World May 27, 2020
Chinese in Canada a target of increased hate during pandemic
Vancouver police are also investigating 29 anti-Asian incidents over the past two months, seven times more than the same period last year.
People | WHY DID YOU LEAVE JAPAN? Jan 18, 2020
Eiji Yoshikawa: The 'Compassionate Pugilist'
by Louise George Kittaka
Boxer Yoshikawa helps others to learn to roll with the punches
Business Dec 12, 2019
A five-minute test flight of an all-electric commercial aircraft by Vancouver-based Harbour Air has taken a significant step in the quest to replace aircraft powered by fossil fuels, a mode of transportation increasingly viewed through the prism of global warming. The neon-green and indigo-blue seaplane ...
World / Science & Health Nov 29, 2019
Vancouver becomes first Canadian city to ban plastic straws and bags
Vancouver voted late on Wednesday to ban the use of plastic straws and bags from April next year, making it the first major Canadian city to enact such a wide-reaching ban, according to the city. The move, aimed at cutting the use of plastic bags ...
People | WHY DID YOU LEAVE JAPAN? Jul 27, 2019
Yumi Nagashima: Keeping the funny side up
by Kaori Shoji
Vancouver comedian subverts the demure Japanese woman stereotype.
World / Crime & Legal May 10, 2019
Vancouver penthouses, ski chalets at Whistler, and holiday retreats in Persian Gulf islands are among the thousands of properties identified in a dirty-money probe that estimates more than 7 billion Canadian dollars ($5 billion) was laundered through British Columbia last year. The startling findings from ...
National Nov 21, 2018
Japan's Rising Sun flag removed from Canadian classroom following student petition
The Rising Sun flag has been removed from a classroom at a school on the outskirts of Vancouver after students started an online petition, according to the local school board. The Rising Sun flag was used by the Imperial Japanese Army and Navy during World ...
Baseball Jan 29, 2018
Koichi Kaminishi, the last living member of a storied Japanese-Canadian baseball team active from 1914 until Canada's mass internment of Japanese during World War II, reflected on the team and his wartime experiences at a celebration of his 96th birthday this month near Vancouver. The ...
Asia Pacific / Politics Jan 18, 2018
U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis told participants in a 20-nation ministerial meeting on North Korea that the United States has already prepared a war plan for the North in case diplomatic efforts fail, a source from one of the countries said Wednesday. The source said ...
National / Politics Jan 17, 2018
Taro Kono's clean energy critique in UAE speech fuels talk of Abe succession
by Isabel Reynolds and Chisaki Watanabe
Criticism by a Cabinet minister of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's energy policies may say more about his own political prospects than it does about the country's debate over clean power. Taro Kono, whom Abe appointed foreign minister last year, used a speech Sunday in the ...
National / Politics Jan 17, 2018
Tokyo rejects Seoul's demand for additional measures on 'comfort women'
Foreign Minister Taro Kono rejects South Korea’s request that Japan take additional measures over the issue of Korean women who were forced to work in wartime military brothels.
Asia Pacific / Politics Jan 15, 2018
China absence looms over Vancouver meeting on how to pressure North Korea
Foreign ministers from around 20 nations gather on Tuesday to discuss how to curb North Korea's nuclear ambitions through diplomatic and financial pressure, but China, seen as a key player in any long-term solution, will be absent. The Vancouver meeting, co-hosted by Canada and the ...