January, 2020 | JAPAN IN CANADA

Month: January 2020

Kiyoshi Hikawa—“Prince of Enka” Gifted End-of-Year Award, Stuns Fans with Their New “Genderless” Style at Kōhaku Uta Gassen

LGBTQ+ LGBTQ+ PEOPLE People 01/15/2020 by Maari Sugawara（Managing Editor）

Not long ago, Japan ushered in the new year with a slew of year-end programs. One of them was “Kōhaku Uta Gassen” (紅白歌合戦), more commonly known simply as Kōhaku, an annual New Year’s Eve television […]

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Bengali Japanese Super Star Rola Urges Fans to Donate to the Australian Red Cross

NEWS NEWS & POLITICS TREND 01/14/2020 by Maari Sugawara（Managing Editor）

Japanese-Bengali model, actress, TV personality Rola is putting her massive social media following to good use. The star who has moved to Los Angeles and has donated a large sum of money to UNICEF in […]

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Awkwafina: First Asian Actress to win Golden Globe Award’s Best Actress

NEWS NEWS & POLITICS PEOPLE People 01/12/2020 by Prisca Tang (Columnist / Senior Reporter)

Awkwafina has made Golden Globes history for being the first performer of Asian descent to win a Golden Globe Award in a lead actress film category. Awkwafina Among the Five Nominees for the BAFTA Rising […]

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Canada’s best-looking Asian: Julien Kang | Hot Asian Men Friday

Hot Asian Men Friday PEOPLE People 01/10/2020 by Prisca Tang (Columnist / Senior Reporter)

Julien Kang, is a French-Canadian television star, best known for pairing up with Yoon Se-ah, a Korean actress in a Korean reality show, We Got Married season 4. They got a ship-named called “Juliah couple” […]

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Russia is banned from Tokyo Olympic 2020: disclose state sponsored doping program for athletes

NEWS NEWS & POLITICS SPORTS SPORTS 01/09/2020 by Prisca Tang (Columnist / Senior Reporter)

Last Monday, the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) has unanimously agreed to ban Russia from global sporting competition for the next four years, including the up-coming Japan Olympic. View this post on Instagram Сегодня отмечается Международный […]

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Keigo Higashino: Miracles of the Namiya General Store

BOOK BOOK & FILMS 01/08/2020 by Prisca Tang (Columnist / Senior Reporter)

Keigo Higashino is one of the most prolific Japanese authors who is known for his crime and thriller fictions. Born in a middle to low income family, he studied engineering at Osaka Prefecture University; however, […]

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O-shogatsu Traditions: How to Celebrate New Year Like a Local

Best of CULTURE Culture JAPAN 01/07/2020 by Maari Sugawara（Managing Editor）

To enjoy your start to 2020 to the fullest, read on to learn more about how Japanese people celebrate o-shogatsu in style. 1.Indulge in osechi ryori (おせち料理) Image from https://www.justonecookbook.com/osechi-ryori-japanese-new-year-food/ Osechi Ryori (お節料理) is the […]

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Carlos Ghosn’s Escape From “Rigged” Japanese Justice System prompts talk of Japan’s “Hostage Justice”

NEWS NEWS & POLITICS Our Picks TREND 01/06/2020 by Maari Sugawara（Managing Editor）

Carlos Ghosn, Nissan’s ex-chairman, says he has not fled justice but “escaped injustice and political persecution”. Carlos Ghosn, the auto industry mogul who pulled off his escape from Japan, has revived global criticism of Japan’s […]

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Subtle Asian Traits and Subtle Asian Dating: Asian diaspora

Subtle Asian Traits, a Facebook group dedicated to Asians living in the West, becomes a phenomenon taking over the internet. This group created by 9 high-school Chinese Australian seniors from Melbourne, currently comprises over 1.6 […]

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Dean Fujioka speaks 6 languages and sexy may be one of the language he speaks | Hot Asian Men Friday

Hot Asian Men Friday PEOPLE People 01/03/2020 by Prisca Tang (Columnist / Senior Reporter)

Talented Dean Fujioka is multi-lingual. He speaks English, Japanese, Cantonese, Mandarin and Indonesian fluently. Wait, if speaking sexy counts as a language, then he is basically fluent in six languages. View this post on Instagram […]

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