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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)...
Letter to Minister Alexander re: Bill C-24
March 28, 2014
The members of the National Association of Japanese Canadians are concerned about Bill C-24, the Strengthening Canadian Citizenship Act (SCCA), which has currently reached Second reading. We believe that the proposed changes will...
Midge’s House: Midge Ayukawa (nee Ishii) June 26, 1930 – October 24, 2013
February 27, 2014
By Terry Watada Cassiopeia bends her stars and melts light on the roof of a house in the middle of Victoria’s woods. Midge lives alone in her retirement, in the antiquity of a...
An Interview with Yosh Inouye
February 27, 2014
by David Fujino December 2013 In the mid-1970’s into the 1990’s, photographer Yosh Inouye ran a successful studio in the middle of a thriving Toronto advertising scene where his specialty was table-top...
Irene Uchida: Seeing the Truly Wonderful
October 18, 2013
Science is a rewarding and challenging career. Young people going into science must keep an open mind to all ideas in an effort to find every possible way to help people. - Irene Uchida...
More Than a School
August 21, 2013
The Toronto Japanese Language School (TJLS) has been in existence since September 1949. Initially the students were from the local Japanese Canadian community but for the last 30 years the student body has also included a great number of people with no Japanese ancestry. The teaching staff and volunteers that keep the school running are justifiably proud of this long continuing service to the community. ...