The National Association of Japanese Canadians (NAJC) and Japanese Canadians join with Japanese Americans and allies who are denouncing the racist acts and rhetoric following the US election. The election of Donald Trump appears to have emboldened many to speak and act on their belief that differences in race, ethnicity, and religion are to blame...Continue reading
December 7, 2016 Premier Kathleen Wynne Constituency Office 795 Eglinton Ave East. Unit 101 Toronto, Ontario M4G 4E4 Dear Premier Wynne Re: MPP Soo Wong Private Members Bill 79 to proclaim Nanjing Massacre Commemorative Day As the only organization representing 17 member associations across Canada (4 in Ontario), the National Association of Japanese Canadians wish...
By Art Miki, Chair The mandate of the Community Renewal Fund (CRF) Committee is to respond to the request of NAJC Full Member organizations and Supporting Member organizations based on the motion that was adopted at the NAJC Annual General Meeting in Victoria, BC on September 26, 2015. The motion adopted by National Council is...
By Terry Watada It’s the end of 2016 and I find myself in an increasingly alien world. Everyone has a smart phone and developing neck pains from bending the head over to see the world on a tiny screen. Whenever I see someone walking and talking on a cell, I think to myself, “You’re not...Continue reading
“Seventy Five Years is Long Enough” a working paper by Dr. John Price, University of Victoria Centre for Asia Pacific Migration and Mobility Program Access: http://www.uvic.ca/research/centres/capi/assets/docs/MMP_Price_Working_Paper_v2.pdf. The National Executive Board of the NAJC supports the views presented by Dr. John Price in his working paper, “Seventy Five Years is Long Enough”. The unilateral apology delivered...Continue reading
Japanese Restaurant 582 Yonge St., Toronto 416 968-7054 by David Fujino It’s a hole in the wall — or how about a narrow slash of a restaurant on Yonge Street at Wellesley Street West? Now, we all have our go-to Japanese restaurants in downtown Toronto — perhaps Konnichiwa on Baldwin Street and Ema Tai...
At the September Calgary AGM, the National Association of Japanese Canadians celebrated the 100th anniversary of the Nikkei Volunteers of World War I and it was fitting that the organization was well represented at the Remembrance Day Ceremony held at the Japanese Canadian War Memorial in Stanley Park on November 11th this year. In attendance...Continue reading
Konnichiwa from Suzuka University in Mie, Japan. Let’s start with a little of my backstory. I’m Anne a second generation Japanese Canadian who at the moment is supposed to be starting my third year at UBC in Canada. Wonderfully interrupting my Canadian post-secondary plans, in June of this year, I was selected as the first...Continue reading
By Terry Watada My concern these days lies with the Nisei. They are by and large in their 80s and 90s. Some have reached the century mark. Hardy stock, to be sure. I once asked my father-in-law (who will be 92 this month) what’s his secret to a long life. He said wryly, “Don’t die.”...Continue reading