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
14 May 2018
Posted by Chris Hope 
Shihan Kei Tsumura receiving the Don Valley West Service Award for Outstanding Volunteer Contributions from JCCC Finance Chair, Chris Hope. Shihan Tsumura is one of the highest ranked practitioners of Shito-ryu Itosu-kai Karate in the world. For more than half a century he has shared his passion...
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09 May 2018
Posted by Anton Wagner 
The 13-member board also voted "that city council and the Board of Health request the Government of Canada to sign the United Nations Treaty on the prohibition of nuclear weapons." The vote immediately followed presentations by Hiroshima survivor Setsuko Thurlow, psychiatrist Dr. Frank Sommers, and representatives...
Read more → 20 Apr 2018
Posted by Karri Yano 
TORONTO — Mark Sakamoto’s family memoir, Forgiveness: A Gift from My Grandparents won this year’s Canada Reads competition, CBC’s annual "battle of the books." Photo credit: Peter Power. Fashion journalist Jeanne Beker defended Sakamoto’s book. On CBC Radio's Q she explained why she chose...
Read more → 19 Apr 2018
Posted by Kelly Fleck 
Her Excellency the Right Honourable Julie Payette, Governor General of Canada, presented the 2018 Governor General’s Awards in Visual and Media Arts during a ceremony at Rideau Hall, on March 28. Photo Credit: Mcpl Vincent Carbonneau, Rideau Hall © Osgg, 2018. “For some reason I have always...
Read more → 18 Apr 2018
Posted by Kelly Fleck 
Brian McKeever (right) and guide Graham Nishikawa (left) collected their gold medals at the PyeongChang Olympic Plaza during the 2018 Olympic Games. Photo: Dave Holland/Canadian Paralympic Committee Though achieving that title was not something on McKeever's mind coming into the Games. The first...
Read more → 22 Mar 2018
Posted by Kelly Fleck 
Paul Kariya accepting his Hockey Hall of Fame (HHOF) ring from HHOF Chairman, and hockey legend, Lanny McDonald on Nov. 12, 2017. Photo credit: Dr. Jonathan Eto. The two rings, a 1993 junior world championship ring and 1994 world championship ring were donated by Kariya to the HHOF. Toronto Police...
Read more → 14 Mar 2018
Posted by Hazuki Koizumi 
TORONTO — “A good dish on the right plate is like a beauty in a kimono,” legendary artist Kitaouji Rosanjin once said. Photo courtesy: Masaharu Takagi. The history of pottery in Mino-province started about 1,300 years ago. The pottery such as dish plates and glasses have been used in daily...
Read more → 13 Mar 2018
Posted by Maki Kimura 
A little panda named Xiang Xiang is creating a craze around pandas. Photos courtesy: Midori. The viewing to see Xiang Xiang finally began on Dec. 19. Four hundred groups (each group with up to five people) per day could watch Xiang Xiang, and the tickets were given out by lottery. On the most...
Read more → 12 Mar 2018
Posted by Kelly Fleck 
Yayoi Kusama's Infinity Mirrors creates an unprecedented demand at the AGO. Yayoi Kusama. 'Aftermath of Obliteration of Eternity,' 2009, Installation view at the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden. Wood, mirror, plastic, acrylic, LED, black glass, and aluminum. Collection of the artist. Courtesy...
Read more → 15 Feb 2018
Posted by Kelly Fleck 
Naoko Takenouchi's intimate art exhibition explores the instinctual process of creating art. Photo credit: Naoko Takenouchi. Takenouchi is a celebrated Canadian glassblowing artist, who has received mid-career grants from the Canada Council for the Arts and has been commissioned to craft the Governor...
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