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
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JAPAN SENDS ITS BEST TO TIFF AND VIFF 2025
Suzu Hirose shines in two films coming to Canada this autumn
25 Jul 2024
Posted by Kelly Fleck 
Author Lynne Kutsukake with her new novel, The Art of Vanishing, during the book's launch at Ben McNally Books in Toronto on June 18. Photo credit: Kelly Fleck. The cover of Lynne Kutsukake's new novel, The Art of Vanishing. Photo courtesy: Knopf Canada. Kutsukake dives into the bustling and avant-garde...
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23 Jul 2024
Posted by Catherine Jo Ishino 
Authors featured in the 12th Annual LiterASIAN Writers Festival. (Left to right): Jennilee Austria-Bonifacio, Joy Kogawa, Angie Wong, Keiko Honda, Ujjal Dosanjh, and Lindsay Wong. Photos by: Catherine Jo Ishino. Represented were first-time published writers to more seasoned ones. The Pan-Asian...
Read more → 22 Jul 2024
Posted by Anton Wagner 
Canada and the Atom Bomb Photo Exhibition at Toronto City Hall. The exhibition is open to the public in the Toronto City Hall Rotunda from Aug. 2 to 4 and 6 to 8. The exhibition precedes the HNDC’s Aug. 6 commemoration at the City Hall Peace Garden. This year’s commemoration theme is “Now is the Time:...
Read more → 19 Jun 2024
Posted by Sam Frederick 
Title: "Sumitsubo belonging to Kenichi Maeno." Collection: Kenichi Maeno Collection. Repository: Nikkei National Museum & Cultural Centre. Accession Number: 2014.4.4. Year: circa 1940s. Photo courtesy: Nikkei National Museum & Cultural Centre. This item is from the Kenichi Maeno collection...
Read more → 18 Jun 2024
Posted by Kelly Fleck 
Emiko Agatsuma and Miya Turnbull will perform Ladder at Bus Stop Theatre in Halifax on June 28 and 29. Photo credit: Annaka Gale. After a long process of collaborating online, the two artists are currently working together in Halifax to create a 20-minute performance that combines butoh dance and handmade...
Read more → 14 Jun 2024
Posted by Kelly Fleck 
Toronto taiko troupe Nagata Shachu wraps its 26th season with Possibilities at Fleck Dance Theatre on June 21. Photo courtesy: Nagata Shachu. “It was the first time I had ever seen a taiko group before, and I was just totally blown away to see 13 people playing these massive drums. I still...
Read more → 13 Jun 2024
Posted by Kelly Fleck 
Kyra Soo in Bravo Niagara! Festival of the Arts upcoming world premiere of Kimiko's Pearl at FirstOntario Performing Arts Centre on June 22 and 23. Photo credit: Réjean Brandt. Kimiko’s Pearl is commissioned and produced by Bravo Niagara!. The premiere will be presented by the FirstOntario...
Read more → 23 May 2024
Posted by Kelly Fleck 
Left: The cover of author Keiko Honda's memoir, Accidental Blooms. Photo courtesy: Caitlin Press. Right: Author, scientist, and artist Keiko Honda. Photo credit: Anton Fernando. When Vancouver-based scientist, writer, community organizer, and painter Keiko Honda first learned to paint, she would...
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22 May 2024
Posted by Ailin Oishi-Stamatiou 
JCCC volunteers receive Ontario Volunteer Service Awards. Some of the JCCC Ontario Volunteer Service Award recipients (plus two JCCC volunteer coordinators on either end) at the award ceremony at the Royal Ontario Museum on April 15. Photo credit: Ailin Oishi-Stamatiou. The Ontario government's...
Read more → 21 May 2024
Posted by Kelly Fleck 
Kenji Sawada as Tsutomu Mizukami and Takako Matsu as Machiko in director Yuji Nakae’s The Zen Diary. And that is what the film is: a feast for the eyes. Told through a slow and quiet pace, The Zen Diary is a beautiful meditation on the natural cycles of life, reflected through the changing seasons...
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