News
Nikkei Artists and Creatives Social Event
Artists and creatives from the Japanese diaspora are invited to an evening of connection and conversation at 4A Centre for Contemporary Asian Art in Sydney on 2 May 2025.
Audio documentary featuring Nikkei Australia members shortlisted for international award
Congratulations to Nikkei Australia members featured in audio documentary My Grandmother is a Japanese War Bride, a finalist in the New York Festivals Radio Awards 2025.
Women’s History Month event – Voices of Resilience: Granddaughters of Japanese War Brides
Join us on 20 March 2025 for a special Women’s History Month event as we explore the enduring legacy of Japanese war brides through the voices of their granddaughters.
Nikkei Stories
Jim McFarlane’s Nikkei Australian family history
By Jim McFarlane: My sister Coral and I come from a Japanese mother and an Australian father who met in Hiroshima during our father’s service in the occupation forces in 1952.
Finding a balance between the two: Interview with artist Mariko Konno
By Timothy Kazuo Steains: I recently interviewed the 27-seven-year-old Nikkei artist Mariko Konno. We went to the same primary school, all those years ago: SJS or the Sydney Japanese School.
Story of the Hasegawa Family
By Andrew Hasegawa: By the time I was born in the early 1960s the long shadow of world war two was starting to fade. The White Australia policy still prevailed, and if the colour of my skin was anything to go by, it succeeded, however I still had my Japanese name.
Nikkei Australians: change and contributions
Nikkei Australia’s Dr. Keiko Tamura will give a talk with Kumi Taguchi (ABC) on 13 November 2013 at an Australia-Japan Society of NSW event.
Michi’s Memories – The Story of a Japanese War Bride
Michi’s Memories The Story of a Japanese War Bride by Keiko Tamura ISBN 9781921862519 (Print version) $28.00 (GST...