JASC of Chicago
The Japanese American Service Committe of Chicago was founded to assist in the resettlement of 20,000 newly-arrived Japanese Americans who had been incarcerated during World War II. After the resettlement, theJASC began to provide comprehensive social services for the Nikkei elderly. Now the JASC extends its social services not only to the local Nikkei population, but is open to all of the diverse groups and seniors in the greater Chicagoland area with cultural, heritage, and community programs.
Updaated February 2017
Stories from This Author
Nikkei Oshogatsu Stories 2017 - Part 2
March 3, 2017 • John Nishio , Koreto Yamauchi , JASC of Chicago
Read Part 1 >> A Nikkei Holiday Story By John Nishio This is the story of the 104th Annual Nishio Mochitsuki. On Tuesday night, we hosted the Annual Mochitsuki of the Nishio Clan and Friends. The first Nishio mochitsuki in the US was held in 1912 by my grandfather and granduncle and their wives. They continued it through good years and bad; they made it a point to have mochitsuki even during the war years, when they were in the …
