By Masako Fukui Nikkei Australia has enjoyed a warm and supportive association with the Asian Australian Studies Research Network (AASRN), with some Nikkei Australia members being active participants in many AASRN conferences. And at the sixth AASRN biennial Asian Australian Identitie

by Timothy Kazuo Steains   I recently interviewed the twenty-seven-year-old Nikkei artist Mariko Konno. We went to the same primary school, all those years ago: SJS or the Sydney Japanese School. It’s a Japanese international school in Sydney, and Mariko and I were in the interna

My name is Timothy Kazuo Steains, I am of Okinawan and white Australian descent, and am 26 years old. I was born in Australia and have always lived here. As a child I attended Konomi Yōchien, and the Sydney Japanese School. I speak conversational Japanese, and have a modest repertoire

By the time I was born in the early 1960s the long shadow of world war two was starting to fade. The 1950s and 60s saw wave after wave of immigrants arrive in Australia but almost no Asians or Japanese. The white Australia policy still prevailed and if the colour of my skin was anythi

Article by Nikkei Australia’s Dr Lorna Kaino (Edith Cowan University) in Journal of Australian Studies, Volume27 p.105-125 (2013) can be ordered on line through subscription from “Association for Australian Studies” webpage:   http://www.australienstudien.org/index.php/en/

Michi’s Memories The Story of a Japanese War Bride by Keiko Tamura ISBN 9781921862519 (Print version) $28.00 (GST inclusive) ISBN 9781921862526 (Online) Published September 2011 ANU Press: http://press.anu.edu.au?p=144351 This book tells the story of Michi, one of 650 Japanese war bri

Nikkei Australia’s Dr. Keiko Tamura  (Australian National University) will give a talk with Kumi Taguchi (ABC) on 13 Nov 2013 at TressCox, MLC Centre, Sydney, hosted by  Australia-Japan Society of NSW. 6-8 pm. In multi-cultural Australia the contribution of Japanese immigrants a