KOKUBAN is a monthly e-publication which highlights the work of the JCCC community and the Japanese Canadian community at large, covering topics from heritage treasures to stories about the Nikkei experience.
Volume 5, Issue 9
- Sedai Features: Roy Akira Nagamatsu: Working at the tuberculosis sanatorium in New Denver
- A Missing Piece of History: How Tea Ceremony, Kimono, and Aikido started at the JCCC, Part 1, by Norie Yazue
Volume 5, Issue 8
- Sedai Features: “How can I be a prisoner of war if I was born here?”: Mits Sumiya’s experience before Angler
- Japanese Canadian Places of Worship, Part 2: Toronto Buddhist Church and the Toronto Japanese Gospel Church, by Eva Chang and Abigail Brown
Volume 5, Issue 7
- Sedai Features: Thomas Matsui – Japanese Canadians and the Church
- Japanese Canadian Places of Worship, Part 1: Toronto Japanese United Church and St. Andrew’s Japanese Anglican Church, by Kei Nakatsu and Abigail Brown
Volume 5, Issue 6
- Sedai Features: Harold Miwa – Baseball dreams delayed
- Japanese Canadian Architect Spotlight: Bruce Kuwabara & The Gardiner Museum of Ceramics, by Daria Murphy
Volume 5, Issue 5
- Stronger together: The fight for inclusion for Asian workers in the British Columbia labour movement
Volume 5, Issue 4
- Sedai Features: David Azuma – Kika-Nisei returning to post-war Toronto
- A Community Sports Hub: Japanese Canadian Curling in the 1960s, by Hajjar Radayedeh
Volume 5, Issue 3
- Sedai Features: Elsie Toguri -- Remembering Midori Iwasaki, manager of Tairiku Nippon
- Japanese Canadian Architect Spotlight: Raymond Moriyama & The Pavilion at Edwards Gardens, by Daria Murphy
Volume 5, Issue 2
- Sedai Features: Frank Moritsugu – Prefectural dialects and nisei nihongo in pre-war Kitsilano
- “The goal isn’t to become fluent, the goal is to reconnect”: An interview with Christopher Gradin
Volume 5, Issue 1
- Sedai Features: Henry Shimizu - Painting Memories and Winter Sports in New Denver
- Japanese Canadian Shops & Landmarks: Travel Tours in the New Canadian for Expo 70, by Daria Murphy
Volume 4, Issue 12
- Sedai Features: Eleanor Maruno - Christmas and New Year's Preparations in Vancouver
- Addendum to Sanko Trading Article from the November issue
- Sannosuke Maikawa: Tracing a Japanese Canadian family from Powell Street and beyond by Madelynn Jones and Elisabeth Jordan
Volume 4, Issue 11
- Sedai Features: Harold Yutaka Yoneyama – Farming and Farm Organizations in the Fraser Valley
- Japanese Canadian Shops & Landmarks: Sanko Trading Co. Original Location at 221 Spadina Ave. by Daria Murphy
Volume 4, Issue 10
- Sedai Features: Jean Peasah (née Kobayashi) - A Social Worker's Perspective
- Unchanging and changing and changing: An interview with Alexa Kumiko Hatanaka
Volume 4, Issue 09
- Sedai Features: John Uchikata and the Early Days of the JC Community in Toronto
- Japanese Canadian Shops & Landmarks: The Prince Hotel Feature by Daria Murphy
Volume 4, Issue 08
- Sedai Features: Sid Ikeda - The Japanese Canadian Centennial
- Celebrating 45 years of Hula: Meet the Head Instructor of JCCC's Ohana Hula
Volume 4, Issue 07
- Sedai Features: Josie Yoshioka (nee Yano) - Growing Up in Vancouver, BC in the 1930s
- Japanese Canadian Shops & Landmarks: The New Canadian Newspaper Offices Feature by Daria Murphy
Volume 4, Issue 06
- Sedai Features: Sono Sugie (nee Oyakawa) – Issei Parents from Okinawa
- Enemy Lines: Interview with Mayumi Lashbrook
Volume 4, Issue 05
- Sedai Features: Dr. Henry Sugiyama - Career in Medicine
- Japanese Canadian Shops & Landmarks: Nikko Gardens Feature by Daria Murphy
Volume 4, Issue 04
- Sedai Features: Marty Kobayashi – Growing Up at the Japanese Canadian Cultural Centre
- Full Circle
Volume 4, Issue 03
- Sedai Features: Tom Takashima – Japanese Canadian Family Prior to WWII
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Japanese Canadian Shops & Landmarks: Furuya Trading Company Feature by Daria Murphy
Volume 4, Issue 02
- Sedai Features: Raymond Moriyama - Justice, Education & Inclusion in Architecture
- Suian Maru Immigrants written by Yuki Nakamura
Volume 4, Issue 01
- Sedai Features: Susan Suzuyo Hidaka - The First Female Board of Director of the JCCC
- Japanese Canadian Shops & Landmarks: Seaway Hotel Feature by Daria Murphy
- New Year Celebration: Presentation by Yosh Inouye
Volume 3, Issue 12
- Sedai Features: Hisako Shin Shinkoda – Decorating Christmas Trees
- Ringing in the New Year with Food and Family Traditions
- Thank You for another successful Keep the Lantern Lit Fundraiser!
