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  2. Japanese in Chicago - Wikipedia

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    Among the Japanese in the Chicago metropolitan area, there are Japanese-American and Japanese expatriate populations. Early Japanese began arriving around the time of the World's Columbian Exposition of 1893. During World War II, Japanese-Americans opted to live in Chicago rather than be interned, primarily in camps on the Pacific Coast.

  3. Jun Fujita - Wikipedia

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    Jun Fujita (Japanese: 藤田 準之助, Fujita Junnosuke, 13 December 1888 - 12 July 1963) was a first-generation Japanese-American photojournalist, photographer, silent film actor, and published poet in the United States. He was the first Japanese-American photojournalist.

  4. List of historical societies in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Twin Mountain-Bretton Woods Historical Society, New Hampshire Unity NH Historical Society Upper Pemigewasset Historical Society, New Hampshire Village Improvement and Red Schoolhouse Historical Society, New Hampshire Wakefield Heritage Commission, New Hampshire 1979 [22] Wakefield-Brookfield Historical Society, New Hampshire 1949 [22]

  5. National Japanese American Historical Society - Wikipedia

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    The National Japanese American Historical Society (NJAHS) is an American 501(c) 3 non-profit organization based in Japantown in San Francisco, California. The organization is dedicated to collecting, preserving and sharing historical information and authentic interpretation about the experience of Japanese Americans .

  6. Japanese American Citizens League - Wikipedia

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    In 1929, several already-established Nisei organizations merged to form the Japanese American Citizens League (JACL), most prominent among them Fresno's American Loyalty League (アメリカ忠誠協会, Amerika Chūsei Kyōkai) (headed by Nisei UC educated dentist Dr. Thomas T. Yatabe, 1897–1977), the Seattle Progressive Citizens League (シアトル革新市民連盟, Siatoru Kakushin ...

  7. Category:Japanese-American history - Wikipedia

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    Japan–United States Friendship Act of 1975; Japanese American Committee for Democracy; Japanese American National Library; Japanese Cemetery (Colma, California) Japanese community of Columbus, Ohio; Japanese in Chicago; Japanese in Hawaii; Japanese in Texas; Japanese people in San Francisco; Japanese-American life after World War II

  8. Hiroshima, a band that helped define Asian American identity ...

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    Growing up Japanese American in Monterey Park in the 1970s, Mitchell Maki thought of koto and taiko as ancient instruments played at cultural festivals like Nisei Week.

  9. Category:Japanese-American organizations - Wikipedia

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    Pages in category "Japanese-American organizations" ... National Japanese American Historical Society; Nippon Club (Manhattan) Nisei Baseball Research Project;