Randall Okita’s The Book of Distance
It’s an experience that is hard to describe, there are so many layers to interacting with a story that is this personal, intergenerational, and marked in parts with silence. In some ways, retelling is reliving
The Bulletin
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EXC-19: Collaboration during quarantine
Exquisite Corpse is a game invented in Paris by Surrealists André Breton, Yves Tanguy, Jacques Prévert, and Marcel Duchamp in the early 1900s. Similar...
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Michael Prior: Burning Province
I remember the first time my grandparents, my sister, and I drove by where Tashme used to be on our way into the interior to visit my father’s parents and someone pointed it out. I remember, too, distinctly thinking that “Tashme,” was a Japanese word
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Miso Soup for the Soul: Rosh Hashanah Salmon Teriyaki & Miso Maple Steelhead Trout
This is our fourth installment of Miso Soup for the Soul, our series focusing on food, specifically comfort food and the foods that connect...
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Re-imagining Powell Street: Powell Street Festival pivots to online
When COVID-19 hit Canada and the rest of the world this spring, Canada’s cultural sector was thrown into a tailspin. Once it became evident...
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Things I Do For Money: Warren P Sonoda goes home to Hamilton
Eli and Nick Yaguchi, two Japanese Canadian cello-playing brothers from Hamilton, Ontario inadvertently steal a bag of money from a horrific crime scene. Trouble ensues when a Vancouver-based hit man, who turns out to be their estranged uncle Just Jimmy, shows up on the scene.
Two Sides of the Pacific: Two Sides of the Coin
This is the life story of Sadao, who has experienced life on two sides of the Pacific Ocean, or, in the words of Mr. Yusuke Tanaka, a “trans-Pacific voyage”.
Editorial – September 2020
When Amy and I decided to make the trek east in August to spend a couple of days camping on Kootenay Lake we were...
On Hiroshima Day
I want to establish my relationship to the bombing of Hiroshima in conversation to the present, and how it spills over time, borders, and culture.
Jewpanese Family Zoom Call
by Carmel Tanaka Ever since I was little, I’ve wanted to meet others like me: Jewish and Japanese. So, to celebrate Jewish and Asian...
JCCA AGM and August Bulletin
GVJCCA AGM The GVJCCA Annual General Meeting is rescheduled to Saturday August 22, 2020 from 1:30pm to 4pm in 1/3 Hall, Nikkei Centre, 6688...
Miso Soup for the Soul: Take Three
This is our third installment of Miso Soup for the Soul, our series focusing on food, specifically comfort food and the foods that connect...
Miso Soup for the Soul: Take Two
From fried balogna to fiddleheads by Sandy Usami How I could i not tell of our O-shogatsu? This is a word I only learned...
Queer Arts Festival: a Conversation on Queer Mentorship with Hiromi Goto + Erica Isomura
“I am not separate from my environment; there is a play between self and place. This isn’t to say that there isn’t a core...
Hiro Kanagawa and Boca del Lupo: Theatre During Lockdown
As theatre venues around the world began to close their doors dues to the COVID-19 crisis Boca del Lupo Artistic Director Sherry Yoon, and...
From the Archives: Kimiko Okano Murakami
When she died in 1997 at the age of 93, Kimiko Okano Murakami left behind a lasting legacy of perseverance and, ultimately, triumph in...
Letter to the Editor
This letter was sent to the Richmond News by my friend Mary Wilson, who is also a friend of the Japanese Canadian community. She...
Japanese Canadian Citizens’ Association Message to Premier John Horgan
Dear Premier Horgan, First of all, I am expressing thanks and appreciation to you for being forthright in responding to the disturbing number of...
