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
JAPAN SENDS ITS BEST TO TIFF AND VIFF 2025
Suzu Hirose shines in two films coming to Canada this autumn
11 May 2026
Posted by Kelly Fleck 
A photograph from RETRACED. Artist Kate Kamo McHugh performs in Coalsdale, B.C. RETRACED runs at Shintani Gallery from May 9 to 24 Since their arrival in Canada, her ancestors, the Takedas and Kamos, moved and were moved multiple times across Canada. Last summer, the Waterloo-based artist retraced...
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21 Apr 2026
Posted by Kelly Fleck 
Left: The cover of Hidden Flowers. Photo courtesy: Heritage House. Right: The Broken Map Home. Photo courtesy: Caitlin Press. Keiko Honda will speak about her newest books, Hidden Flowers and The Broken Map Home, during two Asian Heritage Month book events in Toronto: Ben McNally Books on May 4 and the Toronto...
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27 Mar 2026
Posted by Kelly Fleck 
Flutist Ron Korb (left) and cellist Rachel Mercer (right) on their connection to Kimiko's Pearl and hope for the lasting impact of the album and ballet. Photo of Ron Korb courtesy of the artist. Photo of Rachel Mercer credit Bo Huang. The magic of Kimiko’s Pearl continued with the album release...
Read more → 20 Feb 2026
Posted by nikkeivoice 
Top: Steveston waterfront at the mouth of the Fraser River. Bottom: Japanese Fishermen's Hospital on the left and immediately next to it is the hospital's administrative building. Photos from: The Steveston Fishermen's Benevolent Society: A Thirty-Five Year History. By Henry and Patricia Tanaka Translated...
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Posted by nikkeivoice 
Tetsuo and Terry receiving the Dealer Achievement Award in 1958. Photo courtesy: Susan Chong. Tetsuo Sakaki was born on Apr. 19, 1905, in Fukuoka, Japan. His parents, Sarugoro and Toku Sakaki, had four sons and one daughter. Tetsuo, at the young age of 16, immigrated to Canada alone in 1921 by boat,...
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21 Nov 2025
Posted by James Heron 
Shannon Gorman and Brendan Fraser in RENTAL FAMILY. Photo by James Lisle/Searchlight Pictures. © 2025 Searchlight Pictures. All Rights Reserved. This is down to Hikari, the Japanese director and screenwriter behind the project. Her films include 37 Seconds and episodes of Tokyo Vice and Beef, and she clearly...
Read more → 23 Oct 2025
Posted by Kelly Fleck 
What if the most powerful story you ever learned was the one your family never told you? Mandy Shintani with the sword her father, George, held onto for almost 80 years. The sword now has a new home at the Nikkei National Museum. Photo courtesy: Mandy Shintani. On rare occasions, her father would...
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Posted by James Heron 
A strong selection of Japanese films at TIFF and VIFF this fall. Clockwise: Saikai Paradise, ©KEIKO TSURUOKA. Renoir, ©Renoir Loaded Films. Kohuko, ©Shuichi Yoshida/ASP ©2025 "KOHUKO" Film Partners. KOKUHO (TIFF and VIFF) Kokuho has become an unexpected phenomenon at the Japanese box office,...
Read more → 01 Aug 2025
Posted by Kelly Fleck 
Highlighting the career and lasting legacy of the late Frank Moritsugu, a journalist, war veteran, and advocate. Frank Akira Moritsugu died peacefully on May 19, 2025, in the palliative care ward at Etobicoke General Hospital, at the incredible age of 102. Moritsugu was still a teenager when...
Read more → 25 Jul 2025
Posted by Debbie Jiang 
Help be a part of history with the Veterans Street Banner Program. This October, Canadians will have the chance to see Tom Shoyama honoured on a special street banner in downtown Vancouver. Along with hundreds of other Canadian veterans, his banner will be displayed during the Remembrance season,...
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