A familiar face in Nikkei film circles takes on a new challenge
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
18 May 2022
Posted by Frank Moritsugu 
Nineteen-year-old Frank Moritsugu sitting on the roof of one of the Yard Creek camp shacks in 1943. Repository: JCCC. Collection: Dawn Miike Collection, Accession Number: 2014.02.01.09. During 1942, we were kicked out and sent more than 100 miles inland after Japan entered the Second World War....
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16 May 2022
Posted by nikkeivoice 
Dr. Ailin Oishi talks to the Ontario Chiropractic Association on embracing cultural norms into her practice. Photo courtesy: Dr. Ailin Oishi. By: John Bromley, OCA Special to Nikkei Voice This article was reprinted from the Ontario Chiropractic Association's initiative to celebrate Asian Heritage...
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Posted by Caroline Ishii 
Through regret we realize what is really important in life. Caroline's aunts Betty (left) and Helen (right). Both loved cooking and sharing food. Helen was exceptionally good at baking bread and cakes. Photo courtesy: Caroline Ishii. What is regret? According to psychologist Melanie Greenberg...
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Posted by Kelly Fleck 
For 12 years, Chihiro Maezawa has brought healthy Japanese treats to Toronto farmers' markets with Natural Japaneats. Above is Maezawa at the Artscape Wychwood Barns farmers' market. Photos by: Kelly Fleck. Behind Natural Japaneats is Chihiro Maezawa, whose passion for healthy vegan treats comes...
Read more → 14 Apr 2022
Posted by Jonathan Eto 
Fans clung to every word as Japanese American singer-songwriter Mitski performed at the newly-renovated Massey Hall in Toronto on March 18. Photos by: Dr. Jonathan Eto. Mitski is known for her dramatic storytelling through movement and music, and fans cheered, cried, and hung on every note....
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Posted by Kelly Fleck 
Dance artist Jennifer Aoki will be performing a work in progress of In The Woods created during Dance West Network's 2021/22 Re-Centering/Margins Creative Residency at Simon Fraser University Goldcorp Centre for the Arts on April 20. For Aoki, this theme of discovery also carried into the artistic...
Read more → 12 Apr 2022
Posted by Kelly Fleck 
Journalist Mary Ito (left) launched two new podcasts, The CRAM Podcast (right) and Passage to Wonderland. Photos courtesy: Mary Ito. Ito's dive into podcasting began with the endless delays from the pandemic on the second instalment of CRAM, a festival she launched in April of 2019. A learning...
Read more → 23 Mar 2022
Posted by Caroline Ishii 
Finding comfort in uncomfortable times by connecting to culture. Left: Columnist Caroline Ishii and her mother, Suyeko. Right: Osechi ryori is traditional New Year's food. When Caroline cooks Japanese food, she feels her mother is close. With the collapse of the FSU in 1991, Ukraine became an independent...
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Posted by Kelly Fleck 
The JCCC launches two new programs funded by the Japanese Canadian Survivors Health and Wellness Fund grants. The JCCC is a source of community and connection for many seniors. This photo is from an Issei Day celebration at the JCCC in October 2019. Photo credit: Cary Rothbart. "In the past two years...
Read more → 18 Mar 2022
Posted by nikkeivoice 
By: Nigel Town Title: "WIMO Meeting Minutes 1955 - 1962 & Constitution." Collection: Tanaka Family Collection. Repository: Nikkei National Museum. Accession Number: 1997.8.15.1.1. Year: 1955. This group’s history has come to us through a new treasure in the repository, donated by Miyoshi...
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