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
LiterAsian writers festival spotlights the diverse voices of Pan-Asian authors
Canada and the Atom Bomb photo exhibition at Toronto City Hall
Treasures from the Nikkei National Museum: Sumitsubo belonging to Kenichi Maeno
A ladder across the globe: Collaborative project connects Canadian and Japanese artist
23 Feb 2024
Posted by Jonathan Eto 
Akane Shiga is the youngest and only Japanese player in the new Professional Women's Hockey League, playing for Ottawa's team. Photo credits: Dr. Jonathan Eto. The inaugural season has players who range in age from 22 to 36, with 55 per cent of players from Canada and 35 per cent from the U.S....
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20 Dec 2023
Posted by Kelly Fleck 
Nyl Yakura in action during the 2023 YONEX Canadian International Challenge in Markham on Dec. 9 and 10. Photo credit: Douglas Mann. The win was Yakura's second consecutive Pan Am gold medal, bringing him one step closer to his ultimate goal of qualifying for the Paris 2024 Olympics Games. “I...
Read more → 13 Oct 2023
Posted by Robert Doi 
2023 JC3-Pitch Champion Thornhill Sluggers. Back (left to right): Oscar Wu, Ryan Terakita, Trudon Riddle, and Tsai Yeh. Front: Leo Wong, Justin Ogino (captain), Larry Kimura (sponsor), and Katherine Kwong. Absent: Albert Chai, Gracie Steckroat, Derrick Terakita, and Tsao-Ling Yu. Photo credit: Robert Doi. They...
Read more → 14 Sep 2023
Posted by Robert Doi 
Players and their families enjoying the league’s final BBQ of the season following the semifinal games. Photo courtesy: Robert Doi. Nick Chung’s fourth-place Thornhill Toyota squad lost all three regular-season meetings with Andrew Lok’s first-place Back2feet, so expectations were low heading...
Read more → 16 Jun 2023
Posted by Andrea Sakiyama Kennedy 
Ottawa Asian Hockey Classic lower rec champions Asian Invasion during the tournament on Mother's Day weekend, May 13 to 14. Photo credit: Marc Lafleur/Marc LaFleur Photography. “I had participated in a similar tournament in Toronto, and I thought, why not create a tournament in Ottawa,”...
Read more → 24 May 2023
Posted by Deanna Cheng 
Ryan Kimoto spars against another participant of Sumo Sundays at the Vancouver Japanese Language School and Japanese Hall in Vancouver, B.C. on Sunday, March 12, 2023. Sumo Sundays is a monthly indoor drop-in session in the city, organized by a grassroots group of organizers, which focuses on learning...
Read more → 16 Aug 2022
Posted by Kelly Fleck 
Ohtani Canada celebrates baseball star on and off the field. Members of Canada's largest Shohei Ohtani fan club, Ohtani Canada. Left to right: Jonathan Seki, Lise Hawkins, and club president and founder Dave Pollard. While Ohtani ended up signing with the Angels, Pollard was drawn not only to Ohtani's...
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19 Jan 2022
Posted by Jonathan Eto 
Los Angeles' Angels Shohei Ohtani playing the Toronto Blue Jays at the Rogers Centre, June 17 to 20, 2019. Photo credit: Dr. Jonathan Eto. “Sho-Time’s” incredible 2021 season is hard to sum up in words. What he has accomplished is awe-inspiring. Our last update was just before the All-Star...
Read more → 07 Aug 2020
Posted by Jonathan Eto 
Bob Izumi talks to Nikkei Voice about how his father hooked him on fishing, fuelling his lifelong passion and reflecting on his 30 year career. Japanese Canadian angler Bob Izumi at the Spring Fishing and Boating Show in Toronto. Photo credit: Dr. Jonathan Eto. Born in Chatham and raised by a single...
Read more → 12 Nov 2019
Posted by Kelly Fleck 
Judo coach Hiroshi Nakamura during the Canadian Olympic Hall of Fame induction ceremony at the Glenn Gould Studio in Toronto on Oct. 23. Photo credit: Moe Doiron/Team Canada. “I have been in Canada for 51 years and working for judo. Thinking of Canadian people and the Canadian Olympic Committee...
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