Nikkei Australia’s founding member Dr Keiko Tamura and Chairperson Elysha Rei will present a talk about Japanese ‘war brides’ at the Queensland State Archives in Brisbane. ‘In this talk Dr Tamura (author of Michi’s Memories) will cover the...
Nikkei Australia member Alli Parker will release her first novel based on the life of her grandmother Cherry Parker and grandfather Gordon Parker. The launch will be on Friday 4 August, 2023 at Readings bookstore in Carlton, Melbourne. Bookings required. Other events...
By Aoife Wilkinson On Friday 18 November 2022, Dr Timothy Kazuo Steains and I held a film screening of the short film Whole (2019, dir. Bilal Kawazoe) at the University of Sydney. Whole is about two young men, Makoto (played by Usman Kawazoe) and Haruki (played by Kai...
Nikkei Australia members Dr Timothy Kazuo Steains and Aoife Wilkinson will host a film screening and panel discussion on mixed-race Japanese experiences in Australia and Japan on Friday, 18th November at 4:00 – 5:30 pm at the Old Geology Lecture Theatre, The...
By Joanna Boese My mother, Naomi Boese (née Taguchi) grew up in Tsuyama, Okayama-ken, Japan. Her mother was a housewife and her father was a postal official. Mum was the youngest of four children; the eldest was a girl, and two boys followed. Mum completed high school...
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