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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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Retrospective Feature on Ryusuke Hamaguchi, Japanese Cinematic Auteur, to be Screened in Toronto and Montreal

BOOK & FILMS Events EVENTS & COMMUNITIES FILM 04/16/2019 by Maari Sugawara（Managing Editor）

In accordance to Japanese film director and screen writer, Ryusuke Hamaguchi’s tour in Canada, his awards winning five-hour piece, Happy Hour (2015) and Asako I & II (2018), will be screening in Toronto on April […]

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Secrets of the Smithsonian Samurai: Rediscovering the Lost ‘Living Dolls’ of Japan at Japane Foundation Toronto

Culture CULTURE Events EVENTS & COMMUNITIES 03/23/2019 by Maari Sugawara（Managing Editor）

Dr. Robert Pontsioen’s lecture, Secrets of the Smithsonian Samurai: Rediscovering the Lost ‘Living Dolls’ of Japan’ was held at the Japan Foundation on February 6th. Dr. Robert Pontsioen of the Smithsonian Institution traced his recent […]

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What is Normal?: In Conversation with Author Sayaka Murata at japan Foundation Toronto

Events EVENTS & COMMUNITIES 03/21/2019 by Maari Sugawara（Managing Editor）

Sayaka Murata, winner of the prestigious Akutagawa Prize in 2016 for her novella, Convenience Store Woman, which became her debut in English in 2018, has been asking a question in all of her work—what is […]

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