Celebrating its fifth anniversary, the Toronto Japanese Short Film Festival opens its doors tonight and runs until Sunday at the Innis Town Hall (2 Sussex Avenue). The theme of this year’s festival is “Life is short, work hard!” and is explored throughout the festival’s programming, beginning tonight at 6.30 p.m. with the Momo (Japanese for “peach”) program. The program begins with a couple of hilarious shorts from Japanese comedy duo the Rahmens, The Japanese......

Picton residents cautiously unshuttered their windows and unbolted their doors after a 20-pound Japanese snow monkey was successfully sedated by police and returned to his home at a roadside zoo. A neighbour spotted the animal, which was taken down by police with a tranquillizer dart about half a kilometer from his cage. The Japanese macaque was first noticed missing from Bergeron's Exotic Animal Sanctuary on Sunday morning. Police immediately began an intensive monkey-hunt, with officers......

New Generation Sushi, a mainstay of the Annex neighbourhood, has closed due to a fire accident. At post time, there are not many details as to the severity or cause of the fire - only that occurred within the last few days. The Japanese restaurant will now begin restoration and renovation "until further notice." The unfortunate closure has attracted the sympathy from surrounding businesses, who've sent neon poster board 'get well' cards on display in......