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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)...
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...