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Abenomask? Outrage as Abe offers two cloth masks per family while refusing to declare coronavirus emergency.

COVID-19 Current topics JAPAN NEWS & POLITICS 04/26/2020 by Maari Sugawara（Managing Editor）

In Japan, where wearing surgical masks is common, it is not a surprise that they quickly disappeared from store shelves once the coronavirus emerged. On April 1st, Shinzo Abe announced an “extremely effective measure” “to […]

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【FREE】This Week’s Feature Japanese Film: Kenji Kamiyama’s 『NAPPING PRINCESS』| JCCC VIRTUAL KOBAYASHI HALL

Anime & Game Communities EVENTS & COMMUNITIES 04/24/2020 by JAPAN in CANADA

WELCOME TO THE “VIRTUAL JCCC FILM SERIES” In Cooperation with the Japan Foundation Toronto This Week’s Feature: Kenji Kamiyama’s NAPPING PRINCESS The screening is FREE with password. Viewers wishing to support the JCCC’s on-going programming […]

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Leslie Cheung: Continue breaking gender normal 17 years after his death | Hot Asian Men Friday

Hot Asian Men Friday PEOPLE People 04/24/2020 by Prisca Tang (Columnist / Senior Reporter)

View this post on Instagram #영원한오빠#장국영 #그를기리며 #리그램 – @cine_21 by @get_regrammer “난 인기 최절정에 있을 때 그만두고 은퇴할 거야. 내리막길은 겪고 싶지 않아. 시들어가는 건 싫다고.” 살아생전 홍콩 배우 장국영은 입버릇처럼 왕가위 감독에게 이렇게 […]

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Ken Shimura, famed Japanese celebrity dies from COVID-19

COVID-19 NEWS & POLITICS People PEOPLE 04/22/2020 by Maari Sugawara（Managing Editor）

Ken Shimura, a veteran Japanese slapstick comedian, has died after contracting novel coronavirus, according to his representatives. The beloved comedian became the first person in the entertainment industry to announce their infection with the virus. Shimura, […]

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EBIZO CBS TV 60 MINUTES Kabuki Feature | The Japan Foundation, Toronto News

Best of JAPAN Our Picks 04/20/2020 by JAPAN in CANADA

Danjuro is the biggest name of the Kabuki world. The name-taking ceremonial performances (Shūmei) for Ebizo to become Danjuro XIII were planned to run for three months in May, June, and July, 2020 at Kabuki-za […]

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Rain rain go away, come again another day—the history behind the Japanese weather doll, Teru Teru Bozu,

BOOK & FILMS CULTURE Culture FILM 04/19/2020 by Prisca Tang (Columnist / Senior Reporter)

Remember in “Weathering with You”, Hina Amano’s brother Ngai always dresses in a ghost-like costume when she prays for sunshine. The ghost like costume is called Teru Teru Bozu – the sunshine doll. “Rain rain […]

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This Week’s Feature: Keiichi Hara’s 『THE WONDERLAND』| JCCC VIRTUAL KOBAYASHI HALL

Events EVENTS & COMMUNITIES 04/17/2020 by JAPAN in CANADA

WELCOME TO THE “VIRTUAL KOBAYASHI HALL” This Week’s Feature: Keiichi Hara’s THE WONDERLAND In Cooperation with the Japan Foundation Toronto We hope this finds everyone healthy and safe. We very much miss seeing you at […]

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The Use and Abuse of History by Nietzsche

BOOK BOOK & FILMS 04/14/2020 by Kevin Jae

I was a little bit worried about this edition. In the Editor’s Introduction, the editor criticizes Nietzsche’s “gospel of the will to power” as something that has “unleashed bestiality in the name of the sanctity […]

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House warming: Welcome to Terrace House

Best of CULTURE JAPAN POPULAR 04/12/2020 by Prisca Tang (Columnist / Senior Reporter)

View this post on Instagram 「TERRACE HOUSE TOKYO 2019-2020」配信START！ #TERRACEHOUSE #テラスハウス @babazonoazusa @tokui_yoshimi @toritori0123 @officialshonohayama @ryotayamasato @netflixjp A post shared by TERRACE HOUSE ( テラスハウス ) (@th_6_tv) on May 13, 2019 at 8:30am PDT Terrace […]

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Natsukashii – Nostalgic in appreciation

Culture CULTURE 04/07/2020 by Prisca Tang (Columnist / Senior Reporter)

Studio Ghibli movie are going to be on Netflix. Series of classic films will be streaming places outside of North America and Japan. Remember when you were little you imagined yourself riding on Haku and […]

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