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Rina Sawayama releases hard AF single ‘STFU’ and she’s cooler than ever

CULTURE MUSIC 12/02/2019 by Maari Sugawara（Managing Editor）

London-based singer-songwriter Rina Sawayama is one of the most iconic singers in England today, blessing the world with pansexual bops and analysis of how technology both connects and divides us, with songs about racial prejudice. […]

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Joy Kogawa revisits Canada’s past of internment camp in new AR app , “East of the Rockies”

BOOK BOOK & FILMS BUSINESS Technology 11/26/2019 by Maari Sugawara（Managing Editor）

View this post on Instagram “Im grateful that this little story in Canada is not going to be lost.” Experience Joy Kogawa’s Story. Install now! A post shared by East Of The Rockies (@eotr_game) on […]

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Japanese sake makers eyes Vancouver market, to expand its international market

Event Report EVENTS & COMMUNITIES FOOD & DRINK SAKE 11/19/2019 by Maari Sugawara（Managing Editor）

VANCOUVER—Earlier this month, 10 craft brewers from the Japan Sake and Shochu Makers Association visited Vancouver as part of its three-city North American mission to boost exports, according to a report by Vancouver Courier. What’s […]

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Kokoro Care Package: Every Gift Delivers a Story

LIFESTYLE Shopping 11/19/2019 by Maari Sugawara（Managing Editor）

Kokoro (written as 心 in kanji) translates into “heart” in Japanese, yet has a much deeper meaning. It represents the “spirit”, “soul” and “emotion”, and is the foundation of each Kokoro Care Package. Kokoro Care Packages offers hand-crafted monthly and seasonal Care Packages filled […]

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Dev Patel, Our Favorite Internet’s Boyfriend | Hot Asian Men Friday

Hot Asian Men Friday People PEOPLE 11/01/2019 by Maari Sugawara（Managing Editor）

View this post on Instagram A post shared by D E V P A T E L W O R L D ðŸŒ (@devpatelworld) on Sep 15, 2019 at 10:41am PDT The 29-year-old British Indian […]

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“Some things are more important than rugby,” Canadian rugby players lauded for helping typhoon clean-up after game canceled in Japan

NEWS NEWS & POLITICS Our Picks TREND 10/28/2019 by Maari Sugawara（Managing Editor）

KAMAISHI, JAPAN—Canadian rugby players were seen shoveling mud, carrying furniture and helping with recovery efforts in Kamaishi, following the cancellation of their match against Namibia, which was called off due to the threat of Typhoon […]

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Nishimonai Bon Odori: The mystical, elegant folk dance for the spirits of the departed | Travel to Japan from Canada

JAPAN Travel Japan 10/27/2019 by Maari Sugawara（Managing Editor）

The Nishimonai Bon Odori festival (西馬音内盆踊り), held on August 16-18 in the town of Ugo, located in the southeast of Akita prefecture is one of the three major Bon festivals in Japan, designated as a […]

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Unearthed Japanese camp found in B.C. mountains, was likely an escape from racism, until internment in 1942

NEWS NEWS & POLITICS Our Picks 10/24/2019 by Maari Sugawara（Managing Editor）

During WW II, twenty-two thousand Japanese Canadians were unfairly uprooted from the coast and sent to internment camp. EDMONTON— Hidden away in British Columbia’s North Shore mountains are the remnants of a Japanese-Canadian logging camp […]

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Justice Maryka Omatsu, the first woman of East Asian heritage to receive honorary degree from Ryerson

NEWS & POLITICS OPINIONS People PEOPLE 10/22/2019 by Maari Sugawara（Managing Editor）

View this post on Instagram A post shared by Ryerson University (@ryerson_u) on Sep 17, 2019 at 7:39am PDT Justice Maryka Omatsu, the first woman of East Asian heritage to be appointed a judge in […]

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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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