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Growing awareness of Japanese civilian graves at Cowra war cemetery
April 22, 2015
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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
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When Blossoms Fall
April 15, 2015
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
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From the Pearlers to the Bankers: The History of Japanese Australians
April 15, 2015
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
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Journal of Intercultural Studies Vol35 Issue5 2014
October 25, 2014
Triangular Circulation: Japanese Brazilians on the Move between Japan, Australia and Brazil This article considers the place of Australia within the network of sites through which Japanese Brazilian migrants move. In doing so, it aims to demonstrate the importance of moving beyond a b
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Nikkei Australia’s Dr Keiko Tamura (ANU) on Memory of the Pacific War between Australia and Japan on SBS Radio
August 16, 2014
Nikkei Australia’s Dr Keiko Tamura (ANU) on Memory of the Pacific War between Australia and Japan on SBS Radio. http://www.sbs.com.au/yourlanguage/japanese/highlight/page/id/354663/t/The-Pacific-War-between-Australia-and-Japan/in/language
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Nikkei Australia – announcing new web site launch (サイト・リニューアルのお知らせです。)
May 22, 2014
Welcome to the new Nikkei Australia and thank you very much to those who have been following us from the old site. The new site includes much more detailed accounts of the internees symposium held in March 2014, new Nikkei Stories and various resources. Please bookmark this site now,
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Congratulations Cory Taylor: Shortlisted, Miles Franklin Literary Award, 2014 – My Beautiful Enemy
May 16, 2014
My Beautiful Enemy by Cory Taylor was shortlisted for Miles Franklin Literary Award. The 2014 Miles Franklin Literary Award shortlist was announced on Thursday 15 May 2014 and the winner will be announce in Sydney on June 26. Link to a news paper article by The Sydney Morning Heral
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蒙志とローズ Takeshi and Rose by Mariko Kubota 久保田満里子
May 04, 2014
Published in March 2014 and the faction, novel based on a true story about Takeshi & Rose Inagaki is written in Japanese. Takeshi began teaching the Japanese language at The University of Melbourne in 1919 during the Meiji period but… 日本では国を挙げて西洋文化を摂取するのに懸命だったと思われる明治の時代に、オ
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Congratulations Cory Taylor: Longlisted, Miles Franklin Literary Award, 2014 – My Beautiful Enemy
April 29, 2014
My Beautiful Enemy “I was blinded by his beauty. In the one or two photographs I’ve kept of him I can still see it. He stares out of them almost miserably, as if his loveliness is an affliction. Not that I saw it that way, at least not in the beginning. In the beginning I thoug
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Congratulations Christine Piper: Winner of the 2014 Vogel’s Literary Award – After Darkness
April 23, 2014
Congratulations – Winner of the Australia/Vogel’s Literary Award After Darkness by Christine Piper “It is early 1942 and Australia is in the midst of war. While working at a Japanese hospital in the pearling port of Broome, Dr Ibaraki is arrested as an enemy alien an
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