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Japanese American Chick Sexers in Chicago - Part 1

At modern-day 821 North La Salle Street, in the River North neighborhood of Chicago, few people tod…

Ryan Masaaki Yokota • Sept. 28, 2016

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The Japanese Peruvian Community of Chicago

On a warm spring day last year, members of the Japanese Peruvian community filled the pews of the C…

Ryan Masaaki Yokota • July 21, 2016

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Japanese Americans on Chicago’s South Side - Oakland/Kenwood 1940s-1950s - Part 3

Read Part 2 >> When my husband and I were first married, we lived in a building on the 430…

Erik Matsunaga • Dec. 3, 2015

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Japanese Americans on Chicago’s South Side - Oakland/Kenwood 1940s-1950s - Part 2

Read Part 1 >> Dad was a Kibei, born in Hawaii, came to the States to teach Japanese. He was…

Erik Matsunaga • Dec. 2, 2015

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Japanese Americans on Chicago’s South Side - Oakland/Kenwood 1940s-1950s - Part 1

Fred Yamaguchi: That was like Japantown. 43rd and Ellis.Karen Kanemoto: But now, I don’t th…

Erik Matsunaga • Dec. 1, 2015

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Nikkei Chronicles #4—Nikkei Family: Memories, Traditions, and Values

Lighthearted

In my family we told stories; we reminisced. During and after meals. Sitting in the living room all…

Barbara Nishimoto • Aug. 12, 2015

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Rereading "The Centennial History of Japanese Americans in the United States" - Tracing the Records of the Pioneers

No. 24 Japanese Americans in Illinois

Illinois is written as Illinois, but in the "Centennial History," it is written as "…

Ryusuke Kawai • July 10, 2015

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Saying Goodbye

Gaining early educational release from incarceration at Gila River War Relocation Center in 1943, m…

Erik Matsunaga • March 13, 2015

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30 Years of Lakeview: Chicago’s Japanese American Community 1960s-1990s - Part 2

Read Part 1 >> “Growing up in Lakeview during the 1960s, where there were so many …

Erik Matsunaga • Dec. 24, 2014

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30 Years of Lakeview: Chicago’s Japanese American Community 1960s-1990s - Part 1

During and immediately following World War II, Americans of Japanese ancestry flooded Chicago for w…

Erik Matsunaga • Dec. 23, 2014

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