October, 2019 | JAPAN IN CANADA

Month: October 2019

Former NDP leader address the redress by Canada of wrongs committed against Japanese Canadians during WWII, urges action on Canadian children trapped in Syrian camps

NEWS NEWS & POLITICS 10/21/2019 by Prisca Tang (Columnist / Senior Reporter)

LONDON— According to a report by CTV news, Ed Broadbent, the former leader of the New Democratic Party from 1975 to 1989 and an elder statesman of human rights, spoke at an event celebrating the […]

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Marutaro – an Instagram famous Shiba Inu

Marutaro, Maru for short which means “round”, has 2.5 million followers on Instagram. Times and Instagram had written an exclusive article for this Japanese famous dog. Marutaro also got nominated People’s Choice Award for Favorite […]

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Fly me to the moon with Peach Aviation and Vanilla Air | Travel to Japan from Canada

JAPAN Travel Japan 10/19/2019 by Prisca Tang (Columnist / Senior Reporter)

Peach aviation and Vanilla aviation are budget carriers based in Japan. The kawaii-ness in the name already allow them to stand out from other budget airlines therefore many travelers choose to fly them. Recently, All […]

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Crazy Rich Asian Henry Golding is a Sexual Healer | Hot Asian Men Friday

Hot Asian Men Friday PEOPLE People 10/18/2019 by Maari Sugawara（Managing Editor）

Some people in high school got voted as “Class clown” or “the genius” but Henry Ewan Golding, an English-Malaysian actor who is best known for his role as Nick Young, was voted as “sexual healer”. […]

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Sailor Moon and Mythologies

Anime Anime & Game 10/17/2019 by Prisca Tang (Columnist / Senior Reporter)

Sailor Moon is the ancestor of magical female superheroes. I still remember being enchanted by their super power and eye-catching costumes. Moreover, if you have read Percy Jackson when you were a kid, you probably […]

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Tsukimi—Bunny-pounding-mochi festival

CULTURE Culture 10/16/2019 by JAPAN in CANADA

View this post on Instagram A post shared by Adel❇japan (@delhi.nm) on Sep 18, 2019 at 4:31am PDT Tsukimi (月見), literally means viewing the moon. This festival celebrates the abundance harvest and the beauty of […]

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Nintendo Super Smash Bros: 20 years of Mario smash-punching Kirby

Anime & Game Game Our Picks 10/15/2019 by Prisca Tang (Columnist / Senior Reporter)

Who would have thought having a collection of cute characters smashing each other will be such a huge for Nintendo? Super Smash Bros is a series of crossover characters fighting video fames published by Nintendo. […]

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“Hasu Matsuri” in Izunuma-Uchinomura in Myagi | Travel to Japan from Canada

JAPAN Travel Japan 10/14/2019 by Maari Sugawara（Managing Editor）

Take a romantic boat ride through thousands of pink lotuses in the interconnected freshwater lake, Lake Izunuma-Uchimura between Tome and Kurihara、a city in the Miyagi prefecture. The lake, which attract nature lovers in Japan is […]

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Link is awake after an 8-year hiatus

Anime & Game Game Our Picks 10/13/2019 by Prisca Tang (Columnist / Senior Reporter)

The Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening was first developed and published by Nintendo, for the Game Boy in 1993 and re-released for the Game Boy Color in 1998. The Legend of Zelda series was called […]

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People’s Party of Canada uses photo of Japanese Canadian internment in ad against multiculturalism

NEWS NEWS & POLITICS 10/12/2019 by Maari Sugawara（Managing Editor）

An ad released by the Peoples Party of Canada (PPC) against Canada’s official multiculturalism policy has sparked criticism for its confusing use of a photo of the Japanese Canadian internment during the Second World War. […]

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