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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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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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“Infringement on freedom of expression,” Aichi government to sue ministry for withholding exhibit grants after ‘comfort women’ controversy

JAPAN NEWS NEWS & POLITICS Our Picks 10/05/2019 by Maari Sugawara（Managing Editor）

NAGOYA – Aichi Gov. Hideaki Omura said that he intends to sue the Culture Ministry over its refusal to subsidize the Aichi Triennale 2019 arts festival in Nagoya, after it became mired in controversy over […]

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Trial Run of Japanese Anti-Groping Device Sells Out in a Single Hour

CULTURE Culture 10/02/2019 by Maari Sugawara（Managing Editor）

This anti-groping stamp sold out within 24 hours in Japan pic.twitter.com/z7nU9SERft — NowThis (@nowthisnews) August 30, 2019   The issue of sexual harassment, chikan, is a serious issue in Japan. A recent survey conducted by […]

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Facing the Bridge by Yoko Tawada

BOOK BOOK & FILMS 10/01/2019 by Maari Sugawara（Managing Editor）

Three stories, Yoko Tawada wrote these stories in her native Japanese; apparently she is not as experimental in Japanese as in German (according to some article I read somewhere). All of the stories deal with […]

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MAT & NAT CEO, Manny Kohli cares about style and the environment | Hot Asian Guy Friday

Hot Asian Men Friday PEOPLE People 09/27/2019 by Maari Sugawara（Managing Editor）

Do you like leather bags but care about sustainability? Manny Kohli, the President and CEO of Matt and Nat, which is one Canada’s most stylish sustainable fashion labels, is out here on Hot Asian Guy Friday. […]

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Fukushima Trial ends in not guilty verdict, leads to angry fallout

JAPAN NEWS NEWS & POLITICS 09/26/2019 by Maari Sugawara（Managing Editor）

  TOKYO—The former CEO of TEPCO, along with two other executives, have been indicted by a Japanese court facing charges relating to the 2011 catastrophe at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant, the second-largest nuclear disaster […]

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Unfortunately, it’s Sexist: SHe, at the Mulan Film Festival

BOOK & FILMS FILM 09/19/2019 by Maari Sugawara（Managing Editor）

“In a totalitarian and male chauvinist world, a female high-heeled shoe named HUA Mulan rebels against the baby shoe factory to protect her baby girl from being transformed into a male shoe. To raise her […]

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An Oppressive Kind of Calmness: The Little Shrimp at the Mulan International Film Festival

BOOK & FILMS FILM 09/18/2019 by Maari Sugawara（Managing Editor）

The young Cantonese director, CHEN Zhilin “Chilam”’s debut feature-length film captures an unspoken sense of vulnerability of Cantonese youths experience, returning to their hometowns for a break from studying abroad. The familiar homes they return […]

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Learning and Appreciating China through Cinema: The Second Mulan Film Festival in Toronto, Festival Overview

BOOK & FILMS FILM 09/17/2019 by Maari Sugawara（Managing Editor）

The second Mulan International Film Festival was held in downtown Toronto from August 9th to August 17th. The International Film Festival is run by a not-for-profit organization, Celestial Vault Media, on a grand mission: Seeing […]

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