The 2024 Annual Membership Meeting of the Japanese Mutual Aid Society of Chicago was held on March 25 at the Midwest Buddhist Temple and discussed on its aid for the Japanese American community.

The Japanese Mutual Aid Society of Chicago is pleased to announce that the annual Memorial Day service will take place on Monday, May 27, 2024, at 11:00 am, in the Japanese section of Montrose Cemetery (5400 N. Pulaski Road, Chicago).

The Chicago Okinawa Kenjinkai’s 2024 Spring Party was held on April 6 at the St. Paul Lutheran Church in the north part of the City of Chicago. The members of the Kenjinkai entertained the audience with a variety of traditional Okinawan music, dance, and Karate performances.

The 38th Annual Japanese Language Speech Contest was held at the Japan Information Center, the Consulate General of Japan in Chicago, and 26 contestants from three states, Illinois, Indiana, and Minnesota, competed to show their Japanese language skills.

The speeches were interesting, as the young people expressed their own discoveries through their experiences, their awareness of the environment and urban development, their views on life, and other perspectives and thoughts in their speeches.