Volume 3, Issue 11
- Sedai Features: Geri Shiozaki – Taking a Small Flame and Built it into a Bonfire (Issei Parents)
- Japanese Canadian Shops & Landmarks
Volume 3, Issue 10
- Sedai Features: Tom Nishio – Joining the Canadian Armed Force during WWII
- The JCCC: A Vision for Growth
Volume 3, Issue 9
- Sedai Features: Umeko Kuba – Running a Store in Steveston, BC
- Significance of the JCCC’s Community by Chelsea Giannico
Volume 3, Issue 8
- Sedai Features: Kay Fujiwara – My Brother, Tak Toyota
- Can Summer be a Spine-Chilling Season?
Volume 3, Issue 7
- Sedai Features: Josie Yano Yoshioka – Higher Education After Being Interned at Tashme
- お日さまファーム/Ohisama Farm: Bento Made with Care
Volume 3, Issue 6
- Sedai Features: Fumi Kono – “When Your Family’s Together, You Don’t Worry” (East Lillooet)
- Toronto Buddhist Church and the JCCC Bring Back LIVE Bon Odori Festival: An Interview with Eleanor McAnsh
- Toronto Japanese Garden Club Marks 70 Year Anniversary
Volume 3, Issue 5
- Sedai Features: Mary and Marie Ikeda – Sumi-e Masters, Marjorie Pigott and Ruth Yamada
- Women of Change: Celebrating Japanese Canadian Leaders
- Appreciating Japanese Arts and Culture - An Interview with Neli Iordanova
Volume 3, Issue 4
- Sedai Features: Dorothy Toshiye Tanaka – Evacuated to the Countryside from Osaka, Japan
- Hanami (花見) at the JCCC
- Spring… Cherry Blossoms… Sakura Mochi 春がくると、花を愛でながらにいただきたいのは、桜もち
- The Art of Kintsugi
Volume 3, Issue 3
- Sedai Features: Nana Nishimura – My Mother, Tomi Nishimura
- Women in Budo – An Interview with Kyudo Head Instructor, Mie Takahashi-Sensei
- Interview with Aki Takahashi, a core member of Nagata Shachu
- Hatsumi Nancy (Hashimoto) Okura
- The Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami of 2011
Volume 3, Issue 2
- Sedai Features: Joe Ohori – Developing Ski Tourism in Canada
- Photos from a 1960’s Nisei Curling Club Banquet, Toronto
- Online Sapporo Snow Festival 2022 / オンラインさっぽろ雪まつり2022
Volume 3, Issue 1
- Sedai Features: Arthur Hiroshi Ikeda – Cooking New Year Food for Family
- Fold with us!
- Toronto Mouko-kai / トロント猛虎会
- From the JCCC’s Archives
- New Year’s Festival (Oshogatsukai お正月会)
- Kimiko’s Pearl
Volume 2, Issue 12
- Sedai Features: Frank Tadao Shimada – Kame Jii-Chan's Christmas and New Years at a Bustling Coffee Shop
- Holiday Cheer From the Archives!
- 無病息災を願っていただく新年のお茶 / Special New Year’s Tea for Wellbeing
Volume 2, Issue 11
- Sedai Features: Nori Kanashiro – Okinawan Community in Lethbridge, Alberta
- A Brief Look Into the History of the Ryukyu Kingdom (Present Day Okinawa) Interview with Toronto Kyuyokai Okinawa Kenjinkai / 沖縄県人会インタビュー記事
Volume 2, Issue 10
- Sedai Features: Masako Okawara – "We Made Eight Dollars!” Women Volunteers’ Experience of Fundraising in the 1960’s.
