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Suzu Hirose shines in two films coming to Canada this autumn
04 Dec 2014
Posted by nikkeistaff 
In late November, the two, along with producer Ko Mori, met with fans to promote their film's upcoming screenings in Canadian cinemas. From December 5th to the 10th, the film will be showing at the Cineplex at Yonge and Dundas square and the crew hopes it'll be a big success with moviegoers and Japanophiles...
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01 Dec 2014
Posted by Kelly Fleck 
Michael Mori has many achievements under his belt, including a Juno nomination, but one of his biggest achievements was yet to come. While in Toronto for the Juno awards in 2011, Mori decided to hand out some resumes. It was at that time he struck up a conversation with Wayne Strongman, the artistic...
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29 Nov 2014
Posted by Luke Galati With a smile on his face, he tells Nikkei Voice, “And then I scored on my own goal. So that was the first time I ever scored.” Nakajima-Farran, now 30, has played professional soccer on four continents, and has represented Canada’s national men’s team since 2006. Born in Calgary to a Japanese...
Read more → 19 Nov 2014
Posted by Mel Tsuji 
At its annual celebration in November, the Japanese Canadian Cultural Centre in Toronto will be posthumously honouring Japanese diplomat Chiune Sugihara. By quietly defying orders from Tokyo, he courageously issued visas to Jewish refugees through his consulate in Lithuania so they could travel to Japan...
Read more → 13 Nov 2014
Posted by Ailin Oishi-Stamatiou 
We think we can offset this sedentary behavior by exercising like mad dogs for 1 hour before/after work or participating in weekend warrior syndrome. The sad fact is that exercise doesn’t compensate for sitting all day, just as exercise doesn’t compensate for a smoking habit. It is estimated that...
Read more → 12 Nov 2014
Posted by Matthew O'Mara 
Born on the West Coast, Hashiguchi, her six siblings, and parents were sent to Jerome, Arizona and then to Rohwer, Arkansas soon after the United States entered into World War II. It was a long time before their family founds their roots again, but eventually they settled in the North Eastern United...
Read more → 10 Nov 2014
Posted by Matthew O'Mara 
The Vancouver Asahi is still one of the most talked about baseball teams in Canadian history, but smaller teams have also made their mark. Forming in the early 1950s, the Nisei Tennis League was comprised both Vancouverites and Torontonians and brought Japanese Canadians together in a time when they...
Read more → 07 Nov 2014
Posted by Matthew O'Mara 
Participants flew in from as far as Alberta, Ontario, and the Yukon to meet other young leaders in Canada’s Japanese community. The conference’s goal was to bring together the next generation of Japanese Canadians to help them take up the torch of preserving and forwarding the history and goals...
Read more → 06 Nov 2014
Posted by Matthew O'Mara 
While a first-time traveler to the city might be a bit intimidated by the size and scope of the place, I found the city to be one of the most welcoming and easy to navigate places I’ve ever been. (Got to thank Google Maps for being so intuitive). But as someone who might be thinking about going...
Read more → 05 Nov 2014
Posted by James Heron 
In the closing months of the war, private Tamura, already half-dead from tuberculosis and starvation, wanders the Philippines alongside the few remaining soldiers of his forgotten regiment searching for the safety of the port town of Palompon. Surrounded by the physical, psychological and moral collapse...
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