Nikkei Stories

Nikkei Australia will begin the first stage of a storytelling and oral history project in February called Cowra Voices. Six design students from Tokai University’s Sapporo campus will visit Cowra between February 23rd and 25th to begin work on Cowra Voices, a project linking people, s

By Masako Fukui Nikkei Australia has enjoyed a warm and supportive association with the Asian Australian Studies Research Network (AASRN), with some Nikkei Australia members being active participants in many AASRN conferences. And at the sixth AASRN biennial Asian Australian Identitie

by Timothy Kazuo Steains   I recently interviewed the twenty-seven-year-old Nikkei artist Mariko Konno. We went to the same primary school, all those years ago: SJS or the Sydney Japanese School. It’s a Japanese international school in Sydney, and Mariko and I were in the interna

Mayu Kanamori’s text from You’ve Mistaken Me For a Butterfly published in Journal of Japan Studies as a literary feature with Abstract and Afterword by Vera Mackie.   ABSTRACT: The multimedia work You’ve Mistaken Me for a Butterfly was performed by Mayu Kanamori, acco

A multi media story-telling / poetry performance About a Japanese prostitute who worked in the goldfields of Western Australia by Mayu Kanamori with music by Terumi Narushima 16 September, 2017, 2pm at the National Portrait Gallery, Canberra As part of Poetry on the Move: Border Cross

Nikkei Australia’s Mayu Kanamori and Masako Fukui‘s article, ‘The Creation of Nikkei Australia: Rediscovering the Japanese Diaspora in Australia’ is published in Journal of Australian Studies Volume 41 Issue 3 2017 ABSTRACT Japanese people first settled in Aust

by Hiroki Iijima for TBS News. http://news.tbs.co.jp/newsi_sp/catch/20170521.html

Thursday Island Story Part II: Miracle Island by Hiroki Iijima for Nichigo Press   Using Facebook, Nikkei Thursday Islander Sally Rudd was miraculously reunited with her Okinawan father after 56 years. Hiroki Iijima reports. http://nichigopress.jp/nichigo_news/goleaks/142839/   

When war broke out between Australia and Japan 75 years ago, it had a profound impact on the lives of Japanese civilians living in Australia. The last surviving Nikkei Australians who were interned in camps share their experiences with SBS Radio. Nikkei Australia’s Dr Yuriko Nag