Miho Suzuki explores accent bias and identity in "The Improper Identity" at Toronto Fringe Festival
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Author Keiko Honda on the stories we inherit and the ones we pass on
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A fork in the road: The life of Tetsuo "Sam" Sakaki, 1905-1982
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Suzu Hirose shines in two films coming to Canada this autumn
06 Feb 2018
Posted by Kelly Fleck 
The snow falling in Hama-rikyu Gardens in Tokyo. Snowstorm brings delays to planes, trains and automobiles. Photo courtesy: TAK1701D/WIKIMEDIA COMMONS. The storm brought cancellations to flights, delays to trains and buses as well as highway and road closures, as snow fell throughout the day. This...
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24 Jan 2018
Posted by Irene Shimoda 
Brigadier-General Steven Moritsugu receiving the insignia of Officer of the Order of Military Merit from Governor General Julie Payette on Friday, Nov. 10, 2017. Photo Credit: Sgt Johanie Maheu, Rideau Hall, OSGG Her Excellency the Right Honourable Julie Payette, Governor-General and Commander-in-Chief...
Read more → 15 Jan 2018
Posted by Anton Wagner 
Toronto Mayor John Tory presenting Setsuko Thurlow with the certificate at the city council meeting. Photo courtesy: Toronto City Council. Thurlow will be accepting the Nobel Peace Prize on behalf of the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN). The Nobel Peace Prize recognizes...
Read more → 20 Nov 2017
Posted by Kelly Fleck 
The evening was a celebration of the new wave of Japanese immigrants who came to Canada, after immigration laws were lifted in 1967. The room was filled with tables of Japanese and Western inspired dinner and desserts. The evening was filled with entertainment, from live traditional and contemporary...
Read more → 27 Jul 2017
Posted by Anton Wagner 
Hiroshima and Nagasaki commemorations will take place in August. In last year's ceremony, lanterns were released into the reflecting pool at Nathan Philip Square. Photo credit: Sadaf Taqvi. On July 7, 122 countries voted in favour of the text of the UN treaty, with one opposed. Under pressure...
Read more → 19 Jun 2017
Posted by Anton Wagner 
Setsuko Thurlow, a Hiroshima atomic bomb survivor and Hiroshima Peace ambassador received the Ahmadiyya Muslim Prize for peace in March. Photo: Setsuko Thurlow with the Austrian Foreign Minister at the 2014 Vienna Conference for the Humanitarian Impact of Nuclear Weapons. The Ahmadiyya community,...
Read more → 14 Jun 2017
Posted by Kelly Fleck 
UBC President Santa Ono was in Tokyo to sign the agreement on April 25 along with UTokyo President Makoto Gonokami and Max Planck Society President Martin Stratmann. The partnership will form the Max Planck – UBC – UTokyo Centre for Quantum Materials, an expansion on the partnership that was established...
Read more → 09 Jun 2017
Posted by Kelly Fleck 
Emperor Akihito will be the first emperor to abdicate in 200 years with the landmark new bill passed by Japanese parliament. (Photo Credit: Official U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Achilles Tsantarliotis) Japanese Parliament has passed a historic bill allowing Emperor Akihito to abdicate the Chrysanthemum...
Read more → 07 Feb 2017
Posted by Kelly Fleck 
The Nikkei Voice needs your help during these difficult times in the print industry to continue publishing. Each donation made will be doubled by the generosity of Marty Kobayashi. (Photo courtesy: Marty Kobayashi) The realities of the print news industry have caught up with us and, despite our best...
Read more → 21 Dec 2016
Posted by Akira Kobasigawa 
The Worldwide Uchinanchu Festival, the largest prefectural event in Japan ended with a grand closing ceremony on Oct. 30. Photos courtesy: Tami Sugie. The festival has been held roughly once every five years since 1990. It is meant to give a chance for Okinawans living abroad to come back to their...
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