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Read Part 2 >> Forced Exile to Japan Kanshiro Koyama was relieved. Now what is ahead for him? Would he be allowed back to the …
Read Part 1 >> Meanwhile in Japan When war came, the first thing the Japanese government did was freeze all assets. Overnight Mom couldn’t get …
Foreword by Phyllis Parham Reeve We came to Page’s Resort & Marina on Silva Bay, Gabriola Island, in 1987, eager to carry on the spirit …
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Factoring in Japan with Canada has always been a juggling act. For generations it has been a “S/he loves me, s/he loves me not” relationship. …
Tak was 19 when his family was exiled from Canada to Japan. There were various reasons why his parents chose exile to Japan over dispersal …
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TORONTO — Stéphane Hamade, a fifth generation Japanese Canadian, spent seven days in the village of Mio, Wakayama, Japan, learning about the small fishing village …
“I believe art is about finding one’s place, the journey not limited by one’s own history, but about expanding one’s thoughts through sharing with others. …
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What is the old saying? “What is old is now new again.” For thousands of years, the Wakayama Prefecture craftsmen made charcoal to produce the …
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Rear Part 1 >> Can you give me a rough chronology of your career path? I stayed briefly in Mio (about one month) and went …
“In the 1945-1946 school year, Miss Haruko Ito taught us grade 7, but she left us before the end of the term. Tak Matsuba became …
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