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
JAPAN SENDS ITS BEST TO TIFF AND VIFF 2025
Suzu Hirose shines in two films coming to Canada this autumn
The lasting legacy of Frank Moritsugu, 1922 - 2025
Japanese Canadian veterans street banners in Vancouver
Kevin Lau's Kimiko's Pearl Symphonic Suite world premiere with Toronto Symphony Opera
19 Jan 2018
Posted by Jordan Stanger-Ross 
Loyalty to the British Empire is taught to these second and third generation Japanese children in an Internment Camp in British Columbia circa 1942. Jordan Stanger-Ross, University of Victoria Three hundred protest letters written by Japanese Canadians in the 1940s were recovered from Canada’s...
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13 Nov 2017
Posted by Susan Yatabe 
These soldiers were students of the S-20 Japanese Language school in West Vancouver, and they were part of a group that was deployed to Southeast Asia in October 1945 to work for SEATIC (Southeast Asia Translator Interrogator Centre). They included five of the first six Nisei S-20 graduates; the six Nisei...
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15 Aug 2017
Posted by Kelly Fleck 
Ottawa chef and author Caroline Ishii shares what's next on her plate. Photo courtesy: Caroline Ishii. There are certain foods and smells that can evoke strong and vivid memories. Barbecue reminds you of Canada Day parties, vinegar takes you back to making sushi with your grandmother or chow mein reminds...
Read more → 10 Aug 2017
Posted by Kelly Fleck 
The result is an adorable photo of the two girls sitting on the floor in velvet party dresses and Mary Jane shoes. “I remember I was so delighted to discover there was another little girl in the family, because I am an only child, I didn’t have any cousins at the time,” says Leslie. “But then...
Read more → 29 Jun 2017
Posted by Kelly Fleck 
Staff associate Jane Kurahara, President and Executive Director Carole Hayashino, staff associate Betsy Young and Education Specialist Derrick Iwata in the resource center, the largest of its kind in Hawaii, at the Japanese Cultural Center of Hawaii. Comparatively, the entire Japanese population...
Read more → 19 Apr 2017
Posted by Kelly Fleck 
96 year-old Pat Adachi with Canadian Governor General David Johnston at the London Convention Centre on March 9, 2017. Photo credit: Kelly Fleck Adachi, 96, authored Asahi: A Legend in Baseball, which documented the legacy and cultural impact the legendary baseball team had on the Japanese Canadian...
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Posted by Kelly Fleck 
Dr. Santa Ono, who is named after a Japanese folk story samurai, is the first Japanese Canadian president of the University of British Columbia. Photo credit: Paul Joseph/UBC. Dr. Ono, whose parents emigrated to Canada from postwar Japan, was born in Vancouver at St. Paul’s Hospital, while his father...
Read more → 08 Feb 2017
Posted by Kelly Fleck 
Twelve Canadian youth sail the Pacific Ocean on a leadership program organized by the Japanese government, along with 240 international and Japanese youth. Photo courtesy Kevin Kobayashi. The two, along with 10 other Canadian youth will be representing Canada on a ship travelling across the Pacific...
Read more → 07 Feb 2017
Posted by Kelly Fleck 
Yonsei Canadian TV personality, Lauren Toyota, talks achieving her lifelong dream and moving on to bigger and better things. As well, she shares her vegan yakisoba recipe. Photo courtesy: Penelope PR. Toyota had been working at her dream job, as a host on MuchMusic, a Canadian music and entertainment...
Read more → 03 Jan 2017
Posted by Kelly Fleck 
Stafford Arima discusses why it was so important to be part of a musical on Japanese Canadian internment now. Arima was the first Japanese Canadian to direct a Broadway musical, making his debut with Allegiance, starring George Takei and Lea Salonga. Photo credit: Vii Tanner. While walking up an aisle...
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