By Andrew Hasegawa When Setsutaro Hasegawa died on 4 October 1952, the Hasegawa family’s relationship with Japan became paper thin. At the height of the northern hemisphere summer in August, Japanese pay homage to their ancestors, but no one gathers at his grave....
By Christine Piper My parents first met in Japan in the 1960s. Unusual for the time, my father studied Japanese and economics at the Australian National University in Canberra and spent a few months on exchange in Tokyo. For a while he was hosted by my mother’s...
Nikkei Australia’s Timothy Kazuo Steains interviewed performance artist, writer and researcher Reina Takeuchi. Reina’s practice spans across visual arts, choreography, curatorial projects, written publications and creative facilitation, including her...
Nikkei Australia member Timothy Kazuo Steains interviewed Nikkei YouTube celebrity Iori Forsyth from the channel 大家族フォーサイス家 ! They talked about Iori’s channel and family, having mixed Japanese Australian heritage, and Iori’s plans for moving to Australia....
By Shey Dimon My grandfather Tom (Tomo) was a larrikin; the self confessed black sheep of the family. He liked to ‘stir the pot’ and his deep belly laugh would erupt whenever he sensed some kind of family controversy. (Photo: Tomo Omaye) I called him Pop. He was...
Watch Nikkei Australia founding member Dr Keiko Tamura’s Zoom presentation (in Japanese language) about Japanese war brides’ life stories in Australia. The event was a Kobe College Society of English Studies seminar. Dr Tamura’s lecture begins four minutes...
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