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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 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.
Nikkei Stories
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.
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...