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Nikkei Uncovered: a poetry column
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Tkaronto/Toronto, Ontario-based writer-artist Erica Isomura lends us a moment of action captured in…

Erica Isomura +1 • Feb. 20, 2025

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Canada collective behavior concentration camps crowds Day of Remembrance demonstrations (political) immigration literature Ontario people poems poetry protests public meetings Tacoma Toronto United States Washington World War II camps
Canada collective behavior concentration camps crowds Day of Remembrance demonstrations (political) immigration literature Ontario people poems poetry protests public meetings Tacoma Toronto United States Washington World War II camps
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Mr. Jimmy Brings the House Down at Kobayashi Hall in Toronto
The Japanese Canadian Cultural Centre (JCCC) was proud to present a bold new chapter in its history…

Chris Hope • Feb. 11, 2025

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Canada guitarists Japanese Canadian Cultural Centre music Ontario Toronto
Canada guitarists Japanese Canadian Cultural Centre music Ontario Toronto
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Unveiling the Unknown: Understanding Japanese Canadian History Through An Insider’s Perspective
Throughout our evolution as human beings, stories of those who lived before us have been passed dow…

Chiana Fujiwara • Jan. 2, 2025

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book reviews Canada essays Japanese Canadian Cultural Centre Japanese Canadians Ontario reviews Toronto
book reviews Canada essays Japanese Canadian Cultural Centre Japanese Canadians Ontario reviews Toronto
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Inspirational Speaker Mari Haruno in Toronto, Canada
“I just can’t give up” In 2024, Mari Haruno, originally from Tokyo and currently residing in Tor…

Keiko Fukuda • Nov. 1, 2024

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Canada generations immigrants immigration Issei Japan migration Ontario postwar Shin-Issei speeches Toronto United States World War II
Canada generations immigrants immigration Issei Japan migration Ontario postwar Shin-Issei speeches Toronto United States World War II
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Author Leslie Shimotakahara's Novels Offer Literary Passageways to Places in the Past
TORONTO — Award-winning author Leslie Shimotakahara transports readers to another time and place th…

Kelly Fleck • April 30, 2024

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British Columbia Canada fiction Japanese Canadians Leslie Shimotakahara literature logging novels Ontario Queen Charlotte Islands Sisters of the Spruce (book) Toronto
British Columbia Canada fiction Japanese Canadians Leslie Shimotakahara literature logging novels Ontario Queen Charlotte Islands Sisters of the Spruce (book) Toronto
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Osaka Troupe Karakoro Brings Author Joy Kogawa’s Book to Life
“May the world be safe, may the world be kind, may the world forever be our home.” —Joy Kogawa, …

Catherine Jo Ishino • Feb. 14, 2024

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Canada Japanese Canadian Cultural Centre Joy Kogawa Karakoro (performance group) Naomi's Tree (musical) Ontario Toronto
Canada Japanese Canadian Cultural Centre Joy Kogawa Karakoro (performance group) Naomi's Tree (musical) Ontario Toronto
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The Spaces In Between: Artist Elysha Rei's Intricate Hand-Cut Paper Art
While the sakura were in full bloom outside the Japanese Canadian Cultural Centre, inside, a differ…

Kelly Fleck • July 16, 2023

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60 Years of Friendship Through Culture (exhibition) British Columbia Canada cultural identity Elysha Rei group identity identity Japanese Australians Japanese Canadian Cultural Centre Ontario Past Wrongs, Future Choices (project) Toronto University of Victoria
60 Years of Friendship Through Culture (exhibition) British Columbia Canada cultural identity Elysha Rei group identity identity Japanese Australians Japanese Canadian Cultural Centre Ontario Past Wrongs, Future Choices (project) Toronto University of Victoria
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Japanese Canadians Speak Up for Raymond Moriyama’s Iconic Toronto JCCC - Part 3
Read Part 2 >> Diana Morita Cole, Nelson, BC (born in Minidoka concentration camp) One of my gr…

Norm Masaji Ibuki • June 27, 2023

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Barbara Miiko Nishimura Gravlin Canada Diana Morita Cole Japanese Canadian Cultural Centre Ontario Raymond Moriyama Toronto
Barbara Miiko Nishimura Gravlin Canada Diana Morita Cole Japanese Canadian Cultural Centre Ontario Raymond Moriyama Toronto
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Japanese Canadians Speak Up for Raymond Moriyama’s Iconic Toronto JCCC - Part 2
Read Part 1 >> Lillian Michiko Yano, Newmarket, ON I know who I am because of 123 Wynford Drive…

Norm Masaji Ibuki • June 20, 2023

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Canada Elm Tahara Japanese Canadian Cultural Centre Les Takahashi Lillian Michiko Yano Ontario Raymond Moriyama Toronto
Canada Elm Tahara Japanese Canadian Cultural Centre Les Takahashi Lillian Michiko Yano Ontario Raymond Moriyama Toronto
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Japanese Canadians Speak Up for Raymond Moriyama’s Iconic Toronto JCCC - Part 1
On a sunny afternoon in June 1964 at 123 Wynford Drive in Toronto’s Don Mills area, Canadian Prim…

Norm Masaji Ibuki • June 13, 2023

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architects Canada Japanese Canadian Cultural Centre Ontario Raymond Moriyama Toronto
architects Canada Japanese Canadian Cultural Centre Ontario Raymond Moriyama Toronto
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