Category: Editorial

It was once known as the Powell Street Grounds, later changed to Oppenheimer Park, after Vancouver’s second mayor, David Oppenheimer. Depending on what website...

When I was young I had little or no interest in Japanese (or Japanese Canadian) history or culture. I knew my mum was Japanese,...

There’s no getting around it – I have always sucked at sports.  Baseball? Nope. I got hit with a line drive while playing in...

Living as we are in the digital age, it is easy to not only communicate superficially with someone but actually engage in a longterm ...

I’ve been thinking lately about fathers. It’s a train of thought that was first sparked by my interview with Tetsuro Shigematsu about his new...

As we prepare to say goodbye to 2014, I’d like to take this opportunity to thank everyone who has supported The Bulletin/Geppo over the...

In my twenty+ years as editor I have had the priviledge of interviewing many individuals in the Canadian Nikkei  community. One of my favourites...

Those of us who work in the Japanese Canadian community do it for different reasons – some out of a sense of duty, some...

In Terry Watada’s remembrances of Japanese American activist Yuri Kochiyama on page 14 he talks about staying at her apartment in New York, noting...

I was deeply saddened to learn of the sudden passing of Yumiko Hoyano in Edmonton several days ago. Although I never had the pleasure...