Online workshop – Thank you!

Thank you, Queensland artists for attending our online workshop! Nikkei Australia Chair, Elysha Rei and Mayu Kanamori held an online workshop for Queensland based artists interested in ‘adopting’ internees who were living in Queensland before being...

Rubibi / Broome, Western Australia Zoom Meeting

Jo Anne Shiosaki and Michael Torres met with Mayu Kanamori over Zoom to discuss the artworks for internees who were captured in Rubibi / Broome. Jo Anne is a descendant of the Shiosaki family of Rubibi / Broome. Her great grandfather served as the President of the...

Aotearoa New Zealand and Other Internees

Japanese enemy aliens who were interned in Aotearoa New Zealand and died during internment is now being honoured through our project When You Call My Name. Our project was originally conceived to honour the 192 civilian internees who are buried at the Wiradjuri...

Meanjin Brisbane workshops – Thank you!

  Thank you to all participants and Brisbane Multicultural Arts Centre, (BEMAC) for your support! After hearing the history of Nikkei internment in Australia during WWII and about this project from artist and Nikkei Australia Chair Elysha Rei and from artist Mayu...

Brainstorming for our audio & website

  Some team members gathered on zoom for an online brainstorming for our audio and website components. We discussed how to call the 194 names… should it be in alphabetical order of names? If so, roman alphabet or Japanese phonetic aiueo? Should the names be...