Projects
Past Wrongs Future Choices International Project
Nikkei Australia is a partner in Past Wrongs Future Choices, a major international collaborative project beginning in 2022 until 2029.
Cowra Voices App
Cowra Voices is a geolocative storytelling app developed by Nikkei Australia with Cowra Council. It was launched in 2019 to coincide with the 75th anniversary of the Cowra Breakout.
The Cowra Japanese War Cemetery Online Database
The Cowra Japanese War Cemetery Database provides individual information on the 524 graves in the Cowra Japanese War Cemetery. The project was commissioned by the Embassy of Japan in Canberra and was launched in 2019.
Yasukichi Murakami Through a Distant Lens
Nikkei Australia’s Mayu Kanamori wrote this multimedia theatre production about historical figure and Japanese photographer, entrepreneur, and inventor Yasukichi Murakami. The production premiered in 2014.
Civilian Internment Symposium
Civilian Internment in Australia during WW2: history, memories and community heritage
Civilian Internment Arts Program
The Cowra Civilian Internment Arts Program was produced and presented by Nikkei Australia’s Mayu Kanamori with the Cowra Musical & Dramatic Society in March 2014.
Cowra Canowindra Community Arts Project 2013
The Cowra Canowindra Community Arts Project was a series of arts workshops in performance and story-telling involving community youth artists, youth arts workers, artists, and cultural organisations in Cowra.