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
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
12 Jun 2019
Posted by Kelly Fleck 
Our Departures shows families can come in all shapes and sizes. Jun Kunimura, Kasumi Arimura and Ryusei Kiyama in Our Departures. Photo courtesy: TJFF She finds her husband's estranged father, Setsuo (Jun Kunimura) and convinces him to let the two move in. A widower, Setsuo lives alone and works...
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10 Jun 2019
Posted by Cary Rothbart 
Momiji Foundation unveils a plaque dedicated to Fred Sasaki. Fred Sasaki's children and their partners attended the small ceremony unveiling a dedicated plaque. Left to right: Karen Sasaki, Joan Sasaki, Paul Sasaki and Rick Grant. Photo credits: Cary Rothbart. The plaque is meant to be a special...
Read more → 23 May 2019
Posted by Jonathan Eto 
Taro Hirose of the Detroit Red Wings versus the Buffalo Sabres Victor Olofsson, during their game on March 27 at the KeyBank Center in Buffalo, N.Y. Photo credits: Dr. Jonathan Eto. With his idle time, he thought it would be funny to draft a fictitious player and enlisted the help of Sabres’...
Read more → 22 May 2019
Posted by Frank Moritsugu 
Portrait of Frankie Laine, Paramount Theater, New York, N.Y., between 1946 and 1948. William P. Gottlieb/Ira and Leonore S. Gershwin Fund Collection, Music Division, Library of Congress. Sorry that my column was not in the April issue. I was a bit under the weather and not up to producing it. I...
Read more → 21 May 2019
Posted by Kelly Fleck 
The new Canada Post Vancouver Asahi stamp booklet. The pack of 10 stamps comes in a booklet on top of a map of Vancouver's Powell Street area and an Asahi game ticket. Photo credit: Canada Post. Canada Post has released a new stamp that honours the Vancouver Asahi, the Japanese Canadian baseball...
Read more → 17 May 2019
Posted by Mel Tsuji 
Caitlin Tomotsugu, 17, looks ahead to a promising baseball career. Photo credit: Mel Tsuji. That in itself is impressive. But with Tomotsugu there’s more. She’s an excellent student, with mostly straight A's in all subjects; she’s already been accepted by three universities for the next...
Read more → 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...
Read more → 15 May 2019
Posted by Laura Saimoto 
George Takei and Daniel Enjo, VJLS-JH Community Relations Committee. Photo credits: VJLS-JH. The second season takes place in a Japanese American internment camp, and Takei is both an actor and consultant on set. As a survivor of Japanese American internment as a young boy, Takei is an advocate...
Read more → 14 May 2019
Posted by Laura Chu 
Soufflé pancakes from Fuwa Fuwa Pancakes have become a new popular brunch staple. Matcha and red bean pancakes, ($13.90). Photo credits: @nomsisters/instagram Pastry chef Yuka Naka from Osaka, Japan, opened the first Fuwa Fuwa with owner Benson Lau in the trendy Annex area. Due to popularity,...
Read more → 10 May 2019
Posted by Kelly Fleck 
Director Jason Lapeyre, Miho Suzuki, Zach Feldberg (CBC), Laura Schwartz (New Form Digital), Emily Piggford and producer Andrew Smith. © CANNESERIES / FRANCOIS SILVESTRE DESACY Suzuki stars as the villain, Sadako, in the new digital series, Warigami, produced by Toronto's First Love Films and the CBC,...
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