『バンクーバーの朝日』観客の心にストライク!
戦前に活躍したバンクーバー朝日軍を題材とした映画『バンクーバーの朝日』のワールドプレミアが9月29日にバンクーバー国際映画祭で行われ、主演の妻夫木聡さん、亀梨和也さん、石井裕也監督、稲葉直人プロデューサーが来加した。
戦前に活躍したバンクーバー朝日軍を題材とした映画『バンクーバーの朝日』のワールドプレミアが9月29日にバンクーバー国際映画祭で行われ、主演の妻夫木聡さん、亀梨和也さん、石井裕也監督、稲葉直人プロデューサーが来加した。
Due to popular demand, VIFF added some additional screenings for following Japanese films: THE VANCOUVER ASAHI: October 9, 3:30pm, at the Centre for Performing...
It’s that time of the year – VIFF 2014! There are many films from Japan and don’t miss out on this opportunity to see...
We are aware of an initiative that is underway by the JCCA Human Rights committee in Vancouver to clear the air and bring closure...
On Friday, June 21st, on behalf of the district of Lillooet, I was asked to welcome the Japanese Canadian Internment tour group who visited...
The tour was a moving experience and gave everyone a chance to follow in the footsteps of Japanese Canadians who were uprooted during the dark days of 1942. We all came away with a much deeper understanding of the hardships and emotional turmoil endured by the Nikkei community. One person said: “I was fearful about taking this trip – I thought I might cry the whole way, but it was very freeing for me.”
With the sound of taiko and First Nations drums, and the chatter of over 7,000 voices, the University of Victoria was the hub for...
One woman told of being an expatriate to Japan and all the hardship she faced when she lived there just after the war. Others told of moving from place to place like vagabonds. Many discovered connections with others in the group.
As an independent production, we are in serious need of financial support to educate people and to preserve this part of Canada’s history and the producers are now looking to the community for assistance in bringing this project to life.
Your 1993 visit to the Okinawa sites where tens of thousands of civilians died in the war was also appreciated by many people throughout Japan and beyond. We would like to appeal for your continued efforts to help bring healing and justice to the victims of atrocities committed by Japan before and during the Asia-Pacific War, and for your for support of the endeavours to keep Article 9 intact in the spirit of peace.
By remaining mute or blind – for I cannot say whether it is out of fear or ignorance that the community remains silent – to contemporary government abuse, the stated altruistic concerns of the Japanese Canadian community for human rights rings quite hollow.
I had met John Asfour shortly after redress in Montreal as we participated on a panel discussion at McGill University that included Dr. Desmond Morton, a McGill historian, a representative from the Canadian Jewish Congress. John Asfour, as president of the Canadian Arab Federation and myself, from the National Association of Japanese Canadians.