Editorial

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...

As Vancouver slowly lurches towards spring, we here at The Bulletin / Geppo have a definite spring in our step, having launched several new...

Spring is in the air, and with it, the anticipation of new beginnings. For The Bulletin and our publisher, Greater Vancouver Japanese Canadian Citizens’...

From the day I started at The Bulletin as editor in the fall of 1993 it struck me that the ongoing question we seek to answer...

Memory, reconciliation, acceptance. Three simple words that run through this month’s issue. On the eve of the annual Remembrance Day Ceremony at the Japanese...

As the year draws to a close we send our condolences out to longtime JCCA President Ron Nishimura. This month Ron, who stepped down...

Watching the disaster that is Hurricane Sandy unfold on the east coast, one can’t help but be reminded that for all our technological advances...

The October 1993 issue of The Bulletin, my first as editor, featured Jay Hirabayashi and Barbara Bourget of Kokoro Dance on the cover. The...

September always brings with it a certain wistfulness, as the heat of summer gives way to cooler days and longer nights. It is a...

I first met Art Miki back in the early eighties when Katari Taiko was regularly invited to perform at Folklorama, Winnipeg’s multicultural festival. At...