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Kizuna: Nikkei Stories from the 2011 Japan Earthquake & Tsunami

Remembering 3.11 in 2016: Tohoku no Shingetsu - Part 2

Norm Masaji Ibuki

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Kizuna: Nikkei Stories from the 2011 Japan Earthquake & Tsunami

Remembering 3.11 in 2016: Tohoku no Shingetsu - Part 1

Norm Masaji Ibuki

This year, March 11th marks the fifth anniversary of the earthquake and tsunami that devastated the coastal Tohoku Region in Japan, wiping out towns and villages and changing life there forever.

Canadian Nikkei Series

Following the ‘Wabi Sabi’ Way With Vancouver Artist Haruko Okano - Part 2

Norm Masaji Ibuki

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Canadian Nikkei Series

Following the ‘Wabi Sabi’ Way With Vancouver Artist Haruko Okano - Part 1

Norm Masaji Ibuki

On April 2nd, there will be a national “Japanese Canadian Art and Artists Symposium” at the Toronto Japanese Canadian Cultural Centre, the last one was in Vancouver in 1996.

Canadian Nikkei Series

Art Miki: Canadian Redress Leader and Human Rights Champion - Part 3

Norm Masaji Ibuki

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Canadian Nikkei Series

Art Miki: Canadian Redress Leader and Human Rights Champion - Part 2

Norm Masaji Ibuki

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Canadian Nikkei Series

Art Miki: Canadian Redress Leader and Human Rights Champion - Part 1

Norm Masaji Ibuki

When it comes to our Canadian Nikkei heroes, Art Kazumi Miki, the National Association of Japanese Canadians (NAJC) president from 1984 to 1992 who led the Redress movement on to victory on September 22, 1988, ranks amongst the top.

Canadian Nikkei Series

Koko and Toru's Art Show at the Langham Hotel in Kaslo, BC

Norm Masaji Ibuki


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*Sansei *Born in Toronto *Grandparents are from Shiga and Kumamoto kens* Families were interned in Kaslo, Bayfarm and on a Manitoba beet farm * Lived in Sendai, Japan from 1994 to 2004 * Teacher in Brampton, ON * Aikidoka * Writer for the Nikkei Voice for close to 20 years * Writer of "Canadian Nikkei series" which aims at preserving Canadian Nikkei stories. Future of the community? It depends on how successful we are in engaging our youth. The University of Victoria's (BC) Landscapes of Injustice project is a good one.... gambatte kudasai!

Nikkei interests

  • community history
  • family stories
  • festival/matsuri
  • Japanese/Nikkei food
  • Japantowns
  • taiko
  • aikido

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