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
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...
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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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Posted by Luke Galati Flash Boys throws readers into the heart of the American financial marketplace and makes a complex subject matter engaging — all while humanizing the story with a group of unlikely characters that have a whole lot of personality. For most financial journalists, this task would be as daunting as trying...
Read more → 04 Nov 2014
Posted by Matthew O'Mara 
Property. It’s something lost by all who were forcibly evacuated as Enemy Aliens, although the size and shape of what was taken is always different. From fishing boats, businesses, and homes; heirlooms, treasures, and memories, they were all part of the Canadian government’s systematic dismantlement...
Read more → 29 Oct 2014
Posted by Jonathan Eto 
Grannis gained popularity in 2008 when she won the Doritos Crash Super Bowl Contest, awarding her a 60 second commercial spot to play her music video "Message From Your Heart" to millions of viewers, and garnishing her with a record deal. To help muster up votes, she began to post videos on YouTube...
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