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 Feb 2018
Posted by Kelly Fleck 
TOKYO — A recent survey in Japan found that 60 per cent of single women are not interested in romantic relationships because they are too busy and tired from work. The survey, from Japanese dating website cocolini.jp, found that women are too exhausted from working to be interested in dating....
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13 Feb 2018
Posted by Jonathan Eto 
Gosei Kailer Yamamoto brings the heat to sub-zero hockey arena. Yamamoto represented Team USA at the International Ice Hockey Federation's first game in tournament history to be played on an outdoor rink, Dec. 29, 2017. Photo credit: Dr. Jonathan Eto. Over 44,000 roaring fans filled the seats...
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Posted by Judge Maryka Omatsu 
Last seeing each other 75 years ago, two Niseis look up to see each other across the table. Bill Kobayashi , JoAnne Maikawa and Donnie Shimotakahara, (Bill’s sister-in-law) at the special luncheon at Momiji Health Care Society. Photo credit: Judge Maryka Omatsu. Along with 300 Niseis, I waited...
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08 Feb 2018
Posted by Dr. Vinay Jindal 
Setsuko Thurlow accepts Nobel Peace Prize for the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons with a stirring and inspiring lecture. Berit Reiss-Andersen, Beatrice Fihn and Setsuko Thurlow at the Nobel Peace Prize ceremony in Oslo. Photo courtesy: ICAN The audience at the Nobel Peace Centre...
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Posted by Kelly Fleck 
The snow falling in Hama-rikyu Gardens in Tokyo. Snowstorm brings delays to planes, trains and automobiles. Photo courtesy: TAK1701D/WIKIMEDIA COMMONS. The storm brought cancellations to flights, delays to trains and buses as well as highway and road closures, as snow fell throughout the day. This...
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Posted by Kelly Fleck 
Japanese Canadian author makes the CBC competition shortlist. Mark Sakamoto with his memoir, Forgiveness. Photo credit: Matthew O'Mara. Each year the CBC hosts Canada Reads, a "battle of the books" competition. Five Canadian celebrities each chose a book for the competition's shortlist. These...
Read more → 24 Jan 2018
Posted by Irene Shimoda 
Brigadier-General Steven Moritsugu receiving the insignia of Officer of the Order of Military Merit from Governor General Julie Payette on Friday, Nov. 10, 2017. Photo Credit: Sgt Johanie Maheu, Rideau Hall, OSGG Her Excellency the Right Honourable Julie Payette, Governor-General and Commander-in-Chief...
Read more → 19 Jan 2018
Posted by Jordan Stanger-Ross 
Loyalty to the British Empire is taught to these second and third generation Japanese children in an Internment Camp in British Columbia circa 1942. Jordan Stanger-Ross, University of Victoria Three hundred protest letters written by Japanese Canadians in the 1940s were recovered from Canada’s...
Read more → 17 Jan 2018
Posted by Asahi Baseball Association 
The Asahi Baseball Association continues to look for Asahi descendants. This photo of the Asahi team lists the players names below in Japanese. Photo courtesy: George Sadakichi Iga. Through the efforts of Mr. Yobun Shima and the Asahi Family Network in Japan and Emiko Ando of the Asahi Baseball...
Read more → 15 Jan 2018
Posted by Anton Wagner 
Toronto Mayor John Tory presenting Setsuko Thurlow with the certificate at the city council meeting. Photo courtesy: Toronto City Council. Thurlow will be accepting the Nobel Peace Prize on behalf of the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN). The Nobel Peace Prize recognizes...
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