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
26 Jun 2014
Posted by Luke Galati 
Wheelchair basketball isn't just a game, it's a way of life. “It’s probably a once in a lifetime opportunity for the athletes and the fans,” Joe Higgins, one of the coaches of Canada's national wheelchair basketball team, said in an interview with Nikkei Voice. The 2014 Women’s Wheelchair...
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18 Jun 2014
Posted by nikkeistaff 
As a musician, she’s performed around the world, but found her first home away from home at the Blue Note in New York City. There she performed one-week sets for almost nine years, but now Toronto will be welcoming her at Koerner Hall on June 24. I had a chance to talk with Hiromi about her travels,...
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13 Jun 2014
Posted by Luke Galati 
For the next 15 days, the Japanese Canadian Cultural Centre will host the festival’s wide range of Japanese film from modern samurai flicks to the most visually stunning anime. When the lineup on the opening night extended down the hall and around two corners, some festival organizers began...
Read more → 13 Jun 2014
Posted by nikkeistaff 
Nayuta performed at The Rivoli in Toronto on May 16. It was their first time in Toronto. Photo: Yuhi Kimura During NMFT, the band seemed to enjoy performing with smiles all around and a lot of energy, which is the general personality of Kansai people and it helps them attract many people. The...
Read more → 10 Jun 2014
Posted by nikkeistaff 
From left side, Go Yamada, Kie Katagi, Shin Kokawa and Noriyuki Inoue who are jizue members. At Lee`s Palace, Toronto before the live. Photo: Takeshi Kato With their combination of playing abilities and skill, the band has taken a new direction taking away their vocals to focus on how their instruments...
Read more → 09 Jun 2014
Posted by Luke Galati Shari Nihei Fredrickson, the mother of a six-year-old from San Francisco, sure hopes so. Before her son Baylor Fredrickson was diagnosed with Acute Myelogenous Leukemia, a rare form of the disease, he played on a little league baseball team playing back catcher. His little league baseball coach...
Read more → 04 Jun 2014
Posted by Dwight Wakabayashi 
New teams occupy the top spots in the standings so far this year as the expansion Bean Sprouts have shot out of the gate undefeated with a 4-0-1 record after their first five games of play. The Sprouts currently sit in first place and have had very solid starting pitching to go along with aggressive...
Read more → 03 Jun 2014
Posted by nikkeistaff 
Surprisingly, most of audience was Canadian and other nationalities. As ONE OK ROCK concert was mostly Japanese, I thought Next Music From Tokyo volume six would be the same. Even though in Toronto, I could find some Japanese while I was taking pictures, didn’t see any Japanese during event in Montreal....
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Posted by Matthew O'Mara 
When Ralph MacLean traded his quiet, yet troubled, life on the Magdelene Islands for the ravages of war, he never thought he’d fight from the confines of a prisoner of war camp. In 1941, he would be transported on a Japanese Hell ship from Hong Kong to Japan where he would live life on the very...
Read more → 20 May 2014
Posted by Matthew O'Mara 
Matheson’s goal was simple, attack a single unit. Under the control of Toronto Shogi Club president Colin Ng, it was a task a little easier to say than to actually do. Within minutes, Matheson’s army lay in ruin. It was a swift defeat and one that the new player was totally unprepared for. “I...
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