@ChrisHope
I am a Yonsei Japanese Canadian; a “hapa”. Researching my family history, I became fascinated and angered with the events of the WW2 internment of Japanese Canadians to the point that I eventually spent twelve years making a film about my grandmother’s experiences during the internment. The film is called Hatsumi and is used in classrooms across Canada to assist teachers to teach the internment chapter to Canadian history students. I am a lawyer by trade, the treasurer of the Japanese Canadian Cultural Centre in Toronto and a member of the board of governors of the Japanese American National Museum in L.A..
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Mr. Jimmy Brings the House Down at Kobayashi Hall in Toronto
The Japanese Canadian Cultural Centre (JCCC) was proud to present a bold new chapter in its history…
Feb. 11, 2025
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Celebrating 55 Years of Service and Self-Defence
Earlier this year, I had the honour of presenting Shihan Kei Tsumura, founder of the Japanese Canad…
Nov. 14, 2018
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Internment Musical Makes Its Mark on Broadway But Is Set to Close on February 14, 2016
All good things must come to an end, but this end is coming far too soon. At the end of October, I …
Jan. 26, 2016
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To Be Takei
“A musical?” says Leonard Nimoy, “on that?” He bursts out laughing. “A musical about the internment…
May 15, 2014
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Top Legal Award Re-dedicated In Honor Of Senator Daniel K. Inouye
At the National Asian Pacific American Bar Association national convention in Kansas City on Novemb…
Dec. 16, 2013
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70th Anniversary of the Japanese American/Japanese Canadian Internment: Redress, Remember, Relate – Contrasting the Japanese American and Japanese Canadian Internment Experiences in Washington D.C. - Part 2
Read Part 1 >> In contrast to Kawakami and Minami’s discussions that focused on the fact that it wa…
Dec. 27, 2012
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70th Anniversary of the Japanese American/Japanese Canadian Internment: Redress, Remember, Relate – Contrasting the Japanese American and Japanese Canadian Internment Experiences in Washington D.C. - Part 1
On November 15, I travelled to Washington D.C. to appear in a panel assembled to commemorate the 70…
Dec. 20, 2012
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