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Frankly Speaking: Life in Tashme

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07 Mar 2014

Posted by Frank Moritsugu

This article was reprinted from Nikkei Voice's March Edition. To help support us subscribe or donate today. By Frank Moritsugu The following is my contribution to the Tashme Project—the ongoing collection of remembrances about that particular wartime family detention camp. Naturally the remembrances...

Scams Target Almost Everyone These Days, Here’s How to Protect Yourself

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20 Dec 2013

Posted by nikkeivoice

By Marty Kobayashi I recently attended the Asia Pacific Community Consultative Committee Town Hall Meeting, featuring Toronto Police Chief William Blair. Filling Shokokai Court at the Japanese Canadian Cultural Centre, it was standing room only as Chief Blair addressed queries from the audience. I...

Optimum Health: Sleep and the elderly, a guide on how to sleep well and right

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26 Nov 2013

Posted by Ailin Oishi-Stamatiou

By Dr. Ailin Oishi-Stamatiou An average adult requires around 7.5-8 hours of sleep a night to function. Some need more and some need less depending upon the individual and determined by genetics and the environment. The amount of sleep adults are actually getting today has declined compared to the past...

Optimum Health: Eat in season, eat organic, and eat local

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21 Oct 2013

Posted by Ailin Oishi-Stamatiou

By Ailin Oishi-Stamatiou With the recent advances of technology in greenhouse farming, refrigeration and freezing, food processing and transportation networks, most produce is conveniently available year round. However, vegetables, fruits, and fish harvested when ripe and at their peak and consumed...

“Leaky Bladder” or Urinary Incontinence

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10 Sep 2013

Posted by Ailin Oishi-Stamatiou

Urinary incontinence is a problem that increases with age affecting 30 per cent of seniors living in the community and between 50-84 per cent living in long-term care facilities. Women are three times more likely than men to be incontinent, due to the physical stresses of childbearing and a decrease...

Frankly Speaking: We needed Munenori Kawasaki as much as the Blue Jays did

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12 Aug 2013

Posted by Frank Moritsugu

It’s been a particularly strange season so far. Five former all-star players joined the Toronto baseball team and got forecasters predicting the Jays will finally get into the playoffs this time around. Despite occasional glimpses of top-flight play, our team keeps hogging last place in the American...

A journey comes to an end for a new one to begin

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30 Jul 2013

Posted by nikkeivoice

By Scott Kawaguchi Over the past year I have had the great pleasure of working as your Managing Editor here at Nikkei Voice, and it has truly been an unforgettable experience. I feel very fortunate to have been able to engage with the Japanese Canadian community on a personal, local, and national...