Nikkei Australia member Hugh de Ferranti has co-edited a collection of essays about the music of minorities living in Japan. Unsilent Strangers: Music, Minorities, Coexistence, Japan Edited by Hugh de Ferranti, Masaya Shishikura and Michiyo Yoneno-ReyesWith...
A biography of Ethel May Punshon, known as Monte Punshon – A Secretive Century: Monte Punshon’s Australia 1882-1989 – by Tessa Morris-Suzuki has been published by Melbourne University Press. Born in 1882 and living until she was 106, Monte was a known as a trailblazer...
This year, the town of Cowra in NSW commemorates 80 years since the Cowra Breakout, when more than 1000 Japanese prisoners of war broke out of the POW camp on the outskirts of Cowra, resulting in more than 240 deaths. To coincide with this 80th anniversary, author Dr...
Here are two publications by Nikkei Australia member Dr Yuriko Yamanouchi based on her ongoing work with the descendants of Japanese migrants in Broome, Western Australia. This is a statement by Dr Yamanouchi about her research: ‘I obtained permission from my...
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...
A book of essays about the music of migrant minorities in Japan30 September 2024
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