- Keep the Lantern Lit Fundraiser Artisans
- Japanese Canadian Survivor Survey
Volume 2, Issue 9
- Sedai Features: Toshitsugu Ted Nishi - Mushroom Farming in Ontario
- Mush-Mush…. MUSHROOMS! Welcoming JCCC members to Maru: Immigration Stories
Volume 2, Issue 8
- Sedai Features: Laiko Matsubayashi - Japanese Canadian Issei Women Entrepreneur
- 日系移民の歴史を知るチャンス!
Volume 2, Issue 7
- Roman Hatashita: Former Canadian Olympian and a lifelong Judoka
- Sedai Features: Kei Tsumura – Japanese Canadians in Sports
- Nyl Yakura: Badminton
- Shady El Nahas: Olympic Games Judoka from the JCCC Judo Kai
- Mr. K. Ishii: Olympic Games Reflections: Catering for 1964 Tokyo Olympic Games to Now
Volume 2, Issue 6
- Sedai Features: Hisako Shin Shinkoda – Kika-Nisei
- Sedai Features (bonus video!): Masako Okawara – Odori
- The New Japanese Canadian Association (NJCA) Toy Project – Its beginning and history
- 新移住者協会(NJCA)日本玩具プロジェクト – その始まりと歴史
Volume 2, Issue 5
- Sedai Features: Bob and Shirley Takagi – Caravan Festival in Toronto
- Asian Heritage Month Feature: Home and Native Land(s)
- Want to know more about Kenjinkai! 県人会!もっと知りたい
Volume 2, Issue 4
- Sedai Features: Tak Yoshida – Post-war Tokyo and 1960’s Canada
- Asian Heritage Month Feature: Interview with Filmmaker Alice Shin and Producer Eiko Kawabe Brown
- Japan Ports - Yokohama, Yokosuka and Kobe 横浜港、横須賀港、神戸港
Volume 2, Issue 3
- Sedai Features: Stony Wakayama – Growing up on a Farm in the Fraser Valley of British Columbia
- Let’s go to Brazil by Su Yen Chong
- The Many Colours of Cherry Blossoms 桜色々
Volume 2, Issue 2
- Sedai Features: Margaret Lyons – Early Career in Broadcasting
- Maru: Immigration Stories - Choosing Artifacts and Photographs for a New Exhibit
- Support Our Kids Homestay Program 東日本大震災被災児童自立支援プロジェクト
Volume 2, Issue 1
- Sedai Features: Jean Nobuko Nagata – Returning to Canada After WWII
- Archaeology of History and Memory: Interview with Nikkei Artist Erica Kaminishi
- Chance to win a Daruma! - Let’s welcome spring and ward off bad spirit with Setsubun
- We Need Your Help! - Letter from Mary to Harold Takayesu
Volume 1, Issue 8
- Sedai Feature: Kinzie Tanaka – 84 Gerrard Street (A Hub for Nisei Progressives)
- Bonus Sedai Feature: Kunio Suyama Celebrating Christmas and New Year's!
- Nikkei Stories: Mary's Letter to Harold
- Hatsuhinode (First Dawn) and Hatsumode (First Shrine Visit) 初日の出と初詣
Volume 1, Issue 7
- Sedai Features: Integration of Schools in Steveston, BC
- 1st International Symposium on Japanese Immigration Museums
- Encounter with Koto – Interview with Linda Kakō Caplan
- The Season of Flavours - Delicate Ingredients in Japanese Cooking 味覚の秋 – 繊細な日本の食材
Volume 1, Issue 6
- Remembrance Day
- Sedai Feature: Minoru Yatabe - A World War II Veteran
- Then, Now and the Future - Getting to Know Nikkei National Museum & Cultural Centre (Burnaby, B.C.)
- Fall Colour Viewing in Japan 日本の秋の風景
Volume 1, Issue 5
- Japanese Canadians Working in Sawmills: Interview with Roy Honda Learning to Love
- Interview with Filmmaker Anne Koizumi
Volume 1, Issue 4
- Nikkei Stories: Colonia Hirano, Brazil
- 40th Anniversary of JCCC Karaoke Club
- Take Me Out to the Fireworks! おうちで花火鑑賞
Volume 1, Issue 3
- Vacationing From Home / おうち旅をしてみませんか?
- Sedai Interview: Schooling in Pre-War Vancouver
- The JCCC Archives Need Your Help!
Volume 1, Issue 2
- Living Legacy: Aiko Murakami
- Sedai Interview: Schooling in the internment camps
- Let's Paprika: Little Hearts for a Big Movement
Volume 1, Issue 1
- School Bells: Ring! Ring! Ring!
- Coping with Isolation: A Musician's Perspective
- Maia's Heritage Project