Listen to this interview with Nikkei Australia founding member Dr Keiko Tamura on SBS Japanese, where she talks about how she became interested in the lives of Japanese war brides, and was inspired to research this history for her doctorate. Dr Tamura was awarded a...
The State Library of Western Australia (SLSW) has acquired a special collection of the business ledgers of Jiro Muramats, a Japanese businessman who lived in Darwin, Northern Territory and Cossack, Western Australia. During World War II, he was interned as an...
Here are three bilingual publications related to the life of Jiro Muramats, his family, and his colleagues. These publications are the result of a joint research project, the principal researcher was Mayumi Kamada of Nagoya University of Commerce and Business. Nikkei...
Photo: A defence minute paper stamped with ‘MOST SECRET’ that details the decision made by the Australian Cabinet, including who would be interned ‘in the event of War with Japan’. (National Archives of Australia) Nikkei Australian stories are...
Japan Past & Present—JPP for short—’is a global information hub and repository that promotes research and teaching in the Japanese humanities across disciplinary, temporal, and geographic borders.’ JPP is an online platform for ‘a collective...
The Loveday Internment Camp website was curated by Rosemary Gower and contains information about the The Loveday Internment Camp, the largest internment camp in Australia during World War II. Situated in near Barmera in South Australia, Loveday was established in...
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