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Japanese in Australia – Japanese footprints over a century now digitised
August 07, 2020
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Japanese in Australia – Japanese footprints over a century is now digitised, and available for free download on Nikkei Australia’s resource page. This valuable publication was published by the Japan Club of Australia 1998 to celebrate the century long friendship between Au
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August 06, 2020
「オーストラリアの日本人」は、日豪友好記念事業（1996-1998年）の一環として、各州の日本クラブの連合組織「全豪日本クラブ」により、編集・発行された日豪友好の記念誌です。本誌には、明治時代から続くオーストラリアにおける日本人移住者の足跡が、移住者本人の体験談を中心に、多くの日本人の方々の貴重な写真や資料と共に編纂されています。一世紀をこえる日本人の歴史が、それも一般庶民の通史ともいうべき具体的なエピソードが網羅された記録集であり、また貴重な資料でもあります。 Japanese in Australia – Japanese footprints o
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Japanese Internment in Australia During WWII – as part of JAMPilgrimages Tadaima!
July 29, 2020
by Yuriko Nagata for 2020 JAMPilgrimages Tadaima! Virtual Pilgrimage Week 7 program: Nikkei Incarceration Abroad A short history of Japanese immigration to Australia before the war followed by a discussion of which people were interned at the outbreak of the war, and what happened to
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Tadaima! A Community Virtual Pilgrimage
July 10, 2020
Tadaima! A Community Virtual Pilgrimage This event is normally held yearly on 10 camp sites in America where Japanese Americans were incarcerated during the Pacific War. This year each of the annual pilgrimages to sites has been cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Instead, the or
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Nikkei Australian identity and the work of Mayu Kanamori
June 24, 2020
Nikkei Australian identity and the work of Mayu Kanamori by Timothy Kazuo Steains as part of Japan in Australia: Culture, Context and Connections, Edited by David Chapman and Carol Hayes. Steains’ chapter explores significant works in oeuvre of Nikkei Australian artist Mayu Kana
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Friday essay: Japanese Australian veterans and the legacy of anti-Asian racism
April 24, 2020
by Timothy Kazuo Steains and Shannon Whiley Friday essay: Japanese Australian veterans and the legacy of anti-Asian racism by Timothy Kazuo Steains and Shannon Whiley https://theconversation.com/friday-essay-japanese-australian-veterans-and-the-legacy-of-anti-asian-racism-136257
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Asian Australian Identities Conference (AAI7)
October 17, 2019
Asian Australian Identities Conference (AAI7) Members of Nikkei Australia – Timothy Kazuo Steains, Mayu Kanamori, and Christine Piper – presented Nikkei Australia’s initiatives and relationships to identity politics at the AAI7 conference in Melbourne. This is a biennial conference or
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The Sydney launch of Cowra Voices and Cowra Japanese War Cemetery Online Database – September 4, 2019
September 04, 2019
The Sydney launch of Cowra Voices and the Cowra Japanese War Cemetery Online Database was held on September 4, 2019 at the Japan Foundation, Sydney, and was hosted by the Australia-Japan Society NSW and Japan Foundation Sydney.
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Cowra Voices Launched
August 03, 2019
Cowra Voices, an audio-visual storytelling app about Cowra’s unique history of civic peace and reconciliation, was launched on 3 August 2019 at the Cowra Civic Centre as part of the 75th Anniversary of Cowra Breakout series of events. This app, created by members of Nikkei Austr
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A letter from the Association of Nikkei & Japanese Abroad
May 14, 2019
60th Convention of Nikkei & Japanese Abroad, the 20th Pan American Nikkei Convention and Events for the International Day of Nikkei (Yokohama) by Katsuyuki Tanaka, President, Association of Nikkei & Japanese Abroad / Kaigai Nikkeijin Kyokai Dear friends, I hope everything is
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