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Teiju to wa Nandaro (What does it mean to settle?): Australia

February 16, 2022
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Teiju to wa Nandaro is a photographic exhibition held at the Osaka University Museum (22 Feb – 15 Mar, 2022), produced by the Shirushi no Ue o Tori ga Tobu program of the School of Letters /Graduate School of Letters of Osaka University. What does it mean to leave one’s birthpla
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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
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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
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(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
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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
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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
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【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
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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
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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
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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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Recent Posts

Geta, Giri and Going to Japan (Spotlight on New Zealand Nikkei)
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Symposium on Japanese War Art and Book Launch to be held July 21, 22, 2022, Adelaide
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Nikkei Australia member Elysha Rei awarded Artists in Residence Fellowship, Past Wrongs, Future Choices Project
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Nikkei Australia begins major international collaborative project, Past Wrongs, Future Choices
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Nikkei Artists in Sydney Theatre Company's Top Coat
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Wakayama Prefectural Government invites  Nikkei Australians with connections to Wakayama 
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Yasukichi Murakami – Through A Distant Lens: Japanese Language Reading
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Japanese Kiwi (Spotlight on New Zealand Nikkei)
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Across Oceans
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戦争花嫁 ミチ 国境を越えた女の物語り Japanese language version "Michi’s Memories – The Story of a Japanese War Bride"
Apr 11, 2022
Re:Fine Dates: Friday 8 - Saturday 9 April
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Free online event (Feb 27): What is Nikkei Food?
Feb 22, 2022
Teiju to wa Nandaro (What does it mean to settle?): Australia
Feb 16, 2022
Happy New Year - Nikkei Osechi Ryori in Brisbane / Meanjin by Elysha Rei
Jan 04, 2022
A Tribute to Noreen Jones (1932-2021)
Oct 29, 2021
日本人と他民族および「同質的」受入社会とのかかわり - 戦前の在オーストラリア日系人の音楽舞踊を中心に - ヒュー・デフェランティ
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The Audibility of Strangers: Music and Disparate Japanese Communities in Prewar "White Australia" - Speaker Hugh de Frranti
Oct 23, 2021
Music and a forgotten minority: primary accounts of Japanese making music in prewar and wartime regional Australia by Hugh de Ferranti
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What is Filial Piety for a Mixed Family?
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