Digging Deep
When I was young I had little or no interest in Japanese (or Japanese Canadian) history or culture. I knew my mum was Japanese,...
Category: Editorial
The Power of Sport
There’s no getting around it – I have always sucked at sports. Baseball? Nope. I got hit with a line drive while playing in...
Spirit of the Nisei
Living as we are in the digital age, it is easy to not only communicate superficially with someone but actually engage in a longterm ...
Kokoro Dance: Embodying Heart & Soul
The October, 1993 issue of The Bulletin, my first as English Editor, featured Jay Hirabayashi and Barbara Bourget of Kokoro Dance. Then in their...
On Fathers
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...
We got game.
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...
Remembering Gordon Kobayashi
In my twenty+ years as editor I have had the priviledge of interviewing many individuals in the Canadian Nikkei community. One of my favourites...
memories are made of this
Those of us who work in the Japanese Canadian community do it for different reasons – some out of a sense of duty, some...
of leaders + leadership
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...
Yumiko Hoyano
I was deeply saddened to learn of the sudden passing of Yumiko Hoyano in Edmonton several days ago. Although I never had the pleasure...
Springing forward
As Vancouver slowly lurches towards spring, we here at The Bulletin / Geppo have a definite spring in our step, having launched several new...
Recharging the batteries
Spring is in the air, and with it, the anticipation of new beginnings. For The Bulletin and our publisher, Greater Vancouver Japanese Canadian Citizens’...
