Noriko Oka, a former Japanese exchange student who visited Cowra NSW when she was sixteen years old, translated Dr Anita Heiss' Australian novel ' Barbed Wire and Cherry Blossoms.' The Japanese version was made available last month to mark the 80th anniversary of the Cowra Breakout.
Which part Ms Oka likes the most in the book? In the audio, Ms Oka also shares her experience as an exchange student in 1970s with us and talks about her connection to Cowra, and a long-established student exchange program between Cowra and Seikei High School in Japan.
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