Past and present collide in dancer Takako Segawa's new performance
Artist Miya Turnbull reveals the layers beneath in new solo exhibition
JCAM's Aurora Dance Group hosts a weekend of friendship and fun through Japanese folk dance
The Hollow Man: JC artist looking for community feedback
Author Lynne Kutsukake explores the bustling art world of '70s Tokyo in The Art of Vanishing
LiterAsian writers festival spotlights the diverse voices of Pan-Asian authors
Canada and the Atom Bomb photo exhibition at Toronto City Hall
Treasures from the Nikkei National Museum: Sumitsubo belonging to Kenichi Maeno
A ladder across the globe: Collaborative project connects Canadian and Japanese artist
16 May 2019
Posted by Nathan Yeo 
Japanese Canadians arriving in Kaslo on May 13, 1942 aboard the SS Nasookin. Photo courtesy: Kumano Family Collection/Nikkei National Museum. Of the 22,000, approximately 1,100 Japanese Canadians were interned in Kaslo, B.C. Kaslo was a ghost town and home to less than 500 residents before the Japanese...
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01 Aug 2018
Posted by nikkeivoice 
This photograph shows Marie Katsuno (right) with her friend, Michiko Saito, in August 1946, aboard the USS General M.C. Meigs, a ship once used to transport troops for the United States during the Second World War and Korean War. Marie was being ‘repatriated’ to Japan. From the Canadian government’s...
Read more → 18 Mar 2014
Posted by Matthew O'Mara 
During his time on the Japan Canada Leadership Program, Nikkei Voice contributor Chris Hope found himself on television. Introducing a young class of Japanese students to the story of Japanese Canadians through his film Hatsumi – One Grandmother's Journey through the Japanese Canadian Interment. It's...
Read more → 07 Mar 2014
Posted by Matthew O'Mara 
It's a brand new year and a brand new look for Nikkei Voice. As you might be aware, our website recently got a facelift from the previous template we had been using. Talking to Brain Box Media Inc., we are able to bring you a website that's more modern, quicker, and supports the latest plugins to help...
Read more → 31 Dec 2013
Posted by nikkeivoice 
By Matthew O'Mara There's a lot to look back on during this eventful time at our newspaper. We had our first fundraiser, we started up an internship program, we won a design award, we debuted our website, Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr, and we delivered ten solid issues with great content. This was also...
Read more → 12 Dec 2013
Posted by nikkeistaff 
By Yui Banno, Kaori Fujishima, and Saki Nakano What is the first image that pops into your mind when you think "Canada"? Most people might think of Maple Syrup or Niagara Falls, but others who have been to Canada might first think of Tim Hortons, one of the country's most well-known coffee shops. Tim...
Read more → 03 Dec 2013
Posted by Matthew O'Mara 
By Matthew O'Mara November was a great month for Nikkei Voice online and in print, and over at our Facebook page we've been providing some pretty interesting links to our readers. However, we're breaching out and making sure our readers here at www.nikkeivoice.ca have a chance to take a read of all of the interesting...
Read more → 11 Nov 2013
Posted by Frank Moritsugu 
This column was written a couple weeks before this year’s November 11th observance. As that special day approaches, it gets me thinking about that day in years past. For example, when I was young and living in Vancouver, November 11th was a school holiday. And it was called Armistice Day. For those...
Read more → 21 Oct 2013
Posted by nikkeistaff 
By Kaori Fujishima Contemporary Japanese Literature is changing every day. Monkey Business is the only English literary journal that publishes contemporary Japanese Literature. The publication is edited by professor Ted Goossen who specialize in Modern and Contemporary Japanese Literature at the York...
Read more → 19 Aug 2013
Posted by nikkeivoice 
By Matthew O'Mara Over the weekend, Nikkei Voice was invited to participate in The National Ethnic Press and Media Council of Canada exhibition at the Canadian National Exhibition. It was a great chance to meet other members of the council and experience the diversity of Canada's press all in one spot....
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