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Suzu Hirose shines in two films coming to Canada this autumn
01 Aug 2014
Posted by Frank Maikawa 
After graduating from Ryerson in 1956, his lifetime work was always in the electronics communications engineering field. He has been retired since 1996, enjoying his golden years with his wife, Yoshimi Susan (Suyama) in the Georgian Bay area near the Blue Mountains of Ontario. Preface: I was thinking...
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31 Jul 2014
Posted by nikkeistaff 
That's pretty surprising, isn't it? But according to the Japanese musician who has lived in Toronto for over 20 years, performing has just become part of his daily routine. "I came to Toronto first on a working visa just to experience music abroad and I have met so many people after joining...
Read more → 30 Jul 2014
Posted by Luke Galati The film follows the lives of five people who are half Japanese, or ‘hafu’, living in Japan and shows the experiences that come with being mixed race in Japan’s homogeneous society. If the standing ovation wasn't enough of an indication, the movie was received tremendously well by the audience...
Read more → 28 Jul 2014
Posted by Cassandra Kobayashi 
A Tale for the Time Being moves across time and continents, exploring themes of life and death, through an ancient Zen Buddhist nun, a kamikaze's secret letters, a teen suicide, and the terrible 2011 Japanese earthquake and tsunami. Yet I did not find the book morbid, perhaps because I listened...
Read more → 24 Jul 2014
Posted by Luke Galati 
When speaking with Kimura, 87, listening to him reflect back on his life, it's no wonder why he wrote an autobiography called, The Life of One Cherry Charlie: Philosopher, Poet and Pool Player, which was released Oct. 30, 2013. During World War Two, Kimura's family was forced to leave Vancouver....
Read more → 22 Jul 2014
Posted by Luke Galati 
Sugiyama, who's a Sansei, will be recognized, “for her achievements as a lawyer and for her extensive civic engagement.” The Order of Canada is one of the nation’s highest honours, meant to recognize outstanding achievement, dedication to the community and service to the nation. “We’re...
Read more → 21 Jul 2014
Posted by Luke Galati 
UBC has offered to pay for Sugiyama and a guest’s flight, while letting him stay at the university, where he will fulfil his official enrolment in the school’s new Asian Canadian Studies program as an honoured guest. During his visit, he will be a registered student at UBC, where he was unable...
Read more → 17 Jul 2014
Posted by Luke Galati 
Alex Yanoshita led the charge, donating $100,000 to the three year-old campaign that has a goal of raising $2 million to help preserve the Momiji Community Centre that primarily serves senior Japanese Canadians at the Momiji elderly citizens home. The Momiji Health Care Society has now raised...
Read more → 15 Jul 2014
Posted by Luke Galati 
Canadian filmmaker, France Benoit is searching for the woman, "Kiri" and her family who the song Kiri's Piano by James Keelaghan is based on to show them the film she made after being moved by their story four years ago. It all started in 2010 when the Benoit and her husband were going on a trip...
Read more → 11 Jul 2014
Posted by Luke Galati 
He’s a young Canadian making art outside Shibuya, Japan’s Time Square and Tokyo’s busiest intersections, attracting crowds to check out his latest work. “You’re in a sea of business men in suits, teenagers and then you see a white kid with a pen drawing. I like being a fish out of water,”...
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