2013
Posted by nikkeivoice 
By Matthew O'Mara You’re blindfolded, about 9-years-old, and being wheeled onto the studio floor of a mysterious game show. The producers interviewed you and you had a chance to ask them a few questions, but you left knowing that this is, ‘The best game show ever made.’ With that in your...
Read more → 25 Oct 2013
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By MATTHEW O’MARA Hatsumi – One Grandmother’s Journey Through the Japanese Canadian Internment is a finalist in the Welfare Education Category for NHK’s 40th Japan Prize. Hatsumi is a powerful film and now it is competing against an Oscar winner for the top spot. No one was more surprised...
Read more → 16 Oct 2013
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By RIKU KANEKO At Otakuthon in Montreal, amid the costumes and cosplay, a whole different kind of fashion was seen on stage. Liisa Savinov-Mountain is the top model at The Kimono Show held at the anime convention, and we had a chance to speak with her about the challenges of modeling. Originally...
Read more → 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...
Read more → 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
Posted by nikkeivoice 
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
Posted by nikkeivoice 
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....
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