3 August 2022 | Japanese War Bride, New Zealand Nikkei stories, Nikkei Stories |
By Joanna Boese My mother, Naomi Boese (née Taguchi) grew up in Tsuyama, Okayama-ken, Japan. Her mother was a housewife and her father was a postal official. Mum was the youngest of four children; the eldest was a girl, and two boys followed. Mum completed high school...
1 June 2022 | Japanese War Bride, New Zealand Nikkei stories, Nikkei Stories |
By Jacqueline Yoshioka-Braid I descend from a long line of samurai families. I am the fifth of six children born to my parents, Taeko Yoshioka and Noel Braid. My parents met during the Allied Occupation of Japan. Dad was on R and R in Japan during his tour of duty in...
4 January 2022 | Australian Nikkei Stories, Japanese War Bride, Nikkei Stories |
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 the Tiger for 2022, the both of us decided to make our best version of Osechi Ryori. We researched the various dishes online, and...
20 January 2021 | Audio Visual, Australian Nikkei Stories, Japanese War Bride, News, Nikkei Australia general, Nikkei Stories, Publications, Videos/Film |
Watch Nikkei Australia founding member Dr Keiko Tamura’s Zoom presentation (in Japanese language) about Japanese war brides’ life stories in Australia. The event was a Kobe College Society of English Studies seminar. Dr Tamura’s lecture begins four minutes...
16 October 2020 | Australian Nikkei Stories, Diaspora Studies, Japanese War Bride, Nikkei Stories |
By Iseko Williams Iseko Jenny Williams kept a record of her life in Japan and Australia. Iseko’s interviewer and biographer, Hiromi Ogata, interviewed her...
22 April 2020 | Australian Nikkei Stories, Diaspora Studies, Japanese War Bride, Nikkei Stories |
Coral, Jack, and Setsuko in Caulfield, Melbourne, 1954 All individuals featured in this article have been approached for permission to be named. By Jim McFarlane My name is Jim McFarlane. My sister Coral and I come from a Japanese mother and an Australian father who...
The untold story of Ewar Dicinoski (Togawa Iwakichi)26 November 2022
Nikkei Australia’s Dr Yuriko Nagata to present lecture about internment in Tokyo, Japan, 10 December 202223 November 2022
Call for Applications: Academic and Artist Residencies in Canada11 November 2022
Nikkei Australia members host screening of award-winning film WHOLE8 November 2022
Introducing Nikkei Australia’s new Executive Officers!27 October 2022
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