CJAHS is a grassroots organization founded in the early 1990s. Their mission is to preserve, promote, and present the history of Japanese Americans in the Chicagoland area.

In the early 1990s, Scott La France from the Chicago Historical Society asked the Japanese American community for its help in developing the exhibit “Chicago Goes to War, 1941-45.” Yoji Ozaki responded and the Japanese American relocation story was included in this major exhibit. Following this experience with the community, La France saw a need for formalizing historical documentation and recommended forming a Chicago Japanese American Historical Society.

Click here to review the Census 2000 Portrait of Japanese Americans in Metropolitan Chicago.

CJAHS Contact Information:
Jean Mishima, President
Email: jmmishima@hotmail.com
URL: http://www.cjahs.org/