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A Call to Leadership: History of the NAJC
July 3, 2023
On the final day of Asian Heritage Month, we celebrate the founding of the National Association of Japanese Canadians (formerly the NJCCA) and its founding president, Roger Obata CM.
“The Enemy That Never Was”
July 3, 2023
The definitive book on the history of Japanese Canadians is a testimony to the courage and tenacity of Ken Adachi and George Tanaka. ON JUNE 17, 1959, the National Japanese Canadian Citizens Association...
TorontoNAJC March – April Update
April 4, 2017
Presentation of TorontoNAJC’s $20K Donation to the Momiji Place Shuttlebus Campaign Fund Feb 28, 2017 [caption id="attachment_1435" align="alignleft" width="600"] Seated (L-R) Susan Hidaka,MB; Pam Waintraub, PresMB, Dr Fred Sunahara FounderMB, Randy Sakauye,TresTN, Standing...
Forgiveness: A Gift from My Grandparents
January 5, 2015
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by Mark Sakamoto. HarperCollins Publishers Ltd 245 pages 2014 by David Fujino. Mark Sakamoto begins his vivid memoir by telling the separate World War 2 stories of his grandparents — his Canadian grandfather Ralph...
Curiosity: First Nations Fiction & Japanese Canadians
October 21, 2014
by David Fujino. You know when you pick up a novel and read the first few lines, and you know you’ll definitely read it, sooner or later? Well, in the case of Through Black...
An Interview with Hiromi Okuyama
September 1, 2014
by David Fujino. Hiromi was born and raised in Toronto, Canada. Her father is Martial Arts Master, Kancho Takemasa Okuyama, who is originally from Hachijo-jima, an island near Toyko, Japan. Her mother is Siu-Ping (Belle)...