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
07 Mar 2017
Posted by Jonathan Eto 
After a scary experience in Jakarta, the singer makes her her return to the stage at the Mod Club in Toronto. It had been more than a year since Grannis performed and almost two years since she had been on a Canadian stage. It was an uncharacteristic disappearance, but she's had far from a normal...
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13 Feb 2017
Posted by Frank Moritsugu 
Remembering the influences of Mitsy and Roy Ito on JC history, and good friends. Photo: Roy and Mitsy Ito on their wedding day in 1951. Photo courtesy: Carole Ito. Mitsy was 91 years-old, and had four children, ten grandchildren, and five great-grandchildren. Her husband had predeceased her in 1999. I...
Read more → 10 Feb 2017
Posted by Kelly Fleck 
Kisenosato (right) performs his first duty as yokozuna, a ring entry at the Meiji Shrine, to a crowd of 18,000 people on Jan. 27. Photo courtesy: Wikimedia Commons. The 30 year-old Yutaka Hagiwara, whose sumo name is Kisenosato, has created a buzz in Japan after winning the Emperor's Cup in the New Year...
Read more → 08 Feb 2017
Posted by Kelly Fleck 
Twelve Canadian youth sail the Pacific Ocean on a leadership program organized by the Japanese government, along with 240 international and Japanese youth. Photo courtesy Kevin Kobayashi. The two, along with 10 other Canadian youth will be representing Canada on a ship travelling across the Pacific...
Read more → 07 Feb 2017
Posted by Kelly Fleck 
The Nikkei Voice needs your help during these difficult times in the print industry to continue publishing. Each donation made will be doubled by the generosity of Marty Kobayashi. (Photo courtesy: Marty Kobayashi) The realities of the print news industry have caught up with us and, despite our best...
Read more → 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...
Read more → 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...
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