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Nikkei Australia member Elysha Rei awarded Artists in Residence Fellowship, Past Wrongs, Future Choices Project

Nikkei Australia member, Elysha Rei  has been awarded an Artist in Residence Fel
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June 20, 2022
by Mayu Kanamori
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Nikkei Australia begins major international collaborative project, Past Wrongs, Future Choices

Nikkei Australia is a partner in a major international collaborative project exp
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June 19, 2022
by Masako Fukui
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civilian internee, Internment, Japanese American National Museum, Japanese Australians, Nikkei


Nikkei Stories

Japanese Kiwi (Spotlight on New Zealand Nikkei)

By Jacqueline Yoshioka-Braid            I descend from a long line of samurai families. I am the fifth of six children b
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June 01, 2022
by Nikkei Australia
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atomic bomb, bicultural, hawke's bay, hiroshima, mixed race, new zealand, new zealand nikkei, war brides, yoshioka braid

Across Oceans

By Yuki Kawakami My parents met in Osaka when Mum was in her final year of school and Dad was a university student. Mum
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May 08, 2022
by Nikkei Australia
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Asian Australian, Australian Nikkei, bicultural, cross cultural stories, Japan Supernatural, Japanese Australians, Japanese diaspora, Nikkei, nikkei australia, Osaka, Sydney, yuki kawakami

Happy New Year – Nikkei Osechi Ryori in Brisbane / Meanjin by Elysha Rei

明けておめでとございます! Happy New Year! After my eldest son Kairo just finished his year of the Ox, and I am entering the year of
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January 04, 2022
by Mayu Kanamori
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What is Filial Piety for a Mixed Family?

(Tim’s mum, Satsuki Steains with chinsuko made by Felicia La France) My mum said she wanted chinsuko for Mother’s Day. I
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October 21, 2021
by Tim Steains
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Hasegawa Monogatari: 5G Over 124 Years by Andrew Hasegawa

SETSUTARO HASEGAWA When Setsutaro died on October 4th, 1952, the Hasegawa family’s relationship with Japan became paper-
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September 29, 2021
by Mayu Kanamori
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Finding Myself in Japan

By Christine Piper My parents first met in Japan in the 1960s. Unusual for the time, my father studied Japanese and econ
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September 03, 2021
by Nikkei Australia
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Interview with Reina Takeuchi

Nikkei Australia’s Timothy Kazuo Steains interviewed Nikkei performance artist, writer and researcher Reina Takeuc
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May 06, 2021
by Mayu Kanamori
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Interview with Iori Forsyth

Nikkei Australia member Timothy Kazuo Steains was lucky enough to interview Nikkei Youtube celebrity Iori Forsyth from t
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May 06, 2021
by Tim Steains
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Interned and Enlisted: Omaye Family History

By Shey Dimon My grandfather Tom (Tomo) was a larrikin; the self confessed black sheep of the family. He liked to ‘stir
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April 27, 2021
by Shannon Whiley
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[Lecture] Keiko Tamura “Life Story of Cross-Border Women: Japanese War Brides in Australia” & Interview with Alumni

【講演会】田村恵子さん「国境を越えた女たちのライフストーリー:オーストラリアの日本人戦争花嫁」&卒業生インタビュー [Lecture] Keiko Tamura “Life Story of Cross-Border Women
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January 20, 2021
by Nikkei Australia
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父を語る(About My Father)

By Yuri Furuno My father, Eric Masakazu Shimada (1912-2010), came to Brisbane on a permanent residency visa in December,
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December 17, 2020
by Declan Fleming
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My Life Story by Iseko Williams

My Life Story by Iseko Williams                               Background to this story Iseko Jenny Williams kept an occa
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October 16, 2020
by Yuriko Nagata
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Pearl Hamaguchi’s Oral History from Broome

My name is Pearl Hamaguchi. I was born in Broome in 1940. I live in Broome. I’ve lived nowhere else. My grandmother on m
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September 11, 2020
by Mayu Kanamori
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The first recorded Japanese in Australia: Steve Dawson’s family story

By Steve Dawson It is a privilege to be able to write about my family’s ancestral Japanese roots, especially given the s
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August 29, 2020
by Declan Fleming
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Akane Kanai’s Nikkei family

by Akane Kanai My mother, Yumiko, and my father, Masakazu, met in Sydney in the early 1980s. My dad had dreams of trying
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August 28, 2020
by Shannon Whiley
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Jim McFarlane’s Nikkei Australian family history

All individuals featured in this article have been approached for permission to be named. My name is Jim McFarlane. My s
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April 22, 2020
by Nikkei Australia
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Books

戦争花嫁 ミチ 国境を越えた女の物語り Japanese language version “Michi’s Memories – The Story of a Japanese War Bride”

April 11, 2022
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Japanese language version: Michi’s Memories – The Story of a Japanese War Bride
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「オーストラリアの日本人」(Japanese in Australia – Japanese footprints over a century)

August 06, 2020
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「オーストラリアの日本人」は、日豪友好記念事業(1996-1998年)の一環として、各州の日本クラブの連合組織「全豪日本クラブ」により、編集・発行された日豪友好
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Internment Symposium March 2014

Civilian Internment in Australia during WW2 - history, memories and community heritage: this international symposium was held during Cowra's annual Festival of International Understanding March 6-16, 2014 in Cowra NSW.

Keynote Speech by Dr Yuriko Nagata – Internment Symposium
Keynote Speech by Dr Yuriko Nagata - Internment Symposium

Dr Yuriko Nagata’s keynote speech “The Legacy of Internment: shattered lives and lost communities” at Civilian Internment in Australia during WWII: history, memories and community heritage.

Introduction by Dr Keiko Tamura – Internment Symposium
Introduction by Dr Keiko Tamura - Internment Symposium

Dr Keiko Tamura’s introduction at Civilian Internment in Australia during WWII: history, memories and community heritage.

Cowra Unveiling & Commemorative Ceremonies
Cowra Civilian Internment Interpretive Board Unveiling & Commemorative Ceremonies

On 9 March 2014, an interpretive board detailing the internment of Japanese and nikkei civilians during WWII in Australia was unveiled at the Japanese War Cemetery in Cowra, followed by commemorative ceremonies at the Australian War Cemetery,

Former civilian internees
of Tatura Internment Camps
Former civilian internees of Tatura Internment Camps

Former civilian internees of Tatura Internment Camps gather at a symposium: Civilian Internment in Australia during WWII: history, memories and community heritage.


Photo Album: Nikkei Australia Internment Symposium & Unveiling of Civilian Internment Interpretive Board, Cowra, Australia

Symposium – Civilian Internment in Australia during WW2: history, memories and community heritage

 

Unveiling, Civilian Internment Interpretive Board & Commemorations, Cowra Part 1

Civilian Internment Arts Program

Unveiling, Civilian Internment Interpretive Board & Commemorations, Cowra Part 2

 

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戦争花嫁 ミチ 国境を越えた女の物語り Japanese language version "Michi’s Memories – The Story of a Japanese War Bride"
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Free online event (Feb 27): What is Nikkei Food?
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Music and a forgotten minority: primary accounts of Japanese making music in prewar and wartime regional Australia by Hugh de Ferranti
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