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Finding my family: Omaye/Omae Family History

Finding my family: Omaye/Omae Family History

4 July 2023 | Australian Nikkei Stories, Diaspora, Nikkei Stories | 18 comments

By Shey Dimon (Read how Shey began her search for her long lost family here) The email header read, ‘I’ve found your family’. I think I stopped breathing at that moment. I quickly opened the email. ‘I’ve found him!’ The email from Yuki, my contact at the Wakayama...
Hajime Fujimoto and the Fujimoto Family

Hajime Fujimoto and the Fujimoto Family

9 December 2022 | Australian Nikkei Stories, Diaspora, Nikkei Stories | 1 comment

  By Amanda O’Connor My grandfather is Hajime Fujimoto, though he appears as ‘Hajima’ on some documents. He was born in Kumamoto Prefecture in the late 1800s. The date of birth on his Certificate of Alien Registration is 17 March 1881, however...
The untold story of Ewar Dicinoski (Togawa Iwakichi)

The untold story of Ewar Dicinoski (Togawa Iwakichi)

26 November 2022 | Audio Visual, Australian Nikkei Stories, Nikkei Stories, Resources | 10 comments

Ewar Dicinoski/Togawa Iwakichi (Photo supplied by author) By Steve Dawson In May 2022, the Japanese Consulate-General in Brisbane sponsored a cultural event Consulate Conversations and invited Nikkei Australia members Dr Yuriko Nagata and me to speak. I took this...
Nikkei Australia’s Dr Yuriko Nagata to present lecture about internment in Tokyo, Japan, 10 December 2022

Nikkei Australia’s Dr Yuriko Nagata to present lecture about internment in Tokyo, Japan, 10 December 2022

23 November 2022 | Australian Nikkei Stories, Diaspora, News | 0 comments

Nikkei Australia’s Dr Yuriko Nagata (University of Queensland) will discuss the book, Four Years in a Red Coat, Translation of Miyakatsu Koike’s Loveday diary, (Wakefield, 2022) edited by Prof Peter Monteath (Flinders University) and Dr Nagata at the Showa Era...
Revisiting the Past: A Nikkei road trip

Revisiting the Past: A Nikkei road trip

28 August 2022 | Australian Nikkei Stories, Diaspora, Nikkei Stories | 0 comments

by Andrew Hasegawa In July, I embarked on a six-day road trip, in search of intellectual stimulation and new experiences. I left Melbourne for the first time in two and a half years and headed to Adelaide where I attended a symposium on Japanese war-art hosted by...
Geta, Giri and Going to Japan (Spotlight on New Zealand Nikkei)

Geta, Giri and Going to Japan (Spotlight on New Zealand Nikkei)

3 August 2022 | Japanese War Bride, New Zealand Nikkei stories, Nikkei Stories | 0 comments

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...
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