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Happy New Year – Nikkei Osechi Ryori in Brisbane / Meanjin by Elysha Rei
January 04, 2022
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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 sourced as many authentic ingredien
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A Tribute to Noreen Jones (1932-2021)
October 29, 2021
Noreen Jones (1932-2021) I first met Noreen in 2002 when I launched her book, No. 2 Home: A Story of Japanese Pioneers In Australia. Unfortunately, I did not get to spend much time with her until a few years before I retired in 2013. After that Noreen and I became firm friends. I move
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What is Filial Piety for a Mixed Family?
October 21, 2021
(Tim’s mum, Satsuki Steains with chinsuko made by Felicia La France) My mum said she wanted chinsuko for Mother’s Day. It’s a type of shortbread cookie from Okinawa, Japan, where she was born and grew up. Mother’s day is very close to my Anglo-Australian father’s birthday, so most yea
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Interview with Reina Takeuchi
May 06, 2021
Nikkei Australia’s Timothy Kazuo Steains interviewed Nikkei performance artist, writer and researcher Reina Takeuchi. Reina’s practice spans across visual arts, choreography, curatorial projects, written publications and creative facilitation, including her work with Asia
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Interview with Iori Forsyth
May 06, 2021
Nikkei Australia member Timothy Kazuo Steains was lucky enough to interview Nikkei Youtube celebrity Iori Forsyth from the channel 大家族フォーサイス家 ! They talked about Iori’s channel and family, having mixed Japanese Australian heritage, and Iori’s plans for moving to Australia.
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[Lecture] Keiko Tamura “Life Story of Cross-Border Women: Japanese War Brides in Australia” & Interview with Alumni
January 20, 2021
【講演会】田村恵子さん「国境を越えた女たちのライフストーリー：オーストラリアの日本人戦争花嫁」＆卒業生インタビュー [Lecture] Keiko Tamura “Life Story of Cross-Border Women: Japanese War Brides in Australia” & Interview with Alumni Watch Nikkei Australia’s Dr Keiko Tamura’s zoom presentation about Japanese war bri
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Cowra Voices report in Studies in Oral History: The Journal of Oral History Australia
December 21, 2020
Cowra Voices report in Studies in Oral History: The Journal of Oral History Australia, Issue – No. 42, 2020 Intimate Stories, Challenging Histories Editors: Carla Pascoe Leahy and Skye Krichauff Report by Mayu Kanamori Free download from Oral History Australia Website: https://oralhis
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Cowra Voices recognised by 3 History Awards
November 26, 2020
Cowra Voices recognised by 3 History Awards Cowra Voices has been recognised in three history awards this year. Winner of the Oral History NSW Community History Award 2020. Honorable Mention in the History Council NSW Awards 2020 Highly Commended in the National Trust Heritage Awards
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My Life Story by Iseko Williams
October 16, 2020
My Life Story by Iseko Williams Background to this story Iseko Jenny Williams kept an occasional memoir of her life in Japan and Australia. Iseko’s interviewer and biographer, Hiromi Ogata, who interviewed her from August to September 2018, published the
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Reading Embraced by Australia Hiroshima Modules 1 and 2 by: Carol Hayes, Yuki Itani-Adams
October 15, 2020
Reading Embraced by Australia Hiroshima Modules 1 and 2 by: Carol Hayes, Yuki Itani-Adams Hiroshima Modules 1 and 2 provide a first-hand account of surviving Hiroshima’s atomic bomb. This eText is the first volume of an advanced Japanese language comprehension series aimed firs
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