News
Audio documentary about Japanese war bride history wins award at New York Festivals Radio Awards 2025
My Grandmother is a Japanese War Bride, produced by Nikkei Australia member Masako Fukui, and featuring members Alli Parker, Anna Wilkinson, and Elysha Rei has won a Bronze trophy.
Canberrra exhibition of Japanese archival photographs 時代の潮目 | TIDES
Rare exhibition of photos taken by Japanese researchers who documented communities in the Torres Strait 50 years ago to open in Canberra.
Walking Through Time: Australia Japan Symposium and History Walking Trail
Walking Through Time is a symposium and history walk, exploring Australia-Japan histories and stories in Townsville, Queensland, home of the first Japanese Consulate.
Nikkei Stories
My Life Story by Iseko Williams
By Iseko Williams: My maiden name is Iwasaki Iseko and I was born on the 29 September 1921.
Study finds positive outlook for Nikkei worldwide
By Christine Piper: The Nippon Foundation announced the results of its Global Nikkei Young Adult Identity Project.
Pearl Hamaguchi’s Oral History from Broome
By Pearl Hamaguchi: My name is Pearl Hamaguchi. I was born in Broome in 1940. I live in Broome. I’ve lived nowhere else.
The first recorded Japanese in Australia: Steve Dawson’s family story
By Steve Dawson: It is a privilege to be able to write about my family’s ancestral Japanese roots, especially given the significance of Sakuragawa Rikinosuke, who is recorded as the first Japanese to settle in Australia.
After Tatura – An Unrealised film by Solrun Hoas
Download a report about Solrun Hoas’ After Tatura.
Akane Kanai’s Nikkei family
My mother, Yumiko, and my father, Masakazu, met in Sydney in the early 1980s. My dad had dreams of trying something different, separate from his large family in Nagoya; my mother had previously moved to Australia from Tokyo, with her first husband, a clever man named John from Newcastle who rode a motorcycle.