JAPAN IN CANADA

A professional photographer enjoys Instax with all his heart: Interview with Photographer Don Craig in Canada

LIFESTYLE PEOPLE People Shopping 03/02/2019 by Hinako Fujiwara（Senior Reporter / Editorial Translator）

“Snap, decorate, record, give”: How to enjoy photography While having a keen interest in photography ever since a young age, Don Craig began his career as a professional designer. Along the way, he was influenced […]

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UNIQLO’s online store(*1) is finally up and running!: A close look into the features of UNIQLO’s online store

Fashion FASHION & BEAUTY LIFESTYLE Shopping 03/01/2019 by Hinako Fujiwara（Senior Reporter / Editorial Translator）

UNIQLO’s flagship store in Canada is now open with the largest selection in the country! Upcoming store openings (2019 Spring):  - Oshawa Centre  – Newmarket (Upper Canada Mall) UNIQLO, now with 9 stores across Canada, […]

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Masturbating in a Box as Metaphor: Thoughts on The Box Man by Kōbō Abe

BOOK BOOK & FILMS 02/28/2019 by Sheung-King (Aaron Tang)　 Associate Editor

Like the setting of Beckett plays, Kōbō Abe sets his entire novel in an unknown town. A nameless character in a box narrates the whole book–a “Box Man”, who shed his identity in society and […]

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The Samurai by Shusaku Endo: Japanese Literature Book Review

BOOK BOOK & FILMS 02/28/2019 by Kevin Jae

The novel is set in the 17th century and follows a four-year journey made by a group of low-ranking samurai (and retainers) sent on a diplomatic mission by a faction of the Japanese government to […]

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(Un)quiet Well-lit Space: Steven Nunoda’s Ghostown and Ladder to the Moon

Art CULTURE 02/27/2019 by Maari Sugawara（Managing Editor）

Being Japanese Canadian: Reflections on a Broken World, exhibition at Royal Ontario Museum Steven Nunoda’s installation piece in the ROM’s “Japanese Canadian: reflections on a broken world” puts two distinctly different memories in the same […]

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Japanese Canadian comedian, Yumi Nagashima is breaking all sorts of stereotypes

Culture CULTURE TREND 02/26/2019 by Maari Sugawara（Managing Editor）

View this post on Instagram Check out my interview with @vicecanada! Just dropped an hour ago! MeowðŸ˜½ Yumi NagashimaðŸ§š‍♀️さん(@yumicomedy)がシェアした投稿 – 2019年 2月月21日午前11時45分PST Tokyo born and Vancouver based standup comedian and actor, Yumi Nagashima is making […]

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The Temple of the Golden Pavilion by Yukio Mishima : Japanese Literature Book Review

BOOK BOOK & FILMS 02/24/2019 by Kevin Jae

An infinitely interesting investigation into the great question beauty. This first time around, I could not recognize if Mishima enounciated a coherent theory of aesthetics or if what was written was a confused collection of […]

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Ariana Grande’s tattoo: has accusations of cultural appropriation gone too far?

Culture CULTURE JAPAN NEWS NEWS & POLITICS TREND 02/23/2019 by Maari Sugawara（Managing Editor）

Although cultural appropriation has become an often-discussed topic in western media today, it is a term Japanese people are not too familiar with at all. Cultural appropriation, the adoption of elements of one culture by […]

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Is the Japanese Valentine’s Day outdated?

CULTURE Culture JAPAN NEWS NEWS & POLITICS 02/22/2019 by Maari Sugawara（Managing Editor）

Valentine’s day in Japan is kind of a big deal. Valentine’s Day in western countries is highly commercialized, while the Japanese Valentine’s Day took off commercially in the mid 1950s, and quickly grew into a […]

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2019—How has it been for gender equality in Japan?

Culture CULTURE JAPAN NEWS NEWS & POLITICS Our Picks 02/21/2019 by Maari Sugawara（Managing Editor）

Following the downfall of Hollywood mogul, Harvey Weinstein in 2017, the #MeToo movement became a global phenomenon, shaken institutions and challenged the way society views sexual assault. America, last year, elected a record-breaking four women […]

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