ABC's Tokyo Correspondent Walter Hamilton On Japan's Children of the Occupation
Join us on Thursday September 6 to hear Walter Hamilton Talk about Children of the Occupation. Japan's Untold Story.
Join us on Thursday September 6 to hear Walter Hamilton talk about Children of the Occupation: Japan's untold story.
Journalists sometimes uncover the most incredible stories from the past which should have been told, but somehow haven't. This is just what the ABC's long standing Tokyo correspondent Walter Hamilton has done. Children of the Occupation: Japan's untold story has just been published and what a story!
This is a beautifully written, deeply moving and well-researched account of the lives of mixed-race children of occupied Japan. Walter Hamilton artfully blends oral histories with an historical and political analysis of international race relations and immigration policy in North America and Australia, to highlight the little-known story of the thousands of children that resulted from the unions of Japanese women and Allied servicemen posted to Japan following WWII. It is a powerful narrative of loss, longing and reconnection, written by the ABC's long-time Tokyo correspondent, Walter Hamilton.
As part of this talk, we will screen a rare short film, shot in 1962, illustrating the lives of the mixed-race children left in Japan by Australian and other allied servicemen.
When: 6pm Thursday 6th September, 2012
Where: Asia Bookroom, Unit 2, 1 - 3 Lawry Place, Macquarie. ACT
RSVP: By 5th of September by phoning 6251 5191 or Email Us
Admission by gold coin donation to the Indigenous Literacy Foundation
Don't miss this event, but, if you can't join us on the 6th of September and would like to buy a signed copy let us know and it will be arranged.