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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.

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 as an adult. For our family, it was always New Year’s Day at Ba-chan’s. My grandmother…

“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 that is solid and present. Only that the social performance of presented identity is like a…

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 Artistic Producer Jay Dodge were forced to confront the question, “What is the essence of theatre?” and…

When she died in 1997 at the age of 93, Kimiko Okano Murakami left behind a lasting legacy of perseverance and, ultimately, triumph in the face almost indescribable adversity. In her lifetime she claimed an extraordinary number of firsts: first…

This letter was sent to the Richmond News by my friend Mary Wilson, who is also a friend of the Japanese Canadian community. She is a retired social worker who worked for many years at Mt. St. Joseph Hospital, periodically…

Dear Premier Horgan, First of all, I am expressing thanks and appreciation to you for being forthright in responding to the disturbing number of anti Asian racism incidents which have increased since the COVID 19 crisis.  We appreciate that you…

In this time of disruption, it’s interesting how our energies have shifted so much towards food, as if we feel a collective need to go back to the basics, to things that we can control. Over the next number of…