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The Spaces In Between: Artist Elysha Rei's Intricate Hand-Cut Paper Art
While the sakura were in full bloom outside the Japanese Canadian Cultural Centre, inside, a differ…

Kelly Fleck • July 16, 2023

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60 Years of Friendship Through Culture (exhibition) British Columbia Canada cultural identity Elysha Rei group identity identity Japanese Australians Japanese Canadian Cultural Centre Ontario Past Wrongs, Future Choices (project) Toronto University of Victoria
60 Years of Friendship Through Culture (exhibition) British Columbia Canada cultural identity Elysha Rei group identity identity Japanese Australians Japanese Canadian Cultural Centre Ontario Past Wrongs, Future Choices (project) Toronto University of Victoria
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Reflecting on the short film Whole and mixed Japanese identities
On Friday 18 November 2022, Dr Timothy Kazuo Steains and I held a film screening of the short fil…

Aoife Wilkinson • July 2, 2023

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Australia ethnicity group identity identity Japanese Japanese Australians multiculturalism race racially mixed people Whole (film) youth
Australia ethnicity group identity identity Japanese Japanese Australians multiculturalism race racially mixed people Whole (film) youth
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Inspire Forward: Nikkei Heroes Under 30
Karen Tengan Okuda: Exploring and Expressing Her Uchinānchu / Okinawan Identity
As a second-generation Uchinānchu (Okinawan immigrant), Karen Tengan Okuda lives and works on the u…

Karen Kawaguchi • Oct. 17, 2022

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Australia Australians generations human geography identity Japanese diaspora Karen Tengan Okuda languages magazines Nisei Okinawans Sydney Uchinanchu
Australia Australians generations human geography identity Japanese diaspora Karen Tengan Okuda languages magazines Nisei Okinawans Sydney Uchinanchu
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Choices for Japanese People Living in America
Hiromi Ashmore: After living in several countries, she moved to Australia
Japan for the first time in 32 years Born This Way is an Emmy Award-winning reality TV show that de…

Keiko Fukuda • Dec. 13, 2021

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Australia Brisbane California Japanese Los Angeles migration Queensland United States
Australia Brisbane California Japanese Los Angeles migration Queensland United States
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Japanese Australian veterans and the legacy of anti-Asian racism
As COVID-19 wreaks havoc on our usual way of life (*article was originally written in April 2020), …

Timothy Kazuo Steains +1 • Nov. 9, 2021

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Anzac Day Australia Day of Remembrance Japanese Australians World War II
Anzac Day Australia Day of Remembrance Japanese Australians World War II
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Nikkei Chronicles #10—Nikkei Generations: Connecting Families & Communities
Hardship and Happiness: A New Zealand War Bride’s Life—Hiroko Kadowaki, 1929-2021
June Baldwin and her son Leon reflect on their mother and grandmother, Hiroko Kadowaki, who migrate…

June Baldwin +1 • Oct. 18, 2021

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Australia brides Hiroko Kadowaki Korean War, 1950-1953 New Zealand war brides wives
Australia brides Hiroko Kadowaki Korean War, 1950-1953 New Zealand war brides wives
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Nikkei Chronicles #10—Nikkei Generations: Connecting Families & Communities
Across Oceans
My parents met in Osaka when Mum was in her final year of school and Dad was a university student. …

Yuki Kawakami • Oct. 5, 2021

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Australia biculturalism identity Japan Japanese Australians Sydney
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Nikkei Chronicles #10—Nikkei Generations: Connecting Families & Communities
Interned and enlisted: My family history
Tomo, my grandfather My grandfather Tom (Tomo) was a joker, the self-confessed black sheep of the …

Shey Dimon • Sept. 29, 2021

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Australia families Japan World War II
Australia families Japan World War II
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Nikkei Chronicles #10—Nikkei Generations: Connecting Families & Communities
In Conversation with Japanese-Australian artist Elysha Rei
Brisbane-based artist Elysha Rei’s bold paintings and intricate paper cuttings draw upon her …

Elysha Rei​ • Sept. 26, 2021

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Australia brides Brisbane heritage identity Japan New Zealand Queensland samurai Thailand war brides wives
Australia brides Brisbane heritage identity Japan New Zealand Queensland samurai Thailand war brides wives
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Nikkei Chronicles #8—Nikkei Heroes: Trailblazers, Role Models, and Inspirations
My Hero: Setsutaro Hasegawa
By the time I was born in the early 1960s, the long shadow of World War Two was starting to fade. T…

Andrew Hasegawa • May 23, 2019

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Australia Japanese Australians migration Tatura Tatura internment camps Victoria (Australia) World War II World War II camps
Australia Japanese Australians migration Tatura Tatura internment camps Victoria (Australia) World War II World War II camps
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