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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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You thought Justin Trudeau Was Hot? Meet Canada’s newest political heartthrob with fuchsia pink hijab and a majestic beard: Jagmeet Singh. | Hot Asian Guy Friday

Jagmeet, “the swaggiest politician in Canada”, according to BuzzFeed, and the subject of a feature in GQ magazine has not only the natural charms and the hot looks, but has everything that it takes to […]

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Japan in Canada: A Short History of the Upcoming Powell Street Festival in Vancouver

Events EVENTS & COMMUNITIES 08/22/2019 by Maari Sugawara（Managing Editor）

The first Japanese immigrants, in 1877, began a community that was and will still be, for years to come, uniquely Japanese. This community is situated around the Hastings Mill and Waterfront (today’s Downtown Eastside (DTES)), […]

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The Municipal Yaeyama Museum at Ishigaki Island, Okinawa | Travel to Japan from Canada

JAPAN Travel Japan 08/19/2019 by Maari Sugawara（Managing Editor）

Delve into the fascinating past of the Okinawan archipelago, at this quaint little museum in Ishigaki island crammed with excellent artifacts. The municipal Yaeyama Museum offers a unique perspective into the history of the Okinawa […]

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The World’s Hottest Men, Keanu Reeves in ‘Always Be My Maybe’ | Hot Asian Guy Friday

Hot Asian Men Friday PEOPLE People 07/12/2019 by Maari Sugawara（Managing Editor）

There is an on-going resistance in the Hollywood—at least two examples of movies about Asians falling for Asians were made in the past two years: the 2018 hit, Crazy Rich Asians by Jon Chu and […]

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The 2019 NBA finals is also a battle between the underprivileged and the ‘comfortable’.

SPORTS SPORTS TREND 06/17/2019 by Maari Sugawara（Managing Editor）

View this post on Instagram First half Finals viðŸ‘ws (2/3) A post shared by Toronto Raptors (@raptors) on Jun 2, 2019 at 6:47pm PDT “I’ve been an underdog my entire life.”—Fred VlanVleet at his draft […]

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Naoki Kobayashi | Hot Asian Guy Friday

Hot Asian Men Friday PEOPLE People 06/14/2019 by Maari Sugawara（Managing Editor）

View this post on Instagram FUKUOKA Day2 #jsb #unknownmetropoliz #ump #ldh #expg A post shared by Naoki Kobayashi (@naokikobayashi_works) on Dec 15, 2017 at 10:12pm PST Asian men have been under/misrepresented in Western popular culture […]

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Back Street Girls: Gokudols—Anime featuring three Yakuza Getting Gender Reassignment Surgeries to Become J-Pop Idols

Anime Anime & Game 05/07/2019 by Maari Sugawara（Managing Editor）

Back Street Girls: Gokudolls, originally a crime-comedy-idol manga by Jasmine Gyuh has been adopted to an anime, movie, and TV drama. It has a simple yet controversial plot: three yakuza men are forced to undergo […]

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Intimate Street Lights: An Interview with Keita Morimoto

Interview PEOPLE 04/28/2019 by Maari Sugawara（Managing Editor）

In Keita Morimoto’s paintings, the streets of Toronto are strangely seductive. You see figures in streetwear. They are people you see, people you know. They eat in Chinatown, they get gas from the Shell gas […]

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Air Canada to Operate International Direct Flights from Vancouver to Osaka: JNTO and Air Canada Presents “Explore Osaka” Reception

Event Report EVENTS & COMMUNITIES 04/27/2019 by Maari Sugawara（Managing Editor）

Starting June 1, direct flights from Vancouver to Osaka will be operated with Air Canda’s flagship Boeing 787 Dreamliner aircraft. In anticipation to the operation of Air Canada’s flagship Boeing 787 Dreamliner aircraft starting June […]

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