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Photographs of Yasukichi Murakami will be exhibited at the foyer of Lennox Theatre at Riverside Theatres 16 – 19 March during the performance season of Yasukichi Murakami – Through a Distant Lens. This exhibition is a free event, made possible by support of Japan Foundatio

Dr Keiko Tamura writes about the first exhumation of a Japanese POW’s remains at the Japanese War Cemetery in Cowra for the ANU Reporter. http://reporter.anu.edu.au/japan-slowly-recognises-its-war-past ANU academic and Nikkei Australia’s founding member Keiko Tamura at the

‘Yasukichi Murakami – Through a Distant Lens’ by Mayu Kanamori is back in Sydney at the  Riverside Theatres. https://riversideparramatta.com.au/show/through-a-distant-lens/

Audio book version of Christine Piper’s award winning novel ‘After Darkness’ is now available for download. http://www.audible.com.au/pd/Fiction/After-Darkness-Audiobook/B01590CWL0 Winner, 2014 The Australian / Vogel’s Literary Award Short listed, 2015 Miles Fr

Nikkei Australia members speaking at the Asian Australian Research Network (AASRN) conference ‘mobilities’ (AAI 5). 26-27 November 2015 at the Immigration Museum, Melbourne. *Yuriko Nagata – “Developing a Nikkei Australian identity” *Andrew Hasegawa – “Setsutaro Hasegawa: Japane

Masako Fukui’s From the Pearlers to the Bankers, the almost forgotten history of the Japanese people in Australia has won the GOLD Award in the New York Festivals World’s Best Radio Program Awards 2015 in the Information/Documentary-History category. More info:  http://www

From the Pearlers to the Bankers: The History of Japanese Australians by Masako Fukui has been chosen as finalist for 2015  New York Festivals World’s Best Radio Program. Masako Fukui’s website:  http://masakofukui.com More info on Masako’s Program: http://www.nikkei

By Melanie Pearce  (Multiplatform Reporter, ABC Central West) The Prisoner of War Cemetery at Cowra in central west New South Wales is gaining increased visitation from people who are now discovering it also contains the remains of civilians. The white floral arrangement at the war ce

When Blossoms Fall : A Novella by Masako Fukui, published by Griffith Review Today in flower, tomorrow scattered by the wind – Such is our blossom life. How can we think its fragrance lasts forever?  – Vice Admiral Takijiro Onishi, Imperial Japanese Navy A newly-arrived Japanese

LISTEN: From the Pearlers to the Bankers: The History of Japanese Australians by produced by Masako Fukui on ABC RN’s Earshot program. Australia’s shared history with Japan is very much dominated by the Second World War and trade. And although Japanese people have been a part of Austr