News
When You Call My Name exhibition opens in Broome
An exhibition featuring 20 photographic works that are part of the When You Call May Name (WYCM) project will open in Broome Western Australia on 30 August and run until 2 September.
Nikkei Australia member Mayu Kanamori’s exhibition opens in Perth
Nikkei Australia founding member Mayu Kanamori’s photographic exhibition Teiju to wa Nandaro will open on Friday 28 August and run until Friday 25 September at Murdoch University Art Gallery.
Nikkei Australia member Christine Piper awarded fellowship at State Library of NSW
Congratulations to Christine Piper, State Library of NSW Summer Fellow 2026.
Nikkei Stories
A Tribute to Kuni Hashimoto 橋本邦彦 (27 March 1953 – 6 April 2025)
Nikkei Australia members and friends pay tribute to Kuni Hashimoto, actor, mentor, and great friend to Nikkei Australia on the first anniversary of his death. Vale Kuni san.
From successful businessman to ‘enemy alien’: my grandfather Hirokichi Nakamura
By Geoff Dornan: My grandfather Hirokichi Nakamura came to Australia from Kagoshima in 1897. He was 18. I’ve never known why he left Japan.
Raising mixed-race kids as a Japanese dad
By Masa Takahashi: After living in Australia for 20 years, my initial one-sided admiration for Western culture has gradually faded. Now, I want to blend the best of both cultures – the warmth of my Japanese upbringing and the richness of Australian culture.
Hardship and happiness: a New Zealand war bride’s life – Hiroko Kadowaki, 1929-2021 (Spotlight on New Zealand Nikkei)
June Baldwin and her son Leon reflect on their mother and grandmother, Hiroko Kadowaki, who migrated to New Zealand in 1956 after marrying a New Zealand soldier she’d met in Hiroshima.
Finding my family: Omaye/Omae Family History
By Shey Dimon: The email header read, ‘I’ve found your family’.
I think I stopped breathing at that moment.
The untold story of Ewar Dicinoski (Togawa Iwakichi)
By Steve Dawson: I took this opportunity to share the untold story of my great-grandfather, Ewar Dicinoski (Togawa Iwakichi), and the origins of the unique Dicinoski clan whose many descendants permeate Queensland and other parts of Australia.