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Chimugukuru: A Celebration of the Heart, Soul and Spirit

The Vancouver Okinawa-ken Yuaikai, with the support of the Consulate General of Japan, presents Chimugukuru, A Celebration of the Heart, Soul and Spirit, with all proceeds going to benefit Tohoku Rainbow House . .

When the National Association of Japanese Canadians held its Annual General Meeting in Kamloops September 14 to 16 there was a palpable sense of optimism in the air, fueled in large part by the presence of a contingent of youth from across the country.

On Sunday September 16, a Celebration of Life for Charles Kadota was held in the stately Great Hall of the Museum of Anthropology at UBC, with friends and family gathering to pay their last respects and remember a man who…

When Cole Dalla-Zanna stepped onto the mound as pitcher for the Hastings Little League team at the 2012 Little League World Series in Williamsport, Pennsylvania, he was following a family tradition. His first cousin Ryan Matsuda, also a pitcher, played…

Longtime Salt Spring Island resident Richard Murakami and Victoria resident Dick Nakamura were among 30 constituents of Elizabeth May’s Saanich-Gulf Islands riding to accept Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medals at a special ceremony at the Mary Winspear Centre in…

The Vancouver Mokuyokai Society, celebrating its 30th anniversary this year, was founded in the early eighties by a number of Canadians who had returned home after living and working in Japan. Wanting to maintain cultural ties with Japan and remain…

The Greenwood Museum will be mounting a special exhibit next year, Greenwood Hockey History. A mannequin will be fully outfitted with the old Greenwood jersey and equipment and there will be a mural of hockey photos that date back to…

It has been said that 90 percent of all Canadians live within a 15-minute drive of a Canadian Tire store; that nine out of ten adult Canadians shop at one at least twice a year; and that 40 percent of…

“Home Away From Home” is the slogan for the Greater Vancouver JCCA and Tonari Gumi’s $650,000 joint building fund drive which was launched during the August 2012 Powell Street Festival. While the overall budget for Tonari Gumi’s new senior’s drop-in…

The last time we checked in with filmmaker Susanne Tabata she was finishing up Ohanashi: Stories of Our Elders, a ten-part series for the Japanese Canadian National Museum that she designed, wrote, produced and directed. She recently announced that she…