Kevin Lau's Kimiko's Pearl Symphonic Suite world premiere with Toronto Symphony Opera
Gary Kawaguchi conferred Order of the Rising Sun, Gold and Silver Rays
Omote: A melding of artistic expressions and experiences
Suzanne Hartmann's hybrid memoir explores convergence of personal and community stories
YAMATO: The Drummers of Japan to visit 35 cities in the U.S. and Canada with new program
Past and present collide in dancer Takako Segawa's new performance
Artist Miya Turnbull reveals the layers beneath in new solo exhibition
JCAM's Aurora Dance Group hosts a weekend of friendship and fun through Japanese folk dance
The Hollow Man: JC artist looking for community feedback
Author Lynne Kutsukake explores the bustling art world of '70s Tokyo in The Art of Vanishing
11 May 2021
Posted by Kelly Fleck 
Susan Langdon, a Toronto fashion executive, mentor and educator, was appointed a member of the Order of Canada on Dec. 31, 2020. Photo credit: Ted Belton. “I was a child then, but I do remember my mom saying this is an incredible honour, and wouldn't it be amazing if a Japanese Canadian was [recognized]...
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12 Mar 2021
Posted by Kelly Fleck 
Sisters Claudia (left) and Angela (right) Tanabe take on questions of science, technology, art, and culture in The My Sister Knows Why Podcast. Photo credits: Angela and Claudia Tanabe. The Tanabes started the podcast in July as something to do while being stuck at home during the pandemic. Every...
Read more → 17 Feb 2021
Posted by Kelly Fleck 
Storyteller Kunji Mark Ikeda explores art and identity in-depth in the podcast Sounds Japanese Canadian to Me: Stories from the Stage. Photo credit: Tim Nyugen. In Ikeda's podcast, Stories from the Stage, a revival of the Nikkei National Museum's podcast, Sounds Japanese Canadian to Me, he invites...
Read more → 04 Feb 2021
Posted by Leanne Toshiko Simpson 
Join upcoming community writing workshops via Zoom on Feb. 6 and March 6. Upcoming speakers for Mata Ashita workshop sessions include poet Michael Prior (left) on March 6 and artist and authors Jeff Chiba Stearns (top right) and Lillian Michiko Blakey (bottom right) on April 3. The first workshop...
Read more → 15 Jan 2021
Posted by Michael Abe 
Reuniting with a piece of family history after nearly 80 years. Kento Abe, Judy, Izumi Abe, Mike R, Mike Abe. Photo credit: Michael Abe. In 1991, my Auntie Katy (Kaoru nee Toyota) and Uncle Kumy (Kumeo) Yoshida came from London, Ont. with Kumy’s brother Shige Yoshida’s family for the unveiling...
Read more → 06 Jan 2021
Posted by Kelly Fleck 
Mata Ashita looks to engage Nikkei in meaningful conversations. Japanese Canadian author Joy Kogawa will be Mata Ashita's first speaker on Jan. 9, and Japanese Canadian poet Michael Prior will speak on March 6. Photos courtesy: Joy Kogawa and Michael Prior. Called Mata Ashita, the intergenerational...
Read more → 27 Oct 2020
Posted by Kelly Fleck 
The city of Toronto has launched the 10th phase of the Toronto For All campaign, combatting anti-East Asian racism. Incidents of anti-East Asian racism have been on the rise since the pandemic began in March. More than 600 incidents of anti-East Asian racism were reported in Canada since the beginning...
Read more → 29 Jul 2020
Posted by Kelly Fleck 
Hibakusha Setsuko Thurlow at the UN conference where the Treaty to Abolish Nuclear Weapons was adopted on July 7, 2017. Photo courtesy: Thea Mjelstad/ICAN. A hibakusha, Thurlow survived the nuclear bombing of her home, Hiroshima. She has dedicated the last 70 years of her life to advocating for the abolition...
Read more → 30 Jun 2020
Posted by Anton Wagner 
The annual Aug. 6 commemoration will be held online. Photo courtesy: Katy McCormick, Hiroshima A-bomb Dome, 2013. The Hiroshima Nagasaki Day Coalition invites interested viewers to participate in the 75th anniversary commemoration of the atomic bombings online on Aug. 6 at 7 p.m. The commemoration...
Read more → 22 May 2020
Posted by Kelly Fleck 
Bayview United Church starts offering Sunday service over the phone. The congregation at Bayview United Church on better days before the quarantine. Photo courtesy: Bayview United Church/Brian Kai. Starting on March 22, the North York church implemented teleconference Sunday services. Congregants...
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