Finally Made It to Dublin Captivated by Culture Born of Resistance
What kind of a country is Ireland? Generations of people migrating to North America, Australia, New Zealand and elsewhere since the Potato Famine of...
Masaki Watanabe
“Mr K” a Pioneer who brought the First “Cool” Japanese Car to North American markets
Born in the Meiji era, he had a great “sense of the borderless,” passion for cars and a curious mind – all extraordinary for Japanese people of the time, or even of today. This I can attest to with certitude, as it turns out he was probably my father’s best friend since the time they went to the university together.
Our Legendary Asahis —The Movie Version Invaluable Publicity vis-à-vis Japanese People of Today
Travis Takashi Ishikawa of the San Francisco Giants recently made a lot of Japanese North Americans feel proud when he said: “I never give...
A Small Joy of Life in Vancouver – Bookstores Still Everywhere
One of the things I appreciate about life in Canada is that we still have bookstores just about everywhere, from small neighborhood retailers to...
Sophisticated Disinformation Technique a Necessity? Stress from Japan’s Close-knit Interpersonal Relations
In my daily perusal of the Japanese print media via news websites and a weekly magazine or two, I sometimes come across fascinating juxtapositions...
What a Wonderful World part.2
This is the second half of my exercise in optimism as in the lyrics of What a Wonderful World, the evergreen hit made popular...
この素晴らしき世界
去る1967年、あのルイ・アームストロングが歌う＜この素晴らしき世界(What a Wonderful World)>が世界的メガヒットとなった。以降大勢の歌手にカバーされ、スタンダード曲として定着したが、その歌詞のように薔薇の香りが漂い、人々がいつも幸福でニコニコしているような世界だったら、と想像することがある。
What a Wonderful World
I see trees of green, red roses too I see them bloom for me and you And I think to myself what a wonderful...
Let Pure Sports and Music Be Models of a Racism-free World
In this strife-torn world, racism rears its ugly head all too often – especially over age-old disputes, whether between whites and blacks in the...
The Spirit of Anpanman Lives on . . . in Canada too
We in the relatively mild climate of Lower Mainland have been pretty lucky as far as extreme weather conditions are concerned – like the...
Taking Up the Rifle to Defend Family & Nation Seems OK Again – Subtle Shift in Japanese Public Sentiment
He used to write in essays as a schoolboy “I want to become a police officer or a member of the Self-Defence Forces (SFD)...
What Was Life Like Back Then for the Nisei? Valuable Memories Contributed by a Reader
We’ve been asking you readers to send in what you think are characteristics unique to Japanese Canadians by completing the sentence “You know you’re Japanese Canadian if….”
