From a machine gun wielding high school girl-yakuza boss to time travelling samurai; from sexual awakening in the final devastating days of WWII Tokyo to the true story of “the Japanese Schindler”, Canadian and Japanese…
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Writers of Japanese descent say their work is helping to fill gaps in Canada’s literary landscape. “When I was at university, the only way I could study a writer of colour was to take the…
View More Japanese Writers Fill a Void in Canadian HistoryLynne Kutsukake’s The Translation of Love is as haunting as it is beautiful. Set in post-WWII Japan, the novel touches upon migration and identity issues as pertinent today as they were in 1946. It is…
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People of all ages gathered at Oppenheimer Park in Vancouver, B.C., to observe the 39th annual Powell Street Festival celebrating Japanese-Canadian culture, traditions and identity. The day was filled with music, competitions, costumes, entertainment and obviously food!
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