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
07 Feb 2017
Posted by Kelly Fleck 
Yonsei Canadian TV personality, Lauren Toyota, talks achieving her lifelong dream and moving on to bigger and better things. As well, she shares her vegan yakisoba recipe. Photo courtesy: Penelope PR. Toyota had been working at her dream job, as a host on MuchMusic, a Canadian music and entertainment...
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06 Feb 2017
Posted by Jonathan Eto 
Guitarist Toru Yamashita of ONE OK ROCK during their show on Rebel stage on Jan. 17, 2017. With adoring fans screaming at the top of their lungs, the Tokyo-based alternative rock band lit up the stage with hit after hit while promoting their eighth album, Ambitions, which dropped January...
Read more → 12 Jan 2017
Posted by Kelly Fleck 
Toronto based artist, Justine Wong, tours through Japan for 21 days, creating hundreds of original paintings of her meals, favourite experiences and places in delicate and detailed watercolour paintings. Photo courtesy Justine Wong. Toronto artist Justine Wong took this idea to the next level when...
Read more → 04 Jan 2017
Posted by J.C. Wén 
Artist Daisuke Takeya discusses his latest exhibition, 'Breaking the Waves' and its connection to disaster, recovery and remembrance of the 3.11 Tohoku disaster. Above a portrait of Alice from his 'Fukushima NO ALICE' piece at the Christopher Cutt's Gallery. Photo courtesy: Daisuke Takeya Taking...
Read more → 03 Jan 2017
Posted by Kelly Fleck 
Stafford Arima discusses why it was so important to be part of a musical on Japanese Canadian internment now. Arima was the first Japanese Canadian to direct a Broadway musical, making his debut with Allegiance, starring George Takei and Lea Salonga. Photo credit: Vii Tanner. While walking up an aisle...
Read more → 21 Dec 2016
Posted by Akira Kobasigawa 
The Worldwide Uchinanchu Festival, the largest prefectural event in Japan ended with a grand closing ceremony on Oct. 30. Photos courtesy: Tami Sugie. The festival has been held roughly once every five years since 1990. It is meant to give a chance for Okinawans living abroad to come back to their...
Read more → 29 Nov 2016
Posted by Kelly Fleck 
Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne is met at Honda headquarters in Tokyo by ASIMO, the world’s most advanced humanoid robot. On the first day of her mission to Japan, Premier Wynne talked with Honda leaders about how to drive growth and support the auto sector. Honda’s Alliston, Ontario location is a teaching...
Read more → 24 Nov 2016
Posted by Jonathan Eto 
Smoke's poutine eating contest brought Hapa Japanese American eating champion, Matt Stonie, to Toronto. Photo credit: Dr. Jonathan Eto. Major League Eating (MLE) is the world body that oversees and sanctions all professional eating contests and rank their competitors like the PGA would their golfers,...
Read more → 18 Nov 2016
Posted by Kelly Fleck 
Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne discussed her upcoming trade mission to Japan and South Korea in a roundtable discussion with business, trade and cultural leaders in the Japanese Canadian community at the Japanese Canadian Cultural Centre on Nov. 19. Wynne spoke to a room of twenty business and community...
Read more → 16 Nov 2016
Posted by Kelly Fleck 
Min Yatabe and his wife, Lydia Yatabe, enjoying a bento lunch after the Remembrance Day ceremony. While there were five veterans at the ceremony, there were 211 Japanese Canadian soldiers that enlisted during the Second World War. Of those, 148 volunteers were included in the mass expulsion in British...
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