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Internment

A black and white photo of a Japanese family (woman, man, child) sitting in a kitchen setting.

The long-lasting scars of Japanese American internment

Critical State

Critical State, our weekly global security newsletter, takes a deep dive into new research on how the scars conflict leaves on regular civilians express themselves in post-conflict politics. In a new working paper, political scientists look into the long-term effects of Japanese internment camps in the US.

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There hasn’t been a Japantown in Chicago since the 1980s, but this exhibit is bringing the community back together

Culture
Two kimonos in the wind on a laundry line

These images of Japanese American incarceration were embargoed for almost 30 years

Justice
Japanese men at the Kooskia internment camp in northern Idaho during World War II.

A bleak chapter in US history gets uncovered in Idaho

Arts, Culture & Media