JAPAN IN CANADA

【COVID-19】To Queen’s University: Drinking Corona beer with a face mask on is not funny

COVID-19 Current topics JAPAN NEWS NEWS & POLITICS 02/16/2020 by Prisca Tang (Columnist / Senior Reporter)

Last Saturday, a group of student from Queen’s University was wearing surgical masks and drinking corona beer at a party that was decorated with biohazard signs. A post captioned, “INFECT ME DADDY” on social media […]

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Breaking the ‘one-inch taller barrier of subtitles’: Parasite makes Oscar history

BOOK & FILMS FILM NEWS NEWS & POLITICS TREND 02/15/2020 by Prisca Tang (Columnist / Senior Reporter)

This week, Parasite made Oscar history last week for being the first non-English language film in Oscar history to win the award for the Best Picture. That very night, the film also won three other […]

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Kung Fu master went ‘sensei-tional’: Donnie Yen | Hot Asian Men Friday

Hot Asian Men Friday People PEOPLE 02/14/2020 by Prisca Tang (Columnist / Senior Reporter)

View this post on Instagram I hope with this final episode will bring you another inspiring and emotional experience! ðŸ™ See you on Dec 20th! A post shared by Donnie Yen 甄子丹 (@donnieyenofficial) on Nov […]

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“We are Asian as f*ck”: 88rising

CULTURE MUSIC 02/11/2020 by Prisca Tang (Columnist / Senior Reporter)

Have you ever questioned why all English songs are sung by non-Asians? 88rising sees Asian minority in the English music industry and created a platform primarily for Asian American and Asian artists who release music […]

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Game Review: Pokémon Sword and Shield

Anime & Game Game 02/09/2020 by Prisca Tang (Columnist / Senior Reporter)

Pokémon Sword and Shield came out on 15th November. People lined-up outside EB games in Montreal for 1.5 hour for this powerful duo. However, did the game live up to its hype? View this post […]

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Naughty boys BIGBANG: T.O.P edition | Hot Asian Men Friday

Hot Asian Men Friday PEOPLE People 02/07/2020 by Prisca Tang (Columnist / Senior Reporter)

BIGBANG is returning to the performance scene and having their Coachella debut in April. I am especially excited to T. O. P return and see how the other boys grew up after waves and waves […]

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Most popular “BUTAKAKU Udon”, Innovated for Your Pleasure

FOOD & DRINK VIDEO 02/05/2020 by JAPAN in CANADA

Our udon is made with few simple ingredients: 100% Japanese flour import from Sanuki , Kagawa prefecture – Japan, sea salt and soft water. Udon is made fresh everyday in the restaurant’s designated glass window […]

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If on a Winter’s Night a Traveller by Italo Calvino

BOOK BOOK & FILMS 02/05/2020 by Kevin Jae

Italo Calvino joins Kafka and Kundera as writers who have expanded my conception of the novel, as If on a Winter’s Night a Traveller was such an innovative experiment in the art form.  Half the novel […]

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Expect an early start to Japan’s Sakura Season

JAPAN NEWS NEWS & POLITICS Travel Japan 02/03/2020 by Maari Sugawara（Managing Editor）

You can tell spring has arrived when its cherry blossoms bloom. It’s only January, but some sakura trees are already 50-percent in full bloom in Japan. Each year, the sakura bloom on different dates depending […]

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Weathering With You Overcomes Your Name’s U.S. Box Office Records

BOOK & FILMS FILM 02/02/2020 by Maari Sugawara（Managing Editor）

The wait is finally over! Weathering With You has already hit the ground floor running in North America following its release to theaters across the hemisphere and fans are taking notice. GKIDS brought Makoto Shinkai’s […]

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