Kind-hearted Japanese Taxi Drivers Who Pay for Ghost Passengers’ Fares
by Masaki Watanabe Akemashite omedetou gozaimasu / Happy New Year! I hope you’ll continue to read my columns this year. To kick off the...
by Masaki Watanabe Akemashite omedetou gozaimasu / Happy New Year! I hope you’ll continue to read my columns this year. To kick off the...
I recently heard again that all-too-familiar expression, this time from a bright, well-mannered Japanese college youth, one of our recent “home-stay” students on short-term...
SERIES: JAPANESE CANADIAN PIONEERS Some of you readers may know him already as Sada- san, the personable owner and chef at the popular sushi...
SERIES: JAPANESE CANADIAN PIONEERS This is the second instalment of our semi-regular series, “JAPANESE CANADIAN PIONEERS,” featuring Nikkei men and women young and old...
In Japanese society today, especially among men, there is still quite a lot of discomfort if not antagonism toward “house husbands who make...
Attitudes toward male and female roles between married couples, as well as between those betrothed, have undergone changes with every new generation within the...
Within minutes of meeting Mr Kaye Kaminishi, I who consider myself a “seasoned reporter,” could not help being awe-struck by the aura of the man, now aged 93. He was like an old Zen monk who had found enlightenment ….
When new immigrants from all over the world acquire Canadian citizenship, they ceremonially swear to respect each other regardless of race, religion and original...
If former players of our legendary Asahi ballclub could have witnessed the impact Japanese players are having on Major League Baseball (MLB) today, I...
“You must listen to what your father says.” This is what many of us were told over and over again as we were growing...
Just who among this small number would think of the Nazi swastika when they see the logo in question? I leave the answer to our Canadian readers’ common sense.
Unfenced school yards and sports grounds where a ball sailing over an outfielder’s head keeps rolling on. The rule about drivers having to stop...