News
When You Call My Name Launch
Join us for the inaugural launch and exhibition of When You Call My Name in Canberra, 11 September 2025.
Visiting sites of internment – special panel discussion 12/13 July 2025
Nikkei Australia’s Yuki Kawakami will join a special panel discussion in Canada, to talk about visiting sites of Nikkei internment on 13 July 2025.
Nikkei Australia presentation at AASRN 20th anniversary conference
Nikkei Australia presented When You Call My Name project at AASRN conference – Solidarities.
Nikkei Stories
Finding Myself in Japan
By Christine Piper: There’s a photo of Dad taken during that period, which I love: standing on the docks in front of a Japanese shipping container, dressed in Reservoir Dogs-style sunglasses, shirt and trousers, his tie flying in the wind.
Interview with Reina Takeuchi
Watch Nikkei Australia’s Timothy Steains interview artist, writer, researcher Reina Takeuchi
Interview with Iori Forsyth
Watch Nikkei Australia’s Timothy Steains interview Iori Forsyth, from hit 大家族フォーサイス家 youtube channel!
Interned and Enlisted: Omaye Family History
By Shey Dimon: My grandfather Tom (Tomo) was a larrikin; the self confessed black sheep of the family. He liked to ‘stir the pot’.
Dr Keiko Tamura’s Lecture: Japanese War Brides in Australia
Watch Nikkei Australia’s Keiko Tamura’s lecture about War Brides in Australia.
父を語る（About My Father）
By Yuri Furuno: My father, Eric Masakazu Shimada came to Brisbane in December 1998 at the age of 86. But he had been deeply connected to Australia since his first encounter with the Australian army at the end of the Pacific War, and his experience then left an impact on his three children.